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“Back To Basics or The History Device”
WRITER/COLORIST: Karl Bollers
PENCILER: Art Mawhinney
INKER: Jim Amash
LETTERER: Jeff Powell
EDITOR: J. Freddy Gabrie
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The cinema is dying. You can tell because movie theaters are slowly going the way of the rental store. I was surprised to see a Redbox at a grocery store. As more people are either uninterested in what’s coming or just waiting for streaming, as sales of DVDs and Blu-Rays has caused box stores to reduce or remove their home video sections, the movie theaters are closing. I think if it wasn’t for Fathom Events some of them might not even be around. There’s only two movie theaters near me, and one of the biggest closed recently.
Why are people not flocking to theaters anymore? Video essayer Patrick (H) Willems (not sure why the “H” is in parentheses) believes he has the answer after doing a deep dive into the mystery of what’s killing cinema. The thing is, I have my own response but because the video is over an hour and a half and my response is a full article length–which I knew before I even started writing–I’m splitting this one into two parts. Part one is today, the video itself. Part two will be the article as I break down his suspect and why I find them…suspect. Make your own notes and see if I jive with yours tomorrow, and where I agree and disagree with Willems’ examination of the clues. First: the case by Willems. Note that there will be swearing.
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Archie Comic Publications (October, 1998)
“Heroes In A Half-Shell!”
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ADAPTATION/PENCILER: Michael Dooney
INKER: Dave Garcia
COLORIST: Barry Grossman
LETTERER: Steve Lavigne
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Who Is Murdering Cinema part 2: My Response
Yesterday I posted a video by Patrick (H) Willems (really, is the “H” silent or something?) going over why he believes cinema and the movie theater experience is on the way out. He pointed to numerous suspects, and I wanted to break down each of those suspects. Since my article will be nearly as long as his video, relatively speaking anyway, my full thoughts are in this article…or so I thought before I went over 4000 words.
For those of you who missed the video and don’t want to backtrack, Willems set up numerous reasons why he thinks cinema is dying. I question his observation of SOME of the elements involved, but let’s get a few caveats in here. I’m not saying he’s wrong and I’m right. It’s theorizing for both of us. He’s more into the movie experience specifically while I look at storytelling in general, movies being one of the media formats I examine. I’m not as in love with Hollywood as he is, so my perspective comes a bit further back, as any form of storytelling interests me. The running gag is I’ll review two kids playing in a sandbox, which I actually did on Tumblr once. Really wish I kept the link to that but finding articles on Tumblr is not an easy task, even going through my own.
My deal is my point of view comes from a different place than Willems does in how he observes the topic. We also had different tastes in movies, but that doesn’t mean I look down on the movies he enjoys; it’s just rare that we’ll be interested in the same type of movie. There are points where we agree and point where we don’t. I’ll go over his list of suspects in the same order, in case you want to look at the two side by side. That’s why I linked to it at the start of this article. It opens in a new window so don’t worry about losing your place. With that, here are my thoughts on his thoughts.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on December 12, 2023 in Animation Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged cinema, commentary, movies.
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