Adventure
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Larger than Life: A review of Syfy’s The Expanse
If there’s one thing you can say about Syfy’s new show The Expanse (broadcast on Space for us lucky Canadians, eh), it’s that it doesn’t…
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Between Gods and Dogs: A Fable about Human Nature (Part 1)
Have you ever wished you could speak with and understand your dog? With their sympathetic eyes and joyful energy, dogs can be uplifting companions through…
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“You Have Disturbed the Dirt!” Archaeological Issues in Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire
It’s unlikely that anyone would immediately think of Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire when asked to come up with an archaeology-related media piece. This science…
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Lilo & Stitch: it only gets better
Check out Part One of this two-part blog series here! Before we delve back into the serious stuff, let’s take a moment to admire the unique…
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OHANA Means Quality Film-Making
The recent addition of Lilo & Stitch to (Canadian) Netflix answers the call of a generation. As we enter the latter half of the 2010s, our cultural shift toward…
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If Dinosaurs Walked the Earth… You’d Be Riding One
What do you think of when you imagine a utopia? How about a dystopia? If you had trouble with the first, but The Hunger Games…
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More than Dinosaurs: The Humans of Jurassic World
This post contains spoilers. Eager as ever, I arrived at the theater for Jurassic World just in time and sat through the previews, which is…
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Peace in Their Time “No peace in our time,” growls the war-mongering renegade Klingon General Chang (Christopher Plummer) as he fires on the USS Enterprise.…
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An Anatomy of Space Operas
Space operas are arguably the quintessential form of science fiction. With stories that feature alien species, artificial intelligence, advanced technology, and large-scale wars, space operas…
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