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How to Remake the Phantom Menace Part 4
A no-spoiler version of the Prequel Trilogy Imagine how awesome it would be to watch the entire Star Wars saga in chronological order and still be surprised by all the original trilogy’s twists and reveals. That is, imagine if the prequel trilogy didn’t include any original trilogy spoilers! It would be hard to accomplish, but…
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How to Remake the Phantom Menace Part 3
A no-spoiler version of the Prequel Trilogy Imagine how awesome it would be to watch the entire Star Wars saga in chronological order and still be surprised by all the original trilogy’s twists and reveals. It would be hard to accomplish, but I want to know if it’s possible to remake the prequels without including…
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Dawn of the DC Universe
(Some Spoilers for Creature Commandos) In 2025, James Gunn’s DC Universe (DCU) will begin in earnest, and every sign so far suggests it will be great. Confession time: I’ve never been a big Marvel fan. I watched and enjoyed the MCU’s Infinity War Saga, which began when I was around 8. But I started losing…
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How to Remake the Phantom Menace Part 2
How to make a no-spoiler version of the Prequel Trilogy Imagine how awesome it would be to watch the entire Star Wars saga in chronological order and still be surprised by all the original trilogy’s twists and reveals. It would be hard to accomplish, but I want to know if it’s possible. So, I’ve started…
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How to Remake the Phantom Menace Part 1
A no-spoiler version of the Prequel Trilogy (Part 2 available here) I want to preface this by saying that I love the prequel trilogy; I grew up watching them. They don’t especially need to be remade or replaced. But they do have problems, which distract from an otherwise great story about the collapse of democracy…
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Thoughts and Fiction in 2025
What’s coming in 2025: Star Wars, DC, Nintendo and more posts. We’re six days into 2025 now, and I think it’s going to be a good year. I’ve surprised myself with how consistently I’ve been posting, usually once a week (when life events don’t get in the way), but I want to do a lot…
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Warrior-Plumbers: The Mario Timeline Continued.
A while ago, I wrote a blog post about the Mario Timeline. I didn’t actually make a timeline – I’ve not played enough of the games for that – but I had some thoughts on how to make one. And, now, I’ve had some more thoughts on the matter, so I thought it was worth…
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A Smallville for Batman.
(It recently occurred to me that my blog posts constantly cycle through Zelda, Mario, and Star Wars. So now I’m also going to talk about Batman.) Spoiler alert for Gotham (2014) Batman’s origin has been done to death. But there is a reason that people keep coming back to it. It’s an interesting story (if…
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