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Tag Archives: #DC
What Everyone is Missing About Lanterns – We’ve been Columboed
For four episodes now, influencers and commentators and YouTube talking heads have been trashing Hal Jordan, saying he’s old, bitter, an asshole, a drunk. They are all wrong. Hal Jordan is not old, he’s experienced in a crucial way that … Continue reading
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Soul Screaming Pop Culture: Lanterns is all slight-of-hand – darker truths about everything from apple shooting, to strip bars, to nine months ruined, to that Huxtables reference
Lanterns, episode 3 challenges the audience to pay attention in ways we may not be used to no matter who we are. In service of a superhero story, we are asked to wrestle with questions about what makes a hero, … Continue reading
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Lanterns, Episode 2 is a Beautiful Buffet…with a Tom King turd as a center piece
Props where they are due—Lanterns, episode 2 is a feast for fanboys, a delicious development of the detective plot, an exquisite expansion of the show’s super-hero elements, and a wonder of world building. And all of that splendor gets slightly … Continue reading
A Green Lantern Eulogy… for Tom King’s Credibility
Brothers and sisters, let us bow our heads for a once gifted comics writer’s honor… Over the past decade or so, Tom King has arguably been one of comics’ best storytellers. He wrote outstanding tales including The Vision, Supergirl: Woman … Continue reading
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BvS vs. Daredevil Season 2, et al: Spectacle Vs. Story
First things first; congratulations to Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice for crushing it at the box office worldwide in its first weekend. Over $440 million is awesome. I wish it even more success. However, I must admit I came … Continue reading
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Tagged #amwriting, #BatmanVSuperman:DawnofJustice, #boxoffice, #BvS, #comics, #Daredevil, #DaredevilSeason2, #DC, #films, #Marvel, #MCU, #Negan, #Punisher, #StarWars, #StarWarsTheForceAwakens, #TheWalkingDead, writing
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“Blackjack: Ransom for a Dead King” An Adventurous Gift for You
There are so many ways to tell a story. Print, e-books, audio, just to name a few, are growing in popularity as part of the Indy book movement (despite the doctored figures big publishers want people to believe). Podcasting and … Continue reading
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Tagged #adventure, #amediting, #amreading, #author, #authorlife, #Blackjack, #bookgasm, #bookme, #books, #bookstagram, #comics, #DC, #free, #freebies, #freereads, #IndianaJones, #Marvel, #pulpfiction, #readers, #Suspense, #thrills
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On Pop Culture: Who Warner Bros. Should Really Get to Direct Justice League
Warner Brothers came soooooooo close to solving their comic book movie credibility problem. And they still have a chance to get it right, with one phone call. This week Marvel announced Joss Whedon would be writing and directing Avengers II … Continue reading
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Tagged #Affleck, #Avengers, #Batman, #BenAffleck, #BrianMichaelBendis, #BruceTimm, #comics, #DC, #DCmovies, #film, #GeoffJohns, #Green Lantern, #JoeQuesada, #JusticeLeague, #JusticeLeaguefilm, #KevinSmith, #Marvel, #movies, #PaulDini, #Superman, #WarnerBros., #Whedon
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NY Times film critics vs. the super-heroes!
New York Times film critics Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott tag-teamed summer super-hero movies as the lead story in the paper’s July 1st Sunday Arts and Leisure section, ripping into the genre with accusations of corporate manipulation, sexism, and … Continue reading
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Tagged #AOScott, #Avengers, #BlackWidow, #CaptainAmerica, #DC, #film, #IronMan, #JossWhedon, #ManohlaDargas, #marketing, #Marvel, #NickFury, #NYTimes, #popculture, #post-feminist, #post-racial, #SamuelL.Jackson, #ScarletJohansen, #Spider-Man, #superhero, #TheAmazingSpider-Man, #TheDarkKnightRises
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