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• X-Men: Days of Future Past
  In my opinion, it was easily the best superhero movie this year (Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Captain America 2 so far). The action scene with the speedster (Quicksilver) was amazing, but I think it indicates how ridiculously hard it would be to use a speedster as anything but a one-off change of pace rather than […]
• Learning Curves: An Alternative Approach to Superpower Limitation
  Often with works of fiction that involve superpowers, writers look for ways to effectively limit or check those powers. This is done to keep characters vulnerable to challenges while maintaining dramatic effect within the story. After all, if a character can consistently deal with situations by using their unrestricted abilities, how invested will a reader [ […]
• And now, an exciting business opportunity in Ghana!
  One of my coworkers (who asked to remain anonymous) received this business proposal from Ghana.   Dear  Maccabee My name is Barrister Agams Enoch Mifetu, the personal attorney of late Mrs.Eunice  Maccabee based here in Accra republic of Ghana I did a lot of web search before choosing your contact from the skype. It is […]
• Captain America 2…
  My expectations were far too high — with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of ~90% at the time I saw it, I was expecting a really excellent movie. There were a lot of competent moments but personally I wouldn’t recommend rushing out to theaters to see it. In Scott Pilgrim, there’s a scene where Chris Evans […]
• A Criminal Profiler’s Guide to Superheroes
  Email: “One of my protagonists is a detective looking for superheroes/vigilantes. What sort of traits might tip him off?   Here are some trends that come to mind for American superheroes.   Strong Associations They’ve had a loved one(s) murdered by a stranger. That’s pretty rare in the United States. Only about 2,500 U.S. murders are […]
• Superheroine Costume Suggestions
  Modern superheroines are easily the most abused type of character in any story.  And while you’re likely aware that most of them are simply there to be cardboard love interests (all ravishingly beautiful, of course . . .), today I’m not going down that path.   Instead, today we’ll discuss superheroine clothing (or the lack […]
• Prisoners Was Really Good, But…
  Prisoners was highly entertaining and I think the writers did a good particularly good job portraying the families going through the kidnapping of their daughters. However, basically everything the police did in the movie was exceptionally Hollywood, so much so that it nearly turned the movie into an idiot plot. If you’re the sort of […]