Syne Scratch
Credibility in fiction.
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Hey look, the site has a new name that I’m not going to explain. Hey look again, the “about” section has been filled in. Hey look for a final time, the film rankings have expanded to 25 films. I just finished a rewatch of New Girl for the first time since it ended and it…
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(Noun) the quality or state of being verisimilar. Well that’s not very helpful, Merriam-Webster. Verisimilar (adjective) I can’t remember where I first heard the word, but I remember being fascinated by it. The idea of truth in fiction is paradoxical. I mean it’s fiction, whatever you say is real, is real. That’s why we like…
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How many one-word movie titles are there? I found a list that has 1111 and funnily, it only takes until the second entry for a title to repeat (Abduction, 2011 & 2019). There’s something nice about a one word movie title. It provides an air of mystery around it and doesn’t overstay its welcome. Over…
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Today was a busy day, so there wasn’t to much time to work on anything substantial. I know I said I’d talk about “verisimilitude” today, but lets amend that to “I’ll talk about it when you’re old enough.” Instead I’ll take the opportunity to tout the only show I’ve actually enjoyed enough to binge lately,…
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I’m calling this post zero because I still don’t really know what the point of this thing I plopped online is. I knew I wanted to start a media blog to track my thoughts about the different forms of fiction I consume and cement them in a platform with some level of permanence. I knew…
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