Marjz annotated 1+ month ago
Hiroo Onoda ay isang sundalong Hapon na nakipaglaban noong Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig. Siya ang sundalong Hapon na nagtago ng 29 taon sa isla ng Lupang sa Occidental Mindoro. Noong ika-16 ng Enero...
Marjz annotated 1+ month ago
Long-abandoned Waldorf-Astoria train platform
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If you see "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," there's a scene that shows Peter Parke went to an abandoned subway station in New York City called Roosevelt.
Marjz annotated 1+ month ago
One of the many (many) plot threads in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is about solving the 'mystery' of what happened to Richard and Mary Parker, Peter's parents. The film opens with their death, a plane...

What The Amazing Spider-Man 2 doesn't get about Peter Parker's heroism

A conversation I had with Lightninglouie on his post about Slate's Amazing Spider-Man 2 review got me thinking a little more about an aspect of the Spider-Man mythos that the movie changes- and how this reinventing of Peter Parker is making him less of an interesting character. Mild TASM2 Spoilers below the cut!

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Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America by Sam Roberts. The book describes the Terminal’s development and construction and how it changed the urban landscape.