Abraham Kawa
@bram-kawa.bsky.social
Writer of stuff. Reader and reviewer of more.
Yeah, if Moorcock made BEHOLD THE MAN work, why not Sonny and Cher?
Don't these two look like SF novel protagonists, btw? (Or classic Doctor Who companions, at least?)
Don't these two look like SF novel protagonists, btw? (Or classic Doctor Who companions, at least?)
October 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Yeah, if Moorcock made BEHOLD THE MAN work, why not Sonny and Cher?
Don't these two look like SF novel protagonists, btw? (Or classic Doctor Who companions, at least?)
Don't these two look like SF novel protagonists, btw? (Or classic Doctor Who companions, at least?)
Reading these so we don't. Have a better one next time, my friend.
(Maybe if it was THE LONELINESS OF SONNY AND CHER, and all about how they ended up in a time loop singing the same damn earworm every morning...😉)
(Maybe if it was THE LONELINESS OF SONNY AND CHER, and all about how they ended up in a time loop singing the same damn earworm every morning...😉)
October 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Reading these so we don't. Have a better one next time, my friend.
(Maybe if it was THE LONELINESS OF SONNY AND CHER, and all about how they ended up in a time loop singing the same damn earworm every morning...😉)
(Maybe if it was THE LONELINESS OF SONNY AND CHER, and all about how they ended up in a time loop singing the same damn earworm every morning...😉)
...with some fava beans and a nice communion wine.
September 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
...with some fava beans and a nice communion wine.
No wonder he's one of my favourite writers. As is Westlake, with his capital punishment on adverbs.
September 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No wonder he's one of my favourite writers. As is Westlake, with his capital punishment on adverbs.
You boldly went where so many have gone before, including the whole of STAR TREK.
September 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
You boldly went where so many have gone before, including the whole of STAR TREK.
"Bill And Ted Wait for Godot" is the sequel I never knew I wanted so much before now. I hope someone films this performance for posterity.
September 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"Bill And Ted Wait for Godot" is the sequel I never knew I wanted so much before now. I hope someone films this performance for posterity.
Ah! I stand corrected. Never seen that. Did you like the Irons one any better?
September 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Ah! I stand corrected. Never seen that. Did you like the Irons one any better?
"AI-powered Catholic Priest" sounds like the superhero origin of an EXORCIST reboot.
September 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"AI-powered Catholic Priest" sounds like the superhero origin of an EXORCIST reboot.
I never finished THE BORGIAS. It looked splendid, but I kept thinking that it should have been down in a few episodes instead of going on forever, and that it would have been better if they had based it on the comic written by Jodorowsky and drawn by Manara.
September 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I never finished THE BORGIAS. It looked splendid, but I kept thinking that it should have been down in a few episodes instead of going on forever, and that it would have been better if they had based it on the comic written by Jodorowsky and drawn by Manara.
GONE WITH THE WIND! Again!
September 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
GONE WITH THE WIND! Again!
I saw both of them in the theater, and while I liked them, I had issues with both (needless to say, different issues, but still), so it sounds about right.
July 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I saw both of them in the theater, and while I liked them, I had issues with both (needless to say, different issues, but still), so it sounds about right.
This take actually made its debut in John Byrne's MAN OF STEEL comics in 1986, and Superman disobeying the will of Jor-El goes even further back to the climax of the '78 film. It's also a part of Americana to forsake one's heritage. All this aside, I think it damages more than it fixes here.
July 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This take actually made its debut in John Byrne's MAN OF STEEL comics in 1986, and Superman disobeying the will of Jor-El goes even further back to the climax of the '78 film. It's also a part of Americana to forsake one's heritage. All this aside, I think it damages more than it fixes here.
It was fairly easy to see back when they brought the Christopher Reeve movies out on DVD, as Mole Men was an extra. So, unless nobody saw those DVDs, plenty of folks have seen it. Some respect for that audience? And anyway, it's the job of critics to watch stuff first and tell folks about it.
July 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It was fairly easy to see back when they brought the Christopher Reeve movies out on DVD, as Mole Men was an extra. So, unless nobody saw those DVDs, plenty of folks have seen it. Some respect for that audience? And anyway, it's the job of critics to watch stuff first and tell folks about it.
