Corrective Sequels… Understanding Sequels Through the Lens of Halloween 28 Oct 202131 Oct 2021 There are so many things a sequel can be these days. Reboot and requel are common descriptions accompanying many latest installments in film franchises, with delineations like hard reboot and…
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2017… Let’s Hope the New Beauty and the Beast Ends with Gaston Killing the Beast 5 Mar 20176 Mar 2017 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…
2016 Election… No More Gritty Reboots: Why Lego Batman and Legion Are the Future of Superheroes 12 Feb 201731 May 2017 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…
2016… The World Needs Bad Men: How the Bush Era Caused the Anti-Hero Wave that Gave Rise to Trump 22 Jan 201722 Apr 2018 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.…