In 1987, Director John McTiernan introduced audiences around the world to one of the most iconic sci-fi monsters in film history. Armed with a cloaking device, plasma cannon and a razor sharp pair of wrist blades, this ferocious intergalactic bounty hunter single-handedly decimated a highly trained Special Forces unit led by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“Look, I like making cherry product, but let’s keep it real, alright? We make poison for people who don’t care. We probably have the most unpicky customers in the world.”

One of my favorite lines from Jesse Pinkman regarding the business he and Walter White got themselves in. Breaking Bad and its spinoff Better Call Saul showed us the seedy underworld of the drug trade, fried chicken, and lawyers. El Camino is like an epilogue to that whole story, following Jesse Pinkman after the events of Breaking Bad. It wraps the gift of those two shows in one pretty pink bow that we may or may not need. 

“Sometimes dead is better.”

Every piece I’ve written so far has been overly positive. What can I say? I’m easy to please and I like movies, but not ALL the time. Take this garbage heap of a remake for instance, because you’re about to see some hot fire with this one.

There’s no denying that technology has made everything we can imagine more attainable; and no where is it more prevalent than in big studio blockbusters. As large studios demand bigger and bigger pictures, seeking higher payouts, and  pulling larger audiences than ever before, Hollywood movies are relying more and more on Computer Generated Images; or CGI. While it’s an amazing tool that allows the storyteller to flex the boundaries of the imagination, it can also backfire. For me, this begs the question: Is it being used too much?