#beyond the mask

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Movie Review: Beyond the Mask

I’m rating Beyond the Mask (2015) a firm 3.5 stars out of 5, and classing it as a solid B movie. If you want an afternoon or evening’s entertainment, with a fun look at the setting of the American Revolution, you might check this out. One of the high points of the movie is their portrayal of Benjamin Franklin, as evinced in this exchange.

“I am looking for Benjamin Franklin. Are you he?”

“Well, that depends. Do I owe you money?”

Yes, if you’ve read up on Ben, this is spot on. He was an inventor and a printer and had half a dozen other businesses... and plenty of them didn’t work out, leaving creditors to dodge. To say nothing of outraged husbands!

So, yes. Genius, inventor, quick to size up a situation, with a dry wit - they got Ben Franklin right. Yay!

Now, is the movie historically accurate? *Cough, chuckle* Noooot so much. It’s an adventurous what-if drawn off a few interesting historical facts and some gaslamp fantasy. You know, along the line of the show Jack of All Trades. That comedy was based on actual history of the newly-formed U.S. and Britain allying against France at one point. So, for this movie - the British East India Company existed, had agents provocateurs, and a vested and ruthless interest in being able to do business in the Colonies on their favored terms. And there was an assassination attempt on General Washington in New York. Everything else is historical fiction. That’s not the problem.

Or, actually, problems. There are two big ones in this movie. First and more generally, pacing. There needed to be a few more breather moments so the viewer could get the full impact from, say, a bomb being placed, or a Sudden Betrayal. As it was I ended up pausing the video to give myself the breather when the movie didn’t.

Second... was the handling of religion. And that was the characters getting too much “light in the eyes shining through the hole in the back of the head” whenever the subject came up. I think this is a failure of the modern imagination. Writers and actors can’t seem to put themselves in the mindset of the times. And the reality of that mindset, for the majority of people, was that God exists. Fact. The sun comes up in the east, night is dark, if your head is forced underwater you’re going to drown. There’s no reason to go empty-eyed and thoughtlessly virtue-preaching over something as fundamental as the law of gravity.

It could have been done better. Especially the whole bit about trying to “earn” redemption - I honestly think William (our ex-spy) was doing the best he could to save lives with the information he had available. Who could he trust to not be in the Company’s pockets?

All told, the movie was still entertaining. We need more Revolutionary fiction!

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlyWBhWjWfk

Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBymbRqkxuU

[the-arcade-doctor]

Jota, are you ok?

no.

[ribbittrobbit]

Indri, the Witch of Wind and Stars and Mirara, the Witch of the Waning Moon

so ready for @worldsbeyondpod to give me psychic damage next week

[bi-dykes]

“Why is there a black Spider-Man” “Why is there a girl Spider-Man” “Why is there an Indian Spider-Man” “Why is the main character not Peter Parker, he should be the only one across the Multiverse” If you look at Spider-Man being a hero who’s just a human instead of a god or an alien or an all powerful being- just a human with a good heart and a love for street food and a brave soul, just a human who deals with job issues and paying rent and very relatable problems, just a human in a world that’ll take all the “just a human” protectors they can get… and think “ah, yes this mantle can only be held by one singular character”, then you’ve not only completely missed the point of Spider-Man’s character, but Peter Parker’s as well

[vertigoartgore]

Spider-Man 2099 meets Batman Beyond by artist Dan Mora (2015).

[diana-andraste]

Untitled series, Cecilia Porras and Enrique Grau, 1958 from Surrealism Beyond Borders Exhibition

[goryhorroor]

day 9 of horror: canadian horror

[7cfc00]

Cast: Hermie the Unworthy as Theatre Kid with Identity Issues!

[breadmecoshy]

I swear, the Pale King just organized a conveyor belt for the production of minions from the void and delegated his duties to them

In my understanding, Lurien and the Collector were the two most reasonable specimens, so the King made them work. For free, of course, only out of a sense of love for its creator. And less autonomous samples became his kingsmoulds

Lurien was obviously entrusted with overseeing the City of Tears, but I think the situation is more interesting with the Collector

I think the King originally appointed him as a scientist who was supposed to study the effects and consequences of contact of living beings with the void. Is it possible to defeat the infection in this way or reduce its impact? It would be easy for him, since he himself is from the void

After all, he has his own tower with a study. But to be honest, the Tower of Love reminds me of one big room with soft walls for a madman, and it stands literally on the very edge of the city, isolated from it. I think the king initially saw that the Collector was not quite adequate, but he needed research, so he simply provided him with a tower with access to the Edge of the Kingdom so that he could catch unreasonable beetles there for research, and not cause problems in the city

The bug with the void flowing out of its eyes, in which we find the key to the tower, thinks that they have been together with someone for too long, and have become one. I think it was one of the assistants or workers in the tower who escaped when the influence of the void on the inhabitants of the tower became obviously detrimental. He locked the Collector up and took the key with him so that he could no longer "protect" everything he could reach

[dangermousie]

Good Morning to me!

[a-s-levynn]

I have traveled far beyond the path of reason, take me back to Eden

edit: more context in the tags of the root post

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[90ssuperheroes]

Happy 78th Birthday to

🎁🎂 Tim Curry🎈🎉