Sublime, really. Good sci-fi is always concerned with the human experience on the edge of the human experience, in pushing past what is real and imagining what is possible. And really good sci-fi never loses track of the people living their mundane lives on that razorblade. Tomino is the absolute king when it comes to that aspect, not afraid to show people being people, saying strange things, doing strange things, living strange ways. And Blade Runner is wonderfully human in…

“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” - Matthew 10:34

“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” - Isaiah 53:3

“And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he…

"I'm pretty much the same person."
"No, you changed."

Charming as all get out, obviously, and Benicio was born to be here. The characters in Anderson films are always so heightened, but he makes it work because of the truly human bits he allows to slip through the veneer: the little looks, the hesitations, the yelling matches bursting out of nowhere before being tamped back down almost immediately. He could do naturalistic if he wanted, so it's a decision to…

Saw this on Tuesday and just haven't had a free moment to tie down my thoughts. I'm not sure I have much to add anyway; overall thoughts are pretty simple at least: it's got the juice. Sure, the first bit is a bit long and referential, but like, come on man, this team has put in the bloody work for a few pats on the back. The characters have chemistry and heart; the narrative has drive and delightful cheese; the…

One of the ironic stories of pop culture is how Warhammer 40k was started as a parody and deconstruction of hyper masculinity but then became exactly what it was parodying when the people who had grown up loving it started writing and deg its continuing world. I'm sure there's more to it than that, but it's really interesting how often we love something simply for its aesthetic, especially things we grew up with. For kids, that's kinda all pop culture…