2016 Election… How the Republicans Have Become the Political Equivalent of Batman’s Villains 17 Mar 201625 Oct 2016 "This has never been about who the nominee is," Paul Ryan said yesterday, explaining why his party will fight any Supreme Court justice nomination made by Barack Obama in 2016, and…
2016 Election… Is the Scarecrow the Batman Villain Who Trump Resembles Most? 10 Mar 201621 Jan 2017 This is the second installment in an ongoing series of articles exploring which Batman character Donald Trump resembles most. You can read the first installment here, in which I explain…
Bale… Please, No More Origin Stories of How Evil Villains Used to be Good Guys or Children 17 Oct 201517 Oct 2015 If you haven't heard, the latest complete failure at the box office was the flaccid reboot Pan, an attempt to create a franchise out of the Peter Pan story by starting…
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…
fast and furious… Why Vin Diesel Should Be the Next James Bond 26 Mar 201528 Mar 2015 We are close to the end of what is, quite possibly, the greatest franchise ever: The Fast and the Furious films. While I initially disliked these movies, (referring to the…
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…
Bale… Regarding The Dark Knight Rises 31 Mar 201126 Mar 2012 I may be going against the previous established theme of this blog by discussing a Christian Bale project that is actually happening, but it seems necessary to comment on the…