… More specifically, its stories focus on how political systems, ideological divides, and warfare shape individuals, and how those same individuals perpetuate cycles of conflict. …
… Each of them in turn tries to make a story about a traveling group of grab-bag objects into a narrative with real emotional stakes, a coherent plotline, and a rules system that isn’t just “roll any polyhedral die and try to get a 6, or some other number that I might increase or decrease.” While the… …
… Cringe-inducing, hilarious, and somehow heartwarming, it's hard to imagine that there will ever be another film quite like They Cloned Tyrone. —SC 2 Dune: Part Two 2024 Denison Villeneuve did a fantastic job setting up the high stakes politics and harsh world of Arrakis in 2021’s Dune , and Dune: P… …
… The stakes feel much more like a personal vendetta than a political movement. I think this decision fit better with the story I was trying to tell — I’m more interested in talking about the mistakes of one family who happened to be samurai rather than commenting on the samurai at large. …
… But if the mistake has never been fixed, it's because the existing line is better at capturing the nostalgic innocence of the original Pokemon games. …