Non-Required Reading: How Nolan Is Saving the Superhero Movie
So you guys know Chris Nolan right? Let me guess, you loved “The Dark Knight,” and you loved “Inception” (what was going on with that ending?! OMG!?!) I’m a little tired of the Nolan buzz, to be completely honest, but I can understand where it’s all coming from. In terms of superhero movie quality, Nolan is right [...]
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Non-Required Reading: How Zack Snyder Might Ruin Everything
So Zack Snyder has been pegged to do the new Superman movie. Yes, after four Christopher Reeve movies, one Bryan Singer movie to supposedly fit in with that canon, and several solid cartoon movies, we’re starting all over again. To be honest, I don’t mind it. Here I go losing a nerd-credibility point, but I have never [...]
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Non-Required Reading: Bono and the Hero
So, let’s start from the top. Last time, I explained a little bit of the problems faced with Julie Taymor and the Spider-Man musical. Today I’m going to lay the blame on Bono and The Edge. Now let me explain myself. I love me some ’80s U2. ”The Joshua Tree” album is pretty sweet, and most [...]
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Non-Required Reading: What Boom Studio Is Missing
Hey! Remember the guy in the picture? Well if you do, then we can be friends. If you don’t, just move along… Last time (link), I told you how Boom Studios was pulling all of your favorite ’90s ridiculousness and making them into comics. Well, they’ve just been getting started, so there’s still so much more for [...]
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Non-Required Reading: Comics Working Backwards
It’s the week before the week of spring break. Do you know what that means? Absolutely nothing. So, you know how most of the time I talk about comics being adapted into properties that you wouldn’t normally expect? Well, as we’ve firmly established, comics sometimes cross mediums, whether it’s into movies, video games, TV, or what have [...]
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Non-Required Reading: And DC Is Even Worse!
So, check the last article to see what’s the matter with Marvel comics. Long story short, they’re pretty rough if you wanna catch up, but it’s only five years worth of stories. DC Comics. Oh, DC comics… Let’s start from the top. The DC comics mythos revolves around a story from before I was born. No seriously, the [...]
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Non-Required Reading: Why It’s Hard to Understand Marvel Comics
If you understand roughly half of what that poster means, then you don’t need to bother to read this article. Two main complaints you get from non-comic readers about comics themselves are complete opposites. Oftentimes, people claim that comics aren’t legitimate reading material, that they are kid stuff and something designed to be ignored by the masses. To [...]
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Non-Required Reading: Marvel Movie Madness!
So here’s the deal: Marvel (in order to keep their movie-related trademark) is rebooting the Spider-Man franchise. That’s right, folks, we’re trying again. This time there’s no disco-dancing Tobey McGuire, no excessively singing Kirsten Dunst and no angry he-has-to-put-Venom-in-it director Sam Raimi. What does that mean for you, the loyal reader/movie watcher? Well, a couple different things. First [...]
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