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Time Strikes Back
We’re just over a month away from the return of The Flash on the CW. The kind folks in charge have released a quick trailer for the season premiere. We’re smack-dab in the middle of a major time paradox. Check … Continue reading
Spectacle and Arrival
A recent article at The Ringer pointed out that one of the reasons movies like the recent Ben-Hur remake has failed is because movies that once had the upper hand on spectacle of epic (biblical) proportions no longer have a … Continue reading
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Animated and Shiny
Running into a fan of Joss Whedon’s Firefly is always a good thing (and nowhere near as rare as finding a fan of Dollhouse, but I digress). The show caught has caught a lot of people’s fancy, especially in light … Continue reading
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The Empire Goes Rogue
This past weekend, I posted the latest trailer for Rogue One, the first stand-alone Star Wars movie of the Disney era. Now a fan with skills have taken the trailer and story beats from that trailer and brought them together … Continue reading
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Who Needs a Patronus When . . .
The nostalgia factor of Pokemon Go could lead anyone to think that the whole strategy has been planned for years. Which makes you think something like this could be right around the corner (especially for those unsatisfied with The Cursed … Continue reading
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Going Rogue with Trailers
Had some interesting back-and-forth at work yesterday about this trailer: I liked the first trailer quite a bit, as it had some great visuals and didn’t feel beholden to the main Star Wars story (even though it plays a significant … Continue reading
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Kubla Khan and Ecclesiology
Since the conception of “youth culture,” the tendency towards an entertainment-first focus has always been a danger. Bells and whistles, light shows and rock music, spiritual highs and week-later letdowns have always been landmines in the field of souls. The … Continue reading
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Co-opting William Blake
It’s not everyday that you get see a William Blake poem used for a car commercial . . .
2016 in Twenty Twelve
In “preparation” for the 2012 Olympics in London, the BBC put together a “documentary show” titled Twenty Twelve. It followed a dysfunctional version of the London Olympic organizing team during the five hundred days leading to the games opening ceremonies. … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 