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Power, Pride and Typical Pinoys: A Disastrous Combination

March 25, 2015March 25, 2015 Grimwald 3 Comments

After reading the Lord of the Rings and watching the film adaptations, one of the clearest messages of the franchise is how absolute power corrupts absolutely. While Smeagol, the halfling that would one day become the ghoulish creature known as Gollum, started off as an unpleasant but not inherently evil being, the One Ring and the power…

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Homages, Fanfics, Parodies and Ripoffs: Defining Plagiarism

January 17, 2015 Grimwald 14 Comments

This is not meant to be a critical article but one that begs the question of just what is originality and why so much media in the Philippines is often branded “unoriginal”. I mean, just what does it mean to be “original” in this day and age and why does it have to be an…

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