Cutting Cable or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Steam
Let me just start this off with saying I am an old school kind of guy as you may have guessed. Ever since I was a nerdy young lad, I have dug on… Continue reading
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That Time a Director Couldn’t Choose an Ending…So He Didn’t
Over the past 20 years we’ve seen online communication and digital technology arrive in households, seep into our routine and begin replacing things. Sometime’s they’re big and obvious, like streaming services replacing the… Continue reading
Xenomorph Lost: The Curious Case of William Gibson’s ‘Alien 3’
Ever since James Cameron’s 1986 classic Aliens, Hollywood has attempted with varying degrees of success to reclaim the magic of the Alien franchise. Some attempts have been solid (Prometheus) others flaming piles of… Continue reading
How to Make Me Care About the Oscars
Once again it’s time to buzz your Oscars and declare your favourite snubbed titles, the Academy Awards are upon us. And once again we anticipate viewer numbers to be at an all time… Continue reading
The Biggest Reason Not to Use Kickstarter
A few weeks back we ran a couple of articles focused on one particular Kickstarter – the Evil Dead 2 board game produced by Space Goat Productions. And while Space Goat’s booth at SDCC… Continue reading
Let’s Talk About The ‘First Man’ Controversy
“May you live in interesting times.” –Ancient Chinese Curse Being an American over the last few years has often been an exercise in the surreal. School shootings, social justice protests in sports, a… Continue reading
6 Superhero Teams Better Suited to a Gritty TV Show Than ‘Teen Titans’
We’re all for new iterations of established characters. That can turn something good into something great. Just look at Watchmen, which started as a gritty and realistic depiction of classic superhero characters. It’s a… Continue reading
8 Times The MCU Overlooked Women
If there’s one complaint against the Marvel Cinematic Universe that has remained consistent and valid is the lack of female representation among their main cast. Up until now the world’s most successful cinematic… Continue reading
When a Failed Kickstarter Becomes a Scam
Earlier in the week I vented some frustration about a Kickstarter campaign I’d backed which had gone south. Communication between creator and backer had broken down, the state of the project was dubious… Continue reading
The Emotional Rollercoaster of Backing a Failed Kickstarter
Kickstarter has some had an amazing impact of the creative community. Now independent artists can go straight to the audience and ask for financial support rather than going through the traditional channels. Consumers… Continue reading
