Adaptations of beloved books are hit and miss most of the time. Many people would say more miss than hit. DC Comics has again dodged what could’ve been a fatal bullet with “Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2.” What fans get is a faithful animated feature that captures the spirit of Frank Miller and ...
I wrote an article awhile back that listed some of the best vigilante movies. Well, I started thinking about it and realized that I missed a couple great movies that feature some pretty memorable vigilantes. I thought about how to rectify my mistake and determined that writing another article, a sequel of sorts, seemed like ...
How much influence does the media truly have on our lives? That is a question we must ask ourselves when we hear about a gruesome murder on the news, only to find a copycat’s work displayed on next week’s edition. Is it really monkey see monkey do? When criminals or even just misguided kids get ...
I think we all know why super-heroes would never work in the real world. It is not because of their fantastic powers, because some, like Batman, are somewhat plausible. It is because a public would never support vigilantism, and if they did, it would be under more scrutiny than an IRS audit. Alan Moore has ...
Professional Ethics Moral confusion is everywhere. Wisdom seems illusive and words escape us. If ever there were a subject in which we dare not be “functionally illiterate,” it must surely be ethics. For many, ethics is a matter of “what I am comfortable with and such individuals feel that ethics, like everything else, is about ...
Vigilante movies came into style with the first “Death Wish” and thrived through all kinds of knockoffs. Although some movies and shows aren’t labeled vigilante movies, they all have the common theme of someone defying the law to get justice. Countless action movies have characters who “don’t play by the rules” and hit TV shows ...
Though the stories of neighbors looking out for neighbors are nothing new, it seems that the armed neighborhood watchman has become the new vigilantism of the future. Neighbors with good intentions attempting to take the law in their own hands, are finding themselves more and more on the wrong side of the law. The first ...
I know I say this at least twice a month, but DC Comics has a great planning committee. They must have five or six people who do nothing but keep up with when movies, games, toys, and everything else product wise is being released. In the perfect way the publishing giant does everything, they’ve systematically ...