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Tag Archives: Iron Man
Alarm für Cobra 11, the Avengers and the handling of short guys
Since summer is traditionally the TV doldrums over here, I recently found myself watching a repeat of two episodes of the long running German TV series Alarm für Cobra 11 (Alarm for Cobra 11). I’ve blogged about the show before, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, TV
Tagged Alarm für Cobra 11, Avengers, German TV, Hollywood, Iron Man, Marvel, NCIS, superheroes, US TV
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Iron Man goes West
Today, while I was grocery shopping I perused the “Romanheft” spinner rack at the supermarket and came across this western novelette, the title of which made me do a doubletake. Now I’m pretty sure the title is a coincidence. For … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged G.F. Unger, German literature, Iron Man, Marvel, pulp fiction, Romanheft, western, WTF
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Guardians of the Galaxy, the Marvel Movies and Found Families
Now that Guardians of the Galaxy is out on DVD, I rewatched it with my Mom. She liked superhero movies, particularly those of the Marvel variety, but really doesn’t like movie theatres, so I keep her supplied with slightly out … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Film, TV
Tagged Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers, Captain America, family, gender, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hollywood, Iron Man, Marvel, race, space opera, superheroes, Thor, US comics, US TV
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The 2014 Hugo Awards Post
The 2014 Hugo Awards have been given out and the slate of winners is highly diverse and overall very good (detailed voting and nomination breakdown here), which is even more remarkable considering that the 2014 Hugo shortlist was probably the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Comics, Film, TV
Tagged awards geekery, Doctor Who, faith in humanity restored, fandom wank, fantasy, Game of Thrones, gender, genre wank, GLBT, international writer, Iron Man, politics, race, science fiction
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The true motives behind the “War on Comics”
Buzzfeed of all places has a really great article by Saladin Ahmed about the surprising diversity sometimes found in American comics during the Golden Age of the 1940s and early 1950s. The basis for the article is treasure trove of … Continue reading
Posted in Comics
Tagged Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers, British comics, Captain America, censorship, gender, horror, Iron Man, Marvel, race, superheroes, US comics
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Black Widow is more than just a hot chick in black leather
In my last post, I described how both German film critics as well as the official ad campaign seem to assume that Captain America: The Winter Soldier is really the Black Widow movie, co-starring Captain America. Today now I came … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Film
Tagged Avengers, Black Widow, Captain America, gender, Iron Man, Marvel, superheroes, Thor
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The Black Widow movie, co-starring Captain America
Captain America: The Winter Soldier has been out in Germany for a week and currently sits at the top of the German movie charts (albeit in an exceptionally weak movie week due to the warm spring weather). This is surprising, … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Film
Tagged Avengers, Black Widow, Captain America, gender, German cinema, Germany, Hollywood, Iron Man, Marvel, race, superheroes, Thor
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A Few Thoughts on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nice to see that Ruth Negga who played Curtis’ doomed girlfriend Nicki in Misfits is not just still dealing with superpowers but has even been promoted to super-villainess in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Actually, I’m wondering if she is supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, TV
Tagged Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Alarm für Cobra 11, Avengers, Doctor Who, German TV, Iron Man, Marvel, Misfits, race, superheroes, The X-Files, Thor, Torchwood, US TV
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Thor or the Thorny Issue of the God of Thunder
Yesterday, I ended up watching Thor with a friend, since neither of us had seen it before. Now Thor is among my least favourite Marvel heroes along with Captain America and the Punisher. My initial introduction to the character was … Continue reading
Reflections on the 2013 Oscars
By popular demand, here is the annual Oscar reflections post. I wasn’t actually sure whether I would be watching live this year or not, because of the time differences the Oscars tend to start in the middle of the night … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged awards geekery, gender, German cinema, history, Hollywood, Iron Man, James Bond, Oscars, propaganda is evil, race, some people are arseholes, Star Trek, superheroes
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