TSR+=3;

Yet another year has rolled by in our lives, the earth has completed another revolution around the sun. And what does Th e New Year bring for TSR? New faces and a new outlook. Yes, the recruitment drive is done, and we have expand-ed. TSR is happy to welcome three new editors still fresh in their freshman year, and we hope they bring about positive changes in your beloved newspaper. To those of you concerned about Th e Holy R atio, it remains the same.

With New Year come new reso-lutions which are, in general, re-lated to one’s health. In a prob-able accordance with this, IIST is seeing a surge in the number of health-conscious people which it does every year. People fl ocking badminton courts, gymnasiums teeming with people trying to get on a treadmill and what not. Or maybe it’s just that everyone has relatively much more free time at the beginning of a semester. Th is is not a discouragement, just an observation.

Which reminds us of Trivan-dRun, a fairly popular annual run for a noble cause, which was held

in January this year. Being in per-fect timing with the trend, it at-tracted (relatively) quite a few participants from IIST. Th is issue tries to bring you the experiences of before and during the run (with both giving one a sense of accom-plishment) from the eyes of an edi-tor who dared to venture.

A rather favourable develop-ment in the food department, IIST has reinstated Maggi noodles as Saturday’s breakfast after the ban on it was lifted. Th is brings much relief to the faithful lovers of the iconic noodles brand and also saves hungry students from eating dry upma (if it can be called so) which can easily put the Atacama to shame. Some students even went on to opine that the current Maggi tastes far better than the older one. Was this ban a bless-ing in disguise? We’ll never know. Read on to know what another of our editors went through in the dark times.

Among other things, the campus itself has seen a string of changes lately. Th e area around main gate and the canteen was dug up in or-der to lay cables (new connection

"Another day went, anther year was spent, and not a single buck was given."- Anonymous

08 Comic on colour blindness

12 An editor reminisces of one

Atticus Finch.

06 TrivandRun: A 10 km run in

Trivandrum City

14 Movies : All that's good and

exciting in the year of the Lord 2016

?

feature

25th March 2016. Volume 6 Issue 2 . 16 Pages

Students’ Newspaper, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

For internal circulation only

An attempt at an interview with Space Law stalwart Dr. Ranjana Kaul.

02 news

for high speed internet? Let’s not get our hopes too high) and a pave-ment is being made from in front of Ardra to the girls’ hostels. Some of the classrooms were upgraded to being air-conditioned leading to a sort of disparity between the haves and have nots. Also, a few buildings in the campus were repainted in an attempt for a facelift.

In an unrelated issue, there were rumours floating around that Chetan Bhagat would retire from writing, creating quite a flurry in literary circles and joy among his haters. But there are no indica-tions confirming this yet, and the rumour has remained a rumour as the writer continues to write.

This issue also includes a can-did interview with Ranjana Kaul, a space lawyer (which is an uncon-ventional yet interesting profes-sion) who had visited IIST during the SpaceUp ‘unconference’.

The pop culture section this time has an anime review (again), a mov-ie review (you’ll be seeing a lot of reviews) from a competition held by TSR, a guide to the upcoming movies in 2016 for all those movie buffs, and a fangirl outlook of the book ‘Go Set a Watchman’ from Harper Lee of the timeless classic ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ fame.

In other news since we last met, Star Wars happened, Netflix ar-rived in India, Professor Snape

is no more, IISTians fell in love with Ustad Zakir Hussain, Zika is wreaking havoc in Brazil, JNU hun-gama at home, Bill happened, and his name is John Cena.

Currently the campus seems in a sleepy mood, but we guess it is the the calm before the storm of Con-scientia 2016, which kicks off on 18th of March. Keep a lookout for the much awaited (for us, at least) TSR LOL initiative.

As always, entries of any form are welcome and encouraged from the readers, since TSR is the students’ newspaper of IIST. Hope you enjoy this issue. Happy reading!

TSR is in the fifth academic year of its publication. Originally started using funds collected from students in buckets that editors took from door to door in their hostels, the Institute generously agreed to take over the charge of printing after the reprographic facility had been set up from the fourth issue onwards. We thank the Library and Reprographic teams for their invaluable support and all our readers and facebook fans for their kind gesture. Feel free to contact us for obtaining digital copies of our archive issues.

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EchoesSPIC MACAY ClubTh e legend of 88 clubs in IIST has an 89th addition. Th e man who smacked our heads for us-ing our phones made a return to the college to make random con-versation with IISTians. Appar-ently we were taken aback and fl attered by this very surprising attention paid to us, especially by something cool which has a nationwide prevalence. So it felt like it was almost obligatory to reciprocate with something of equal importance. Th e club kick-started with the screening of a timeless classic Pather Panchali, and we just hope it evolves into something more than just a Kon-chords-Movie Club hybrid.

iamgw150914Einstein dropped the mic on the world with the ringdown of the mergers of two stellar mass black holes (the 1st ever detected) which had occurred 1.3 GYr ago. Th e waves were de-tected almost simultaneously by both the LIGO Observatories in USA (which had undergone an upgrade last September and will continue to improve till 2021). Although the experiment required the measurement of changes of the order of a proton in a 4km tunnel (strain: 10^-21), the waveform detected matched the predictions of General Rela-tivity exactly after accounting for noise. Th e discovery opens a revolutionary new window for astronomers. It also brings LI-GO-India closer to being real-ized. Th e public announcement happened on 11th Feb 2016 af-ter suffi cient verifi cation of the signal.

Nishagandhi Music FestivalTh e annual Nishagandhi Dance and Music was celebrated form 20-27 January 2016. Institute buses were provided on 20 January, which was the opening ceremony and perfor-mance by Anoushka Shankar and on 27 January which was a per-formance by Ustad Zakir Hussain. Both the performance were grand, as they were expected to be. Th ere was unanimous indignation felt at all the intermediate performances that were left unattended, music unheard and dances unseen due to the timing of the events, the con-siderable distance of the venue and the in-time of the average IISTian.

Supply Demand Ma! Due to all the reasons put for-ward in the classes on Infl ation in a semester’s worth of Economics lectures, the canteen has revised the prices of the signifi cant dishes off ered in what seems to be the most uniform price hike ever. Al-most every price has gone up by an amount of Rs. 10, except for the milkshakes, which continue to bring all the boys to the yard at a price of Rs. 35.

Annual Sports DayTh e 9th annual Sports Day of IIST was held on 20th Feb 2016 in LNCPE campus. Th e chief guest for the day was Shri Ja-cob Punnoose, who urged the youth to take up sports as it is not a developed country which is good in sports, but rather a country that shows interest in sports is the one that develops. Th e inauguration was delayed due to reasons unknown, and the band was questionably off the mark on our national an-them. Nevertheless, the day went on smoothly with students participating with enthusiasm and sporting spirit.

