Via: io9
During a montage sequence in the movie Ghostbusters, we see a copy of The Atlantic agazine with the headline, "The Politics from the Next Dimension: Do Ghosts Have Civil Rights?" The Awl's Michael Phelan was inspired by that cover and wrote an essay as it might have appeared in the 1984 publication if it were real. He did a great job with it, and you can read an excerpt from it below. To read the whole thing, click here! Below, I've also included artist Dan Schoening's take on the cover.
"Frankly, there's no accepted case law on the undead at the moment," Dr. Spengler added, "but taking into account the inter-dimensional nature of these entities, I would argue that this is largely an immigration issue or a contraband issue depending on the sentience. Technically, Ins should be deporting spirits of the deceased, as well as the other apparitions, the demons.
During a montage sequence in the movie Ghostbusters, we see a copy of The Atlantic agazine with the headline, "The Politics from the Next Dimension: Do Ghosts Have Civil Rights?" The Awl's Michael Phelan was inspired by that cover and wrote an essay as it might have appeared in the 1984 publication if it were real. He did a great job with it, and you can read an excerpt from it below. To read the whole thing, click here! Below, I've also included artist Dan Schoening's take on the cover.
"Frankly, there's no accepted case law on the undead at the moment," Dr. Spengler added, "but taking into account the inter-dimensional nature of these entities, I would argue that this is largely an immigration issue or a contraband issue depending on the sentience. Technically, Ins should be deporting spirits of the deceased, as well as the other apparitions, the demons.
- 12/30/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In the season 3 premiere of Who Do You Think You Are?, Martin Sheen proves once and for all that his son Charlie’s anti-authoritarian streak is genetic. For the Lisa Kudrow-produced docuseries, Martin traced both sides of his family back as far as five generations to see if his activist spirit (that same penchant for trend bucking that got Charlie in hot water throughout 2011) was indeed a legacy. The journey took Martin from his home in California to Dublin and back to his great-great-great-great grandfather’s home town of La Coruña, Spain. So who were the rebels of the Sheen/Estevez families of yore,...
- 2/4/2012
- by Lanford Beard
- EW.com - PopWatch
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