“Wonder Woman 1984” transports us to a simpler time of probable nuclear war, petroleum-fueled global conflicts and regrettable fashion. Does it also …
Universal anxiety
The danger of nuclear war is by no means a thing of the past, and yet even if our fears were not continuously focused on COVID-19, it is probably true …
Arms control held hostage
It was the first arms control pact to ban an entire class of nuclear arms. … threats against Europe and Japan, and soon the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Christmas 2020: The tree casts light in the darkness
Underlying the Age of Appliances, though, were fears of nuclear war. Then, in the 1960s, another unraveling, starting with the assassination of a …
Metro 2033 Is The Perfect Holiday Game For 2020
The stuff is everywhere in 2010’s Metro 2033, a chilling and chilly horror game set in the fallout of a 2013 nuclear war. While a game where violent …
The Strange, Constantly Shifting History of Wonder Woman’s Cheetah
In terms of villains, Pérez built Ares, the God of War, into a perfect nemesis, hellbent on manipulating world powers into a nuclear war. It was a …
Whatever: Carburetor Angst
The Carter Thermoquad sounds like nuclear war. The Holley double-pumper (!) came in sizes up to 850 cubic feet per minute of air, and after that was …
Thirteen Days Marks 20th Anniversary
In his interview, McNamara also points out how close the world truly came to nuclear war. Sorensen should be in the leading role. Aside from this, the …
Marvel Unveils The One Weapon That Can Kill The Hulk
After waking up in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by nuclear warfare, Hulk decides humanity no longer deserves its freedom. He kills Hercules and …
Wonder Woman 1984 Is a Comic-Book Movie for Every Liberal
… system (a riff on Reagan’s Star Wars program), setting off a nuclear war with Russia. This over-plotted mess resembles Democratic Party overreach.