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What would happen with a live-action ‘Undertale’?

While we’re on this dark timeline, let’s take a moment to think about what it’d be like if Undertale got the Hollywood treatment. While Toby Fox has yet to sell out his critical darling to the hands of Hollywood yet, I’d like to take a moment to think about what kind of disaster a live-action adaptation would be like.



A look into the controversy surrounding 'Joker'

With the release of the new film Joker opening in theaters on October 4th, many people have been questioning the movie because of the level of violence the film is supposed to contain. Many people have also been raising concerns about whether or not the film will invoke violence in people, and potentially influence people to cause crime, similar to what the main character does in the movie. These concerns have further been raised when it was announced that the FBI had found on the dark web threats of potential violence towards certain unidentified theaters. With all of this, many people have begun to question whether the film should be shown at all, and if violent movies should even be allowed to be produced.


Remixed S4E2 - "Pang" Brings Atmosphere

Welcome to this week’s episode of Remixed! This week, we discuss the latest album from Caroline Polachek. How does the artist explore their own story within these new tracks? Also in the news, Amazon has started making their own concerts? Find out all of this and more on this week’s episode of Remixed!





TheCovenS6E1

  Welcome to this week's episode of The Coven! This week, we talked about how the religion of Wicca is portrayed in media. Is it good? Is it bad? What can be improved? All that and more will be discussed in this week's episode of The Coven!


Input 2 S7E5 - Cracking Open the Disney Vault

Welcome to this week’s episode of Input 2! This week, we talked about the Disney Vault and the sheer amount of content coming to Disney+. What sort of incredible movies are going to be available? Are there any trends that can be discovered by looking at their full catalog? And what even is 'Operation Dumbo Drop'? Find out these and more in this week’s episode of Input 2!