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While the emphasis on effects became a catastrophe for science fiction, it was a relief for the capitalist culture of which ‘Star Wars’ became a symbol. Late capitalism can’t produce many new ideas any more, but it can reliably deliver technological upgrades. But ‘Star Wars’ didn’t really belong to the science fiction genre any way.

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The discussion of ‘V for Vendetta’ – on Pinocchio Theory in particular – has been far more interesting than the film deserved. Yes, there is a certain frission in seeing a major Hollywood movie refusing to unequivocally condemn terrorism, but the political analysis in the film (as in the original comic) is really rather threadbare.

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May 14, 2024

The discussion of ‘V for Vendetta’ – on Pinocchio Theory in particular – has been far more interesting than the film deserved. Yes, there is a certain frission in seeing a major Hollywood movie refusing to unequivocally condemn terrorism, but the political analysis in the film (as in the original comic) is really rather threadbare.

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May 14, 2024

Play a jungle record from 1993 to someone in 1989 and it would have sounded like something so new that it would have challenged them to rethink what music was, or could be.

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