The Rambler's rambles

You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You are moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed into the Twilight Zone. *Cue suspenseful blaring brass sounds* There's no doubt "The Twilight Zone" has had a tremendous impact on us. This was the  show of the early 1960s and everyone loved it. Critics everywhere were praising its visual style and its underlying messages attached with each episode. While this show may not seem so special to today's audience due to the effects seeming cheap, the show still holds up surprisingly well but most importantly "The Twilight Zone" tells a tale of humanity. It tells a tale of how humans can be subjugated to horrible conditions given the right amount of pressure. The convoluted plot with the various plot twists kept the audience waiting for the eventual resolution. Ev...

I'll come right out and say I was underwhelmed. Now I hear people saying that I "don't understand the experience of legos" or "never had a childhood." That's fine, I guess, because I honestly don't care. I've never really played with legos but I have played with toys and I loved my childhood. I loved "Toy Story" and the sequels. I understand the appeal of nostalgia and there is some merit to approaching the movie in a nostalgic fashion. But this movie was just forgettable and I didn't really care too much for what it had to say at the end. It's fine if you like it but I just didn't get the same kick out of it everyone seems to have. First of all, I'd like to address the aspect that it was pretty forgettable. The jokes that were made seemed to be a bunch of pop culture jokes and the only jokes I actually laughed at were the more subtle ones. Everything was fast-paced and trying to absorb every environment, every set ...

The idea of objectivity and subjectivity always gets confused. There was an age where people actually believed everything there was to know about the world could be found using observable facts or raw evidence. Bias is in everything, however, and all of us see the world in a uniquely different way. Bias can't be gotten rid of entirely though many do try to avoid bias in their tone. Objectivity is impossible yet we have this fantastical notion that one can actually be completely adherent to the facts and the facts alone. Every single sentence has a bias. If one person says a statement, then another person in the world will have a different opinion. Even what I'm saying could be irrelevant to your opinion. In this way everyone can't avoid having bias in their lives. Bias is what makes us human. We can't get rid of our emotion from what we are observing and that tints our vision to see what we want to see. In a sense, even the most innocuous of phrases can be another o...

Humans. Humanity. Mankind. All of these words carry such importance and underline our entire species. Each word conjures up an image of a distinct human being. Yet humans are limited. Our species will probably falter. And when we look deep within ourselves, we'll realize that we aren't so very different from the creatures around us. Humans are perhaps the most developed creature to ever come upon the face of earth. Our human history is only a blink on the yawning existence of the universe but we've impacted our surroundings in a dramatic way. Society is such a complex thing yet it really only embodies nature itself in a sense. We were meant to cooperate as a population and having a perfect society is impossible. In the end we're only human. Throughout our history we've seen that we are a species capable of destruction. We've seen wars, we've seen famine, we've seen all the lows of humans. And yet sometimes we don't care. Sometimes we forget. So...

Star Trek is one of the biggest cult phenomenons to occur in our human history. The Trekkies, fans of the show, were perhaps the biggest geeks of the time and they blazed the way for the subculture of fandoms. Star Trek introduced a new era of science fiction and the fallout of this show was the focus on space exploration. Yet Star Trek didn't even have to occur in such a futuristic setting to portray its intent, it could've happened in a prehistoric era or somewhere else. Gene Roddenbury, the creator, only wanted to depict the human nature and have themes of morality and ethics litter the episodes, similar to how Rod Sterling envisioned "The Twilight Zone" to be. Of course, Star Trek blazed its way into our culture today with its idiosyncrasies. So I finally got the time to start watching it and I've started with the original series. Keep in mind I've only watched two episodes: the pilot and the first episode. So after coming into the show expecting so mu...

One of the major issues facing present-day developed countries is the idea of the gender disparity as many people are opposing the divide. Gender division has existed for as long as humans have existed and only recently have we given more consideration to how each sex has a different environment or lifestyle than the other. In general, we tend to regard the female sex as the less fortunate sex though males also have issues regarding their upbringing and social environment. The huge inequality present throughout the world is one of the most glaring issues. If we preach equality, why is it that equality can't be ubiquitous? The issues is multi-faceted and analyzing the depths of the social stigma is a nigh impossible task though I'm going to attempt to dissect this problem. Starting off, there is the biological aspect that created this gender division in the first place. Men used to be regarded as the hunters while women would stay home gathering food and nursing the children...

It's another Japanese animated movie. But it was not made by Miyazaki who is known for classics like Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away. So I was kinda apprehensive of the movie since it was drastically different from the magic Miyazaki typically captured. Nonetheless, I was pretty optimistic for this film since I love animated movies a lot and I also liked the distinctive anime style that was a feature of the film. So to start off, the animation was a little jarring. There were moments were the animation was just plain and a little boring on the eyes but there were also some scenes were the animation was truly breathtaking. I don't know if this is just an aspect of anime in general or if Japanese people are used to this kind of flair but it definitely deviated from the creativity and finesse of Miyazaki films or American animated films. It didn't matter in the long run but the entire style seemed mixed. Next we get to the plot. The whole reason why time trav...

Another quick status update. I finally received my sister's old laptop so I'm not entirely debilitated. Expect a new post later tonight and I'll try my best to follow my old schedule!

It's been about a week since I last posted anything. I apologize for my inactivity but my computer has been down and it seems unsolvable. So I've been relegated to using my tablet or anything else to get to the internet since my parents don't want to give me a new laptop. I'll try to get stuff out but understand that this is gonna be a bottleneck for me since I can't pump stuff out anymore. So bear with me. Thanks.