John

Don Coscarelli directed one of my favorite films, Bubba Ho-Tep. The film has an odd sense of humor; it stars Bruce Campbell as Sebastian Haff, a man who claims to be the late Elvis Presley. With the help of JFK (Ossie Davis), the two battle an ancient evil Egyptian mummy. Unfortunately, the quirky charm of Bubba Ho-Tep is absent from Coscarelli’s new film, John Dies at the End. Based on the book by David Wong, John Dies at the End wants to be a comedic horror film, but it fails to be funny or scary. Read More

Part two of the Little Fuzzy compare and contrast. While keeping the heart of Little Fuzzy intact, John Scalzi took the story, dug a little bit deeper, shaded a little bit darker, and produced a fantastic remake in Fuzzy Nation.
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What makes a person a person? What makes a person not a dog? Does it matter? Science fiction, as a genre, is at its best when it asks the questions humanity has a difficult time answering. Little Fuzzy is great science fiction.
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They exist to die. The nameless drone, the faceless soldier, the girl who doesn’t have a name, the guy who isn’t in the credits – we’ve all seen them, and forgotten about them just as quickly. They must exist, albeit briefly, for us the audience to care about the leading women and men of what we are watching, or reading. Expendable characters prove why the story exists.
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