By G.R. Nanda It’s interesting that Hans Zimmer has worked on soundtracks for stories about male protagonists/heroes who were born into families of privilege and power, but after a tragic death of the protagonist’s parental figure(s) and a subsequent destabilization of the hero and his family’s position in the setting they once had a reignContinue reading “Hans Zimmer and parental woes”
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Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy in Speculative Fiction Part 2
By G.R. Nanda The Foundation trilogy and Dune by Frank Herbert are both classic seminal works of science fiction literature with space operatic qualities that projected human civilization to the stars at the galactic scale. Both showcase galactic empires created by human beings who stamped civilization onto countless planets and stars. Both can be seenContinue reading “Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy in Speculative Fiction Part 2”
Harry Potter and Star Wars: Parallel Heroics
By G.R. Nanda The Harry Potter franchise has had much of the same cultural effect as did the original Star Wars trilogy. Both have introduced stories to two different generations of kids, embedding themselves in the respective generations’ psyches and imaginations. Both made a fuck ton of money. Both pulled from the traditions of fantasyContinue reading “Harry Potter and Star Wars: Parallel Heroics”
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