What will we do every Sunday for the next year and a half? What will we talk and theorize about? What will we yell at our friends for not watching? What will we spoil accidentally and ruin friendships over? Well, there are other shows on their way. There is season 2 of Stranger Things this …
Is Irony dead?
Irony is not something easily sensed by everyone. Sarcasm can be immediately detected by tone, but irony is often meant to sound exactly like the opinion given. One might say a stupid opinion with a straight face, and expect it to be known that they are being ironic, because they couldn't possibly be so stupid. …
For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway
I didn't think much of For Whom the Bell Tolls at first, but it pulled me in and left me heartbroken. Somehow, with sparse descriptions and repetitive words, he made me feel the love between Maria and Robert with a clarity that made me feel sick for them. He made me despise Pablo and respect …
Playing at crazy
If someone pretended to be crazy for too long, would they become crazy? The same with anything... to truly pretend, you must get inside the headstate of someone. If you're there too long, would you get stuck? I wonder if people like Alex Jones and David Ike and so on, played at it for too …
Finale
Game of Thrones is over for the year, and next year will be a short 6 episode final season. What will everyone talk about next? But is everyone really watching Game of Thrones, or does it just appear that way from inside my media bubble? From my view, it is 'the show' that everyone watches. …
Jonas David 