tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post1669835447646660424..comments2023-09-07T22:24:51.654-05:00Comments on League of Melbotis: weekend round-upThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-29071823529953465452007-09-24T22:48:00.000-05:002007-09-24T22:48:00.000-05:00There's certainly something to genre movies and me...There's certainly something to genre movies and media opening up possibilities for folks living outside of society. Once the mask or cape is on, the rules that other folks live by no longer apply, just as much as if they were in the expansive, uncontainable west. I'm sure there's a paper in this somewhere, just as film critics always seem to want to insist that sci-fi movies are westerns, etc...The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-72242180179357778242007-09-24T21:12:00.000-05:002007-09-24T21:12:00.000-05:00I like the concept of westerns as analogous to sup...I like the concept of westerns as analogous to super heroes. Special people (trackers, gunfighters, kung fu wanderers) are set apart from the common man and choose to defend or harm their bretheren.Michael Corleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441107947600810769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-51009435107232560342007-09-24T16:16:00.000-05:002007-09-24T16:16:00.000-05:00Well, that Jerry Jones...Well, that Jerry Jones...The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-19999741525058728762007-09-24T16:10:00.000-05:002007-09-24T16:10:00.000-05:00I couldn't help but notice that your "antagonist a...I couldn't help but notice that your "antagonist as hero" discussion of American westerns led, by way of natural transition, into an analysis of The Dallas Cowboys.J.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03903186469796595837noreply@blogger.com