Newsletter Franchise Evolution Maddd Science I'm sure you've heard people complain that Hollywood movies are all just franchise tentpoles nowadays. Welcome to an issue about that. This first essay, which is the whole reason I themed this issue on franchises, is from 2014, but it addresses the whole thing
Newsletter Stranger Things Maddd Science As a fan of examining the structures that stories rely on, I love meta narratives like Stranger Things. Stranger Things isn't set in the 80s. It's set in a movie-80s that never existed. Granted, that approach has plenty of flaws, but I try to
Newsletter Scary Stories Maddd Science So I'm planning to center each of these newsletters on a theme, but then not to let the theme take over the newsletter. In other words, just the first few links here would be about scary stories, giving me space to cover the rest of the
Newsletter Pilot Issue Maddd Science Welcome to the first issue! I'm planning to have themes for each issue ("Horror," "Sequels," and "Disney Princesses" are all on the list), but this first one will just function as the calibration issue. I've been thinking about
