History Remixed...

This video is absolutely spellbinding. The choice of music is amazing, and watching it made something melt in my...

What is Originality Any...

Besides being a very talented artist and animator, Nina Paley became involved in the fight over copyright when her project Sita Sings the Blues was almost sunk when she discovered that she needed to pay a fee to use some 80 year-old songs, and ended up having to pay $50K to use what had...

The Top 11 Genre Media ...

This is Part 2. You can find Part 1 (and the introduction) HERE. 5. Twilight The runaway success of what is essentially a non-ironic vampire soap opera is vexing for fans of more traditional genre media. It also seems to come without the usual focus on deep story and “realism” that...

The Future Tastes Like ...

When people ask “Where do your ideas come from?” it’s easy to say “everywhere”, but sometimes it’s here, specifically. Wrapping a science fiction story around something like this is a no-brainer: Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can...

The Top 11 Genre Media ...

What makes something “genre media”? Anything that replaces our own world with a reality and/or characters of pure imagination, whether it’s the future, the past, or a present where the rules are slightly different than our own… What I’ve listed below are what I think were the...