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Are you a Malthusian villain?

I’m always surprised how often people are willing to repeat Malthusian statements made by the villains in superhero movies like “human beings are a cancer on the planet” with stopping and thinking…

…wait, didn’t the villain say that?

Thanks to Ty Sowry and Allen Howell for comments and today’s most discussed thread in the Science Fiction community.

Further thoughts on the Malthusian villain and how to avoid sounding like one on the Science Fiction channel…

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The neo-religions of science fiction

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James Gunn made me cry

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Every way Dune 2 could be a total catastrophe

Dune is a story about men in rubber suits fighting over who gets to eat the poop of giant sand worms.

There’s a lot of ways telling that story on a cinema screen can go HORRIBLY wrong.

Even after the success of Dune part 1 – which I consider to be a masterpiece – Denis Villeneuve has an uphill fight to repeat the trick with DUNE 2.

As a lesson in narrative craft and storytelling, it’s valuable to think through what those challenges are and how the story will have to be adapted to prevent it being a total…

…DUNETASTROPHE

TRIGGER WARNING – contains criticism of Frank Herbert and the essentially gendered nature of archetypal storytelling.

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Rogue One was Disney’s biggest mistake

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Isaac Asimov’s 3 Laws are TRASH

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Philip K Dick’s handbook of narrative warfare

Philip K Dick’s The Man In The High Castle is a novel about one of the most complex ideas in our world. The way stories shape perception, and the war between narratives. This long-form audio commentary builds on ideas in the video essay Lady Gaga in The Man in the High Castle. Members of the Science Fiction community can listen to the full commentary on the member RSS podcast feed.

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The latent spaces of Neuromancer

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A very metamodern Batman

What would a metamodern Batman movie look like? Find out in this audio commentary to accompany the Incel Batman video essay on the Science Fiction channel.

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The philosophy of Video Games

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The meaning of US in The Last of Us

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Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse (Is Bullsh*t)

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