Some thoughts

Lately there hasn't been much in the way of films or TV series that I've been looking forward to, until now. First up: Star Wars Visions: The concept is reminiscent of the Animatrix, which was one of the first DVDs I ever bought (!) Given the studio's involved this hopefully won't be full of the woke nonsense that derailed the live-action films. Second, it seems Amazon will be releasing the final Rebuild of Evangelion film, Evangelion 3.0+1.01: I was hoping that this would come out while I was in Asia but it wasn't to be. Hard to believe it's been 14 years now since the first of these films came out!  

The Spectator asks ' Why is cinema obsessed with remakes? Because it's a lower risk than a new project due to audience recognition of the branding. Simples

 I happened to notice this film was on tv Saturday night. I haven't seen it since it came out and started watching to see if my initial impression of it was correct- that it starts off ok (but with some flaws), but all goes south from the point when it's revealed that Benedict Cummerbund's character was KHAAAN! The problems with this film have been pointed out many times already, but I got thinking: how could this film be fixed? To start with, I'd have to go back to Star Trek (2009), which I still find enjoyable despite the poor sequels. I liked how they used time travel to make a new timeline, thereby allowing the original canon to exist, and it was a good idea how the death of Kirks' dad and absence from his life has changed his personality. (I really like the opening sequence and still find it powerful)  For me, the biggest mistake was trying to set up the classic series in one go, it's ridiculous how Kirk gets promoted from cadet to captain at the end, and...

 ' We will change you, Dr. Jones, all of you, from the inside. We will turn you into us. And the best part? You won't even know it's happening.' Col. Dr. Irina Spalko, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull I noticed this line while watching this film on C4 this evening, and can't help wonder how much of the current madness is the legacy of Soviet psyops undermining Western institutions....