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Emberlight - Chapter 29

14 Mar 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

Close to the Edge  "There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."  - Washington Irving  The inner doo...

Anna Navarre (Deus Ex)

10 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Mandem

Anna Navarre is a ruthless female mechamod UNATCO agent in the sci-fi world of the Deus Ex video game. Anna is in charge of the supervision of the main protagonist, JC Denton for whom she constantly downplays the field performance because of his enh...

Deus Ex Comic book: # 1

9 Mar 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Mandem

Panel One of a personal ongoing Deus Ex comic. Hypothetical Sci-fi scenario taking place in an alternate continuity of the AREA 51 collapse and the "Dark Age" ushers in. A spy satellite, remotely controlled by Vandenberg Air Force Base, tracks the n...

Interstellar (2014) - Family Lost As Midpoint

23 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

A true point of no return. What a gutsy move.A shocking turning point that tears at us, hits, and settles at the midpoint of the story: new loss, reintroduced characters, new limits, new goals. (image source) Cooper has lost 23 years, 4 months, 8 day...

Inception (2010) - Breaking Glass As Motif

15 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

I still have Inception on the brain, no surprise. It's never too long between viewings or the mental revisit. Such a well made film. (image source) You could do a 60 hour discussion on just this movie, but one specifically well done technique that is...

Jurassic Park (1993) - Story Setup in the First Ten Minutes

13 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

All time classic. I rewatched the first ten/eleven minutes with a focus on story setup. It is so well done. Been on my mind for a few days. Directed by Steven SpielbergWritten by Michael Crichton (novel), Michael Crichton (screenplay), David Koepp (...

Film Structure Analysis - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

12 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

These are my own personal, current story structure theories. I do not claim them as the intentions of the filmmakers. Cheers :-) Close Encounters is a classic.Written and directed by Steven Spielberg. There were four uncredited writers: Hal Barwood,...

Encrypted Desert - Searching the old town ruins of the First Jedi Order ...

4 Sep 2020 2 minute read 6 comments Lucian Nagy Composer Multi ethnic instrumentalist

I know that everyone is waiting to read "only" blogs related to the same crypto assets ... everyday :-)  Being an artist, i'm always interested in expanding my creative horizons ... Therefore, as some of you have observed already, one of my new artis...

Sci-fi and Fantasy book review podcast

16 Aug 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Fingolfin

Source In an earlier blog I talked about the guys over at The Legendarium podcast and what a great job they do covering some of my favorite books. If you missed that post and want to check it out I am always looking to get these guys some more publi...

Emberlight - Chapter 14

9 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

Following Our Quarry  "There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter."  - Ernest Hemingway  Jordan surveyed the scene, his brow so deeply furrowed t...