An ongoing exploration of the dark and gritty reboot
It's another Fan Theory Friday. Although this is a special one, on a Saturday, because today is Star Wars Day. Today's fan theory is in honor of Peter Mayhew, the actor who played Chewbacca and passed away this week at the age of 74. There is something I’ve been thinking about for a while. A …
Continue reading A Fan Theory on Chewbacca at the End of A New Hope
Just another Fan Theory Friday I finished reading the Harry Potter novels at the age of thirty. I read the first four books as they were released, starting the first one when I was twelve. By the time the fifth one (The Order of the Phoenix) was released, I had lost interest and started to …
Continue reading The Harry Potter Fan Theory That Explains Hogwarts’ Finances
An exploration of how the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe might not be what we think. And how Gregg Turkington and Tim Heidecker fit in.
A sort of (but not really) film review Let’s get something out of the way: yes, Christian Bale is great in Vice. He crushes it. He destroys it. He is Dick Cheney. People are saying he deserves awards and he appears to be winning them and, sure, he deserves the awards. He deserves the praise, …
Continue reading Why Will Ferrell Should’ve Played George W. Bush in Vice
A minor fan theory suggesting Tony Stark's anti-blogging remark had a particular motivation.
The end of 2017 is nigh. And with it, the top ten lists, the retrospectives, the predictions. Rather than the Top Books Published in 2017 or the Best Films of the Year or anything like this, here's my list of opinions, ideas, and arguments that I have not already written about in 2017 and would …
It's the season of Die Hard. The season of "Die Hard is the best Christmas movie." Or, at the very least, "did you know Die Hard is a Christmas movie." Die Hard is, inarguably, a Christmas Movie. This is an accepted reality in our zeitgeist. Many have argued for it, with the majority of the arguments …
Continue reading Why Die Hard 2 is a Better Christmas Movie Than Die Hard
It was the best of Alien films, it was the worst of Alien films, it was the sequel to Prometheus, it was the prequel to Alien, it was the story of David, it was the story of Lucifer, it had an awesome ending, it had the worst ending ever -- in short, Alien: Covenant was …
Continue reading No, the Alien Covenant Ending Was Not an Obvious Twist. It Was Dramatic Irony.
The big week is here: Moon Landing Week! Or at least, it eventually will be known as Moon Landing Week. For now, we know that this upcoming Thursday (July 20th) is the 48th anniversary of the Moon Landing... or perhaps we don't. Perhaps you just learned that now. In honor of this year's Moon Landing …
Continue reading Ten Ways to Celebrate #MoonLandingDay and Moon Landing Week 2017
Don't blame Michael Bay or Marvel for all the sequels, reboots, and extended universes. Blame William Shakespeare, Alexandre Dumas, and Mark Twain.