Commentary: The Power In Knowing The End Of ‘Andor’
There’s a special kind of magic to prequels. Because they take place before the original tale, audiences have a certain
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Author: Frank Martin
Commentary: ‘Gen V’ Put Its Cameos To Work
Cameos are largely fan service. They serve to tie together a universe and make the fans feel as if they
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Commentary: ‘Wicked: For Good’ Highlights The Difference Between Theater And Film
There have been many films adapted from the stage even though both mediums have huge differences in both terms of
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Commentary: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Is A New Way Of Looking At AI
Artificial intelligence has been the subject of science fiction stories for decades. It’s appeared in everything from books, to television
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Commentary: ‘Wicked’ Could Have Easily Been One Movie With A Big Change
With a long history of stage to film adaptations, Wicked is certainly not the first musical to become a movie.
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Commentary: ‘Andor’s Ending Makes Its Slow Beginning Worthwhile
Slow burn stories are often subjects of controversy. Fans of them say that the ending makes the slow nature of
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Commentary: ‘Peacemaker’ Offers A Unique Way To Examine A Retconned TV Show
There are very few moments, if any, that can match what James Gunn is doing with DC Studios. Specifically, his
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Commentary: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Is Different Right From The Start
The fourth season of Stranger Things created a huge shift in the series. Up until that point, the main villain had
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Commentary: ‘Andor’ Underscores What True Fascism Looks Like
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Star Wars is all about dictatorship. Right from the beginning, the story focused
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Commentary: ‘Gen V’ Suffers From The Spinoff Curse
Conceptually, spinoffs are great. It’s a way for fans to get extra time with characters and universes they enjoy while
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Commentary: The ‘Peacemaker’ Intro Perfectly Sets Things Up
Intros are very important to a series. Nowadays, people can simply skip them, but that doesn’t mean creators have stopped
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Mercer Labs Gives ‘One Piece’ An Immersive Experience
Fandom is a curious thing. It involves individuals absorbing a story and characters so much that their excitement for a
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Commentary: ‘Wicked: For Good’ Echoes ‘V For Vendetta’
It’s weird the similarities that are found in various movies. Of course, that doesn’t mean movies necessarily copy each other.
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Commentary: ‘Frankenstein’ Starts With A Bang But Ends With A Whimper
Some stories are simply difficult to end. It all depends on what type of climax the storyteller is looking for.
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Commentary: ‘Marvel Zombies’ Understood The Assignment
Some stories exist for a focused purpose. When that happens, all the other character and thematic work must revolve around
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Commentary: ‘Haunted Hotel’ Is ‘Ghosts’ Without Limits
It’s amazing how so many stories can derive from similar premises even though they are completely different. Haunted Hotel is
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Commentary: ‘Marvel Zombies’ Was Always Going To Falter With Its Ending
There are some premises that are just difficult to end by their very nature. They set the story up towards
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Commentary: ‘Frankenstein’ Reinvents An Icon
When a particular character inhabits the public consciousness for a long time — say a couple of centuries — it’s
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Commentary: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Is A Visual Treat
So many films these days try to become as grounded and realistic as possible. Filmmakers want to set their stories
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Commentary: ‘Andor’ Reminds Us Of The Empire’s Everyday Horrors
Since Star Wars deals with larger-than-life characters, it’s easy to forget that the majority of the galaxy is filled with
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Commentary: ‘Splinter Cell: Deathwatch’ Works Best When It Remembers It’s ‘Splinter Cell’
Adapting a narrative television show or movie from a video game can be difficult, as evident by so many of
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Commentary: ‘Chainsaw Man: The Reze Arc’ Succeeds By Knowing Exactly What It Is
There’s something to be said about stories that are fully aware of what they are and have no qualms about
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Commentary: ‘Chainsaw Man: The Reze Arc’ Surprises With Love
Sometimes it’s easy to judge a story by its metaphorical cover. What looks like a wild and crazy experience often
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Commentary: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Works On A Classic Sequel Trope
One of the most classic sequel plots in film is when the heroes and the villain from the first film
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Commentary: ‘Gravity’ Enters A Genre About Filmmaking Challenges
Everyone knows what a traditional story looks like. It has a three-act structure with characters on an arc that ultimately
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Commentary: ‘The Upside’ Reveals Why A Story About Life Is Hard To End
One of the foundational rules of dramatic storytelling: characters need an obstacle to overcome. There needs to be some sort
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Commentary: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Is ‘The Original Series’ With A Higher Budget
One of the great things about long-lasting franchises such as Star Wars and Marvel: they’ve created so many installments that they
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Commentary: ‘Alien: Earth’ Stays True To The Franchise’s Namesake
Like Predator, the Alien franchise has a very vague title, and this was done on purpose to explore the meaning of the
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Commentary: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Gives Fans A Taste Of A ‘Watchdogs’ Movie
Video-game-to-film adaptations have had a notorious track record. It’s very difficult to take the gameplay fans love and turn it
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Commentary: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Channels ‘Aliens’ With Its Change Of Genre
Most sequels typically follow the same genre as their predecessors. This makes obvious sense as fans of the first film
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Commentary: Revisiting ‘Scary Movie’ Puts Two Types Of Comedy On Display
Comedy is interesting as it can approach material in a multitude of ways. The two big categories are timeless jokes
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