Monthly Archives: May 2013

The twilight of monster movies

The face of monsters is changing, and it’s not pretty. Or rather, it is pretty, and that’s the problem. Once upon a time, vampires were undead bloodsuckers who lacked reflections, were scared of lower-case t‘s, and could be dispatched by … Continue reading

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Star Trek Into Darkness: the komplexified script

[ Chris Pine and Karl Urban are running through the red-plant forest from War of the Worlds while being chased by the natives from Raiders of the Lost Ark. ] Chris Pine: This opening scene shows us that this is … Continue reading

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Total Recall (2012): the komplexified script

[ The post-apocalyptic bio-weapon ravaged future, where the only two habitable places on Earth are England and Australia, which connected to each other only by a single gravity train called The Fall. ] Colin Farrell: I’m a blue-collar working-class guy … Continue reading

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