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    The Annual Totally Arbitrary Awards: 2020 Edition
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 1
    • 7 min

    The Annual Totally Arbitrary Awards: 2020 Edition

    So 2020 is finally run and done. How'd we all go? For me, 2020 was one of the best years I can remember - everyone was brought down to my...
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    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards 2019
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 31, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards 2019

    In a sign of the downfall of civilisation, most of the novelty awards have remained intact.
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    A Thorny Issue
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 27, 2019
    • 6 min

    A Thorny Issue

    No, various news outlets on the internet, we do not 'need to talk about Rose Tico'. We'll get to why.
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    A Composition On Composers
    Damian Smith
    • May 6, 2019
    • 10 min

    A Composition On Composers

    (This is a tangent to a commission I'm writing. I became aware that when I have to quickly immerse myself into an intellectual property t...
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    Review/Synopsis - Avengers: Endgame
    Damian Smith
    • Apr 30, 2019
    • 12 min

    Review/Synopsis - Avengers: Endgame

    I'm really struggling for an accurate description of Avengers: Endgame. It is...aggressively bad. Endgame is a horrendous dumpster fire o...
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    The Annual Damo Awards For Film
    Damian Smith
    • Feb 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Annual Damo Awards For Film

    Well once again the Oscars are done with and once again the Academy got it all wrong. Not only did they pick the wrong films, they picked...
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    Earn This
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 22, 2019
    • 6 min

    Earn This

    In Iron Man, the film that began the MCU all those years ago, Tony Stark is a dick. He’s a narcissist, an arrogant billionaire who cares ...
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    Recipe For Success
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 9, 2019
    • 5 min

    Recipe For Success

    (Warning up top - I'm talking film structure here. And like the arrow in the FedEx logo, once you see structure you can never unsee it) S...
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    Ranking The MCU
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 6, 2019
    • 19 min

    Ranking The MCU

    Enjoy Taika Waititi narrating the Marvel Studios intro. As we move forward into 2019 I want to do a series on film structure, character d...
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    Netflix and Lies
    Damian Smith
    • Jan 4, 2019
    • 3 min

    Netflix and Lies

    I finally watched Annihilation on Netflix last night and it’s a rather good film. It’s an old-fashioned sci-fi film with more than a bit ...
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    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards of 2018
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 31, 2018
    • 3 min

    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards of 2018

    The Totally Arbitrary Best Of Awards of 2018 (In memory of John “Total Biscuit” Bain, who passed this year, and his Arbitrary Awards, bot...
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    The Last Straw
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 14, 2018
    • 58 min

    The Last Straw

    Or: At Midnight I Will Kill Rian Johnson With A Shovel (relax I'm not advocating murder, but if you don't get the reference this probably...
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    Stark Contrast
    Damian Smith
    • Dec 9, 2018
    • 4 min

    Stark Contrast

    So the trailer for Avengers: Endgame has dropped and a lot of the commentary is that it’s “The Snap” part two. Much has been said about “...
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