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Positive Cynicism – Fan entitlement

The Internet has empowered fans to gather together to talk about the television shows, movies and comic books that they love. Unfortunately, this is not always a good thing. While social media sites can be a great avenue for passionate discussions about characters people love, it can also …

Bacon and Legs – Star Trek Into Darkness … into my mouth

J.J. Abrams' highly-anticipated Star Trek Into Darkness - the exciting follow up to Abrams' blockbuster 2009 reboot of the franchise. An epic film such as this deserves an epic meal. That's where HoboTrashcan's newest writer comes in. In her first installment in a new series on the site, …

Positive Cynicism – Star Trek 2: My stunning lack of enthusiasm

Aaron R. Davis I’ve been reading a lot of online news lately about the upcoming sequel to JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot, and despite the fact that the movie itself isn’t even supposed to appear until 2013, I’m already fatigued by it. I know, I know. I’m doing …

Positive Cynicism – The bullpen of stupid

Aaron R. Davis Some weeks, you have a big point you want to make. And some weeks, you just have a bunch of little points you want to annoy people with. ITEM! Original Star Trek series producer Herb Solow was asked what he thought of the new Star …

Murphy’s Law – Sorry Gelfond, size does matter

Joel Murphy As most of you know by now, J.J. Abram’s Star Trek film made $76.5 million in its opening weekend, which included a record-breaking $8.2 million in IMAX theaters. But what you may not know is that many of the IMAX patrons didn’t actually see the movie …