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Angry Birds: May the Force be with you!
It has been officially announced: Rovio and LucasFilm have partnered in order to release a new episode of Angry Birds. The Rebel Alliance will obviously be composed of Birds, and the Empire will be represented by the Piggies (“The Porkside”). … Continue reading
The Hunger Games: rip-off, or pure inspiration?
No need to introduce The Hunger Games. Many have read the books and/or watched the movie. And it’s addictive; you just can’t keep yourself from turning the pages. I haven’t had the opportunity to watch the movie yet, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Movies, Opinion
Tagged 1984, authoritarian regime, Battle Royale, bella, Bella Swan, big brother, BR, bruce willis, capitol, comparison, copy, corben dallas, dystopia, edward, gale, george orwell, heroine, Hunger Games, incluence, Ingsoc, inspiration, jacob, jake, Jennifer Lawrence, Juegos del Hambre, Julia, katniss, Katniss Everdeen, Kenta Fukasaku, Kinji Fukasaku, Kristen Stewart, Leeloo, love triangle, luc besson, Milla Jovovich, nineteen eighty four, oceania, panem, parallel, peeta, reference, resemblance, rip-off, Ruby Rhod, stephenie meyer, the 5th element, the fifth element, The Hunger Games, The Party, the y, THG, totalitarian regime, twilight, Winston Smith
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Social networks: are they really international?
We all know and use at least one social network: Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Viadeo… you name it. Hey, even YouTube or Flickr could be considered a kind of social network. Social nets broaden our horizons in terms of … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, High tech, Opinion, Social Media
Tagged bing, bing translation, chinese, english, facebook, french, instagram, international, international interaction, internationality, italian, japanese, pictures, social media, social network, spanish, the y, translation, translator, twitter
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: two movies, two cultures
A cultural approach to the comparison of the Swedish and US adaptations of Millennium I. I am a big supporter of book adaptations into movies. I love seeing the differences, the way the director chose to show this and that, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Movies
Tagged comparison, cultural dimensions, culture, David Craig, dragon tattoo, edward hall, edward t. hall, geert, hofstede, hollywood, interculturality, Lisbeth Salander, Michael Nyqvist, Mikael Blomkvist, milenium, millenium, millennium, millennium movie, millennium saga, millennium trilogy, millennium tv, movie adaptation, Noomi Rapace, Rooney Mara, sweden, the girl with the dragon tattoo, the y, tv series, united states
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Why the new iPad is just “the new iPad”
Finally, Apple has released the new iPad. The New iPad. No room for iPad 3 or iPad HD here. But why did Apple decide against the sequential naming? After all, it has worked just fine for the iPhone so far. … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, High tech, iPad, Opinion
Tagged apple, iOS, ipad, ipad 2, ipad 3, ipad HD, ipad name, ipad retina, itunes, marketing, new ipad, new ipad name, new name, no name, phil schiller, retina, retina display, steve jobs, the new ipad, the y
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