Before 2008 and the rise of the Disney-Marvel titan, if you were to ask someone who's generally unfamiliar with comic books to make a list of any superheros they were familiar with, chances are they would give you a relatively short list. At the top of this list would probably be Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man, …
I love everything about Halloween: the fact that October means it's (usually) getting colder and summer is finally over; the fact that I get to eat more wintry foods and drinks; the scents of pumpkin, pine, spices, and leaves; the memories of going to high school football games or the beginning of my first semester …
Even though October is still a few months away, I never turn down the opportunity to help get me into the Halloween spirit. The Crow certainly falls into that category (it takes places on Halloween, after all). In spite of this initial appeal, The Crow left me with some mixed feelings. I had actually seen …
In the early 1990s, the superhero genre of film was dominated by DC. Batman and Superman had been cultural icons for many decades, and their transition from comic page and campy television show to film showed that there was still enough interest in the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight to be lucrative. Other …
Continue reading Super Cinema Series: Blade Trilogy (Blade, Blade II, and Blade: Trinity)
Next on our list, offering a welcome return to normalcy from the risque absurdity of Howard the Duck, is a movie that I was not aware was based on a comic, Disney's The Rocketeer. Even though this is only the second movie I've watched so far, I'm pretty sure this will end up being one …
We're starting off strong, folks. After Julia and I returned from our movie collecting trip to the local used bookstore, I decided that the best way to approach our exploration of the pre-MCU superhero genre would be to start in chronological order. It's not a perfect system (obviously watching all three X-Men movies in order …
Continue reading Super Cinema Series: Howard the Duck (1986)
Luke and Rey are both heroes, but the reasons they are chosen for greatness could not be more different. As we draw ever closer to the release of Star Wars: Episode IX, I’ve read numerous online articles trying to guess how Disney’s Sequel Trilogy is going to end. Not only do fans want to know …
Just a small offering of the pre-MCU superhero catalog While recently browsing some of the more comic-oriented sections of the internet after seeing Marvel's most recent triumph Avengers: Endgame, I came across an article reviewing the Fantastic Four movie written at the time it was released in 2005. Surely you remember it: this is the …
Continue reading Before the MCU: Exploring the Superhero Movies of the 1990s and early 2000s
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