� e Mystery of the Secret Val-entine‘Medicine, law, business, engi-neering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.’ In spite of cancelled buses due to the technical reasons that al-ways pop up on Valentine’s day, a beautiful soul decided to make this day happier for a bunch of folks. Tiny chits bursting with love (and bad puns) were found on the bedsides of people across all regions of the gender spec-trum that left us bewildered and charmed all at once. All means to identify this vigilante were at-tempted including invoking the spirits of Nancy Drew. Unfortu-nately, the Mystery of the Secret Valentine remained unsolved. Although, it did lead to multi-ple FB posts with #morninglove tags.

AC lecture halls for a peaceful napTh e center of all student activities not deemed worthy enough of the seminar hall, aka D4-C106 is facing some stiff competition from its fel-low classrooms that have been air conditioned, speaker-ed and pro-jecter-ed over the vacations, leav-ing us with a total of three smart classrooms and one under con-struction hallowed hall of learning waiting to join ranks.

04 tributeMaggi Leads the WayAn editor looks back at the impact the Maggi ban had on life and love at IIST

byKush Sreen

Atma AnandIt began with MSG. Somehow it al-ways does. When MS-ji's government found the presence of this flavour en-hancer in a Chhotu packet on March 26 last-to-last year, people thought things would blow off soon, as they had done in the past for Pepsi, Coca Cola and other big brands who had probably forgotten to fill the wallets of some babu along the way. Apparently the Indian consumer couldn't care less about its lie of 'No added MSG', and is more miffed about the scandal-ous do minute mein taiyaar. The jun-ior analysts at the Gorakhpur labora-tory, who made the discovery, are of the opinion that “Maggi would have gotten away with a fine of Rs. 8,000-10,000 at most” had it not insisted on taking the samples for further testing to Central Food Laboratory in Kol-kata. The subsequent finding of excess lead will at least lead to the junior ana-lysts' promotions, due since 2013, or so they hope. The states fell like dominoes. We remember this drama unfold across the nation during the holidays when Maggi got unceremoniously relegated from Premier League to Champion-ship League, and the news of Maggi being banned in Kerala gave us more grief than the ban in our own native states. But being on the fringes of the Universe has its own advantages, be-cause the ISRO Junction chetta was rumoured to have retained his stocks quite a number of weeks into the ban. Mothers got divided into two factions: those with smug grins who could fi-nally look their aghast children in the eye and say "I told you so", and those who spent sleepless nights trying to come up with equally filling dishes to pack into their kids' lunch-boxes. The youth got divided into two factions: those who shrugged and said "I never understood why you liked that stuff

anyway", and those who gave these prudes a well-known hand gesture, but even they had moved on to green-er pastures of Knorr Soupy Noodles (This needs to be said, if you pee ke khao it, you are left gnawing on bland noodle strands. Always kha ke peeyo), Yippee and Ching’s (which are really A+, by the way). The most painful part of the whole phenomenon was see-ing people actually accepting Maggi's folly, and throwing statements like, "Lead damages the nervous system," while gulping down golgappas and other sweet and savoury treats on street corners. This is the kind of In-dian literati that produces bureaucrats who, after proposing ban orders on Italian chocolatier giant Ferrero’s milk and cocoa spreads, emerge from their offices for cigarette breaks and grace the numerous unregulated paan and chai thelas strewn outside the build-ings.Closer home, the IIST mess menu underwent no less drama. We stood in front of the ticking bomb as Wednes-day became the new Saturday and spent the next few Saturdays having our throats scratched by upma, search-ing in vain for aloo in what we were thoroughly misled to believe were aloo parathas and participating in the gen-eral confusion that ensued when peo-ple wondered what could be the pur-pose of sticking carrot strands on roti.

While there was subdued optimism about getting a B-grade replacement for the Saturday Morning Breakfast Celebrity, the mess staff tried to pla-cate us by introducing different varie-ties of jam with bread, which unsur-prisingly still managed to taste like coconut. Photographs of heaps and piles of discarded Maggi packets re-tracted from stores were going viral on WhatsApp. Midnight assignment completion sessions accompanied by a plate of hot Top Ramen were hotspots of debate about which brand of noo-dle resembles Maggi in taste the most, and fearful contemplation of when, if at all, we’ll see that shiny comforting yellow packets on the shelves. Because options were running out soon, and the instant noodle industry in India was treading on eggshells after several brands were sent to food-testing labo-ratories. And Pappu was definitely not passing.Right when we thought we’d have to Kapalbhati our way through plates of Patanjali noodles, Maggi was back. The hostel corridors were once again filled with wafting odours of that deli-cious masala flavour whose tastemaker we love to lick off the packet (admit it). Saturday morning was once again worth waking up on a weekend for. Of course, this wasn’t sudden, we had been hearing reports of Maggi pass-ing the food safety standard tests in

05reviewother countries, and it was only a mat-ter of time when the powers-that-be realised that someone, somewhere, has not been doing their job. Th e govern-ment was fl icking the fl ip-fl op on the judgement enough times to make any self-respecting electronics lab assistant frown. Just when the consumer af-fairs ministry was preparing to throw down the gauntlet – a gauntlet worth a whopping ₹ 640 crore – the Bombay High Court ordered the revoke of the ban. While conducting tests, appar-ently FSSAI paid as much attention to the proper procedures of Food Safety and Standards Act as well-meaning

superheroes do to safeguarding pub-lic property while fi ghting a villain. Predictably, the case could not survive Nestle’s posse of well-armed lawyers. Th ough it cannot be refuted that dur-ing these months this food regulating authority enjoyed the rare pleasure of coming under widespread public gaze, notwithstanding that it ended in em-barrassment. And the CEO of FSSAI Yudhvi Singh Malik was promptly awarded by being given the post of Additional Secretary in NITI Aayog. How classy.But he isn’t the only person with a happy-ish ending.

Th e real happy ending lies with us, who found new friends to comfort us and fulfi l our needs while our one true love was unfairly exiled. And the fact that my hand still creeps towards Ch-ing’s Manchurian Masala Noodles af-ter I’ve fi lled my Pothy’s shopping cart with Maggi, makes this world a better, more interesting place to live in.

