https://nerdspan.com nerdy news for fangirls and fanboys Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:30:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://nerdspan.com/october-fright-fest-the-host-2006/ https://nerdspan.com/october-fright-fest-the-host-2006/#comments Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:30:46 +0000 Michelle Ealey https://nerdspan.com/?p=19855 Halloween may be one day, but I celebrate the entire month of October by watching as many horror movies as possible. Forsaking other genres for spooky, scary thrills, and filling the month with films I haven’t seen or haven’t seen in a while. So, let’s grab some popcorn, turn off the lights, and get our fright on with The Host!]]> https://nerdspan.com/october-fright-fest-the-host-2006/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/bookworms-the-host-2008-by-stephenie-meyer/ https://nerdspan.com/bookworms-the-host-2008-by-stephenie-meyer/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:55 +0000 Jen Sylvia https://nerdspan.com/?p=11599 Worse, the souls have the specific ability to inhabit any host and rifle through its memories at will. Wouldn't they realize the truth of why humans would fight back, that to lose themselves in entirety is a war that each human would fight to its last to prevent? There's even mention, with actual sadness, of another race that committed mass suicide rather than be taken. Alas, Meyer avoids this internal inconsistency like a rabid dog.]]> https://nerdspan.com/bookworms-the-host-2008-by-stephenie-meyer/feed/ 0 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-host-2013-2/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-host-2013-2/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:43:58 +0000 Jen Sylvia https://nerdspan.com/?p=10990 The film attempts to show a sympathetic body snatcher while telling a story of forever love, resistance, and perseverance. It dies trying. It is a galactic conceit that the alien souls have colonized twelve planets and yet never considered that hosts would care about their presence or eradication.]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-host-2013-2/feed/ 1 https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-host-2013/ https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-host-2013/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:41:53 +0000 Michelle Ealey https://nerdspan.com/?p=10905 What makes us who we are? Are we just a collection of memories? If we are taken over by another entity, do we just disappear? These are the issues brought up in The Host, a film based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer and written and directed by Andrew Niccol. While the film wants to [...]]]> https://nerdspan.com/movie-review-the-host-2013/feed/ 0