Spring has Sprung for Schizmemes

Spring has sprung, love is in the air, the flowers are in bloom, and the Schizomystics are in meme-mode. 

Winona, Interrupted Part 2: The Child Bride

One thing I've come to notice is that there's a certain type of young actress who is commonly presented in an archetypal theme that seems to speak to how she is perceived - or handled - by Hollywood. 

What Did They Do to the Ultimate 90s It Girl?

Winona Ryder was THE Nineties It Girl. She ruled the hearts and minds of GenXers across the world (guilty) - and dated a string of A-list rock and movie stars - only to fall from grace in the hardest way at the dawn of the new millennium.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GenX (but were afraid to X).

 

The Twin (Universe) Paradox: Super Shimmer

We've looked at films that depict something from an alien world coming to ours and changing Earth in its own image. Science fiction, obviously, but what if these stories are allegories for a process that is actually going on, albeit a little less dramatically?

Everything You Wanted to Know About Mind Control, But Were Afraid to Ask

You know, I wish I had a dollar for every time some random stranger approached me on the street and said, "Chris, all the cool kids are talking about Cold War mind control programs, but I don't know the first thing about them. Can you help?"

Beware the Ides of Meme

No themes, just memes. A bit of a spring clean for the Meme Queen, if you will. Dig in.

Piety is a Lie to Me, so Full Meme Ahead

 

One of the things that always gets on my nerves is false piety. And by "false piety," I mean all piety.

The Twin (Universe) Paradox, Part 5: Everywhere and Nowhere

When did everyone start talking about timelines and simulations? A few years back, right? It was like all of a sudden everyone started sensing there was something different about our reality.

The Twin (Universe) Paradox: TraumaVision

The world started getting strange back in the mid-to-late 2000s, but that was more an observation than a feeling. It's only been in the past five years that things really started feeling strange.

The Twin (Universe) Paradox, Part III: Hell Comes to Your House

 

So we've talked about Twin Earths and Twin Dimensions, but what happens when some kind of alien force comes to Earth and tries to turn our world into theirs? After all, this is the ultimate form of colonization.