Questo breve racconto ha una storia un po’ più particolare: è un elaborato che avevo scritto per la mia tesi di triennale e che poi avevo reso in altre tre lingue, studiando i problemi più comuni nella traduzione. La versione che riporto invece è stata rielaborata, togliendo tutta una serie di fronzoli letterari e onomatopee…
Of Ojisans and Isekais
The Isekai genre This is not going to be an in-depth or exhaustive article on the anime genre itself since that would lead me to open too many parenthesis and I would probably end up wasting too much space. I will however give a brief overlook on this subgenre to at least make you understand…
This is not The Office
Office space is a 1999 black comedy, directed by Mike Judge (the same one that would later direct Idiocracy) and featuring Ron Livingstone with several co-stars such as Jennifer Aniston and John C. McGinley. The movie begins by depicting the soul-sucking and demoralizing day of a white-collar employee; the work environment makes the main character…
Admiral, reach for the stars
This article is about Star Trek: Picard, my thoughts and especially my feelings for one of the few series that managed to surprise me in recent years; that is no small feat in itself. Quite possibly the second season felt a bit lacklustre, but when dealing with Q and time paradoxes, it was to be…
The quirky fil rouge
This is a bit of a tie-in article. Given that I have a Youtube channel that is called Be a quirky writer, you can understand why the blog has a similar name. Recently I did a video about Waterworld for the Haunted Shores 2023 online conference. The theme was “Aquatic Surfaces & Depths” and I…
Dredging through memories
In an era where most triple-A game companies are not concerned with delivering a good product but rather prefer to just perfecting a formula for a standardized gaming experience that will in turn make them money, where would a gamer search for something more? I found myself more and more invested in smaller indie companies…
History of the World, Part-II-ally bad
It has been more than 40 years since History of the World Part I came out in 1981; this movie has somewhat of a deserved cult following, representing one of the many masterpieces in the career of beloved movie director Mel Brooks. It had his trademark comedy, his type of quips and sketches; now, with…
…but some prefer it steamy
Some like it hot is a 1959 comedy directed by Billy Wilder and starring Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe (and no, it’s not the one with the white dress scene). Sincerely I do not have much to say about this movie: it’s simply hilarious. The story is about two jazz players who have…
La storia di un libro
Dato che recentemente è uscito il secondo libro di una saga che a dir la verità avevo iniziato a scrivere molto tempo fa, volevo approfittarne per condividere quella che si potrebbe considerare la sua storia (non tanto quanto concerne la trama, ma più quello che ne è stato lo sviluppo). Per fare ciò bisogna tornare…
Incongruent plot points
I have one or two issues; well to be fair I have quite a few of them but these one in particular are about the latest episode of The Mandalorian. A bit of a rant, some personal thoughts and some spoilers; read at your discretion. Now I consider myself a big enough Star Wars fan,…