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Philosophy & Narrative: Plagues/Pandemics in Pop Culture Art

Closing off our exploration of the use of plagues and the like within the pop cultural zeitgeist, TLS looks at three articles from various sources and applies them to a general discussion of past, present, and possible future depictions of the subject at hand.

Narrative Timbre: Interview with Amanda Bocchi

For the premiere episode for his blog extension, Chris has a remote discussion with composer/musician Amanda Bocchi featuring a live performance.

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Literature: The Plague by Albert Camus

Taking a quick detour from traditional reviews, two TLS members discuss a few of the key elements and ideas from Camus’ classic tale of the human spirit in the face of a titular plague.

Film & Literature: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson starring Will Smith (2007)

TLS combines the original story and the latter film version of vampire-virus related tale, I am Legend, for a double feature compare/contrast session in lieu of separate MOTS reviews for each.
[Aggregate scores– Novella: 8.5 Film: 5.25]

AFI Top 100 #049: Intolerance

TLS puts up with only so much Intolerance.
[Aggregate score: 4]

Film & TV: It Comes at Night

TLS fosters a healthy paranoia during a review of tense pandemic psych-horror, It Comes at Night. [Aggregate score: 9]

Games & Gaming Culture: Plagues in Video Games

TLS takes the opportunity (in these uncertain times) to discuss and highlight some of the games that feature plagues, pandemics, and viruses as narrative focus points and/or core mechanics as well as conjecture on how the current climate might affect future development of such titles.

Film & TV: 12 Monkeys

TLS questions reality to stop a plague while reviewing time-travel/virus related flick, 12 Monkeys.
[Aggregate score: 9.75]

Games & Gaming Culture: Final Fantasy VII Remake

One of the so-called greatest games of all time’s long-awaited remake released recently, and TLS equips the critic materia to discuss it.

Film & TV: 28 Days Later

18 years later, TLS reviews 28 Days Later (in these uncertain times.)
[Aggregate score: 8]