Reviews of the Bosch

Lega-sequels are all the rage these days. Any reasonably popular movie or television franchise is going to get one, it is only a matter of time. Most recently, a Days of Thunder sequel of all things has been announced. In 2026, the proliferation of revivals of media entities that were popular decades ago is indicative of a decline in creativity and risk within the whole industry and the regurgitative properties of late-stage capitalism in general. It is comical how far the billionaire moguls who run these corporations and don’t care a lick for art will go just to avoid making something new, convinced that a dedicated fanbase exists for every modestly popular thing of the last forty years and that will be what compels them to engage with this product and help it turn a profit. Legacy sequels have been around for ages though, back to times when there wasn’t so naked a cynicism around them. Return to Oz , The Color of Money , 2010: The Year We Make Contact -not all good, but they ende...

“Space… the Final Frontier.” It’s a provocative phrase, isn’t it? The Final Frontier, the last great mystery of exploration. In 1966, one of the most popular television genres was western adventure - Gunsmoke , Bonanza , Rawhide , episodic stories about life on this particular romanticized frontier were everywhere. What’s a competitive show to do but take it a step further? Where do you go once the west has been thoroughly demystified? How about a Wagon Train to the Stars? That was the phrase that one Gene Roddenberry used when pitching a series concept to Desilu Productions that would go on to be Star Trek , the basis of a sixty year television franchise (and occasionally film too ) , that would have one of the greatest out-sized impacts of a cultural phenomenon of the twentieth century. Desilu green-lit the idea (founder Lucille Ball specifically) and the rest is history. Three seasons that struggled in the ratings but gained an enormous fan following, a short-lived animated follow...