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• Zero History by William Gibson
  on Apr 9, 2013
  If you thought he could write about the future, you should see him write about the present. William Gibson's 2011 novel, the third of an informal trilogy that includes Pattern Recognition (2005) and Spook Country (2007), is relentlessly contemporary...
• Game of Thrones Season 3 Premiere: Valar Dohaeris
  on Apr 3, 2013 in Lord of the Rings Game of Thrones
  The most pirated and anticipated, ratings record breaking premiere got off to a steady start. Did some good old catching up with all our old friends, a minute or two north of the wall, a little check-in with the surviving Baratheon "licking his wound...
• Three Steps to Enjoying Oz The Great and Powerful
  on Mar 19, 2013
  James Franco is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. That is, the Wizard of Oz. Trippy as it would be for Dorothy to turn up, her house having landed on a lady with real nice heals, and be asked, "Are you a good witc...
• Star Trek's Unaired Pilot: The Cage
  on Mar 14, 2013 in pilots The Matrix Star Trek Battlestar Galactica
  It's 1964, and television Western writer Gene Roddenberry has just been rejected by NBC executives for the pilot to his new interstellar science fiction project: Star Trek. That pilot was entitled The Cage, and it was turned down on the basis that it...
• Sherlock Holmes and the Unaired Pilot
  on Mar 8, 2013
  Sherlock is a consulting detective who lives at 221B Baker Street in modern day London. He's a mass-texter with an addiction to nicotine patches, because "It's impossible to sustain a smoking habit in London these days", and he solves crime using wha...
• Wheel of Time: The Series Everyone Wanted to End
  on Mar 6, 2013
  Ever read a book that you just did not want to end? Of course you have. Ever read 11,916 pages of a series that began two decades ago, that had its most vehement fans calling for the end to come since around 1992? We've been calling for Tarmon Ga...
• Doctor Who
  on Mar 4, 2013
  It didn't age that well, it's goofy, the premise was nothing unique for its time, and the acting was... well... British. Now that I have your attention, and quite possibly your eternal hatred, let's get to what's good about the Dr. Who Pilot. I lik...
• Pilot: Doctor Who
  on Mar 4, 2013
  It didn't age that well, it's goofy, the premise was nothing unique for its time, and the acting was... well... British. Now that I have your attention, and quite possibly your eternal hatred, let's get to what's good about the Dr. Who Pilot. I lik...
• What does the Perfect Pilot Accomplish?
  on Feb 15, 2013 in Doctor Who Lost Angel Once Upon a Time House Game of Thrones Star Trek Charmed Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  Before we dig in to a series of pilot episode reviews, let’s take a look at the criteria for a perfect first episode. Exposition: “Don't you just hate exposition?” is a line (from Charmed) that really stuck with me, probably because it str...
• Piloting a Series on Pilots
  on Feb 7, 2013 in Sherlock Lost Once Upon a Time Game of Thrones Dr. Who Star Trek Firefly
  What do Once Upon a Time, Dr. Who, Lost,  Firefly, Star Trek, Sherlock, Battlestar Galactica, and Game of Thrones all have in common? Well, lots of things actually; stellar casts and crews, good scores for the most part, strong niche&n...
• Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, starring Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward
  on Jan 31, 2013
  Moonrise Kingdom: Where children emulate adults to the point of insanity, and how crazy are we grown ups anyways? If you haven't seen Moonrise Kingdom yet, you've probably seen the TV spot and wondered, what in the name of Hollywood is that? The I...
• Why The Truman Show Haunted Me
  on Jan 23, 2013
  The Truman Show terrified me. Actually, I believe its concept first began to bother me when I saw EdTV, where some average Joe becomes an instant celebrity when he airs every moment of his day on national television. The twist in the Truman show is...
• Go Crazy, Man: Rebellion Drives You Insane
  on Dec 9, 2012
  Promise: I will post a more blog-friendly version of this very fluffy, rambly 8 page literary essay in the weeks to come. For now, if you were wondering what I came up with to explain how insanity functions in a rebellion in Fight Club and V for Vend...
• Free and Open on the Fifth of December
  on Dec 5, 2012
  Why is a free and open web important to you? According to The Hill, right now in Dubai, the Obama administration has U.S. delegates attending the World Conference on International Telecommunications. They're telling the UN that it can't regulate A...
• Free and Open: Why does it matter to you?
  on Dec 5, 2012
  According to The Hill, right now in Dubai, the Obama administration has U.S. delegates attending the World Conference on International Telecommunications. They're telling the UN that it can't regulate America's internet. So what about this makes Obam...
• Free and Open on The Fifth of December
  on Dec 5, 2012
  This is not a political blog, and I am not a Journalist or a Political Science Major. I'm a Literature undergrad. So let's talk about the literature. According to The Hill, right now in Dubai, the Obama administration has U.S. delegates att...
• The Fifth of December
  on Dec 2, 2012
  Here's a heads up on what to expect in the next month in terms of content, although if you follow me on Twitter, it will hardly come as a surprise. Over the course of December I will be reviewing and analyzing some very rebellious books. In the...
• The Fifth of December
  on Dec 2, 2012
  Here's a heads up on what to expect in the next month in terms of content, although if you follow me on Twitter, it will hardly come as a surprise. Over the course of December I will be reviewing and analyzing some very rebellious books. In the...
• Due for a Revamp!
  on Nov 30, 2012
  Musings by Starlight has been on a very unofficial and quiet hiatus, but as I am about to graduate, I will be returning to my review blog in full force very soon! In fact, I'm currently undergoing some training that will help me polish the design of...
• Due for a Revamp!
  on Nov 30, 2012
  Musings by Starlight has been on a very unofficial and quiet hiatus, but as I am about to graduate, I will be returning to my review blog in full force very soon! In fact, I'm currently undergoing some training that will help me polish the design of...

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