Tag Archives: Schiller

The Supernatural vs. the Supersensible: ‘Bones’ and “The Pathos in the Pathogens”

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Steve

No crime scene this week, no body dump … we begin with biohazard containment. A blogger has been killed by an unknown pathogen and dumped in a pile of veterinary waste. Her fiance, a source in the pharmaceutical industry, and … Continue reading →

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Poppy: “Act one beginners, please!” … or the Three-Act Structure

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Steve

A couple years ago when reading some television criticism something stuck out at me that had always just floated below the surface for so long: that TV episodes and movies were structured around three acts. And everywhere I went I’d … Continue reading →

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2013.03.28: “Emotion is also nature, and the rule of decency is something artificial”

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Steve

“Wrath of the Titans” is not actually any good. It has a large (enough) budget, it has a(n over-)qualified cast, and its plot is (moderately) coherent. It is not, however, any good. It’s not even mediocre; it is inanely mundane … Continue reading →

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2013.03.20: “The Pathetic is Only Aesthetic Insofar As It is Sublime”

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Steve

— Fr. Schiller, “On the Pathetic” We rewatched all but the last twenty minutes of “Kontroll” last night after our rotation (we finished it today). Thereafter I put on “Clerks”, silently, in the background while sitting in the office and … Continue reading →

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2013.03.18: It was a dark and stormy … afternoon

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Steve

Sunday celebration, Monday rotation, and various and sundry.

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2013.03.11: Shurfine. Whatever.

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Steve

Why there was never that crossover marketing with ‘The X-Files’ I’ll never understand …

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