Pop Culture for Fun

  I was born in the year of “War”, the year of “Venus”, of “Take My Breath Away”, of “Papa Don’t Preach” and the year of “Manic Monday”. So what?   Does that mean that I’m influenced today by those songs?I honestly don’t know.But, fact it, even though the following were hits during that year, I’m not [...]

Posted on June 26th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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TV currently has several animated popular animated series, offering from low-brow humour to gross-out comedy to intellectual fare.Now, what separates these is not really theme or art, but approach. “Futurama” is one of my favourite animated shows, now cancelled yet resurrected through a series of straight to DVD movies(which is the perfect solution as far [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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Here’s some fictional quotes from directors based on their work(if you can come up with some others, I’m sure it would be a lot of fun): Peter Jackson: “We need more chemistry between Sam and Frodo!” Martin Scorsese: “A biography of Martin Luther King you say.I’ve got the perfect actor in mind.Call DiCaprio for me!” [...]

Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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Like the 1963 movie’s title states, it’s a mad mad mad mad world.Twisted, some might call it, and maybe they’re right.Let’s analyze it(prepare to be insulted): -The magazines’ first pages are dominated not by political or social events, but by the latest news from our favorite stars’ lives;for example, the exaggerated interest shown to the [...]

Posted on June 20th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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I once read an article from an IMDB link, about the evolution of soundtracks in the film industry.Everyone can remember hits like “My Heart Will Go On“, “I Will Always Love You“, or “Take My Breath Away“.Songs written specifically for the movies they appeared in.Songs that you’d here everywhere at the time.Songs that would haunt [...]

Posted on June 12th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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We all know Hollywood just loves to throw stereotypes at us, as long as they bring loads of cash into those big studios’ pockets.We also know the most used vehicle for said stereotypes is action (well, technically, it’s comedy, but for the purpose of this article we’ll all come to terms that it is in [...]

Posted on June 11th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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Sitcoms have been around for ages.I doubt there’s anyone with a TV that hasn’t been a fan of one or another.In a way, sitcoms have been the backbone of television ever since they made the jump from radio to that little black box we call TV. With its root firmly placed in plays of Aristophanes, [...]

Posted on June 10th, 2008 by MrWiseguy
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