Photo: “Goonies DVD Sitting on a World Map”. (2023)
Daylight Savings Time (Spring Forward) was celebrated by watching the Academy Award opening monologue and Oscar Winner acceptance speeches. A powerful speech can be delivered in a variety of ways, but one in particular was delightful.
Ke Huy Quan shared these ...
“Please Keep Your Dreams Alive.”
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, March 13, 2023Poetry Time 23: The Clash
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, March 12, 2023
Blushing clouds crushing the pale skyvault
One the Behemoth, another the Bulwark
Flashing stars clashing the null sunbelt
One the reciever, another the repeat
Psyching dreams striking the lone mindspace
One the believer, another the braindeath
NaaN (Now, always and Never)
Marisu
Banes at 12:00AM, March 9, 2023
The term “Mary Sue” became a lot more mainstream a few years ago - but around comic book websites like ours, and circles that were into writing and deeper fandom have been well versed with this for much longer.
The Mary Sue is a character who has abilities or positive qualities ...
Shmuck Bait
Banes at 12:00AM, Feb. 9, 2023
Shmuck Bait is the name, I think coined by one of the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul writers, where a cliffhanger or shocking ending leads the audience to believe something major has changed. For example, the appearance that a major character has died. But when the next episode/issue/book ...
21 years Drunk Duck has been around. Finally old enough to drink in the USA!
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Jan. 20, 2023The Cure for Jealousy
Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 12, 2023
Hey, you!
I've rarely been jealous of anyone. Certainly moreso when I was younger. Other people would sometimes (well, often) seem to have more going on in some area of life. There were plenty of folks who I'd look at and imagine having their intelligence. Or their confidence ...
Four Endings
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 29, 2022
As we approach the end of another year, I had a few ideas about topics related to endings.
If you've read my articles for awhile, you may remember discussions about wants and needs - the plot objective that is more ‘physical’ is the want, and the emotional or thematic pursuit ...
Found Family
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 17, 2022
There's a weird hermit living at the edge of a street. Rumours fly about him and what he does all day, whether he's a criminal or a psychopath. People don't go near him or his property and any interaction is minimal. Until a young vagrant kid stumbles ...
Your politics vs. Your characters' politics
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Dec. 10, 2022
Okay, this is a semi-rant and train of thought post, because I've had a couple whiskey and I'm Having Thoughts About Things. You have been warned.
There was one thing that always bothered me in villains that monologue in movies (I also see it in how social media ...
Alternate Endings 2
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 10, 2022
Last week we talked about alternate endings in movies like Army of Darkness, Clerks, and Little Shop of Horrors.
In the comments, you mentioned classics that I can't believe I didn't mention, including CLUE, which was made with four different endings to be played randomly in different theaters ...