The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
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'Dazzling... Pinker's big idea is that language is an instinct...as innate to us as flying is to...
David McK (3547 KP) rated Secret Invasion in TV
Aug 5, 2023 (Updated Aug 5, 2023)
Here, Fury uncovers a Skrull dissident plot to infiltrate the Earth and wipe out humanity, and has to - somehow - stop that from occurring.
Unfortunately, despite an intriguing premise (shapeshifters), the series as a whole wastes it's cast somewhat, with more than a few WTF (and not necessarily in a good way) moments over the course of its run.
The Wild and the Wicked: On Nature and Human Nature
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Most of us think that in order to be environmentalists, we have to love nature. Essentially, we...
Andy K (10823 KP) rated Snowpiercer (2013) in Movies
Jan 5, 2018
The cast is led by Chris Evans, but also features Kang-ho Song, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer and Jamie Bell.
Humanity has evolved similar to what I have read about the Titanic, meaning, the lower classes at the back of the train suffering to survive and the upper classes more forward living in luxury.
There is an uprising within the squalor and the inhabitants attempt to ascertain their situation by taking the cars ahead one-by-one. The story is very interesting and the people and situations the rebels meet along their way to the engine keep you surprised.
The engine also contains an interesting character who is eluded to within the beginning of the film.
The ending was somewhat controversial when the movie was first released; however, I find it more than satisfactory to tie up the story.
Check it out for yourself.
D.Gray-Man
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An anime based on the popular Japanese manga by Katsura Hoshino. Set in an alternate 19th century,...
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The Great Paleolithic War: How Science Forged an Understanding of America's Ice Age Past
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Following the discovery in Europe in the late 1850s that humanity had roots predating known history...
Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Man of Steel (2013) in Movies
Aug 18, 2020 (Updated Aug 18, 2020)
While there are a couple of things that kind of threw me off (I'm talking to you crazy skull scene) I thoroughly enjoyed the film as a whole. I liked that they included some of the story that took place on Krypton and gave some humanity (yes I see the irony of "humanity") to Supes parents and people as a whole. Even Zod, who until now has only been portrayed (though done so with excellence) as a cold, mostly heartless soldier of fortune.
The biggest hiccup for me was the final climax. That's not how Superman does things. Plain and simple, he doesn't kill for any reason. He always finds another way.
I do think that this is a great movie and I have viewed it several times, It made me feel things for characters that until now were completely tertiary or non existent and that alone deserves praise.
Scarlet Nexus
8.0
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In a far distant future, a psionic hormone was discovered in the human brain, granting people...
Venomous Craving (Eok Warriors #1)
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A desperate woman. An alien warrior whose craving knows no bounds. A passion that will change the...
Adult Science_Fiction Romance