Archive for the 'Movies and Television' Category

Was “The Dark Knight” really an action movie?

Dr Wikipedia describes an “action movie” as “a film genre wherein the story is largely told through physical action as opposed to dialog”. So right off the bat, we get a wrench in the works. No one who did not undergo a botched lobotomy in Mexico could argue that TDK lacked dialog. Some people can [...]

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

6 “Captain Planet” episodes you probably don’t remember

The 90s were a simpler time… The USSR has just fallen, Lara Croft’s luscious pixilated woman-meats were helping a whole generation of boys discover themselves, and Ted Turner tried to teach us a lesson about protecting the environment via a Saturday morning cartoon. That show, was Captain Planet, a tale of 5 teenagers with attitude [...]

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009