Looking back at the second golden age of Hollywood while this group of writers attempted to wrestle with the notion of the 100 best movies of the 1970s, it’s mind-boggling to think so many of what we now consider the high points of a still young-ish art form came from this small pocket of time. There’s a reason that the 1970s are idolized, fetishisized and consistently namechecked by several generations of cinephiles: the sheer abundance of great movies that came out during that 10-year span, especially (but not exclusively) from American filmmakers. (In all fairness fair to Regan MacNeil, the devil made her do it.) These were the years when we learned to be scared of sharks, masked slashers and pea-soup-spitting youngsters. Later, boxers, biking teens, baseball kids and broken-down hockey players would prove that sometimes, the underdogs win even if they don’t actually win. The “Film Brats” were in full bloom, and after the studio system had let the bearded barbarians in through gate, audiences were gifted with what seemed like some new beautiful, bleak vision of American life on a weekly basis. It was the decade that gave us midnight movies, modern blockbusters, Blaxploitation epics, neo-noirs and the cream of the New Hollywood crop.
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Then, when all hope was lost, the scarred, heartbroken half-Skaa Kelsier found in himself the powers of a Mistborn.Ī brilliant thief and natural leader, Kelsier recruits the underworld's smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, who each share one of his many powers and relish a high-stakes challenge. For a thousand years, the Lord Ruler reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. For a thousand years, the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. Now with over 10 million copies sold, The Mistborn Series has the thrills of a heist story, the twistiness of political intrigue, and the epic scale of a landmark fantasy saga.įor a thousand years, ash fell and no flowers bloomed. The scepter is exchanged between Summer and Winter twice a year, at equinox, to keep the seasons in balance. Oberon arrives in the Winter Court to deliver the Scepter of the Seasons. Meghan collapses from cold, nausea, and heartbreak. 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