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In My Humble Opinion - Superman, Injustice And The Nature Of Goodness

This article was originally published at NotThePopularOpinion.Wordpress.Com  Let’s do some Superman again, Opinionnerds! So once again I come face to face with criticisms of Man of Steel related to the development of the Superman character in the film. This time someone pulled out an all time favorite criticism; why does Superman want to help anyone? […]

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"This means something" - To be human - Part 1

Why the Snyder Cut? Because 3 words…”this means something” Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel and Batman v Superman are not just big-budget, visually spectacular, Superhero action films. They are in part those things, yes, but they are also so much more. In fact to some extent, I don’t consider them to be mere ‘Comic Book […]

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In My Humble Opinion - Justice League; Divided We Fail

This article was originally published at NotThePopularOpinion.wordpress.comThe lost narrative of Justice League by M.Schinke Come together, Opinionnerds! So I don’t do film, “reviews”. Reviews are a game of gut reactions made worse by the overwhelming need to get them out as fast as possible so they remain relevant while a film is still playing; there’s […]

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Don't Look Back - Losing, Finding and Keeping The Faith, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

This article was re-posted from *NotThePopularOpinion An examination of the story elements of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice by M.Schinke Running into the final stretch of anticipation for the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League on November 17th, it’s time to continue my exploration of the different aspects of what has come to be […]

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A Good Deed is never Lost #BlackPantherChallenge

Black Panther Challenge is an initiative launched by Frederick Joseph to raise money to take kids from “The Boys and Girls Club of Harlem (BGCHarlem)” to see Black Panther in theaters. This initiative provides a rare opportunity for young students (primarily of color) to see a black major cinematic and comic book character come to […]

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Trivia General Zod

    Thousands of years before General Zod’s sentencing, Kryptonian Dev-Em stood before Krypton’s Council. Council member, Dar-Nex wanted to sentence him to death for killing Kara-Zor El’s friend Kell-Ur. The other members rejected the idea stating that it was against Krypton’s law to put someone to death. One stated that they are not as […]

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The Importance of Deconstruction of Superheros by TheSnyderos

What is Deconstruction of a hero? You might have heard this term very often when it comes to certain superhero’s this is a controversial topic. Deconstruction of a hero implies taking a stable archetype of something, for example, a superhero like Superman, and analyzing its basic components to turn it into something different. The technique […]

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Emotional Intent in Movies: What should films make us feel ? by Matthew Zhong

My initial reaction on watching Man of Steel could be summed up in one word: unsettling. For some reason when I finished watching the movie I could only recall the scenes of the battles between Zod, Faora and Kal and the heaps of destruction that they had wrecked upon Metropolis City. I felt sick and […]

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Warner Bros, you got played by Dichalla Edwards

Since November 17th, 2017, I’ve said/tweeted a lot about my disappointment in the butchered justice league film so I’ll be brief. Especially after recent events/reshoots, it’s safe to say that WB doesn’t even care about DC characters/DCEU which they own. If they did, they would’ve never even allowed Joss Whedon & Danny Elfman near the […]

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