The Post-Jedi Origins of Boba Fett We open The Book of Boba Fett’s opening chapter, Stranger in a Strange Land, with the framing of two origin stories. The first of these conveys the most traditional of origins, a look at young Boba Fett as he cradles his father’s decapitated head. It’s a scene lifted directlyContinue reading “‘From the Ashes of an Empire’ – The Book of Boba Fett Chapter One: Stranger in a Strange Land”
Author Archives: Amber Poppitt
‘Edge of the Jigsaw’ – Eternals
Character is King, Beware of Waiting In addition to the deep golds, burning oranges, luscious greens and rich blues departing us from the Marvel status quo, Chloé Zhao’s Eternals (2021) doesn’t merely differ in a visual sense of the word. A Blade Runner inspired opening crawl sets the stage for a story that stems acrossContinue reading “‘Edge of the Jigsaw’ – Eternals”
Oblivious Talks Episode 1 – Spider-Man: No Way Home and the Marvel Umbrella
I’m thrilled to reveal my first ever episode in an exciting new audio series, Oblivious Talks. In this series, I will be talking about a variety of things, from conversations about the writing process, to informal musings over various pop-culture topics that take my fancy. The intention of this podcast series is to further developContinue reading “Oblivious Talks Episode 1 – Spider-Man: No Way Home and the Marvel Umbrella”
‘Dancing with Deities’ – Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings
Widening the World of the MCU Marvel Studios has been playing a spot of catchup in recent years. After a decade of films piloted primarily by white men, the demand for more diversity within the planet’s most popular franchise found itself at breaking point. 2018 saw the release of Black Panther, a film that addressedContinue reading “‘Dancing with Deities’ – Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings”
‘Today is Tomorrow. It Happened’ – Doctor Who 13.7: Eve of the Daleks
Groundhog Day of the Daleks Doctor Who is known for taking seemingly unrelated genres and stories, only to then hurl them head on at one another. While this occasionally generates something wonderful and unique from two seemingly dissimilar narratives, it can occasionally churn out utter nonsense. If you asked me a year ago whether IContinue reading “‘Today is Tomorrow. It Happened’ – Doctor Who 13.7: Eve of the Daleks”
‘Love Like a Bomb’ – The Matrix Resurrections
Beyond a Trilogy The Matrix Trilogy (1999 -2003) wrapped up almost two decades ago, closing off with a story that pretty much plonked a lid firmly upon the box of toys the Wachowski sisters fashioned for themselves. Neo (Keanu Reeves), Trinity (Carrie-Ann Moss) and Morpheus’ (Laurence Fishburne’s) stories reached their definitive conclusions. This is perhapsContinue reading “‘Love Like a Bomb’ – The Matrix Resurrections”
‘An Unlikely Origin’ – Spider-Man: No Way Home
A Spoiler Free Review Whether or not you’ve heard all the speculation flying around this particular feature, I urge you to throw everything you’ve heard in the bin and enter this movie with a clean slate. There’s plenty of surprises in here, and not necessarily from the sorts of places you may expect. Despite allContinue reading “‘An Unlikely Origin’ – Spider-Man: No Way Home”
‘Wibbly Wobbly, Story Wory’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers
Oh, for Flux Sake Contrary to how it may appear, I’ve desperately wanted to like Flux. The scope and ambition behind such a series is one that’s hard not to admire. Opening with a series-ending cliffhanger, opting to tell a story over a single canvas stretching across time & space, not to mention the promiseContinue reading “‘Wibbly Wobbly, Story Wory’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers”
‘So Much to Explain, so Little Time’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux
Diminishing Chaos Flux’s fourth chapter falls into the usual trappings of a standard Chibnall episode. Aggressive scene hopping, people standing around explaining stuff to one another, new plot lines tumbling into the mix for the sake of “generating mystery”, B plots struggling to interlink with A plots, and seemingly random twists masquerading as enigmaticContinue reading “‘So Much to Explain, so Little Time’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux”
‘Cerebral Stowaways’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Four: Village of the Angels
Serialised Harmony This is actually a pretty darn decent episode. Perhaps the most consistent, structured, solid and entertaining instalment to the Flux serialisation to date. There’s a lot to praise Village of the Angels for, but one of the things it does exceptionally well relates to its structure and place within a serialised story. ThisContinue reading “‘Cerebral Stowaways’ – Doctor Who Flux Chapter Four: Village of the Angels”
Oblivious Insomniac 