It is a truth universally acknowledged, that sticking to the ”golden standard of superhero movies” is a first rule of filmmaking in the genre. You are sometimes allowed to stray from the path if your name is not Zack Snyder but, in general, the more you adhere to the rule, […]
Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel: The Hero I Needed _____________________ How The Director’s Faithfulness To Siegel & Shuster’s Original Intent Reclaimed Superman For Many Of Society’s Outsiders Today. by: Manu Like many superhero stories, this one begins with a tragedy. On the night of June 2nd […]
See more articles like this at NotThePopularOpinion.wordpress.com Defining heroism in our world and the world of Man of Steel By M.Schinke Stand up straight and get those hands on your hips, Opinionnerds! There is a persistent criticism of Superman as portrayed in Man of Steel that the character, by value […]
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 […]
This article was reposted from *NotThePopularOpinion Examining the use of flashbacks in Man of Steel by M.Schinke Let me tell you about a thing that happened, Opinionnerds…. Man of Steel, Zack Snyder’s 2013 film based on DC Comics Superman character, is a film that challenges on a number of levels. […]
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 […]
Director of DC animation films “Dark Knight Returns”,”Flashpoint” and “Justice League War” Jay Oliva praised Zack Snyder brought new fans to Superman, “Man of Steel” completed this job Successfully.
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 […]
by ARMOND WHITE Zack Snyder dares to infuse the comic-book genre with moral and political substance. Fanboys do not own the franchises of Batman and Superman movies, so director Zack Snyder went against the mob and dared to raise the genre to a level of adult sophistication in 2013’s Man […]
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 […]
By Grant LaFleche BATMAN V SUPERMAN: MYTHOLOGY AND THE SUPERHERO (PART 1) Posted on April 18, 2016 by Grant LaFleche in Comics, Movies, Pulp Nation // 0 Comments Author’s note: This is a three part look at Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, examining the themes and ideas of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Lois Lane doesn’t get enough credit. I don’t know how else to say it—the DCEU is a $3 billion (and counting) franchise with tons of iconic characters that have already been introduced and are the subject of analysis and discussion among fans and yet the one person I don’t see […]
To say I was obsessed with video games as a teenager would be an understatement. 2011 in particular was a really good year for me—Batman: Arkham City, L.A. Noire, Modern Warfare 3, Catherine…but my favorite one had to be Alice: Madness Returns. At the age of sixteen, I was quickly […]
Zack Snyder talked about he took Superman very seriously himself in a podcast interview. Original video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ZfoQ6Vygw&t=41s
This piece was I scanned and OCRed from “Man of Steel: Inside the Legendary World of Superman ”, which is one of my favorite Zack’s article about how and why he decided to remake a modern version of this Iconic character and Greatest Superhero of all time. THE SINGLE POINT […]
