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Electro-Shock Blues, by Eels

The Dark Knight of the Moon: An Annoying Phenomenon, or In My Mind Batman and Pink Floyd Are Forever Linked

Yay for MS Paint

Sit back, relax, and cast your mind back… to the eighth grade.

Aaaaaaaaaaah!!

Subtexts in the Star Wars Prequels: Part 1

Perhaps the largest cinematic disappointment of the modern era would naturally be the Star Wars prequel movies.  Spawned from one of the most beloved film franchises ever, the Prequels get a ton of hate for not living up to their pedigree.  And the fact of the matter is that they're mediocre films, at best.  Specifically, the directing and writing in the Prequels is barely professional quality.  George Lucas may be a great ideas-man and great at advancing special effects in film, but he is certainly NOT a very good writer or director, and he took over all of these duties for the prequel films.  Which is really unfortunate, because in an abstract, not-written-and-directed-by-George-Lucas form, the Prequels are secretly far more brilliant than the Original Trilogy.  Here's Part One of my reasons why.

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