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| Blog Name: | Cinerati |
| Url: | http://cinerati.blogspot.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | Film, Gaming, Television |
| Description: | Cinerati is a blog dedicated to the discussion of popular culture. Blog posts cover a wide variety of topics, from Anime to Video Games to Movies to Role Playing Games. Our motto is, "if YOU can geek out about it WE probably will at some point." It is affiliated with the Geekerati podcast of the blogtalkradio network. |
| Popularity: | 62 Followers |
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Hulu Recommendation Friday -- Enter the Ninja
The classic Bond film You Only Live Twice, may be the first example of ninjas being featured in mainstream Western cinema, but it was the Sho Kosugi vehicle Enter the Ninja that captured the imagination of a generation. I can still remember sitting in my 7th grade Drama class, having just finished performing a monologue from The Glass Menagerie, as a group of my classmates enacted a sequence
The classic Bond film You Only Live Twice, may be the first example of ninjas being featured in mainstream Western cinema, but it was the Sho Kosugi vehicle Enter the Ninja that captured the imagination of a generation. I can still remember sitting in my 7th grade Drama class, having just finished performing a monologue from The Glass Menagerie, as a group of my classmates enacted a sequence
Coming Up on Cinerati
As you may have noticed, I have been running a series of posts discussing the Northwest Smith stories by Catherine Lucille Moore. In the coming weeks, the next 8 weeks to be exact, I'll be finishing the series. I am very much enjoying writing my thoughts down as I read through each of Moore's tales, and have decided that I want to make [Blogging X] a regular weekly entry here at Cinerati.
As you may have noticed, I have been running a series of posts discussing the Northwest Smith stories by Catherine Lucille Moore. In the coming weeks, the next 8 weeks to be exact, I'll be finishing the series. I am very much enjoying writing my thoughts down as I read through each of Moore's tales, and have decided that I want to make [Blogging X] a regular weekly entry here at Cinerati.
[Blogging Northwest Smith] "Julhi"
The March 1935 issue of Weird Tales featured "Julhi," the fifth of Catherine Lucille Moore's Northwest Smith tales. That same issue also featured Robert E. Howard's "Jewels of Gwahlur," a classic Conan tale.After a year of writing Northwest Smith tales, Moore's "Julhi" manages to integrate what are now the "old stand-by's" of the Smith series with an energy that keeps the repeating narrative
The March 1935 issue of Weird Tales featured "Julhi," the fifth of Catherine Lucille Moore's Northwest Smith tales. That same issue also featured Robert E. Howard's "Jewels of Gwahlur," a classic Conan tale.After a year of writing Northwest Smith tales, Moore's "Julhi" manages to integrate what are now the "old stand-by's" of the Smith series with an energy that keeps the repeating narrative
Out of the Box Games to Release Pirate vs. Pirate Boardgame
Earlier this year, Out of the Box games released the excellent simple strategy game Ninja vs. Ninja. The game featured excellent graphic design and a solid rules set which balances strategy and chance to create a game that is quick to play and entertaining as well. Historically, a couple of the advantages that video games often have over board games have been their lack of long set up time and
Earlier this year, Out of the Box games released the excellent simple strategy game Ninja vs. Ninja. The game featured excellent graphic design and a solid rules set which balances strategy and chance to create a game that is quick to play and entertaining as well. Historically, a couple of the advantages that video games often have over board games have been their lack of long set up time and
Hulu Recommendation Friday: V -- The Series
With ABC running a remake of the classic V miniseries, I had no other choice than to have this week's Hulu recommendation be a V related one. While there has been much talk lately regarding how SF and Fantasy have come to so dominate popular culture and the collective social conscience that we may now be entering into a "post-SF" era, it should be noted that film and television have been
With ABC running a remake of the classic V miniseries, I had no other choice than to have this week's Hulu recommendation be a V related one. While there has been much talk lately regarding how SF and Fantasy have come to so dominate popular culture and the collective social conscience that we may now be entering into a "post-SF" era, it should be noted that film and television have been
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