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Well argued Ian! That is an

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

Monday, August 6, 2012 — 1:48 pm

I agree in principle that it is impossible to separate them- how can we identify 'Batman Begins ... 'Elementary' marks the third time the great detective 'begins again' in four years (a threeboot! Ha ... a film- 'Batman Begins' is a reboot because it operates in a different, narrative universe to ...

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Re: Reboots, Remakes, and Adaptations

The Matrix of Texts

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

Monday, August 6, 2012 — 3:39 pm

a reboot etc. For the consumer who has never seen a Batman film, 'Batman Begins' could simply be ... paradoxes. At the most basic level, a reboot strives to begin a story again from a narrative ground zero. If ... but, I argue that it does intend to 'begin again'- the fact that it never can in a literal ...

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Re: A Day in the Life: Using the Music - a Dead Zone vid by Shalott and Speranza

I agree that this vid does

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Saturday, February 2, 2008 — 10:49 pm

protagonist's mind and world came as a pleasant surprise to me after the gentle beginning. The aleatory sequence ...

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Re: Projecting Nigeria

Great post, Brian! Indeed,

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Olivier Tchouaffe University of Texas at Austin

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 — 12:29 am

of the death of ideology when even the most exploited are beginning to internalize the "Laws of ...

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Re: Everyday Ghosts of the Real

For Better and For worse

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Catherine Summerhayes` Australian National University

Tuesday, March 17, 2009 — 1:31 am

but I think the Darfur installment is only the beginning ...

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Re: Reporting from the Frontlines: Fan Conventions Go Digital

Reporting from the Frontlines: Fan Conventions Go Digital

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David Gregory Georgia State University

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 — 3:46 pm

I don't know); we're really just beginning to explore social media and fandom, so congrats on being ...

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The Price of Politics

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Adam Cottrel Georgia State University

December 09, 2013

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precisely because we find thought emanating where we least expect it: the body. The opening sequence appears ...

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My Default State is Phased

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Stephanie Burt Harvard University

September 04, 2023

in at least four big ways. 1. Derealization and disembodiment. That's the feeling that you ... Mutant Massacre, in Fantastic Four vs. X-Men (1987), and when she returns from Whedonspace, beginning ... allows trans girls-- OK, some trans girls; OK, at the least, me-- to experience those kinds of bonds ...

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