Ryan Lizardi
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Re: Romero's Genius
Diary too
I was struck by the way your post cogently lays out a prescience I had not previously considered in Romero's work. I had always looked at his allegorical and satirical commentaries as holding a mirror up to society, but the argument that he was holdi ... -
The fast zombie
I definitely agree that one of the most consistent traits of the Romero ghoul/zombie is the real danger only in the unstoppable mass (its one of those Romero legacies that the genre always seems to "snap back" to even after successful deviations ... -
Expand and contract
That's an interesting question. I almost feel like the Romero core is what will be retreated back to after any deviation. So if we could figure out something like top 10 Romero zombie characteristics (e.g, slow, flesh-eating, damage to the brain kill ... -
This clip is fascinating, and
This clip is fascinating, and your contextualization brings up so many important points about West, Batman, identity, and of course Family Guy. The moment at the end of the clip shows the deep level of reflexivity and collective construction of this chara ... -
Re: Mite Club: Metatextuality, Fandom, and Media Industry Responses in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Who Bat is it anyway?
Thanks for this wonderful post. I think it highlights really interesting dynamics that increasingly exist between fan, text, and producers. One issue your post describes perfectly that I find fascinating is the concept of a dual audience. Within this meta ... -
Beginning again and again
Thank you for the kind words, and the great additional thoughts. I think your point about television being the perfect form for cyclical re-consumption of the origin story as transformation is so important to consider. I am thinking of the ways in which t ... -
E.T. and the New England Patriots
Thanks Paul, I think you make some really great observations about the reproducibility and malleability of media information. Would these issues exist in the same manner when the effort it took to distribute and display this material was more intensive an ... -
I Love the New Millennium
Thanks for the comments, Matt. I am so glad you brought up Best Week Ever, as I definitely think it is a big part of this increasing instant mediated nostalgia. I am thinking about the way in which this series came to be, where the "I Love the...&quo ... -
Progressive Nostalgia
/*-->*/ Great post Michael. What you seem to be describing here is something that is really worth thinking about in depth, that being the way in which nostalgia, and more specifically mediated nostalgia, can contribute to a healthy and adaptive concep ...