Category: Opinion
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Looking forward to Superman 2025
A tease of nostalgia makes me excited for July. Spoilers for Superman The new teaser trailer for Superman definitely got me hooked yesterday. It’s an interesting combination of a nostalgic nod to Superman (1978), a hint of the dystopia of Man of Steel (2013), and a potential superhero team-up less…
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Are trigger warnings necessary?
How I came to believe the answer is YES. The use of a trigger warning for Wicked (2024) has recently triggered a debate around whether these warnings are needed or not. Many were up in arms, decrying the warning for discrimination against green-skinned people and cruelty to fantasy animals. Many…
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Why narrative ripples are important
Or how to stop the story drowning after treading on a butterfly Potential spoilers for House of the Dragon In September, George R. R. Martin blogged about a plot decision taken by HBO hit House of the Dragon (2022-current) which many took to be a criticism of the show. Martin…
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The Penguin is brilliant…
…I just won’t be reviewing it. For the past seven weeks, I’ve woken up on Thursday mornings, grabbed my breakfast, and parked myself in front of Agatha All Along like it was a Saturday morning cartoon and I was a child in pyjamas again. Some weeks I parked myself more eagerly…
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Just Another Day on the Internet
Does it really matter what fanfiction pairings people read? Trawling around the internet this week, I came across a video by YouTuber ColeyDoesThings which was exploring the internet drama that had apparently broken out about a birthday cake. The cake in question had been shared to X by the original…
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Inspirational Women in Fiction
Celebrating International Women’s Day – let’s inspire inclusion! It is International Women’s Day, and I thought in this article, I’d feature fictional women who have inspired inclusion for me in my life. The Women of Star Trek I think Star Trek as a franchise is a living historical documentation of…
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Why Echo is reigniting the canon debate
The latest trailer for new Disney Plus show Echo seems to confirm that the Netflix Daredevil is canon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but does it really matter when we’re playing in a multiverse? Ever since the Marvel Cinematic Universe became a pop culture phenomenon, there has been a raging…
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Time to Let Kang Go
With the confirmation that Marvel and Disney have parted ways with Jonathan Majors, it is time for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to also part ways with Kang the Conqueror. Majors was announced with much fanfare as the comic book villain back in September 2020 and I was one of the…
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