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On Supergirl, “The Last Children of Krypton” Deal With A New Status Quo

October 24, 2016 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl Cadmus Metallo

So if last week’s Supergirl was all about establishing itself in a new space–literally and figuratively– this week’s is all about setting up the season’s arc. That’s typically reserved for premieres and while “The Adventures of Supergirl” covered a lot of ground, it didn’t introduce the big bad–the xenophobic doctor of Cadmus who turned John Corben into […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: Melissa Benoist, Supergirl, superheroes, the CW, TV

Supergirl Juggles “Myriad” Threads But Can’t Make Them All Stick

April 12, 2016 By Tom Speelman Leave a Comment

Supergirl Myriad

After taking a week off to allow us all to recover from the wonderfulness that was “World’s Finest,” Supergirl is back with its penultimate episode, “Myriad.” With its finale next week, the show has a lot to get through–or at least a lot to both resolve and tease out for a potential next season (the […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: CBS, DC, Melissa Benoist, Supergirl, superheroes, TV

Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman Takes Place in a Universe We Already Know

March 28, 2016 By Andrew Tan 5 Comments

Batman Robin

In this essay, I will establish that Zack Snyder’s latest movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is actually a continuation of the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher Batman films. Needless to say, spoilers will follow. Batman v Superman opens up on a scene we know all too well: the death of Martha and Thomas Wayne. We […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Batman, Batman v. Superman, Ben Affleck, comics, George Clooney, Michael Keaton, movies, superheroes, Superman, Val Kilmer, Zack Snyder

Supergirl’s Pilot and Cast are Terrific but Feel a Little Rushed

October 27, 2015 By LoserCityBoss Leave a Comment

Supergirl

The best and worst thing about the pilot of CBS’ new series Supergirl is that it moves as fast as its lead character. Like a lot of genre TV pilots, Supergirl feels slightly rushed in its attempt to exposit everything as fast as possible to keep Joe Average interested and that’s frustrating. But it’s awesome for […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: comics, Supergirl, superheroes, TV

Critical Combat: Chipman vs. Sims, or There Is No “Problem” With Batman

August 4, 2015 By LoserCityBoss 1 Comment

This week we’re kicking off a new column, Critical Combat, in which we analyze two separate critical arguments in the hopes of determining a clear winner or at least finding solid middle ground. Tom Speelman makes his Loser City debut with the premier of the column, pitting Bob “Moviebob” Chipman of ScrewAttack‘s “In Bob We Trust” series against Comics […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Batman, Bob Chipman, Chris Sims, comics, Critical Combat, superheroes

Double Consciousness: Mad Men is the Superhero Show We Need Now

April 13, 2015 By Lars Russell Leave a Comment

Mad Men Hobo Glyph

Here’s a trick: Find a person you love and offer them something no one has ever seen, that no one will ever see again. Admire their astonishment. Then, produce a peanut. It could be anything in a shell—an oyster, say, but that’s messier to share. Crack it open, and each eat one of the nuts. […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Atomic Bomb, Batman, comics, Daredevil, Don Draper, Double Consciousness, folk heros, Gotham, Great Depression, hobo code, Jon Hamm, Louis Armstrong, Mad Men, Netflix, Roddy Doyle, Spider-man, superheroes, Superman, TV

Split Seven Inch: Missing You, Metropolis and MultiVerse

January 26, 2015 By David Fairbanks Leave a Comment

Welcome to Split Seven-Inch, a new feature of Loser City wherein we examine two pieces of media that are not necessarily closely related with each other yet still have something interesting in common. This time up, we’re looking at the twin superhero poetry collections Missing You, Metropolis and MultiVerse.   Side A: Missing You, Metropolis by Gary Jackson […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Gary Jackson, Missing You Metropolis, Multiverse, Poetry, Split Seven-Inch, superheroes, Write Bloody

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