Daredevil and the Moral Value of Pain
Blind lawyer Matt Murdock beats up bad guys and they beat him right back. Is that pain worth anything in and of itself? Or is it just a means to an end?
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Blind lawyer Matt Murdock beats up bad guys and they beat him right back. Is that pain worth anything in and of itself? Or is it just a means to an end?
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The Overthinkers tackle “Avegners: Age of Ultron,” directed by Joss Whedon and starring Robert Downey, Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Scarlet Johansson, and James Spader’s ominous voice.
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Before (or after!) you see Avengers: Age of Ultron, take a look back through X-Men, Spider-Man, and the history of superhero movies.
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather overthink contemporary prestige pictures, including “Inherent Vice”, “Birdman”, and “TAK3N”.
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The American Myth Factory as a production producing process.
Was becoming Batman REALLY the best way to fix Gotham City? What’s the return on investment for “Being Batman?”
A revised look at the statistics of superhero movies and if there’s any indication that they’ve hit their peak.
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The Overthinkers tackle the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Richard Rosenbaum’s book “Raise Some Shell”.
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What does the premiere episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD say about the relationship between the franchise’s superheroes and their audience?
Have we maximized the exploitation of our finite supply of superhero movies, and are now entering a period of inexorable decline?
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