series, Uncategorized

1259 – Swamp Thing (2019 TV series)

timespace coordinates: 2010’s Marais, Louisiana

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Swamp Thing is an American superhero horror web television series based on the DC Comics character of the same name. The ten-episode series premiered May 31, 2019, on DC Universe. Despite positive reviews, the series was canceled shortly after its first episode aired. (wiki)

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documentary

1256 – Hail Satan? (2019 documentary)

Hail Satan? is a 2019 American documentary film about The Satanic Temple, including its origins and grassroots political activism. Directed by Penny Lane, the film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The film shows Satanists working to preserve the separation of church and state against the perceived privilege of the Christian right. (wiki)

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movies

1255 – Brightburn (2019)

timespace coordinates: 2006 – 2018 Brightburn, Kansas

PrintBrightburn is a 2019 American superhero horror film directed by David Yarovesky and produced by James Gunn and Kenneth Huang. It stars Elizabeth BanksDavid Denman and Jackson A. Dunn. The film is a horror take on the Superman origin/mythos.

(Superman traditionally stands for “truth, justice and the American way”. The essay Caitlyn is writing when she’s visited by Brandon is “The Decline of Truth and Justice in the Modern World”, identifying Brandon as a twisted, dark version of Superman born from the death of the values that the original one embodied.)

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animation, movies

1248 – Dumbo (2019)

timespace coordinates: 1919  Joplin, Missouri / Dreamland in New York City

the first of five live-action or photo-realistically computer-generated remakes of prior traditionally-animated films that Disney has slated for release in 2019, along with AladdinThe Lion KingMaleficent: Mistress of Evil, and Lady and the Tramp. (wiki)

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movies

1245 – Reign of Fire (2002)

timespace coordinates: London / Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England 2020 AD

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The film is set in England twenty years after London tunneling project workers inadvertently awakened dragons from centuries of slumber and the creatures have subsequently replaced humans as the dominant species on Earth. With the fate of mankind at stake, two surviving parties, led by Quinn Abercromby (Bale) and Denton Van Zan (McConaughey), find that they must work together to hunt down and destroy the beasts in a desperate attempt to take back the world. (wiki)

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animation

1239 – Le grand méchant renard et autres contes… (2017)

The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales…  is a 2017 French/Belgian animated anthology comedy film directed by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert, adapted from Renner’s own comic books The Big Bad Fox and Un bébé à livrer. Originally conceived as half-hour TV specials, the three segments are linked together by a frame narrative. (wiki)

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movies

1237 – Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

timespace coordinates: 1916  – 1941 London / Cotchford Farm, the northern edge of Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, South East England.

Goodbye Christopher Robin is a 2017 British biographical drama film about the lives of Winnie-the-Pooh creator A. A. Milne and his family, especially his son Christopher Robin. It was directed by Simon Curtis and written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Simon Vaughan, and stars Domhnall GleesonMargot Robbie, and Kelly Macdonald. (wiki)

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