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Eric Ravenscraft
Eric Ravenscraft

How to Get Rid of Clickbait On the Internet Forever With One Easy Trick

Eric Ravenscraft
3/28/17 3:27pm
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Stop clicking on it.

The New Blue Ranger Is Perfect

Eric Ravenscraft
3/26/17 7:13pm
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Power Rangers is great. Go see it. Okay, now that the review is out of the way, let’s talk about the best part of this movie. It’s Billy.

Movies Aren't Bad

Eric Ravenscraft
3/15/17 2:52pm
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Have you heard? Movies are all awful now. If you’ve enjoyed yourself at the theater recently, you were wrong. There’s nothing but sequels, franchises, and shallow blockbusters. Except for all the amazing movies out there, but who gives a shit, amirite?

A Spoiler-Free Review of The Force Awakens (From Someone Who Hasn't Seen It Yet)

Eric Ravenscraft
12/16/15 3:02pm
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A long time ago, in a theater far, far away, I watched Star Wars Episode III. That was the last time I saw a Star Wars movie in theaters. I have not seen the new film, subtitled The Force Awakens. Here is my review of it anyway.

Comcast's Data Caps Are Six Different Kinds of Bullshit. Here's What They Are

Eric Ravenscraft
8/14/15 4:07pm
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I’m a Comcast customer currently living in Atlanta. As such, I am one of the lucky victims customers who gets to try out Comcast’s data caps. This means my home internet has a cap, after which I will be charged fees for using my internet. This is some horse shit.

Terminator Genisys Review: Old Man Yells At Cloud, The Movie

Eric Ravenscraft
7/11/15 2:31pm
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The Terminator series has always had an uneasy relationship with technology. The franchise relies on advancing tech to make its villains look cooler, while simultaneously (and ironically) warning about the dangers of our continued reliance on technology. Terminator Genisys—my new favorite bad Terminator movie—has…

"What Did You Expect From Game of Thrones?" is a Bullshit Argument

Eric Ravenscraft
6/09/15 12:35pm
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I stopped watching Game of Thrones after the first episode or two. I couldn’t handle it. The rape, the incest, the children getting thrown from windows. There was a lot of gruesome stuff in those first 52 minutes. Some would say that means I shouldn’t be surprised by what I’ve seen in season 5. Except some of those…

To Everyone Who Thinks Miles Morales Would "Confuse" Moviegoers...

Eric Ravenscraft
2/23/15 2:18pm
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Ever since Marvel announced that it would include Spider-Man in the MCU, there has been a not-insignificant amount of people clamoring for Miles Morales. Some, however, think that having a Spider-Man movie without Peter Parker would be too confusing for the typical movie-going audience. But honestly...

What's the Best Stick?

Eric Ravenscraft
2/18/15 5:18pm
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Sticks are great. There are sticks you can steady a camera with, sticks to eat food with, even sticks that glow! However, we want to know which stick is objectively the best stick. If you could only have one stick for the rest of your life, which stick would it be?

An Obituary for All the Sub-Plots We Lost in Agents of SHIELD Season 1

Eric Ravenscraft
12/11/14 1:01pm
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Agents of SHIELD has grown into a fine show. It had trouble during the first half of its first season, but once Captain America released the floodgates, it stepped up to the plate. Which is why you might be forgiven for missing the many, many sub-plots that simply disappeared.

Dear Retailers: Please Do Holiday Deals Like This From Now On

Eric Ravenscraft
12/01/14 2:34pm
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I hate Black Friday. I hate it. I've worked retail enough years of my life to grow cynical as people with far more money than sense trample my friends and coworkers to save a few dollars on something that won't buy their child's love. Cyber Monday is a reprieve, but no one's done it quite as well as Motorola.

A Spoiler-Free-Ish, Shot-By-Shot Breakdown of the New Avengers Trailer

Eric Ravenscraft
10/23/14 12:44pm
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Hey guys. Did you hear there's a new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer out? "If I have internet access, obviously yes" you say? Good. But did you break it down FRAME BY FRAME? I did. Here you go.

Free Advice for Guys Reading About the UCSB Shooting: Shut Up

Eric Ravenscraft
5/25/14 1:46pm
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"I'll take great pleasure in slaughtering all of you."

Don't Smash Your Phone, Idiot (Or Listen to OnePlus For That Matter)

Eric Ravenscraft
4/25/14 2:10pm
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.......sigh.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier: The Boy Scout is All Grown Up

Eric Ravenscraft
4/04/14 3:18am
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Five months ago, I wrote about Thor: The Dark World. In that review, I suggested that not only did that movie finally do the Thor lore justice, but that it proved the Marvel Cinematic Universe had reached a stable level of maturity. Captain America: The Winter Soldier continues that tradition.

In Defense of Wash's Death

Eric Ravenscraft
1/27/14 3:28pm
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I recently came across this article wherein an avid Firefly fan attempts to prove with Science that Wash didn't really die. Spoilers if you want to read it yourself, but the article ends the same way the movie did: Sadly. But maybe that's okay.

Thor: The Dark World Proves Marvel's Ready to Rule Nine Realms

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11/08/13 5:26pm
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In 1978, the first Superman movie came to theaters brandishing the tagline "You'll believe a man can fly." The audacious notion was also a simple one: that notion of fantasy you held as a child, that aspiration towards the impossible that so many grow out of will be revived and, in the scope of a single feature film,…

A Day With the Moto X

Eric Ravenscraft
8/30/13 12:55pm
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Yesterday, I received my customized Moto X. Nothing fancy. Woven black with a blue accent. Nothing so ostentatious that I'd regret it in a year, but just different enough to know that it was mine. I'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus on Sprint, which means that in every possible way, I was getting an upgrade. Better…

Superman Never Shows Up in 'Man of Steel'

Eric Ravenscraft
6/15/13 12:36am
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BIG FUCKING SPOILER ALERT
Go watch the movie first if you care.
END BIG FUCKING SPOILER ALERT

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