Think Tank: Why did Iron Fist suck?
It’s almost unanimous: Iron Fist was the weakest of Marvel’s four Netflix superhero shows. Now that the dust has settled, the question remains: what went wrong?
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Marvel on Overthinking It
Episode 471: Spider-Man: He Who Came Home
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle Spider Man: Homecoming.
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Episode 462: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Whistle While You Work
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, starring Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana.
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Hope’s End: Logan and the Death of the Mutant Metaphor
The tenth (and final?) X-Men movie takes a bleak view of western civilization’s founding mythologies
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100 Days, 100 Nights: Marvel Series and Netflix Bloat
Why are Marvel’s Netflix series 13 episodes when they could be 10? or 8?
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Episode 436: You’re Hacking The Universe… With Your Mind Code!
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle Doctor Strange, the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton.
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Episode 431: The Zipcodes in the Marvel Netflix World
On the Overhtinking It Podcast, we talk about how Marvel’s Luke Cage will fit into the Marvel Netflix Universe, and why the shows are a Saga while the movies are an Epic.
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The Origin Stories of Thirty Heroes and Villains in One Chart
The world of super-heroes and villains seems endlessly, but most origin stories are actually a combination of just four ingredients.
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Iron Man and the Island of Stability
Tony Stark found the Holy Grail of nuclear physics and nobody noticed
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Daredevil vs Spider-Man vs the Chinese Mafia
We read and discuss Charles Soule’s Daredevil #9, in which Spider-Man starts putting the pieces together
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