Don't blame Michael Bay or Marvel for all the sequels, reboots, and extended universes. Blame William Shakespeare, Alexandre Dumas, and Mark Twain.
Category: Dark and Gritty Reboot
Let’s Hope the New Beauty and the Beast Ends with Gaston Killing the Beast
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 …
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No More Gritty Reboots: Why Lego Batman and Legion Are the Future of Superheroes
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 …
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The World Needs Bad Men: How the Bush Era Caused the Anti-Hero Wave that Gave Rise to Trump
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 …