I have a confession that might surprise exactly no one who reads this blog regularly. Long before I ever sat in a dark theater watching a spaceship glide across a screen, I was a kid with my nose buried in books that had absolutely no business being as good as they were. And the older … Continue reading The Influence of Classic Literature on Science Fiction Films
Hero’s Journey
The Path to Heroism: Clark Kent’s Journey to Becoming Superman
There's a moment in the final episode of Smallville that a lot of fans had been waiting ten years to see. Clark Kent — farm boy, alien, reluctant hero — finally runs toward the camera, tears open his shirt to reveal the iconic "S" shield, and (we assume) leaps into the sky (off camera) as … Continue reading The Path to Heroism: Clark Kent’s Journey to Becoming Superman
