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Randomly Related Slightly Salient Stuff 3
If all goes well, I should have time to record an episode this week. I was obligated to accompany others to three different movies over the weekend and just about had my fill of film for now and wish I had more time to read (for pleasure rather than work). I’m having a little trouble justifying working on the site lately since any polish or production really should go towards a client’s matter. Not for any mandated reason. It’s just my own personal professional standard of quality I give my clients.
While I’d love for every answer I go over to be represented as a short FAQ answer, longer exhaustive and analytical essay, audio podcast, and video presentation… there’s no way I can do that all in the time that I have. The podcast is the main outlet, but with the other mediums and formats as opportunity allows.
Anyways, in lieu of a post which addresses any specific questions or concerns, here’s some assorted materials, linked in a bit of a stream-of-consciousness, which could be applicable to analysis of Man of Steel and the DCCU.
- Mansa Musa, one of the wealthiest people who ever lived
- What’s the Loudest Possible Sound?
- The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons
- The lost art of democratic debate
- What makes a hero?
- Why is Beer for Boys?
- DP/30: Interstellar, Hans Zimmer
- 1, 2, 3, 4…
- Citizenfour
- Superman and Philosophy: What would the Man of Steel Do?
Happy Mother’s Day
Randomly Related Slightly Salient Stuff 2
No time for a podcast this week but here’s some assorted materials, linked in a bit of a stream-of-consciousness, which could be applicable to analysis of Man of Steel and the DCCU.
- The Fermi Paradox and Drake Equation via Kurz Gesagt and PBS Space Time
- On Classical Heroes – The Power of Failure via Extra Credits
- Study Finds People Stop Listening to New Music at Age 33 via NewsBreaker
- “…why I didn’t understand the dark suit complaint… against Man of Steel.”
- The Death of Superman at Mid Ohio Con 1992 ft. Roger Stern
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Government Surveillance (Edward Snowden interview) via HBO
- Can the Man of Tomorrow Be the Journalist of Today?
- Image of Journalists in Popular Culture
- Journalistic Ethics At the Daily Planet
- The Severest Ethical Breaches of Superhero Journalists
- Exposed: the severe ethical breaches of superhero journalists
- Peter Parker and Clark Kent: Very Unethical Journalists
Kryptonian Armor Doesn’t Grant Super-Strength – How Kryptonian Powers Work – Take Two
With more images of Batman’s armor, the question has been raised as to how it might be able to contend with Superman and the idea that it grants Batman increased strength is a reasonable theory. The idea of armor or exo-skeletal strength enhancement is prevalent in real-world R&D and extensible from Kryptonian technology (but perhaps not in the way many assume).
There are many justifications on how Batman might, under contrived circumstances, stand a chance against Superman and increasing Batman’s strength is just part of it. However, this has re-raised the question as to whether Kryptonians in the Battle of Smallville had armor which granted them the abilities seen then. I don’t think so.
The topic has been raised before and it took me a while to crystallize my own thinking about what was actually happening, so my previous efforts tended to be more rebuttals of other theories than affirmative statement of what I think the final theory on powers actually is, but let me take one more crack at it. I’ll start with a quick rebuttal, a short statement of the rules, then a justification and support for what those rules are.
I respectfully request that you clear your mind of preconceptions and assumptions and try to operate under the theories to be set forth. read more
The BvS Approach To Color [ScreenRant]
Randomly Related Slightly Salient Stuff
I’m still busy while out-of-town and bracing for the impact of the incoming footage, but in lieu of original content, here’s some assorted materials, linked in a bit of a stream-of-consciousness, which could be applicable to analysis of Man of Steel and the DCCU.
- FX Guide and other Behind-The-Scenes content
- What If Quicksilver Ran Past You?
- Superman vs. Hollywood
- The Science of Awkwardness
- Harvard’s “Justice with Michael Sandel”
- Box Office Quant: Sequel Map
- Could NASA Start the Zombie Apocalypse
- Intuition: Veritasium, Ludology, & Optimism Bias
- Will Superman’s New Power Change the Status Quo?
- A-10 vs. F-35
MAN OF STEEL Prequel Comic [Supergirlradio]
This week on Supergirl Radio, your hosts Teresa Jusino and Rebecca Johnson are joined by The Flash Podcast’s Andy B. to cover news about CBS’ Supergirl TV series (including even more casting news and The Costume!), and discuss the Man of Steel prequel comic, which stars Kara Zor-El! Join in on the fun as the gang at Supergirl Radio prepare for CBS’ Supergirl, starring Melissa Benoist!
DrAwkward shares some theories on who is in the hibernation pod Clark discovers in the movie, why, and what impact it might have on the DCCU. How does Kara Zor-El stack up as a character?
The DCCU is not being rushed
Some suggest that
the DC Cinematic Universe is being rushed.
We cover two interpretations of this concern: first, that not enough time has been spent on the actual production; and second, that not enough time will be given on the screen.
What about production time?
If anything, it has been a long time coming and is something that Warner Brothers has been attempting and developing to varying degrees for years. In fact, the first mainstream comic book shared cinematic universe existed between Christopher Reeve’s Superman and Helen Slater’s Supergirl with the common casting of Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen. Of course, this iteration of the shared universe is the one that people really care about.
We can go back and forth on the arguments for why but sometimes it’s illustrative to just look at the metrics. Rushing means doing something too quickly for the time allowed. Here, we can objectively evaluate the time allowed.
Let’s contrast Marvel Phase One, leading up to The Avengers, with DC’s slate leading up to Justice League.
Visually, they don’t look all that different. Note that graphs aren’t to scale relative to one another. The DCCU timeline encompasses 53 months over the MCU’s 48 month timeline. Aside from first visual impressions, let’s get into the numbers. For the sake of simplicity we’re rounding dates to the first of the month…. read more
Excerpt from “Building a Bigger Action Hero” [Men’s Journal]
The munchies would have been impossible to appease on the set of last summer’s Superman – Twight banned junk food and soft drinks from the set, as he continued to sculpt the new Man of Steel, Henry Cavill. The trainer has nothing but praise for Cavill, who had to keep up his physique for a grueling 127-day shoot. “It’s not like you’re peaking a guy for three days for his shirtless scene,” Twight says. “You’re living with this guy for a year.”
For the six months prior to the shoot, Cavill worked out and ate according to Twight’s plan. The film’s producers actually contacted Twight and his wife, Lisa, a trainer, to make sure they weren’t giving Cavill anything illegal. With tarnished heroes like A-Rod and Lance Armstrong, it was important to establish that our most American superhero wasn’t a juicer.
“Someone in production had me more than pinky swear,” says Lisa, leaning on a stationary bike. “They told me that they’d be drug-testing Henry.”
Did they?
“They never tested him,” says Twight, “but I gave them a list of every supplement, with contact numbers.”
Twight says there is a secret to Cavill’s transformation. “Yeah, there’s a 90-day miracle, but you’re not gonna fucking like it,” he says, laughing. “It’s hard work. It’s commitment. Self-discipline. Persistence. And mindful attention to all this stuff. Then you can become whatever you want.”
Men’s Journal Magazine – May 2014 – “Building A Bigger Action Hero”
