TV Archives - Westin Lee https://www.westinlee.com/category/tv/ Homepage of writer Westin Lee. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:52:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 48931760 ‘AI’ for Professional Writers: Navigating the Circus Part 2 https://www.westinlee.com/2025/02/13/ai-for-writers-2025-part-ii/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:06:52 +0000 https://www.westinlee.com/?p=3056 In Part One, we looked at the basic technology underneath modern “artificial intelligence,” along with possible use cases professional writers see across industries. This also lengthy part will explore the business of AI, as well as my favorite developments in the public eye. We’ll finish with some predictions and recommendations, as if my hot takes will be good and valuable.

Again, no one else went to the trouble of writing something like this, so now I have to do it.

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]]> 3056 ‘AI’ for Professional Writers: Navigating the Circus Part 1 https://www.westinlee.com/2025/01/30/ai-for-writers-2025-part-i/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:03:01 +0000 https://www.westinlee.com/?p=3032 Here we are in 2025, years into the current generation of AI technology. We’ve been inundated with hype at a scale greater than the last five tech industry hype waves combined. We’ve been told all sorts of great-sounding lines about how revolutionary and inevitable this technology is, especially for creative endeavors like writing.

But is it?

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]]> 3032 The END of Learning from Evangelion https://www.westinlee.com/2022/08/08/the-end-of-learning-from-evangelion/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 00:38:07 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=2437 Learning From Evangelion MORE Learning From Evangelion I knew I'd end up paying to listen to an Evangelion podcast eventually. The Get Played trio started an anime podcast, and I was delighted and unsurprised to learn that, like me, Heather Anne Campbell is a huge Eva nerd. If you're a fan, I recommend you check [...]

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]]> 2437 Phasers, and when to get into that sweet Star Trek technobabble. https://www.westinlee.com/2022/06/24/phasers-and-when-to-get-into-that-sweet-star-trek-technobabble/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:41:00 +0000 https://www.westinlee.com/?p=2734 I was just watching the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (which is a pretty great show, even after just six episodes), and there was a moment with a bit of phasers technobabble. Something in the vein of "target their engines, minimum yield." Okay, point made in the dramatic sense. They don't wanna [...]

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]]> 2734 The Puffin-style Babylon 5 Viewing Guide https://www.westinlee.com/2022/04/11/babylon5-guide/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:26:13 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=2537 Around 2009, I did my first real watch of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. It quickly became my favorite Star Trek series, and I've gone through it two more times since. The legendary, spoiler-free Puffin.net Deep Space 9 Viewing Guide has been a companion every time. I think the guide is a valuable tool for [...]

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]]> 2537 Arcane – 10 lessons from the Netflix show https://www.westinlee.com/2021/11/24/arcane-10-lessons/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:34:00 +0000 https://www.westinlee.com/?p=2587 Just finished watching the first season of Arcane on Netflix and...I was surprised how much I absolutely loved what is ultimately: a video game adaptationof a game that I played for yearsthat I couldn't remember two story or lore beats from* So perhaps, just like I did with Neon Genesis Evangelion, we can put on [...]

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]]> 2587 Killing Eve, and the Little Parts https://www.westinlee.com/2020/01/20/killing-eve-and-the-little-parts/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 13:07:42 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=2464 New year, and I miss posting blogs, on account that some of them turn out well and I like finding them years later. I'll continue to YouTube sporadically; I'm fond especially of New Gods and the silly character I play when I host it. I think, in 2020, blogs will be where I say hopefully [...]

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]]> 2464 MORE Learning from Neon Genesis Evangelion https://www.westinlee.com/2019/07/29/more-learning-from-neon-genesis-evangelion/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 02:10:17 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=2432 Learning From Evangelion The END of Learning From Evangelion It's time again for another list of hot storytelling techniques gleaned from Evangelion, which remains a slick and complex TV show. And now we can all watch it on Netflix. Use Inversions! As in, when something good happens, something bad happens. And vice versa. Traditional writing [...]

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]]> 2432 Learning From Neon Genesis Evangelion https://www.westinlee.com/2019/03/17/learning-from-neon-genesis-evangelion/ Mon, 18 Mar 2019 03:18:42 +0000 http://www.westinlee.com/?p=2381 This post is based on a YouTube video I did a couple weeks back. MORE Learning From Evangelion The END of Learning From Evangelion Eva is about to make its debut on Netflix, and I opted to re-watch the series for the first time in years. I'm an early NGE convert; I watched the series [...]

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