Between 1959 and 1964, there wasn't a more consistently brilliant show on television than Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" — an accomplishment that's all the more amazing given its anthology concept. Every episode offered a completely new story, often in a completely different genre, from an occasionally different writer. Sure, the rotating staff was a murderer's row of scribes that included Serling, Richard Matheson, and Charles Beaumont, but, good as they were, they didn't have the safety net of writing for the same characters every time out. All they had was their imagination.
Considering Hollywood's risk-averse nature, it's a little surprising that more "Twilight Zone" episodes haven't been turned into full-blown features — at least, not as official remakes. Obviously, "Poltergeist" owes a massive creative debt to "Little Girl Lost" and it's hard to imagine "Child's Play" without the arsenic-laced genius of "Living Doll," but for straight-up adaptations there's Richard Kelly's "The Box...
Considering Hollywood's risk-averse nature, it's a little surprising that more "Twilight Zone" episodes haven't been turned into full-blown features — at least, not as official remakes. Obviously, "Poltergeist" owes a massive creative debt to "Little Girl Lost" and it's hard to imagine "Child's Play" without the arsenic-laced genius of "Living Doll," but for straight-up adaptations there's Richard Kelly's "The Box...
- 12/28/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Marvel is known for its impressive story strategizing, which often involves planning future plot and character development years ahead of a movie’s release. Now that the studio has committed more fully to its TV series as a place to build the larger MCU, that planning necessitates even more work that must take place across both the film and TV landscapes. Interestingly, when working on Season 1, Loki director Kate Herron, who was involved much more than the average TV director in shaping the season’s story, didn’t initially know there would be a second season. That decision—or at least its announcement to Herron and the Loki writers—came mid-way through the production of Season 1.
“When I started and when we was working with the writers, we always were just working towards it being these six episodes,” Herron tells Den of Geek. “And then, obviously, everyone was just so...
“When I started and when we was working with the writers, we always were just working towards it being these six episodes,” Herron tells Den of Geek. “And then, obviously, everyone was just so...
- 7/22/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
This article contains Major spoilers for Loki Episode 6.
The Loki season finale introduced a major character—or at least his actor—to the MCU. In “For All Time. Always,” Loki and Sylvie reach the Citadel at the end of time and are met by He Who Remains, the man behind the Tva and the Sacred Timeline.
He Who Remains is played by Lovecraft Country‘s Jonathan Majors, who is set to appear as MCU villain Kang the Conquerer in the upcoming Ant Man & Wasp: Quantumania. As we learn from He Who Remains, there are many incarnations of himself across the multiverse, and some of them are set on ruling the timeline. While the character introduction itself is exciting, it’s what He Who Remains represents for the MCU moving forward that makes the reveal truly game-changing.
“[The introduction] showed that the films and the TV are so entwined with each other,” says director Kate Herron,...
The Loki season finale introduced a major character—or at least his actor—to the MCU. In “For All Time. Always,” Loki and Sylvie reach the Citadel at the end of time and are met by He Who Remains, the man behind the Tva and the Sacred Timeline.
He Who Remains is played by Lovecraft Country‘s Jonathan Majors, who is set to appear as MCU villain Kang the Conquerer in the upcoming Ant Man & Wasp: Quantumania. As we learn from He Who Remains, there are many incarnations of himself across the multiverse, and some of them are set on ruling the timeline. While the character introduction itself is exciting, it’s what He Who Remains represents for the MCU moving forward that makes the reveal truly game-changing.
“[The introduction] showed that the films and the TV are so entwined with each other,” says director Kate Herron,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Loki” Episode 6, “For All Time, Always” — now confirmed as the Season 1 finale — including its ending.]
To create an intriguing, if imperfect, ending for an MCU TV show, all Marvel had to do was not end anything at all.
On a big-picture level, that makes sense. Not ending things is what the superhero storytellers do best, even if “Loki” marks the first time one of their series embraced its own never-ending timeline. With “WandaVision,” the first episodic MCU narrative to premiere on Disney+, the finale struggled to live up to expectations in part because it was billed as a limited series, yet never fully functioned as a standalone arc (to say nothing of its issues delaying and addressing Wanda’s trauma). “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” painted a murkier reading of its intentions by submitting as a Drama Series at the Emmys, while seemingly setting up a new movie instead of a new season.
