Equilibrium Solved Dystopia
I love this movie.
Movies
Time Dilation Visualized
Or what they leave out of Project Hail Mary.
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Gladiators weren’t the NFL of Rome. “I think that’s part of the underlying fundamental problem with this film: it needs Rome to be about gladiators and thus for the Colosseum to be the symbol of Rome and the utmost expression… Read More »Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
We tend to forget that history is long. “It makes about as much sense for Rome to be invading ‘Numidia’ (which, again, the film treats as a town and not a large region) in 200 A.D. as for a film… Read More »Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
My 2025 in Movies
I do not watch as many movies as I used to, but I have still managed to see some great last year. Here is my top 10.
Collections: The Nitpicks of Power, Part III: That Númenórean Charge
Do not make shit up if it already exists. “this has been a theme of these posts but please, showrunners: when you are doing the visual design for a fantasy-historical society, you are not going to outsmart centuries of professional… Read More »Collections: The Nitpicks of Power, Part III: That Númenórean Charge
Collections: The Siege of Gondor: Part VI: Black Sails and Gleaming Banners
War works differently then you think. “That focus on morale gets to a truth about warfare: the winner of a battle is not the one that kills the most, but the one who makes the enemy run away. And the… Read More »Collections: The Siege of Gondor: Part VI: Black Sails and Gleaming Banners
Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part III: Having Fun Storming the City
So much to learn from this books, movies and an historian. “In the film, the defense of Minas Tirith collapses because Grond breaches the gate and then mountain trolls push through the defenders. Mordor triumphs by raw physical might smashing… Read More »Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part III: Having Fun Storming the City