I have mixed feelings about Zoom meetings. On the one hand, I love that I can attend work meetings from home in my underwear (with a nice shirt on, of course). It's convenient, saves time, and means I don't have to drive to the office every time the boss shares news that could have been an email. On the other hand, it sometimes feels like all we do now is Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting. It's kind of insane how much time we spend on Zoom calls . However, one way to make these meetings more fun…

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I wonder if the Hobbit trilogy will have the same sort of reception the Star Wars prequels had. Think about it—We have one perfect trilogy that everyone loves; a trilogy that changes cinema and raises an entire generation of fans. Followed by a second trilogy that is much less well received, and even gets a lot of undeserved hate (because everything today has to be the best thing or the worst thing ever). Both are by the same director (who was somewhat unknown during the first trilogy and then…

Nerdiness is a hell of a drug . Once you try one science fiction movie and like it, it's impossible to stop. One of your friends suggests you give Star Wars a try, and a week later, you are binge-watching Battlestar Galactica and buying Star Trek Funko Pops. You read one chapter of Lord of the Rings, and you suddenly find yourself knee-deep in a Dungeons and Dragons session with a bunch of sweaty, role-playing nerds . Also, your very definition of what is cool changes completely. You used to th…

Cosplayers are the lifeblood of geek conventions. Sure, you come for the merch, the panels, the exclusive announcements (and the free swag, of course), but it’s the cosplayers that truly bring these events to life, making you feel like you’ve stepped into a parallel dimension. Cosplay was much simpler when it first began—people would buy pre-made costumes of their favorite characters or cobble together something basic themselves. Today, however, it’s an incredible, well-developed art form . Som…

With the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in theaters, I wondered what the most successful Tim Burton movie is. I mean, the guy has made a lot of great films, from Pee-wee's Big Adventure and Edward Scissorhands to Ed Wood , Mars Attacks , and Batman , all the way to Sweeney Todd , Big Fish , and several episodes of Wednesday . His filmography is pretty impressive. But it turns out his biggest movie is one he didn’t actually direct— The Nightmare Before Christmas . Everyone considers it a cla…

On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.

With the rise of AI-generated art, the “X reimagined in the style of Y” genre has become saturated. Anyone can use ChatGPT or MidJourney to generate images of, say, Star Wars characters in the style of Studio Ghibli or realistic-looking Pokémon , and the results would be… satisfactory. The AI is great at giving exactly what we ask for, but nothing more. Does it look good? Yes. Is it impressive that a computer can do it? Absolutely! But it lacks the “wow factor” that a human artist can deliver.…

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I think maybe we all love Bucky a little too much , and it’s mostly because of Sebastian Stan. I mean, that guy is charming ! I’m not ashamed to admit I watch a lot of reaction videos on YouTube where people watch the entire Infinity Saga for the first time (don’t judge me), and I can see how both men and women react to the Winter Soldier/Bucky. Men think he’s the coolest , and women think he’s the dreamiest. He’s like a non-goody-two-shoes Captain America. He has it all—the looks, the superpow…

The world has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. The pull of Middle-earth grows stronger, a whisper that calls me back to the Shire, to Rivendell, to the very fires of Mount Doom. Much that once was known is lost… for none now live who remember all the extended edition scenes by heart. The dialogue, the epic battles , the gentle wisdom of Gandalf—all have faded from memory. And so, I must re-watch the trilogy anew. One does not simply resist the call…

You know what? I’m not going to be ashamed of it anymore, and I’m just going to say it—I love hotdogs! I know it’s considered one of the lowest forms of food, and I know you should never ask how a hotdog is made because you won’t be able to live with the answer (apparently, it’s made with every piece of meat humans refuse to eat). But I am done hiding! I love them! I will buy a jumbo pack of 50 hotdogs, and if no one else is around, I will finish that pack in about two days. I have even enjoyed…

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Sometimes I feel like we were transported to a different universe right after Avengers: Endgame . It's like Tony Stark died, Then we had a global pandemic, then civil unrest, several wars, Betty White Died and mumble rap lives on, but it also seems like we accidentally stepped into a universe where Marvel forgot how to run a cinematic universe. Remember the time when Marvel could do no wrong? When every single movie they produced broke box office records and got both the fans and the critics ex…

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