I recently had a chance to checkout Wonder Woman 1984 and found it a very enjoyable and imaginative episode in the adventures of the Amazonian demigoddess superhero. It is a tale extolling the virtue of truth over lies, selflessness over selfishness, frugality over greed. Lies, deceptions and falsities are typically employed for illicit gains motivated … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984: Can Heroes Be Made from Lies?
What Can the Avengers Tell Us About Truly Great People?
Avengers: End Game is a great movie worth seeing over and over again. It is the long-awaited sequel to Avengers: Infinity War and the final installment to the Infinity Saga series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.1 Infinity War and End Game are stories that illustrate the one quality common to truly great people. What is … Continue reading What Can the Avengers Tell Us About Truly Great People?
What Makes Captain Marvel a Noble Hero?
One of the more enjoyable 2019 movies I seen was Captain Marvel.* It is a great sci-fi flick! What makes Captain Marvel so great? She is a noble hero. Her nobility comes because out of ignorance she becomes enlightened with the truth and then takes actions to do the right thing. She defends the defenseless … Continue reading What Makes Captain Marvel a Noble Hero?
Howz About Seeing Solo?
One of my must-see movies for 2018 was Solo: A Star Wars Story, while it received some lukewarm reviews, I still thought it was a decent expanded universe tale. Not the best in the series, like New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, or Rogue One but far from the mediocre ones like Attack of the Clones … Continue reading Howz About Seeing Solo?
Dawn of Justice and Victorious Sacrifice
Superman dies! A few months back I went to see this way over-due production, and the scene was visually shocking, yet expected. This was the way things ended in the comic bout with Doomsday. Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice’s twist was the foe was something created by arch-nemesis Lex Luthor. This is all part … Continue reading Dawn of Justice and Victorious Sacrifice