“Never has a communications system played so many roles in our lives—or exerted such broad influence over our thoughts—as the Internet does today. Yet, for all that’s been written about the Net, there’s been little consideration of how, exactly, it’s reprogramming us. The Net’s intellectual ethic remains obscure.” […]
Annalee Newitz has a pretty interesting article about Get Smart and Don’t Mess with the Zohan, “Can Old-School Jewish Humor Survive in the Future?”
Sleestak has an overview of Planet Comics, which published some Fletcher Hanks stories. Even better, he has scans of Futura, an Alex Raymond-influenced space opera about a secretary kidnapped because aliens need earth ladies! “Over the course of her story Futura quickly becomes less of a victim and […]
Big Dead Place, a website devoted to Antarctica, offers a whole section devoted to reviews (and one boardgame version) of John Carpenter’s The Thing. (Actually, the whole site is swell).
It’s a little Minoru Kawasaki retrospective: Calamari Wrestler (2004); Executive Koala (2005); Beetle, The Horn King (2005); Kani Goalkeeper (2006); The World Sinks Except Japan (2006).
The Incredible Hulk reviewed in Hulk-speak: “Roth get injected with serum…. Smash cars. Tanks. Only with no trousers. Roth groin area ambiguous. Groin area look lumpy. Bumpy. Perhaps odd penis. Perhaps odd trousers. Critic … not sure.” And a deliberately spoiler-rich review of The Happening: “I’m offering an […]
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