Movies
Mjolnir’s mythic momentum
Did you know they were making a Thor movie?
Did you know Kenneth Branagh was directing it?
I cannot wrap my brain around this. I guess it’s sort of like Ang Lee and the Incredible Hulk, right? Why do these directors want to use these characters? Have they never read comic books? I think they’ve never read comic books.
If I had to rank-order Marvel superheroes in order of both personal and cultural relevance—and who doesn’t, from time to time—I wouldn’t just put Thor at the bottom of the list. I would put Thor on, like, a separate sheet of paper. I mean, come on. Sub-Mariner has more emotional resonance than Thor. Ant-Man has more emotional resonance than Thor.
Am I wrong? Does anybody out there truly love Thor? I’m convinced he has no actual fans.
Blade Runner in San Francisco
This Flickr gallery created by Britta Gustafson is a delight. She imagines Blade Runner set in San Francisco—which was of course the setting of Philip K. Dick’s original story “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.”
In the reimagined movie, where does Deckard live? How about creepy gene-engineer J. F. Sebastian? All the answers are here.
“Such a pretty city! All it needs is a few gratuitous fireballs.”
I love this genre. More movie location-scouting via Flickr, please.