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4-Color to 35-Millimeter: The Great Superhero Movie Rewatch
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Pre-Dawn of Justice: Superman and the Mole Men and Batman (1966)
“Live as One of Them, Kal-El” — The Christopher Reeve Superman Movies
With Great Power Comes Great Boredom — Spider-Man (1977) and Dr. Strange (1978)
Not the Hero of World War II — Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon
Wonderful and Wonderless — Wonder Woman (1974), The New Original Wonder Woman, and Supergirl
Slogging Through the Muck — Swamp Thing and The Return of Swamp Thing
“Nice Outfit!” — Batman (1989) and Batman Returns
“Chicks dig the car” — Batman Forever and Batman & Robin
“You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry” — The Incredible Hulk (1977) and The Return of the Incredible Hulk
First Draft of the MCU — The Incredible Hulk Returns, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, and The Death of the Incredible Hulk
Mime from Hell — The Crow, The Crow: City of Angels, The Crow: Salvation, and The Crow: Wicked Prayer
Superhero Movie Rewatch: The 1990s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series
“God’s gonna sit this one out” — The Punisher (1989), The Punisher (2004), and Punisher: War Zone
’38 Special—The Rocketeer and The Phantom
“I’m not bedtime story lady, so pay attention!” — Barb Wire and Tank Girl
“I am the law!”—Judge Dredd (1995) and Dredd (2012)
“Smokin’!” — The Mask and Son of the Mask
“We’re not your classic heroes” — Mystery Men and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Hit Comics Properties that Became Movie Flops — Steel and Spawn
Trapped in a World They Never Made — Howard the Duck and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Better Off Unreleased — Captain America (1990) and Fantastic Four (1994)
More Team-Down than Team-Up — Generation X and Justice League of America
Making Will Eisner Dizzy in His Grave — Two Terrible Versions of The Spirit
Marvel’s First Theatrical Success — The Blade trilogy
Nifty Mutants in the New Millennium — X-Men
“Have you ever tried not being a mutant?”—X2: X-Men United
Incident at Mutant Pass — X-Men: The Last Stand
“How many F’s in ‘catastrophic’?” — Superman Returns
“You’re an even more screwed-up mess than I thought” — Ang Lee’s Hulk
A Friendly Neighborhood Movie — Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man
Arms and the Man — Spider-Man 2
Too Much Plot, Too Little Movie — Spider-Man 3
“I’m not the bad guy” — Daredevil
“I thought you were cool!” — Elektra
“Aw, crap!” — Hellboy
“You’re in love, have a beer” — Hellboy II: The Golden Army
More Bland Girl Than Bad Girl—Witchblade
Purr-fectly Mediocre — Catwoman
“That’s called pain, get used to it!” — Constantine
Slogging Through Even More Muck — Man-Thing
“We’re all in this together” — Fantastic Four (2005)
“All that you know is at an end” — Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Rebirth of the Bat — Batman Begins
“Why so serious?” — The Dark Knight
“Victory has defeated you” — The Dark Knight Rises
“We’re not going to have a meaningful conversation, are we?” — Ghost Rider
“You’re the devil’s baby mama” — Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
“A vestige of the vox populi” — V for Vendetta
Reductio Ad Absurdum — Watchmen
Weapon Blech — X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Big in Japan — The Wolverine
Old Man Jackman — Logan
“With No Power Comes No Responsibility” — Kick-Ass
“I used to hang out with a lot of losers” — Kick-Ass 2
“Don’t waste your life, Stark” — Iron Man
“Why are you always hitting people?” — The Incredible Hulk (2008)
“I’m going to have to ask you to exit the donut” — Iron Man 2
“We drank, we fought, he did his ancestors proud!” — Thor
“I don’t like bullies” — Captain America: The First Avenger
“Earth’s mightiest heroes type of thing” — Avengers
“Easy, Bug Boy!” — The Amazing Spider-Man
“Everything’s always complicated with Peter” — The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Moldy West — Jonah Hex
In Blackest Day, in Brightest Night — Green Lantern
“Peace was never an option”—X-Men: First Class
Past is Prologue — X-Men: Days of Future Past
Apocalypse, Not Now — X-Men: Apocalypse
She-Devil with an Accent — Red Sonja
“The enemy of my enemy is my enemy” — Dick Tracy (1990)
“I make this look good” — The Men in Black Trilogy
“I’m just a man in a can” — Iron Man 3
“I’d rather be a good man than a great king” — Thor: The Dark World
“This isn’t freedom, this is fear” — Captain America: The Winter Soldier
A Few Too Many Strings — Avengers: Age of Ultron
“I am Groot” — Guardians of the Galaxy
“I ruined the moment, didn’t I?” — Ant-Man
Half-Assed in a Half-Shell — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
“Stupid reptiles!” — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
“Did I leave the stove on?” — Deadpool
“Christ, that’s disturbing…” — Deadpool 2
“I think I’m starting to like this” — The Flash (1990)
“I just want you to meet a super guy” — Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
“People are afraid of what they don’t understand” — Man of Steel
Doomsday Schlock — Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
“We’re bad guys, it’s what we do!” — Suicide Squad
End All Wars — Wonder Woman (2017)
Stupor Friends — Justice League
“I came to save my home” — Aquaman
“Contact Dick Tracy at once” — RKO’s Dick Tracy Features
Blaise of No Glory — Modesty Blaise and My Name is Modesty
“Is that the best you can do?” — Sin City
“This rotten town…” — Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Even the Losers Get Unlucky — The Losers
“This ain’t that kind of movie” — Kingsman: The Secret Service
“Thought everything was supposed to be bigger in America” — Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Men in Blah—R.I.P.D.
“Get off my plains!” — Cowboys & Aliens
“You just had your ass handed to you by a goddamn retiree” — RED
“What happens in the Kremlin stays in the Kremlin” — RED 2
Less Than Valiant Efforts — Two Film Versions of Prince Valiant
“Should we stop the torture?” — Two Versions of Flash Gordon
“It’s our mission that doesn’t make sense” — Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
“I am not a foolish young girl!” — Sheena
“Please don’t blow up!” — Fantastic Four (2015)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress — Marvel’s Inhumans
“I have a parasite” — Venom
Higher, Further, Faster — Captain Marvel
“I’m Mary Poppins, y’all!” — Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
“It’s not about you” — Doctor Strange (2016)
Ragnarok and Ruin — Thor: Ragnarok
“No, you move” — Captain America: Civil War
“Whatever’s going on with you, I hope you figure it out” — Spider-Man: Homecoming
“It’s hard for a good man to be king” — Black Panther
You Will Believe a Hello Kitty! Pez Dispenser Can Fly — Ant-Man & The Wasp
“Yibambe!” — Avengers: Infinity War
“Whatever it takes” — Avengers: Endgame
The Calm After the Storm — Spider-Man: Far From Home
“His name is Captain Sparklefingers!” — Shazam!
Hey Up, Boys, Nimue — Hellboy (2019)
“You really think a black suit is going to solve all your problems?” — Men in Black International
“I’m going to help my family” — X-Men: Dark Phoenix
“That’s life” — Joker
Stalled Out on Diesel — Bloodshot
Goodbye Puddin’, Hello Sandwich — Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
“Just an outbreak of chaos” — Faust: Love of the Damned
“Humanity can go screw itself” — The Old Guard
“All of us here have killed someone” — The New Mutants
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