The Incomparable Nina Simone Night Thread (2/11/18)
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Day: February 11, 2018
Star Trek: Discovery, S1E15: Will You Take My Hand?
From the beginning, Discovery has been concerned with identity. Burnham’s human nature pushing against her Vulcan upbringing. Saru’s fearful instincts holding back his heroic responsibilities as a Starfleet officer. Ash Tyler’s past as Voq, and then Voq’s outsider status as an … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery, S1E15: Will You Take My Hand?
Olympic Winter Games 2/12: Olympicados Hope For Mondayful’o’sunshine
Hello and welcome to another Olympic Thread, where we’ll be discussing curling and all the other sports that happen to be not-curling. Given my rather harsh deadline for work, I am gonna update the thread after it goes online, around … Continue reading Olympic Winter Games 2/12: Olympicados Hope For Mondayful’o’sunshine
Supernatural: S13E13 – “Devil’s Bargain”
Join us for a discussion about Supernatural – s13e13 – “Devil’s Bargain”! Continue reading Supernatural: S13E13 – “Devil’s Bargain”
This Week In The Arrowverse: 02/05/2018 – 02/11/2018: “Thank You, Frosty Oprah!”
Arrowverse Review Index Supergirl 3×13: “Both Sides Now”, The Flash 4×13: “True Colors”, Black Lightning 1×04: “Black Jesus”, and Arrow 6×13: “The Devil’s Greatest Trick” Buildup and payoff. Those are the core pillars that serialized television is built on. … Continue reading This Week In The Arrowverse: 02/05/2018 – 02/11/2018: “Thank You, Frosty Oprah!”
The Simpsons, Season Three, Episode Twenty-Four, “Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?”
Season three finishes off with a bang! None of the past few episodes of have been bad, but this episode feels like it shifted up a gear in energy; I don’t know whether the crew wanted to save their best … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Three, Episode Twenty-Four, “Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?”
Double Features: The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) and The Duellists (1977)
I finally caught up with some of the more challenging and lengthy films of world cinema that had been high on my to do list the past year: the full 12h 40m cut of Jacques Rivette’s Out 1 (1971) -it … Continue reading Double Features: The Saragossa Manuscript (1965) and The Duellists (1977)
Glyphian Underdog Thread
Post an odd pop culture preference you have and state why, but not just any preference. Your preferred one, the one you would save from being destroyed over the other, should be SMALLER than the other. For instance, Glyph said … Continue reading Glyphian Underdog Thread
Sunday Food Thread 2/11
A week or so ago day a friend posted this 2014 opinion piece about the virtues of never cooking. Despite the dripping condescension of the piece (at first I thought it may have been a tongue-in-cheek swipe at millenials or … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread 2/11
Album Spotlight: The Beatles—Please Please Me
It was fifty-five years prior to this date of publication that the main recording session for the Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, took place. As Mark Lewisohn, the Beatles’ foremost biographer, later wrote, there have scarcely been 585 more … Continue reading Album Spotlight: The Beatles—Please Please Me
Far Beyond the Day Thread
“Far Beyond the Stars” is the 13th episode of season 6 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and today is the 20th anniversary of the original airdate. So I figured I’d write a little bit about it, as it is … Continue reading Far Beyond the Day Thread
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