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Learning From Neon Genesis Evangelion
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 originally on VHS (the tapes were WHITE!) way back in the early 2000's, and it's one of the pieces of media I consider formative to my creative work. You can find a fair amount of content out there talking about the franchise, and some of that stuff is really [...]
On Writing ‘Witty’ Spies
I remember watching the trailer for that last Bourne movie, Jason Bourne. Do you? There was a line in it that super bugged me, and at the time I didn't think about why: "Could be worse than Snowden." Okay, so the movie is being timely. A professional spook makes a colloquial comparison to a big thing that happened in the real world. Why would that bug me? It's even an obvious storytelling tool because: You want the audience to have some stakes in mind. You want your professionals to appear professional. So what's the deal? I think this trope irks me for two reasons: Normal people shouldn't be able to [...]
Titanfall 2: Throw a blanket over it!
First off, here's Catbug. I just finished Titanfall 2's campaign. I played nearly a hundred hours of the first Titanfall, and that was largely multiplayer. It had a campaign, but it was this bizarre radio drama that played over and around actual multiplayer matches. The universe was interesting enough: Titans are giant robots used in all walks of life, but especially in warfare (where they 'fall' from space, get it?). There's some home grown militia people and some evil corporate military and some mercenaries or whatever. It was a fun world and the game was exciting and crazy. Titanfall 2 has an actual campaign, [...]