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Giovanni Iacobucci

The Vexing, Thrilling Legacy of the ‘Indiana Jones Adventure’

Did Disney finally fix one of its most beloved, but infamously broken, rides? What continues to drive the cult of ‘Indy’ nearly 30 years…

25 min readMar 24, 2023

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An early promotional photo of the ‘Indiana Jones Adventure’ ride with passengers in a jeep driving across a bridge while a fireball erups near them.

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Giovanni Iacobucci
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Introducing Elucid, A GraphQL Error Detector For the Rest of Us

GraphQL does a lot of wonderful things, but it doesn’t make error detection for requests sent over HTTP particularly painless.

6 min readAug 18, 2021

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Introducing Elucid, A GraphQL Error Detector For the Rest of Us

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Giovanni Iacobucci

On the Death of the Future

In early 2015, I spent an evening editing a short video comprised of clips that appealed to a certain nostalgic, optimistic spot in my…

13 min readMay 13, 2020

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On the Death of the Future

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Giovanni Iacobucci

Retrospective | ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ Failed the Star Wars Exit Exam. That’s Okay

Last fall, I began a series of retrospective essays on every live-action Star Wars feature film to date heading into the release of Star…

13 min readMar 29, 2020

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Retrospective | ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ Failed the Star Wars Exit Exam. That’s Okay

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Giovanni Iacobucci

Retrospective | How ‘The Last Jedi’ Became a Battleground In Our Culture War

Last year, I watched all 33-and-counting Godzilla feature films ahead of the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. This year, I’ve…

18 min readDec 6, 2019

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Retrospective | How ‘The Last Jedi’ Became a Battleground In Our Culture War

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Giovanni Iacobucci

Retrospective | What ‘The Force Awakens’ Remembered — and What It Forgot

Last year, I watched all 33-and-counting Godzilla feature films ahead of the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. This year, I’ve…

13 min readDec 3, 2019

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Retrospective | What ‘The Force Awakens’ Remembered — and What It Forgot

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Giovanni Iacobucci

Retrospective | ‘Return of the Jedi’ Signaled Star Wars’ Impending Ambivalence

Last year, I watched all 33-and-counting Godzilla feature films ahead of the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. This year, I’ve…

13 min readNov 26, 2019

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Retrospective | ‘Return of the Jedi’ Signaled Star Wars’ Impending Ambivalence

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Giovanni Iacobucci

Retrospective | ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Gave Star Wars Its Saga

Last year, I watched all 33-and-counting Godzilla feature films ahead of the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. This year, I’ve…

9 min readNov 19, 2019

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Retrospective | ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Gave Star Wars Its Saga

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Giovanni Iacobucci

Retrospective | ‘A New Hope’ Changed Movies Forever, And Itself Continues to Change

Last year, I watched all 33-and-counting Godzilla feature films ahead of the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. This year, I’ve…

10 min readNov 14, 2019

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Retrospective | ‘A New Hope’ Changed Movies Forever, And Itself Continues to Change

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Giovanni Iacobucci

Retrospective | ‘Rogue One’ Was Star Wars’ Most Egalitarian Chapter

Last year, I watched all 33-and-counting Godzilla feature films ahead of the release of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. This year, I’ve…

10 min readNov 6, 2019

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Retrospective | ‘Rogue One’ Was Star Wars’ Most Egalitarian Chapter

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Giovanni Iacobucci

Giovanni Iacobucci

Software engineer, director of the movie "West Coast Gothic," and author of the Bridgetown series. Sans-serif fonts have ruined my last name.

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