I want to argue with you, but the man HAS become a hack. Sure he made a few AMAZING movies in his time, but the majority if his stuff has been mediocre-to-shit and the last decent film he made was Gladiator. Fuck the Martian, it was a fucking music video that Zack Snyder could have directed.

It's a sequel that effectively jumps OVER the natural sequel storyline, but then casts a bunch of fucking idiots (eg. Danny McBride, James Franco) as the main characters. It will suck, is the main message.

But beyond the name (of which i doubt there's ANY recognition) why didn't Brad Pitt just pitch a totally different zombie movie to Fincher? Its not like he signed away his life with the last one, and he and Fincher are going to have A LOT of power with this movie so ???

I'm not the South Park fan I used to be, but I love their ep where Cartman channels Brad Pitt in WWZ and causes/survives multiple plane crashes as he goes about his business.

The amount of power he wields now VS Alien 3 is almost inquantifiable. WWZ was effectively a dead franchise which he revived, and I suspect he and Pitt will use their combined power to make the studio bend over backward or go fuck itself.

Ironically, the original script had Pitt taking years to get back to his family, and in the interim his wife became the sex slave/concubine of a Navy SEAL in order to remain protected (which explains why Matthew Fox played a character who shows up for maybe 5 seconds in the film- HE was the SEAL).

Parts of the book are great, others are moronic.

I get that it's funnier for your story to suggest this is one buddy helping another, but Fincher moves for no man. He's famously been involved in many projects for years (eg. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) and has walked when it didn't suit him.

Put them with my Inhuman beans!

If you can't see the difference in instances, I'm not going to explain it to you.

A more sensational/tasteful choice would have been for Captain America to admit he was gay for Bucky. Because guess what- HE IS.

"Rachel Getting Married" was one of the most visceral film experiences I've ever had (not in a totally good way). It was so real/genuine, that I felt like I was actually a guest at a wedding (eg. I am SUPREMELY uncomfortable during the speeches, which feel so intimate, but with which I have no reference) and which was…

True, but likely a combination of his skill/the fact it was a multiverse comic which also featured worlds populated by the likes of Captain Carrot, meant that people didn't get pissed off. DC also didn't center the event around that character/push advertising efforts/entice people to wear t-shirts inspired by…

Perlmutter probably doesn't have a problem with it.

True, but it doesn't change the fact it's a tasteless move/ robs it of any tension because it's all going to be handwaved away, so what was the point of it in the first place?

Indeed, and permanence = importance. Any number of the offensive racist, sexist and homophobic storylines throughout comics history don't matter and shouldn't be remembered because they've all been stricken from continuity. Check out the next 6 month arc where Tony Stark reinstates slavery. But it's okay, he was…

That's good to hear. I'm super leery of Secret Empire, but maybe once that clusterfuck is over I'll give the big 2 another shot.

Readers hate diversity. Its the only possible explanation for why we're in trouble. Despite the fact that most of the best shit we're putting out right now feature diverse creative teams and/or characters, but are also- wait for it- really well written when they aren't steamrolled by events.

I can still hum that awesome Inhumans theme. How did it go?

Counterpoint: None of them not only turn Superman into a Nazi, but retcon his entire history so he was ALWAYS a Nazi.