Call Him B’Wana
The Silver Age super-hero BāWana Beast (Beast Master more or less) is, as they say these days, āproblematic.ā In 1967, when much of Africa had declared independence from the West, …
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Go Lem or Go Home: Marvel’s “Thing That Walks Like a Man”
I love mythology almost as much as I love comic books. Perhaps that’s not surprising as I encountered them both at a young impressionable age. Justice League of America #30 …
Mac Review: Bill And Ted: Face The Music
I recently spent probably a year trying to arrange for some friends of mine to see the first two Bill And Ted movies for the first time. Then, a few …
The New Mutants: A Slow Review
The New Mutants is finally out in selected cinemas nowhere near you. I saw it.
It’s Not About What It’s About: Dissecting Some Cult Classics
Buckaroo Banzai is really more fantasy than SF. Where Star Wars is the classic Quest fantasy, Buckaroo Banzai follows a different story; there is a hidden world we donāt know about, and in that world, forces of good and evil are waging a war with our world hanging in the balance. Our hero, a surprisingly resourceful person, has the ability to enter that world and fight for us, along with a team of allies, each of whom is an expert in a different area with skills that the team needs. By recasting this trope in the form of urban legends and conspiracy theories, Buckaroo Banzai responds to anxieties about things out of our control and assures us that we have a champion in the hidden battle. Itās religion for a post-supernatural world.
What’s Wrong With ‘Watchmen’?
My topic today is what it says in the title; what’s wrong with Watchmen? Specifically, what’s wrong with the movie, and in particular, why it is absolutely not a faithful adaptation of the graphic novel.
In Defense of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Let’s take a second look at ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’, the much-derided Star Wars movie that carefully (perhaps too carefully) tied up just about every little detail of Han Solo’s early life, from where he got his blaster to how he got his name, giving more attention to what’s happening on the sidelines.