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Working Out The Kinks: Perceived Pilot Quality in Contemporary Network Comedy

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September 10, 2012

67/100. Ken Tucker noted that the show is worth watching "for a few more episodes at least ... with other actors and with the writing staff. The beginning of season one builds from writers' ... stumble in the beginning. Issues are part of the growing pains it takes to get to greatness. Does that ...

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It's almost Shakespearean

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Erika Johnson-Lewis St. Petersburg College

April 24, 2012

begins with with Al Swearengen, sweaty and bleeding, knife in hand, exclaiming, “Welcome to fucking ... The last section begins with often humorous--if at times ridiculous--speeches, and finally moves to ... show talk funny? Does it somehow point to television, or at least television created by someone who has ...

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The Avengers and the Evolution of the Multi-Film Franchise

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Jim Mroczkowski iFanboy.com

May 07, 2012

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least four other franchises. It is simultaneously the first film in a series and the sequel to five ... alters, and to some extent potentially damages, each individual film's ability to legitimately begin ...

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Bread and Circuses: Panem as Dystopian Future or Present?

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Benjamin Thevenin Brigham Young University

March 28, 2012

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triangle. And despite its (at least, implicit) critique of capitalism, the franchise will undoubtedly profit ... provides an opportunity for young people to begin thinking and talking about political power, economic ...

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Beginning Again: The Reboot Paradox

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William Proctor Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland

August 08, 2012

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Beginning Again: The Reboot Paradox post-structuralism intertextuality dialogism Blockbuster ... reboot Batman Curator's Note Prior to the release of Batman Begins (2005), co-writer David S. ... rendered past narratives obsolete and void in order to 'begin again' from a ground zero. DC ...

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What’s the Point of a Reboot?, or, Waiting for Godot in a Comic Book Shop

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Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

August 07, 2012

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books as 52 new #1 issues. Beginning in October, Marvel plans to relaunch some of its major properties ... that: “This ain’t a reboot. It’s a new beginning.” Comics fans are notoriously – and justifiably – loath ...

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The Idea of the End of a Thing

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Sean O'Sullivan The Ohio State University

April 26, 2012

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We demand a lot from art. Sometimes we demand a lot at the beginning, as demonstrated by the ... that is interrupted before it can really begin—a stuttering finale that would have been insta-trashed ...

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Stochasticity and the Fact of Film

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Davide Panagia Trent University

October 02, 2012

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there is the precursory darkness of a becoming that orchestrates neither beginning nor ending, but ... each still is a beginning and ending. Of course there are genres and conventions, and more or less ...

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Anime Fairy Tales: Fighting Fate and Convention

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Amanda Landa RTF UT-Austin

March 14, 2012

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begins, “mukashi, mukashi,” or “long ago,” and each episode is themed with orchestral pieces from famous ... Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, and others. In the beginning, Duck/Tutu’s primary opponents are the dark ...

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