Month: May 2017

Narratology: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Pt. 4 Return and The Keys

The Neophytes finally arrive at a section of myth-narrative studies that they desperately wanted to explore sans their old foe Freud.
Covering Chapters 3 (Return) and 4 (The Keys) in their ongoing reading of The Hero With a Thousand Faces.

Bon MOTS: Alien: Covenant

MOTS takes an ill-fated journey on a colony ship to a distant planet populated by an android with a god-complex and more xenomorphs in Ridley Scott’s latest entry in the Alien film franchise.

Bon MOTS: Twin Peaks Retrospective

25 years after the original series concluded, Bon MOTS takes a seat at the Great Northern hotel, orders a damn fine cup of coffee, and discusses the legacy of the cult classic show Twin Peaks in light of its recent revival in a new season.

What Remains of Outlast 2

Been a few rounds since my last post, so I figured it’s time to cobble something together on two recently released and very broadly related games from last week– in the same way grey wolves are broadly related to labradoodles– Outlast 2 and What Remains of Edith Finch.

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AFI Top 100 #025: To Kill A Mockingbird

The crew takes on the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, looking at the social, cultural, and legal points of this classic story, with guest Geoff Blackwell returning to the set. [Aggregate score: 8]
Check out Geoff’s law-centric podcast at: http://alltoocommonlaw.com/