Is this a Highlander reboot? Because it feels like either it’s a Highlander reboot, or came about because somebody was trying to figure out how to do a Highlander reboot but couldn’t get the rights.

The title is a reference to an old quote from HP Lovecraft regarding the Great Old ones, and specifically being Cthulhu. In the original form, it goes: “That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die.” The Game of Thrones reference is itself a reference to the works of Lovecraft.

I have a theory: Karl Urban’s ability to disappear into a role is well known, but it is all the more amazing because he is not, technically, an actor. He is, in fact, the world’s greatest cosplayer. If you are making a sci-fi or fantasy work, and the stars align just exactly, Karl Urban will show up on set, with not…

I don’t like this. It looks well made, and will probably be quite entertaining, no knocks there. It’s an interesting narrative to explore, sure, but it’s also a lazy one, merely inverting a part of the superman origin. But the real problem is thematic. Do we really need a story about midwestern white people being…

I think they get the point. I think people are getting tired of being told they can’t win. They’re getting tired of accepting mere survival as their best outcome and only hope. We’re already tossed around by powerful forces that claim to be beyond our control, be it economic, ecological, or political. People want a…

I thought you were cool, Netflix. But then you gotta get rid of Black Dynamite on the first day of black history month like a jive turkey!

Pretty sure it’s still racist, but against asians. 

I totally missed that movie. I’ll have to check it out. Thanks.

Another strong convention, albiet one I’ve seen mostly in urban fantasy wizard books as being one off the problems with magic. 

True, that is the point of a bunch of ghost-hunter media, isn’t it? I guess that’s a thematic issue, about whether technology can help us or blind us? For horror, the latter answer seems more appropriate, but isn’t yet a convention. The far end of the helpful technology side is basically Ghostbusters.

Don’t forget the classic “Monsters can’t be filmed” concept. I’m not the biggest vampire fiction fan, but I haven’t heard of many modern vampire works using that as a technique. I’m also a bit surprised no one’s done a film where the protagonist thinks he or she is going crazy because the monster they see isn’t…

I am literally tearing up as I watch this on loop. I want to go to that world.

Brandon Bird is a goddamn cultural treasure.

I think that’s already used for ewoks.

A marketing of porgs

I believe you’re correct, but it does go to show how these “King’s name is maaaaagic” phases come and go.

I generally agree with you, but the recent “OtherSpace” was a good take on the basic premise. It gave me hope such a thing was possible.

Fair enough

So, no one remembers Dreamcatcher? Or Maximum Overdrive? Or Lawnmower man? Or even the Gunslinger movie that just bombed?