John Tuttle

By John Tuttle
The adventure story has a fond place in many a heart, especially my own. Our lives are our own adventures, with every day a new path on which to trek into the unknown. The action-adventure story often starts with a bit of a jolt or a jump.
Take J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings, for instance. It is the story of the courageous happenings surrounding peculiar small creatures: hobbits, the most unlikely of peoples to display valor in the face of extreme peril. Yet, it is...

Imagine a film with all the sweeping grandeur of the classic Ben-Hur added to the action-adventure thrill the likes of The Magnificent Seven. (I refer to both of the originals, not the remakes.) Throw in a splendid cast akin to the talents of any Steven Spielberg-quality production, and you simply have a humdinger of a film. And it’s a memorable and outstanding one at that.
For Greater Glory (2012) grabs one’s attention as well as one’s heart. It is expertly filmed and, at times, fancifully e...

Into The Spider-Verse has quickly become one of, if not, the most highly regarded Spider-Man movie of all time.
Just about everybody in the circle of cinema criticism has given positive feedback on the latest animated Marvel venture brought to the big screen. A hit of late 2018, it seemed to be the Black Panther of December.
A heartwarming movie with about just as much drama as any live-action MCU film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was sensational. And it 100% deserved its Golden Globe! ...

Dr. Seuss’s illustrated whimsical, rhythmical How the Grinch Stole Christmas! has been adapted for the screen several times. The latest take on the rhyming tale is an animated remake simply entitled The Grinch which stars Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the ill-mannered green fiend.
Cumberbatch, by the way, was perfect for the role as so many of his other character portrayals are of individuals who are quite egotistical. The Grinch himself is of an egotistical sort, caring only for his own needs...

Fans of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are finally getting a film on the brains behind the series.
The old, lovable Oxford professor J.R.R. Tolkien receives an upcoming biopic depicting his earlier years. After a long wait, we finally get to see a trailer for the movie that’s set for release in May.
The Mind Behind Middle-Earth
The mind behind the fantasies and languages of Middle-earth, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s tale was inspired by many of the various aspects of his life. The war wa...

Here is a nice little assortment of some entertaining films about interracial relationships. In them, we see the anger and spite of many who refuse to condone equality between races. We experience our past, exploring aspects of a former way of life which will help us plan for a brighter future in human equity.
In this selection of films, we see men standing against the mainstream conception of racial classes. We see genuine, heartfelt emotions from the actors. And, perhaps most importantly, w...

Black Panther, Batgirl, and Lent: Purple’s Symbolism in Culture
John Tuttle
Feb 28
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Child Soldier Turned Poet Tells His Reason for Writing
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Feb 21
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Elon Musk Contributes to the Crypto Craze
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Tea Bag in the Ocean
John Tuttle
Feb 24
Like a pastry being dunked
In a cup of hot coffee,
Descends the bloody chum bag
Dangling, from boat to sea.
Akin to a colossal tea bag
The chum begins permeating
Spreading it’s looming perfume
The hunter’s eyes start dilating.
Dorsal fin above and gaping mouth below
This sort of fishing is not a peaceful pastime,
The shark perhaps bit off too much,
Or the fishermen may be too small, this time.
John Tuttle 2019

I peer at a reel, a slideshow, into a little frame
A tiny, translucent sheet, a picture of you & me
I dream of togetherness & forgotten fame
What dwelt in my heart before we were “free.”
The reel is wrapped and wound round a wheel
That crudest of instruments we ever did invent
For millennia later, we still neither learn nor heal
But we find we ourselves regret and lament.
My life is like a roll of postage stamps
Unused, unpeeled, unsent, having never traveled
To see waves, platters, paintings...

Lochlan Bloom
Mar 5
LLR Newsletter — Psychology of the News, Tolkien on the Big Screen, Korean Literature, NASA Applauds SpaceX, and More
Welcome to the LLR newsletter — curated this week by John Tuttle.
Our latest mashup of content includes some splendid writing from around the web and right here on Medium. In this issue, we focus on the art of writing and modern advancements in the arts and sciences. Meanwhile, John throws in some pointers on the craft of writing itself.
If you enjoy the ne...

The classification of varying species, even the very term species itself, has long been a puzzling element of taxonomic categorization. Pulled from the Latin phrase species (meaning “appearance”), the term, in regards to its scientific use, has more than two dozen different definitions.

I have worked with the teams of a number of digital publications over the past few years. I mostly contribute written articles, though I have also been getting into podcasting/podcast editing myself. (And I had already been a Youtuber for some time before that.) During my time with these various sites, I have observed common changes which have been put into effect.
These changes have been meant to draw in viewers and gain larger audiences. In some instances, these have been successful. Let's ...

Accusing men of committing suggestive or even heinous acts such as sexual harassment should be a more delicate subject just as the subject of sexuality should be. Gillette’s video ad has sparked mixed emotions from its viewers. The video itself, just like the #MeToo movement it references, is a sign that the sexual revolution continues to be fought by some in the 21st century. But I have some problems with the ad’s representation of men.
It seems to highlight mostly the worst attributes which...