There are some characters that simply rise above fanboy adoration. They become more than the genre. As a result, they enter in the public consciousness. These icons are usually human, but some bring an element of the machine to the party as well. Here’s a look at three blonde, blood and bolt females who are part of that legacy.
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Charles Dickens’ story, A Christmas Carol, has been done, re-done, re-imagined, re-gurgitated, re-thought, and just generally re’d. It’s easy to get jaded about it. What a wonder it is to be presented with what I consider to be the definitive filmed version.
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Cody Cullen is a soldier who returns from his latest tour to find the setting for an anonymous Christmas card he received while in-country. His adventure grows when he’s smitten by Faith Spelman; the woman who, unbeknownst to him, also happens to be the writer and sender of that card. What could go wrong?
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A lot of Christmas movies can be downright dour while others are such treacly fantasies that they positively make your teeth ache. Crazy For Christmas isn’t one of those movies.
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A lot has been written recently about the invasive searches being conducted by the TSA on presumably innocent travelers wanting to board a commercial airplane. Much of what has been said has focused a lot on what was being done without much talk about how else we could tackle the security issue.
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The latest brouhaha facing the questionable practices of the MPAA when it hands out ratings has once again come to the fore. This time it’s with assigning an “R” rating to The King’s Speech mostly, if not entirely, based on one small section were curse words are uttered.
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Various quiz/question memes get posted all the time. Sometimes I succumb. Rules: You are supposed to write a note with 30 random things facts, habits, or goals about you.
Read more...I love this. Instead of some study where adults bring their own biases and preconceptions, one blogger just asks and–more importantly–listens. What …
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One of the things that tends to go missing in a vegetarian diet is beef gravy (yeah, go figure). Generally speaking, this isn’t a problem, but if you have something like mashed potatoes, you can start feeling like the odd person out.
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As an occasional viewer of “Smallville”, I haven’t seen a lot of Erica Durance’s turn as Lois Lane. In this tenth (and final…?) season, I’ve tuned in to see an actress who is doing an amazing job.
Read more...If ever there was a slam-dunk copyright lawsuit, by all appearances, this is it. Magazine Copies Entire Story From Web, Tells Writer …
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One of the shows I’ve most enjoyed viewing both in first-run and in reruns or on tapes/discs has been the television series, …
Read more...I get more and more impressed with Paulina’s levelheadedness–and not just on politics. Given a choice between another politician “representing” me in …
Read more...I think Steve Wozniak is perhaps, overall, the neatest of the old-school geeks. Partly is comes from the boxes he designed, but it’s also largely because he’s just a cool human being as well.
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Being that I’m a “does it have to be a box” sort of thinker, I’ve long struggled with how important voting is. Is majority rule actually the best way to do things?
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If you care about education, you really need to hear what Sir Ken Robinson has to say. Whether or not he’s correct is not for me to say, but his arguments are sensible and it’s clear that what we are currently doing isn’t working…in fact, it’s doing the opposite.
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Reflecting on Cameron and Allison’s perspective on their relationships as well as my perspective, as a writer, on my relationship with them.
Read more...Remember, these questions have no right or wrong answers. Because asking the right questions is the answer. via 25 Beautifully Illustrated Thought-Provoking …
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