Series Review:
Nikita
Tech-heavy spy drama at its most intense
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by Matthew Ferri
*Vague spoilers
A
rogue agent makes it her mission to take down a secret criminal organisation
she used to work for called Division. Suffice it to say that this isn't the most
original plot; nor...
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Thank the Maker for Videogames
P1. Media is educational
P2. Videogames are a form of media
C. Videogames are educational
Yeah, okay, that argument's pretty
bad. But the conclusion's true. Addictive or not, videogames teach
people a lot of stuff! I present to you some of the most notable things that videogames
alone have imparted onto me:
1. The difference between 'effect'
and 'affect'
There came a point in high school...
Friday, 25 May 2012
Korra: A Gem in an Endless Sea of Blah
When animated films are good,
they're really good. Perhaps it's
because they're almost always aimed at kids and we adults have low standards
for kids' media. In other words, it's okay if we don't like a cartoon because,
quite frankly, we're not meant to. So it's no surprise that the good ones stand
out. By 'good', I'm talking about those rare gems we'd exuberantly show off to
anyone we know, anywhere....
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Why tax forms are among my worst nightmares
I've always struggled with maths, much
to the superficial irony of my high school mates who used to remark, "But your
dad's a maths tutor," to which I'd reply, "And your dad's in prison.
Shouldn't you be robbing a bank?"
Sure, I could grasp the concepts and reasoning behind all those formulas, but I found it difficult to apply them
to questions where the working hadn't already been done for me,...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
Road Rage
We're given the basics early in
life. An arsenal of tools to get us by, you might say. We learn to
talk, walk, write, think, count, pee, and get what we want. And the rest of our
lives is spent focusing on and mastering one or two of those arts. (Though
don't ask me how the masters of peeing fare in our dwindling economy).
Of course, at some stage or
another, we may opt to equip ourselves with...
Monday, 14 May 2012
One (extra)ordinary saturday
1
Magic
likes to set itself up.
Like an oasis after a day of scorching heat.
Saturday.
I got four hours of sleep, waking
to the news that my plans to catch up with Brooke, followed by purchasing a
Mother's Day present (for mother), were smitten by the ill-timed hand of
sickness. I took Brooke to the clinic instead, where I sat in the waiting room
catching up on games like Draw Something
and...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
The 'Other' Things in Film: Part Two
Perhaps I complain too much. Even
film, the most extravagant combination of art and entertainment I can think of,
cannot help but stir some of the inherent juices of protest and criticism which
lay dormant inside me. But I'm not a negative person, really.
I'm not even angry.
I just have opinions, which now and
then need a dose of fresh air. And they aren't all bad. In fact, my first for
today...
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
The 'Other' Things in Film: Part One
I find analysing the central themes
built upon by layers of camera and post production techniques, dialogue, music,
costume, parallels and so to be an inspiring and fulfilling perspective to take
when watching a film. (The symbol of love and the theme of integrity in Megamind are brilliantly presented). Of
course, it also means ninety-five percent of films suddenly suck because most
don't bother...
Friday, 4 May 2012
Harry Potter and the Mysterious Cap-nodding Shenanigans
I graduated two days ago. You know, for all that stuff I learned over the
past four years. But it seems the most important lesson of all was only
imparted to me at that very ceremony, which is not to be confused with
Hogwarts; though I don't think anyone would mind if it was. All the
representatives onstage were clad in full wizard gear – robes,
not-overly-fastidious hats, and wrinkles. The only...
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
I'm not one to rant, but...
Grammar, punctuation, spelling - they're all things on which I vowed not
to hate: clichéd and all. But there's this one outstanding discrepancy - a
dinosaur among ants, if you will ('dinosaur' not only connotes visual significance
but also refers to a species supposed to
be extinct) - which deserves
special mention, and critique, partly
because it's so common, but mostly because it's different,...
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