circumstantial (WordPress) | by pillock | Sat, Sep 20
Sat, Sep 20
Sorry, ranting...
We forget: these guys invented "action". They invented the summer blockbuster. Okay, we don't actually forget, obviously, because we say it all the time, but we forget what things were like before these guys came on the scene. We forget what made them great in the first place.
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