Is Watchmen Unfilmable?
In preparation for the March release of its film adaptation, I reread Watchmen this week. It had been more than four years. Back then, I liked it, but it wasn’t the time for me to read it. I hadn’t been … Continued
Posts by Seth Mlawski on Overthinking It
Take On Me, The Sequel
Once upon a time, an 80s girl was reading a subversive comic book in a diner while listening to that one A-ha song everyone likes. But lo! Out of one of the comic’s frames pops a sketchy hand – the … Continued
Why I’m Not Going to Read Your Fanfic
Embarrassing admission of the day: I read fanfiction. It’s hard to tell over the Internet, but that word “read” is in the present tense. I read fanfiction. Today. But only sometimes! Once or twice a year – at most, I … Continued
How Do You Pronounce Charlize Theron? and Other Mysteries
For the record: Amanpour, Christiane (kris-tə-YAN ä-MÄN-pür) Auel, Jean (OUL) Baum, L. Frank (BOM) Blanchett, Cate (KĀT BLAN-chət) Buscemi, Steve (boo-SHEM-ē) Clowes, Daniel (KLŌZ) Coelho, Paulo (POU-lō KOO-ĀL-yoo) Derrida, Jacques (zhäk dâr-ē-DÄ) Fiennes, Ralph (RĀF FĪNZ) Foer, Jonathan Safran (FÔR) … Continued
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Fixing Pan’s Labyrinth
Pan’s Labyrinth, the gorgeous film by Guillermo del Toro, was on TV again the other day, and just seeing certain scenes brought all the feelings I had upon my first viewing flooding back. I should say at the outset that … Continued
On Douchebags
Recently, Mr. Belinkie had the brilliant idea of writing a post about that ubiquitous insult, “douchebag,” but he thought I, being the “resident third wave feminist,” should have the honors. In reality, I hadn’t really thought much about the word … Continued
What Are the Two Most Awesome Things Ever?
Heath Ledger’s Joker and Will Smith’s Fresh Prince. Obvi.
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Why Strong Female Characters Are Bad for Women
Megan Fox in Transformers is NOT a strong female character.
The Future of Superhero Movies
Well, it’s official. According to A.O. Scott, one of the main film critics of the New York Times, superheroes are SO OVER. Well. I guess there won’t be anymore superhero movies, then. Okay, so we all know that’s not going … Continued
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The Philosophy of Batman
(There Will Be Spoilers) Christopher Nolan didn’t major in philosophy in college (or “read philosophy at University,” as the case may be), but he evidently has some familiarity with the subject. How do I know? Well, both of his two … Continued