Sankofa viewing — Sankofa is an African word from the Akan tribe in Ghana. The literal translation of the word and it associated symbol is “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.”
In contemporary parlance a Sankofa viewing is going back and watching to prior episodes of a series that you are bingeing to both refresh your memory and to see if the series is well written.
By tracing the backstories of the major characters you will easily be able to tell if the story arcs are well planned; or, if a group of writers are just throwing some third act plot twist shite against a wall to see if it will stick!!!!!
For practicing this art I DO NOT RECOMMEND THE WALKING DEAD OR ANY OF ITS CLONES because you will be terribly disappointed by the writing and a group of writers were throwing a lot of third act plot twist shite against the wall to see if it would stick!!!!!!!
The Sopranos, on the other hand, will not disappoint and rewards rewatching, They were telling you where it was going from episode one.
Amazingly, when you get good at this with binge watching visual mediums, it may be useful to read a book or two. Most good books reward a Sankofa Reading. After all, isn’t that why writing was invented?
But, ya gotta start somewhere.
In contemporary parlance a Sankofa viewing is going back and watching to prior episodes of a series that you are bingeing to both refresh your memory and to see if the series is well written.
By tracing the backstories of the major characters you will easily be able to tell if the story arcs are well planned; or, if a group of writers are just throwing some third act plot twist shite against a wall to see if it will stick!!!!!
For practicing this art I DO NOT RECOMMEND THE WALKING DEAD OR ANY OF ITS CLONES because you will be terribly disappointed by the writing and a group of writers were throwing a lot of third act plot twist shite against the wall to see if it would stick!!!!!!!
The Sopranos, on the other hand, will not disappoint and rewards rewatching, They were telling you where it was going from episode one.
Amazingly, when you get good at this with binge watching visual mediums, it may be useful to read a book or two. Most good books reward a Sankofa Reading. After all, isn’t that why writing was invented?
But, ya gotta start somewhere.
A new season of What We Do in the Shadows is about to start; let’s do a Sankofa viewing of the series and the movie so that we can catch all of the details and the subtleties.
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2. Someone who never pulls completely up to the intersection or the car in front, but rather lags a car length or more behind and stops short or creeps, forcing other drivers to miss lights, block intersections or clog turn lanes because they can't get into position.
3. A jerk who speeds up if you try to pass in the left or right lane but is content to ride beside or just in front of you, usually swerving and failing to maintain speed or lane position because they are preoccupied with their cell phone, makeup or other personal device.
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2. Someone who never pulls completely up to the intersection or the car in front, but rather lags a car length or more behind and stops short or creeps, forcing other drivers to miss lights, block intersections or clog turn lanes because they can't get into position.
3. A jerk who speeds up if you try to pass in the left or right lane but is content to ride beside or just in front of you, usually swerving and failing to maintain speed or lane position because they are preoccupied with their cell phone, makeup or other personal device.
See also volvo and pennsylvania race yankee
1.Buffy bragged of how her beemer slices thru traffic unaware that she's put 3 cars in the ditch since she never looks in the mirror, just another cracked rear view.
2. willis sat back 3 car lengths from the intersection forcing the ambulance to pass on the wrong side of the road, what a cracked rear view.
3. The asshole in the sportage caused me to miss my exit since he'd never let me pass and kept slowing down so I couldn't get to the right lane. The state trooper who pulled him probably sighted him for a cracked rear view.
2. willis sat back 3 car lengths from the intersection forcing the ambulance to pass on the wrong side of the road, what a cracked rear view.
3. The asshole in the sportage caused me to miss my exit since he'd never let me pass and kept slowing down so I couldn't get to the right lane. The state trooper who pulled him probably sighted him for a cracked rear view.
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An insult equivalent to douchebag, used by programmers and IT professionals.
An insult equivalent to douchebag, used by programmers and IT professionals.
ARROGANT CODER: I'm sooo good at CSS3 and, like, wicked good at HTML5, bro. It's ridiculous.
MODEST CODER: What a viewbag.
MODEST CODER: What a viewbag.
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The game's story concerns Joe, an avid movie-goer whose girlfriend Silvia is kidnapped during a film starring Joe's favorite superhero, Captain Blue. Joe is shortly thereafter thrust into Movieland, the environment in which Silvia is taken by the villainous group known as Jadow. After accepting a special V-Watch from Captain Blue, Joe transforms into the tokusatsu-style persona "Viewtiful Joe" and sets out to rescue his girlfriend. The gameplay of Viewtiful Joe features traditional 2D platform side-scrolling intermixed with 3D cel-shaded graphics. Abilities known as "VFX Powers" grant the player special actions for combat and puzzle-solving, such as slowing down or speeding up time.
This game has some great dialogue and is also, very, very hard. Even on the somewhat easy difficulty, you'll die alot. But that adds to the fun. The PS2 port of the game also features the slick and awesome Dante as a playable character. The game also got a sequel Viewtiful Joe 2. Just as hard, and just as fun. It also got a super cool anime that keep true to the style of the game.
This game was the first game from Clover Studios, the guys responsible for Okami and God Hand.
Anyone who wants to play a great game in general definitely needs to pick this game up.
The game's story concerns Joe, an avid movie-goer whose girlfriend Silvia is kidnapped during a film starring Joe's favorite superhero, Captain Blue. Joe is shortly thereafter thrust into Movieland, the environment in which Silvia is taken by the villainous group known as Jadow. After accepting a special V-Watch from Captain Blue, Joe transforms into the tokusatsu-style persona "Viewtiful Joe" and sets out to rescue his girlfriend. The gameplay of Viewtiful Joe features traditional 2D platform side-scrolling intermixed with 3D cel-shaded graphics. Abilities known as "VFX Powers" grant the player special actions for combat and puzzle-solving, such as slowing down or speeding up time.
This game has some great dialogue and is also, very, very hard. Even on the somewhat easy difficulty, you'll die alot. But that adds to the fun. The PS2 port of the game also features the slick and awesome Dante as a playable character. The game also got a sequel Viewtiful Joe 2. Just as hard, and just as fun. It also got a super cool anime that keep true to the style of the game.
This game was the first game from Clover Studios, the guys responsible for Okami and God Hand.
Anyone who wants to play a great game in general definitely needs to pick this game up.
by Rikuo March 28, 2009
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