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Save Us From Superheroes
The superhero is truly dead. What started out with a bang with Daredevil and Jessica Jones, ended with a whimper with Luke Cage and Iron Fist. And you only have yourselves to blame.
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I Refuse to be a Game of Thrones Junkie
I have one thing to say to all Game of Thrones fans: Stop being trailer trash. You are better than that.
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Will the Real Pirate of the Caribbean Please Stand Up?
As the fifth edition of Pirates of the Caribbean releases this weekend, it’s time to toast the franchise’s real hero. I am holding the candle for Captain Hector Barbossa.
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The World According to Joker: The Dark Knight Predicted the Future a Decade Ago
Ten years ago, a movie made sense of the chaos around us. Its most astute character was not the hero Batman, but the film’s arch-villain, The Joker. When he said “The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules,” you know he was prophesying the future.
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Years Before Black Panther, We Had Blade: The Black Superhero We Forgot
On the 20th anniversary of Blade’s film debut, it’s worth remembering his role in making superhero movies what they are today. He was the first black superhero before Black Panther, the first gritty franchise before Batman Begins, and Iron Man and Captain America owe their popularity to him.
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In a Post-Marvel Age, M Night Shyamalan’s Superheroes and Villains are Irrelevant
Are people who think they’re superheroes crazy, or does it take a crazy person to become a superhero? In trying to find pat answers to such questions, M Night Shyamalan’s Glass fails.
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The Batman Re-imagines the Caped Crusader to Stirring Effect
Robert Pattinson’s Batman, if it were even possible, is darker and grimmer but the franchise and film is all better for it. This is a new vision and maybe a new legacy for the superhero we thought couldn’t be imagined any other way.
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Enter the Dragon: My Battle with a Bat, Straight Out of Game of Thrones
I am surprised at the number of perfectly rational people who display phobias like the fear of household lizards and heights. And I was perfectly rational too… until a bat entered my room, looking like a mini dragon, while I watched Game of Thrones.
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Remake Game of Thrones! Remove Robert Pattinson! Have We Reached Peak #FirstWorldProblems?
We’ve come to see petitions as a way to be loud when we’re tired of Twitter. From disgruntled fans demanding Game of Thrones’ final season be remade and Robert Pattison be recast as Batman, to actual do-gooders trying to save the environment, the online petition is the new outdoor rally.
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No Sex Please, We’re Superheroes
June was quite a month for superheroes (and supervillains). Loki, the smooth-talking god of mischief officially announced himself as bisexual, a day after it was revealed that Batman got flak from DC bosses for going down on Catwoman in the animated series Harley Quinn.