Fiction

Copycat
Dear Copycat, Thank you for the compliment. I really needed that. But could you try something on your own? It’s Wilde to see my work imitated. I’m not the greatest. But I really hate this when I see it. Please be more creative.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A nineties cult classic that has grown old gracefully, Buffy the Vampire Slayer still reigns as one of television’s most influential feminist turning points. Its moral compass and deep-rooted coming-of-age character development remain unchallenged, even amongst the vampires, daemons, and forces of darkness. Into every generation, a masterpiece is born.
By Sian N. Clutton2 years ago in Critique
Shrek Forever After
Shrek 4 isn't a bad movie, just a very disjointed one. The only way for it to make any kind of sense is to throw out all the Character Growth and Plot Development of the three movies that came before it.
By Natasja Rose2 years ago in Critique
Peacemaker
And we're back to me talking about John Cena. I'm so glad he took the leap to hollywood. John is an incredible actor and absolutely hilarious. Yeah he's had some blunders in the past. Peacemaker is not one of them. Hilarious, violent, and shockingly deep when it wants to be.
By Dyllon Rodillon2 years ago in Critique
Earth Children's Series
The Earth Children’s Series by Jean M. Auel is a well-thought-out, researched book. Well-written and there are long and many well-described scenes. So well described it’s boring.
By Mother Combs2 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: Hawkeye
Though it doesn’t keep its central character as center focus as he should be, the Marvel series Hawkeye is a very competent and entertaining solo outing for the Avengers frontman. The biggest problem with this series is a superstar like Hawkeye should have had his own show a lot sooner.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Critique
50 Critics: The Hunger Games
Based on the 2008 novel by author Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games is a Dystopian future masterpiece of a film that is a young girl’s journey through a televised battle royal fight to the death and the struggle to overcome the evil powers who are responsible for creating these conditions.
By Joe Patterson2 years ago in Critique
Challenging Yourself to Overcome Writer's Block
A critique challenge? Just 50 words? Not sure about this. Seems interesting but hard. Fifty one words! Gotta cut something. That was fun. Another day. Too many positive ones. Should probably balance it with something else. Let me take it to the extreme, and see how many I can write?
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
Frankenstein
Frankenstein forever remains the story of a man so broken by grief that he believed he could play God. However, he never understood the price of creation and spent his life running. In the end he remained the one haunted and never found peace.
By Matthew Mccahey2 years ago in Critique
National Geographic
What do you do when you don’t have the money to travel? You get a window, that's what you do. Sometimes you buy the window. But when you can't, you borrow it from the library. That’s what National Geographic was for me as a child. The window of my dreams.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Can
Perhaps I am ignorant of how modern art works. Or just perhaps not interpreting the work of Andy Warhol correctly. But I have never understood why his painting of soup cans was so significant. And I am sure the person that created the designs for Campbells was no more impressed.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
No Shelter by Rage Against the Machine
Did Rage Against the Machine own a time machine in the 1990s? I’m not saying they did, but it’s sometimes too hard to listen to their 1998 single, No Shelter, and wonder if they hadn’t just arrived back from the 2020s. Prolific lyrics or time travel. Guess we’ll never know.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique