A Galaxy in a Pixel

A Galaxy in a Pixel

You Should see the MOVIE!

Go see Guardians of the Galaxy!

I'll wait...

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You see it?  Good.  Watching that movie made me feel like I was one of those kids in the theater watching Star Wars for the first time back in 1977.  Its fun, cosmic, and left me grinning from ear to ear.

And as a tribute, I made this.  

Enjoy!

TGIF!

TGIF!

Thank God it's Friday!

Kumare

Kumare, Kumare, Kumare!  That is the chant in my head right now.  I just saw this movie, and I have to say its really well made since it keeps me thinking about it.  Kumare is a documentary about Vikram Ghandi, a New Jersey man who set out to discover what it took to be a guru.  Vikram grew up in a Hindu household, but eventually grew away from it.  He became fascinated by the fad of Guru worship that was (and to some extent is) sweeping the country.  Since he doubted religion, and doubted thir credibility, he set out to prove that gurus, or really anyone appointing themselves as "holymen/women," are just regular people.  What follows was a fascination examination into faith, fallacy, and human connection.

This movie is great, and on Netflix.  When I saw it (with a group) there was much debate over the morality of his misrepresentation since he did develop a following with 14 students.  I say that his performance was based off of stereotypes that many people buy into about "eastern wisdom," and that from the start, he preached that he was a fake and that a guru is not neccessary for self improvement.  anyone who didn't accept that when he revealed his true identity clearly didn't get his message.

Long story short, you should watch it.

Creators: Alan Moore

Creators

A growing list of influential Artists, Writers, Poets, Filmmakers, and Creatives.

Alan Moore

I like this guy, he's weird.  He's the oddball who cut his name out of the movie adaptations of his works and refused to accept the money for it.  He has weird religious beliefs (more on that Friday), a bizarre dress code, and he thinks comics are the best kind of art (can you guess what I think of him?). Alan Moore is one of my favorite comic writers because he consistantly challenges himself and the medium with complex characters, morally ambiguous stories, and vivid visual storytelling. To keep things brief, I will list off a few of my favorite works by him.

Movie Matinee: Superfilms

Movie Matinee

Superfilms!

I was asked for my thoughts on the new Superman movie Man of Steel.  I could have just done that, but after watching the first three Christopher Reeve movies with a few friends recently, I feel the need to talk about the new movie in reference to the old.  The reason for that: I feel much of the criticism of the new film is due to referring to what has gone before.

Man of Steel (2013)

Finally to the point of all of this. If you couldn't tell already, I think that Superman could due with a cinematic course correction.  When Looking back at the other films, aside from a nostalgic desire to say they're great, they aren't so much:  plots are dicey, character development is weak, and, aside from Reeve, the other characters just aren't particularly interesting.  So I felt, going into Man of Steel that the filmmakers needed to completely forget what had been done on film before.
And they pretty much did.