Joshua Patton

1 week ago | cbr.com | Joshua Patton

As fans celebrate the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, this milestone hits me a little differently, because it means it’s been that long since my deployment in Iraq. After serving six years in the U.S. Army Reserves, and deploying to Bosnia in 2000, I became an inactive reservist for about two months before then-President George W. Bush called up the I.R.R. to deploy to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

1 week ago | cbr.com | Joshua Patton

Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account When series co-creators J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof first dreamed up the Lost series, the plan was never to answer every question the series posed. Some questions, such as “why are we here?” or “fate or free will?” aren’t possible for any mortal writer to answer definitively. Over the six seasons of Lost, however,some major and minor storylines leave fans with more questions than answers. It’s also not always a bad thing. Sitting down to...

1 week ago | cbr.com | Joshua Patton

Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account While the show was mostly known for its “mystery box” style of storytelling, the biggest moments in Lost were plot twists that often changed the show irrevocably. In the show’s first season, the characters themselves were the mysteries driving the narrative, more so than the island mythology (which wasn’t really developed). So, it makes sense that the most significant moments in the series are tied to episodes where the characters made...

1 week ago | cbr.com | Joshua Patton

Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account After three seasons, Prime Video’s Reacher is one of the streaming service’s biggest hits. Playing a role in the series is a nice feather in any actor’s cap. However, in Season 2, the villain Shane Langston was recast, with Robert Patrick replacing Rory Cochrane. Fans appreciated the change because Patrick is a legendary actor with ties to the Terminator franchise and The X-Files. In Season 2, viewers seemed shocked that Reacher had an...

1 week ago | cbr.com | Joshua Patton

Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your CBR account The following contains spoilers from Daredevil: Born AgainSeason 1, now streaming on Disney+. With the inclusion of Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle in Daredevil: Born Again, the Punisher logo controversy became a foundational element of the story. The familiar death’s head symbol is a common adornment worn by both military service members and police officers, either on their person, gear or vehicles. As a war veteran, I understand and even...