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2016 Television
February 29, 2016 Television The Walking Dead has returned from its mid-season. It seemed that people either loved it or hated it. Though they some inconsistencies, like them starting out walking during the day and seemingly not getting very far … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 2 Broke Girls, ABC, ABC Family, Abraham, Adalind, adaptaion, Alien DNA, Aliens, AMC, Angels, Arrow, Arthur C Clarke, Blow Up, Carl, Carlton Cuse, Carol, Caroline Channing, Cassandra Clare, CBS, Childhood's End, City of Bones, Clary, Collaborator, Colonization, Colony, Comic book, Daryl, DC Legends of Tomorrow, Demons, DNA, Drama, Dystopian, Einstein, Elementary, Elfstones of Shannara, Elves, Experiment, Fox, FreeForm, Future, Glen, Good, Grimm, Human, illness, iZombie, Jessie, Jesus, Josh Holloway, Kate Bowman, Lizard, Lost, Maggie, Max Black, Michonne, Middle Ages, Miller, Mom, Movie, MTV, Mulder, Myth, Mythbusters, Mythological Past, Nazis, Negan, Nick, reboot, Resistance, Rick, Ron, RPG, Sam, Sarah Wayne Callies, Science Fiction, Scully, Set on Fire, Shadowhunters, Sick, Television, Terrorist Plot, Terry Brooks, The Blacklist., The Flash, The Lord of the Rings, The Mortal Instruments, The Shannara Chronicles, The Walking Dead, The X-Files, Twist, USA, Weak, Were-Monster, Will Bowman, WWII, zombies
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The Dark Tower Series
June 18, 2006 The Tower We journeyed toward the tower, passing through the wilderness. The sun was setting in the western sky, but it was still incredibly hot. What was the tower anyway? The center of power? The gateway to … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture, Lost, Movies/TV
Tagged 1982, 1987, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, Archetype, Bad Twin, Beams, bleak Mid-World, Books, Childe Roland To the Dark Tower Came, Clint Eastwood, Creation, Destruction, Gorman Nature Center, Imagination, Immortality, Intertexuality, Journey, Ka, Literature, Lost, Magic, Magnum Opus, Portal, Post Modern, Randall Flagg, Reading, Robert Browning, Roland, Sawyer, skpetical world, Stephen King, The Crimson King, The Dark Tower Series, The Drawing of the Three, The Gunslinger, The Lord of the Rings, The Man with No Name, The Wizard in Glass, World, Writing
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Goblins
January 6, 2014 Goblins Goblins have gained entry into my week—first, through the Dean Koontz 1987 novel Twilight Eyes and then through Kate Locke’s series The Immortal Empire. What are Goblins exactly? They are little creatures related to Brownies and … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Pedagogy
Tagged Brownies, Dean Koontz, Elves, Gnomes, Goblins, God Save The Queen, Halfie, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kady Cross, Kate Lock, Long Live The Queen, Mordor, Orc, Orcenshield, Pennsylvania, Scottish, The Lord of the Rings, The Queen Is Dead, Twilight Eyes, Werewolves, Xandra Varden, Yorktown
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A History of Fantasy
A History of Fantasy Viggo Mortensen captured my imagination in The Lord of the Rings, as he did many others. I’d seen him in G.I Jane and A Perfect Murder before, but not given him a lot of thought. But … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 28 Days, A Fellowship of the Ring, A History of Violence, A Perfect Murder, A Walk On The Moon, Aragorn, Attraction, Author Cari Lynn Vaughn, Books, Connection, Cowboy-Poet, Danish, Dark, Dream, Eastern Promises, Ed Harris, Edgy, English, Fighter, French, G.I. Jane, Hildago, Horses, Intelligent, Italian, Liv Tyler, Maria Bello, Men with Heart, Musician, Naomi Watts, Painter, Perceval Press, Photographer, Poet, Publications, Purple Rose of Cairo, Quiet, Return of the King, Sandra Bullock, Sexy, Shy, Soccer Fan, son, Spanish, Strider, Submission, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Tough Men, Traveler, Viggo Mortensen, Warrior, Wild, Witness, World Traveler
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Fantasy Favorites
Fantasy Favorites Growing up there were two fantasy movies that I watched over and over again: The Hobbit and The Last Unicorn. Both animated films that were produced by Rankin and Bass. The Hobbit aired on TV in 1977, while … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged Animated, Cari Gilkison, Fantasy, Favorites, J.R.R. Tolkien, King Lear, Live Action, Peter Jackson, Peter S Beagle, Rainbows, Rankin and Bass, regret, Robin Hood, Saturday and Sunday Afternoon, Television, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit, The Last Unicorn, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Two Towers, Whitney School
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Apocalypse
Apocalypse Apocalypse is the buzz word of the week, perhaps even the month or year. December 21st marks the 13th b’ak’tun on the Mayan Calender. It is not the end of the calender itself. The Mayans mention future dates all … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Event, History, Religion, Science/Philosophy
Tagged Apocalypse, Apocalyptic Planet, Armageddon, Catholic Church, Craig Childs, Dagor Dagorath, Devil, Jehovah Wittness, JRR Tolkien, Magnetic Poles Flip-Flopping, Mayan Calendar, NASA, Nibiru, Ragnarok, Rapture, Satan, Second Coming of Christ, Seventh Day Adventist, The Anti-Christ, The Beast, The End of the World, The Lord of the Rings, The Norse, The Sun Exploding, Zechariah Stichen
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