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One available in my Etsy store… …and the rest from my sketchbook.

Zaat (1971) – “Hey,” I called to the kids, “wanna see a fishman movie that makes Sting of Death look like Citizen Kane?” Oddly enough, they didn’t. Let’s start with fully twenty minutes of a guy with voiceovers who then turns himself into a godawful fishman costume (which the camera dwells on proudly).  Why?  Because…

Zeiram (1991) – Given how cool the premise is — an alien bounty hunter and her A.I. sidekick trap a fugitive alien on Earth — there’s little chance that the movie could cash the check.  Instead, it feels about as sophisticated as an overlong Power Rangers episode, with more gore and a few “jeez Japan…

A couple for sale on Etsy… …and the rest from my sketchbook:

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) – The fan-ficciest of the Next Generation movies!  Shall we count the ways? Picard’s got a clone! Data’s got yet another double, but we’re not even gonna allude to the fact that Lore ever existed while discussing it! Remans, the sister civilization to the Romulans that we’ve never heard of! Picard…

As with too many of the words being weaponized by the tribal Left these days (like “racism,” “social justice,” “white supremacy,” etc.), part of the power of call-outs against “privilege” is the nebulous character of its definition when so used.  Both an offensive rhetorical weapon and a semantic moving target? Tactical genius!  I’ve realized recently…