� e author can be contacted at atmaanand1106@gmail.com and kushsreen@gmail.com

GotF is a comment on the gruesome eff ects of war, and the vicious cycle of poverty that it creates.Th e movie begins with an emphasis on death due to poverty and isolation and unfolds as narrated by the spirits of Seita (the protagonist) and his lit-tle sister Setsuko. It revolves around the struggle of the siblings in a city plagued by air raids, after the loss of their mother, home and everything familiar.Being a movie with minimal dia-logues, GotF uses solid screenplay and apt music to connect with the audi-ence. Th e scene where Seita rotates on the monkey bar to distract his sister from their current problems portrays how much Seita loves her. Th e aww inducing moments between Seita and Setsuko showing the strong bond they share as well as the innocence of Set-suko enhance the connect they share with the audience.Th e metaphor of fi refl ies is beautifully put across. "Why do fi refl ies die so soon?"Firefl ies are short lived but glow

bright all their life. Same applies to the children. Th ey brim with inno-cence and high spirit even when faced with the hardships of life.GotF puts forth the harsh reality of war, the inevitable truth of the loss of life it creates even after it’s over, thus moving the audience to tears. Th e ending can be perceived as a happy one to a tragic story where death ends the suff ering of the siblings and unites

them, since anyway death was pre-dictable.Th e only setback of the movie is its slow pace and lack of content. Th e storyline of the movie does not pro-duce engaging screenplay for more than a half hour.In conclusion, a one time watch, and yes, keep the tissue box handy!

byShwetha S.

Grave of the Firefl ies

As a part of a pre-Dhanak literary fest organised by TSR, a movie review writing was organised where the anime classic Grave of the Firefl ies was screened. Here we present the prize-winning review by Swetha Sakunthala.

� e author can be contacted at sswetha5@yahoo.com

06

The Interview that Wasn't

The interview with Dr. Ranjana Kaul turned out to be more on the lines of a discussion than the endeavored. The conversation ranged from the aspects of space law in India to how she came upon such an unusual field of inter-est. Her quick and witty persona left the editors amazed and absolutely charmed. Dr. Kaul wasn’t always in the field of Space Law. She was practicing as a lawyer at the High Court of Delhi when her husband was posted as the Ambassador of International Civil Aviation, Montreal. On shifting to Montreal, she met Dr. Paul Dempsey who urged her to undergo a certifica-tion course of one semester related to Space Law. As fate would have it, she did take up the course and ended up continuing the work for another semester and writing a dissertation, to be administered an LLM in the topic. During this period, she was guided by Mr. Ram Jhaku who spe-cialized in the law of outer space. He encouraged her to present her work at a Symposium at Bangalore upon her return to the country in 2005. She has continued lobbying for this issue ever since because she believes it is abso-lutely critical for India to frame the policy perfectly. She has been work-

ing on articulation of a policy to this regard which is expected to be fleshed out and proceeded through the Space Commission and the Prime Minister’s Office.Something ma’am emphasized upon was the necessity of space diplomacy in the present day world. She believes that India is at a strategic advantage within the SAARC currently because it is not viewed as an intimidating neighbor. She stressed on the impor-tance of not letting go of this oppor-tunity because this is a position that can create large scale employment and skilling of the youth. In lieu with this, it is important that ISRO as the chief governmental organization related to space science encourages and del-egates duties to private industries in the field.Dr. Kaul had some really helpful ad-vice to those intending to start up on a space venture of their own. She suggested to take the route of a pri-vate limited company, complete with a shareholders agreement and a term sheet indicating the voting rights and chairperson etc. A detailed plan of ac-tion and target market should be spec-ified in the memorandum and Articles of Association. Also, experiences at conferences and discussion would be

of tremendous benefit because of the various perspectives involved.As far as space law in India was con-cerned, there is a course on telecom-munications and space law at NAL-SAR, Hyderabad and also numerous foreign institutions, including McGill University, famed for their excellence in the subject and opportunities it provides. Many universities are now offering courses and the future of Space law definitely looks promising.

by

Shreya MandalTrivandRunAn editor talks about running 10k and a bathroom break in between.My relationship with sports at IIST has mostly been something quite like jamming a wet fork into a plug point - the experience would undoubtedly be electrifying, but one tends to avoid it due to the general lack of enthusiasm amongst one’s peers. As a result, team

captains are reduced to dragging peo-ple bodily out of their rooms to partic-ipate in matches at ungodly hours, and Sports Day (yes, remember the clips you were shown at your counselling?) is usually preceded by people hobbling around in a synchronized manner with

sudden fractures, sprains, and/or aches and pains of various manners. But this not about that.“Run for a cause,” the poster of the 2016 edition of TrivandRun beckoned us from the hostel notice board. “Go breathless for the helpless,” it added

interview

An editor, an ex-editor and an enthusiastic IIST alumnus engage in an intellectually stimulating chat with the rock star of Space Law.

07as an afterthought, because everybody loves contributing to charity, don’t they?So on Saturday, the 9th of January of this year, fourteen students across all years, branches and degrees woke up at 3:30 am, and braving your average fi asco involving hostel wardens, per-mission letters and lots of gesticulat-ing in languages one might not always understand, got onto the bus to the city which, understandably, departed forty-fi ve minutes after its scheduled time of departure. Fast forward to somewhere near Golf Links in Kowdiar. We came across a surprising number of faces you might only want to see in between 10 am and 4:30 pm on weekdays, and not even then. “How did you guys wake up this early?” an HOD was overheard asking a student, much to the mutual baffl e-ment of both the parties involved. It was at that point that a very enthu-siastic female, surrounded by humans of diff erent sizes, girths and degrees of cranial hair, got up on the makeshift stage and started jerking her body in movements and to music seen mostly in Konchords. Th ere had been a guy with red LED lights attached to the ends of his red bandanna. Hopes of hearing a horn, or a bang or anything which even barely resembled an eff ort to just begin the run, were crushed under the stomping feet of enthusi-astic dancers. One could only surmise that one had to start moving when the density of fl esh in front began reduc-

ing. In accordance to what PE had taught me, I started the run at a slow-ish jog, before deciding to humour the vol-unteers by accepting one of the tiny bottles of water they kept trying to shove at me mid-stride. Th e sun had yet to rise and the air had a pleasant sort of nip to it when we exited Golf Links and turned into the Kowdiar Bus Stop, before doubling back to that road which leads to Cherries and Ber-ries. By this time, the sky had turned eggshell blue and I was beginning to feel that pleasant burn in my muscles that everybody strives for.By the time we looped back to Vellay-ambalam junction, the burn had tran-sitioned into a mild form of paralysis. Which was fi ne, because I was quite near to where we had started, and as ten kilometres went, it hadn’t been that bad.And then, to my horror, the athlet-ic-looking volunteer at the junction screamed a very impressive and ef-fective impression of Shia LaBeouf amidst all the buses and cars and sim-ilarly-confused runners, and directed me to…...the opposite direction.My head tried to deduce a possible positive outcome of this. Was this some kind of delusion in the city’s road map, that you appear to take the road moving away from your destina-tion but are actually moving towards it? Like one of those roadside tour-ist places in remote areas where cars

