Tyler Dean
@tmdean.bsky.social
Literature professor and writer with a penchant for the Gothic, vampiric, and decadent. Guillermo del Toro but sadder and hornier. Check out my pop culture articles on reactormag.com/author/tyler-dean/
A relatively deathless penultimate episode of a GoT show but still filled with visceral, dragon-y goodness! Read my latest HotD article @reactorsff.bsky.social Comment and share! Stay tuned for the finale! reactormag.com/tv-review-ho...
Pale Horses, Prophetic Dreams, and Bad Omens: House of the Dragon, Season 3 Episode 7 - Reactor
A betrayal is revealed, a future is glimpsed, and a character we thought dead returns... also: DRAGONFIGHT!
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Season Three is winding down (or perhaps racing to an inevitable conflagration). Read my latest explainer/review for House of the Dragon season 3! Comment on the article itself over at @reactorsff.bsky.social, share it, give it a like! reactormag.com/tv-review-ho...
No Glory, No Songs, Only Butchery: House of the Dragon, Season 3 Episode 6 - Reactor
Well... that ended badly. But on the bright side: mystery eggs!
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A real nadir for the patriarchy’s aesthetic output! Read my article at @reactorsff.bsky.social on the Corman-produced Sorceress and maybe take some tiny comfort in the fact that, if nothing else, the male gaze in films has gotten somewhat better? Comment and share!
Sorceress: A Low Point in Sleaze-and-Sorcery Sexploitation - Reactor
Roger Corman presents the male gaze at its most jaundiced and bloodshot.
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Supergirl was fine? Milly Alcock great. Questionable final act. Lots of tonal inconsistency. But like, didn’t deserve the hate (including the hate that didn’t come from a deeply misogynistic place). But like fine! Also Bradley Cooper and David Krumholz should always play brothers.
Wanna read about Naathi butterflies, a quasi-encomium for Criston Cole, and a thorough accounting of all the minute differences between book and show at this point? You are in absolute luck! Share it, comment on the article itself, and follow along for more HotD goodness at @reactorsff.bsky.social
Rushing Headlong Toward a Terrible Fate: House of the Dragon, Season 3 Episode 5 - Reactor
White Worms, deadly butterflies, and some significant departures from the source material...
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An enthno-nationalist autocratic religious zealot subverting recognized succession laws to seize power? Sounds a little far fetched for the usually grounded and gritty fantasies of Westeros. Read my new article up at @reactorsff.bsky.social ! #hotd #ormund reactormag.com/tv-review-ho...
A New Villain Shimmies Into the Dance: House of the Dragon, Season 3 Episode 4 - Reactor
Notes on Hightower ethno-supremacy, surprise pregnancies, and a focus on the smallfolk in Tumbleton...
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RIP Bonnie Tyler, you sang the very best version of the very best pop song about vampires ever written and for that I am eternally grateful.
My article on John Boorman’s maximalist fantasia, Excalibur, is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social ! Come for the blowtorch staff; stay for the sex in full plate mail! reactormag.com/excalibur-an...
Excalibur: An Epic Tale of Swords, Sorcery, and Baffling Tonal Shifts - Reactor
A deeply flawed, fascinating, and visually stunning film from director John Boorman.
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A fantastic bottle episode ratchets up the tension on the most recent episode of #HotD. Read my article on @reactorsff.bsky.social, leave a comment, share it with friends! reactormag.com/tv-review-ho...
Suspicious Minds, Rats, and Imposters: House of the Dragon, Season 3 Episode 3 - Reactor
Rhaenyra sees enemies and traitors everywhere, and questions of legitimacy weaken a key alliance.
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Read my explainer/review for the latest episode of HotD! Comment, share, all the normal things! reactormag.com/tv-review-ho...
Fishfeed, Severed Heads, and Political Theater: House of the Dragon Season 3, Episode 2 - Reactor
The cooler heads of an older generation meet violent ends, and Rhaenyra puts on a brave face...
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It’s a double whammy this week for @reactorsff.bsky.social articles authored by yours truly. The next entry in #80sFantasyFilmClub column is on #TheBlackCauldron: Disney’s disastrous take on The Chronicles of Prydain. Comment and share; help us remember this thing perhaps better left forgotten!
The Black Cauldron: The Dark Fantasy Disney Tried to Bury - Reactor
Intrepid young adventurers, a bard, some witches, and a bit of necromancy — how did this adaptation go so wrong?
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And now my watch begins! My explainer for the season premiere of House of the Dragon is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social ! Go and read it. Comment on the site! Share it with friends! Mostly enjoy #HotD season 3–it’s Game of Thrones at its absolute best! reactormag.com/tv-review-ho...
