Pop Culture for Fun

Leslie Nielsen has died from pneumonia, aged 84. He was in a way a part of pop culture more so than others can ever hope. Despite a more serious career at a younger age, he found fame with comedies and especially parodies in his later years. Just knowing he was part of Airplane! is enough [...]

Posted on November 29th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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The Walking Dead didn’t disappoint the buzz around it with the pilot episode. It was filled with suspense, action, and a whole lot of zombies. It was also thoughtful and hinted that it could do the whole Romero “zombies as social commentary” thing well. The next episodes a mixed bag. The great characterization that got [...]

Posted on November 27th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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Remakes were something normal until a couple of years ago when people started using the term reboot. The reason was probably the increasing number of franchises available and the fact that the studio heads started thinking in terms of those rather than individual movies. If a franchise shows signs of fatigue in its current incarnation, [...]

Posted on November 20th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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I have recently finished Fallout: New Vegas. Though I’ll admit is quite addictive, and in some ways, an improvement over the 2008 Game of the Year, its story and ending were not on the same level. But that’s not what I want to point out. Both Fallout 3 and NewVegas had fictional radios. And apparently [...]

Posted on November 18th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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