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26OctOctober 26, 2021

Why We Don’t Need Hollywood Production Values

Hollywood isn't just a collection of far-left freaks and mutants.It's also a colony of inbred dinosaurs. I call them, The Club. They have been hiring each other's kids for four generations, and the original bloodlines have clearly and obviously run thin. Hiring an incompetent armorer just because she was someone's daughter is typical. They all have to look after each other's interests because they can't make it in the real world.They are illusionists who need to convince everyone...

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23OctOctober 23, 2021

Shadows of Dune

In that time I say if I need to cut my armsin order to make that picture, I will cut my arms!I was even ready to die doing that.”– Alejandro JodorowskyREPOST: Originally posted in December of last year. I was hoping to get my Recommends on Dune up this weekend but I have learned to live with frequent disappointments.Frank Herbert’s seminal work is everything that the Foundation Trilogy isn’t. Big, sprawling, and epic. A genuine groundbreaker. It turned writing...

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23OctOctober 23, 2021

The Batman – The Second Thoughts

Not about the trailer I still think it looks like flash and thunder that signifies Bad Robot filmmaking. These are just a few notions that didn't fit the previous article.(1) Young Batman:The silly part of this whole thing is Young Batman. Going that route isn’t a bad idea at all. You can do a lot with it. You can get rid of the cape and have Young Batman parkouring his way across the rooftops of Gotham. Alfred will...

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22OctOctober 22, 2021

The Batman – The Trailer

Here it is.Look at it.LOOK AT IT!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqft2x_Aa4 That. Was. Awful.People whose opinions I normally respect are wetting themselves over this thing. I’m clearly not seeing what they are seeing or else I’m seeing through what they’re seeing. I admit I’m a little jaundiced about this movie because I know just how sleazy the backstory of how it came into being actually is. You may remember that Ben Affleck was supposed to have a Batman project of his own, however, there was a mass execution of Warner...

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22OctOctober 22, 2021

Dune : First Impressions

If you are Dune fan this is the one you've been waiting for.It is a very grand spectacle. It's a throwback to films that are meant to be seen on a big screen. If you can see it on an IMAX screen, do so.I'll have a proper Dark Herald Recommends up soon(ish).If you have no interest in Dune, then don't crap up my comments going on and on about how you aren't going to see it. Your disinterest...

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20OctOctober 20, 2021

Indiana Jones V Delayed One Year

There has been a big reshuffle of release dates for Disney movies. All of them have been delayed at least a few months. Now some of this is understandable. The Covid Coof looks like it is finally going from pandemic to endemic status, so a brief delay while people get used to going back to the theaters makes sense. Also, there is the serious possibility of a strike by the production workers union. The gaffers,...

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19OctOctober 19, 2021

I’m Back From the Dead…

... And I've brought someone with me!I always wanted to use that line. Anyway, the other living dead in question is John Lasseter. Who in all of ten minutes absolutely and completely owns his former company. Remember when Pixar could actually make something that could touch the heart? I know, I know it's been a while but there was a time it could make you laugh and cry in the space of a few minutes. And Lasseter...

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09OctOctober 9, 2021

Cleopatra: A Nationalist Heroine

REPOST: Still sick and yearning for death. Enjoy some more Best of the Dark Herald. Or don't. I honestly couldn't care less.Cleopatra VII would make for an intriguing Nationalist heroine today. Her entire life was spent fighting for her country’s nationhood. It was a fight she lost but she gave it literally everything she had.The last native Egyptian dynasty ended when Psamtik III was defeated in the Persian invasion. He was carried off in chains and later “committed suicide.”...

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04OctOctober 4, 2021

I Have the Plague

On the off chance that I beat the odds and the subject comes up, my last words absolutely were NOT, "I should have taken the vaccine."

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03OctOctober 3, 2021

James Bond Dies In This Movie

Oops.***Spoiler Alert***If you are curious about the Rotten Tomatoes Score it is:83% Critic's Score (of course)00% Audience (RT is not reporting audience scores. I wonder fucking why?)UPDATE: This wouldn't have been the disaster it's going to be if EON had made it clear in Casino Royale that James Bond is a cover identity that has been passed from agent to agent since WWII. Think about it, Ian Flemming's original Bond would have had to have been...

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