Memory can be a funny thing. Memories can be changed and distorted by time, an acknowledgment of your own biases, and even the testimony of others. For example, when I saw Terminator Salvation back in 2009, I enjoyed it, but as they years have gone on I’ve grown to mistrust that memory. My taste in … Continue reading TERMINATOR SALVATION is Better Than You Remember (But Also Just as Bad)
RECOMMENDED VIEWING: Before we begin, I would like to recommend watching the final four episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season Five. I’ve made no secret of my distaste for this show and the fact that I think almost all of it bad, but this four episode arc is not only the best the … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Primer – Ahsoka Tano
Note: This article contains SPOILERS Tomorrowland is a movie that has a lot it wants to say. You can tell, because the movie frequently makes time for characters to speechify about its themes practically to the camera. And you know what, I’m totally okay with that. It’s usually preferable for a film to employ more subtlety, … Continue reading How the End of TOMORROWLAND Misunderstands Its Own Themes
Looking at the Internet today, it seems people are having a hard time understanding Natasha’s arc in the new Avengers movie. You’d think something like this wouldn’t be too hard, but a surprising number of people these days seem to have no idea how to watch movies, so here’s what you might have missed while you … Continue reading On Natasha Romanoff in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
As humans, we can’t help but approach new things with a certain degree of prejudice. It’s an immediate, unconscious reflex – when we see something new, our brains immediately evaluate it so that we have some way of understanding it, even if that understanding is flawed. This phenomenon is as true of our approach to … Continue reading How the FAST & FURIOUS Series Made Me a Better Movie Fan
Season One of Star Wars Rebels has come to an end, and all things considered, they had a pretty great first season. I certainly wasn’t expecting to completely fall in love with a new Star Wars cartoon, especially not to the point that it would actually compel me to go back and sit through the mostly … Continue reading Wild Speculation for STAR WARS REBELS Season Two
I was never a fan of James Bond. As a kid, I grew up loving Star Wars and Indiana Jones and the long list of Disney classics, but I never had much exposure to James Bond. I was aware of the series, certainly, but had no familiarity with it. It wasn’t until 2006’s Casino Royale … Continue reading David Daut’s 100% Accurate Viewing Guide to the James Bond Series, As Confirmed by Science
Over the past few months I’ve watched Star Wars: The Clone Wars in its entirety. I’m still not sure why I did this. It started as curiosity – I have been enjoying Lucasfilm Animation’s new series Star Wars Rebels, so I figured I might as well give their previous show a shot, but very quickly this proved … Continue reading I Watched STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS So You Don’t Have To
With Disneyland’s “Legends of Frontierland” set to end on Labor Day, the past week or so has been a bittersweet one for me. A new semester of school started last Monday, and being unsure at the time how often I’d get to head down to Disneyland during the week, I’ve already shared a few sentimental … Continue reading What’s in an Ending? – Thoughts on “Legends of Frontierland’s” Extension
Dear Walt Disney Imagineering, Team Disney Anaheim, and whomever else it may concern, Over the past several weeks I have been playing “Legends of Frontierland,” and despite an initial suspicion that this was all going to be a spectacular mess, the game has far and away exceeded anything I could have dreamed of. You guys … Continue reading On the Issue of Monetizing “Legends of Frontierland” – An Open Letter to Disney
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