About Selvir Katich

Selvir is an indie screenwriter and director. An avid gamer and life-long movie buff. Selvir created the channel 'Narrative Arcade' with the believe that story comes before everything, dissecting storytelling in all its forms. He can be found on Twitter/X @SelvirKatich.

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Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) draws his assault rifle in Halo Season 1 Episode 1 "Contact" (2022), Paramount Plus
February 17, 2024
Paramount Plus’ live-action ‘Halo’ series is an abysmal take on the original games – and there’s a very distinctive reason why.
Tsukasa Okino (Mutsumi Tamura/Veronica Taylor) reveals the reason he crossdresses as a girl in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (2019), Vanillaware
January 8, 2024
Western localizers have taken quite a handful of liberties over the years, deluding themselves into believing they are actual creators.
The imposing Colossus Titan from Attack on Titan Season 3 (2023), MAPPA
December 1, 2023
While Hollywood keeps damaging storytelling with its preachy use of allegory, anime makes themes its focus to deliver better stories.
Miles (Nadji Jeter) lets Peter (Yuri Lowenthal) know New York is in good hands in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (2023), Insomniac Games
November 15, 2023
Sweet Baby Inc. is a company with a DEI focus offering special consultation like “sensitivity reading” which is hurting genuine storytelling.
November 8, 2023
Screenwriters abandoned their moral duty of delivering the elixir and replaced it with superficial posturing about social justice.
November 1, 2023
Numerous Hollywood studios as well as the Writers Guild of America have embraced racial and sexual identity and orientation quotas to determine the best scripts. This is a recipe for disaster that AI could solve.