Minority Mindset

I’m really excited to hear that James Wan’s Atomic Monster and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse are making a movie out of ‘The Exorcism at 1600 Penn’! I loved that comic book series – it was created and written by Hannah Rose May and originally published by IDW. The artwork was incredible too, thanks to Vanesa Del Rey’s illustrations and Jordie Bellaire’s coloring. I can’t wait to see how they bring that story to the big screen.

Many anthology series, like True Detective and Fargo, stumble with certain seasons or episodes. While Love, Death, and Robots has standout moments, it’s not consistently great. However, shows like Joe Swanberg’s Easy and the original The Twilight Zone manage to be consistently excellent throughout.

The episode ends with a fight between Dunk and Aerion, the future king. Aerion was cruelly injuring a performer, Tanselle, because her play showed a dragon being killed – he apparently saw this as a challenge to his family’s power. When Dunk intervened, Aerion demanded Dunk’s teeth be broken. However, Egg stopped the fight by revealing he was Aerion’s brother and commanded the knights to stand down, threatening them with his father’s wrath if they didn’t.

Episode three of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, called “The Squire,” serves as a harsh reality check for Dunk (Peter Claffey) about what it truly means to be a knight. It’s striking that Dunk, who came from the rough streets of Flea Bottom and was raised by a flawed mentor, is learning these lessons in a similar way to Sansa, who had a privileged upbringing in Winterfell with a loving family. This episode shows Dunk actively choosing to remain naive as a way to stay hopeful in a difficult world. As the first season reaches its midpoint, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has spent enough time with lighthearted moments and is now preparing for more serious challenges ahead.

Since its release a few weeks ago, Starfleet Academy has sparked a lot of debate among Star Trek fans, with many leaving negative reviews. The main criticism is that the show doesn’t capture the feeling of Star Trek. Aside from unfair complaints about the show’s content, a key reason for this different feel is that the characters are mostly young adults. Robert Picardo recently discussed this change in an interview.

Animation is a fantastic fit for superhero stories, allowing for incredibly grand and imaginative worlds and characters. While some animated superhero films have reached the same iconic status as live-action movies, many others have sadly been overlooked.