Men's Studies and Avengers: Age of Ultron

Captain America and The Avengers
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Today's lecture was on men's studies, and I've decided to use that for my approach to Avengers:  Age of Ultron.  What interested me most was behavior codes, specifically warrior codes.  Watching the film again had me noticing all sorts of things I didn't think about when I first saw it.  For example, it's kinda obvious that they've all been working together a lot, since they have developed team moves, like Thor hitting Captain America's shield with his hammer and knocking out a large group of soldiers at one time with the shock wave.  What struck me the most, however, was when Captain America talked about losing "together" if it was necessary.  The basic cause of the action is Stark wanting to work alone or just with Banner and wanting not to even discuss his plans with the rest of the team.  Is this just because he's so used to getting his own way he can't stand to be thwarted?  Or is it that he isn't sure that he wants to be part of the team when they're not actually fighting?  Either way, the code of the group seems to involve being a group and being open with the group about things involving the group.
I've got a lot of thinking to do, and a proposal draft due on Wednesday, so I'd better get to it. 

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Back again for spring semester in English 102

Cowboys and Aliens (Image via RottenTomatoes.com)
Note to readers:  Rhonda's been through a rough time lately (which somewhat explains her failure to post last term), but she swears to me that she is going to be more conscientious this semester.
Dr. Toffee

So I'm supposed to be making my topic choices for my semester-long research project now (in the first week!).  I have to decide on a film and a "critical approach."  The list of films is pretty long, and I've seen a lot of them, but I haven't got a clue about the approach part of the assignment.  We're going to get some guidance on that, I'm told, and I hope it's not too hard.  Nothing is jumping out at me so far from the films.  There's only six approaches on the assignment sheet:  myth criticism, cultural studies, shame theory, disability studies, genre criticism, and gender studies (we can do that, or one of the subcategories of women's studies, men's studies, or queer theory, so I guess there's actually nine approaches).  These all look sort of interesting, but I think I need to spend a bit more time thinking about this. 
I saw Cowboys & Aliens over the summer with my boyfriend-- it's on the list under men's studies.  That might work, and my brother has the DVD.

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