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On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Love Is the Hardest Thing
“Who is Spock?” is a question Star Trek has been fascinated with from the very beginning, and for good reason. The paradox of the half-Vulcan, half-Human science officer lets us examine the meaning of what we see as the human experience from the perspective of someone both removed from it and defined by it—and Strange…
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Ill-Advised Witcher Ad Campaign Really Wants You to Remember Henry Cavill’s Not Gone Yet
Netflix’s early decision to reveal Witcher’s Geralt re-casting has lead to some… interesting advertisement ideas.
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Secret Invasion Uses AI for Its Opening Credits, and the Excuse Is Meaningless
The new Marvel Disney+ show crosses a messy line for AI-generated works’ presence in mainstream media.
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Watch Margot Robbie Guide You Around the Gorgeous Artificiality of Barbie’s Dreamhouse
Part of what has made Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie look immediately enchanting, aside from pretty much everything, is how its design has embraced the retro-classic camp of Barbie’s chintzy aesthetic — nothing in Barbie’s world in the movie feels real, and yet Barbie and her fellow Barbies (and the occasional Ken) have to occupy that…