Tag: violence

  • Why I Finally Fell in Love with “Outlander”

    Why I Finally Fell in Love with “Outlander”

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    Outlander has become my newest television obsession. Every holiday break, my fiancé is out of town to be with his family for Christmas — which leaves me with a lot of spare time on my hands that I normally don’t have. It also means that any TV shows we are watching together, I have to…

  • 5 Things I Loved about “Logan”

    5 Things I Loved about “Logan”

    James Mangold’s Logan is not like other X-Men movies. While I have enjoyed the X-Men series overall, I’m not the biggest fan, I don’t know the lore well, and I’ve never cared much for Wolverine’s gruff character. But that’s exactly why I was excited to see Logan. I had heard it was different, and it is.…

  • The Future of Chemistry in “Altered Carbon”

    The Future of Chemistry in “Altered Carbon”

    A couple of years ago, my blogger friend Sam Leung recommended a science fiction novel to me called Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan. (This author  also wrote the video game Crysis 2 and some comics, including Black Widow stories!) You can read Sam’s review of the book here on Robo♥beat. =) Anyway, I read Altered Carbon, liked it, and…