appear to move down instead of up a slope? But my rudimentary knowl-edge of the city gave me hints that I was nowhere near Golf Links, and the 10 kilometres I’d signed up for were nowhere near reducing to zero.At this point, I decided to stop think-ing, put on some of King Crimson’s tunes, and just concentrate on putting one foot in front of the other with-out keeling over. Confusion was my epitaph. Th e world disappeared as I entered trance-like state of almost-Nirvanic bliss. Was this the real life, or was it just fantasy? Nothing really mattered. All who wander are not lost Not all those who wander are lost. I had become comfortably numb. Th e destination is never even half as im-portant as the journey itself. I might’ve covered miles like that, I might’ve covered centimetres. I did not know. I did not care. I hoped it was the former.I was rather rudely jerked back into this plane of existence by a volunteer (the whole place was teeming with them, I assure you) telling me that I had only 2 kilometres left. An expres-sive hand gesture (which left the guy grinning with heretofore unseen sad-ism) later, I was on the last stretch of my home-run. I’d covered all bases, and I was way past caring of the out-come of the match, so I decided Ap-parently you are allowed to do that mid run. Th ank you God.Nothing special happened as I neared the fi nishing point. Th ere was none of that fi nishing tapes you see in inspi-rational movies, nobody cheering me on and telling me that I did a good job. But standing there, amidst the discarded chest numbers, sweating from places I’d never sweated before, and holding onto my trusty water bot-tle and a time of around eighty-six minutes, I felt like what I imagine Di-Caprio felt like. I had fi nally brought honour to my family.

� e author can be contacted at andhlms@gmail.com

run forrest, run!

Bhaang Milk-Kha Bhaang

08 EASY TO READ GUIDE TO COLOR BLINDNESS

(THIS ILLUSTRATION IS COLORBLIND FRIENDLY )

This is RED This is GREEN This is BLUEAND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE COLOR BLINDNESS.

DOESN’T MEAN

INSERT RED COLOR INSERT GREEN COLOR INSERT BLUE COLOR

DUDE, WHAT’S THE COLOR OFTHAT TORCH YOU KEEP IN DRAWER

WELL IT’S NOT TORCH TO START WITH...

THE COLOR BLIND<INSERT EVERY PERSON WHO FIRST HEARS ABOUT IT>

LIGHTFROMSTUFFENTERSTHROUGHRAY BENDER

That thing which allows you to see this

IT FALLS ON PROJECTOR SCREENLIKE THING.THERE ARE FANCY STUFF CALLED CONES WHODECIDE WHAT’S THE COLOROF FALLING LIGHT.

PEOPLE IN GENERAL

3 TYPES OF CONES(Although there are some supreme overlords who have 4)

RED, GREEN and BLUE (Long, Medium and Short Wavelength to be ACCURATE)Not surprisingly, they are also the primary colors or

the three colors in high school venn diagram whichMAGICALLY

combine to form White.

I AM RED CONE. I ONLYBELIEVE IN RED COLOR.

RACIST!!

And the thing through which you think,identifies them through these Cones.

AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF THESE ON THAT PROJECTOR SCREEN.

So there are people who have one or two or three Cones absent or not functional.

And people with the latter two have really depressing life.

BECAUSE THEY SEE EVERYTHING AS SOME SHADE OF SINGLE COLOR or B/W

GR8 PIC...LIKE... BUT U NO WAT...LIKE... WUD B AWWESOME.LET ME MAKE IT B/W in INSTAgI DON’T THINK

THAT WOULD BENECESSARY

But I can do that for my favorite one.I have Deuteranopia (Absence of single cone)

We cannot discuss all types of color blindness here. Because that involves a lot of science stuff

AND YOU WOULDN’T BE READING TSR FOR THAT

Excitationof 3

Cones

Wavelength of light

Blue Green Red

400 nm 700 nm

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McDYAHOO

So above diagram shows how excited a cone gets when certain Wavelength of Light falls on it. I do not have the GREEN CONES in my eyes. So the cones in my eyes do not get very excited

when light from that Medium wavelength comes in.

Red

Green Color Light

LOOK..That’s GreenColor lightEntering

Who cares...Just let him

in.

Blue

Wassup, guysRAY BENDER

WHICH BY THE WAY DOES MEAN MY EYES CAN DETECT GREEN COLOR BUT NOT AS NICELY AS YOU NORMAL PEOPLE DO

SO HOW EXACTLY IS MY VISION DIFFERENT FROM YOU GUYS?

1. RED is DULL for me. AND I do not go bonkers when I see LOVE and BLOOD stuff (Mutually exclusive)2. YELLOW and GREEN are THE MOST CONFUSING COLOR. Just ask nearest color blind person what’s the color of banana or peanuts.3. In short any color in that middle range or it’s combo with any other color would not be same as you.4. That also means shades of some color will not be so different for me as they would be for you.

There is no possible cure for COLOR BLINDNESS right nowexcept few very expensive lenses which are not enough accurate either.

BUT ALL YOU NEED IS SUPPORT AND CROSS VERIFICATION FROM PERSON AROUND. WHICH IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE.

ALSO COLOR CODESWE HUMANS ARE SMART AND WE PUT MATH INTO EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU KNOW MATH IS COOL.SO ALL THE COLORS YOU SEE ON YOUR LAPTOP ARE COMBINATION OF RED, GREEN AND BLUE COLOR. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH CONES BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST LAZILY NAMED LABELS.BUT THIS SYSTEM WORKS AND COVERS MOST OF THE COLORS IN NATURE.

(Spoiler alert: Purple and Pink do not exist. They are just illusion, girls. Just illusion. I AM SORRY)

#USING #HASHTAGS #BEFORE #THEY #WERE (NOT) #COOL

I CAN’T BELIEVE YOUCHANGED #000000TO #FFA500 ON OUR WEBSITEJUST FOR THE SAKE OF THIS COMIC.

DUDE YOU MUST SEEThe #0000FF Lagoon. BROOKE SHIELDS IS..

