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Tag Archives: Action Adventure
Epic
This might be a controversial opinion, but I think I Am Number Four is a better superhero flick than Captain America or Iron Man. Or possibly just about every other mainstream superhero flick out there. Here me out before you start violently disagreeing. First of all, we need to define what is the essence of [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies Also tagged Blue Shield, Captain America, Charitable Foundation, Clown, Diplomacy, Epic Battles, Evildoers, Greatest Superhero, Incredibles, Intellectual Level, Iron Man, Merits, Physical Conflict, Punches, Slam Bang, Small Wonder, Superhero Flick, Tact, Writing Great Characters Leave a comment
Green Lantern (Cultural Counter Punch)
There’s a line in the cultural sand of superheroes. It’s a line that says superheroes are either “dark and sophisticated” like The Dark Knight or “slight and stupid” like Green Lantern. It’s deeper than superheroes actually. It’s how we have been taught to view the world now. Shows like Dexter and The Wire and others [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies Also tagged Asshole, Counter Punch, Creative Action, Culture War, Dark Knight, Dexter, Different Point Of View, Epic Battle, Good Fun, Good Guys And Bad Guys, Green Lantern, Outright Hostility, Protagonists, Reasonable Person, Smart Film, Superhero Flick, Superheroes, Term Culture, Wages 7 Comments
Life with Archie?
I haven’t complained about comics much recently, have I? Maybe it’s because I’m just not buying many titles. I love superhero stuff, and most superhero stuff this day and age ranges from dull to atrocious. Honestly, maybe I’ve outgrown the genre. Although I do really love Atomic Robo and while it’s not technically a superhero [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Writing Also tagged Age Ranges, Apology, Archie Andrews, Avengers, Beasts Of Burden, Billy The Kid, Chip N Dale, Comic Book, Darkwing Duck, Dinosaur Scientists, Fantasy Twist, Gag, Horror Adventure, Imaginary Story, Nazis, Oddities, Rescue Rangers, Tesla, Two Worlds 2 Comments
Love, Hate, and Everything In-Between