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20Aug 202223 Oct 2023
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An Investigation into Halloween’s Satanic Origins

Diving Deeper into Halloween, Satan, and the Allegations Made in Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal Let’s start with one thing: I…

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16Oct 202131 Aug 2023
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Every Large Adult Son on Succession, Ranked

Who is Succession’s Number One Boy? (My Version of Those “Every Succession Character, Ranked” Articles) This is my guide to…

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22Feb 201920 Sep 2024
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Gregg Turkington, Tim Heidecker, Ant-Man & Metafiction

Or: Is the MCU a Meta Narrative Within the On Cinema at the Cinema Universe? Note: this article has been…

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Ed Sheeran Didn’t Ruin Anything. Game of Thrones is Rooted in Popular Music

23 Jul 201718 Sep 2022
Game of Thrones is Not Sacred. It’s Grateful Dead Fan Fiction The first episode of the seventh season of HBO’s Game of Thrones sparked a multitude of reactions, but perhaps…
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Ten Ways to Celebrate #MoonLandingDay and Moon Landing Week 2017

16 Jul 2017
The big week is here: Moon Landing Week! Or at least, it eventually will be known as Moon Landing Week. For now, we know that this upcoming Thursday (July 20th)…
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How to Celebrate The Moonborn and #MoonLandingDay at the Same Time

16 Jul 2017
One of America's most beloved unofficial holidays is almost here. No, not Jeff Goldblum Day. Something almost as cool: Moon Landing Day. This upcoming Thursday, July 20th, is the 48th…
Batman…

Sick of Reboots, Sequels, and Extended Universes? Blame Classic Literature

25 Jun 20173 Nov 2021
We find ourselves in the midst of another summer and with it, an endless brigade of sequels, prequels, reboots, requels, and the ongoing march of extended cinematic universes. A new…
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What References, Depictions, and Themes Should We Anticipate in Fargo’s Season 3?

15 Apr 201723 Jun 2017
While this blog's last Fargo article gave you a list of ways to get hyped for the forthcoming third season, it didn't go very deep into what we've seen in Fargo…
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A Rick and Morty Fan Theory That Explains Total Rickall and Rick Breaking the Fourth Wall

8 Apr 201711 May 2023
An avid Rick and Morty fan has many questions, some of which were answered (or at least addressed) in the Season 3 premiere that aired on April's Fools Day. These…
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Twelve Ways to Get Hyped for Fargo’s Third Season

30 Mar 20171 Apr 2017
The trailers are out for the third season of Fargo and there isn't much more to say about them than "okay then." As in, it looks good. Pretty darn good.…
2017…

Let’s Hope the New Beauty and the Beast Ends with Gaston Killing the Beast

5 Mar 201721 Jun 2023
Update: it didn't end that way. But most of these points still stand. Disney's live action Beauty and the Beast is almost here. And while the majority of the conversation has…
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From Short Films to the Big Screen: The Parallel Journey of Batman and Christopher Nolan

3 Mar 2017
The following was written by WWBD columnist Intern-iana Jones. Enjoy! The inexplicable fascination behind the Batman film franchise reflects the mystery of its main character, as well as the brilliance…
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No More Gritty Reboots: Why Lego Batman and Legion Are the Future of Superheroes

12 Feb 201731 May 2017
Yes, this blog is dedicated to "an ongoing exploration of the dark and gritty reboot." But, as written about in the previous post on this blog, The World Needs Bad…

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