Category Archives: Applying Chaos Theory

About that ‘Civil War’ AI marketing campaign

Posted on April 21, 2024 by reelentropy

On April 17, the Wednesday after the film released, Civil War’s official Instagram page released five artificially generated images imagining the impacts of the war it depicts. The film is set mostly across the backroads of northern Pennsylvania and West … Continue reading →

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I demand a new ‘John Wick’ movie every year until I die.

Posted on March 22, 2023 by reelentropy

In a November 2015 essay a month before Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Disney’s first Star Wars-branded movie-product, released, an essay in Wired popularized the idea that Disney intended to make a new Star Wars movie every year until you … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory, White Noise | Tagged #Disney, #star wars, I demand a new John Wick movie every year until I die, John Wick, Marvel | Leave a comment

The bust-out of Warner Bros.

Posted on October 15, 2022 by reelentropy

Industrial-scale film distribution dates back to before World War I. In the bad old days with no way to transmit information digitally, movies had to be physically carried from Southern California outward, a supply chain that wound its way across … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory, White Noise | Tagged "House of the Dragon", Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Batgirl, Black Adam, Christopher Nolan, DCEU, Disney, Disney+, Ezra Miller, HBO, HBOmax, Justice League, Marvel, MCU, Netflix, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Streaming wars, The Batman, The Flash, The medium is the message, Warner Bros., Zack Snyder | 5 Comments

Nostalgia dial revs, roars to ’90 in ‘The Batman’ trailer

Posted on August 27, 2020 by reelentropy

If there is one unequivocally good thing about 2020, it’s that 1990 is now exactly 30 years ago. Because mass media nostalgia famously operates in 30 year cycles – roughly, it’s more complicated than that – that means it’s ‘90s … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory | Tagged #alfred hitchcock, #Batman, #batman: the animated series, #christopher nolan, #the dark knight, #the dark knight rises, #warner bros., David Fincher, It's '90s time baby, Matt Reeves, Nirvana, Paul Dano, Robert Pattinson, Seven | 2 Comments

Fucking seriously?

Posted on April 12, 2019 by reelentropy

The Rise of Skywalker? What? I’m trying to imagine a more lame title. Titles have never been Star Wars’ strong suit – it’s 20 years later, and I still don’t know who the phantom menace was supposed to be, … Continue reading →

Posted in Applying Chaos Theory | Tagged #jj abrams, #rian johnson, #star wars, #the force awakens, Colin Trevorrow, Disney Star Wars, Episode IX, gareth edwards, JJ Abrams and his fucking mystery box, Marvel, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker | 1 Comment