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Top Anticipated Films, 2013 Edition
The geek has inherited the earth.
— Xenocrates
This is going to be yet another bumper year for blockbuster comic book / science fiction films.
In 2012, I thought we were going to have an incredibly bumper year for tent pole pictures. As it turns out, my excitement was relatively short lived. Only two films truly delivered last year in my opinion. First was the under rated Chronicle (found footage drama of teens accidentally attaining super powers and learning to deal with it responsibly) and Marvel’s The Avengers. The latter was a comic book blockbuster that went on to become the third highest grossing film of all time. It signals a trend in blockbusters over the last decade that continues for 2013.
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The Enigma of Life (Part 2 of 2) — The Meaning of Life
Human lives are no more significant in the grand scheme of the universe than the lives of cockroaches on the same scale of magnitude.
— Xenocrates
Humanity and all life enveloped by it, is a by product of a cosmic matter engine. — Image by Jamie Beck
When you think about the complexity of life on this planet, our first instinct is to think that the meaning of our lives extends from the complexity inherent in life as we know it. The truth is that wherever life exists in the universe, irrespective of its complexity, the purpose of that life is exactly the same. There is no greater relativistic significance that’s attributable to humanity.
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2009 Science Fiction Roundup
“When science fiction has become science reality it becomes next to impossible for fiction to break the plateau of fantastic implausibility.”
- Xenocrates
The best Science Fiction films of 2009
Wow. If you’re a lover of Science Fiction, then what a year 2009 was. Between the epic blockbuster juggernauts that shone at the box office to the massively improved television offerings that explore more intelligent subject matter, one thing is for certain: The 20-something year pop culture stagnation ends here.
The Stupid Gene
“Stupidity is an unfortunate but necessary by product of cognitive evolution.”
- Xenocrates
Every once in a while, we hear about someone doing something so profoundly dumb, that it makes us wonder what compelled them to do it in the first place. However, stupidity is not exclusive to people who are notably less intelligent than others. In fact, if you think about it, you’ll see how pervasive it really is.
Star Trek (2009) Full Review
“Set a course for awesome – maximum warp. The summer has officially begun.”
- Xenocrates
The Science Fiction hall of fame officially has another inductee. J.J. Abram’s re-imagining of Star Trek sets the bar so ridiculously high this season, that I feel bad for the other summer epics yet to come that are now hopelessly doomed to mediocrity. This is quite possibly the best film of 2009 and there are five very good reasons why I say this:
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