Commentary: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Hits Like ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’
There’s no denying that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a tornado of a phenomenon. What started as an indie comic
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Commentary: ‘Stranger Things: First Shadow’ Provides New Context For Villain
Spinoffs are immensely important for expanding upon a story and characters. They allow fans of a series to view characters
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Commentary: ‘Bad Thoughts’ Hits And Misses With Big Swings
Shock value certainly has its place in storytelling, especially in comedy. Creating ridiculous and absurd stories in order to shock
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Commentary: ‘Death Of A Unicorn’ Is A True Genre Mashup
Horror and comedy are both very flexible genres. They can get paired very easily with other types of movies. Because
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Commentary: ’10 Things I Hate About You’ Reveals The Timelessness Of Shakespeare
A truism: William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest writers of all time. One of the secrets to his
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Commentary: ‘The Bear’ Forgot What It Was About
The Bear received a lot of acclaim when it first premiered. In the beginning, the story did a lot of
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Commentary: ‘Weapons’ Is A Movie Of Moments
It should come as a surprise to no one that some scenes in a movie are more compelling than others.
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Commentary: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Treats A Premise Right
Sometimes stories are built on a crazy premise and the entire plot is built around justifying it. KPop Demon Hunters
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Commentary: ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Treats Canon Appropriately
Canon is a controversial subject. When it comes to stories, there are two camps: those who believe canon should always
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Commentary: ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Reunites Adam Sandler With Sports Meditation
Adam Sandler has two big sports related films: Happy Gilmore and The Waterboy. Both are widely different, and not just
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Commentary: ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Is A Return Of Virtuous Heroes
Superheroes have come a long way in cinema. In the beginning, they were held up as paragons of virtue. Individuals
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Commentary: ‘Black Mirror’ Managed To Out Matrix ‘The Matrix’
The Matrix was not the first to pioneer a group of characters heading to the center of an infrastructure hoping
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Commentary: ‘Mickey 17’ Is Actually Two Stories In One
A lot of times, the premise for a story is different than the plot. A premise is nothing more than
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Commentary: ‘Superman’ Features The Most Grounded Man Of Tomorrow Yet
There’s no doubt that Superman is a fantastical character. He’s an alien who can fly around the world at supersonic
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Commentary: ‘Black Mirror’ Questions If Sequels Are Necessary
This latest season of Black Mirror saw its first direct sequel to an episode. When it first premiered, “USS Callister”
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Commentary: ‘Star Wars: Tales From The Underworld’ Was Made For Characters Like Cad Bane
It should come as a surprise to no one that Star Wars is overloaded with characters. Of course, main characters
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Commentary: Reporters Are The Real Heroes Of ‘Superman’
There’s no denying that Superman is jam-packed with a colorful cast of characters. The fact that it’s overloaded with too
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Commentary: ‘Tires’ May Be Following A Similar Trajectory As ‘The Office’
It’s hard to perfectly nail a workplace sitcom right out of the gate. There are so many characters that it’s
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Commentary: ‘Ironheart’ Chooses Character Simplicity Over Complexity
Adapting comic book story lines is difficult. They often involve multiple issues spanning multiple arcs across multiple titles. It allows
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Commentary: ‘Dragon Ball’ Has Evolved To A Next Level Franchise
There comes a point in the life of a franchise when it evolves beyond a singular story. Great examples of
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Commentary: ‘Ironheart’ Wisely Took A Different Direction Than ‘Iron Man’
There’s no denying that Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) was the cornerstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The entire franchise
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Commentary: ‘The Studio’ Excels At Cringe Comedy
Comedy can take many different forms. Slapstick embodies the physical nature of silliness while character comedy focuses on developing meaningful
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Commentary: ‘White Lotus’ Jumps The Shark With Shock Value
Jumping the shark is extremely common with series that last multiple seasons. It’s kind of a catch-all term that refers
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‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ Honors The Series With Demons And Destruction
It’s hard to overstate Doom‘s place in video game history. It was a first person shooter that threw players into a horrific
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Commentary — ‘Star Wars: Tales Of The Underworld’ Channels Marvel’s Madripoor
It’s interesting to see how completely separate stories influence each other. Of course, there are big influences such as plot
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Commentary: ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Honors A Horror Effects Tradition
There’s been an unwritten rule regarding horror special effects since they began being showcased on the big screen: to make
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‘Predator: Killer Of Killers’ Is A True Franchise Mashup
At its core, the Predator franchise has a very formula premise. The Predators — an alien species driven by a
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Commentary: ‘Krapopolis’ Finds A Basic Formula That Works And Sticks With
Television shows can often get into a nice storytelling groove when they discover an episodic format that works. It doesn’t
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Commentary: ‘Assassins Creed: Shadows’ Takes A New Approach Between The Assassin’s Journey
Any franchise is going to run into trouble when it starts putting out double-digit installments. This rings especially true for
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Commentary: ‘Love Death + Robots’ Subverts Horror Expectations With Angels
It’s no surprise that angels play a huge part in fiction. There’s obviously the religious element that appeals to storytellers.
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Commentary: ‘Love Death + Robots’ Created The Perfect Blend Of Science And Religion
Science and religion are often depicted in conflict with one another in stories. This is probably because throughout human history
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