Not rating each movie as per its own merit and goals rather than "how Superman should be" and omitting the Donner Cut of II are, imho, grave errors.
And no Mole Men? Why? Haven't you seen it? A comprehensive ranking would include every live action big screen Superman, including the 1948 serial.
And no Mole Men? Why? Haven't you seen it? A comprehensive ranking would include every live action big screen Superman, including the 1948 serial.
July 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Not rating each movie as per its own merit and goals rather than "how Superman should be" and omitting the Donner Cut of II are, imho, grave errors.
And no Mole Men? Why? Haven't you seen it? A comprehensive ranking would include every live action big screen Superman, including the 1948 serial.
And no Mole Men? Why? Haven't you seen it? A comprehensive ranking would include every live action big screen Superman, including the 1948 serial.
As for Wilson's, it sounds fab. Like one of those Corman Poe films with Vincent Price. Cheers!
June 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
As for Wilson's, it sounds fab. Like one of those Corman Poe films with Vincent Price. Cheers!
And let's not forget I AM SCROOGE where it all takes a turn, as the saying goes.
Seriously, unless someone does the original Matheson Hammer script for I AM LEGEND, I'm so ready for this one (as has been Bill Nighy for decades now, I'm sure. Can we convince him to do the audio book, at least?)
Seriously, unless someone does the original Matheson Hammer script for I AM LEGEND, I'm so ready for this one (as has been Bill Nighy for decades now, I'm sure. Can we convince him to do the audio book, at least?)
June 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
And let's not forget I AM SCROOGE where it all takes a turn, as the saying goes.
Seriously, unless someone does the original Matheson Hammer script for I AM LEGEND, I'm so ready for this one (as has been Bill Nighy for decades now, I'm sure. Can we convince him to do the audio book, at least?)
Seriously, unless someone does the original Matheson Hammer script for I AM LEGEND, I'm so ready for this one (as has been Bill Nighy for decades now, I'm sure. Can we convince him to do the audio book, at least?)
Fascinating question. As a postmodernist, I'm inclined to wonder if he is a) saved b) tricked into some self-deluded illusion of it by bad dreams and too much Welsh rarebit or c) doomed to repeat the cycle at the next telling/Christmas. 😉
June 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Fascinating question. As a postmodernist, I'm inclined to wonder if he is a) saved b) tricked into some self-deluded illusion of it by bad dreams and too much Welsh rarebit or c) doomed to repeat the cycle at the next telling/Christmas. 😉
Twice as amusing story when you count in the fact that the film's villain is an AI. Now waiting to see whether reports of the film's box office and attendance stats are also manufactured.
We've already been taken over. Not with a Matrix/Skynet bang, but with a Mission Impossible whimper.
We've already been taken over. Not with a Matrix/Skynet bang, but with a Mission Impossible whimper.
June 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Twice as amusing story when you count in the fact that the film's villain is an AI. Now waiting to see whether reports of the film's box office and attendance stats are also manufactured.
We've already been taken over. Not with a Matrix/Skynet bang, but with a Mission Impossible whimper.
We've already been taken over. Not with a Matrix/Skynet bang, but with a Mission Impossible whimper.
Absolutely lovely. 🎩
June 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Absolutely lovely. 🎩
I can only hope they will respect that and not use his likeness, voice or whatever.
June 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I can only hope they will respect that and not use his likeness, voice or whatever.
I've grown to accept Constantine over the years as an alternative Hellblazer adaptation, but if they're having script troubles now, it's partly because the first film milked all the good stuff from the comics, chewed it up and regurgitated it, and now they got nothing to draw on and go somewhere.
June 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I've grown to accept Constantine over the years as an alternative Hellblazer adaptation, but if they're having script troubles now, it's partly because the first film milked all the good stuff from the comics, chewed it up and regurgitated it, and now they got nothing to draw on and go somewhere.
Arguably, horror has always been the bastion of the indie/art film, from NOSFERATU onwards. But I totally feel you: the genre's skill to fly under the radar gives it so much leeway to try stuff no one else will do these days.
June 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Arguably, horror has always been the bastion of the indie/art film, from NOSFERATU onwards. But I totally feel you: the genre's skill to fly under the radar gives it so much leeway to try stuff no one else will do these days.