A bit past our cultural moment here, with some wild speculation that popped out when I finally sat down to wrap my head around 5G basics a few months back, when the topic was Late Night-hot. Published and edited by James Curcio, who has my humble thanks. Old SF would showcase “the terminal”, Dave speaking … Continue reading in Modern Mythologies, a rant on 5G and the future of narrative
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on Medium: How come US works?
But enough second-hand Zizek. It doesn’t matter so much, in the end, that you don’t know the specifics (well, the generics, even) of the Tethered project (chief question: what’s the Donald’s Tethered like?). As “the movies”, you’ve seen it all elaborated, somewhere, sometime (somewhat). You’re willing to concede that because, on one hand, the branching … Continue reading on Medium: How come US works?
The Tracker
True Detective is prestige pulp; we all know that. Like the Alan Moore comics that inspired him, Nic Pizzolato pairs the unserious with literary aims and structures. It works. His season arcs end redemptively, with his hard-boiled men (they'd be funny if they weren't so well-acted) finding their soft spot and sticking with it, for … Continue reading The Tracker
Pocket Monsters (I Wanna Be The Very Best) | a remix
Gary extends his hand and his fingers dance absently over the head of his Zapagochi, between its long yellow ears. Small electric charges tickle him, making him smile. The Zapagochi was his first monster. He remembers how he would hear his parents scream at each other as a small boy with toy robots in his … Continue reading Pocket Monsters (I Wanna Be The Very Best) | a remix
The Batmen Came | a mash-up; after Gil-Scott Heron
The batmen came and kicked us while we were already down. They hit us with billy clubs and loosed the dogs on us. We heard their capes spread on the night breeze, heard the jackboots hit the concrete. And we said the batmen are coming, the batmen are here. Caught glimpse of leather glisten in the … Continue reading The Batmen Came | a mash-up; after Gil-Scott Heron
on Medium: Nothing Really Matters
Much can be made of Bohemian Rhapsody the movie shitposting Bohemian Rhapsody the song’s bad reviews in a sequence that resembles a bizarro trailer within the movie it advertises. It’s as if Bohemian Rhapsody the film anticipates its own critical brush-off and clues the viewer in to preemptively sneer at it together like defiant Brexiteers. … Continue reading on Medium: Nothing Really Matters
Does the Devil forgive?
Near the end of this year's Daredevil (that's season 3 if you come from the future), Matt gets asked something you wouldn't expect his knuckle-bruising services to deliver: he gets asked to "Forgive us". Of course Daredevil the show has a prominent Christian component. And of course superheroes, like the harrower of hell, deliver salvation. But … Continue reading Does the Devil forgive?
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