To create an intriguing, if imperfect, ending for an MCU TV show, all Marvel had to do was not end anything at all.
On a big-picture level, that makes sense. Not ending things is what the superhero storytellers do best, even if “Loki” marks the first time one of their series embraced its own never-ending timeline. With “WandaVision,” the first episodic MCU narrative to premiere on Disney+, the finale struggled to live up to expectations in part because it was billed as a limited series, yet never fully functioned as a standalone arc (to say nothing of its issues delaying and addressing Wanda’s trauma). “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” painted a murkier reading of its intentions by submitting as a Drama Series at the Emmys, while seemingly setting up a new movie instead of a new season.
- 7/14/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
For once, fans were right about their theories regarding the man behind the curtain on a Marvel Disney+ show.
Loki and Sylvie went beyond The Void and Alioth on Loki Season 1 Episode 6, only to discover "He Who Remains." And while we never received verbal confirmation about his true identity, we can infer who he really is.
"For All Time. Always." was the perfect bridge between the finale of Loki Season 1 and the setup for Loki Season 2, which was confirmed during the credits. The episode was suspenseful, hit all of the emotional beats, and created a world of possibilities for Loki's future.
Since Loki and Sylvie discovered that the Time Keepers were not real on Loki Season 1 Episode 4, they have been on a mission to discover the truth behind the Time Variance Authority.
That truth finally came at them full force when they were met by Kang the Conquerer at a...
Loki and Sylvie went beyond The Void and Alioth on Loki Season 1 Episode 6, only to discover "He Who Remains." And while we never received verbal confirmation about his true identity, we can infer who he really is.
"For All Time. Always." was the perfect bridge between the finale of Loki Season 1 and the setup for Loki Season 2, which was confirmed during the credits. The episode was suspenseful, hit all of the emotional beats, and created a world of possibilities for Loki's future.
Since Loki and Sylvie discovered that the Time Keepers were not real on Loki Season 1 Episode 4, they have been on a mission to discover the truth behind the Time Variance Authority.
That truth finally came at them full force when they were met by Kang the Conquerer at a...
- 7/14/2021
- by Sarah Little
- TVfanatic
Marvel’s Kevin Feige confirmed earlier this year that some of the Disney+ shows were developed with multiple seasons in mind. While “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” competing as a drama at the Emmys rather than a limited series gave us a hint the show will eventually return, “Loki” is the first of the Marvel series to confirm it’s an ongoing series within the narrative itself. The Season 1 finale, which is titled “For All Time. Always.,” ends on a massive cliffhanger before the mid-credits sequence reveals, in familiar Marvel fashion, that Loki (Tom Hiddleston) will return in Season 2. It makes sense, all things considered. The premise and framework of “Loki” allow it to continue in a way “WandaVision” cannot, but the series is also changing the very fabric of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. To limit the story of Loki, Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) and Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors...
- 7/14/2021
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
This article contains spoilers for the Loki finale.
So, we now officially know that Marvel’s Loki will be back for Season 2, but this week it finished up its first season on Disney+ by blowing up the MCU as we know it and re-establishing the Marvel multiverse, which once existed but was actually at war with itself. Apparently, Miss Minutes was at least telling the truth in that part of her Tva orientation video.
In the Loki finale, “For All Time. Always.”, we met the villainous He Who Remains aka Kang aka Pick Any Card (Jonathan Majors), who first discovered that the multiverse existed as a scientist on Earth and decided that he had the answer to all of the multiverse’s territorial woes in the future: construct a Sacred Timeline policed by the Time Variance Authority to make sure the multiverse wouldn’t happen and our universe could continue...
So, we now officially know that Marvel’s Loki will be back for Season 2, but this week it finished up its first season on Disney+ by blowing up the MCU as we know it and re-establishing the Marvel multiverse, which once existed but was actually at war with itself. Apparently, Miss Minutes was at least telling the truth in that part of her Tva orientation video.
