Today is Friday, May 18, 2012
Today is Friday, May 18, 2012
By nature, superheroes are larger than life. The same is quite true for the movie adaptation of what is arguably Marvel’s biggest claim to fame: “The Avengers.” By setting up for this movie since the 2008 premiere of “Iron Man,” Marvel has slowly built a background through their many movies over the past few years.
Set in a world similar to the one in The Hunger Games, Veronica Roth’s first book “Divergent”, follows the life of a young protagonist named Beatrice Prior who lives in a futuristic dystopian society in Chicago. There are five different factions dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful) and Erudite (the intelligent). The Abnegation are the leaders of the government—something that will largely come into play toward the end of the book. At the age of 16, all boys and girls must go through a test on a specific day that will help them choose a faction to live in for the rest of their lives.
The song “We are Young” by fun. didn’t make its way up to the top of the Billboard 100 chart simply through its anthem-like call, but through the rise of a genre and a culture: indie music.
Formally known as independent music, the name calls to the spirit of the youthful and indeterminate culture. Indie music can’t be easily classified by the number of beats or the instruments used. As a new-age fusion, the subcultures range from genres such as indie folk with its guitars and relaxed melodies, to glitchy indie music that uses synthesizers and lo-fi sound recording. Most of the time, the music tends to have some basic rock influences while using a mix of electronic and acoustic beats. One thing is for sure with indie music: it’s not your typical mainstream electronic or pop music, and it’s definitely not your traditionally produced kind of music.
Firstly, I would like to thank the Academy for once again bringing all aspects of the movie industry together to recognize and honor those who bring magic to the screen and who foster the imaginations of people across the world.
There’s no doubt that even the most loyal pearl milk tea (PMT) lovers among us have floundered in the sea of choices offered in the Mountain View area. The Talon breaks down the top four places to get your PMT fix.
It’s Super Sunday, the one time where the altar becomes the TV, the holy water becomes a bowl of guacamole and the pews become couches. This Sunday is a religious day—except people don’t pray to God, but to Tom Brady.
“I’m not a mathematician, but I know this,” 16-year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster states. “There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1… Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2.”
Nearly 1,500,000 people visit Alcatraz Island on a yearly basis, and they are all taught the same thing: Alcatraz was used as a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison and finally a federal prison, before closing in 1963 due to high costs and weather damage. The new show “Alcatraz” takes an entirely different spin on the infamous prison.
After a disappointing movie year in 2011, when the best action film might have been (gasp) “Harry Potter,” the trailer for “Man on a Ledge” led many to believe that the action-movie drought was about to end.
Five years ago, “Fear Factor” showed us that eating buffalo testicles, African cave-dwelling spiders and hissing cockroaches can be mindlessly entertaining. This past December, “Fear Factor” returned to prime time television and it is crazier than ever.