Blomkamp’s followup to District 9 was a bit ham-fisted with it’s metaphors (almost to the point of being jarring at times). But Elysium was still a fun sic-fi flick with great performances from Damon, Foster and Copley. Given the tone and themes of the director’s last two films, it really made me think about how cool his take on Robocop could be.
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Superheroes in Prose Volume 7, I Galaxy on sale December 25th
CNN recently posted an interesting article, giving a brief history of the YA genre and arguing why it’s so hot right now. Part of their reasons are no-brainers (characters relating to readers through fantasy/sci-fi metaphor, yadda-yadda-yadda). But there were some other tidbits that both writers and readers of the genre will dig. (It’s odd that Harry Potter got buried behind both Katniss and Bella in the photo essay, but whatev’s): Click here to read “A brief history of young adult literature.”
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Superheroes in Prose Volume 7: I, Galaxy on sale December 25th
Gamespot recently posted a short video arguing several of the psychological motivations for why we care about fictional characters in general, and video game characters specifically. If you’re into both fiction and video games, this topic is like chocolate and peanut butter. You can check it out here.
Superheroes in Prose Volume Seven: I, Galaxy on sale December 25th.