An ongoing exploration of the dark and gritty reboot
Disney's live action Beauty and the Beast is almost here. And while the majority of the conversation has circulated around its awe-inspiring special effects, its loyalty to the original, and Josh Gad's portrayal of Disney's first openly gay character, there is a different conversation I'm interested in having. Specifically, this new adaptation of Beauty and the …
Continue reading Let’s Hope the New Beauty and the Beast Ends with Gaston Killing the Beast
Yes, this blog is dedicated to "an ongoing exploration of the dark and gritty reboot." But, as written about in the previous post on this blog, The World Needs Bad Men, it's time to admit that the dark-n-gritty reboot has run its course. The anti-heroes have ascended to the White House. It's time for a …
Continue reading No More Gritty Reboots: Why Lego Batman and Legion Are the Future of Superheroes
Toward the finale of the 2016 election, Mike Huckabee took to Fox News to give a defense of Donald Trump that I’ve been mulling over in my head ever since. I see Trump as Capt Quint (Robert Shaw) on the boat, Orca, in the movie "Jaws." He's salty, drunk and says incorrect things. He spits …
Hating 2016 and wishing for it to end has perhaps been the meme of 2016. It has been called a dumpster fire and was declared to "even sucked for Kim Kardashian." Beginning in July and continuing non-stop, this year was deemed to "suck" and we saw a flood of hot takes either labeling it the worst year in living …
Continue reading The True Theme of 2016: Never Meet Your Heroes
It's early December, which means two things: time to start recapping 2016 and predicting 2017. While not as exhaustive as The Economist's The World in 2017 or as doomsday-esque as some other lists that I won't link to, this is my list of the headlines and stories I expect in the coming year. Netflix Starts Original News …
Continue reading Let Them Eat Freedom Fries, and Ten Other Headlines to Anticipate in 2017