The Naming Way With Ol’ C.W.
The Naming Way With Ol’ C.W.
C.W. Hills
The Naming Way, is 50% media/culture thoughts, 25% essays and personal whatnot that I try to keep relatable, and 25% nonsense and good goofs. End of percents! ZERO MORE PERCENTS.
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I have a bad habit, left over from when I had a website1 and aspirations to I don’t even know what kind of position in the media and writing landscape; I always think anydangthing I write has to be like Proper2, not just in Form but in...
Okay whole new movie, first things first, let’s check the extra featu—aw yiss, no Family-Friendly Version available this time, we’re gonna hear ALL the fish-cussin’, we had best prepare ourselves for an extended visit from the...
(Nota bene, each entry has a review using Seth’s proprietary three-point Good-OK-Bad scale, with emojis representative of something that stood out to me about the work1; please do not tell Seth, I am very scared of him) (R: Re-read; B:...
I am again caught in paradox, because I am OUTRAGED at Quaritch stabbing the murder panther with whom Neytiri had just made friends, it’s a real kick the dog moment; on the other hand, that was a sick-ass parry/counter-attack combo that...
All these people cheering when Quaritch talks about how they’re going to traumatize this entire species down to their core ancestral memories, like what do you all…want? Like is this—what do you think is HAPPENING here? Have you really...
Antecedently: Ashes to ashes, Dwarven inventors to goop; unionizing Gnolls and the unforeseeable consequences thereof; an old roommate from school drops by WE NOW REJOIN THIS POST-HEIST RECAP AND ANALYSIS SHOW ON AMC. Farfalle excuses...
Thank you. I am very brave. ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ Oh nooo, are the poor corporate military goons sad that they did a mass murder ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ I am very sorry your dad died but Neytiri you must admit that’s a pretty sick-ass bow you just inherited,...
After saying their goodbyes to Dr. Chorus1, the gang sets about chasing the gnolls off in exchange for the Nail-Eater goblins guiding them through the sewers. A brief debate ensures re: whether the gnolls would appreciate gin or wine...
“This is a place for prayers to be heard” is an absolutely insane sentence considering that Neytiri was taught the English word ‘prayer’ by people who have only a theoretical, internal relationship with deity at best, while the Na’vi are...
FUTURE VLOGGING! Somebody get Hank and John Green tickets to Pandora stat; Hank’ll be thrilled about the science bullshit and John will have a great time fearing all the new diseases ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ “Do I really need to do this now? I need to...
Thaaaaaanks for saving me from those monstros angry blue laaaaadyyyyyyy ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ ⦁ I know this is a beautiful, mysterious moment—feathered, living flowers of light descending like snowfall, etc.—but I gotta tell ya, I see a bunch of...
(Nota bene, each entry has a review using Seth’s proprietary three-point Good-OK-Bad scale, with emojis representative of something that stood out to me about the work; please do not tell Seth, I am very scared of him) (R: Re-read; B:...
The bit where Jakevatar hops up and walks along that little rock-fence with no trouble despite being a new-bornéd peep is so good; he’s got a tail now! Of COURSE his balance is better! Siri, get me data on how many furries have inner-ear...
Antecedently: HEIST TO MEET YOU; Eric and other adoptables; wham-bam-bank-you-ma’am The manager pulls a piece and lets fly at Rigatoni, which, rude but understandable, for a 17; it meets (and therefore beats) his AC, and lands for 3...
Somehow, two sequels and seventeen years later, the consensus is apparently that these movies are good? I saw the first one at the pictures with my now-wife when it came out, and we agreed that it was extraordinarily beautiful but not so...