Archives for July, 2012

Alan Moore on Fascism

“Well, the one thing with writing stories about the rise of fascism is that if you wait long enough, you’ll almost certainly be proved right. Fascism is like a hydra — you can cut off its head in the Germany of the ’30s and ’40s, but it’ll still turn up on your back doorstep in […]

0 Comments. Posted by on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 9:43 pm.

Filed under animation studies, film studies, Whedon.

Neil deGrasse Tyson Hits the Next Level

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s podcast Star Talk has an amazing episode on the history of video games with comedian Eugene Mirman, Jeff Ryan, author of “Super Mario – How Nintendo Conquered America” and Will Wright, the incredible creator of the SIM video games and Spore. I was surprised that deGrasse Tyson focused on violence in video […]

0 Comments. Posted by on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at 12:16 am.

Filed under animation, animation studies, Video Games.

Scary Smash

Joss Whedon stars in a short film written by a 4 year-old! I’m amazed by this whole Written by a Kid series. Via Neatorama

0 Comments. Posted by on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at 5:51 pm.

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Batman: The Animated Series Rises

I love how this promo for The Hub’s Batman: The Animated Series recuts the show into the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises. It’s really incredible how these two series have really redefined the character. Even better, John Stewart indicated that he’s looking forward to all the Bain/Bane jokes that are inevitably going to happen. […]

0 Comments. Posted by on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 8:24 pm.

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