House of the Dragon Roars Back to Life in Its Season 3 Premiere - Reactor
A spectacular sea battle and a major character death set the stage for all-out war.
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It’s #hotd season! Follow me for weekly, Monday explainers and coverage as we go, episode by episode at Reactor Magazine! #houseofthedragon #teamgreen #teamblack #emmadarcystanaccount
I regret to inform you that I enjoyed Jared Leto in the new Masters of the Universe movie.
My article on Terry Gilliam and John Neville’s The Adventures of #BaronMunchausen is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social It’s a wild and mostly not too racist ride. Share this article, comment on it over at Reactor itself or interact in whatever way you see fit. reactormag.com/the-adventur...
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: The Life and Times of a Master Storyteller - Reactor
Revisiting Terry Gilliam's wildly ambitious, extravagant celebration of the power of imagination.
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I recently lost my partner in lengual masochism (to bullshit and betrayal not to death). Who wants to join me in unnecessary sacrifice?
That fragment of The Lovely Bones book club on today’s Widow’s Bay is one of my favorite niche jokes in all of TV
Alright Folks! My article on the 1988 Masters of the Universe film is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social for your reading pleasure, just in time to see Jared Leto. That’s two for two on problematic cinematic Skeletors. reactormag.com/masters-of-t...
Masters of the Universe (1987): Epic Villains, Huge Swords, and Cynical Cash Grabs - Reactor
He-Man and his weird friends are here to sell toys and save the universe...
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Get ready for a wild read as my 80s Fantasy Film Club column over at @reactorsff.bsky.social takes on the Cannon Film “classic” Hercules featuring some of the wildest interpretations of Greek Mythology this side of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (albeit much much worse). reactormag.com/hercules-a-c...
Hercules: A Confusing Shlockfest of Heroic Proportions - Reactor
In which Hercules battles the robo-centaurs, and punches a bear into space.
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Amazon airing an ad for the US Marines during The Boys really feels like confirmation of the death of satire.
Oh no! I deeply identify with Cailee Spaeny’s character. RSD Representation FTW? #beefseason2
My article on Henson and Froud’s #TheDarkCrystal. One of the films that I have VERY specific memories of being too young for and scared out of my mind. Is it art? Is it a failure? I explore all those options in my piece below! reactormag.com/the-dark-cry...
The Dark Crystal: Misunderstood Masterpiece or Traumatic Nightmare Fuel? - Reactor
Too frightening for small children, but maybe a bit too boring for everyone else?
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My article on everyone’s favorite David Bowie’s junk vehicle, #Labyrinth, is up at @reactorsff.bsky.social for my 80’s Fantasy Film column! Share it and comment and go bask in those unevenly dilated pupils! reactormag.com/labyrinth-mu...
Labyrinth: Muppets, Bowie, and the Pain of Impending Adulthood - Reactor
Name a better musical fantasy movie about our fear of growing up.
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This is not an April Fool’s prank! My article on The Last Unicorn is up at Reactor! Go share it and comment on it and make it impossible for literary agents to ignore it! reactormag.com/the-last-uni...
The Last Unicorn: A Fantasy Classic Whose Beauty Never Fades - Reactor
Beyond simple nostalgia, this movie was a foundational part of so many childhoods...
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Michael B Jordan winning for Sinners has given me just enough joy to probably watch the Oscars again next year.
The Bride had so much to say. And it’s a surreal riotous romp. It’s a shame it had no way of marrying those two impulses. Frustratingly close to being sublime.
In my end of February haze I neglected to post about my article on the Rankin and Bass Flight of Dragons for the 80s Fantasy Film Club over at Reactor! Here is the ameliorative now! reactormag.com/the-flight-o...
The Flight of Dragons: Magic, Science, and a Lot of Hot Air - Reactor
Is this an overlooked Rankin/Bass classic, or has it been forgotten for a reason?
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#WorldofwarcraftMidnight has Troll quest lines that are literally about purging the ghosts of colonial violence including reprimanding and atoning for the violence that your character was involved in if you were playing the game twenty years ago. So hey, progress?
RIP Dan Simmons, you would have loved going to war with Iran.
A solid season overall. Here’s my review, explainer, and look ahead at what’s next for #AKnightoftheSevenKingdoms. Always grateful for a like and follow, a comment on the article over at @reactorsff.bsky.social , or a share! I’ll be back for HotD coverage this summer! reactormag.com/tv-review-a-...
A New Day Dawns in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: "The Morrow" - Reactor
What did you think of the season finale? And what comes next?
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