(Source DeviantArt.com)

Have you ever wanted to study film? What about a superhero film?
How would you like to study all of the instalments in the Marvel Cinematic Franchise?

Well, there’s a course starting in the 2015 spring semester that “will scrutinize the intricately plotted world of Marvel films… The course (Media Genres: Media Marvels), will examine how Marvek’s series of interconnected films and television show, plus related media and comic book sources… offer important insights into modern culture.”

The course will teach about how to intertwined franchise across several mediums (movies, live action & animated TV shows, comics, books and more) has affected modern culture, society and even the future of franchises. The professor Arnold T. Blumberg claims the course argues that the Marvel franchise is the Star Wars saga of their generation and how the series (Marvel) has taken on on mythical proportions and have had a Worldwide impact.

(Source Wikipedia.com)

The University of Baltimore website continued to explain that “the class will uncover the unprecedented efforts by Marvel to establish a viable universe of plotlines, characters, and backstories that leave no question unanswered, no story or character abandoned or otherwise unexplained” The course will cover how the comics, movies & TV show all connect, and how they “offer important insights into modern culture”.

“No matter what your age, there is always a fantasy/sci-fi/superhero realm that helps you to explore your place in the world, your identity, and your ideals,” Arnold T. Blumberg, the professor teaching the course, said in a statement. “The Marvel Cinematic Universe is that realm for this generation.”

“This series not only provides action-packed entertainment but also profound statements about the nature of heroism, the great responsibilities that come with wielding great power, our willingness to trade freedom for security, and much more,” said Blumberg, an adjunct faculty member in the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences.

“Every issue facing our world today is encapsulated in deceptively simple morality tales featuring four-color comic book heroes whose histories stretch back to 1939,” he said.

(Source Marvel.com)

“The series maintains a consistent tone for its brand,” says Blumberg. “Just like the early comics had to ‘train’ their audience in the basic mechanics of comic book storytelling, with human characters transformed into heroes that spoke to a college-age readership and beyond, this cinematic series has been constructed to bring a mainstream movie-going public into a wild world of superheroes and science fiction. It started with a human emotional core delivered in the first Iron Man movie, and built out from there. The Tony Stark character is memorable in that he was someone who could readily comment on the insanity around him. This grounded the entire Marvel film canon, and is still recognizable in the Guardians film. I think relatability is one of the reasons why audiences continue to come out in great numbers for these films.” (Source www.ubalt.edu/news/news-releases)

Would you guys want to take a course on the Marvel storytelling method? Any thoughts on an entire course dedicated to teaching about Marvel’s Cinematic (big & small screen), and Comic methods of connecting modern culture and their stories? What do you think we’ll be the final test – do a marathon of the Avengers franchise?

Let us know below!

10/17/2014 – 12:37 pm

by James