Archive - Gary Paul Varner

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Gary and Jared continue their discussion of the Watchmen.

Sep 28

Stories where the central character lies about something important often waste audience time without building tension

Sep 26

I despise the Butterfly Effect in time travel stories because there is simply no way to establish what is at stake.

Sep 19

Episode 2: Who Watched the Watchmen Part 3 of 5 Listen now | Jared and Gary continue their discussion on the Watchmen.

Sep 16

Who Watched the Watchmen Part 2 Listen now (17 min) | Gary and Jared continue discussing the watchman.

Sep 14

In a multiverse, every plot development, however implausible, is permitted because we know it won’t affect our return to the expected climax

Sep 12

Renegade Reviews Episode 2 Part 1: Who Watched the Watchmen?Listen now (16 min) | Gary Varner and Jared Hinde discuss the merits of the Watchmen (2009)

Sep 7

I can’t really recommend it because spectacle trumps any sense of the story hanging together and we can infer nothing from past events

Sep 5

Until close to the end, everyone continues to behave as if previous events and circumstances have no consequences and vital information is optional.

Aug 22

Oh well, it IS a multiverse, so maybe, in this reality, all the heroes stink

Aug 15

But, like Schrödinger’s famous Cat, he is alive in one universe and dead in another.

Aug 8

The Mirror Dimension in Multiverse of Madness dispenses with sharp intellectual conflict, opting for unexplained power plays instead

Aug 1

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