Alyssa Rosenberg has a smart response up to this piece by Anthony Paletta on the supposed distaste liberals have toward vigilante movies. Paletta argues that liberals essentially don’t like to see the use of force on criminals, especially by non-state actors. The principal objection, he argues, is “not aesthetic, but moral; the offense is to […]
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The upcoming Spider-Man reboot looks promising. Will it stay true to its comic-book origins? I admit, I really wanted to hate the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. But Alex Knapp is working hard to change my mind. Like Alex, I couldn’t help but think it was all too soon. Didn’t we just have a three-part high-budget Spider-Man […]
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Few games rival Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham City in terms of game play or graphics. I’m sort of overwhelmed with various amazing video games at the moment in my project to catch up on the last four years of gaming abstinence. Between Skyrim, Killzone, and the occasional Little Big Planet level, I haven’t had nearly enough […]
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Taylor Marvin’s musings on the breakdown of social order and the loss of the state’s monopoly on violence in Gotham in ‘s The Dark Knight is well worth the read. I’m not entirely sure I agree, but it’s a smart post either way. Marvin argues that Batman’s vigilantism underscores the loss of the monopoly of violence […]
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The second trailer for the third Batman ‘Dark Knight’ series has leaked online. And Gotham is at war. See also: Mark Hughes on the new Dark Knight trailer plus some more trailers to keep you occupied. A part of me thinks that there’s no way the third Dark Knight film could be anywhere near as […]
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