I disagree. Almost all the best Godzilla movies are not escapist - the original one, Godzilla, GMK, Shin Godzilla, this one. Godzilla would have hardly been the icon he is, if the first one wasn't so close to home. As for the msin character - a man suffering fom PRSD and survivor guilt is an interesting antagonist snd he grows out of it. If Godzilla is a god, he is the god of trauma. Arguably he rampages to process the trauma of what was done to him. This is most evident 8nnShin Godzilla ehere the creature lumbers through Tokyo because of the constant point he can't stand in one place
I think we saw two different stories. This was a great redemptive story with Godzilla as a side character. In this story, unlike Monsterverse, we really care about the people and their lives as they rebuild after the war. Then Godzilla shows up. This movie has some of the best action sequences I've ever seen in the franchise. Can you actually say with a straight face that the water sequence didn't have you at the edge of your seat when we first saw Godzilla's transformation? I don't know what movie you went to, but the audience was eating it up with gasps. I give you the fact that it's all rehashed from previous movies, but how they did it made it fresh, exciting, and new. And remember, it was only supposed to be out in the US for at most two weeks, which spread to two months. And the only reason they pulled it from here is because of a contractual agreement not to compete with Monsterverse, which came out Feb/March. And I saw it three times and was looking for a fourth. This was a great movie and story. I don't know how they are going to top this.
Ive never been able to get through his novels; I find them turgid and meandering for the most part, and with too many characters and tangential plotlines in his most self-indulgent stories (eg, The Dark Tower series). The only novel I was able to finish was The Green Mile, which I was introduced to through the serialization. Like many of his stories, I was almost immediately sucked into it and couldn’t put it down-at first. Then the mystical components became clear, he introduced yet another Magical Negro character, and it just turned into a slog for me. I finished it as an endurance test. I’ve always loved his short stories; when he’s able to be constrained his writing is much more under control. I don’t think he gets much editorial input these days; no one wants to say No to the “genius”…
This is what we get for forcing this franchise to live way longer than it ever needed to and forcing the creators to cast aside their original idea and intent in the first place which was to create an anthology franchise.
This was done a month ago. Well, it looks like his prediction will come true after all. It took a Republican to rescue the city last time but that was the left locked them up. Nobody coming to the rescue now. The sequel "Escape from LA" is also in production.
Sad... I was always hoping for Waxworks 3. 😔. Despite only making a few horror movies, Anthony will always be up there with the greats like Carpenter and Craven... in my eyes.
Nice video, but you mispronounced LaCroix. Second, the third season wasn't all bad. Yes, the powers that be at USA basically finished Forever Knight. If it had not been for Geraint Wyn Davies, they would have gotten rid of Catherine Disher as well. The new characters in season 3 were not all bad. Yes, if the PTB had left it alone and not cut the budget, it might have lasted longer.
well when I watched it back in 81 I already knew it was satire, and far fetched, yes the crime rates in US cities were very high at the tie, but nope I did not think things would come to this. in the future.
Carpenter was making an apocalyptic Sci fi movie. He wasn't making real life predictions. This is a completely juvenile and stupid reading of the film.
People are literally escaping NY and it`s "sequel" LA in droves for better pastures, he predicted the authoritarian regimes and that only the degenerate would live in them. He was spot on, on all accounts!
This is a really silly critique of John Carpenter's predictions of what society might look like in the future. Every movie producer makes predictions regarding of what the society looks like in the future for their science fiction movies. Some are fairly accurate, some not so much. That being said a lot of their predictions are based on the current events going on at the time. In the late 1970's violent crime was on the rise, and continued to increase through the 1980's.
Typical of Woke Cultists like the person who made this video. Cringe when he called John's concepts as problematic. That's like calling George Orwell unfounded.
I liked the plot as an intriguing fantasy but even in 1981 I knew there was no way the rich would willingly give up the most valuable real estate on the planet.
@@darthkek1953 I have to disagree with you on that one. The rich briefly left NYC during the pandemic in 2020 but they came back starting in late. 2021. Today tax revenue is at record levels and climbing. Wealthy foreigners are paying for empty condos just to park their money here. The only people leaving are the middle-class, who have been priced out of the city, sadly. The astronomical crime rate that EFNY predicted never happened; quite the opposite, it dropped dramatically. (I know all this in large part because I have been selling real estate in NYC since 1996.)
