Tag Archives: Star Wars

Das Literarische Quartett Reloaded, Take 2, or the State of Literary Programming on German TV

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Cora

Don’t worry, I’m not planning to review every episode of the revived Literarisches Quartett, a literature discussion program on German TV (For more information about the program in general, see my review of the first episode of the revival here). … Continue reading →

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Back from Birmingham and some random pop culture musings

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Cora

In case you noticed my absence, I’ve been away for a few days in Birmingham in the UK. I actually came back a couple of days ago, but I didn’t get around to blogging until now. Photos are forthcoming, but … Continue reading →

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Too Many Deaths – Sir Christopher Lee, Wolfgang Jeschke, James Last and a couple of others

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Cora

We only just lost Pierre Brice, but it seems the universe is conspiring to take away even more of our best and brightest, because the wave of deaths of much beloved celebrities continues unabated. The most discussed death today is … Continue reading →

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The Obligatory Birthday Post 2015

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Cora

So today (well, yesterday actually) was my birthday. Since my parents had to go to the 50th birthday of a colleague of my Dad’s in the evening, I had lunch with them instead at a local Thai restaurant (which is … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on “Snow White and the Huntsman”

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Cora

The days between Christmas and New Year are traditionally the time when the TV stations trot out the Hollywood blockbusters or wannabe blockbusters from two or three years ago in what they term “German free-TV premiere”. It’s also a time … Continue reading →

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Realism and Revolutions in Science Fiction

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Cora

iO9 has a great article by Esther Inglis-Arkell about ten lessons that fictional dystopias and the revolutions that topple them can learn from real life revolutions. The weak worldbuilding of many modern dystopias is a well known problem. It’s particularly … Continue reading →

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The Latest on the current Genre Debates

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Cora

Two debates are currently raging across the online SFF sphere, namely the debate about the appropriateness of awards eligibility posts (see my previous posts here and here) as well as the debate about “masculine stories” initiated by Paul S. Kemp … Continue reading →

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Quadruple 50th Anniversary Linkdump

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Cora

November 22/23 sees the fiftieth anniversaries of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the debut of Doctor Who and the deaths of C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley. However, at least the first two have been extensively discussed and written about, … Continue reading →

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Of Star Wars and its Influences

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Cora

Kitbashed has a great essay tracing Akira Kurosawa’s influence on George Lucas and Star Wars. As a huge Star Wars fan and budding cineast in my teens (for more on my teenage cineasm, go here), I made a point of … Continue reading →

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Making my Peace with the God of Thunder – Of Marvel’s Thor, Richard Wagner and Cultural Appropriation

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Cora

Tor.com has some more amusing post Comicon reporting such as a whole lot of photos and videos of John Barrowman a.k.a. Captain Jack Harkness kissing a whole lot of more or less famous people of various genders and species. The … Continue reading →

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