Karate Kid Week: Never Back Down!
As part of our Karate Kid week, Stokes subjects himself to one of the most apalling remakes in recent memory.
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Posts by Stokes on Overthinking It
Is Twilight Really Sexist? Mormon? Gothy?
The answers are respectively “no,” “no!” and “oh sweet Christ yes, absolutely, it is so gothy, so very gothy.” As gothy as the Hohe Domkirche of Cologne.
Actual Quanta of Solace
[You may find it helpful to read this post first.] One-third of an oreo and two ounces of cold milk. Clean, dry socks. Guessing Wheel Of Fortune phrase before any of the contestants. Happy Birthday wishes (via Facebook) from high … Continued
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Stop the F@$#^*% Presses!
Really, CNN? Really?
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Re: Your Brains
A recent post on the zombie in popular imagination gives an excellent general sense of what we talk about when we talk about the living dead. But there’s a conflict inherent in the system. We basically think of zombiism as … Continued
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And keep in mind, even the MOST charitable interpretation of this ad has her smearing kangaroo embryo onto her scalp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBEO8t9XIGo Usually when a commercial makes me spit coffee all over my laptop, it’s because I find something hilarious or disturbing about the subtext. This one is less subtle. Not that there aren’t questions. Are we supposed to think that … Continued
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Five Horror Films That Will Leave You Feeling Unclean
There exist within the horror genre certain films that are concerned less with scaring you than with making you question the essential goodness of mankind. I don’t really want to write about most of these movies, because it means that … Continued
Five Horror Films That Will Leave You Gleeful
Generally, horror shouldn’t make you giggle. These movies are the exception.
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Credit where it’s due, they inspired one of the more inspired Family Guy cutaways in recent memory
The commercials for Axe Body Spray have always appealed to men’s worst instincts, and recently they’ve taken an even more disturbing turn. See, Axe used to put out commercials like this: This one is an absurdly ramped-up version of the … Continued
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Political coverage no longer exists. Instead, we have electoral process fanfic
And it’s not even *good* fanfic. Obama and Palin are Mary Sues, the pair of them. Let me be clear: Obama and Palin, the human beings, are as complex and irreducible as any other human beings. But Obama and Palin, … Continued
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