Universal Social Themes in Disguise
You thought the Khan thing was fanboy? I wasted some quarantine time revisiting the OG Transformers, the 1980’s originals. I was a big fan at the time, and the characters have obviously lived on, but every update I’ve seen has had something especially dumb going on. When I went...
Thor Redux: The Cheer of an Aryan Nation
No fear, no Black planets either. I’ve been spending some time watching the Marvel films through quarantine goggles. Thor didn’t really hit his stride until ‘Ragnarok’, but ‘Dark World’ has been unfairly shelved. The first Thor has probably aged the worst. Branagh was a good choice for director, he...
Star Trek 2: The Rote of Khan
I didn’t want them to do Khan again. It just didn’t make any sense. In a LOGICAL world, the first thing Spock Prime does after the reboot curtains is find a ship and destroy Khan’s. The very first thing. So bringing him back sounds creatively lazy. Besides, how on...