Aku no Hana (The Flower of Evil) is an anime that garnered a lot of controversies when it first aired in 2013. It would seem most people have forgotten about it over the years and that is a shame. Aku No Hana is one of the most unique, interesting, and best Anime I have ever […]
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I am of the opinion that when a sequel to a movie comes out after a long period of time then the movie has a tendency to be shit. Think of the Godfather 3, the Star Wars prequels, and the Disney Star Wars movies. It always seems like a shameless cash grab to release a
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Is the book always better? Can you ever adapt something fully? Why are people so obsessed with adaptations? Why are video game movies always so bad? All these questions and more will be answered in this post on adaptations where I will be laying out how to do it well, and how to do it
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Pawn’s Gambit is the second book in the Immortal Techniques series written by Rob J Hayes. I did a mini-review on the first book “Never Die” which I liked a lot. In the post I explain why I thought it was a perfect Getaway book for potential fantasy readers. Pawn’s Gambit differs from the first
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What makes something generic? It’s easy to see when something is bad or good, but how do you identify what makes something generic? If people asked you about a particular movie you could say it was good or bad, but most often than not people would say “eh” or “it was fine” these are phrases
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Shinji Ikari is one of the most iconic and well-realized protagonists in anime (and in everything else). Even though he has garnered a lot of controversies or even hate over the years for being let’s say, less than brave when he has to. I feel like that is what enhances his character. Surely if you
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There is so much to do and so little time! If you are anything like me (and I hope that you are not) you find yourself with a feeling of being overwhelmed by the many options in entertainment. This sinking feeling of dread and stress appears when you are faced with the realization that you
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It is common practice to leave a score after a review. This score comes in many different forms. The most common one is probably the 1-10 score. 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. On Goodreads (a site for rating books) you choose 1-5 stars. The Legendary Film reviewing duo Siskel and Ebert
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Everything has already been said Every story has already been told Everything has already been said Every wise word has already been uttered Every inspirational quote has been said Every great work of writing already contains all the wisdom Every word has been written Every thought has been had Why even do or say anything?
Reviews are a strange phenomenon to me. There seems to be an abundance of them, and they garner a lot of controversies, yet also remain totally arbitrary and sometimes downright useless. This post is going to be about reviews both in a professional and amateur sense. I am going to look at why they exist,
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