Monthly Archive:: June 2017
Jun 02 2017
Samurai Jack Lives on in Tales of the Wandering Warrior
It has been a little less than two weeks since the nostalgia bomb that was the series finale of the Samurai Jack revival, and if you are anything like me, you still haven’t emotionally recovered from seeing the beautiful resolution to a warrior’s path that started over 15 years ago. If you are even…
Jun 02 2017
Wonder Woman Is a Movie with Character
Like many braces-wearing, pigtail-rocking, itty-bitty geek girls, I gravitated toward the female characters in my childhood media. I adored Princess Sally in the Sonic the Hedgehog Saturday-morning cartoon and waited with bated breath for her to appear in the games. (She didn’t.) I mastered the…
Jun 01 2017
Throwback Thursday: Galaxy Quest Is an Homage, Not a Parody
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.
One of the first panels I remember attending at CONvergence was a discussion about which parody was better, Galaxy …
Jun 01 2017
Win FREE Individual Registration for the 2017 Minnesota Crossword Tournament!
How good is your crossword game? Test your skills in the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library’s sixth annual Minnesota Crossword Tournament June 11 at the Landmark Center! Puzzle solvers of all levels will battle for prizes and glory based on speed and accuracy, and we’re giving you…