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Big Media Tries “Start a Fight” Marketing

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

While I have no plans to watch the recently released Star Trek: Discovery — both because of its premise and because I’m not a Trek fan — I have observed its pre-release marketing campaign over the past few months, and … Continue reading →

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Responses to My Post on Conservatives and Art

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

My blog post yesterday about why conservatives shun the arts sparked a wide-ranging discussion, with Brian Niemeier, Daytime Renegade, Yakov Merkin, Jeffro Johnson, and many others chiming in. All of them disagreed with me, and the common theme of all … Continue reading →

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Of Conservatives and Art

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

UPDATE: Brian Niemeier responds. UPDATE 2: Daytime Renegade responds. UPDATE 3: Yakov Merkin responds. Recently, Brian Niemeier put up a post criticizing conservatives for abandoning their ideological allies in the workplace whenever SJWs demand their firing. He asserts that conservative … Continue reading →

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2.B.A. Master, Pokemon’s Surprisingly Good Soundtrack

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Back in the innocent days of the 90s, a little Game Boy game from Japan called Pokemon took the US by storm. It became a national obsession, with a well-regarded television anime and a dizzying array of collectibles turning up … Continue reading →

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In the Face of Gaming, Hollywood Lives

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Much is made of the fact that the game industry as a whole pulls in more money than the film industry as a whole. This is sometimes taken as evidence that gaming is set to eclipse film (and even television) … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Iron Fist as I Watched It

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

The following is a series of thoughts that went through my mind as I watched the Iron Fist series on Netflix. I had written this at the time I initially watched the show, but decided to hold off on posting … Continue reading →

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Observations on K. C. Undercover

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

One day, a friend of mine put on the Disney Channel comedy K. C. Undercover, about a family of secret agents with a teenage daughter and son, as well as a group of friends who are also secret agents. As … Continue reading →

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Jeffro Johnson Critiques with an Iron Fist

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Seriously, why aren’t you all on Jeffro Johnson’s Google+ yet? Great discussions of sci-fi and fantasy take place there on a regular basis, all from a prespective you don’t typically see in the SF/F critical space. Come on and join … Continue reading →

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Iron Fist: Results

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

I have completed my viewing of the Marvel Netflix series Iron Fist. The show proved to be quite entertaining and dramatic, with lots of neat twists and turns, as well as several places where it surprised me and caught me … Continue reading →

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Iron Fist: A Hypothesis

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Inspired by Jeffro Johnson’s episode-by-episode reports on the Marvel Netflix series Iron Fist, I have decided to undertake a similar project: I will make several predictions about how the series will turn out, then make another post detailing how many … Continue reading →

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