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Mar 29, 2024
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Guy Andersin
Star Wars Takeaways: Subverting Expectations Without Dishonoring Your LegacyThis article is part 5 in a series. Check out all the other articles here.
Jan 17, 2020
Jan 17, 2020
Guy Andersin
Hollywood’s Real Problem: Safe BetsEvery once in a while, someone will have a great idea: make film that hearkens back in some way to a beloved story told in the past. It…
Mar 18, 2019
Mar 18, 2019
Guy Andersin
A Disney Disaster: The Black Cauldron Part 1Introduction:
Apr 4, 2019
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Apr 4, 2019
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A Disney Disaster: The Black Cauldron Part 2If you’re coming here from part 1, you know all about what high hopes Disney had for this awful adaptation, as well as how and why it…
Apr 19, 2019
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Apr 19, 2019
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A Disney Disaster: The Black Cauldron Part 3This is part 3 of a series regarding The Chronicles of Prydain and Disney’s awful adaptation of one of its books, The Black Cauldron. Part…
May 3, 2019
May 3, 2019
Guy Andersin
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (No Spoilers)Establishing My Street Cred as a Kaiju Know-it-All
Jun 2, 2019
Jun 2, 2019
Guy Andersin
Movie Novelizations: Why I Love ThemI was going through my massive book collection when I found an old tote bin. Aside from only a handful of shelves worth of fiction books…
Jul 22, 2019
Jul 22, 2019
Guy Andersin
Disney Writing Takeaways: The Setup Should Make SenseIt’s not uncommon to just decide a story that you thought was over with should continue, especially if you decide to return to a series…
Dec 20, 2019
Dec 20, 2019
Guy Andersin
Disney’s Star Wars: Writing TakeawaysStar Wars was a pop culture phenomena that revolutionized the film industry. It was a trilogy that told a cohesive story in a time when…
Dec 20, 2019
Dec 20, 2019
Guy Andersin
Star Wars Writing: Your Characters Should Make Consistent ChoicesContinuing our series (you can see all articles here), we’re going to look at what we can learn from Disney’s failure to write compelling…
Dec 21, 2019
Dec 21, 2019
Guy Andersin
Star Wars Writing Takeaways: The Luke ProblemTime for another entry into my ongoing saga about the writing failures of Disney’s trilogy so that we, as writers, will learn a valuable…
Dec 27, 2019
Dec 27, 2019
Guy Andersin
Star Wars Writing Tips: Your New Characters Should Be Compelling and ConsistentThis is Part 4 in an ongoing series regarding Disney’s Star Wars trilogy. To see the other parts, click here.
Jan 2, 2020
Jan 2, 2020
Guy Andersin
Star Wars Takeaways: Worldbuilding with ConsistencyI’m the type of guy who gets into world building more than almost anything else, and if I’m going to be thrust into a new environment, I…
Mar 9, 2020
Mar 9, 2020
Guy Andersin
Historical Movie Review: Agora(NOTE: I intended to write something for Good Friday, but this article was on the back burner, so I finished it up instead and originally…
Apr 3, 2021
Apr 3, 2021