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Why Are There So Many Super Hero Movies? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2014-06-12
- Category:Education
- Channel:PBS Idea Channel
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- description: The past 15 years have produced a pantsload of superhero films. It's hard to even remember a time before Batman, Spiderman, and Captain America dominated the summer box office. So are movie studios just lazy and out of ideas? Or is something else going on? Superheroes are authority figures who put their world in order. They are ALSO the products of the culture from which they originate. So what does it say about our cultural state of affairs that we willingly consume 6+ superhero flicks a year? Watch the episode and find out! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSETS 0:41 https://www.flickr.com/photos/theloneknight/6121029537/ 0:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VALaI9HpmUw 1:54 http://www.thesochillnetwork.com/post/81390858665/nick-fury-says 4:59 http://www.teenagemutantninjaturtles.com/news/other/renaissance/ 5:30 https://twitter.com/ricky_ii/status/473495119346151425 5:48 http://blog.koldcast.tv/media/superhero/evolving_history.html\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTS maymaylingling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE&google_comment_id=z12jh1vofvnthd33223wgrbijkrqwtklv InMaTeofDeath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE&google_comment_id=z13jt5zghri2djids224sjvjmkytf10zb04 MIRobin22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE&google_comment_id=z13jt5zghri2djids224sjvjmkytf10zb04 Ian Petrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE&google_comment_id=z12muj3xhs2gd1p12224zz2jhnuofttcf Thomas Staalesen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE&google_comment_id=z12hfriyrnjbfzvzl04cd5somnfksrzznd4 David Salazar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE&google_comment_id=z12xwthwcl32flo2m22oe3rq0qbhg5f4u04 jkebab1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE&google_comment_id=z135wbpgvp2dwvn2e233ylvpupfax1fcv jennyburger07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE&google_comment_id=z13fvrxpbrynspcyh04cehxqmpz5xbnban00k Logical Phallacies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE&google_comment_id=z13ngdkbxkfbc1ngg04ch14hppire5zakgg YouTube https://apis.google.com/u/0/wm/4/115229808208707341778/posts/GAhKHLaqtW6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TWEET OF THE WEEK https://twitter.com/Jon_Ore/status/475076173144551424 --------------------------------------------------------------- Come hang out in the Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/138EHBh Check out the Idea Channel SubReddit! http://bit.ly/GNklUq And the Idea Channel Facebook page! http://on.fb.me/1eVl4vP TRANSLATE THINGS @ http://ideachannel.subtitl.us Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com) _______________________________ Want some more Idea Channel? SRSLY What Does IKEA Say About the Human Condition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ9tDuPHirE 100th-ish Episode Special http://youtu.be/aAWKD6OXGnA How Is Orphan Black An Illustration of the Simulacrum? http://youtu.be/Eg7Z_28Uk6g
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