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  Re: Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters

  Transmediating history?

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  Bob Rehak Swarthmore College

  Thursday, June 16, 2011 — 3:06 am

  Daniel Craig Casino Royale was put into production, the possibility of a 60s-set James Bond was a subject ...
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  Re: Does the Costume Make the Superhero?

  What about Batman?

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  Katheryn Wright Champlain College

  Wednesday, June 15, 2011 — 11:54 pm

  /*-->*/ Hi Matt- I enjoyed your post on summer previews, too!  I’m glad you brought Batman up. ...
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  Does the Costume Make the Superhero?

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  Katheryn Wright Champlain College

  June 15, 2011

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  Does the Costume Make the Superhero? Green Lantern Iron Man screen summer blockbuster superhero Curator's Note That one-of-a-kind costume is common to many a superhero’s wardrobe. In Spider-Man (2002), the spidey suit hides Peter Parker’s identity an ...
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  Re: Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters

  Over at Slate, Tom Shone made

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Tuesday, June 14, 2011 — 10:57 pm

  the future is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine, so it’s easier to think about the past. I’m ...
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  Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters

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  Michael S. Duffy Department of Electronic Media and Film, Towson University

  June 14, 2011

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  Re-envisioning our Possible Past(s): Alternative Histories in Contemporary Summer Blockbusters ...
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  The Following Post Has Been Approved for All Audiences

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  June 13, 2011

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  expectations you have for them. But that’s okay. Try to luxuriate in and hold on to as long as possible the ...
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  The Contemporary Summer Blockbuster

  June 13, 2011 to June 17, 2011
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  Electric Dreams

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  Luis Sierra Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia

  June 08, 2011

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  memory, but they also reveal new possibilities. I am currently painting Conversations for the Museum of ...
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  800 Pound Gorillas

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  Hugh Manon Clark University

  June 07, 2011

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  twentieth century, analog messiness was reviled, eradicated to the fullest extent possible (think Steadicam ...
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  The End is Horrible: Technology and the Apocalypse

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  Keira Hambrick University of Nevada, Reno

  June 06, 2011

  the possible routes to our demise. The ways we discuss this demise have evolved with new developments ... each possibility presents its own set of horrors. Why do we invest so much energy in these grim thought ...

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