OUR EYES ARE TRAINED TO PERCEIVE COLOR AND THEY ARE JUST ILLUSIONWITH LOT OF FACTORS PLAYING LIKE EVOLUTION, LIGHTING CONDITIONAND THE WAY YOU SEE COLORS IS UNIQUE TO YOU.THE RED YOUR FRIEND SEES IS NOT THE RED SEEN BY YOU.AND THERE IS NO WAY TO FIND OUT IF THAT’S TRUE.SO JUST TRUST EACH OTHER AND DON’T GET BLUE.

Try this test.What do you see?Do (not) email me atidontcare@gmail.com

THE END

comic

09EASY TO READ GUIDE TO COLOR BLINDNESS

(THIS ILLUSTRATION IS COLORBLIND FRIENDLY )

This is RED This is GREEN This is BLUEAND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE COLOR BLINDNESS.

DOESN’T MEAN

INSERT RED COLOR INSERT GREEN COLOR INSERT BLUE COLOR

DUDE, WHAT’S THE COLOR OFTHAT TORCH YOU KEEP IN DRAWER

WELL IT’S NOT TORCH TO START WITH...

THE COLOR BLIND<INSERT EVERY PERSON WHO FIRST HEARS ABOUT IT>

LIGHTFROMSTUFFENTERSTHROUGHRAY BENDER

That thing which allows you to see this

IT FALLS ON PROJECTOR SCREENLIKE THING.THERE ARE FANCY STUFF CALLED CONES WHODECIDE WHAT’S THE COLOROF FALLING LIGHT.

PEOPLE IN GENERAL

3 TYPES OF CONES(Although there are some supreme overlords who have 4)

RED, GREEN and BLUE (Long, Medium and Short Wavelength to be ACCURATE)Not surprisingly, they are also the primary colors or

the three colors in high school venn diagram whichMAGICALLY

combine to form White.

I AM RED CONE. I ONLYBELIEVE IN RED COLOR.

RACIST!!

And the thing through which you think,identifies them through these Cones.

AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF THESE ON THAT PROJECTOR SCREEN.

So there are people who have one or two or three Cones absent or not functional.

And people with the latter two have really depressing life.

BECAUSE THEY SEE EVERYTHING AS SOME SHADE OF SINGLE COLOR or B/W

GR8 PIC...LIKE... BUT U NO WAT...LIKE... WUD B AWWESOME.LET ME MAKE IT B/W in INSTAgI DON’T THINK

THAT WOULD BENECESSARY

But I can do that for my favorite one.I have Deuteranopia (Absence of single cone)

We cannot discuss all types of color blindness here. Because that involves a lot of science stuff

AND YOU WOULDN’T BE READING TSR FOR THAT

Excitationof 3

Cones

Wavelength of light

Blue Green Red

400 nm 700 nm

FACEBOOK

SPOTIFYNatGeo

FOX inFIREFOX

McDYAHOO

So above diagram shows how excited a cone gets when certain Wavelength of Light falls on it. I do not have the GREEN CONES in my eyes. So the cones in my eyes do not get very excited

when light from that Medium wavelength comes in.

Red

Green Color Light

LOOK..That’s GreenColor lightEntering

Who cares...Just let him

in.

Blue

Wassup, guysRAY BENDER

WHICH BY THE WAY DOES MEAN MY EYES CAN DETECT GREEN COLOR BUT NOT AS NICELY AS YOU NORMAL PEOPLE DO

SO HOW EXACTLY IS MY VISION DIFFERENT FROM YOU GUYS?

1. RED is DULL for me. AND I do not go bonkers when I see LOVE and BLOOD stuff (Mutually exclusive)2. YELLOW and GREEN are THE MOST CONFUSING COLOR. Just ask nearest color blind person what’s the color of banana or peanuts.3. In short any color in that middle range or it’s combo with any other color would not be same as you.4. That also means shades of some color will not be so different for me as they would be for you.

There is no possible cure for COLOR BLINDNESS right nowexcept few very expensive lenses which are not enough accurate either.

BUT ALL YOU NEED IS SUPPORT AND CROSS VERIFICATION FROM PERSON AROUND. WHICH IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE.

ALSO COLOR CODESWE HUMANS ARE SMART AND WE PUT MATH INTO EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU KNOW MATH IS COOL.SO ALL THE COLORS YOU SEE ON YOUR LAPTOP ARE COMBINATION OF RED, GREEN AND BLUE COLOR. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH CONES BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST LAZILY NAMED LABELS.BUT THIS SYSTEM WORKS AND COVERS MOST OF THE COLORS IN NATURE.

(Spoiler alert: Purple and Pink do not exist. They are just illusion, girls. Just illusion. I AM SORRY)

#USING #HASHTAGS #BEFORE #THEY #WERE (NOT) #COOL

I CAN’T BELIEVE YOUCHANGED #000000TO #FFA500 ON OUR WEBSITEJUST FOR THE SAKE OF THIS COMIC.

DUDE YOU MUST SEEThe #0000FF Lagoon. BROOKE SHIELDS IS..

OUR EYES ARE TRAINED TO PERCEIVE COLOR AND THEY ARE JUST ILLUSIONWITH LOT OF FACTORS PLAYING LIKE EVOLUTION, LIGHTING CONDITIONAND THE WAY YOU SEE COLORS IS UNIQUE TO YOU.THE RED YOUR FRIEND SEES IS NOT THE RED SEEN BY YOU.AND THERE IS NO WAY TO FIND OUT IF THAT’S TRUE.SO JUST TRUST EACH OTHER AND DON’T GET BLUE.

Try this test.What do you see?Do (not) email me atidontcare@gmail.com

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Genre: Anime, Action, Comedy.Episodes: 12IMDb Rating: 9.5/10MyAnimeList Rating: 9/10

One Punch Man (OP Man from here on) is currently THE number one shõnen (read as shou-nen) anime in the anime industry. It’s about a young man named Saitama who screams AV-ERAGE in every angle, from his life-less expression, to his bald head, to his unimpressive physique. However, this average-looking fellow doesn't have your average problem... He's actually a superhero that's looking for tough opponents! The problem is, every time he finds a promising candidate, all it takes is one punch to completely an-nihilate the opponent (literally).You really have to watch the whole show to pass judgment on it. OP Man is an anime that goes from simply parodying shõnen to analyzing society and what it means to be a ‘hero’. This anime is not simply joke after joke, but deep down it has a serious message. People who seek only comedy out of it will be disappointed. Because it is a perfect amalgamation of action and comedy and seeking only any one of the two will leave you unsatisfied. I’ll try to keep this review as spoiler free as possible. But it’s a hard task to review OP Man without spoilers. Daijõbu… I’ll try to the best of my ability.Characters: Saitama (MC), Genos (MC).The first thing we're going to look at is the character of Saitama himself. Un-like lead characters in other shõnen anime that start off from scratch and train their way to becoming powerful, he is basically the end-game of every shõnen protagonist. He's become so powerful that he's bored and apathetic

