Bart Bishop
@bartlbishop.bsky.social
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Lover of comics and movies. Blog on occasion. He/Him.
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BLAWG! I wrote about recent horrible events in Minneapolis through the lens of a pretty great movie that's all about what you saw and what you think you saw.
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Seeing isn’t Believing in CUTTER’S WAY (1981)
“Who ya gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?”-Chico Marx, Duck Soup (1933) The horrific events in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026 reveal that reality is a matter of willpower. Everyone ha…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/seeing-isnt-believing-in-cutters-way-1981/
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BLAWG! I wrote about the history of the word "punk" and contrasted its usage in NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (1980) with this year's SUPERMAN.
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The Malleable “Punk” of NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (1980)
This is crazy, Dewey. Ain’t nobody gonna wanna listen to music like this. Standing there playing as fast as you can…singing like some sort of punk. -Dave, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/the-malleable-punk-of-night-of-the-juggler-1980/
2 months ago
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Enthusiasms
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Blawg! I've always thought Halloween 4 had a particular Christian vibe about it that made it stand out from the rest of the series. So I wrote about it!
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The Curious Christianity of HALLOWEEN 4: THE RETURN OF MICHAEL MYERS (1988)
God has been in the details of the Halloween series from the very beginning. In the 1978 original, Dr. Sam Loomis (Donald Pleasance) says that the supernatural serial killer Michael Myers (Nick Cas…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/the-curious-christianity-of-halloween-4-the-return-of-michael-myers-1988/
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Blawg! Lady and the Tramp mentions chop suey once. So I wrote thousands of words about its historical and cultural context!
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LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955) and Chop Suey
Lady and the Tramp (1955) has the iconic scene with the eponymous dogs eating spaghetti. But there’s another moment involving food that stood out to me in a recent viewing. Though my daughter…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/lady-and-the-tramp-and-chop-suey/
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Blawg! I wrote about PROSPECT (2018), a movie I really enjoyed but I think some film critics misinterpreted.
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Daughters, Fan Fiction and Why Nick Allen is Wrong About PROSPECT (2018)
Long-time readers (do I have those?) might think I like picking fights with other film writers. After all, I devoted whole blogs to refuting Roger Ebert’s hatred of Swing Kids (1993) and Sara…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/daughters-fan-fiction-and-why-nick-allen-is-wrong-about-prospect-2018/
5 months ago
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Have you ever wanted a Jungian analysis of the 1989 Punisher movie? Boy have I got a blog for you. I wrote about how it gets a little weird about moms and the Japanese.
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THE PUNISHER (1989) to Mothers: Drop Dead
There’s a strange moment late in The Punisher (1989) involving a Japanese man wearing women’s high-heeled shoes. Frank Castle (Dolph Lundgren), the eponymous Punisher, has been stretche…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/the-punisher-1989-to-mothers-drop-dead/
6 months ago
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Don't overthink it: what comic book panels/pages live in your head rent-free? Drop four and tag
#comicsdna
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6 months ago
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Blawg! Feeling a little overwhelmed by the state of the world? Look to the sci-fi movies of Stuart Gordon (namely Robot Jox, Fortress and Space Truckers) for messages about never compromising your personal identity.
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Personal Victories in the Dystopian Futures of Stuart Gordon
Just checking in six months into Trump 2. How we all doing? Yeah, not great. Strangely, I often find comfort these days in dystopian science fiction. In those stories the enemy is powerful but appa…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/personal-victories-in-the-dystopian-futures-of-stuart-gordon/
7 months ago
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"Name a show that only ran for one season" Okay but let's play hard mode and name a show that never made it past the pilot.
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8 months ago
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Let's blawg about sex! I wrote way too many words on why Tarantino always seems to have sex on the brain but claims to not include sex scenes in his movies.
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Quentin Tarantino is Weird About Sex (But Not in the Way You Think)
Sex is under attack in the United States. Congress has just introduced a bill, the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA), to try to outlaw pornography. Not only is criminalizing porn a bad ide…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/quentin-tarantino-is-weird-about-sex-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/
8 months ago
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Live from the conclave
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9 months ago
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It's May Day, and time to keep our appointment with the Wicker Man! I wrote a blawg about how director Danny Boyle has referenced THE WICKER MAN in multiple projects, including next month's 28 YEARS LATER!
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Danny Boyle Keeps Returning to THE WICKER MAN (1973)
The trailers for 28 Years Later (2025) have been giving a “folk horror” vibe: 28 Years Later is, of course, the long-waited sequel to the movie that resurrected zombies as a pop culture…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/danny-boyle-keeps-returning-to-the-wicker-man-1973/
9 months ago
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You best believe it's Emma Corrin, they of THE CROWN (Diana in the fourth season) and DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (Cassandra Nova).
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10 months ago
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I don't know where you new followers came from but I hope you enjoy arbitrary connections in your film analysis. Read my exploration of Polynesian myths and the Arthurian wasteland and Grail legends in THE NAVIGATOR: A MEDIEVAL ODYSSEY (1988) and MOANA (2016).
