I feel like second season's worth watching, if only to know how various plotlines turn out.

I never get tired of them sniping at each other. They have such an odd way of expressing themselves through mutual irritation that makes them a lot of fun.

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I actually feel like these two games make for a good contrast. I get kind of exhausted when I think of playing a game for 200 hours, because there's no way it won't have some degree of filler. I only spent about 50 hours in Witcher 3 and didn't really feel the need to go complete the extraneous content just to say I…

I really admire Guerilla Games for that. They said the pitch for H:ZD was the riskiest and the most outside their wheelhouse, so they went for it. I love that: they took a huge gamble, poured a lot of effort and love into the process, and it paid off in spades.

Horizon: Zero Dawn, all the way. I have little doubt it will be my GOTY (unless the Uncharted standalone blows my mind - which could certainly happen). I finished it a couple months back, but I'm already thinking about my next playthrough - and I'm incredibly excited to get the DLC.

That's true - but they didn't make her a hero in Apocalypse because it was good for the film or character. They did it because Lawrence is a huge star and no doubt 20th Century Fox forbade them from actually making her a villain.

Maybe it's a bait and switch and what they really mean when they say "villain" is that she'll be taking over as Jean/Dark Phoenix.

To me this was one of the biggest gulfs in quality between DoFP and Apocalypse.

Oh please say never. I worry it will kill the avclub commenting community.

Also, why the HELL are they making Mystique into a good guy? She's one of the best villains around.

What I wouldn't give for Fox to prioritize creativity over finance. Not only does this mean we might be stuck with Lawrence's Mystique in perpetuity, but that's probably also how we got Sophie Turner as Jean Grey (who I'm pretty sure was hired because of her Game of Thrones success - not because she was actually good…

I've heard that - which is awesome. I kind of hope they also find a way to revive her or something?

I guess it's kind of ambiguous as to whether or not she is a virgin. But I think the important distinction here is that it's not treated as something precious. If she is a virgin at the start of the film, she sure ain't at the end of the film - and making so little a deal about it is hugely important. There's…

That's fair. I've largely repressed Spider-man 3 so I can't say I remember much.

I also liked how it subtly emphasized not just gender norms, but how Diana was rewarded when she disregarded his directives. That's one of the reasons why No Man's Land is so spectacular: it's kind of the ultimate example of this: "Diana, that's not what we're here for, you can't go out there!" To which Diana…

Pine does a really great job with the nonverbal material. My absolute favorite was the play of emotions over his face in the moments before he blows up the plane.

Who doesn't want more Robin Wright Antiope.

I actually kind of agree with this. I've come to resent a lot of romance in comic book adaptations because:
a) it's often been the defining attribute for the lone female character (see: MJ Watson)
b) there can sometimes too easily be a tendency to let it consume the story (see: Arrow season 4)

And they let him be flawed in interesting ways. Not just in the hints he gave about past misdeeds, but also in his subtle tendencies toward 20th century gender roles.