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Blake's 7 (1978)
Thanks to Chicken Dynasty (to whom I owe the excellent screencaps in this post), back in November 2025, I watched the first episode of Blake’s 7, a British dystopian science fiction show, that more than makes up for its modest budget with powerful and uncomfortably prescient storytelling. Set in
Duérmete pedazo de mi corazón
CW: grandparent loss +++++ My grandmother died. I’m not ready to write about it yet, but if you’re wondering when it happened, you could say it was last month. It was last month in the sense that is when an ICU doctor looked at her brain activity and declared
Welcome to the Agapecene
Apageseis (verb form of agape, noun): to show a conscious, chosen, and unconditional love, typically through active goodwill and self-sacrifice -cene (affix): a division of geological time from the Greek kainos, new. If you’re feeling conflicted about celebrating 250 years of the United States, you’re not alone.
The Interior Design of the Jurassic Park Visitors’ Center Foreshadows the Plot
In a recent post about Jurassic Park (1993), I argued that the design of the visitors’ center as metatext supports the thesis of the overall film as a text. This week, I want to talk about how the design of the interior of the building does the same. “But Hype,