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THE NAVIGATOR: A MEDIEVAL ODYSSEY (1988) vs. MOANA (2016)
I like the idea of tales that can be different interpretations and different meanings from, and the different meanings they have are actually all truthful because they’re truthful for the peo…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/the-navigator-a-medieval-odyssey-1988-vs-moana-2016/
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11 months ago
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Best Star Trek crew. Wrong answers only.
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11 months ago
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Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only:
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11 months ago
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Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
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11 months ago
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Hawkeye #11: Pizza Is My Business, Matt Fraction (writer), David Aja and Matt Hollingsworth. Entirely from Pizza Dog's POV!
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11 months ago
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5 bullet points of what I accomplished last week: •Came in with the milk •Opened the bag with my right hand •Held the bag out to you at a 45-degree angle so you could reach in without touching the paper •Varied from the instructions to a small degree •Repeated the entire process from the beginning
12 months ago
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First blawg of 2025! I wrote about anti-aging "guru" Bryan Johnson and the philosophical concept of Open Individualism, as filtered through horror-comedy FRANKENHOOKER!
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The Unexpected Open Individualism of FRANKENHOOKER (1990)
I hate Bryan Johnson. The 47-year-old millionaire techbro is obsessed with reversing his age. This obsession is the focus of Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever. The newly-released N…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/the-unexpected-open-individualism-of-frankenhooker-1990/
about 1 year ago
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Like most sensible people, the election was a bit of a blow to my, well, entire worldview. So like a completely normal, not-depressed person, I wrote about it through the lens of LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD!
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“It’s not a system. It’s a country.” Detoxifying Patriotism with LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (2007)
I wrote about Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and patriotism back in 2018. The blog post did not go over well on social media. Actually, I originally wrote the piece back in 2012 for a now defunct site …
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/its-not-a-system-its-a-country-detoxifying-patriotism-with-live-free-or-die-hard-2007/
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It's spooky season, and Friday is the 50th anniversary of the original, so I wrote about LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III (1990)! I contemplate the movie's relationship with technology and how it seems to betray the message of the first two...
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“Technology is Our Friend”: Transhumanism in LEATHERFACE: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III (1990)
The 50-year-old Texas Chainsaw Massacre series has always been about transformation. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) evolved that theme even further into transhumanism. At the heart…
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/10/09/technology-is-our-friend-transhumanism-in-leatherface-texas-chainsaw-massacre-iii-1990/
over 1 year ago
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Rewatched TIMECOP (1994) recently and noticed it has a lot of Nazis in it. So I wrote about it!
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TIMECOP (1994) Has a White Supremacy Problem
Nazis and white supremacists probably aren't what you remember about Timecop (1994). A soft core love scene with Mia Sara, Jean-Claude Van Damme doing his patented splits, that cool time portal ripple...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/timecop-1994-has-a-white-supremacy-problem/
over 1 year ago
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BLAAAAAWWWWWGGGGGG The influence of video games on ALIEN: ROMULUS reminded me of the philosopher Baudrillard's concept of "hyperreality." Don't know what that is? Click the link below to find out!
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Video Games and Baudrillard’s Hyperreality in ALIEN: ROMULUS (2024)
Video games play a surprisingly important role in Alien: Romulus (2024), both in the diegesis and as a lens through which to view the movie. This focus on video games could be viewed as an expression ...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/08/22/video-games-and-baudrillards-hyperreality-in-alien-romulus-2024/
over 1 year ago
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What do Werner Herzog, the movie Hook, and Deadpool all have in common? You'll have to read my ranting blawg to find out!
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The Ecstatic Truth of “Beta Ray Bill: Argent Star” and DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (2024)
I stumbled upon a new term during all the recent JD Vance couch-fucking hoopla: "Ecstatic truth." Filmmaker Werner Herzog coined this term some years ago and has discussed it many times. During a 2010...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/08/14/the-ecstatic-truth-of-beta-ray-bill-argent-star-and-deadpool-wolverine-2024/
over 1 year ago
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Almost exactly a year until James Gunn's SUPERMAN, I decided to take a look back at his directorial debut. One line in SLITHER has always stood out to me — so I wrote about it!
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James Gunn and Damn Republicans: SLITHER (2006) as Southern Gothic
James Gunn is obsessed with hordes. From Scooby Doo (2002) to Peacemaker (2022), he repeatedly returns to mass possessions, monstrous mobs and groupthink. Perhaps he best explored this theme of resist...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/07/08/james-gunn-and-damn-republicans-slither-2006-as-southern-gothic/
over 1 year ago
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My kids watched Strange Magic on Disney+ and it got me to thinking about how George Lucas included love potions in an earlier story — Willow! So I wrote about it.
