Have We Reached Peak Superhero?
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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Superheroes on Overthinking It
Red on the Ledger: The Avengers and Sexual Violence
How Whedon/Johanssens’s Black Widow advances heroic symbolism and political discourse around survivors of sexual violence.
Arkham City, or Punching Prison Reform
Yes, the plot of Batman: Arkham City is ridiculous. That just means it’s true to the source material.
#OccupyHeroism
“I am the Batman: Year 1%.” Political posters from your favorite superheroes.
Episode 160: Bringing a Gun to a Shield Fight
The Overthinkers tackle “Captain America: The First Avenger.”
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Episode 123: Frotterage
The Overthinkers tackle Conan O’Brien’s return to television and Megamind (without having seen the latter).
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Episode 108: Casper was Dead the Whole Time
The Overthinkers tackle Salt, fashion, psychology, superheroes, and autobiography.
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The Greatest Furniture in Fiction [Think Tank]
The sitting and sleeping places of our heroes.
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An Unlikely Source of Superhero Fan Fic
National Public Radio. This American Life, specifically. This radio show, made famous for its true-life storytelling on subjects ranging from building superintendents to summer camp, occasionally dabbles in the world of fiction. Very occasionally, they dabble in the world of … Continued
Is Watchmen Unfilmable?
In preparation for the March release of its film adaptation, I reread Watchmen this week. It had been more than four years. Back then, I liked it, but it wasn’t the time for me to read it. I hadn’t been … Continued