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No god damn it, superhero movies are not like Westerns, and we’re gonna talk about why.
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Filmography: https://letterboxd.com/pgcooper/list/no-superhero-movies-are-not-like-westerns/
Music Featured:
Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music
Setup with an E by Small Colin
Both Flanks by Small Colin
Facing It by Komiku
Carnival by Smallertide
Sednoseteres by Hinterheim
End of the Trip by Komiku
The Zone by Komiku
Works Cited:
/”Box Office Blues/” by Farran Smith Nehme. https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/box-office-blues
/”Why Superhero Movies Aren’t Like Westerns (and Probably Won’t be the Next Great Chapter in Genre…/” by John Heath. https://filmschoolrejects.com/why-superhero-movies-arent-like-westerns-and-probably-won-t-be-the-next-great-chapter-in-genre-2b4e6a9953ec/
/”Westerns, Part 2/” by Ciara Maloney. https://thesundae.net/2020/09/15/westerns-part-2/
/”Why Steven Spielberg is Right About Superhero Movies Being the New Western by/” by David Crow. https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/why-steven-spielberg-is-right-about-superhero-movies-being-the-new-western/
/”Predicting the Future of Superhero Movies Is Harder Than You Think/” by Brandon Katz. https://observer.com/2021/06/future-of-superhero-movies/
/”Why Superhero Movies Won’t Go the Way of the Western/” by Chase Magnett. https://comicbook.com/movies/news/why-superhero-movies-won-t-go-the-way-of-the-western/
/”Superhero Movies are the new Westerns and Marvel is the new John Wayne/” by Young Nat Turner. https://medium.com/@JDV_926/superhero-movies-are-the-new-westerns-and-marvel-is-the-new-john-wayne-ff9ddfa4a62a
/”Are superhero movies really set to go the way of the western?/” by Ben Child. https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/sep/04/are-superhero-movies-really-set-to-go-the-way-of-the-western
/”Eternals Director Chloé Zhao On Superhero Movies As The New Westerns, Examining Humanity Through Marvel [Interview]/” by Hoai-Tran Bui. https://www.slashfilm.com/648990/eternals-director-chloe-zhao-on-superhero-movies-as-the-new-westerns-examining-humanity-through-marvel-interview/
/”Steven Spielberg Predicts Superhero Movies Will Die Off Like Westerns/” by Matt Patches. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a37602/steven-spielberg-superhero-movies-westerns/
/”Moon Knight’s Ethan Hawke Compares the MCU to ’50s Westerns/” by Math Erao. https://www.cbr.com/moon-knight-ethan-hawke-compares-mcu-westerns/
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The Fly – The First Horror Movie I Loved – https://youtu.be/u3tyznXp7-o
Being John Malkovich and the Office Movies of 1999 – https://youtu.be/sI3Obe0tiDU
The Plot Holes of Vertigo (and why they don’t matter) – https://youtu.be/xP9EDhntal4
The Decay of Cinema – https://youtu.be/hjDNtwh2i5M
Chris Benoit and Separating the Art from the Artist – https://youtu.be/dGavvwRyomE
Sleepless in Seattle – Crying at Action Movies – https://youtu.be/UZLyIdVeLaM
Star Wars Can’t Move On – https://youtu.be/ESWgz-lcUuE
Contextualizing Insomnia – Nolan’s Secret Gem – https://youtu.be/IUef5zrtRQ4
Movie Theaters and the Value of Inconvenience – https://youtu.be/uZdl9D7NWBI
Action and Pacifism in Castle in the Sky – https://youtu.be/fuIhAH8mnSM
How Terence Young Made James Bond – https://youtu.be/2sTt_nkgGFE
Hierarchies of Violence in The Shining – https://youtu.be/tMw2YWOBeoM
The Curious Case of Forrest and Benjamin – https://youtu.be/gWAg1suGwnM
Never Say Never Again is a Waste – https://youtu.be/GsdMCujvmMA
Harry Potter – 10 Years Later – https://youtu.be/H0VjWs6aivw
Stanley Kubrick’s Favourite Actors – https://youtu.be/Uon8unTCEX4
Long Movies are Good, Actually – https://youtu.be/YGhsxpsXgF0
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and The End of James Bond – https://youtu.be/Ko492zTs9xs
Dune, Star Wars and Building Sci-Fi Worlds – https://youtu.be/d_W823JT5Bs
Dark Souls Difficulty and the Easy Mode Debate – https://youtu.be/z_lRIP8AkXM
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