I don't remember why this first crossed my mind, but the other day, I was thinking about "Game of Thrones" (which is getting its own post soon) and I remembered reading somewhere about George R.R. Martin's infamous Red Wedding. While the show's treatment of the Red Wedding was visually shocking but emotionally lacking (again... its own post), the book's scene is actually … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Creature? Features?
Chasing the Unicorn: Block By Block
Like a decent portion of the American public ($69.1 MILLION, and bringing with the news a slew of amazing Lego puns), I went and saw "The Lego Movie" this weekend, and it's one of the most amazing films I've ever seen, live action or otherwise, kids-centric or otherwise, whatever or whateverotherwise. There is nothing simple about this movie. What could've been a very, very … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Block By Block
Scrolling Scribe: Swastika Chic
Each week on Scrolling Scribe, editors will select their favorite archived articles and repost them for your reading pleasure. Originally published on October 18th, 2008. By Mindy Menjou Rock music has quite the legacy of political and social activism. From Vietnam War protest songs to a pledge by the Artists United Against Apartheid not to play Sun City to the … [Read more...] about Scrolling Scribe: Swastika Chic
Fire in the Sky
Nithya Kubendran is a senior studying Biomedical Engineering with a minor in East Asian Languages and Cultures. She hails from Quartz Hill, CA, where she learned to love tumbleweeds, joshua trees, and musical roads. Carmine is the one that starts you off on arson. You’re talking to her one night about how you and Chauncey are going … [Read more...] about Fire in the Sky
Chasing the Unicorn: Touched
Bryan Fuller's currently the bane of fans' existences everywhere because of his deliciously (sorry) imagined "Hannibal," but no matter what his taste (sorry) in storytelling now, I'll always have fond memories of the man because of a little gem of a show that got put on, and then pulled off, the air long before the world was ready for it: "Pushing Daisies." The story of the … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Touched