I think it does, though. They’ve been so dominant that even an ok superhero movie seems disappointing. The market on this has been oversaturated, and theatergoers just aren’t buying in the same quantities.

People like seeing characters they like interact with each other, which companies take to mean constant Epic Crossover Events. Same thing plagues the original comics. I like that Spider-Man can swing by Daredevil every now and again, I don’t like when some Crisis of Venom means every single storyline has to…

“And if it becomes just a bunch of nonsense onscreen, it gets really boring.”

I thought the same, but IRL Phil Knight is 85 years old and Sonny Vaccaro is 82. Since this takes place mid-80's, Affleck and Damon are actually the correct ages to portray them during that era.

Honestly, I do hope this does well if only because of the equity model that Affleck’s production company is using that I’d love to see more popularized going forward.

(Namely, they’re cutting EVERYONE in on equity points, not just the cast. So if the movie does well the crew stands to benefit financially as well.)

I’m slowly coming to grips with the fact that I kind of love Michael Bay’s flop Ambulance despite disliking every other Michael Bay movie I’ve seen (yes, including The Rock, stop talking to me about The Rock, and no, that doesn’t mean talk to me about Pain & Gain instead). So of course, I am online in a comments…

Joke basically stolen from old Archie comic.

To be fair, the last script he’d read when he said that was for the animated Bright spinoff.

Cautious optimism blossoming into regular optimism.

Really? The “beach off” run of jokes is what prompted Simu Liu to say it was the best script he’d ever read.

Yeah that didn’t feel especially Gerwig-y but it just looks so playful and like you said simply too much talent involved to not check this out.

Really? That part made me cringe. They already recreated the meme in the after the credits of the first. In this case it felt like a cheap gag since there’s no reason any of them would react like that. Felt like the worst sort of pander-y fan-service where the movie goes overboard to make sure everyone recognizes the…

See... You say that but what vision, exactly? It’s a lot of fire and violent rhetoric but what does he actually, substantively mean? “We’re pirates!” Okay, meaning what? I think he’s as shallow a thinker as the kids, he’s just better at hiding it behind vulgar bluster. The Nan Pierce episodes really underscored that…

Amazon was only pretending to factor in customer feedback. Reportedly, Chris Carter’s pilot got the highest audience scores, while Transparent got the lowest. Which one got a series order?

It’s all fun and games until Boaty McBoatface: Back on the Boat gets greenlit for a five-season commitment.

I agree that it’s also about his relationship with Willa and that he at least wants her to love him. But I don’t know how you can see their as anything but “logan roy-style love.” It’s just that Connor has taken the Logan role for himself.

Agree that it’s more complicated than some are making it out to be. Although I also think the context makes it pretty clear that the “love” he’s talking about is the heady brew of attention and interfamial social capital associated with Logan’s temporary approval that the Roy kids mistake for love.

We shall see indeed. 

Agree completely.  He’s going to spend $100 mil to maintain his 1% in the polls - he needs love so bad he’s willing to dump most of his fortune to buy a tiny sliver of it.

Connor needs love - or at least recognition/validation - more than any of the Roy kids.  Otherwise, he wouldn’t spend 100 million to maintain his 1% place in the polls.