Author: Scott Mitchell

Scott is an avid reader of science fiction who has spent too much of his life on TV Tropes. An adventurer by nature, you will either find him in the woods or planning his next trip around the world.
Film, Literature, Pop Culture, Unpopular Opinions

Get Off Your High Horse, the Book Is Not Always Better Than the Movie

It is common knowledge among book readers that the movie version will almost always be inferior to the book it’s based off of. It’s a popular refrain by moviegoers, dinner guests and librarians everywhere. And to some degree this belief is well justified. There are a lot of bad or utterly forgettable book adaptations out there that deserve to be purged from popular memory.  Hollywood … Continue reading Get Off Your High Horse, the Book Is Not Always Better Than the Movie

Scott Mitchell
Literature, Unpopular Opinions

Good Literature Is Not Self Help: A Critique of ‘The Alchemist’

Near my apartment there is a cemetery sandwiched between the river and a main road. If you walk long enough hugging the path near the river you will see a gravestone partially obscured by flowers. If you push aside the leaves, you find a black and white picture of a young couple smiling warmly at the camera. Below, it states that the man was killed … Continue reading Good Literature Is Not Self Help: A Critique of ‘The Alchemist’

Scott Mitchell
Film, Literature

Atticus Finch Is the Male Hero We Need Today

Male protagonists are a dime a dozen, but not a particularly diverse bunch. Take any popular movie or video game and the marketing for it will likely feature a tall muscular white man with short dark hair holding a weapon, staring towards whatever enemy looms on the horizon. Plenty of exceptions exist, but when in doubt writers seem to fall back on the same sort … Continue reading Atticus Finch Is the Male Hero We Need Today

Scott Mitchell