@@MrEab2010 wages are rising fast due to inflation - but any aggregate rise of wages means more tax revenue. Fine and dandy. But the trouble is what you can GET from that money is less than in pervious years due to... inflation, interest, etc. So it doesn't matter what the GROSS taxes revenues rise is, what matters is the "REAL TERMS" tax rises. That is, how much % tax did NYC get _above the rate of inflation?_ If inflation is 10% and your tax base rises 11% that's a 1% "real terms" increase. If inflation is 10% and you get a "record setting 9% addition tax revenue" then the "record setting rise" is a 1% decrease in real terms. So I ask, what's the REAL TERMS rise?
@@darthkek1953 you're right that wages have not kept pace with inflation, especially went it comes to rent and house purchases in places like NYC. Why? It's the greedy landlords. To rent an average studio apartment in the NY/NJ metro area (about $3000), you need an annual income of $120,000. For a 1-bedroom ($3800), it's $152,000. No wonder young people either room with friends or go back home to mom and dad. 25 years ago it was less than half that amount - on roughly the same salary! (Luckily I live in a rent-controlled apartment or I'd have to move too.) Why do the landlords do it? Because they can!
@@MrEab2010 I didn't way wages hadn't risen with inflation. I mean, they haven't, but that was not my point. Wages HAVE risen. Not as much as inflation or rent, but they have risen. That means taxes will rise JUST because of wage rises (about 5%). So one would expect a near 5% tax rise from that alone. But it's not a win if the taxes go up 5% but the costs go up 8%.
I have recently bought this series on DVD. I remember watching it in the 90s but I can't remember what happened. It's going to be my summer time viewing. Thanks for uploading! 🧛♂️
Dracula was simply a success upon release, and almost immediately translated to all major languages around the world. Everything else is a myth. Many _critics_ dismissed it, of course they did.
Thanks so much for watching the video. According to our research, Dracula was only a modest success upon publication. It only became truly popular after the stage adaptation, decades later. This article expands on the subject: www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dracula-goes-on-sale-in-london
@@thedarkfantasticnetwork Good, now it was at least a _modest_ success according to you. Dracula was never regarded as "fine" literature -- not even Stoker's friend Mark Twain took his serious as an author -- but the novel appealed to readers in general.
I read the book. You are right. Bram Stoker's Dracula Isn't Really About Sex which actually surprised me. I think Hollywood overblows the book with their film adaptations by adding sex or sexual innuendos in it. But to be fair, if they did follow the book, it wouldn't be that entertaining.
Marvel Comics took the Varney character and transformed him into Earth's first vampire originating from Atlantis (spelled "Varnae"), who escaped before it sank below the ocean and quickly developed a reputation as Lord of Vampires. But by the 15th Century, he was tired of his eternal life and personally chose his successor: Vlad Dracula. He manipulated events to ensure that Dracula was turned into a vampire, and Varnae eventually allowed Dracula to kill him, drain HIS blood, and take his place as Lord of Vampires. I never read the original Varney novel. I really should one of these days.
Dracula was also able to go out during the day but his powers were greatly weakened by sunlight. Sunlight didn’t become fatal to vampires until FW Murnau’s 1922 silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.
the fact that castlevania included him i think is the neatest touch to the story. the inclusion of him, carmilla and saint germaine show how much research into vampire lore they did
You have no idea how much I love Varney The Vampire (and yes, like the commenter below, I read the ENTIRE book). I love how complex a character he is, at times he is evil, then indifferent and then helpful (I suppose). You have no idea how much I would love to see a film of this story. I also love that he is described as hideous too. I find that strangely attractive. 😀
I read The Feast of Blood when I was in high school!! I loved it (and yes, I read the *whole* thing, 2 volumes of teeny-tiny print, about 4,000,000 chapters!). But I still loved it. I was really into vampires then, and I'd never heard of Varney, but the bookstore guy had a copy in, so I grabbed it. I still have it, too. Glad to see it hasn't fallen into the cracks of vampire history!
