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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...

Emberlight - Chapter 8

28 Jun 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

High Priority Package "Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere." - Carl Sagan "Antigua, my dear, you appear to have outdone yourself this time."  Barbuda leaned back in his chair barely able to concea...

Emberlight - Chapter 6

14 Jun 2020 5 minute read 0 comments Gryphonboy

Robust Plaything "Power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both." - V...

Emberlight - Chapter 5

7 Jun 2020 6 minute read 2 comments Gryphonboy

Petty Differences "Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on." - Richard P. Feynman "It takes effort." Britain looked tired. The dark bags under his eyes were so heavy that they appeared to b...