Under a Gibbous Moon

Despite brining in over one billion dollars, which at last check was somewhere around 50 tickets, Avatar tells a story that Hollywood has told over and over and over again. Don’t believe me? We’ll here you go, you ungrateful bastard.

This helpful infographic comes from the nice people at Film Drunk.

Now the people at BoingBoing picked up on this a while ago.

Now I know, I can here some of you out there grumbling that there’s no such thing as an original plot anymore, all the stories have already been told.

Well, to that I say, you’ve got some nerve, now shut up it’s funny.

I keep seeing reviews like this:

And this.

Oh ya, and this one too.

I was recently watch A New Hope. When Obi-Wan Kenobi is taking Luke to Mos Eisley, he comments that no one will find, “a more wretched hive of scum and villainy”. Other than being a strange motto for the local chamber of commerce, it got me thinking. Why would the Empire tolerate such a place.

Given that the empire is evil and demonstrates little care for personal freedom, due process or anything but monochromatic uniforms, it struck me as odd that there should much, if any type of crime in the Galaxy. Continue reading “On the economics of Star Wars” »

With the increasing ubiquitousness of zombies in movies, video games and pop culture in general I have seen a slew over articles lately asking the question: Why zombies?

Well apart from the fact that they aren’t the neutered, angst ridden stand-ins for adolescent sexuality that vampires have become these days (which if you aren’t a thirteen year old girl or a lonely house wife, I recommend 13 Bullets by David Wellington for a more visceral vampire novel),  the zombie, as envisioned by George A. Romero, provide the perfect synergy of horror monster. Continue reading “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” »

If you havn’t seen this movie, there’ll be some mild spoilers

In honor of Halloween, I’d figure I’d review a movie that punishes you for now honoring Halloween :)

The movie itself has a long and sorted history, I remember seeing a trailer for it a couple of years ago, but then it just disappeared into Movie Limbo. I have read various reason as to why this movie was never given a theatrical release, but regardless, they did finally release it.

The stories, together, encompass about every Halloween theme that there is: curses, serial killers, werewolves, vampires, zombies and demons. Continue reading “Review: Trick ‘r Treat” »