I was watching David Harvey's excellent lecture series on reading Marx's Das Kapital, and in the introduction, he talks about how he's done this class for many many years now, and in all sorts of departments, even those you wouldn't expect to see reading economic and social philosophy. And, he notes, each year he learns something [...]
From J.W. Rinzler's The Making of Star Wars:
Jordan Bernt Peterson was born in 1962, holds a B.A. in political science, and a PhD in psychology. He teaches at the University of Toronto. Like a lot of smart people, he was a very successful and interesting figure in his own field, who then decided to branch out and start bloviating about other fields [...]
Solo: a Star Wars Story Final Approved Story Draft Han is a hip young pilot fresh out of the academy. He's talented and flashy and doesn't play by the rules, but he's also a loyal friend to those he cares about, and committed to causes that engage him. His arch rival was the man who [...]
Rey and Poe are tasked by the Rebellion to locate the First Order's new "War Star," a gigantic planet sized base that is capable of draining the energy from a sun and using it to blow up ten planets simultaneously. To gain entrance to the FO base, they will need to locate Darth Vader's glove, [...]
This is a flexible black box theatre stage: They are one of the most common types of theatre, along with prosceniums, thrusts, and arenas. They are highly configurable, because all they are is a room painted black, and both the seating and set can be placed where ever one chooses. Much black box theatre is [...]
A young man steps into the hanger, accompanied by the wizened old mentor who has told him of his mysterious past, and the two slaved that have brought a mysterious message that could save the world. The young man has just sold his speeder, a vehicle that he treasured, but that he acknowledges is no [...]
For all that's been written about it -- exhaustively, I might add -- comparatively little has been said about Neon Genesis Evangelion's previous incarnation, Genesis Evangelion. I was shocked when I found a fansub of the six episode OVA in a VHS bin at Goodwill, but, well, that's how we find these things sometimes. They fall into [...]
Literal Machines 