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Movie Analysis: Paterson Seth McGodwynn – But not Jack. Oh no… One of the staples of arthouse movies is that they succeed by resonating with the audience at an emotional level through subtext, even though nothing of any consequence actually happens. Much like with micro fiction, where the implication is the story and the less […]

5 Sequels that Changed Everything and Worked – Mostly Jack ‘The Cynic’ Atkinson and Seth ‘The Pragmatist’ Godwynn When a movie does well, in terms of making shit-loads of money, a sequel is practically guaranteed. In fact, these days, movies are generally made with the prerequisite of developing at least one sequel, possibly a franchise,

5 Gifted Directors who Lost the Plot A.P. Atkinstein and Seth Goldwynn Being a creative genius is hard. Attractive women don’t check out guys thinking, ‘I wonder if he could come up with a new idea that moves his chosen medium of expression forward in any significant way?’ Bankers don’t look at financial reports and

5 Obscure Low-Budget Sci-Fi Movies (That are AWESOME!) Mr A.P. Anderson and Agent Godwynn Hollywood is great and all, but sometimes it’s just nice to see a film that isn’t trying to ram identity politics down your throat, has a tiny bit of creativity about it, and isn’t made by people with a complete disconnect

80s Action TV Cliches A.P. Barracuson and Seth Knightwynn If you grew up in the 80s, you probably knew and Loved Knight Rider, Airwolf, The A-Team, Street Hawk, Blue Thunder and a host of other action TV shows that varied hugely in terms of quality. These shows never took themselves seriously; they were fun entertainment

Star Wars: Fixing the Prequels To the drawing board and back again Darth Sethwynn and A.P. D5 – and some dude called Rob Seth’s Take If there’s one thing I think we can all agree on, it’s that no matter how bad the Star Wars prequels were, the sequels elevated them to the stuff of

How to Heal the Doctor Or at least plaster over the cracks… Doctor Jack and Sethros Doctor Who is broken. Doctor who couldn’t be more broken if he had regenerated into the shell of an old lawnmower. If this show was a horse, then the kindest thing would be to take it out the back

How Doctor Who Really got Broken What does it really take to destroy the past? Lord Jack of Gallifrey and Sir Seth the Godwynnian There can’t be many people left with an ounce of discernment who don’t think that modern incarnations of Doctor Who have got a bit bad. It seems that the only people

5 Common Overused Sci-fi Tropes A.P. Zappkinson and Seth Hyperwynn Science fiction is obviously the best genre in the known universe, but for every Isaac Asimov and Douglas Adams there is creating it, there’s a J.J. Abrams and Veronica Roth ripping it apart. These dreadful hacks throw in any old nonsense they think will work,