Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
Comic Book Movies, a conversation – “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
This is part of a series about movies based on comic books.
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Referenced media:
- “Hulk” (Ang Lee, 2003)
- “Justice League” (1960-now) by Gardner Fox
- “Promethea” (1999-2005) by Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, and Mick Gray
- “300” (1998) by Frank Miller
- “300” (Zack Snyder, 2007))
- “Watchmen” (1986-1987) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” (George Lucas, 1977)
- “The Incredible Hulk” (1962-now) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- “La Femme Nikita” (Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, 1997-2001)
- “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back” (Irvin Kershner, 1980)
- “Inception” (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
- “V for Vendetta” (1982-1989) by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, and Tony Weare
- “King Solomon’s Mines” (J. Lee Thompson, 1985)
- “American Splendor” (Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, 2003)
Audio quotation:
- “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” (Stephen Norrington, 2003), including music composed by Trevor Jones, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaR4ijRiDh7c_um07ONIlBzQ
- “Main Theme” from “The Hulk” (Ang Lee, 2003) composed by Danny Elfman, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaQYdvYlbq7Vw2z3YNwxPNXE
- “One Dream” (1991) by Lou Gramm from the “Highlander II: The Quickening” (Russell Mulcahy, 1991) soundtrack, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3E7X7BHpz4