Month: November 2020
What does V represent?
V for VendettaOne of the most ambiguous and contradictive film experiences was granted to be by V for Vendetta. This comic book-based movie showed something that made me call it […]
Dr. Schleifer Interview: Samuel Johnson's Influence on Future Lexicographers
I sat down with Dr. Paul Schleifer, professor of English at Southern Wesleyan University, who specializes in English as a spoken language, to discuss the impact that Samuel Johnson’s work […]
Supertoys Don’t Last All Summer
The Supertoys stories raise the question of what it means to be real, or maybe it asks what it means to be human. Maybe the stories are asking both.
The First Men on the Moon—Kubrick and Clarke
The phenomenon of 2001: A Space Odyssey is just that: a phenomenon of two equally marvelous men that decided to create it.
Is V truly an Anarchist?
V for Vendetta is widely renowned for being the movie that embraces the concept of “anarchy.” The Guy Fawkes mask that V dons are now known as the face of […]
Samuel Johnson: Foundations of Lexicography
There is no argument that Samuel Johnson had influence on society due to his work creating the first influential dictionary for the English language. His dictionary is one of the […]
Blade Runner has not aged well
It’s no question that Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner from 1982 is regarded as a culturally iconic science-fiction film. It pioneered the cyberpunk genre and had that real-world, dirty griminess combined […]