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Author Archives: JE
Batman Strikes Out, and 2 Pix
I rewatched Batman Returns recently. It’s a visually beautiful movie. It reminded me constantly of an over-the-top production of an opera–an impression helped along by a lushly operatic soundtrack by Danny Elfman. For visual effects CGI can’t rival, the movie … Continue reading
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Thinking…
Springy thoughts in the Great Black Swamp.
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Sorry About This…
… but I’ve decided to close the comments on this blog permanently. It’s not you, reader: it’s the spambots. More than 99% of the comments here are spam, and it seems utterly pointless to spend my time weeding through them. … Continue reading
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Putting the Just in Adjustment
The Adjustment Bureau, like every third movie out of Hollywood these days, is based on a Philip K. Dick story I haven’t read (in this case “Adjustment Team”). I have to admit that the Great Dickening of our times baffles … Continue reading
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Hey, Kids! Let’s talk about BLOOD LIBEL!
Blood libel has been in the news lately because of its unfortunate use by Sarah Palin, apostle to the Mama Grizzlies. The unexpected benefit from this has been an outburst of history in news outlets that don’t normally contemplate the … Continue reading
We Interrupt This Lack of Message…
… to wish a merry Christmas to those who celebrate, a great weekend to all.
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Three (?) Things
Thing 1. I’ve been sneaking back into blogging by bookblogging a little bit. My latest effort is a review of Bujold’s Cryoburn at the Blog Gate. And a whilish while ago I posted some babble about Cabell at the same … Continue reading
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The One and Only Twain
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1 by Mark Twain My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is not Twain’s greatest work, and a lot of it has seen the light of day before. But earlier editions distorted the book in … Continue reading
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Whenwolves?
The question came up in my myth class today: do all these werewolf and vampire stories go back to ancient Greece and Rome? The short answer is: not all, but some. Blood-drinking ghosts are a feature of Greek myth from … Continue reading
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