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  • In Defense of the Damsel

    Photo by Hailey Kean on Unsplash For a long time, the “damsel in distress” has become almost as much a death sentence for a character as calling them a Mary Sue. Critics sneer at female characters who need help or—heaven forbid—are captured. And goodness, if your character is kidnapped more than once, well, that’s just […]

  • Hype: When Others’ Opinions Affect Our Experience

    I finally got caught up on the deluge of Marvel movies. It took my more cinematically-informed friend sorting through the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s must-see’s and optional’s, but several weeks and six films later, I was finally ready to see the big one—Avengers: Infinity War. My friend tried hard not to say too much about it, […]

  • Why People Hate Mary Sues

    She’s perfect. She always says the right things at the right times, people can’t stop gushing over her, and she never does anything wrong. She makes everybody look bad, but she feels plastic, fake. You’re sure her life is secretly a mess, but she’ll never show it. To her, everything seems easy, effortless. She never […]

  • Why The Last Jedi Is So Divisive

    Star Wars: The Last Jedi is remarkably divisive, generating more polarized feedback than any other Star Wars film to date. Discussions have often devolved into shouting matches, shaming the other side for their perceived biases. Photo by Radovan on Unsplash It’s taken me a while to express my thoughts on The Last Jedi. What more […]

  • Movie Review: The Last Jedi

    This post will contain minor spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi You have been warned. Star Wars: The Last Jedi released in December of last year, almost four months to the day. And no Star Wars film has had such controversial reception. I saw this film shortly after […]

  • What Makes a Good Remake?

    Nostalgia may be a good thing depending on how we respond to it, but it can be used to manipulate us. Just look at all the media geared toward appealing to our nostalgia via remakes, reboots, and adaptations. I don’t think remakes are inherently bad; they stand or fall on their own merit. For instance, Christopher […]

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