Tag: Pop Culture
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Neo-Holmesian Fiction
Murder and cigarettes. That about summed him up Anthony Horowitz – The Twist of a Knife There is plenty to be said about the usage of the character of Sherlock Holmes in contemporary fiction, decades after the final “official” story that Conan Doyle wrote. In my research on the Sherlock Holmes character I have encountered…
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Some Thoughts on Adaptation
I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now Edna Mode – The Incredibles Why does the idea of spending time with different adaptations as well as the source material for literary works appeal to me so much? I would be hard pressed to find a clear answer to this question, so I figure…
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Adapting Brick by Brick
Where Does He Get These Unbreakable Toys? Lego Joker – Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Adapting works from one format to another can often be a difficult task. Fans of the original work will disparage any attempt to alter the work for whatever reason, as we have seen in the reception to Amazon and…
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Modern Mysteries of Murder
This Is A Twisted Web And We Are Not Finished Untangling It, Not Yet Benoit Blanc Keeping up with at least 800 words worth of blog posts a month is an almost daunting task when you feel there isn’t much to write about that interests you. Thoughts on pop culture, both musically and otherwise, are…
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Poetry in Motion: Rammstein’s Visual Lyricism
Und der Haifisch der hat Tränen / Und die laufen vom Gesicht / Doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser / So die Tränen sieht man nicht (And the shark has tears / And they run down its face / But the shark lives in water / So we don’t see the tears) Rammstein As an…