Down the Snyder-Brick Road: What has Informed Modern Online Fandom?

This week the guys return to the topic of Zack Snyder, with their focus on his pre-DC action movies: 300 and Sucker Punch. What are the signs found in these that trace all the way towards the DCEU, and is our modern pop culture better or worse off?

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Topics for this episode include…

RRR (racist, Racist, RACIST)

The 300 Workout

Miller + Snyder = ..?

The Geek Gaze

Snyder Storytelling

Music Included: “Pts.Of.Athrty” by Linkin Park, Army of Me by Björk 

FURTHER READING:

Comic Book Film Revue Episode 14: 300

Zack Snyder on Sexuality and the Fanboy Hate of Sucker Punch

Big Joel: 300, Fascism and the Angry Men on Twitter

Hear Me Out: Why Sucker Punch Isn’t a Bad Movie

Maggie Mae Fish series on Zack Snyder Storytelling

Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part I: Spartan School

The Ending of ‘Sucker Punch’ and Its Laughable “Liberation”


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