Break Down Cinema

Content Warning: abandonment, ableism, abuse, antisemitism, cruelty, death threats, doxing, fascism, harassment, homelessness, homophobia, misogyny, murder, psychological abuse, stochastic terrorism, transphobia, violence, and war. Fig. 1  The title of the new UNIT spin-off (Image credit: BBC Television, via Google Images.) Introduction: The Pitch The Unified (née United Nations) Intelligence Taskforce, or UNIT, is a government military organisation in the Doctor Who (BBC Television, 1963-present) universe. They became a popular fixture of the franchise due to their frequent appearances throughout the "Classic Series" (1963-1989), particularly as the series' de facto precinct during the Third Doctor's (Jon Pertwee) era. UNIT have also been a recurring presence in the "Revived Series" (2005-2022) with an even more major role in the series' current Bad Wolf/Disney+ era (2023-present). In conjunction with this greater emphasis on UNIT in the programme, a n...

The following is a slightly edited and reformatted backup of my article for the Centre for Social Development blog in 2021. I cannot find an archive of the original. I wanted to preserve it but with better wording. The original essay also used a different referencing style; I have converted it to the Harvard style to be more consistent with my other essays for this blog. Additionally, I used Fight Club (Fincher, 1999) as one of my key examples. However, I overlooked that Renegade Cut - whose video I cited in my section on The Incredibles (Bird, 2004) - also briefly discussed the potential interpretations of Fight Club that I mentioned. In the interest of transparency and sufficient attribution, the feminist and Marxist readings of Fight Club I mentioned come from Renegade Cut. While I otherwise present my article as published in 2021, I would not attempt to fit the different types of thematic criticism into a finite number of categories if I discussed the topic today, as such a methodo...