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  Re: Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Monday, June 13, 2011 — 5:06 pm

  Thanks for your comment, Tanine. It’s funny you should mention behind-the-scenes featurettes and/or preproduction diaries, as George Lucas & Co. made a bunch of mini ones for The Phantom Menace and put them online in the buildup to the film’s release. ...
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  Re: The Following Post Has Been Approved for All Audiences

   Thanks, Tim, for your

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Monday, June 13, 2011 — 5:12 pm

   Thanks, Tim, for your comment. As someone who often enjoys “paratextual material” as much, if not more so, than “textual material,” I couldn’t agree more. ...
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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

  Over at Slate, Tom Shone made a similar observation recently. His conclusion, basically, is that the future is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine, so it’s easier to think about the past. I’m not sure I buy it, but it’s an interesting theory. On a ...
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  Re: Beyond the World’s End: Post-Credits Stingers in the Pirates of the Caribbean Movies

  Stingers

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Saturday, June 18, 2011 — 6:38 pm

  Great post. It couldn't be more timely either, as "stingers" do seem like they're becoming more common. When I was an undergrad, my film studies professors encouraged us to always stay for the end credits. Ever since, I've tried t ...
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  Re: The X-Men are Army Strong: Military Marketing and the Summer Movie Theater

  So the

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Thursday, June 16, 2011 — 4:40 pm

  So the military-industrial-entertainment complex then? ...
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  Re: Does the Costume Make the Superhero?

  Thanks, Katheryn, for this

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Wednesday, June 15, 2011 — 5:48 pm

  Thanks, Katheryn, for this thought-provoking post. How do you think, if at all, the costumes of Iron Man and Green Lantern differ from Batman’s suit? ...
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  Re: The Body That Can't Win

   Ah, Cop Land. Here’s my

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Saturday, August 14, 2010 — 4:27 am

   Ah, Cop Land. Here's my thinking: it's the exception that proves the rule. Susan Faludi does a nice job covering why in Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man. It was, you're right, Stallone's attempt to escape his body. He saw Bru ...
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  Re: Aging and Action Authenticity

  Lancaster was in his mid-50s

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Thursday, August 12, 2010 — 5:30 pm

  Lancaster was in his mid-50s when he made The Swimmer. So was Cornel Wilde when he made The Naked Prey. The list goes on and on. A lot of 50+ male stars spend a lot of time running around without their shirts off. But when 57-year-old Diane Keaton's ...
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  Re: Aging and Action Authenticity

  Stallone and Eastwood

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Thursday, August 12, 2010 — 5:34 pm

  In interviews, Stallone has said he wishes he would have modeled his career more along the lines of Eastwood's. More on Stallone in my post tomorrow! ...
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  Re: The Body That Can't Win

  Thanks, Yvonne, for your

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  Matt Thomas University of Iowa

  Friday, August 13, 2010 — 2:56 pm

  Thanks, Yvonne, for your comment. I think whatever disgust some people feel toward Stallone's current body is a lot like the disgust some people feel toward bodybuilders, or people who get extreme amounts of plastic surgery. A lot of this probably ha ...

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