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Author: Wesley Dugle

“Avatar” and why white people want to be one of the Natives…

Rachel Dolezal is not black. For those of you who may have memory-holed this major controversy from years back, Rachel Dolezal was formerly a president of the NAACP in Spokane……

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Published January 6, 2023
Categorized as Deep Dives

Love, Lust, and being Autistic in “Beastars”

Sooo, I discovered I have autism recently… I took a test online to determine if I possibly have it a couple months ago (the name of test escapes me at……

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Published December 13, 2022
Categorized as Deep Dives

DS9, baseball, and the important part of linear existence

Star Trek Deep Space 9’s first season isn’t highly regarded for the most part even among the series’ most devoted fans. Though many see DS9 now as peak Star Trek,……

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Published October 26, 2022
Categorized as Deep Dive Space 9, Deep Dives

“Rush” and what we are willing to risk for success

For the past 3 months or so now I’ve been training for my debut amateur Muay Thai bout. Muay Thai, which is a traditional martial art from Thailand, is one……

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Published August 26, 2022
Categorized as Deep Dives

“Prey” is a worthy Predator prequel

“Predator 2” is often unfairly maligned as one of the franchise’s worst entries. Fans and critics seemed to dislike it for being perhaps too over the top, too corny, and……

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Published August 9, 2022
Categorized as Reviews

Reflecting on the nerd I once was…

So, Comic-Con came back last month. Yes, the Mecca of Nerdom after a two-year hiatus due to COVID (which is still a thing btw) returned in its full(ish) glory as……

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Published August 1, 2022
Categorized as Culture, Deep Dives

Review: “Star Trek Strange New Worlds” is the best of both

WARNING: Some spoilers for season 1 of “Strange New Worlds” ahead. Star Trek fans have had at best a complicated relationship with writer and producer Alex Kurtzman. With J.J. Abrams’……

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Published July 15, 2022
Categorized as Reviews

DS9 questions and reaffirms Star Trek’s legacy

WARNING: Spoilers for a nearly 30-year-old TV show ahead. This will be the first of a series of write-ups under the name Deep Dive Space 9 Here’s a fun fact!……

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Published July 1, 2022
Categorized as Deep Dive Space 9, Deep Dives

The MCU, Disney, and the Gentrification of Hollywood

In my hometown, there used to be a really good restaurant called “Baja Fish Tacos” I frequented quite often not too long ago. It was a local joint that specialized……

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Published June 22, 2022
Categorized as Deep Dives

“Berserk” and why we choose to struggle

CW: SPOILERS for “Berserk” and discussion of suicide and mental health. Don’t know if you’ve noticed but the world is getting increasingly more difficult to live in these days. Without……

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Published June 16, 2022
Categorized as Deep Dives

Review: Raimi tries some fun and Strange things with “Multiverse of Madness”

Martin Scorsese once said the MCU “isn’t cinema” and it kicked off a firestorm of rage from fanboys of Hollywood’s biggest franchise. Fans accused him of being an “elitist,” a……

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Published May 19, 2022
Categorized as Reviews

Review: “The Northman” is fun but a bit ordinary

When the trailer dropped for “The Northman” back in December it created a significant amount of buzz online by a small but dedicated group of movie fans. Director Robert Eggers……

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Published May 10, 2022
Categorized as Reviews

Review: “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is a masterpiece about “What if’s”

I’ve gone through a TON of growing over the past year. Thanks to a combination of therapy and finally getting properly medicated for my mental health issues, plus leaving my……

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Published April 27, 2022
Categorized as Reviews

The insidious nature of how “Complex” Villains are written

CW: Police, State, and Racial violence discussed and presented ahead. I’ve always had at best a middling opinion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even before my big shift in my……

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Published April 12, 2022
Categorized as Deep Dives

My very late and very long review of “The Batman”…

The more things change, the more they stay the same. For instance, in my 32 years on this planet, I have now seen six different actors don the cape and……

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Published March 31, 2022
Categorized as Reviews

Disney is not an ally…

Source: hellogiggles.com Disney’s newest animated feature, “Turning Red,” caused a considerable amount of positive buzz online last weekend. The film, which premiered last Friday, garnered widespread praise for featuring a……

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Published March 16, 2022
Categorized as Deep Dives

Rebellion is not a metaphor

In the early goings of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” we get to see the humble origins of Luke Skywalker at his moisture farm on Tatooine alongside his uncle Owen……

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Published February 14, 2022
Categorized as Deep Dives

Why I love Film Music

When I was nine years old, I REALLY liked “The Phantom Menace.” I loved it so much as a snot-nosed 4th grader at the time that I dragged my father,……

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Published January 27, 2022
Categorized as Culture, Deep Dives

How the US created Godzilla

For most movie-watching audiences Godzilla is something of a caricature representing the hokiness of Japanese giant monster cinema. Watching dudes in rubber suits awkwardly smash model buildings isn’t exactly high……

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Published January 6, 2022
Categorized as Culture, Deep Dives

My Top 5 of 2021

Don’t know about y’all but 2021 has been a year of tremendous growth and change for myself. I quit my job back in April and started decluttering my life to……

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Published January 1, 2022
Categorized as Random

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