At last, videogame movies have defeated comic book movies. We learn about why from Evan Narcisse, who writes for comic books and videogames, as well as being a journalist and critic. Then we rant about why so many people are obsessed with psychoanalyzing villains, and are flocking to stories that reveal the innermost traumas of bad guys. Why do we keep humanizing awful people? It's a problem.
Show notes: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes
How to turn a story into a deadly weapon
Fascism and Book Bans (with Maggie Tokuda-Hall)
The Turing Test is bullsh*t (w/Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender)
Queer Horror! (with Dr. Chuck Tingle)
Encore Episode: Let's Obsess Over the Politics of Dune!
We Don't Give a F*ck About Canon
The world's humblest heroes, from plumbers to tardigrades
Encore Episode: The Incredibly Strange Career of Anne Rice
Encore Episode: Science Fiction Keeps Trying To "Fix" Disabled People with Elsa Sjunneson
Alien ecosystems and the algae menace
How Doctor Who Stood the Test of Time
Episode 142: Books That'll Get You Through The Winter Months
Episode 141: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Zines
Episode 140: Silicon Valley is doomed to misunderstand the future, with Dr. Joy Buolamwini
Episode 139: How To Write About Violence (with Fonda Lee and Lauren Beukes)
Episode 138: Battlestar Galactica, 20 Years Later
Episode 137: The Creativity Fallacy
Episode 136: Who Wants to Live on an Eyeball Earth? With Aomawa Shields
Episode 135: The Myth of Free Speech
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