Tag: X-Men

• The Pop Culture Lens Takes on Joss Whedon

  

  On this eighteenth episode of The Pop Culture Lens, we present the recording of a second roundtable discussion from the 2015 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference. This roundtable discusses the topic of director and showrunner Joss Whedon — and how much of a controversial figure and person he is for so many people, including his […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  December 8, 2015

  Audience/Reception Studies, Critical/Cultural Studies, Fandom, Uncategorized

  Angel, Avengers, Black Widow, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, controversial, Dollhouse, Feminism, Firefly, Intersectionality, Joss Whedon, monster, Much Ado about Nothing, Shield, The Hulk, third wave feminism, Twitter, Whedon, Whedonisms, X-Men

• Comics Adaptations Causing Fractured Fandom

  

  We are now full swing into the summer blockbuster season for Hollywood, and let’s take a tally of movies that are currently out or soon to arrive that originate from the pages of comic books.  Captain America: The Winter Soldier.  The Amazing Spider-Man 2.  X-Men: Days of Future Past.  Hercules.  Guardians of the Galaxy.  Teenage […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  June 11, 2014

  Anime/Manga, Audience/Reception Studies, Comics Studies, Fandom

  Adaptation, Adaptation theory, Adaptations, Avengers, Batman, Blair Davis, Captain America, Comic books, comic strips, Comics, DePaul University, Doctor Who, faithfulness, Fandom, fans, fidelity, fractured fandom, Game of Thrones, Green Arrow, Guardians of the Galaxy, Johnny Storm, Michael B. Jordan, Popular Culture Association, Sin City, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Superman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Joker, Wonder Woman, X-Men

• The Oddness of Old Comic Books

  (This post originally appeared on Clearance Bin Review.  I am reposting it here given my interest in studying the morality of superheroes as well as my interest in understanding how people make sense of texts as they engage with them.  I also believe there is something to be said about the importance of the nature of the […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  January 8, 2014

  Comics Studies, Superheroes

  Avengers, Batman, Fantastic Four, feminisim, Robin, Scott McCloud, Sense-making, Spider-Man, Superdickery, Wonder Woman, X-Men

• The Morality of Superheroes

  

  Previously I have discussed the definition of superheroes, the international nature of superheroes, and the ability to consider superheroes from different legends and religions.  In this post I share my thoughts on the ethical and moral nature of superheroes, on how we could consider them to be role models for our modern lives.  The further […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 30, 2013

  Comics Studies, Superheroes

  Ant-Man, Batman, Black Canary, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Cyborg, DC Comics, Enlightenment, ethics, Fantastic Four, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, morality, Plastic Man, Red Tornado, role models, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, The Avengers, The Flash, The Hulk, Thor, Vision, Wonder Woman, X-Men

• From Hell to the Cineplex

  From Hell to the Cineplex: Adaptation of a graphic novel on narrative and sensual levels While it has been Hollywood history to base movies on novels, many movies today are being made by adapting texts that have a pre-existing fanbase, such as comic books, novels, video games, television shows, etc.  While ostensibly one reason for these […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  October 17, 2013

  Audience/Reception Studies, Fandom, Film Studies

  Adaptation, Alan Moore, Batman, Dr. Gull, From Hell, Inspector Abberline, Jack the Ripper, Mary Kelly, narrative, Nightcrawler, remediation, Scott McCloud, sensual, Spider-Man, Wolverine, X-Men

• Making Sense of Superhero Films

  The following is the bulk of the presentation I will be giving this Friday, October 11th, at the Midwest Popular Culture Association conference in St. Louis.  For all of you (which is the majority of the world) who cannot be there to hear the presentation, I give you what it is all about — my […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  October 7, 2013

  Film Studies, Superheroes

  cinematic entanglement, cognitive theory, critical engagement, David Bordwell, Elektra, Fantastic Four, Film, film spectators, film spectatorship, Films, Iron Man, Janet Staiger, Martin Barker, minutia reception, moment-by-moment, Roskilde University, Sense-making, Spider-Man, Superheroes, The Dark Knight, Virtual Worlds Research Group, X-Men