Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ rides off into the sunset
After ‘Chapter 1’ of Costner’s pricey saga flopped, its sequel has been yanked. PLUS: ‘Gladitor’ returns with sequel’s first trailer, and my weekly ‘Acolyte’ thoughts.
If you’re reading this edition of Popculturology, it means that your phone didn’t melt during this week’s heatwave. (Every thing is fine. The planet is fine.) A few quick items before we hit the news of the week ...
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Thanks to Syfy's annual marathon of the show, I’ve been rewatching episodes of The Twilight Zone over the past week. I’m not a revolutionary genius to say that this show still holds up in 2024. (If you’ve never watched “The Shelter” or “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” check them out. The entire original series is available on Prime Video, but you can’t always trust these streaming platforms so I picked up the full Blu-ray set too.)
Rod Serling’s original series hits in a way that Jordan Peele’s well-meaning recent take on the franchise failed to capture.
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“Everyone must be sacrificed to fulfill their destiny”
Oh boy, you screwed up, Sol.
The penultimate episode The Acolyte took us back to the fateful day on Brendok when everything went wrong for the Jedi and everyone who had the misfortune of crossing paths with them.
While this episode didn’t reveal any connections between the witches and Qimir or the Sith, it did make Jedi Master Sol the villain of the story. Like many other Jedi we’ve seen across Star Wars lore, Sol refused to follow the guidance of his superiors — an action that repeatedly made things worse for the Jedi, for Osha and Mae and for Mothers Aniseya and Koril.
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