Showing posts with label Nazi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nazi. Show all posts

Monday, March 31, 2014

Marvel Monday: Everybody Loves Namor

In May of 1962 Marvel launched their second title exclusively taking place within the Marvelverse, and brought back a Golden Age hero, forever tying the Marvel universe into the Golden Age continuity.

And one of these comics actually was pretty good! Let's look at that one first.

Seriously, Lee and Kirby, if you can write this well then how do you explain the Fantastic Four?
Hulk smash preconceptions of comic book protagonists!

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Doctor Whosday: Nazis vs. Aryans

This is going to be an uncomfortable post, isn't it?

Looking back, the Daleks really are perfect sci-fi villains. They are unashamedly evil, completely duplicitous, obsessed with exterminating anything that isn't Dalek, and based on the Nazis. How could villains based on the Nazis fail?

The inclusion of Nazi R2D2 in the Star Wars Trilogy was the moment Lucas and Spielberg's relationship soured.
Pictured: The greatest terror known to Britain.
Indeed, the second Doctor Who serial, generally known as "The Daleks", was the beginning of Doctor Who's massive popularity. It turns out the things which frighten children the most are Nazi R2-D2s.

And the Daleks were Nazis. From their stilted, clipped voices (so reminiscent of the accents of "German" television and movie villains), to their advanced technology and mechanization, to their ideological desire to exterminate any and all beings different from their "purity", the Nazi overtones are obvious.