On this week’s episode, Sonny Bunch (The Bulwark), Alyssa Rosenberg (The Washington Post), and Peter Suderman (Reason) talk about departing NYT film critic A.O. Scott’s thoughts on fandom and its effect on the way we talk about movies. Then they review HBO’s hit show The Last of Us and ask a very important question: Was Joel right? Make sure to swing by Bulwark+ this weekend for a bonus episode on the late, great Lance Reddick. And if you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend!
Fandom infests the internet. You see it on online forums and websites and it goes beyond movies. It's not always called fandom but operates in similar ways. Audio and home theater forums can turn into warring camps as does anything that has enthusiasts posting. And of course politics has serious fandom issues.
Do I totally agree with A.O. Scott no, but I do acknowledge the problem.
Is ATMA leaving the Bulwark?
No, why would it be?
Isn’t it going to the Ankler?
No no no … The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood is just being published on both sites now. Like, The Ankler is syndicating it, more or less. I’m not going anywhere.
Oooooh. That makes way more sense.
To be fair about the badness of video game adaptations a lot of them were weird tax structure cash grabs by Uwe Boll and didn't need to be good.
So, I understand the point on "The Last of Us" lacking in terms of some core conflict of ideas or concepts, BUT I have to disagree hard in terms of how good the show is because I think it misses the point of the story, in my opinion: Only we can save ourselves. Not something or someone else, but only ourselves through our own actions and choices. And sometimes, those choices are terrible, brutal decisions, but they are still what is required of us