http://mondomagazine.net We're not geeks! Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/fringe-season-one-review/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/fringe-season-one-review/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:47:32 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=7396 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/fringe-season-one-review/feed/ 4 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/seasonal-retrospectivetrue-blood-season-one/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/seasonal-retrospectivetrue-blood-season-one/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:00:43 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=4206 By Jayvibha Vaidya *Spoiler alert — Anna Paquin is called cute once more. Bits and pieces of show revealed, too.* She's a cute blonde and he's a dark mysterious stranger that happens to be a vampire. No, it's not that ass-kicking vampire slayer this time around. She's hung up her stake and cheerleading outfit in Sunnydale, California. Our current Adorable Miss is a resident of Bon Temps, Louisiana. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) is a resident waitress, loyal granddaughter, and conveniently, an attractive mind-reader. Burdened by the unwanted thoughts of others, she finds relief in a mysterious stranger who’s the strong, silent type. Literally. She can’t hear his thoughts. From Alan Ball, the creator of critically acclaimed Six Feet Under and based on the books by author Charlaine Harris, True Blood follows the moment when Sookie Stackhouse, (Golden Globe-winner Paquin, The Piano, X-Men) meets Bill Compton, (Brit Stephen Moyer, Lilies, The Starter Wife) an outed vampire who arrives in Bon Temps just as the small Louisiana town is plagued with a wave of suspicious murders. Surrounding this ill-fated couple is an amazing smorgasbord of character profiles. They're all deeply damaged, holding on to their secrets and insecurities for dear life. Sookie's elder brother Jason (Austrailian Ryan Kwanten, Home and Away, Summerland) is a classic all-around fuck-up, and the first to be implicated in the series of [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/seasonal-retrospectivetrue-blood-season-one/feed/ 1 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/mondofilms-greatest-disappointments-of-2008/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/mondofilms-greatest-disappointments-of-2008/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:00:51 +0000 film http://mondomagazine.net/?p=3724 By Leo K. Moncel and Shane McNeil In this thrilling reversal of year-end-list-glee, Shane McNeil and I sound off on movies we wanted to like, but couldn't, good stuff that was supposed to happen, but didn't, and general dickery in the film world. It's gripetime.]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/mondofilms-greatest-disappointments-of-2008/feed/ 9 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/mondofilms-top-articles-of-2008-_kc-done/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/mondofilms-top-articles-of-2008-_kc-done/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:54 +0000 film http://mondomagazine.net/?p=3614 over a month and a half since I've been shepherd to MONDO's film section. In the true spirit of pettiness, I thought it would be a chuckle to compose a 2008 'favourite articles' list using only content submitted to me, personally -- that is, treat the year as if it began on November 18th. Thankfully, the Missus brought me back to my senses at the last minute. I suppose there's a lesson to be learned here: if you're tying a fishing lure and your slippers fall down a well, son, you'd best get back to work! Here are some MONDOmoments that sparkled for me, in chronological order: [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/mondofilms-top-articles-of-2008-_kc-done/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2009/mondovideogames-best-articles-of-2008/ http://mondomagazine.net/2009/mondovideogames-best-articles-of-2008/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:30 +0000 videogames http://mondomagazine.net/?p=3498 LittleBigPlanet; a new expansion for World of Warcraft; terrifying tactic dismemberment in Dead Space; witnessed the return of the iconic Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid 4; Wii Fit got us off our asses and attempted to convince us that exercise could be fun; we finally got to whip a lightsaber around in the Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed; once again we have annoying neighbours and digital friends while trying to having the most eccentric house in Animal Crossing City Folk; encountered Resistance 2 and Gears of War 2, and Bioshock for the PS3, and I could go on forever. Honestly, it was a busy gaming year, with something for everyone. 2009 is shaping up to be an equally exciting year, but sometimes, in order to move forward, it is good to look back. After all, some of these great games might be on sale! [...]]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2009/mondovideogames-best-articles-of-2008/feed/ 0 http://mondomagazine.net/2008/im-don-draper-bitch-mad-men-reviewed/ http://mondomagazine.net/2008/im-don-draper-bitch-mad-men-reviewed/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:00:19 +0000 television http://mondomagazine.net/?p=2954 Welcome to a slightly new television section dealing exclusively with seasons past: The Seasonal Retrospective. Here you’ll find anything and everything from any station we have access to. We are particularly in love with the BBC and CBC and maybe a little bit of CBS when they’re funny and never Fox because we find them kind of repulsive. We’d be into Al Jazeera too, but they don’t typically run endearing sitcoms with well-rounded narratives. ____________________________ Seasonal Retrospective: Mad Men, Season Two By Jayvibha Vaidya It's always nice after several dull years on the dating scene to suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, meet someone who truly fascinates you. Discovering Mad Men is a bit like that. Not only is it visually stunning — the smoke-filled rooms, the dapper suits, the body-hugging dresses — it also possesses some of the most interesting, brilliant, and flawed characters currently gracing the tube. ]]> http://mondomagazine.net/2008/im-don-draper-bitch-mad-men-reviewed/feed/ 0