What’s Marvel Get 4 Giving Fox The Right To Produce Two New X-Men Television Series?
Marvel Studios is getting something for licensing the rights for Fox to make two X-Men television series. Here’s what I think it is.
Category: My Two Cents
Where Are The Adaptations Of Octavia Butler’s Work?
From the time that I could read, science fiction and fantasy were my mediums of choice. (Horror–with a vengeance–came later). From Edmund Cooper (The Overman Culture–the first book I am aware of reading with a gay protagonist–, Seahorse In The Sky) to Ursula K. LeGuin (The Left Hand of Darkness, The Earthsea novels, etc) and a […]
Why Superhero Fatigue Is Nonsense (With Zombies!)
“Superhero fatigue” seems all the rage among some, but it’s a dubious concept at best, and easily disproven. Reason being, if superhero fatigue were a thing, it would have been proceeded by ‘zombie fatigue.’ Look at the 2013’s World War Z, the Brad Pitt-starrer that was for awhile looking like the Fantastic Four of its time. […]
What Is Going On With Ridley Scott And Prometheus?
Color me confused, but what’s going on with Ridley Scott and Prometheus?
Weaveworld Is Coming, So Why Am I Worried?
If you separate the oftentimes blatant sexuality from Clive Barker’s work, what’s left?
When Is A Movie In The Black?
If you ask ten people at what point a movie becomes profitable, you’ll probably get ten answers, each slightly different than the one that proceeded it.
Zach Snyder Needs To Shut Up
Sometimes the best strategy is to let the movie do the talking.
Five Ways To Make The Upcoming Masters Of The Universe Reboot Awesome
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Why William Friedkin Was Wrong About Wes Craven
For my money William Friedkin is one of the most talented directors working today. Not everything he does clicks (with the public or box office-wise, for that matter) but as far as I am concerned he’s made one of the best crime thrillers in recent memory with 1985’s To Live And Die In L.A. Some might suggest […]
The Visual Effects of Marvel’s Daredevil
Watching Netflix’s Daredevil, you’d probably be surprised to learn that a lot of the scenes that you thought were practical were actually digital. For instance, the scene where Daredevil jumps from a window into the Hudson River? Digital. The fight between the titular hero and the red ninja in episode 9 – “Speak of the Devil“? […]
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