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Artylo
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Just read Ellison's review of the original Star Wars, and it's fun to think how on-the-nose he was about most of his observations. It being a western, dressed up in the guise of science fiction, about its influences in Flash Gordon; the works. What was most entertaining about his review was "the dispensers of mass information" all proclaiming in unison that "entertainment is back", like it's year of our lord 2025.
— Sep 23, 2025 03:26AM
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Artylo
is 19% done
The more I read Ellison's reviews, the more I don't like them. He's very clear about exactly what he wants a review to sound like at the start of the book and he wasn't lying. That just so happens to be listing out a bunch of names and shoving a really acute kind of pedigree for film knowledge down your throat. It's disingenuous to say that that's all he does, but at times it certainly feels like it.
— Sep 02, 2025 11:37AM
Artylo
is 10% done
I've gotten to the part where this book just becomes a bunch of reviews for films I've never seen, and I feel this might put me off going further. I really wished it was more of those essays on review-writing and critique, with which it had so entertainingly started. If nothing else, I've got more movies to watch, I guess.
— Jun 10, 2025 10:03AM
