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the real-life Avatar
It was obvious the James Cameron’s latest blockbuster lacked originality but a far more spectacular (but less 3D) story occurred in Papua New Guinea. The Coconut Revolution details the world’s first eco-revolution where indigenous peoples successfully fought off the combined might of a giant multi-national mining corporation, paid mercenaries and two governments’ militaries. Awesome stuff. [...]
Bringing back old memories
It started in Vermont… Bennington, Vermont that is. My long time friend Tyler Pratt brought me along with his family to visit relatives and that’s where I bought my first comic book. Fast forward a few years and I had outgrown the serialized format, exploring DC’s Vertigo line and reading Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series. This movie brought back the first experience I had when reading Gaiman’s Coraline aloud so long ago. The imagery (in 3D), the imagination, the growing dread and the ever-present feeling that something is delightfully amiss. Unsetteling in a way that you can’t just quite put your finger on.
