If you look up Wikipedia on apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction it will be described as a subgenre in which the earth’s (or another planet’s) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. It can be due to the cause of nuclear war, or climate change, a pandemic (maybe one that ...
Facing the Apocalypse
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, Sept. 10, 2023Imitation and The Content Avalanche Ahead?
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 31, 2023
During the filming of Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock was unable to be on set one day. His crew filmed the scene for that day (I believe it was where Arbogast, the detective, goes up the stairs where he encounters Mrs. Bates). Hitchcock saw the footage, and said he had to reshoot ...
Quackcast 650 - Fake things that only exist in pop-culture
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 29, 2023 LISTEN on our player!
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There are a lot of things that only exist in fiction and really don't have any basis in reality and yet we THINK they do! It's just that fiction has done such a great job ...
They Make You Believe
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 24, 2023
A long time ago I read something, I think an interview with a respected screenwriter or something, where he brought up the movie “Rain Man”.
If you haven't seen it, it's about a struggling wheeler-dealer type guy, played by Tom Cruise, who goes on a road trip with ...
Gender Toxicity
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 19, 2023
The debate on what constitutes a “strong female character”, whether having “strong female leads” or “feminism” is tanking “woke” films these past few years, is ongoing. There's accusations of toxicity on both sides. Misogyny, misandry, wokeness and brokeness, all of these terms and hot takes are fired and take ...
A Look at Books
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 17, 2023
I was thinking about the power of books in fiction - like, secret journals, diaries, and such.
In the show Supernatural, the brothers found a lot of information, help, and intrigue in their father's journal of his monster hunting exploits. I will say that it got harder to believe later ...
Don't You Know Who You Are?
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 10, 2023
The movie “Hook” is not one of Spielberg's best-regarded movies - I've always liked it quite a bit, though. One element of it that speaks to me is the main character who's forgotten his true identity and true nature. I love the story about the writing of the ...
Interstellar Battle Girls League of Super Warriors will Reach 200 Pages this Week!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 7, 2023
Photo: “Second Round Fire Raven v. Nariko page 187”. Story and art by bravo1102. (18 July 2023)
We have intercepted an interstellar transmission from Bravo1102 with this exciting message:
”Hey,
If you could see fit to put into the announcements that next Friday Interstellar_Battle_Girls will reach 200 pages. Took awhile ...
The Opposite of Cardinal Sin #1
Banes at 12:00AM, Aug. 3, 2023
I think many of us who make comics or write stories or are interested in writing can agree that mistake number one in writing is to front-load a story with a long-winded backstory. We've talked about it here on the site plenty of times.
There is an opposite mistake ...
Pammertime Introduction+LaBalleur vs. Polar Ecksprez
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 23, 2023
LaBalleur (to the left), Polar Ecksprez (To the right), drew this fighting gamey pic myself:)
Hello everyone
This here will be a pilot post for a potential new blogposting series of mine that is going to be tabletop gaming related. Well… sort of. Let me explain
In the script writing ...