The Age Before Ultron: A Brief History of Super Hero Movies, Agony to Avengers
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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X Men on Overthinking It
Rewriting the Future: Retroactive Continuity as Marketing
When is changing the past the right decision? When it’s profitable.
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Episode 308: Liberté! Egalité! Mutanité!
The Overthinkers tackle “X-Men: Days of Future Past”.
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Fear and greed in the face of the unknown: The X-Men and Civil Rights
The X-Men film franchise has generated much of its conflict from the idea that the unknown nature of mutants ledas lead to fear, hatred, and inevitably, backlash. This is of course no accident – the X-Men were started in the … Continued
The Mind is the Medium: Mental Illness in Pop Culture, Part 1
What we talk about when we talk about fictional characters with mental illness.
X-Men: F—ing Magnetos… How Do They Work?
“Master of Magnetism?” Bubbe, you’ll never get a good-paying job without a Ph.D.
Episode 153: Captain Michael Ironside of the USS Ironside
The Overthinkers tackle X-Men: First Class.
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Open Thread for January 21, 2011
American Idol, X-Men First Class, Batman and the week ending January 21, 2011.
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Open Thread for August 20, 2010
X-Men First Class, Paramount’s roster, Justin Bieber, Chelsea Handler and the week ending August 20th.
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The Aluminium Conundrum: Magneto’s Powers and Metallic Structure
We know Magneto can manipulate metals. But we didn’t know how. Until now.