Saving The Girl
Imaginary Worlds19 Marras 2014

Saving The Girl

What exactly is the role of the love interest in a superhero story? Is she just the emotional stakes for the hero? Can she ever be anything more? I talk with screenwriting guru Pilar Alessandra, and screenwriters Craig Fernandez and Carr D'Angelo. It turns out even male fans get frustrated when their favorite heroes can tackle villains head on but flee romantic relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Office Space

Office Space

Kasra Farahani has done concept art on a lot of big sci-fi fantasy films, and this year he took on his biggest job yet as the production designer for the Disney+ series Loki. Kasra’s sets became fan f...

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Playing Blind

Playing Blind

Video games are an inherently visual medium that traditionally haven’t been very accessible to blind people. But there are plenty of blind players who enjoy games and want to lower the barriers to ent...

16 Syys 202131min

Cartoonish Gender

Cartoonish Gender

Queer representation in children’s cartoons has never been better, but the road to get here has been fraught. I talk with podcaster Dawn H and journalist Sara Century about how the first type of queer...

2 Syys 202132min

The Legend of Musashi

The Legend of Musashi

An entire subgenre of samurai films, shows, manga, anime and games can be traced back to one person – a real life samurai named Miyamoto Musashi. He was not the first samurai to achieve fame, but his ...

19 Elo 202131min

Giving Imaginary Advice

Giving Imaginary Advice

If you’ve ever searched for my podcast, you probably came across a show with a similar title: Imaginary Advice. I quickly became a fan of Imaginary Advice because the host Ross Sutherland walks the li...

5 Elo 202138min

Harley Quinn (Special Edition)

Harley Quinn (Special Edition)

Every year, I like to play a full-length version of an interview from a previous episode where a lot of great material ended up on the proverbial cutting room floor. In 2019, I interviewed the comic b...

22 Heinä 202134min

Reporting on Capes, Cowls, Threats and Menaces

Reporting on Capes, Cowls, Threats and Menaces

In superhero stories, the public is usually there to be saved by the heroes or killed by the villains. But as a journalist, I always wonder if these people are well informed enough about the threats t...

8 Heinä 202134min

Living in a Simulation

Living in a Simulation

Is it possible that we are living in an imaginary world? That is the premise of many science fiction stories, but some scientists have begun to wonder whether it’s not a fantasy. Perhaps what we think...

24 Kesä 202134min

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