Is this testing whether I'm a replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?

In its odyssey of oppression, Blade Runner wisely eschews straightforward allegory for its subjugated machines, instead liberally drawing from the aesthetics of a litany of modes of marginalization. The replicant’s roles as colonial slaves, subjected to rigorously enforced apartheid evokes familiar racial hierarchization, especially against the contemporaneous backdrop of apartheid-era South Africa. The clinical, bureaucratic genocide, built upon rooting out the concealed Other, calls to mind Mccarthyism, or…

That’s not going to go over well with the woke mob!

After years of ho-hum releases that just couldn’t recapture the MAGIC of INFINITY WAR and ENDGAME (the excellent SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME not withstanding), Shawn Levy’s DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE proves the MCU is FINALLY back on top where it belongs! With stunning action, non-stop laughs, and cheer-worthy cameos, DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE is EXACTLY the superhero nostalgia extravaganza you’ve been waiting for! Hugh Jackman is BACK and better than ever!…

this will probably satiate the thirst for a new “direct” adaptation of the novel for at least a generation or two, which is a shame because Del Toro doesn’t get it. a much closer cousin of the Branagh adaptation than i was expecting, down to the inexplicable “wake up the audience” bursts of extreme violence. Del Toro sets out to fully exonerate the monster (played remarkably by Jacob Elordi, who elevates a film otherwise noteworthy solely for its production design…

But… you are not allowed to create. Even a simple tune. Damn frustrating, I’d say.

You disturbed people. You were too human. Too idiosyncratic, thinking for yourself. Made people uncomfortable. So they made the following models with fewer complications.

More like machines.

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The most common criticism I see of my beloved Alien: Covenant from people who aren’t outright dismissive of the film’s sensibilities lies with its final act aboard the titular ship. The film’s gothic aesthetic and existential ruminations…