The Dark Knight Confounds: Why is Frank Miller’s Batman so alienating?
On Frank Miller’s Batman, and the connection between conservatism and fear.
Batman on Overthinking It
Madness and Superheroes
A Foucaultian analysis of the madness of the gritty, realistic superhero movie.
Episode 269: The World’s End: The Role of the Lightsaber Is Played by Beer
The Overthinkers tackle Ben Affleck as Batman and “The World’s End.”
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The Nuclear Option: Batman, Iron Man, and Attitudes Toward Power
You can’t have a superhero movie without a city-destroying weapon.
Is Batman a Virgin?
On the idea of asexual action heroes.
The Overview: The Dark Knight Rises
Overthinking It presents an alternative commentary on The Dark Knight Rises, the final film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.
The Batman and The Avatar
Gender, crimefighting and civic uprising in two summer hits.
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The Dark Knight Patronizes: Democracy vs. the Prime Directive
Rob Northrup makes the case that there Science Fiction endorses a grotesque form of elitism.
The Philosophy of Batman, Schopenhauer Edition 2: The Dark Knight Rises
In a follow-up years in the making, we re-examine the philosophy of the Nolan Batman and his will-to-life.
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Have We Reached Peak Superhero?
Have we maximized the exploitation of our finite supply of superhero movies, and are now entering a period of inexorable decline?
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