Tag: cultural criticism

Wired Magazine: Orientalism, Cyberpunk 2077, and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction

GEORGE YANG CULTURE12.08.2020 06:16 PM Orientalism, Cyberpunk 2077, and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction Cyberpunk as a genre, and Cyberpunk 2077 the game, are both rooted in a type of other-ization that can’t be ignored—but it can be examined. 2020 HAS BEEN one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory, but at least, in a few days, … Continue reading Wired Magazine: Orientalism, Cyberpunk 2077, and Yellow Peril in Science Fiction

THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) – This is America (Don’t Catch You Slippin’)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElzIPn1pXWE I watched the 1983 film documenting the story of test pilots reaching into the era of the first NASA Mercury program, 'The Right Stuff', this past week. And DAMN was it good. This is what filmmaking is when it rises to epic poetry... On the surface it could be a story of lives and … Continue reading THE RIGHT STUFF (1983) – This is America (Don’t Catch You Slippin’)

Weekly Dispatch #4 – 05.24 – 05.31.2020 – ‘SUDDEN DEATH IN CAROLINA’ – discussing the film ‘Melancholia’ (2011)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGKZJRZ14Gc&t=319s The Haunted Typewriter Weekly Dispatch - 05.24.2020 - A Cyberpunk Vlog from TheHauntedTypewriter.com EPISODE #4 - SUDDEN DEATH IN CAROLINA /// Discussing the film 'Melancholia' (2011) / Tarot Card Queen of Swords / Giant Wave Art Installation in South Korea / "Stay Hydrated" / God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then … Continue reading Weekly Dispatch #4 – 05.24 – 05.31.2020 – ‘SUDDEN DEATH IN CAROLINA’ – discussing the film ‘Melancholia’ (2011)

5.14.2020>On The Cusp of Maximum Acceleration – The Sublime 1970s Grain of Media Temporal Distortion

I am watching the film 'The Night Stalker' (1972) for this forthcoming weekly video dispatch. It is a made for TV movie that along with The Night Strangler (1973) preceded the cult TV Series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. "It featured a fictional Chicago wire service reporter—Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin—who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, … Continue reading 5.14.2020>On The Cusp of Maximum Acceleration – The Sublime 1970s Grain of Media Temporal Distortion

THIS DAY IN HISTORY> 05.06.1954: Roger Bannister runs first four-minute mile – An opportunity to look back at one of my favorite albums – THE GET UP KIDS – FOUR MINUTE MILE

THIS POST DOES NOT FEATURE MY OWN WRITING BUT JUXTAPOSED ARTICLE SECTIONS FROM THREE EXTERNAL PIECES, From VICE.com - 1997: the year emo broke - a Group of articles on various albums from the banner year 1997 - Definitely worth taking a look at this page. A big chunk of this was taken from One … Continue reading THIS DAY IN HISTORY> 05.06.1954: Roger Bannister runs first four-minute mile – An opportunity to look back at one of my favorite albums – THE GET UP KIDS – FOUR MINUTE MILE