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Best Philip K Dick Film Adaptations
Sequels Better than the Original: Video Game Edition
Top 5 Philip K Dick Novels
As lots of you probably know, I love Dick. I know how that might sound, but I obviously mean the acclaimed science fiction author Philip K Dick (get your minds out of the gutter!) I remember when I was first introduced to Dick, which was all the way back in freshman year of high school. In my English 9 class, we were reading a bunch of sci-fi/dystopian books/stories, so we read Ayn Rand's Anthem, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and then Philip K. Dick's short story, Minority Report. In just five pages, Dick painted a beautiful story, with an elaborate world and great characters. I absolutely fell in love with his writing and went out and bought all of his books. I didn't read them all immediately, but eventually (five years later, in college) I finally got around to reading all of his novels, as well as his short stories. I plowed through a lot of different parallel universes, alternate realities, dystopian futures and loved every minute of it. Since he has way more short stories than novels, I thought it would be a good idea to just focus on his novels for this list. So, let me share with you my five favorite novels by my favorite author: Philip K. Dick.
Top 10 Vampire Movies
With Byzantium coming out this Friday, I thought it would be fun to do a countdown of my favorite vampire movies. For any of you who are unfamiliar with the films, I’ll give a brief description of the plot so you can get a feel for if you should see any of the movies!
Sequels Better than the Original: Movie Edition
In my life, I have seen a lot of movies. And that includes a fair amount of franchises. Whether it be a trilogy, septology, or anything in between, there are lots of movies out there that have one (or more) sequels. It has become fairly standard that franchises decline over time, peaking with the first installment and then gradually losing steam. But there are a few exceptions to this rule, below I have listed some of my favorite sequels and how they improved upon the original installment in their franchise.
Top 10 Harry Potter Side Characters
If you haven’t noticed from my many posts about Game of Thrones, I only have a few select specialties when it comes to truly geeking out. I never used to really like, or was able to appreciate the world of fantasy. When the Harry Potter series first came out I was hesitant to even give it a chance. Once I did, however, it changed my world! I have fallen in love with the world of fantasy now. I love to get lost in another world and pretend I am a part of it all. I wanted to write an article that had something to do with Harry Potter, but wasn’t quite sure how because it is not exactly a recent thing.
I have decided to put a list together of my top 10 favorite side characters in the Harry Potter universe.
Note: I had some help from my good friend Claire when trying to think up some of these characters. She is an even bigger Harry Potter nerd than me or anyone I know. Anyway here it is!
Game of Thrones: Characters the Show Made Me Love
Now that this season of Game of Thrones is starting to come to an end, I thought it would be fun to write an article about characters from the series that are not as spotlighted in the books as they are in the show.
I feel that with any adaptation, some streamlining needs to be involved, so a lot of characters get cut, leading to other characters to gain importance. A lot of the characters on this list had the benefit of gaining scenes in the TV adaptation due to the exclusion of other, less important characters. These are the characters that were marginally important in the book, that got revamped and just all of their scenes in the show.
M. Night Shyamalan Ranked
I think we all know who M. Night Shyamalan is, and more importantly, we all know what he does. He has had quite a lengthy career in showbusiness, writing and directing his first movie, Praying with Anger, in 1992. But he didn’t really become a blip on anyone’s radar until 1999, when he made The Sixth Sense. Since then, he has released six more feature films, all of which he wrote and directed. With his eighth feature film, After Earth, being released today, I thought it might be about time to take a trip down memory lane to see the highs and lows of Shamalamadingdong’s career. So...here goes nothing...
