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It 2017 – nostalgia and criticism

The 1990 miniseries adaptation if It was my gateway into the horror genre. I was too young at the time to see it as a coming-of-age story that unfairly gave physical form to the terrors each individual faced growing up. Indeed, if my mother had realised that the blood exploding from Beverly’s bathroom sink was a metaphor for the dread of menstruation and the implications of impending womanhood in the face of a possessively protective single father, I don’t think that twelve-year-old David and his three siblings (youngest age five) would have been allowed to go anywhere near it.

I haven’t watched Tim Curry’s outstanding performance as Pennywise since the 90s, but It has always been a standard that I hold all other horror up to, and while I’m not a fan of Hollywood’s obsession with reboots, remakes, and sequels, I was excited and curious to see how it would turn out. Overall, I had a good time. Well, I can’t really say that. My relationship with horror is such that I tend to look away at the most tense or violent moments. I stay and watch despite myself. Overall, my objectives in watching the film were fulfilled.

Brave the spoilers below at your peril…

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Nazis invade in IRON SKY

I know you never thought I’d be back, but here I am and I come in peace! No, this isn’t some sort of apology, it’s actually an attempt to liken my absence to that of the Nazis in Iron Sky. Ok a bit of a stretch, so let’s move on.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, Iron Sky is a Finnish/German/Australian collaborative production. It was crowd-funded and heavily supported by social media. For years, they ran a strong campaign to get funding and investment, as well as get community participation in the actual production.

That’s all good and well, but what about the movie itself? Well, when I first heard about it (I can’t even recall how long ago that was), I remember thinking, “Nazis in space? How could that be anything less than awesome?” You could obviously tell from the teaser art and footage that this was going to be a highly camp, over-the-top film.

On paper, this movie has all the makings of a flop:

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Message from the Iron Sky: We Come In Peace

I’ve been excited about Iron Sky for a while. And now they’ve set a launch date of 4 April 2012.

If you doubt their intentions, they have a new message for you:

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Who shall sit upon the Iron Throne?

Getting more and more excited!

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Watch The Expendables or risk losing your manhood

For those who don’t know it, The Expendables is Sylvester Stallone’s all-star action movie. It’s guaranteed to be a great nostalgic revisiting of a genre of film that has fallen into disrepair. This fan has a challenge to the men of the world:

I’m with him. This is movie you shouldn’t be seeing on your computer screen, or even burned to DVD and watched on your 46 inch plasma. Buy a fucking movie ticket and see it the way action movies should be seen: in a theatre on a huge silver screen, with a sound system you could never hope to own.