Superhero film

Before the semester started, I assumed everyone communicated with each other using the same language, or even body movements, but as time progressed with our fandom assignments, I realized the community that shares the same fandom can say terms or phrases and they will understand each other. For example, when I hear the quote “With great power comes great responsibility.” For most that share the Marvel fandom, the majority will be able to reply back where that quote came from, which is the…

MELEE CIRCLE (whole group) Welcome campers back to The Science of Superpowers! Today, we’re putting our skills to the test. Can you jump as far as The Incredible Hulk, balance like Catwoman, leap as tall as Superman, sprint alongside the Flash or throw as accurately as Bullseye? As you make your way through the lesson, add to the conversation by either reading directly from the Background Information or by ad-libbing in your own words. Wonder Woman dedicates many hours each week to training in…

Superheroes first came into the mix in the late thirties. The phantom created by Lee Falk was the first to actually be considered a superhero. Then of course their is superman. The first women superhero was not created until the 1940s and she was a minor character, named Fantomah. The first serious role of a women in the superhero world is that of course Wonder Woman. Her first appearance was in 1941. Superheroes affect everybody in many ways due to how long they have been around. However,…

Marvel takes on Dc When it comes to superheroes there would be only two series that would come to the mind of any human that takes an interest in them. Those two series are marvel which represents the characters such as the incredible Hulk, Iron man, and Captain America, but Dc Comics which represents Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Fans of the two series invest money, time and attention into these topics just off the character alone. Even though it may not seem like it, there are…

Heroes in our media embody characteristics that people desire. The shining faces in our books, movies, and TV shows function as proxies for our own self images. Throughout modern history, society’s artists have been free to experiment with a variety of different types of heroes, giving each individual the ability to align with whatever heroic characteristics they personally admire. For these reasons, you can learn a great deal about someone from whom he chooses as his heroes. Nora from A Doll’s…

A hero can be classified by many things. A hero can be superman, a police officer, and even your mom, but what makes a hero? Is it someone who can fly or shoot laser beams from their eyes or someone who saves a baby from a burning building? I’ll admit some of these characteristics are far-fetched since I don’t know anyone who can fly or randomly saves babies on a normal day. All heroes, including super ones, all have something in common, they're admired for their courage or an outstanding thing…

was trying to find the joker in the window with a sniper rifle. What he finds is a scope pointed at the mayor instead and the joker is actually on the ground dressed as a solder shooting one of the guns at Commissioner Loeb’s funeral. Later on in the film they finally catch the joker (but it turns out this was a part of his plan) and batman interrogates him…

In the Documentary, Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked, the history of comic book superheroes comes to life. The documentary starts with the creation of the first superhero, Superman, and from there marks the arrival of new superheroes like Batman, Wonder Woman, The X-Men, Daredevil and Sandman. It shows how the changing times altered comic book stories and that the stories reflected what was going on in the real world. Comics were also altered by affairs going on in the world in both a positive…

The Dark Knight is my favorite movie in this series, but is also my personal favorite Batman story, surpassing all the other Batman films. By putting all the right elements in play and given the character literary merit, the Dark Knight has achieved a great impact to its audience. Those elements are moral ambiguity, paralleling Batman with his villains, a large cast of equally compelling characters, and realistic depiction of crime and detective work. The story of The Dark Knight is entirely…

while the song lyrics seem focused on the girl, a damsel in distress; the music video accompanying it focuses on telling the story of a man—the story’s superman. The story this video tells is heavily influenced by the pop-culture definition of a superhero, developing a comic-book-esque origin story for this song’s main characters. This underlying theme of comic books and superheroes is conveyed not only in the story told, but also in the portrayal of the characters, the emotion expressed by the…