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  Re: Earth in the Spin Cycle: The Myth of the Green Tech Industry

  My pleasure. I’m glad to

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  Jonathan Hielkema Independent Scholar

  Sunday, February 14, 2016 — 8:42 pm

  My pleasure. I'm glad to bring this video and Apple's whole campaign to wider attention because it's an important plank of their brand. Without these initiatives, which are real enough, as I noted, they would not be able to cultivate the sa ...
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  INTO THE BADLANDS: The Future of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema on American TV?

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  Munib Rezaie Independent Scholar

  February 15, 2016

  10 comments

  INTO THE BADLANDS: The Future of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema on American TV? Martial Arts Movies Into the Badlands Chinese opera AMC Curator's Note Chinese martial arts cinema owes a debt to the Chinese opera aesthetic where minimalist sets, characte ...
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  Re: INTO THE BADLANDS: The Future of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema on American TV?

  I’m looking forward to the

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  Kate Morgan Newscastic/The Electric Feast

  Tuesday, February 16, 2016 — 2:01 am

  I'm looking forward to the recommendation! Thanks Munib. And yes. I think we are on the same page. ...
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  Re: INTO THE BADLANDS: The Future of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema on American TV?

  Hi, Kyle! Thank you for the

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  Munib Rezaie Independent Scholar

  Tuesday, February 16, 2016 — 2:57 am

  distinction between "realistic martial arts" and "exciting spectacle," which I’m not ...
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  Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal

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  Kyle Barrowman DePaul University

  February 16, 2016

  7 comments

  Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal realism Martial Arts Cinema aesthetics of film Curator's Note Famous for featuring uncompromisingly brutal violence, the fight scenes in the films of Steven Seagal are bound up with ...
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  Re: Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal

  Being sensitive to different styles and contexts

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  Munib Rezaie Independent Scholar

  Wednesday, February 17, 2016 — 3:45 am

  terms of their film history, but also their particular martial arts history. I’m thinking about things ...
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  Re: Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal

  Great post

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  Ian Dwayne Pettigrew Zhejiang University

  Wednesday, February 17, 2016 — 3:53 am

  Special effects have created new aesthetic possibilities in martial arts cinema. Filmmakers now have the ...
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  Nyan Cat: Nothing Happens, Longer, Again

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  Tina Kendall Anglia Ruskin University

  February 22, 2016

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  Nyan Cat: Nothing Happens, Longer, Again speed slow cinema Nyan Cat animal memes acceleration Curator's Note The aim of the recent “In Focus” dossier on speed is to consider the value of “speed theory” for cinema and media scholars. As its contributo ...
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  Re: Nyan Cat: Nothing Happens, Longer, Again

  Duration & Networked Media

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  Tina Kendall Anglia Ruskin University

  Monday, February 22, 2016 — 6:25 pm

  1 minute and 1 second long). It is the possibility of these gestures--switching off, speeding up, remixing, ...
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  Suspending Suspense

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  Caetlin Benson-Allott Georgetown University

  February 23, 2016

  2 comments

  and—wait, I’m out of popcorn. As this clip demonstrates, pausing a movie for even six seconds abruptly ...

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