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What’s Love Got to Do With It?: WILLOW (1988) vs. STRANGE MAGIC (2015)
George Lucas is not known for writing the best romances. The Star Wars prequels ruined his reputation for that. But would you be surprised to know that Lucas has pondered love from the beginning of hi...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it-willow-1988-vs-strange-magic-2015/
over 1 year ago
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Buhman! I’ve been playing the ARKHAM KNIGHT TRILOGY on Switch and got to thinking about what first-person and third-person perspective says about the character(s). So I wrote about it!
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“Be The Batman”: The Confused POVs of BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT (2015)
There are many, many playable characters in Batman: Arkham Knight (2015): Batman (Kevin Conroy), Catwoman (Grey DeLisle), Nightwing (Scott Porter), Robin (Matthew Mercer), Azrael (Khary Payton), Harle...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/05/20/be-the-batman-the-confused-povs-of-batman-arkham-knight-2015/
over 1 year ago
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Fashion peaked here
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almost 2 years ago
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I saw Monkey Man, so I wrote about it! I talk about how the references in the movie to The Jungle Book are Dev Patel rewriting the story as an Indian one free of British influence.
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Rudyard Kipling Really Hated Monkeys: MONKEY MAN (2024) and the Legacy of British Imperialism
“The pity of the Monkey People!” Baloo snorted. “The stillness of the mountain stream! The cool of the summer sun!” Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book (1894) Dev Patel is a fan-favorite choice to play ...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/rudyard-kipling-really-hated-monkeys-monkey-man-2024-and-the-legacy-of-british-imperialism/
almost 2 years ago
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It's me, hi I'm weak and weary At tea time, deep into that darkness peering
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almost 2 years ago
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I thought way too much about TEEN TITANS GO! At the very least click through my blog to listen to some sweet, sweet songs
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Death, Nostalgia and the Threat of AI Art in TEEN TITANS GO!’s “The Night Begins to Shine 2”
You and I are old;Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;Death closes all: but something ere the end,Some work of noble note, may yet be done,Not unbecoming men that strove with gods. “Ulysses,” Alf...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/death-nostalgia-and-the-threat-of-ai-art-in-teen-titans-gos-the-night-begins-to-shine-2/
almost 2 years ago
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BARBIE BLAWG. I wrote about how the movie reminded me of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, and what both have to say about the inner conflict of quitting a job.
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“Quiet Quitting” in The SANDMAN and BARBIE (2023)
You probably don't think of Neil Gaiman's seminal comic book series The Sandman that was published between 1989 and 1996 when you watch director and screenwriter Greta Gerwig's Barbie (2023). Well, ma...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/quiet-quitting-in-the-sandman-and-barbie-2023/
almost 2 years ago
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Good write-up!
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almost 2 years ago
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BLAWG!!! With Furiosa coming up I’ve been thinking about some recurring themes in George Miller’s movies. So I wrote about them!
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Animal Totems, Marriage and Slavery in MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015) and THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING...
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2023) is just a few months away. I can't help but think about the new movie's predecessor Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and the only movie writer/director George Miller made in-be...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/02/06/animal-totems-marriage-and-slavery-in-mad-max-fury-road-2015-and-three-thousand-years-of-longing-2022/
about 2 years ago
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I wrote about James Bond and water! I wrote way, way too much. But I couldn’t have done it without some great insight from
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Water as Motif in the Daniel Craig James Bond Films
Water can symbolize many things: Birth and cycles of rebirth, femininity, sexual desire, freedom, transformation, memory and the unconscious mind, purity and baptism (along with many other Biblical al...
https://bartcave.wordpress.com/2024/01/11/water-as-motif-in-the-daniel-craig-james-bond-films/
about 2 years ago
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What’s this, another blawg so soon?! I haven’t been able to get GODZILLA MINUS ONE out of my head, so I wrote about it. I noticed some similar explorations of identity as PERFECT BLUE, so I wrote about that too.
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about 2 years ago
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🎵 DID YOU HEAR MY COVERT NARCISSISM I DISGUISE AS ALTRUISM LIKE SOME KIND OF CONGRESSMAN?🎵
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I wrote something! I recently watched Albert Brooks' Defending Your Life and Disney's Wish, and got to pondering what both have to say about fulfilling your potential.
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Mom, can you come pick me up? I'm in a room where the women come and go talking of Michelangelo.
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about 2 years ago
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Love, Actually was released in the U.S. on November 14, 2003. It's, uh, somewhat problematic.
about 2 years ago
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If I was Aronofsky doing his Musk biopic, I would open the movie with this as a quote and base the whole story around this interaction.
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Hey I just met you This house is not sane Maybe it’s haunted Is Theo a lesbian?
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over 2 years ago
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I'm not a very frequent poster, but I do love writing — especially about horror! With Halloween tomorrow, here's a thread of some of my favorite blog posts I've written on the genre, starting with some musings on the man himself, Sam Raimi!
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over 2 years ago
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This is a Farmer Gene Green in Killer Klowns from Outer Space stan account.
over 2 years ago
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