towards life. He's literally lost most of his ability to feel emotions. Due to a particular incident in life he vowed to become a Hero (Yes! In the realm of OP Man, being a Hero is a profes-sion!). He trains for the next 3 years to the point of becoming bald and at-tains the absolute zenith of power. But he never thought of “What after?”. He is finally the Hero he always wanted to be but feels empty inside without the ‘adrenaline’ in his life. Now he just spends his life being a Hero as a hobby. You know, just to get the kick out of it. This guy is overpowered to the max.The next character we'll look at is Genos. Genos is a 19 year old cyborg. He's basically the typical shõnen pro-tagonist. He has a dark past that trau-matizes him, and he vows revenge and wants more strength to exact said re-venge. He has also been designed to be incredibly cool. This hotshot has an incredible fan-following and is very popular among the ladies. After witnessing Saitama’s raw power he re-quests Saitama to take him as his dis-ciple. He eventually mellows out, due to Saitama's influence. He comes to respect Saitama not just for his power, but also for his character. Likewise, OP Man has a number of interesting characters, although I do feel the lack of female characters (and thus a bit of ecchi).Story/Theme: There are three I want to touch upon.The first major theme is a question: What is a hero? The vast majority of the Heroes in this show are selfish. They became a Hero to become popu-lar and possibly hit it big. The higher ranked (S being the highest and C being the lowest) a Hero is, the more popular they become. There are He-roes in this show who will actively try

to discredit another Hero for public-ity, Heroes that don't care about other Heroes unless they're a certain rank, and Heroes who even sneer at be-ing heroic unless it suits them prop-erly. So basically like our present-day politicians. After all, politics is about popularity and power, and who can represent these elements better than a superhero? The second theme is society's ten-dency to build people up to knock them down. This is true in real life as well. We make celebrities immensely famous, but still delight in secret gos-sip and scandalous happenings un-til eventually, the celebrity can't take the pressure of having his/her every move being watched, has a very public breakdown and just fades away. We ex-pect famous people to be perfect, and delight in proving that they aren't..A third theme is public perception. The main reason Saitama isn't im-mensely popular and known for his deeds is because of his appearance. He's basically always slouched over with an 'idgaf ' face on, and his lame costume certainly doesn't help. When he displays his power, people can't quite believe that he did it, and accuse him of being a cheat. Yet, when Genos became a Hero, he instantly develops a fan base. Doesn't this mirror our soci-ety in a way? The more attractive look-ing people get a warmer reception, while the uglier/plainer ones have to work harder..Art and Animation:The animation is the best I’ve seen in a long, long time. Madhouse (the animation studio which animated OP Man) says that the budget is no bigger than for other similar shows; however, one thing that makes OP Man spe-cial is that Madhouse has brought in

byKiran Jayasurya

One Punch ManSTATUTORY WARNING: The following article contains extreme anime enthusiasm and vocabulary. Reader discretion is recommended.

11reviewthe best talent in Japan and combined their eff orts to produce great art qual-ity. Th e characters are all unique and funny in their own way and that con-tributes greatly to the viewers' over-all enjoyment of the show. Even the manga is well drawn and I really love the artwork all in all. Sound:Th e soundtrack for OP Man is top notch and does the job. Th e intro by JAM Project is super catchy and will probably end up on your phone or computer. Th e only actual fault I could fi nd is that a lot of the background tracks aren't super memorable but this opinion might change the further in we get because there are likely a few more tracks we haven't heard yet. Other than the soundtrack itself, the sound design is SO GOOD. Every punch, kick and technique has weight and when it connects the impact is im-mensely satisfying. Saitama's punches in particular are like music to my ears. Voice Acting:Th e voice acting is incredibly well done as well. Th e character voices are very distinct and each cast member fi ts their voice well. Although some of the actors or actresses sound cheesy and too high or low pitched to take them seriously but it is otherwise fi ne. Saita-ma’s voice is exactly as I envisioned it to be with his idgaf face. Everything fi ts in well. Currently only the Sub

version is available. I am sure that the English dubbed version will also be brilliant.Enjoyment:Even if you don't dive into the crazy amount of themes in this show, you will fi nd enjoyment on the very sur-face. Th is show has tons of heart and personality, enough to keep you en-gaged throughout the whole thing. Every fi ght, every BGM, every punch is enjoyable. Like I said before, it’s a perfect amalgamation of action and comedy. OP Man is one of those ani-mes which are made for the sole pur-pose of enjoyment. Full marks in this department.Overall:You don’t watch a shõnen anime par-ody to cry and sob and think deeply about your life, but One Punch Man kind of makes you think about things. OP Man started from a place of exis-tential despair, worked hard for three years and is still there. I’ve been fol-lowing the manga for a long time even before it went viral after being ani-mated and I’ve enjoyed it thoroughly. Saitama struggles to fi nd meaning in his actions and strives only to feel any kind emotion he can, even for an in-stant. Yes, he can punch through any-thing…but can he punch through the despair in his own heart?OP Man is defi nitely a must watch from me. Th is anime is a true MAS-

TERPIECE.

Ratings:Characters: 9/10Story: 9/10Art and Animation: 10/10Sound: 9/10Voice Acting: 9/10Enjoyment: 10/10Overall: 9.5/10

Glossary :shõnen: manga aimed at males aged between 8 and 18daijõbu: no worries

"Highly Non-Trivial"- Secretary, QC of IIST

Quiz Club of IISTFriday evenings around 5.15.

Bring a pen and a friend.

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An editor who was a little more than inspired by Harper Lee muses about To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman after the passing away of her literary guiding force. SPOILERS AHEAD.

