The Importance of Criticism
Man’s highest purpose is to officiate the marriage of Matter to Meaning. His second highest is the appreciation and enjoyment of all the wondrous works begotten by this union.
Action Comics #971
Most of this issue is spent paving over plot holes which Jurgens should never have created to begin with.
La La Land is a Metacinematic Masterpiece
La La Land is a movie about movies, emulating the style of Golden Age films as an ars cinematica on the importance of films as an art form and imbuing in audiences the same passion for classic cinema as Chazelle himself.
Alan Moore’s Prophecy that the World Will End in 2017
“Rejoice! This is the promised time, Of earth’s ascent to realms sublime. Imagination’s endless dance, Is mankind’s jeweled inheritance.”
Action Comics #970
Jurgens’ Superman is clearly concerned for Justice and the American Way, but proves a weak defender of such principles .
Supergirl: Being Super
Being Super seems to be attempting for Kara what American Alien did for her cousin Clark, offering a surprisingly human and familiar coming of age story in which typical teenage highs and lows are given greater dramatic height and depth through the lens of a super-powered protagonist.
Trinity #4
Given all the attention and intention Manapul has poured into Trinity thus far, it’d be a challenge and a joy to squeeze out of the series all the meaning he’s put into each and every panel.
Klaus and the Witch of Winter
Klaus is a Christmas miracle, perfectly hitting on the meaning of the holiday while still accomplishing such superlative world-building, avoiding the logical inconsistencies of so many other seasonal specials, and telling a thrilling tale in its own right
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One has more to say about Jedi and The Force than those works which feature them front and center, offering a look at the real role of religion and God in the lives of everyday denizens of the Galaxy Far, Far Away.
Action Comics #969
The illogical premise of preventing an unpreventable future is the same predicated in Civil War II… The only saving grace of Action is that it never flirts with the notion that such pre-crime policing has any validity
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