Christopher Fase
Screenwriter and Critic
“Come, dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of heisenberg; that clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly. dry your eyes… and let’s go home”
- Alan Moore, “Watchmen”
My name is Christopher Fase, and I’m a screenwriter and film critic based in Los Angeles, California. My work is guided by my humanist philosophy, a philosophy that came to me from the artistic works of people before me (examples of which I’ve included here, as I feel they help to illustrate what drives me creatively). I believe that by creating and discussing films and art, we further our connection to each other and to the human spirit.
I am particularly drawn to science fiction stories, as I find that by engaging with what we think the future will hold, we learn valuable lessons about the present. I want to write films and television that help people connect with each other through excited and thought-provoking discussions, and through my criticism I want to engage with those very discussions with my own perspective and excitement. As long as we keep art alive and keep engaging in it, we are keeping humanity itself alive. It’s valuable work I want to continue, and I hope you’re ready to join me on it. My contact information is listed below if you’d like to reach out for writing samples.
Art by Jack Kirby
Criticism
“Every issue sets its sights on a different character, either someone who’s already on the Ultimates team or someone who is newly recruited, allowing each issue to function as both an expansion of the universe and a singular story in and of itself. This makes for a lively and inventive series that continues to excite me as a reader. More than any other comic, I feel like I could be getting something completely different with each issue, in a way that only makes me want to read more.”
“There are deeper conversations that take place in the episode, but they’re all between pre-established characters such as Fisk, Matt, and Karen. While I love those characters and how those scenes play out, the new characters are robbed of a chance to shine, and it makes the episode feel embarrassed of anything new it’s bringing to the table, too comfortable relying on what people already know.”
“It shows you a number of symbols and images charged with political meaning but actively avoids interrogating them. All of this is in service of a broader and vaguer message about how love is the thing that unites us and will bring this world forward. That message is nice, and Coppola presents it extremely genuinely, giving the film a nice heart-on-its-sleeve quality, but it can’t help but feel like a waste.”