Category: FRANCHISE REWIND
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FRANCHISE REWIND: The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
The Matrix Reloaded, 2003 (Keanu Reeves) Warner Bros. “Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without.” Sequels come about for different reasons. Sometimes (very rarely) it’s the continuation of a story. Most times it’s a different story with characters from the previous movie dropped in to chart their own evolution. Of…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix, 1999 (Keanu Reeves) Warner Bros. “There is no spoon.” How much of The Matrix makes sense and how much of The Matrix doesn’t make sense? Let’s try to break it down from the perspective of a computer (at least what I understand about computers). If you want to be stupid about it, computers…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park, 1993 (Sam Neill) Universal Pictures “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.” I don’t know why we didn’t get around to seeing Jurassic Park in its original run. Maybe I was working, but I did eventually get down to the…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Batman (1989)
It should be noted that while Bob Kane is credited as the creator or “co-creator” of Batman, Kane’s contribution appeared to be nothing more than the name, “Batman.” Bill Finger created all other aspects of the character and the situations he would encounter. He died penniless in 1974 while Kane (like Stan Lee, who engaged…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard, 1988 (Bruce Willis) 20th Century Fox “Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho.” Moonlighting in 1984 was like a breath of fresh air in the rapidly stagnating crime-drama genre of television. It was an effortless mix of hot topics and an urbane approach to comedy. Cybill Shepherd played Maddie Hayes, recently…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon, 1987 (Mel Gibson/Danny Glover) Warner Bros. “I don’t make things complicated. That’s the way they get, all by themselves.” I don’t know if it was Lethal Weapon specifically, but some movie made in the mid-to-late ’80s influenced an entire subgenre of low-budget action movies that were released either in theaters or direct-to-video. If…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Back to the Future, Part III (1990)
Back to the Future, Part III, 1990 (Michael J. Fox) MCA/Universal “Marty, the future isn’t written. It can be changed. You know that. Anyone can make their future whatever they want it to be. I can’t let this one little photograph determine my entire destiny. I have to live my life according to what I…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Ghostbusters Afterlife (2021)
Ghostbusters Afterlife, 2021 (McKenna Grace) Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing “This isn’t a farm, It’s a trap.” Oh my God, I feel so dirty after watching this movie! It might make me feel better to know that Ivan, and his son, Jason Reitman, as well as Dan Aykroyd’s respective hearts were in the right place, but…
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FRANCHISE REWIND: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, 2005 (Ewan McGregor) 20th Century Fox/Lucasfilm “Only a Sith deals in absolutes.” Does it change your estimation of a movie’s story to know the outcome before it begins? Like knowing the ending of Titanic; the ship must sink regardless of Jack’s love for Rose. Was there…
Misadventures in Blissville 