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Category Archives: Blog
A Very Predicable Post
I don’t think storytelling should be viewed as a contest between the writer and the audience. By that, I mean I don’t think it’s my job as a writer to try to outsmart you, and I don’t think it’s your job as a reader to try to figure out what I’m doing. The whole notion [...]
Also posted in Movies, Writing Tagged Audience, Bank Robbery, Byproduct, Characterization, Elements, Hard Time, Hero, Initial Surprise, Jfk, Job, Last Minute, Logic, Nature, Ninjas, Notion, Opponents, Predictability, Shared Experience, Storyteller, Storytelling 1 Comment
Forget Krypton
I don’t care about origins. For some characters, origins are important, but for many, they aren’t. One of the reasons I’m not interested in the new Superman movie is that I couldn’t give a damn about Krypton. I don’t need to spend much time there, and I actually prefer not doing so. I like Krypton [...]
Also posted in Comic Books, Movies, Writing Tagged Batman, Clark Kent, Compassion, Earth Culture, Excuse, Heat Vision, Human Culture, Incredible Power, Mainstream, Motivations, New Superman Movie, Notion, Origins, Personality, Salt Of The Earth, Sense Of Responsibility, Strange Paradox, Supermen, Superpowers, Technically 5 Comments
A Digression on Superhero Chick Flicks
Q&A Friday is here once again, and while I’m a little late posting this, this is still technically Friday, so the universe has not fallen completely out of disorder just yet. Another day pushing back against the forces of chaos, right? Sure, we’re all destined one day to be swallowed up by a vast and [...]
Also posted in Comic Books, Writing Tagged Abyss, Action Adventure, Adventure Genre, Amazing Power, Athlete, Bad Guys, Brink, Chaos, Chick Flicks, Cinematic Universe, Digression, Fantasies, Female Superheroes, Genres, Metropolis, Ordinary Citizens, Police Force, Powerful Industrialist, Punch, Rare Exception, Shoulders, Superman, Target Audience 4 Comments
The Superman Rebuttals Begin