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Modern popular culture topics in the geek sphere.
The Colonial Question
Colonial bias is particularly evident in Doctor Who through the treatment of Tegan Jovanka, though the phenomenon is not isolated to the character. There are a number of characters who illustrate this similarly such as Perri Brown and Jamie McCrimmon.
By Laura Hibble6 years ago in Geeks
Embarking on an Anime Journey
Growing up I was never a fan of anime. It wasn’t until 2 years ago that I decided to take a deep dive and see why the anime community is obsessed. I started with Naruto and started making my way through all the most popular anime series. With just a few shows, I realized everything that I’ve been missing in life. I needed to consume more.
By Alex Bonilla6 years ago in Geeks
We Are The Flash
There are so many great duos that have been formed since the dawn of time. We have duos like Batman and Robbin, Kobe and Shaq, peanut butter and jelly, one pair that is the “underdog“ is from one of my favorite shows on CW, “The Flash”. There is two characters on the show that starts off as friends that help save the world from all their enemies that come in their way, that built a chemistry through all the trials and tribulations they have encountered. The two characters I am speaking of is Barry Allen and Iris West-Allen.
By Carlos Oates6 years ago in Geeks
A Hard Pill to Swallow: How The Umbrella Academy Depicts Prescription Medication
I had mixed feelings when I first learned that The Umbrella Academy would be coming back to Nextflix on July 31st. On one hand, I remembered how excited I was when I first read the series’ description. A superhero show inspired by Gerard Way’s comic book series sounded like Netflix snuck into my brain to fuse my love of superheroes with my love of angsty 2000s pop-rock. I expected something fun and fast-paced. I hoped for beautifully choreographed fight scenes set to a killer soundtrack. And Netflix delivered. I could watch superheroes foil a bank robbery with Fitz and The Tantrums playing in the background all day.
By Jamie Lutz6 years ago in Geeks
The Two of Them
Whether you call them the Stiltskins or the Golds, Belle French and Rumpelstiltskin met in a way that was true to the original old world story of Beauty & the Beast, but their relationship was about as tortured as the vibrant layers and textures of the 10x told tales of the old ABC series "Once Upon A Time." The stories were dated, but the series was not.
By THE CRUCIBLE6 years ago in Geeks
Tintin and the White Man's Burden
Tintin is going to the Congo, the jewel of the Belgian colonial empire. The reader is given no insight into what the reporter’s actual assignment is besides simply ‘reporting’, positioning Tintin in his early adventures as more of a travel guide than a journalist. Snowy, incorrigible as ever, runs amok on the cruise ship, crossing a shifty stowaway who tries unsuccessfully to drown the poorly-behaved pooch. When they arrive in the Congo, Tintin is greeted as a less of a celebrity and more of a hero when he arrives in the Congo, though his exploits in Africa seem mostly-confined to killing animals, and throughout the story Tintin is shown trying to shoot lions, crocodiles, antelopes, monkeys and elephants--though, usually, not without some comedic mishaps. He soon runs afoul of the local tribes’ Witch Doctor, who is jealous of the reporter’s influence and joins with the aforementioned stowaway, who has his own, unexplained vendetta against Tintin, but their collaborative efforts to dispose of him fail each time. Eventually, Tintin discovers that the stowaway is actually an agent of Chicago mob boss Al Capone, who is attempting a takeover of the African national diamond production, and erroneously believed that Tintin had been sent to expose his plans. The smuggling ring is promptly arrested and Tintin is picked up in a plane, all set to cover the new story developing in Chicago.
By Alexander Gates6 years ago in Geeks
