The idea of “death of the author” primarily means that once a work is created that the author’s influence on it is non-existent, that it is solely in the reader’s hands to place meaning in a text. This is to say that whatever intentions a writer has for a book (or a director for a… Continue reading The Death of the Author in the Information Age
Tag: Television
Thoughts and Impressions – SyFy Rebranding and Warehouse 13
Despite having partially kept up with the transition of Sci-Fi Channel to its new brand of SyFy, I missed the date that the switch was made. It just snuck up on me. Which also meant that I missed the premier of one of the new shows I’ve been looking forward to quite a while: Warehouse… Continue reading Thoughts and Impressions – SyFy Rebranding and Warehouse 13
Choosing Sides in the Geek Wars
Fanboys got me thinking about this a while back, and then more recently, I’ve had this pop into my head as I read various MMO blogs. People are very adamant about their favorite intellectual property (IP), so much so that—generally—if someone doesn’t like the exact same IP, they have to be enemies. And I just… Continue reading Choosing Sides in the Geek Wars
Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 4 – Cycles and Salvation
So what happens if the characters’ free will affects ka or fate so heavily that events are unable to be corrected before the narrative reaches the point where it should end but can’t? Things start over again, of course! In both LOST and The Dark Tower, events unfold for one main purpose: salvation. Both are… Continue reading Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 4 – Cycles and Salvation
Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 3 – Course Correction and Ka
In both LOST and Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, there are higher powers at play than simply the characters themselves. Jack Shephard and Ben Linus are nowhere near as important as they each think themselves to be, nor is Roland Deschain able to decide whether or not he continues his quest toward the Dark Tower.… Continue reading Parallels in LOST and Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” – Part 3 – Course Correction and Ka