Pop Culture for Fun

Ever watched one movie and thought of a completely different one, just because a little tiny bit of a character in one movie was like a character in the other? I have, so let’s look at fiction’s distant cousins. James Bond and Maxwell Smart They’re both spies at work for the government. Only one has [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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Action movies will always be popular because people like heroes. Heroes that walk away from explosions without flinching, dodge bullets, ignore serious injuries, do death defying stunts and witty one-liners along the way. The number one prerequisite of being an action movie character? Toughness (and the ability to generate suspension of disbelief). So let’s count [...]

Posted on August 13th, 2010 by MrWiseguy
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  A couple of weeks ago I watched the season (series ?) finale for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I expected some resolutions and some answers, mainly because I honestly believed it would be the end of the show, as much as I hated it. And it just might be that, though no one, except maybe [...]

Posted on April 17th, 2009 by MrWiseguy
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  Seeing as I let the dust settle on this little blog, and almost let it die, it seemed appropriate that I should be discussing death, but not any kind of death, but the one that strikes at major characters on TV.   It’s rare to see such a thing, as writers seem to hate killing the [...]

Posted on April 9th, 2009 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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