J.D. Connor
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Reax Reax
How would you align UGC reaction videos like the Williamses with on-platform discussions like Talking Dead or recap/rewatch podcasts? Are those on a continuum or does the aggressive incorporation of fandom make the intersubjective even harder to find? ... -
The Flex Capacitor
That spot is so *looooong*. So much globuling. I am fascinated by the DeLorean, that emblem of the (dead) cinema of temporal transportation repurposed as the vehicle of gamified omni-cultural simultaneity in Ready Player One. Meanwhile the car's orig ... -
Re: SKIP INTRO
Credit where it's due
Curious about the elaborate credit sequences of prestige shows. Does that seem to you like an instance of stylistic claw-back of alternate temporalities or a doomed and desperate holding action as this implies? (https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/5/15886698/ ... -
I think we're all on board
I think we're all on board with Carl Weathers, even more with that gray goatee that he's rocking in season 2. ... -
Clean Banditry
The Bounty Hunter figure seems more than just a bandit or outlaw. By giving him a code, he partakes of a more narratively rich, more niche, but perhaps just as cliché Latinx representation: the unreliable, reformed outlaw. Mando's guild membership is ... -
Double +
I was struck by the immediate deluge of extra materials, as if the series were playing catchup to the franchise's tendency to offer more backstory than story. My rough timing: 8 episodes of the series, 323 min. total runtime incl. credits; 8 episodes ... -
Thanks, all
I knew I was taking a risk with the form here, but it seemed that if any place would let me shoot my shot it would be IMR. I just want to thank Ashley Jones and my fellow contributors for such a great week. See you all for season 2. ... -
Good Greef?
This seems right about Esposito, a performer of slow burns and sudden intensities, which raises the quesiton of Carl Weathers, his generational gravitas, and the ethically compromised middlemen of the SW universe. Is he less interesting to you because the ...