The Philosophy of DARTH VADER – Wisecrack Edition

November 7, 2019 at 2:26 pm | Articles, Blog | Colt Stanton -

Hey Wisecrack. Jared again, and today we’re talking about the most famous cyborg sorcerer laser-swordsman in the galaxy: Darth Vader. Perhaps no villain in the history of cinema has been more iconic, or more important to a franchise. Is it the seductive voice of James Earl Jones? “I am your father.” His badass sci-fi samurai

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The Philosophy of FALLOUT 4 – Wisecrack Edition

October 22, 2019 at 8:25 am | Articles, Blog | Colt Stanton -

Hey everyone, Jared here, and today we’re talking about the blackhole that devoured weeks of my life: Fallout 4. Like many of its predecessors, Fallout 4 follows a vault dweller bravely traversing the post-apocalyptic Wasteland. Unlike Fallout 3, which features a vault dweller in search of his father, Fallout 4 chronicles a weird inverted Oedipal

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South Park on Freedom – Wisecrack Quick Take (Season 23)

October 18, 2019 at 4:25 pm | Articles, Blog | Colt Stanton -

What’s up Wisecrack? Jared here. Today I come to you as a red-blooded ‘Merican to talk to you about America’s 2nd biggest export behind diabetes: freedom “America f**k yeah” The current season of South Park has so-far covered immigrant detention camps, big weed, Chinese censorship, and now anti-vaxxers. “We can’t even risk a .1% chance

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The Philosophy of South Park – Wisecrack Edition

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Hey everyone, Jared here. Today, we’re talking about a show that’s at the top of its game after almost 20 years on the air: South Park, specifically, season 19. Unlike much earlier seasons, Season 19 is a serialized narrative that tells an overarching story from episode to episode. They played with this idea a bit

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The Political Philosophy of Captain America: Civil War – Wisecrack Edition

August 16, 2019 at 3:25 pm | Articles, Blog | Colt Stanton -

Hey Wisecrack, Jared here. With the imminent release of The Avengers: Infinity War, we thought we’d go back and take a look at the Civil War. No, not that one. This one. Now, on its face, Civil War is a 2-hour spectacle of biceps, chases, mandatory character introductions to feed the MCU, and man… You

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South Park on RELIGION – Wisecrack Edition

August 7, 2019 at 8:25 am | Articles, Blog | Colt Stanton -

Hey everyone, Jared here. If there’s one word we’ve come to associate with South Park, it’s “irreverent.” In the world of South Park, nothing is sacred. Whether they love the show or hate it, almost every critic has called it irreverent at some time or another. Most people who call South Park irreverent are using

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The Politics of South Park: Immigration

July 26, 2019 at 9:12 am | Articles | Colt Stanton -

could we get rid of all the Mexicans no mr. garrison we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans rats South Park have had five episodes featuring immigration as a backdrop and several others where they reference the issue discussing it in a variety of different angles such as how immigration impacts American jobs both

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The Hidden Meaning in The Truman Show – Earthling Cinema

July 1, 2019 at 5:38 pm | Articles | Colt Stanton -

Greetings, and welcome to Earthling Cinema. I’m your host, Garyx Wormuloid. This week’s artifact is The Truman Show,starring stand up turned impressionist turned comedic actor turned dramatic actor turnedcomedic actor turned nihilist, Slim Carrey. The film follows loveable human male, TrumanBurbank, who knows a thing or two about sensible sweaters. What he doesn’t know is

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Hidden Meaning in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Earthling Cinema

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Greetings, and welcome to Earthling Cinema. I am your host, Garyx Wormuloid. This week's artifact is Batman v. Superman:Dawn of Justice, and winner of not one, not two… ..but zero Academy Awards. The film follows a bunch of people with secretidentities where everyone pretty much knows everyone else's secret identity and it doesn'tseem to matter.

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The Hidden Meaning in The Lion King – Earthling Cinema

June 30, 2019 at 3:10 pm | Articles | Colt Stanton -

Gegroet, en welkom bij Earthling Cinema. Ik ben uw gastheer, Garyx Wormuloid. Deze week is het artefact De Leeuwenkoning, waarin EGOT winnaars Whoopi Goldberg en James Earl Ray spelen en is zeker niet een directe ripoff van de Japanse anime "Kimba the White Lion," wat je ook hoort. De film vindt plaats op een landmassa

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