Def Man

By Andrew Linde

Around the time of a movie’s release is when you’ll see the most merchandise for it. The hats, shirts, posters, and kid’s paraphernalia. Kids get the action figures and plastic weapons that their favorite protagonists wielded. Think Legolas’ bow, Hulk fists, and all of the assorted poseable characters. Only recently has this become a problem. Why? Because they may contain spoilers.

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By Thomas Willett

There is an old saying that goes “in space, no one can hear you scream.” Even if you are not at all familiar with the sci-fi classic Alien, that line has been ingrained into the culture. I cannot argue about the heftiness a tagline like that has. However, with director Ridley Scott’s presumed prequel Prometheus, I have found myself wondering if no one can hear you scream in space, then where does this movie take place, and how come I have to listen to it?

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by Matthew Esposito

Ever discovered something that you were left out of but felt you should have been included in?

I remember such an incident when I was either ten or eleven.

I was big into skateboarding from the age of eight till I was thirteen. I was never very good at it but I enjoyed the social aspect of it. Skating helped me come out of my shy-shell a bit (yes, before I was a loudmouth, I was short and shy) and allowed me to have friends that I did not go to the same school with.

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By Andrew Linde

If my last blog wasn’t indication enough, Community is my favorite television show (at least currently on-air). Something about Community just caught me up in a whirlwind of happiness. Between Abed’s nerdiness and Jeff’s constant need to be cool, whether it’s Britta’s inability to get with it or Annie’s precipice of insanity, something about the show clicked. It could have been that for the two years that it aired, I too was in a community college. The characters they met were real enough, not sitcom staples. Most of this is thanks to the man who created the show. Perhaps the most important piece of the show, the man known as Dan Harmon. Except he was fired last week.

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