Monthly Archives: April 2017

Titles of Interest – Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives

April 25th, 2017 | Posted in Frankenstein, horror, Mary Shelley, science fiction

Monstrous Progeny: A History of the Frankenstein Narratives Lester D. Friedman and Allison B. Kavey Rutgers University Press, 2016 Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so […]

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HBO’s homage to the original “Westworld”

April 24th, 2017 | Posted in music, science fiction, Westworld

Previously I’ve commented on my appreciation for the 1973 science fiction film, Westworld, as well as how much I enjoyed the premiere episode for the HBO television series reimagining from 2016 (as well as some of my own theological reflections on it). Last weekend I added a subscription to HBO as another part of my […]

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“The Last Jedi” and Religious Disillusionment

April 21st, 2017 | Posted in religion, science fiction, Star Wars

There is an interesting essay by Britton Peele at GuideLive that connects dots between the trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi and contemporary dissatisfaction with institutional religion. The piece is titled “How Luke’s words in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ mimic real-world disillusionment with religion.” In the trailer Luke can be heard saying, “I […]

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Saw Gerrera: patriots, terrorists, and perspectives

April 5th, 2017 | Posted in Star Wars, terrorism

A quotation from the Star Wars franchise character Saw Gerra makes for an interesting reflection related to current events. For those that don’t know about this character, here’s some background from StarWars.Wikia.com: Saw Gerrera was a human male resistance fighter who, as a leading member of the Onderon rebels, fought against the Confederacy of Independent […]

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“War for the Planet of the Apes”: Reverse dehumanization?

April 5th, 2017 | Posted in genocide, Planet of the Apes

A new trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes was recently released, and it promises to wrap up the trilogy with violent conflict as the world’s remaining humans battle the dominant ape population. Just as the original POTA films reflected their social and cultural contexts, so do the current group of Apes films. […]

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