If you were to look up the word “Hubris” in the dictionary one should not be surprised to find the definition altered to now describe it as, “A quality of extreme or foolish pride or dangerous overconfidence i.e. Warner Brothers and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.”
Tag: Fantasy
Clash of the Titans (2010) – Review
There is no greater example of Hollywood’s love for “Brand Recognition” than the Warner Bros remake of the 1981 fantasy film Clash of the Titans, as no one owns the copyrights to the Greek Myths the only reason to use that title was in the hopes of cashing in on the nostalgia people felt towards…
Clash of the Titans (1981) From Myth to Movie
If you have spent any amount of time reading about the Greek gods the one big takeaway will be that the gods were a bunch of colossal dicks. Take every human foible, explode them way out of proportion, give them all various superpowers and that is basically the Greek gods, but this also made for…
John Carter of Mars: Edgar Rice Burroughs – Book Review
John Carter of Mars is the eleventh and final book in the Barsoom series and collects the two stories titled “John Carter and the Giant of Mars,” published in 1941 within the pages of Amazing Stories, and “The Skeleton Men of Jupiter,” published in 1943 also in Amazing Stories.
Doctor Strange (2016) – Review
Despite having a long and illustrious career in comic books the character of Doctor Strange, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko way back in the 60s, has never quite reached mass public consciousness in the way as say Spider-Man or Captain America, but now that the Marvel brand has produced box office hit after…