The best view death I’ve ever read was from Steve Jobs, a former hippie who became one of the biggest corporate icons of the modern era. In other words, he was a Frankenstein monster conservatives and liberals still love to debate. He gave a commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005, an…
Welcome back to the heart of darkness, True Detectives. We’re back in Vinci, California, finally ready to dig deep into this season’s murder case and free of the glare of this acclaimed show’s return. Quick recap: we left off last week with our three cops finally united. Dirty cop Ray Velcoro…
Was Game of Thrones too optimistic for you? Well, don’t worry, lovers of everything dark and depressing, HBO has the answer to squash our re-emerging happiness. True Detective takes over the former show’s time slot on Sundays and brings with it the same fatalistic tone that entranced viewers last year, albeit with an…
Dear Reader, Wow, has it been six months already? Time flies when you’re writing thousands of words. As I said in my previous post A Summer at The Chautauquan Daily, I have the pleasure of serving the community of Chautauqua NY for the nine-week summer season. Summer here is far…
Dear Reader, Here we are, 6 months into whatever journey the Slog holds. I hope you’ve enjoyed it. It took me a while to commit to doing a blog regularly, but now with over 50 posts under my belt and a litany of enjoyment from watching and re-watching, reading and re-reading,…
COMING SPRING 2016 ON HBO WARNING! SPOILERS FOR THE SHOW AND THE BOOK SERIES BELOW! This was a season of change, concision, and convergence for the biggest series in the world. Series showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss took over a decade of author George R.R. Martin’s struggle to tell his…
Here we are. The end of Game of Thrones. It always flies by so fast. 10 episodes used to be a cakewalk for traditional shows, especially broadcast networks where they can pump out 22-24 episodes of NCIS. Or NCIS: Los Angeles. Or NCIS: New Orleans. Game of Thrones is a distinctive beast…
Refresh on the best movies the first half of 2015 has to offer, as told by my friend, fellow OU alum, and all-around cinephile Will Ashton, of the popular entertainment websites The Celebrity Cafe and Rope of Silicon.
JURASSIC WORLD June 12, 2015 I remember, like a lot of Millenials do, seeing Jurassic Park for the first time. It was a seminal moment. The build-up, the reveals, the wonder, the awe . . . followed by the adrenaline, excitement, and fear. Spielberg’s 1993 original is, bar none, one…