In the Loki finale, “For All Time. Always.”, we met the villainous He Who Remains aka Kang aka Pick Any Card (Jonathan Majors), who first discovered that the multiverse existed as a scientist on Earth and decided that he had the answer to all of the multiverse’s territorial woes in the future: construct a Sacred Timeline policed by the Time Variance Authority to make sure the multiverse wouldn’t happen and our universe could continue...
- 7/14/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
This review contains Marvel’s Loki episode 6 spoilers
Loki Episode 6
If you thought Marvel’s Disney+ shows were done with Contact homages after Monica Rambeau’s transformation sequence in WandaVision, you thought wrong. The Loki season finale, “For All Time. Always.” opened with another one. We heard iconic dialogue from other MCU films, including Vision’s “What is grief, if not love persevering?” – which went from a heartbreaking utterance to an instant meme earlier this year – as we pulled out from Earth and its blistering sun and outward toward the Citadel at the End of Time where He Who Remains aka Very Old Kang resides, but not before we were joined by the likes of Neil Armstrong, Greta Thunberg, and Nelson Mandela.
Finally, we heard Sylvie calling out to Loki: “Open your eyes!” She’d go on to say variations of the same plea throughout this episode.
“What makes a Loki a Loki?...
Loki Episode 6
If you thought Marvel’s Disney+ shows were done with Contact homages after Monica Rambeau’s transformation sequence in WandaVision, you thought wrong. The Loki season finale, “For All Time. Always.” opened with another one. We heard iconic dialogue from other MCU films, including Vision’s “What is grief, if not love persevering?” – which went from a heartbreaking utterance to an instant meme earlier this year – as we pulled out from Earth and its blistering sun and outward toward the Citadel at the End of Time where He Who Remains aka Very Old Kang resides, but not before we were joined by the likes of Neil Armstrong, Greta Thunberg, and Nelson Mandela.
Finally, we heard Sylvie calling out to Loki: “Open your eyes!” She’d go on to say variations of the same plea throughout this episode.
“What makes a Loki a Loki?...
- 7/14/2021
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
Chicago – Jeff Garlin is what he is. He wants to emphasize that characteristic over any in the formation and development of his many characters – most famously as Jeff Greene on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and The Captain in the animated classic film “Wall-e.” Garlin also co-wrote and directed his latest film, “Dealin’ with Idiots.”
The film is a treatise on kid’s sports, in this case Little League baseball. Garlin portrays Max Morris, a “top twenty” comedian who simply wants his son to have fun playing the game. The other parents, the coaches and the rules conspire against that notion, and the Max character constantly fights against that system throughout the story. The film is off-beat and funny, using the same set-up and techniques as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” with the actors improvising scenes based on an outline.
Jeff Garlin is Off Base in ‘Dealin’ with Idiots’
Photo credit: IFC Films
The...
The film is a treatise on kid’s sports, in this case Little League baseball. Garlin portrays Max Morris, a “top twenty” comedian who simply wants his son to have fun playing the game. The other parents, the coaches and the rules conspire against that notion, and the Max character constantly fights against that system throughout the story. The film is off-beat and funny, using the same set-up and techniques as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” with the actors improvising scenes based on an outline.
Jeff Garlin is Off Base in ‘Dealin’ with Idiots’
Photo credit: IFC Films
The...
- 7/11/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Hannibal Lecter will be opening a celebratory bottle of Chianti and finding someone to have for dinner at the news that Jonathan Demme’s 1991 thriller The Silence Of The Lambs is part of the National Film Registry’s typically eclectic list of films to be Preserved For All Time.*Announced by the Library of Congress across the pond, the list is always made public around this time of year and movies make the cut because, according to Librarian of Congress James H Billington, they are “selected because of their enduring significance to American culture. Our film heritage must be protected because these cinematic treasures document our history and culture and reflect our hopes and dreams."So what other “treasures” are on there besides the psychopathic slitherings of Doctor Lecter? Robert Zemeckis’ still-divisive, Oscar-scooping Forrest Gump for one, and Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 classic The Kid for another.Also on the list?...
- 12/28/2011
- EmpireOnline
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