Monthly Archive:: March 2017
Mar 25 2017
Scum’s Wish Will Hurt You in the Way You’ve Always Dreamed Of
As Anime Detour, my “first love” convention, draws near, I find my free time increasingly taken up by the pursuit of new anime and manga series. While I’ll watch just about any genre of anime that comes out each season, I’m especially drawn to slice-of-life dramas, especially…
Mar 25 2017
How Visions of Hope Unite the Works of J. R. R. Tolkien
Of all the common threads in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, I propose that the uniting theme is hope. It can be found in his popular works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings as well as his more obscure writings like The Silmarillion and Morgoth’s Ring. If one were to assign a theology to his writings, it would…
Mar 24 2017
T2 Trainspotting Rock and Rolls through Once-Familiar Destinations
One of the things I have discovered about being a parent is the almost daily quantum experiences of memory. My son, now a toddler, will occasionally remind me of myself several decades ago—after which I always have a feeling like vertigo, like déjà-vu, when I simultaneously feel very young but also view…
Mar 24 2017
Prepare a Team of Teenagers with Character Development and You Get the New Power Rangers
I didn’t quite realize how much of a Power Rangers fan I was until yesterday. Knowing that I was about to see Power Rangers, I spent the day singing the old theme—and I don’t just mean the chorus, I mean the lyrical verses that remind us that “Noooooo one can ever take them down!” That being…
Mar 23 2017
Throwback Thursday: Lost in Space Opera
Throwback Thursday examines films from the past, “classic” films that might not be in the current cultural zeitgeist but can still be important, interesting, fun, or all of the above.
In 1998, there were over 15 film remakes (Psycho, Rear Window, and Parent Trap to name a few), or reimagined films based…
Mar 22 2017
Movies of Mention! Kong: Skull Island, Pete’s Dragon, 10 Cloverfield Lane, and More
Welcome to your movie-geek roundup of what’s new and worth your attention on the big screen and streaming at home. Let us know in the comments what you’re going to be watching!
In Theaters
Beauty and the Beast (Now Playing)There may be something there that wasn’t there before, but it’s certainly not something…
Mar 22 2017
Fire Up the TARDIS for a Trip to Nerdville
Nerdville is not so much a place as it is an experience—and a familiar one, at that. The latest original show from Arts Garden in Hugo, just a 20-minute drive north of St. Paul, is the ultimate crossover between some of sci fi and fantasy’s most classic films and television shows, including Star …
Mar 21 2017
Mass Effect: Andromeda Releases Today, but It’s Already Well into Controversy
Mass Effect: Andromeda, the highly anticipated latest installment in Bioware’s Mass Effect series, is officially out today, with some gamers and media outlets having recently previewed the game before launch. Critical response so far has been mixed, but before it was even out, players had…
Mar 21 2017
Minnesota Tonight Brings You the Local News . . . Hilariously
Minnesota Tonight is a local news show delivering politics, headlines, and legislation content in an entertaining package, not unlike Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Episodes tape at the Brave New Workshop every month, usually to sold-out audiences, and you can catch them after the fact…
Mar 19 2017
This Week in Geek (3/20/17–3/26/17)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, March 20th through Sunday, March 27th.
Figure Drawing Salon
What: Arts
When: Monday, March 20th at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Event Horizon
The Geek Partnership Society’s Arts Initiative hosts…