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A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. —Palpatine The first of the Stars Wars prequels, with the politics, midichlorians, CGI, and all the other things Star Wars fans love to complain about. I remember a more innocent time, when I didn’t know I was supposed to hate this movie. I didn’t even know it was considered a “prequel.” I just considered it and all the other prequels Star Wars. I never heard the word prequel applied to them or thought of them that way. In my mind, th

If you haven’t seen this film already, you’ve probably had your head buried in the sands of Tatooine. As did I for the longest time. I’m going to be real, I don’t vibe with westerns and I don’t vibe with space adventures, and I used to hate old movies with cheesy effects and weird acting and weird filming styles, so it’s no wonder I refused to watch the original Star Wars growing up, even though my older siblings did. Sure, I would watch the prequels, because those were more

Hey guys. I finally finished my character analysis of the Fire Nation princess. I won’t lie, I agonized over whether to keep this as one piece or to split it up into several, because its length got…a little out of hand. I tried to cut it back, and tried to split it up in so many ways. But in the end I decided you know what, I’m going to keep all my thoughts and run with it, and hope the web pages won’t take an eon to load. So it's in two pieces. The first part mainly focuses

This continues my discussion on Azula from part 1. Azula’s character exists within an important context. Because despite all her evil, the show still has empathy for Azula. Her character exists within a very important context: what we know about Zuko and Ozai and the Fire Nation in general. Her brother, Zuko, was burned and banished by their father, who is the tyrant of the Fire Nation, an authoritarian regime that is bent on conquering the world, and not only that, is a terr

Talking woodland animals wielding swords and having extravagant feasts that you dare not read while you’re hungry…this is what I grew up on. Consisting of twenty-two books, this series is full of swashbuckling adventure, brave heroes, wise elders, menacing villains, fierce battles, action, mystery, and adorable young ones. The Redwall books are centered around the Abby of Redwall, where an order of peace-loving mice dwell. However, at some point, various sly villains threaten

Hi everyone, welcome. Today we are going to be talking about Star Wars:   The Empire Strikes Back . When Star Wars turned from space western to soap opera…yes…this is the one. You can tell just by the poster art, which was inspired by Gone with the Wind. Tried to sneak that past us, didn’t you, Ol' George? And hey, I’m a big a drama fan, so why should I complain? Give me cheesy romance and disgruntled students deciding to quit school and family issues that lead to swordfights

When mice meet Shakespeare…you end up with this book. This cute children series, written by M.I. McAllister, caught my attention when I saw a review of it online. It didn’t look bad, so why not give it a try? Urchin of the Riding Stars is about a squirrel who was born on the beach of an island surrounded by a magical fog, after his mother was washed up ashore. He is raised by a kindly she-squirrel and becomes the page of Crispin, a captain of the island. However, things go so

Do not cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written. —Aslan An adaption of C. S. Lewis’s book by the same title, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe  follows the adventures of the four Pevensie children, who spend some time at an old mansion and end up being transported to the magical land of Narnia. They fulfil an ancient prophecy to overthrow the evil White Witch who has been ruling Narnia and keeping it winter there for the past hundred years. No mat