The Five Year Fangirlingby

Ritu Anil

I’ve reviewed To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM henceforth) quite a few times and it has always begun with what according to me is the crux of the book:‘Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit them. But remember, it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’With her easy narration and descrip-tion of events, Ms. Lee portrays a sim-ple world in TKAM. Post abolition, set in the southern part of the United States of America, Maycomb Coun-ty was a tiny town far far away from the outside world to be susceptible to change. Never directly addressing the evident class system in suburban America, but rather incorporating it in the easy monologue, she maintains as an endearing description of everyday life. Add to this, the charm of a quirky 8 year old who sees the world in black and white over the fifty shades of red it is.Every book you read changes you, they say. But nothing has affected me in a manner that TKAM did. I read it five years ago but the charm of plain old goodness, justice, standing up for what you believe in and unconditional love and understanding the book ex-udes has been something I’ve strived to attain to this day. I loved the narra-tion, the ideology, Scout and Jem and Dill, their delightful adventures and their view on life. However, what af-fected me the most was the personal-ity of Atticus Finch. I’ve always been a person who has idolized none more than my own parents. If I could say there was someone I could look up to and state confidently ‘He is a gentle-man, in his heart, he is a gentleman’ it would have been them. Post TKAM,

Atticus joined the list.Atticus Finch, was a character that changed me and thousands, if not millions, of other idealists as individu-als. The morals he raised his children with, the representation of justice and righteousness left me charmed. The idea of not discriminating or judging based upon appearances, age, and race or as in the case of Boo Radley or the black folk in general, presumptions made about people. All impertinence were dispelled with a quick wave of the hand. Quoting Go Set a Watch-man (GSAW), ‘Integrity, humor and patience were the three words for At-ticus.’Ever since I heard first that Ms. Lee is getting out GSAW, I knew I had to read it. My hunt for GSAW began in May. To my delight, it was released on my birthday and I had plans of rush-

ing to the stores and holding the first copy in my hands, but it turned out that I was in Switzerland on my birth-day (notice how I’ve slipped it in very casually) and I couldn’t find anything written in the English language. I had even set aside some money from my chocolate and cheese budget to buy this. Damn my German illiteracy. The first day upon return, I read a review of GSAW titled “Atticus a bigot?” My heart was literally thrashing away within my chest. I’ve not been this tense reading my grade statement, and that is saying something. I read the review till the point where the author mentions that Dill doesn’t appear, Jem was dead and Atticus was a bigot (was he now?) when I made up my mind that I wasn’t going to let the book, or the review for that matter, as I put the paper down, spoil TKAM for me.

news 13Nearly a semester down the lane, after I had stubbornly refused all off ers lend-ing me the book, a friend attempted to convince me into reading it saying that I might appreciate the idea behind the book. I bought it in November and put off reading it until mid-December. Th e day I did pick it up, it was because I re-membered somebody telling me that it’s a perspective and one that must be seen objectively. So with a deep breath and all the necessary dramatism I sat down with it and soon enough, the wit and charm of the narration had me hooked.With the simple beginnings that some criticized to have been stretched too long, to the points when Scout ques-tioned her existence, every bit of it was something I could relate to. ‘Every man’s watchman, is his conscience.’ Un-cle Jack said that Scout had latched her conscience to Atticus’. I feel that I had too to Atticus, and to my mum and dad. Everything I believed in was modelled by my parents, and it’s hard to accept it sometimes when they have diff erent views. I remember the time I argued about LGBT rights with them. Th ey were staunchly opposed to it and that hit me hard. I couldn’t understand it

and I didn’t want to. After this incident, Atticus was the only moral compass I could adhere to, which is why I think it is an incredible turn of events that GSAW was even published. For me, the book was about growing up. Some-times, there are incidents and people who make you what you are. As life pro-gresses we tend to idealize and glorify them. ‘As you grew up, when you were grown, totally unknown to yourself, you confused your father with God.’ We see them in a light that leaves us incapable of observing the delicate human fl aws. ‘You never saw him as a man with a man’s heart and a man’s failings.’ It is as you mature as individuals in this society that you begin to see the world for what it actually is, and when you do, it’s just not bearable anymore.All those emotions that Scout felt, the indignation, the betrayal, the inability to understand, I felt it with her. By the time I was done with it, I had experi-enced some crazy emotions. Half way through the book I was crying with joy at some of the really tiny, beauti-ful things. And a little further into it, I sobbed uncontrollably at the way it all made sense. ‘Come to me. When you

can’t stand it any longer, come to me.’GSAW was not what anybody expect-ed, to say the least. With a dead Jem, a Europe loving Dill, an uncaring Cal-purnia, and a racist Atticus, the book did not promise to be much. Only it was, and much more. Somethings did not change: Scout was absolutely and irrevocably feminist beyond repair and still as confused as her 8 year old coun-terpart. Th e ideas, although many argue have changed, appear to me to be the same, only through a diff erent chan-nel: Uncle Jack rather than Atticus. Th e concept of humanizing Atticus, though shattering, served as an important life lesson to all in awe of the fi gure: eve-rybody is human and everybody is their own.‘Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience.’

� e author can be contacted at ritu.anilkumar@gmail.com

Quotable Quotes“So the thing is, that is the thing” -an over enthusiastic professor, on the general state of things.

‘Unless you already know it, it’s impossible to guess.’ -A QC member pointing out the fl aw in the club.

'I want you all to touch your nose straight up not around the head. And more importantly, do not waste time touching other people's noses' - A professor on examinations.

'You have jumped so many steps. You are not allowed to jump so many steps unless you are Hanuman.' - the same professor after examinations.

"I thought it was Aero Club." - A fl ustered fi rst year after attending half of QC . Heartwrenching V-Day prep in the mess.

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Kung Fu Panda 3 The trailer brought this Mayhem in Monochrome back in our lives with AC/DC’s Back in Black playing in the background, and it is at this point you realise that Jack Black was born for this role. As with the prequels, the storyline and dialogues are as well-built as our hero, and the animation is worth paying the extra for 3D.

Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesIf Abraham Lincoln can be a vampire hunting President, the Bennets can be katana-wielding, limb-smashing corseted heroines. And in case you’re wondering, both movies are based on novels written by the same guy.

Deadpool Ryan Reynolds sans a green body-suit and a loose mouth reprising an d expounding upon his role from that Wolverine movie. Probably the movie with the best PR in history. You know you want to watch it. Merc with a mouth, Regenerating Degenerate and an ability to shatter the fourth wall, definitely not your average superhero movie.

ZootopiaThis movie has the feel of Oswald, in the sense that a range of anthro-pomorphic species live together in as much harmony as human behavioral traits and predator-prey relationships can allow. The film has been described as a buddy comedy neo-noir film, so we can expect something like Rush

Hour but made by Disney. It’s going to be a feel-good movie to just get you in the mood for that mid-semester ‘oh my God the semester is ending I need to start studying’ realisation.Batman v Superman: Dawn of Jus-ticeSince this is a follow-up to 2013’s Man of Steel, we will consider it as a Super-man ft. Batman movie, because if they don’t make Batman fight his usual vil-

lains (read Suicide Squad) they have to make him fight someone. This is the ultimate DC superhero-off, it doesn’t get better than this, and Jesse Eisen-berg looks amazing as Lex Luthor. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot An adaptation of The Taliban Shuf-fle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, WTF is a comedy war film

byAnkita Shandilya

Priya SarkarShreya Mandal

It's Gonna Be...YuuuuugeRemember how this TSR issue started with not a single buck being given? That is because every buck, dime, paisa, llama, camel, egg, feudal due was being accumulated and saved to trade for movie tickets in 2016.

