Critical Hits & Misses #274

Okay but seriously, this movie is flippin' hilarious

• James Cameron's Spider-Man? Nick Cage as Superman? Entertainment Weekly has a list of 12 superhero movies that almost happened (but thankfully in almost all cases, didn't). 


• And more movie news: the US box office has its worst Labor Day weekend in 20 years. If you're interested in the numbers, Gamespot has them. 

For today's musical hit, we have Taylor Swift and "...Ready For It?"

Today's critical rolls: Happy Monday (and Happy Labor Day if you're in the US)! Since we're talking about movies today, talk about movies in the comments! What have you seen of late? Anything good (or terrible)? Something obscure we should take a look at?


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Critical Hits and Misses #19: September 1st, 2016

Women Write About Comics features a wonderful interview with The Fangirl's Guide To The Galaxy author, Sam Maggs. (John)

NPR’s Leah Donnella takes us through the fascinating history of “mixed race” vocabulary, and discusses the words we use today to describe people of mixed heritage. (Ivonne)

This interview with Supergirl’s executive producer Andrew Kreisberg tells us that Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman will be very Christopher Reeve-inspired, along with a bunch of other interesting season 2 tidbits. (Aranwe)

For today's musical hit, the nice people of Typhoon perform John Prine's "In Spite of Ourselves," a decidedly unconventional love song. (Etienne)

Today's critical rolls:

1. Where on the Infinite Earths would you vacation?
2. What is your all-time favorite video game?
3. What are you most looking forward to in the remainder of the year?

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Critical Hits and Misses #15: August 26th, 2016

• This week's hit you may have missed: Critical Writ contributers had a post-mortem roundtable discussion on the Ghostbusters reboot.
• The staff at Comics Alliance has compiled recommendations appropriate for introducing young readers to the worlds of both DC and Marvel. (John)

• Time Magazine follows the evolution of Harley Quinn and discusses her status as a feminist icon to some and a sexist stereotype to others. (Ivonne)

• Eichenwalde, the upcoming map in Overwatch, has a Dark Souls easter egg! (Adrian)

• More on Harry Potter with Shawn Taylor writing about the eurocentrism and whiteness of Rowling’s world, on The Nerds of Color. (Tova)

• io9’s Evan Narcisse remembers Dwayne McDuffie and M.D. Bright’s Icon—and the comic’s crossover with Superman that explained white privilege. (Dominik)

For today's musical hit, Toronto's Good Kid perform their latest single, "Atlas." (Etienne)

Today's critical questions:

1. What is the goofiest Pokémon design?

2. What is something mundane that you feel an inordinate amount of pride in?

3. Who is the most memorable one-off character on The Simpsons?
4. Which DCEU film (so far) is the least awful?
5a. Who is the most memorable fictional scientist?
5b. Villainous scientist?
5c. Heroic scientist?

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