The Mandalorian

Lone Ranger Mandalorian and Yoda Cub is excellent so far. It’s definitely the best thing Disney has done with Star Wars, and probably the best thing since the original trilogy. We’ve had years in which the female and the effeminate have increasingly run all things sci-fi and fantasy, and we finally get something now that’s more representative the masculinity of Western Culture. The sparsity of dialogue fits the genre(s), though you can’t help but think that Disney knows it’s walking a tightrope with Star Wars right now, that they’ve alienated most of their male fans, and the less that is said in the show, the less likely they are to say something Leftist and foolish, something that will cost them more money in the end. You can’t help but watch the show with some skepticism though, looking for the worn out Commie shoe to drop. I’m expecting the Yoda cub to be a girl and waiting for the first transgender droid that identifies as a Wookie to show up.

Barry Allen, For the Life of the World

The Flash tv show has been infected with SJWism since season 1, with it getting progressively worse throughout. They’re attempting to redeem themselves a bit this season though, setting up Barry Allen as the Christ-figure to lay himself down for the life of the world in the coming Crisis. Having found himself to be unable to choose otherwise and the only one able to carry out the saving work, his friends take different attitudes in the face of his impending departure. Cisco, his best friend to his right, plays the role of both Judas and John, betraying Barry, but for the purpose of trying to save him. The inevitability of death has been the key theme of the season, which includes a villain trying to cure himself of cancer who also manages to create zombies in the process - the undead, clear symbols of the resurrection. The show writers manage to work in some George Romero references in the process. Then there’s the new version of time- and dimension- traveling H. Wells, this time an adventurer a la Indiana Jones, giving us a “Raiders” and “Last Crusade” reference. 

They also treat us with the Last Supper tableau featured below.

Now if they can get away from the Cultural Marxism that infests the show otherwise, they’ll be good to go.