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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Setting a "Replacement Level" for Music

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Joe Posnanski wrote about a fun concept the other day in a mailbag-type piece . One of the questions dealt with Bruce Springsteen (Poz’s fa...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Comic Book Taxonomy: A Look at the Idea of Tiers of Superheroes

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Are there tiers of superheroes? It’s a pretty common theory, and it’s hard to dispute. People regularly refer to the big names as A-listers...
Friday, August 15, 2014

I Enjoyed Boneshaker; Plus, What It Taught Me About the Zombie Apocalypse

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I recently finished Cherie Priest’s novel Boneshaker . This article won’t be a review of it, but I did enjoy it a lot and want to give a qu...
Saturday, August 9, 2014

Thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy: An Oddity of a Comic Book Movie

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I saw Guardians of the Galaxy last weekend (I’ve been a little busy since then), and it might be my favorite movie of the year. There’s sti...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Adaptations and Quality, Part 2

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Last week, I wrote about adaptations and how faithfulness is second to quality. Since then, I’ve been thinking about my stance more and mor...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Adaptations, Comic Book Movies, and Quality, as Seen in Iron Man 3 Versus X-Men 3

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We just passed the one-year mark on the release of Iron Man 3 , and it’s still generating strong opinions on the internet. IGN just ran thi...
Monday, June 16, 2014

The Edge of Tomorrow, Deus Ex Machinas, and Death (Spoilers)

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I’m still not totally positive what all I’m going to cover, subject-wise, with Out of Left Field, but I’ve been seeing movies lately, so it...
Saturday, June 7, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Is...Amazingly Confusing (Spoilers)

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I finally broke down and saw Amazing Spider-Man 2 . I had been avoiding it due to negative press and low expectations, but in the end, my hu...