The Star Wars Name Blender
Jyn, Cassian, Baze Malbus, Bistan, Chirrut – these are just a few of the Rogue One characters, an unmemorable blitz of names that reads like the fevered output of the…
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Comments on movies and TV mostly….
Inherent Vice on film
I was gratified that PT Anderson decided to include the “dark crews” passage in the film version of Inherent Vice. However, I did regret the exclusion of the “1 percenter…
Breaking Bad, please, just don’t Oiler it…
We are nearing the end of Breaking Bad, and it is coming to an end at the perfect point in overall story arc. I admit, I am bubbling with excitement…
The Confused Kryptonian
There are some good parts to Man of Steel, but overall the movie stands on some really shaky reasoning. For one, if Jor-El’s consciousness controls Zod’s ship, why doesn’t he…
Breaking Bad is our Greek Tragedy
It is natural and inevitable that a contemporary audience deems all those that preceded it to be unsophisticated. Therefore, I can say with some degree of certainty that future human…
Watchmen & the future of Highway Virus
The Highway Virus series is a bunch of stories about a future world devastated by a virus. About halfway through it, as I was trying to turn my rambling notes…
The Supernova Warning
I have seen Supernova twice. Those who have seen this sci-fi movie from 2000 (with James Spader and Angela Bassett) – or at least know about its history – understand…