Before jumping into the rest of this episode’s review, the fact that the entirety of this episode (apart from the first and last scenes between Olivia and Walter) comes from Walter’s memory needs to be underlined and quite thoroughly so. After all, Walter has shown in the last year and half that his memory isn’t… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 16: Peter – part II
Oh, how this show just keeps getting better and better. While it might somewhat be related to the feverish anticipation of the last couple of days, fanned by an eight-week hiatus and a Twitter #Fringe movement, the topmost reasons why this episode instantly became a fan favourite are fourfold. First, the amazing storytelling made the… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 2, Episode 16: Peter – part I
This week, Supernatural, next week, Fringe; the spring 2010 hellatus is finally over and the last stretch before the end of this TV season has started. Hurrah! Supernatural is back in fine form, with yet another well-written episode. It made me laugh, it grossed me out, and it made me want to reach into the… Read More TV Review: Supernatural, Season 5, Episode 15: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
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Have you heard of the Milgram experiment? A modern version of it aired recently on a French TV Network and scarily enough, it’s even more efficient at convincing participants of doing something that goes against their beliefs. In short, the updated Milgram experiment took the form of a reality show, ‘La Zone Xtreme‘. The contestants… Read More Peer Pressure taken to the extreme?
Radicalism is dangerous. Just like extreme consumerism is at the heart of many of the problems afflicting our world today, it doesn’t mean that we should stop consuming all together. There is nothing wrong with enjoying the beautiful things in life, including the amazing results of humanity’s collective scientific and technological advancements. There are many… Read More ‘Boots that are easy on your conscience’
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Here is a quote I came across today that I thought pertinent, what with my previous post and all: “Thoughts may be divided into two classes: (1st) Thought that belongs to the world of thought alone; (2nd) Thought that expresses itself in action. Some men and women glory in their exalted thoughts, but if these… Read More Getting Books on your Shelf: The Pros and Cons of Big versus Small Presses – Follow-up
Social justice has been a lifelong passion of mine, as has reading. Needless to say, I was thrilled when I realised, as a tween, that the two are intimately related. After all, “the reality of man is his thought (…). If a man’s thought is constantly aspiring towards heavenly subjects then does he become saintly;… Read More Getting Books on your Shelf: The Pros and Cons of Big versus Small Presses
Many of my recent reflections on various topics asunder have, in their conclusion, included the fact that context is vital to understanding a situation or a concept. So it won’t come as a surprise that the following four paragraphs, taken from a really well-written piece posted on Den of Geek about the importance of context… Read More When movies are taken out of context