Tension tends to drive a story forward. Well, tension and characters. But this is about tension (which relates to characters). Anyway, one source of tension, especially in movies that can be classified as action and adventure, is peril. Everybody loves peril. We see our characters and we ask ourselves “dude, what happens next?” And that,… Continue reading Perilous Tension
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Why The Avengers Will Be Awesome
In a little less than a week, a movie I’ve been waiting a long time for will finally be released. No, not The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (though that looks like fun), but The Avengers. Understand, I’ve been waiting for this movie since the stinger attached to Iron Man four years ago. I saw each… Continue reading Why The Avengers Will Be Awesome
The Magnitude of Medium
As I hope you’ve noticed over my past few entries, I like stories. I read them, I watch them, I play them, I, um, listen? to them. In any case, here’s something I’ve noticed: the medium of a story is, in the hands of a deft writer/creator, an incredibly powerful tool. Let’s start with books.… Continue reading The Magnitude of Medium
Why Science Fiction Is Not A Genre
Walk into any book store and you’ll find them sorted into categories. You’ve got your Fiction, Children’s, Military History, Home and Garden, Romance, Young Adult, the odd shelf titled ‘Young Adult Paranormal Romance’, and, of course, Science Fiction and Fantasy. It’s fairly obvious where books go, works of Fiction goes in fiction, kids’ books go… Continue reading Why Science Fiction Is Not A Genre
Christian Movies Don’t Have To Suck
So October Baby came out and I ended up watching it with some friends. It was, well, okay. Well shot and edited and acting that actually worked. Plot was somewhat weak and quickly got rather tedious. Could've been improved by cutting a lot of content and adding a single overarching theme to bring it all… Continue reading Christian Movies Don’t Have To Suck
Good Female Protagonists
The Hunger Games is out now in cinemas. It's a film based on a book that apparently is wild popular among teenage girls. A lot of people have likened it to the next Twilight. I, as a guy who's read both book series, am here to tell you that no, no, that's wrong, man! See,… Continue reading Good Female Protagonists
Essays, Not Rants! 