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This Awesome Fan Art Turns Dragon Age Into A Gritty Noire
You know what's awesome? Great fan art. You know what's even more awesome? Awesome genre crossover fan art. That's what Tumblr user therealmcgee, who goes by Mer, has brought to the table with the world of Dragon Age re-imagined as a Noire film. The art is oozes cool and is absolutely gorgeous. If I had anything more intelligent to say about Mer's work I would. Instead, let's just take some time to appreciate these amazing pieces of art starting with Cullen looking like he just had a particularly trying day.
By Jay Vergara7 years ago in Geeks
Top 10 Pokémon Designs: Gen. II
The first generation of Pokémon is probably the most nostalgic for a lot of people. Back then, things were a bit simpler. Battles were more straight forward, there weren't any crazy methods of catching or evolving wild Pokémon, and more importantly, there were only one hundred and fifty Pokémon to catch overall. But nothing as popular as this franchise was going to stay small forever, and thus, Gen. II was soon born, bringing with it a whole lot of new Pokémon - including a handful of pre-evolutions and evolutions for existing 'mons - and with them, some more awesome designs. As with anything, some people latched onto a handful when it came to the ones they liked most, while others were ridiculed or forgotten.
By D.A. Baldwin7 years ago in Geeks
Carousel's Return to Broadway
The 2018 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel is, for many theatre fans, a dreamy idea. With a cast of Broadway favorites – Jessie Mueller, Joshua Henry, Betsy Wolfe, and opera legend Renée Fleming – and a stunning score by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the production is sure to be a strong contender for the Best Revival Tony Award (and maybe add a second Tony statue to Jessie Mueller’s personal shelf as well). But the show itself, about an unlikely couple who both lose their jobs as a result of their relationship, relies on some pretty outdated ideas of marriage and loyalty; some might even call it an “ode to domestic violence.”
By Em DiMonaco7 years ago in Geeks
Top 10 Pokémon Designs: Gen. I
When it comes to Pokémon, there are a lot of things to enjoy. Whether you're a fan of the video games, a fan of the anime and its various movies, a fan of its manga, or you just like the concept and enjoy creating your own Pokémon and adventures, there is so much that this franchise brings to the table in terms of entertainment. It's one of the reasons I believe that Pokémon is so immensely popular, and it holds true for me, since I've been a fan of the franchise for over twenty-plus years. True, it has its flaws - as with any series - but those are usually easy to look past when you're spending hours on end trying to capture that legendary, or when you just got done binge-watching an entire season.
By D.A. Baldwin7 years ago in Geeks
A Review of 'Clarissa' by Samuel Richardson
At around 1,431 pages, Clarissa or The History of a Young Lady beats out Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (826 pages), Bleak House by Charles Dickens (813 pages) and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (955 pages) for the title of longest book I have ever read. Such a tome seems like an overwhelming task to get through but fortunately they are often divided up into a number of sections, each a mini book in themselves. How I got through War and Peace was that I would read a section and then take a break for a few week and repeat until the book was finished. I am going to do the same for Clarissa.
By Rachel Lesch7 years ago in Geeks
No Bullying!
Based on the popular Cupcake Club series, Peace, Love and Cupcakes is a new musical starring Carrie Berk, who is incidentally also co-author of the book with her mother, Sheryl. The story addresses important issues that most kids (and some adults!) have to deal with on a daily basis. The cast is comprised of super talented kids who discussed serious (bullying) and not so serious (cupcakes) topics with us. Carrie, Diego, Ksenia and Jack all have great energy and a passion for acting. You can watch their hilarious hijinks in the cupcake game.
By Serena Cohen7 years ago in Geeks
The Sexy Dystopia
I want to start this off by saying I am passionate about supporting indie comics and publications, so after reading this I urge you all to try and get hold of a copy of Metal Made Flesh. The art is truly phenomenal and the story possesses some very interesting concepts and a ground shaking plot twist in the middle that I did not at allsee coming.
By Soph Price7 years ago in Geeks
From the Cult of Celebrity to Politics in Scottish Theatre and the Art of the Performance
This Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning will endeavour to highlight, examine and scrutinise the opportunities open to young performers in Scotland over the last decade. It will also examine the plight of variety theatre in Scotland since its roots over a century ago. Also, it will study the benefits of business theory in today’s entertainment sector and explore performance theory and the role it plays in enhancing a performer. On the back of the success of television shows such as ‘The X Factor’ and ‘Britain’s Got Talent,’ ever-increasing amounts of potential performers are signing up for drama and theatrical schools throughout Scotland. These schools, one could argue, cater to the growing demand among young people to follow in the footsteps of performers being elevated to instant success. But are these schools just exploiting youngsters who dream of instant success in this age of celebrity? What of those who want to make the entertainment sector their vocation? What does Scotland have to offer them? Are there any opportunities to progress naturally through an established circuit of venues, like the entertainment icons of the past, or is there a void hindering the production of new Scottish homegrown talent?
By Colin MacGregor7 years ago in Geeks
The Forgotten and Undying Ones: The Most Compelling Dr. Strange Stories You Probably Missed
In anticipation of the movie version of Dr. Strange, my favorite character since I started reading comics, I attempted to reread all the Dr. Strange comics in my possession and often such a massive reread leads to out-of-body, who-did-I-used-to-be? shame and terror, especially since the decade I started reading was the 1990s, a decade notoriously prone to such why-did-we-ever-think-that-was-cool? experiences: the Gambits of our youth simply have dumb gloves and headgear with the wisdom of age, and that all the Avengers are wearing matching leather jackets seems less cutting edge and more like the forced cool of ill-conceived family photos. Plus, Dr. Strange was always an exponentially nerdier and niche-ier comic than the X-Mens and the Avengerses of that era, which makes a comprehensive retrospective a little easier; a singular character with a stuttering start-and-stop publishing history makes the full publishing history easier (and cheaper) to cover, but the lack of central editorial focus makes quality a total gamble.
By F. Simon Grant7 years ago in Geeks