Hive profile

Hill of the Willows

@g-com

Writer, Storyteller, Student of History, Lover of Fiction

109 followers 20 following 100 posts Reputation 35.6

Hill of the Willows
@g-com Feb 19, 2018, 3:12 AM UTC

Black Mirror Season 4 Reviews: Episode 5 - Metalhead

Warning Spoilers Ahead The fifth episode of Black Mirror is a film of elegant simplicity with a subtle brilliance that is easily overlooked by the casual viewer. At only 41 minutes long, Metalhead is…

1 upvotes 2 replies $0.00
Hill of the Willows
@g-com Jan 21, 2018, 3:15 AM UTC

Black Mirror Season 4 Reviews: Episode 4 - Hang the DJ

Warning Spoilers Ahead After reviewing, the bad, the mediocre and the worst, it’s finally time to discuss the first truly great episode of Black Mirror's 4th Season. If you’ve ever been frustrated by…

5 upvotes 4 replies $0.00
Hill of the Willows
@g-com Jan 15, 2018, 3:15 AM UTC

Black Mirror Season 4 Reviews: Episode 3 - Crocodile

Warning Spoilers Ahead Science fiction is often about asking questions about the future and answering them through a creative narrative. The Black mirror episode Crocodile asks "what would happen if…

3 upvotes 3 replies $0.06
Hill of the Willows
@g-com Jan 8, 2018, 2:59 AM UTC

Black Mirror Season 4 Reviews: Episode 2 - Arkangel

Warning Spoilers Ahead Arkangle is the story of helicopter parenting taken to a sci-fi extreme. Directed by Jodi Foster, the story centers around Marie a mother who uses the latest technology to achi…

13 upvotes 7 replies $0.30
Hill of the Willows
@g-com Jan 6, 2018, 2:00 AM UTC

Black Mirror Season 4 Reveiws: Episode 1 - The USS Callister

Warning Spoilers Ahead Black Mirror is most chilling when it covers the implications of technologies that are right around the corner or worse right in our pockets and on our laptops. Shut up and Dan…

3 upvotes 2 replies $0.02
Hill of the Willows
@g-com Jan 3, 2018, 9:59 AM UTC

On Failure and The Last Jedi

Warning, Major Star Wars The Last Jedi Spoilers I think I'm one of the few people who neither loved nor hated The Last Jedi. I felt it was good not great although the more I think about it the more I…

14 upvotes 10 replies $0.12
Hill of the Willows
@g-com Jan 1, 2018, 9:50 PM UTC

Quora News

I'm now ranked 9th for most viewed Quora writer in the topic of Ancient Rome. I've been an active Quoran for some time now and this is an exciting but also somewhat intimidating development. https://…

9 upvotes 4 replies $0.02
Hill of the Willows
@g-com Dec 31, 2017, 9:04 AM UTC

My ratings for Black Mirror Season 4

Here's how I rate all six episodes of Black Mirror Season 4. I chose to "grade" them as opposed to giving a star rating. USS Callister: D- Arkangle: B- Crocodile: F Hang the DJ: A Metalhead: A+ Black…

3 upvotes 8 replies $0.01
Hill of the Willows
@g-com Dec 25, 2017, 1:11 AM UTC

Why combat in Star Wars is So Impractical

Why is combat in Star Wars so impractical compared to real life military tactics. Why do they have giant, top-heavy, walkers instead of just building tanks? Why stand up in battle lines during the Cl…

9 upvotes 8 replies $0.24
Hill of the Willows
@g-com Dec 21, 2017, 9:48 PM UTC

At First Glance

I visited the Yale Art gallery recently and found something particularly poetic about this piece from the African art section: Like so many things in this world they're beautiful at first glance. But…

3 upvotes 1 replies $0.01