OpenLab at the University of New Haven | The Open Endings | Activity https://unewhavendh.org/groups/the-open-endings/ Activity feed for the group, The Open Endings. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:34:09 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 63c2e8d0d516067196e0da7b896d0c29 Thomas Almeida wrote a new blog post Stranger Things as an Exemplar for Cyclical Fiction in the group The Open Endings http://unewhavendh.org/the-open-endings/?p=21 Fri, 05 Jul 2019 18:00:25 +0000 Happy 4th of July, everyone! As a gift to the American public, the Duffer Brothers and Netflix have presented us with one of the best limited series on the platform so far: Stranger Things 3.

Unlike weeks […]

]]> 47bf7ce38384a3fb4668be4a35cd4aab Thomas Almeida wrote a new blog post What Does it Mean to Be a Hero?: Watchmen, My Hero Academia, and the MCU in the group The Open Endings http://unewhavendh.org/the-open-endings/?p=18 Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:59:42 +0000 When consuming superhero stories, there are many key aspects to the genre that are important to look for/be aware of the absence of, but there is one theme which appears to always be present no matter what the […]

]]> e4c1dc14816bb1ba465925d5b0d34df8 Thomas Almeida wrote a new blog post The Reference in Story: Edgar Wright's Contributions to Storytelling in the group The Open Endings http://unewhavendh.org/the-open-endings/?p=16 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 16:23:39 +0000 It is without question in my mind that Edgar Wright is perhaps one of the best comedic directors in all of cinema history, and while I am not particularly interested in direction for this project, I cannot help […]

]]> f4f1f5527300b94ca50732ffd97b00a8 Thomas Almeida wrote a new blog post Tony Stark and Steve Rogers: A Battle of Philosophic Heroism in the group The Open Endings http://unewhavendh.org/the-open-endings/?p=12 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:38:38 +0000 The time has finally come! Perhaps the most compelling story being told in real-time today is that of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As much as this grand project is very much ongoing, the recent opus directed by […]

]]> 2bbe05a2669fbb7de7ad2621232a48e6 Thomas Almeida wrote a new blog post What Makes a Movie a Classic? in the group The Open Endings http://unewhavendh.org/the-open-endings/?p=9 Mon, 17 Jun 2019 17:46:06 +0000 When I drafted the weekly schedule of this project several months ago, it made the most sense to me to take the first few weeks and dedicate them to movies, to help a discussion get started in a well defined […]

]]> ddad55ad658b1000837c13838e7cb8ff Thomas Almeida wrote a new blog post Week One: Moana and the Modern Family Flick in the group The Open Endings http://unewhavendh.org/the-open-endings/?p=5 Fri, 07 Jun 2019 14:30:16 +0000 After at least half a dozen viewings of Moana over the years since its release two and a half years ago, I have finally found out why I love it so much! And it all has to do with Aristotle.

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