A Song of Ice and Fire… Six Months of Search Terms: Wolverine, His Beard, and The Strange Searches That Lead People Here 2 Jul 20152 Jul 2015 A few years ago, I wrote a blog post called The Maramduke Fart Paradox, in which I discussed the strange search engine terms that lead people to this website. Among…
Batman… Reserving Judgments is a Matter of Infinite Hope: Regarding Batman, The Joker, and Their Fans 20 May 201520 May 2015 On the first page of The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway tells us about a piece of advice his father gave him: "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just…
Bale… Guys, Let’s Take it Easy on the “Superhero Shaming” Concept 23 Feb 201523 Feb 2015 I watched only a little bit of the Oscars, mostly because I didn't really want to watch the Oscars. But it's hard to miss all the things people talk about afterward.…
Bale… Do You Believe in Harvey Dent? 20 Feb 201527 Feb 2015 Remember The Dark Knight? Who can forget Harvey Dent's tragic line, the one which foreshadowed both his own downfall and the character arcs of so many of those around him: you either…
Bale… The Top Ten Christian Bale Films of 2013 8 Jan 201418 Oct 2014 A lot of movies happened in 2013. Only a few of them had Bale in them, but many were connected to Bale, either through themes, tone, extended universes, future sequels,…
Batman… Recommended Reading, Installment #1: Gatsby and Fight Club, Karl Welzein and more… 2 Sep 20122 Sep 2012 If you find yourself reading this blog with any regularity, you probably realize that the updates are few and far between. A large part of this is that this blog's…
Bale… What Ever Happened to Bruce Wayne? 21 Aug 201223 Feb 2015 Warning: Spoilers for all the Batman films, as well as a few Batman comics, abound in the following: The most troubling element of the Dark Knight Trilogy (as it is…
Batman… Bruce Wayne’s Privilege, and the Realities of Batman Incorporated 13 Mar 201227 Feb 2015 A 26 year old impoverished Slovakian man named Zoltan Kohari lives in an abandoned building, wearing a Batman costume he made himself. He hopes to help the police and recently…
Batman… Why Madonna is The Joker 7 Feb 20128 Feb 2012 If there is one thing the internet agrees on regarding Super Bowl XLVI, it's that Clint Eastwood sounded like Bale does when Bruce Wayne is being Batman. That's about it.…
Bale… The Man of 2012, Part II: Bale vs. Tebow vs. Gosling 22 Jan 201222 Jan 2012 (Continued from The Man of 2012, Part I: Christian Bale vs. Ryan Gosling.) There was another public figure who captured the attention of America in a way that few others…