Severance has a deceptively simple premise: What if you could separate your consciousness between work and your personal life? The 'you' at work would be completely separate from the 'you' not at work, each with no knowledge of the other. The drama of the show comes from teasing out the implications of the setup: Would… Continue reading The Answers Change
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Contradictions
There was a delightful irony to the world of Bionicle that drew me in when the toy line started back in 2001. Here was a tropical, tribal-looking island that drew a lot on Polynesian imagery populated with robots who could wield magical elemental powers. Well, technically biomechanical robots, but there was still this really cool… Continue reading Contradictions
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