The Ancient Story Structure Hollywood Keeps Ignoring \\ Kishōtenketsu
What if I told you that you have been deprived of one of the best forms of storytelling for most of your life?The "The Three-Act" story structure has dominated Western storytelling for centuries. Hero...
4 Mai 41min
Project Hail Mary (part two) \\ Courage Is Not Optional
You ready for part 2, question?Grace is now teamed up with his alien friend Rocky, and they have worked together to the point of creating a theory that might save both of their planets. But can they f...
14 Apr 1h 47min
Project Hail Mary (part one) \\ The Science of Not Giving Up
I woke up in space without a clue of what's going on...how's your day been?Andy Weir has carved out a niche for himself that you could call "lone man lost in space". This time, the creator of The Mart...
6 Apr 2h 36min
True Grit \\ A Quest To Fix What Is Broken (part 2)
How Did I End Up Here?Mattie Ross finds herself out on the frozen hillsides of Oklahoma. Body aching from being on horseback all day, she just witnessed the gruesome killing of two bandits...It's enou...
18 Mar 1h 13min
True Grit \\ Forge Your Own Path (part 1)
"I was born game, sis, and I hope to die in that condition."When the government-appointed lawmen aren't quick to hunt down the murderer of Frank Ross, his teenage daughter, Mattie, takes things into h...
11 Mar 1h 45min
The Minority Report \\ Future vs. Fate
Felonies are down by 99.8%. There hasn't been a murder in 5 years because the police know what will happen before it takes place. There couldn't possibly be any side effects to arresting people who ha...
19 Feb 1h
Crime and Punishment (Part 2)
"It’s as well that you only killed the old woman. If you’d invented another theory you might perhaps have done something a thousand times more hideous."Raskolnikov was a young man with a theory. A the...
29 Jan 2h 57min
Crime and Punishment (Part 1)
"Would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?"The Russians are coming...Fyodor Dostoevsky's unique brand of psychological thriller has reached BTMC, and I was delighted to dive de...
16 Jan 3h 10min
