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Live-Action Fairy Tales: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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◍  ♦  ◍  ♣  ◍  ♠  ◍ ♥ ◍  ♦  ◍  ♣  ◍  ♠  ◍ ♥ ◍  ♦  ◍  ♣  ◍  ♠  ◍ Albert Einstein:  "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." Fairy tales, literary nonsense, tall tales...whatever you want to call them.  I'm a sucker for a wonderfully told, beautifully presented one.  Especially when they come in live-action form.  There's something... magical  when it's done right.  Some of these are taken right from the pages of a book, some are new takes on old tales.  If you get surprised by a title, stop and think about it for a second.  It'll make sense. :)  For now, let's look at Alice over the years. Can you think of a favorite incarnation I've missed?  Let me know in the comments section. ◍  ♦  ◍  ♣  ◍  ♠  ◍ ♥ ◍  ♦...

On the Telly: Dark Matter vs Killjoys

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It's the battle of Syfy's new spaceship shows!  Gaaahh!  Do you remember not being able to help comparing The Prestige to The Illusionist just because they were both about magicians and they were released the same year?  Well, this is like that only-SPACESHIP!  It's no secret that I love Sci-Fi in any general sense.  I eat that shit up.  So when there were not one, but TWO new shows that were going to take place in the far, future expanse of space, you can imagine my giddiness!  I went ahead and waited for both of them to (mostly) completely air before I devoured them whole-like.  Here's what I've discovered: