Two Decembers ago, in 2015, I got into a discussion with a friend of mine and the creator of NPM, Isaac Schlueter, on Twitter and learned that calling humans with two X chromosomes “female” is bad. Since then, I’ve read a good amount of articles and comments on the subject, and I have to say: […]
How well did Beauty and the Beast (2017) update Belle?
I’ve now seen Beauty and the Beast (2017) four times, and I absolutely adore the film. I think the film is utterly charming, the changes and additions in the live action remake of the original animated film improved on the story, and the performances were wonderful. Not only did the new film tweak and update […]
Beauty and the Beast isn’t about Stockholm Syndrome
The Internet loves Disney animated movies and Disney Princesses, and floating in between the fan theories and the Princesses re-imagined in all sorts of ways is a dark theory that states Beauty and the Beast (1991) is about Stockholm Syndrome. This theory has taken such hold that it’s moved off the Internet and into the […]
Belle: the reader who stands up for herself
Female characters I want to be more like
When movies get muddled: The Spaghetti Taco Hamburger
Making an exciting, compelling film isn’t easy if the barrage of terrible movies is anything to go by, but while there are a lot of reasons for a movie to be terrible there is one specific reason which occurs somewhat frequently that I’ve named The Spaghetti Taco Hamburger. What is a Spaghetti Taco Hamburger? Separately, […]
If You Have These 14 Traits, Congrats! You’re Boyfriend Material
The other day I ran across an article titled: “If You Have These 10 Traits, Congrats! You’re Girlfriend Material”. Now, it was not that there was anything necessarily wrong with the ten traits the article wrote about, but by the time I finished reading it I was annoyed that it made no mention of the […]
Oblivion: the unofficial Half-Life/Portal movie
Oblivion should be renamed to Unofficial Half-Life/Portal Movie Starring Tom Cruise. That opening sentence may seem like a joke, but when I watched Oblivion and saw Drone 166 for the first time, my first thought was “Wheatley!” Then when I saw the inside of the Tet I screamed “GLaDOS!” out load at my computer. The […]