Americans are an odd bunch, even those of us holding on to our great heritage get a lot of that heritage wrong. Take a look at Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather. Americans can identify with the familiar aspects of the story, but there are others that feel like they would be more at home at Halloween. There are strong […]
The Dark Herald Does Not Recommend: Rebel Moon: Part One: A Child Of Fire
Zack Snyder has always been utterly dependent on his writers. There is no great shame to this. If you can accept your limits as a creative professional and admit your dependence on colaborers in other fields, it is possible to create something extraordinary. Snyder has done this on occasion. He got his start in the […]
The Dark Herald Recommends – Spy X Family Manga
The Spy x Family anime on Crunchyroll has been met with high praise from fans, and the manga, as usual, is even better as it demonstrates one of the Greek tenants of family love, Storge, which refers to familial love. I used to be a believer in writers setting up estates to protect their life’s […]
What We Know So Far About The Rumored Warner Brothers / Paramount Merger
Last week, there was a rumor that Skydance was looking into buying Paramount, or at least buying Shari Redstone’s shares of National Amusement, which amounts to the same thing as NA owns 77% of Paramount. RedBird Capital is bankrolling Skydance’s play, so it looks like there is definitely something to this. Certainly, David Zaszlav thought […]
The Dark Herald Recommends: The Great War of Archimedes
The Great War of Archimedes is of all things a drama about the building of the Yamato. I found the film intriguing because it’s an excellent example of the Japanese school of storytelling, following as it does the structure of Kishōtenketsu. The producers clearly spent a big chunk of their period piece money on the first scene. […]
The Dark Herald RE-View: The Muppet Christmas Carol
No story on Earth has been done to death as thoroughly as Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. Every possible iteration of this classic story has been made. I tried to find out how many versions there were by typing “A Christmas Carol” into the IMDB search bar, and it called me an asshole. RELATED: “Wonka” Shocks At […]
The Dark Herald: RE:Play – Doom (30th Anniversary) Video Game
PC gaming is doomed! Microsoft has bought up Blizzard and they already owned Bethesda. That’s it for the classic PC video game! It’s just gonna be consoles from now on. If it ain’t Xbox or PlayStation you ain’t playing! Game over, man. GAME OVER! Get your panties out of a knot. I’ve heard PC gaming is […]
The Dark Herald: RE: Animation – Superman (1940) And Its Cultural Appeal
The animation quality of the 1940s Superman animated serials has never been equaled since. The art design was a deco vision whose colors were vivacious, subtly layered, and vibrant. The character movement was analog realistic. There was nothing it didn’t get right. And no one has come close to recreating its level of artwork in a superhero cartoon since. […]
The Dark Herald: The Wolves are Circling Disney With Reedy Creek Legal Problems
I am not sure how far Reedy Creek is going to reach. Sure, anybody who looked at it figured Mickey the Great and Terrible had a hand in that cookie jar, but we also figured that RCID was too much of a golden goose to risk throwing away. The real gold mine for Disney is […]
