Johnny was the real good guy.

I thought they were going to Coachella!

Definitely in his early 30's now, but with a doctorate, so there’s been some progression for his character, if writers choose to keep it with the reboot.

Without even clicking, I’m gonna guess that it’s from the clone saga...

He was in his early thirties during JMS’s run.

Nick Spencer: Good news everybody! I’m going to put Peter and Mary Jane back together!
Everybody: Okaaaaaaay.
Nick Spencer: Oh, but Peter is a wife beater now.
Everybody: Goddammit Nick!

Yeah, Charles is showing his ass here. None of this is cultural appropriation in the slightest.

Speaking as an actual Hindu, I thought the inclusion of Hanuman was rad. I also thought I was cool that the Jabari were vegetarians, since Hanuman is vegetarian.

> It is, in the most literal sense of the phrase, cultural appropriation

Also: Hollywood, please stop pretending that “Superman as a sad asshole” is a fresh and daring take. At this point you’ve milked that so hard that the most fresh and daring take you could do is “Superman actually acting like Superman.”

What a dumb reason, I mean, a really dumb, idiotic reason.

Yes. And also, Snyder begins to deconstruct what he assumes is the common collective image of the characters, forgetting that with Batman and Superman, everyone has a different perception of the characters depending on when they encountered them. Small wonder, then, that the most successful DC movie has been the…

The idea that every character could be just like Batman really hurt the DCEU. Instead of the characters with drastically different tones having to find a way to work together it’s let’s drown everything in grim dark grim.

Yes. DC wants the big payoff without laying the groundwork. You can’t have a great third act without at least a good first two.

Funny enough I was actually writing something just like this out, you did it in a more succinct fashion, so, umm....^THIS

People want to go see movies where they can enjoy themselves and have a good time, not oddly color-graded deconstructions of heroism bogged down with unnecessary CGI.

DC has struggled with this because they’ve always been more about the adventures and hijinks and wow factor of a universe with these powerful beings.

It’s not that DC movies don’t work — The Dark Knight is an example of one that works pretty perfectly — it’s that the DC Extended Universe, the cinematic universe that DC tried putting together, that didn’t work and it comes down to one very simple reason: time. And not just the time it takes to set up the characters,…

Alternate theory:

People want to go see movies where they can enjoy themselves and have a good time, not oddly color-graded deconstructions of heroism bogged down with unnecessary CGI.

Modern storytelling tends to be more character-driven (which the MCU understands). DC has struggled with this because they’ve always been more about the adventures and hijinks and wow factor of a universe with these powerful beings.