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15which has two of the better things this world has to offer, intelligent-dark comedy and Tina Fey. Witty take on war-time situation in Af-Pak, fresh and promising.The Jungle Book“Jungle-jungle baat chali hai pata chala hai..” Rudyard Kipling’s time-less classic gets a reboot, and this one has Mowgli as the only human even amongst the cast. Why wouldn’t you go watch him prancing the jungles again with Baloo and Bagheera, who have A+ voice actors by the way.Captain America - Civil WarMarvel’s answer to Batman vs Super-man. Features, introduces or at least mentions most of the heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If that’s not enough incentive for you, we will finally get to know what the of-ficial conclusion of all those Civil War memes is. Friendly reminder to sit through the credits to get a glimpse of possibly the next Thor movie.The Angry Birds MovieBecause you didn’t waste enough time on the game in the first place. But hey, it’s the vacations. Do you really have anything better to do? And you know this film is making money off par-ents who will be unable refuse their 10-year-olds’ demands. Stars the voice talents of Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, and Tyrion.Alice Through The Looking GlassThe one thing that can make the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp-Helena Bon-ham Carter trio better is Sasha Baron Cohen. Apart from that, the world will be a disappointment if all Potter-heads don’t flock the theatres to expe-rience Alan Rickman in his final film role. And, talking of missing people, there’s Andrew Scott.X-Men- ApocalypseYours truly is going to watch it just to figure out where it stands in the X-Men timeline, and how the movie manages to pack a punch without Wolverine packing his punches. Also, Krishna.The Conjuring: Take one of your more delicate ac-

quaintances along, and sit back and have fun. Now You See Me 2 Having saved the wizarding world twice from his fragmented wand-sibling Magic Hitler McSnakeface, Harry joins The Hulk, Mark Zucker-berg, sober Haymitch, James Franco’s little brother and Janice from Mean Girls only to avenge his father Alfred Pennyworth while God Freeman tags along. WarcraftWith the possible exception of Prince of Persia, Hitman, Resident Evil and debatably Lara Croft, movie adapta-tions of video games are infamously garbage, and even the best ones are disposable popcorn fare. But the trail-er of Warcraft looks very promising and just might end up surprising us with some emotional content.

Finding DoryThe sequel to the one of the more prominent fish movies, this story has everything, sleep-swimming, fishes re-covering from dementia, a verbal de-scription of how living memory works and hopefully, the return of the surfer dudes of the ocean, the East Austral-ian Current turtles.Independence Day

Resurgence: A sequel which is almost a boot-up of the 1996 sci-fi classic, this one has a very generic title but Roland Emmerich still holds the pen, and Baby Thor replaces Will Smith as the eye-candy of the movie (with all due respects to Jeff Goldblum, but he’s crossed his sell-by-date), so there’s still lots of hope from this one. The BFG: This movie brings together three giants of fantastical feel-good stories: Disney, Steven Spielberg and Roald Dahl. Based on the book of the same name, if this can’t get you out of your post-end-sems-result depression, nothing will.The Secret Life of PetsIf the trailer is to be trusted, this is going to be the animal version of Toy Story, which will leave you pondering about your pets and their feelings till

the end of eternity. There’s also hints of some Toy Story 3 deja vu, with some unlikely collaboration between rivals to thwart a common enemy, a neglected animal turned into a bully. I’ll keep a tissue box close, just in case. Star Trek BeyondNew alien invasions. New planets. New ruthless enemies. J.J.Abrams will really have to go beyond to create new content for something that has gone

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16on as long as Star Trek. The generic title gives nothing away, and there is a lot left to imagination.Ice Age Collision Course: Man-animal conflict, check. Geo-logical calamities, check. Dinosaurs, check. Space is the only frontier that is left to threaten our guys, and this movie crosses off that item in their to-do list. But let’s face it, we’ll turn up to watch all the Ice Age sequels for the squirrel and Sid the sloth, even if they start putting vampires and Donald

Trump in next.Suicide Squad With Jared Leto’s joker, the intrigue of being an anti-hero movie and a chill-ing trailer that contemplates whether things are real life or fantasy, here comes an ensemble of some of DC’s most enigmatic villains. You know a movie is promising when there is a chance of the Joker, Boston Batman and Dr. Harley Quinn sharing screen, also when the directions received by the actors include a plea to channel their inner shitbag. Sausage PartyAlthough it’s an animated movie, a title like that coupled with its voice cast of Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, James Franco, Kristen Wiig and many other popular faces of comedy movies tell you that it is not going to exactly be a child’s affair.Doctor StrangeFamous surgeon and skeptic Stephen Strange treks through the Himalayas

to search for a supernatural cure, only to witness life changing incidents that leave him in charge of the three rings that control the Vishanti, Guardians of Ancient Magic. This very Hob-bitesque origin story will no doubt spawn a new generation of Johnlock enthusiasts. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemYes, this is an adaptation of another Harry Potter book. No, familiar faces

will not appear, it’s a different era. Yes, it is a British story set in 1920 New York City. No, it will not disappoint the entire generation that will storm the theaters to experience what the story that shaped their world-view will look like from a Godzilla-Juman-ji-Avengers perspective.Moana Young human compass Moana sets off in the search of a fabled island, accom-panied by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ John-son, in his second attempt at playing a demigod, who seems out of place once you realise this is a Disney animated musical.Star Wars : Rouge One Described as an origin story by the Disney CFO, this Star Wars spinoff apparently exists independent of the canon created by George Lucas, but is a part of the Star Wars Universe. There will be no character cross-overs with the main series, but whom are we kid-ding? Nothing is going to be the same

anyway <SPOILER> without Han Solo </SPOILER> ever again.

Assassin’s CreedMichael Fassbender looks amazing as the protagonist, who by the way is a completely new Assassin introduced in the game’s universe exclusively for the movie and features in none of the previous game versions. Game loyalists constitute a large part of the movie adaptations of video games, and

we wonder what this change is going to do to that. But, what can we say, gaymers gotta gaym we suppose.

How to Talk to Girls at a Party So, a couple of guys walk into a par-ty. They meet a couple of girls. Enter surreal magnetic hilarity that is Neil Gaiman’s writing. Turns out the girls are aliens.

Spock sporting an Aero Club T-Shirt

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