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The Prestige and the End of Illusion

How Nolan’s most overlooked work is his best example — Spoilers for the film. In the early 2000’s, magic died as a form of mass entertainment. I was a magician at the time. I joined the Young Magic Circle as a teen and I entered the ‘Young Magician of the Year Awards’ twice. I grew up watching magic shows on…

Film

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The Prestige and the End of Illusion
The Prestige and the End of Illusion
Film

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Sep 18

AI, Writing Models and Medium

Don’t Feed the Machine — I work for a university and much is being made about the sudden influx of AI written essays at the moment. The worry from-on-high (and certain sections of the media) is that AI written essays are the death of education and that ‘cheating’ by getting a computer to write your…

Writing

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AI, Writing Models and Medium
AI, Writing Models and Medium
Writing

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The Kraken Lore

·Sep 14

#BeachBox

What’s Happening? — Found this wtf?! Anyone know what it is? Nuts Lol what that thing is jacked Haha no way! What is it? That’s creepy man what the hell See what’s inside! Your post got a hundred likes! Your post was shared a hundred times! Dude put it back. It aint yours …

Horror

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#BeachBox
#BeachBox
Horror

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Sep 11

When’s One Better Than Two?

The trend for 2000s double CD LPs — When someone mentions a ‘double album’ you might automatically think of a Double LP. Specifically one from the 1960s or 1970s. Most obvious amongst these are such classics as The Beatles’ White Album, Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde or The Hendrix Experience’s Electric Ladyland, all of which are noted as…

Music

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When’s One Better Than Two?
When’s One Better Than Two?
Music

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Sep 4

The Invention of Spoilers

When the destination became the journey — As a young twenty-something film fan, I read a book my brother got at Christmas about the best horror movies which gave a plot summary of each film and a mini review/essay about why the movie is great. In it, I saw a page on Don’t Look Now, a film…

Movies

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The Invention of Spoilers
The Invention of Spoilers
Movies

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Aug 21

When Did Lore Replace Story?

The Homework of Pop Culture — I don’t know when it happened but at some point in the last twenty years a group of filmmakers became what I like to call the ‘backstory brigade’. The core example I remember was in the TV show Lost, the central premise of which was that every episode told the…

Pop Culture

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When Did Lore Replace Story?
When Did Lore Replace Story?
Pop Culture

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Aug 7

Zeitgeist Summer Round Up

Strange Days, Superman, Amelie, Social Decline and More — I’ve been watching/seeing things lately that have prompted thoughts but not enough for them to be a full, over-wrought think-piece so I wanted to just dedicate a paragraph to each one or they’ll just simmer around in my head forever. Enjoy! The Shit-Town Trend There is a disturbing online trend for poverty tourism…

Culture

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Zeitgeist Summer Round Up
Zeitgeist Summer Round Up
Culture

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Jul 27

Imitation Frames

Testing Turing vs Trinity — I wrote recently about my worries over the new Oppenheimer movie and Nolan’s more conservative leanings that might lead to a questionable take on the outcomes of the “great man’s” designs. My fears were confirmed though not to the extent I thought they would be. There was an (eventual) unequivocal…

Film

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Imitation Frames
Imitation Frames
Film

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Jul 17

The Cancer of Fandoms

Also known as: The Pernicious Legacy — As a musician I started performing in the late 90s/early 2000s. I had a lot of friends in the music scene in my area and, as a result, I was able to see an emerging trend before it hit the mainstream. Many musicians I met at that time were very…

Fandom

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The Cancer of Fandoms
The Cancer of Fandoms
Fandom

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Jul 3

Is Comedy Dead?

Or are jokes today just not funny? — Much has been made of late about a supposed “Death of Comedy” in the mainstream. This is often stated, with great certainty, by an older white man who has made a career out of jokes about women drivers, bad airline food and racial stereotypes. Their reasoning is often something along…

Comedy

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Is Comedy Dead?
Is Comedy Dead?
Comedy

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