Points of View - Propaganda and Marketing

Banes at 12:00AM, March 22, 2018



There are endless points of view out there, and everyone on the Internet can have a voice.

We talked on a Quackcast some time ago about agendas and anvilicious messaging in some movies, and other fiction.

I've become interested lately in the marketing and messaging involved in movies and ...





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Snacks! What fuels you?

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Nov. 3, 2017



Kawaii may have covered this some time ago… I'm not sure. But I want to talk about it now!
In a crunch or just to get going, you often need a bit of an energy boost or even just something to get you into your comfort zone in order ...


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The Old, the New, History and Nostalgia

Banes at 12:00AM, Jan. 28, 2016



Pop culture is being visited by its own past. There's no denying the excitement surrounding the reappearance of the original Star Wars and X-Files characters after an absence of years.

We all know our mainstream entertainment is stuffed with more and more sequels, remakes, reboots, soft reboots, reimaginings, reintegrated ...



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Wish Fulfillment

Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 3, 2015



In the movie Annie Hall, the main character writes a play and uses it to give his failed relationship a happy ending.
There are countless stories where awkward, nervous protagonists…perhaps courtesy of awkward, nervous writers…win the battle, defeat the villains and get the gorgeous girl.

An unknown number ...




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Stories Written for Children (That Might Have Been Intended for Adults)

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Nov. 23, 2015
tags: books, haunt, me, that


The Giving Tree, Story and Illustration by Shel Silverstein

I remember reading along with certain children's books that became very near and dear to me as a young kid. Over the years, I revisit the story and it begins to take on a whole new meaning as my perspective ...


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An Analysis of a Polarizing Character

kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 10, 2015



It seems that I get into a very opinionated argument whenever the topic of discussion veers toward Neon Genesis Evangelion. Usually it is about how the Evangelion movies are awesome and how the main character is not so awesome. That being said, it has been twenty years since the mid-1990s ...

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FEATURED COMIC --> The Gimblians

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Oct. 8, 2014



Summary:
Fancy a bit of a laugh? Something to take you away for a moment from all the cares and crises of the world? Well then check out the Gimblians! It's a newspaper style 3 panel comic strip about a funny little group of surprisingly large nosed people and ...


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FEATURED COMIC --> Ad Humanae

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, March 26, 2014



Summary:
Beginning as a type of 24 hour comic project by creator Ryjia, Ad Humanae is gradually growing into a more developed, interesting story, especially as we learn more about the main character Casey. Casey works for an organisation that keeps the peace between different monster races and humans. He ...


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Milestones and sandwiches! (No milestone sandwiches though)

skoolmunkee at 11:32AM, March 8, 2013

Sorry these milepost announcements are a little bit late! I have problems with change and I was confused by the new newspost schedule. :]


Byth1's comic The Legends has just hit 100 pages! Keep up the good work! :] Here's it's description! Updated on fridays! New Carolina, the home ...


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Monday Feature -> SHELL

skoolmunkee at 1:07AM, May 30, 2011



Super-powered humans battle each other as heroes and villains, and a man's family ends up as collateral damage. His response is to spend years building a robot family, and eventually a highly powerful supersuit which allows him to tangle with the supers. Healthy! His goal is to protect innocents ...

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