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Tag Archives: Marvel
Empire State University Stories (A Marvel College AU series)
Originally published in 2014 on the AO3. This is a college AU for the MCU that was born out of a desire to have more Thor/Ororo and Sam/Steve. It’s still technically in progress, but it’s been YEARS. \ Trip Ororo … Continue reading
Bendis, Opportunism, and Bad Judgment Calls in a Terrible Time
Note: This post contains spoilers for Invincible Iron Man #1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Stefano Caselli, and Marte Gracia. Earlier today, Marvel Comics’ writer Brian Michael Bendis made a bad judgement call. With people all over the world reeling from … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel Comics, Rants
Tagged brian michael bendis, Marvel, race and representation, racebending, Riri Williams, Spider-Man, us politics
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Another day, another bland MCU casting
I’m sure that Tom Holland will do an admirable job as Spider-Man in the MCU.
What I’m also sure of is that we really didn’t need another white teenage version of Peter Parker. This is our third live action Spider-Man and it’s not like they’re going to do anything different about this film to warrant this casting decision.
Peter Parker’s backstory is set in stone.
You do the character as a teenager just starting out and you have to do it all over again: the deaths of his parents, the loss of Uncle Ben, betrayal at the hands of his friend Harry, and him coming to terms with his new powers. I’m all for superhero origin stories but not when we’ve gotten five Spider-Man films in the past twelve years with two of those films revolving around the same main plots of Peter’s life.
At this point, Peter Parker as a teenager just isn’t interesting. Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged casting, Marvel, marvel cinematic universe, MCU, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, Tom Holland
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Age of Ultron – Spoiler Free Review
Nothing in this review should spoil the film. I talk about stuff made explicit (or implied) in the films many trailers, tv spots, and press releases/interviews. At the end of the credits, there’s the tagline “A Joss Whedon Film”. I … Continue reading
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Tagged age of ultron, comic books, film reviews, joss whedon, Marvel, marvel cinematic universe, MCU, reviews, the avengers, the avengers: age of ultron
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Her Universe and the DC’s Super Hero Girls Initiative
Today, I woke up to two interesting things going on in comics. Both things revolved around women and girls in comics. I have thoughts on both but I’m a wee bit grumpy about them weirdly enough (thankfully, some commentary from … Continue reading
Posted in Rants
Tagged comic books, DC Comics, dc super hero girls initiative, fashion, feminism, heruniverse, Marvel, representation, the avengers
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[TV Show] Daredevil
AKA: How I spent an entire weekend in front of Netflix. In the interest of full-disclosure, I have a confession to make: I don’t know that much about Daredevil. I saw the Ben Affleck films and I’ve seen him in … Continue reading
Posted in TV Recaps/Reviews
Tagged Daredevil, Marvel, marvel cinematic universe, MCU, Netflix, Spoilers, TV reviews, TV shows
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