Category Archives: Popular culture

Books Aren’t Toothpaste

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

By now it is well-known that reading in the US has declined across all demographic indicators. Whether it’s caused by television, the internet, video games, or boring literature classes, the drop-off in reading time is plain and obvious to see. … Continue reading →

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Cobra Kai Speculation: Possible Themes for Season 3

Posted on May 3, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

WARNING: Spoilers for Cobra Kai seasons 1 and 2 will fly fast and loose below the fold. Cobra Kai is Youtube’s first original series to hit it big. With a powerful cast, great acting, and even better storytelling, this sequel … Continue reading →

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Cobra Kai: Doing Female Characters Right

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Much has been said about the Youtube original series Cobra Kai, a sequel to the classic 1980s film The Karate Kid. It shows Daniel Larusso, the protagonist, as a successful car dealer and Johnny Lawrence, the antagonist, as down on … Continue reading →

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Additional Input on the Rise of Dark Magical Girl Series

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Yesterday’s post on my belief as to why magical girl series have gone grim and dour got a lot of attention and very good responses from various people. Several of them filled me in on information I didn’t know, and … Continue reading →

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Humanity Doesn’t Deserve Nice Things

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

A while back, I wrote a post about why I disliked the post-apocalyptic genre. In short, I find the genre bleak and hopeless in spite of its promise of social rebirth and its destruction of social complexity. But friend of … Continue reading →

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In Culture, Be the Change You Seek

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

In a now-deleted tweet, fellow blogger Alexandru Constantin made a comment like this regarding culture (this isn’t an exact quote; I’m going off of memory): Be cooler than the opposition. Men on the right need to drop the anime, stop … Continue reading →

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Remakers Are Fans of the Brand

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

This morning, I found out that the classic anime Saint Seiya, also known as Knights of the Zodiac, is getting a remake by Netflix. Though I know next to nothing about the franchise, I know that it is beloved by … Continue reading →

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2019 Will Be the Year of Mecha

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

My social media buddy Bradford C. Walker passed this trailer along to me for a new mecha game called Super Robot Wars T, a crossover game featuring many giant robot and space battle series: He also passed along info on … Continue reading →

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Misha on Modern Romance

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Over at Google Plus, Misha Burnett makes a rather telling observation about romances in fiction: When did emotionally abusive relationships become the new normal in Science Fiction?  I keep running into storylines where the male lead “proves” his love for … Continue reading →

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A Former Trek Fan’s Comment on the Marketing of Star Trek Discovery

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Reader and former Star Trek fan Gamera977 has more to say on Star Trek Discovery in a response to my post on start-a-fight marketing: Thanks Rawle, I was thinking they were going down the same route as the ‘Ghostbusters’ remake … Continue reading →

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