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The Ultimate Immigrant Story: Zack Snyder’s Superman by Sheraz Farooqi

Superheroes have always represented the best of humanity. Compassion, selflessness, courage, determination and leadership. Superheroes resonate with human society because they represent the ideals we can all strive towards. As a Muslim American, coming from a family of immigrants, there is one superhero that resonates with me most of all, and that’s Superman. While I […]

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HOPE V. NIHILISM, OR, FINDING THE SOUL OF THE SUPERHERO—BVS review

by David Ting ’17 In short, this movie is about two super-people who hate each other because they misunderstand each other. I urge viewers to look beyond the city ruins, the black sky that unleashes sheets of rain, and that abominable monster reborn from the corpse of Superman’s nemesis from Man of Steel, General Zod (Michael […]

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A BATTLE OF THE SENSES: CIVIL WAR’S LOGICAL SENSE V DAWN OF JUSTICE’S EMOTIONAL SENSE

By Posted by J. Rosenfield Any artistic medium is to some degree in conversation with its audience. It evolves in reaction to the cultural climate in which it lives. Maybe that means embracing convention, or maybe that means rejecting it, or maybe that means something else entirely. Art does not exist in a vacuum. This […]

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【ScreenRant Original】The World Needs The Man of Steel & DCEU Now More Than Ever

By Andrew Dyce  Summary: The world stands in an unfamiliar moment. For generations, the world has progressed one step at a time, moving from tired or outdated beliefs towards equality, inclusivity, and reparations – even if those reparations come only in the form of kind words or unspoken apologies. Regardless of any person’s individual politics, the […]

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Myth, Heroism And Guns: Why Batman V Superman Might Be One Of The Most Fascinating Superhero Movies Ever Made

  by  Patrick Dane Disclaimer: While there aren’t any real spoilers in here, some of the talk about the themes of the movie could be considered spoiler-y by the most sensitive. So, Batman vs Superman reaction has been all over the place since review embargo lifted. Initial fan screenings have been pretty positive, while critics have […]

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Zack Snyder Loves Superman, And 'Batman V Superman' Proves It

by  Mark Hughes , Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has sparked a great deal of debate among fans, critics, and audiences. The film broke records with its massive $420 million worldwide opening weekend, the largest ever for a superhero film and fourth-largest global opening of any sort of film in history. Some audiences — notably, the under-18 […]

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Why Superman Had to Die

by  pulpklatura When Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was first released, it wasn’t just film critics that were crying for a foul and pestilent murder. The criers were also comprised of self-professed fans of the characters involved in the film. In particular, some Superman fans – perhaps still suffering a hangover from their experience with […]

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