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The Year That Was My 2020

To paraphrase Dickens: “It was the worst of times. Just the f****** worst.”

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Editorial

The Philosophical Zombie Apocalypse

Are you one of the sole solipsistic survivors?

Video Games / Wisecrack

Into the Metaverse: Jungian Psychology, Esoteric Tarot, and Moral Philosophy in Persona 5

From the Fool’s Journey through the Major Arcana to Dante’s ascent up Mount Purgatory

Movies

“Birds of Prey” is far from Fantabulous

…but Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn absolutely is!

Television

Seven Questions for Al-Masih from Netflix’s “Messiah”

One way or another, Payam Golshiri needs to be picked apart by pedantic pharisees.

Is Mattmas Pagan? How the early Thérians decided the date.

Debunking the common myth

January 16, 2020 in Editorial.

The Year That Was My 2019

“Were all of it written down, I suppose that the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” 

December 26, 2019 in Editorial.

Doomsday Clock is more of a “Fuck You” to Moore than HBO’s Watchmen

Johns’ reconstruction of the superhero genre which Watchmen deconstructed directly undermines Moore’s message

December 25, 2019 in Comic Books, Television.

“The Rise of Skywalker” leaves fans in need of a new hope

In the parallels between the originals and Abrams’ sequels, the latter are always a poor copy of the former.

December 20, 2019 in Movies.

Pokémon Sword & Shield: The Very Best, Like No Game Ever Was?

Game Freak’s excuses hold about as much water as a Carkoal can carry in its coal cart: none whatsoever

November 27, 2019 in Video Games.

“Let it go” with the anti-colonialism in Frozen 2

Frozen 2 valorizes the descendants of colonialists fixating on the sins of their ancestors and sacrificing their own society in reparation to the descendents of colonized peoples.

November 26, 2019 in Movies.

Alan Moore’s Lost Girls: Art or Smut?

“Fiction and Fact: only madmen and magistrates cannot discriminate between them.”

October 10, 2019 in Comic Books, Editorial.

The Real Blaspheme of Mark Russell’s “Second Coming”

Second Coming is didactic to the point that the message gets in the way of solid storytelling.

July 11, 2019 in Comic Books.

The Arcs of Characters and Human History in Avengers: Endgame

The character arcs of Marvel’s Big three parallel prominent views regarding the shape of history.

June 10, 2019 in Movies, Wisecrack.

Aladdin is Not Quite a Whole New World, Thankfully

The old world was just fine, and just enough of it still shines through

May 25, 2019 in Movies.

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