The Rise of Hollywood
Occidental Dissent - Oct 5th 2020 9:55am EDTEditor’s Note: This is a work in progress. When did our age begin? What distinguishes Modern America from Victorian America? The transition between the two began in the 1910s, World War I was the rupture and was complete by the Roaring Twenties. The Lost Generation was the first Modern generation. On one side of this […]
Cardi B justifies looting in Minnesota
Tommy Robinson - May 28th 2020 3:17am EDTRapper and performer, Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar, otherwise known as Cardi B, justifies looting and rioting in Minnesota. In a recent Tweet, Cardi B posted a video of looting with these words: They looting in Minnesota and as much as I don’t like this type of violence it is what it is. Too much peaceful marches, […]
Star Trek: Picard Doesn’t Have a Pulse
Occidental Dissent - Feb 13th 2020 2:00pm ESTI was willing to give Star Trek: Picard a chance. I thought it was great that some of the old characters were coming back. I had hoped that CBS and the producers would have learned their lesson from Star Trek: Discovery. Above all else, it was a relief to finally be done with the Dawson’s […]
Richard Jewell (2019)
Occidental Dissent - Jan 31st 2020 4:35pm ESTMaybe I need to watch this movie after all. I’ve recently watched Joker and 1917, but Richard Jewell was highly recommended. It seems like everyone I know has seen it. I was too sick to watch it last month.
Spoiler Free Review: Star Trek: Picard (Episode 1)
Occidental Dissent - Jan 24th 2020 2:09am ESTI was pleasantly surprised. After chiming in on this the other day, I decided to watch the first episode. It has been nearly twenty years since we last saw Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis. The debut episode didn’t strike me as being any better or worse than TNG, DS9, Voyager or Enterprise. It was […]
Star Trek: Picard Is a Response To Brexit and Trump
Occidental Dissent - Jan 12th 2020 2:52pm ESTIf you were wondering if Star Trek: Picard was going to be any different than Star Trek: Discovery, the answer is no. Variety: “In a way, the world of ‘Next Generation’ had been too perfect and too protected,” he says. “It was the Enterprise. It was a safe world of respect and communication and care […]
Marvel Movies Will Soon Include Gay and Transgender Characters
Occidental Dissent - Jan 2nd 2020 12:02pm ESTThe first black superhero … The first deaf superhero … The first gay superhero … The first Asian-American superhero … The first transgender superhero … Such is the liberal project which is about novelty seeking, subverting norms and social hierarchies and mainstreaming perversion in order to extend the boundaries of freedom and equality. This ideal […]
Is Hollywood Beginning To Reject Wokeness?
Occidental Dissent - Dec 12th 2019 11:55am ESTEditor’s Note: I’m not interested in the new Ghostbusters movie. This does appear to be a step back from wokeness though. See also the upcoming release of Star Trek: Picard after the Star Trek: Discovery bombed. Now watching: