Women tend to love romance stories in which there's an alpha male who doesn't have his act entirely together. I love that type of romance, too. Hades and Persephone? Yep, love it. Beauty and the Beast? Adore it. But the 007 franchise expertly avoids the whole "I can fix him" mentality in its love story arcs despite Bond unquestionably...
In his homily during Mass yesterday, the associate priest at my parish explained that snakes are a symbol of the Devil. Even though there is scholarly evidence that Snorri Sturluson was aware of a more nuanced conception of Loki but actively suppressed and rejected it by being selective with which pre-Christian Viking Age literary sources he cited,...
The Loki TV show labels the Loki variants as devils. In the pilot, one of the main characters talks to a little boy in a church in medieval France. He's eating blue candy called Kablooie and points to a stained glass window depicting the Devil when this main character, Agent Mobius, asks who was responsible for disturbing the timeline. In...
Some people interpret Bond making love to Severine in the shower as him raping or sexually assaulting her. Now, I am aware that she was a sex slave and that some people say she could not give consent due to her past as a child prostitute. I disagree with this. There are many signs that indicate the sexual encounter between...
For those of you who don't know, October 5th is Global James Bond Day. Yesterday was the 60th anniversary of the 007 film franchise and though I'm a day late, I had to wish the movie franchise about Britain's greatest fictional secret agent a happy 60th. Here's to the next 60 years!
"The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." -Jack London
I'm very shocked and sad that Phantom Broadway is closing. But like another Phantom phan, I have no doubt that Phantom will return to Broadway with the new London production before we know it. At least Phantom Broadway is closing after it celebrates its 35th anniversary. What an amazing way to cap off a run as Broadway's longest running show! ...
There's no story without a villain, or at the very least, an antagonist. And Disney villain songs are a staple of classic Disney storytelling. So in this post I'm listing my top 3 and why they deserve the ranking I've given them, in reverse order.
One thing that bothers me is when someone on Quora submits a question about the LOTR movies and so many people submit a "but, but, but the books" answer. This post is addressed to everyone. However, it is also addressing the crowd that submits "but, but, but the books" answers to LOTR movie questions in particular. So listen up....
Despite the Phantom disguising himself as an Angel of Music and trying to corrupt Christine, the title statement of this blog post is true. The Phantom is indeed not a Satan-like character. Here's why. Satan is a fallen angel. The Phantom is not an actual angel at all, fallen or otherwise.