just found this on reddit! they’re trying to help out kids in a low income school/area get more engaged by integrating d&d and learning
I am all about this!
This is so wonderful, and a brilliant way to integrate arithmetic and creative writing to a curriculum.
The a lot of the critical reception to THE GET DOWN has been somewhat baffling to me. It’s a show that infuses itself with the mythology of hip-hop in order to create a fantastic story that eschews verisimilitude for emotional truths.
In a perfect world, we would have a ten year embargo on remakes.
We don’t live in a perfect world, so here’s the next best thing.
Super proud of one of my closest friends and how she performed last season on Face-Off. It was great getting to interview her. If you have any interest in getting involved in special effects make-up, check this interview out!
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It’s great that these massive studios are finally getting a fire lit under their asses to provide balanced gender and minority representation, but Marvel fans should not celebrate that they got a black superhero movie out “first” and DC fans should not celebrate that they got a female superhero movie out “first.” That’s treating representation like points on a scoreboard. Representation should not be a prop used to prove one side’s superiority. You have to equally support the idea of a Wonder Woman film and a Captain Marvel film. You have to equally support the idea of a Black Panther film and a Cyborg film.
Do you have to blindly love each movie? Of course not! Part of normalizing representation in films is going to require us to be critical if something in the movie doesn’t work from a filmmaking standpoint regardless of how much representation is in the film. However, supporting and applauding casting choices and creative decisions no matter which company they come from will ensure that more female and minority-driven films get made on the whole.
"My interview with Ray Yeung director of the upcoming film Front Cover. We had an awesome discussion about gay and Asian representation in media and how race and sex intersect in modern dating.
Star Trek Beyond ended up being one of the best films of the summer, and it follows a tradition of Trek reflecting the concept of the Federation. Spoilers ahead, so save it if you haven’t seen the movie yet.
Even if you don’t care about this kind of representation in film, here I discuss three of of my favorite films from the last year. Each of them are worth your attention.
One of my favorite films from this year’s New York Asian Film Festival and arguably the most important one. TEN YEARS stirred up controversy in Hong Kong for its frank criticisms of mainland China’s government. The government was not able to outright ban the film, but they did publicly decry it. This denouncement was enough to intimidate theaters in Hong Kong to stop screening the film. However, the film has endured through public screenings sponsered by the film’s producers and filmmakers.Eventually, the film would go on to win best picture in the Hong Kong film awards.
Beyond the politics, the film, which imagines what Hong Kong will be like in ten years, is a moving piece of work about what kind of political climate we leave behind for future generations. It’s an incredible film that I highly recommend to everyone.
15 years of comic book reading and 5 years of watching the Marvel vs. DC debate have led me to this point.
