The home theatre cash grab
You may have seen them advertised at Best Buy or London Drugs: giant TVs now in “4K digital resolution!”
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The Other Press, Douglas College's student newspaper since 1976. Articles, insight and updates from the New West and Coquitlam campuses.
Two Guys, a Girl, and a Bomb Shelter
In 2008, Paramount Pictures released Cloverfield, a big-budget found-footage monster movie that was developed under much secrecy. Rumours circulated for months leading up to release that producer J.J. Abram’s studio was making a new Voltron or even Godzilla movie, creating a feverish anticipation among audiences eager to find out just what the hell Cloverfield was.
Chairman of the Board: Hazardous Space
Space… there is a lot of it. And we’re going to sail this convoy right across it!
Comic Corner: A solid mediocre
Is cliché fantasy that is done well still cliché? This is the question I asked myself as I examined The Dead God by Erik Bear. Yes, I enjoyed it. Yes, I felt it was immersive. But the entire experience left me with an itch in the back of my mind, a little tingling that said this was all too familiar.
A novel ‘Project’
On October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard—a student at the University of Wyoming—was found severely beaten and tied to a fence, presumably victimized for being homosexual.
Experimental theatre
Following her work on several previous Douglas College Theatre Department projects, director and teacher Deborah Neville returns to direct Moisés Kaufman’s The Laramie Project, a play constructed from real life testimonies gathered from the residents of Laramie, Wyoming in response to the killing of Matthew Shepard, a local college student who was the victim of a hate killing at the hands of two Laramie residents.
New JRPG brings the challenge
The Legend of Legacy is a Japanese role playing game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is the spiritual successor to the SaGa series, and many of the staff that worked on that series also worked on this game.
The movie adaptation of an iconic masterpiece
The Little Prince is a novel written in 1943 by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It is beloved by millions, and still inspires many people today. One of these people was Mark Osborne, who had been deeply affected by the book and chose to make a movie adaptation.
Heavy fine bears the weight of wrongdoing
With an ever-growing concern for wildlife and animals, it’s worrying to hear about a case in which a local woman has been bypassing all ethical standards by searching and purchasing bear claws, bladders, and deer meat.
The future of Douglas College?
On March 14, DSU representatives and planners representing the college met to discuss what the future of Douglas is going to look like.