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Cities of the Future – The Big City Archetype | Dystopias vs Utopias
Read More: Cities of the Future – The Big City Archetype | Dystopias vs UtopiasA futuristic city is triumph over smallness, and so cities of the future begin with connectivity. Their first attribute is space.
Revisiting Cold Case (2003-2010) / Thoughts & Review – Writing structure, tropes
Read More: Revisiting Cold Case (2003-2010) / Thoughts & Review – Writing structure, tropesCold Case was the only police-crime drama series that I idealised, growing up. It was my window to a world of emotions that I wanted…
The metaphysical lore of Dreamfall Chapters | A Guide
Read More: The metaphysical lore of Dreamfall Chapters | A GuideDreamfall Chapters draws both from science and mythology and remixes that knowledge to deliver a highly metaphysical message. In this semi-Q&A guide, I'm attempting to…
Finding love in an alien world / TV Trope
Read More: Finding love in an alien world / TV TropeThe other day I was talking about aliens in fiction, which got me thinking about Avatar, which then brought to mind Stargate, and two other…
Let’s create better aliens / Why the idea we have of aliens doesn’t approximate “reality”
Read More: Let’s create better aliens / Why the idea we have of aliens doesn’t approximate “reality”We need more realism in the way we portray, or imagine, aliens. What do I mean by "realism"? A little less ruled by our fears,…
American Horror Story: Double Feature – Red Tide & Death Valley | Thoughts
Read More: American Horror Story: Double Feature – Red Tide & Death Valley | ThoughtsAnalysing the decline of American Horror Story.
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