You Want It Darker: Doug Laman (NerdInTheBasement) and wallflower Talk About ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE (2021)
Before: the Story So Far Doug: So here we are again. Five years after…
The Friday Article Roundup Lights Up
Independence Day in the U.S. arrives as the world ponders its heroes. 9/11 joke writers…
The Secret Identity Thing
My kids watch a show where there the characters are superheroes, and they have to…
Year of the Month: David “Rosy Fingers” McFarlane on THE PHANTOM
“For those who came in late…” Across the dark realm of the Orient exists a…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on X-Men Origins: Wolverine
This is going to be my messiest essay, and maybe the one where all…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on Push
The modern age of superhero movies began in 2000 with X-Men. Marvel properties quickly established…
(Good?) Junk Food: Me & The MCU
The MCU movies drive me nuts. I like most of the MCU movies. I tend…
Year of the Month: Sunil Patel on Unbreakable
It may be hard to believe, but there was a time before superhero movies…
Bresson, Bergman, and Batman
Okay, so I’ll admit that I have a friend whose taste in movies I tend…
So Fucking Special: Selfdestructible by Mike Vago
The young adult and superhero genres have been coming together for a while. The structures…