Word: alienment
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...crop of bad action films will feature slightly fewer movies with a “II” or “III” after their names. There are new installments of Spider-Man, Harry Potter, Shrek and The Bourne Identity on the way (not to mention Alien vs. Predator, which makes me wonder when Alien and Predator will face off against Jason and Freddy), but there is also a lot of big-budget product which should be perfectly craptacular despite not being a sequel to anything—among them Catwoman, I, Robot, Van Helsing, The Day After...
...concerned with making it to the next shoe sale and keeping up their fabulous look that they stop paying attention to the women and lose sight of their own masculinity. The metrosexualization of the show’s male population provides an opening for a group of effeminate alien creatures called Crab People, who then proceed to try and take over the planet...
Including more than one church from a similar denominational root is not alien to the UM either. There are two Baptist, Presbyterian and Methodist sects among Harvard’s ministries. Surely, then, there is room at Harvard for two Episcopalian sects with unique traditions. Anything less denies students adequate religious choice...
...can’t help but think of all those modernist painters—cubists and the like—who got fed up with seeing the same things over and over again. Their crazy canvases force us see the objects of everyday existence as if they were completely alien and unknown. The idea is that our second impressions are even more interesting and exciting than the first ones...
...scratched out a perilous living in the Sahara, trading and feuding and drinking surprising amounts of camel urine. Seen through Riley's eyes, the Sahara is a nightmare looking-glass world, where camels are sacred and men wash their faces with sand. It couldn't have been more alien if he had been captured by Klingons, but Riley manages to form a kind of friendship with one of his captors, a charismatic merchant named Sidi Hamet who helps him survive the ordeal...