Lydia Conwell :mastodon: · @lydiaconwell
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#PsychicDrool | This is my #review of the #story structure of the #film #Oppenheimer
And why the structure stifles the emotional language that would otherwise make a much more enjoyable #movie
#criticism #critique #movie #oppenheimer #film #story #review #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell :mastodon: · @lydiaconwell
771 followers · 7167 posts · Server mas.to#PsychicDrool | This is my critique of the #StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine episode Children of Time.
According to Wikipedia it's a popular episode. But for me it did not work well.
GrI;PE – Great Idea; Poor Execution
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/07/16/gripe-great-idea-poor-execution/
#tv #ds9 #gripe #deepspacenine #StarTrek #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell :mastodon: · @lydiaconwell
745 followers · 7034 posts · Server mas.to#PsychicDrool | Only Fool's an Targs
This is a new #blog post about why #DeepSpaceNine is the answer to the US version of #OnlyFoolsAndHorses
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/07/08/only-fools-and-targs/
#sitcom #comedy #bbc #StarTrek #ds9 #onlyfoolsandhorses #deepspacenine #blog #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
703 followers · 6514 posts · Server mas.to#PsychicDrool | #WritingTips Filler and Padding
One thing that really frustrates me about books is unnecessary filler ...
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/06/08/writing-tips-filler-and-padding/
#critique #criticism #writing #books #writingtips #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
698 followers · 6426 posts · Server mas.to#CaitlinJohnstone | #Propaganda Restricts Speech More Than #Censorship Does: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
This blog post is about the illusion of freedom, similar to what is described in the #book #BraveNewWorld
This is why I think Brave New World is a better book that #1984
I wrote about that here: https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/05/24/brave-old-book/
#elections #us #blog #psychicdrool #bravenewworld #book #censorship #propaganda #caitlinjohnstone
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
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#PsychicDrool | Brave Old #Book
This is my #critique / #review of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/05/24/brave-old-book/
#aldoushuxley #bravenewworld #reading #books #review #critique #book #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
697 followers · 6377 posts · Server mas.to#PsychicDrool | OK, this is my review of #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/05/24/brave-old-book/
#critique #reading #books #aldoushuxley #bravenewworld #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
673 followers · 5981 posts · Server mas.toThis is a #blog post about #Picard - not the recent TV show, but the Picard from #TheNextGeneration
It's my love of his pompous self-righteousness.
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/04/23/next-generation-picard/
#StarTrek #thenextgeneration #picard #blog #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
672 followers · 5959 posts · Server mas.to#PsychicDrool | I done this 'Writing tips' post that's really just my usual critiquing.
Writing tips: In defence of the story outline
Unfortunately, #Wordpress is still a bit glitchy when it comes to embedding #Mastodon #toots
#Writing #Fiction #WritingTips #Critique #Criticism #StoryStructure #StoryOutline
#storyoutline #StoryStructure #criticism #critique #writingtips #fiction #writing #toots #Mastodon #WordPress #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
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New #blog post!
#PsychicDrool | #NextGeneration: Why is #surveillance so poor on the #Enterprise?
#StarTrek #TV #TheNextGeneration #Ideas #Review #Theory #Critique #AskFreddy
#askfreddy #critique #theory #review #ideas #thenextgeneration #tv #StarTrek #enterprise #surveillance #nextgeneration #psychicdrool #blog
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
661 followers · 5876 posts · Server mas.to#PsychicDrool | Get Out: The Near Masterpiece
This #blog post is about the #movie Get Out and how, frustratingly, it just misses being one of the greatest films of all time.
It's still great though.
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/get-out-the-near-masterpiece/
#criticism #critique #review #film #movie #blog #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
660 followers · 5842 posts · Server mas.to#PsychicDrool | The Mechanics of the Rocky Ending
New blog post. This one's about the ending of the #movie Rocky. I just wanted to write something about it because it's one of the best endings ever
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/03/19/the-mechanics-of-the-rocky-ending/
#critique #review #film #story #movie #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
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#PsychicDrool | New blog post
The umbrella scene in #Kurosawa's Ikiru and how it encapsulates the most of the movie's themes.
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/03/05/the-umbrella-scene-in-ikiru/
#Criticism #Critique #story #ideas #writing #cinema #theory #movie #film
#film #movie #theory #cinema #writing #ideas #story #critique #criticism #kurosawa #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
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#PsychicDrool | Why didn’t Science Fiction Predict the Smartphone?
Took me ages to write this. New blog post.
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/02/27/why-didnt-science-fiction-predict-the-smartphone/
#scifi #ScienceFiction #Theory #Writing #Books #Fiction #technology
#technology #fiction #books #writing #theory #sciencefiction #scifi #psychicdrool
Lydia Conwell · @lydiaconwell
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I done a new blog post about my theory on the song Working Class Hero.
I actually wrote a blog about this before but deleted it years ago ...
#PsychicDrool | Let me tell you what Working Class Hero is about
https://psychicdrool.wordpress.com/2023/02/19/let-me-tell-you-what-working-class-hero-is-about/
#Lennon #critique #theory #music #beatles #psychicdrool