Spirits of '79: Apocalypse Redux

 

Events conspired for me to drop the ball on this series, seeing as things were heating up elsewhere. I started it a month before the start of the Ukraine War, which is about as 1979 as you can possibly get. A lot of other slow motion disasters are keeping the spirits alive, so it's time to get back into it.

April Showers Bring Meme Flowers

Funny because it's literally true, or depressing because it's literally true? Or both?

Cold Wars and Colors Out of Space

OK, something extremely strange and powerful is coming towards us. I only have pieces of the puzzle so far. A lot of them, mind you, but not enough to pull the whole thing together. But a disproportionate number of clues emerge out of two Tarkovsky films, as well as their American adaptions.

I Want a Meme Lover, so I Don't Have to Meme Alone

Yeah, don't get your hopes up quite yet.

Apocalypse 4U: Better than Ezra

Tell us you're criminally insane
without telling us you're criminally insane

Unhinged psychotic/inexplicable movie star Ezra Miller had an interesting week, in that people seemed to finally notice what a clear and present danger he is to society. Will anything be done about it before someone really gets hurt? 

The Week in Apocalypse: Et tu, Bruce?

This post was meant to be a quick smash-and-grab, briefly touching on Bruce Willis' retirement announcement and Ezra Miller's rapidly-unraveling psyche, but as usual it all spiraled out of control. 

We'll get to Miller - who's looking set to single-handedly implode the DC and Fantastic Beast franchises - but first things first.