From what I've read, Allison Mack is the new head of his "Harem" meaning she is directly involved in recruiting new girls and punishing those who don't follow the rules… aww maaan

It's sad, there are parallels in other more "progressive" societies as well. We in Canada are doing WAAAAY better than y'all in the south (no offence but Socialized Medicine = Instant Win). Our group that's been ignored treated as disposable are Aboriginal Women.

Yeah, all that Hulk incest was so crucial to the plot. As was Luke Cage turning into an evil dictator that looked/talked like a parody of a 90's "gangsta" (though to be fair, Quesada has been writing him like that for years).

I feel like this is the place we should probably broach the discussion of the celebrity cults. Other than the Big One (Scientology) it seems like a number of homegrown smaller ones have sprung up over the years. Corey Feldmen's "Angels" program seems to pray on vulnerable women, but that almost seems like more of a…

Right. Like how Michael Richards isn't a racist, he just made some jokes in bad taste. And he had black friends too. (PS. Having 'a black friend' doesn't somehow make you immune to doing or saying racist things).

SP fans deserve it. They're a rabid, self righteous lot. AoS fans are the scrappy underdogs.

Yep, there are certainly a few left over. But compared to what they once had they're pretty miniscule. At least the UK doesn't have military bases dotting the globe in other sovereign nations. Also folks in all overseas British Territories have full UK citizenship.

That's fair. I've spent my fair share of time in Mental Health circles to get that could be a real phenomenon, and if its based on personal experience on your part, I get it.

I suggested multiple times the sorts of resources they can/should access if they're actually who they say they are, rather than whining on a pop culture message board- which is clearly the forum to take the stand on such an important issue. And the chances that they are who they claim to be (some nebulous "friend" who…

Again, this might actually be a signifier that this is a GOOD thing. Rather than attempting to adapt such a sprawling work in a single film, with an inflated budget in the 200-300 million range (once marketing is taken into account). That film would be forced to cut out huge swathes of content, AND make something…

Or it could succeed and lead to many sequels adapting all the source material you enjoy. And the fact that if it makes like 200+ million worldwide it'll be considered a success is a good thing, rather than the insanely high numbers other studio films need to "succeed" which often end up being 700-800+ million

Don't forget the massively budgeted, of-course-they'll-be-success mentalities of films like the Mummy and King Arthur, which were announced to be spawning their own cinematic universes BEFORE the movie even fucking came out. Talk about putting the cart before the horse there.

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You're an idiot.

To me, it feels like the studio playing things somewhat safe, which I can't necessarily blame them for. Particularly when you contrast this to the Mummy and King Arthur, both huge budget blockbusters intended to create like 9 sequels apiece, both of which ended up crashing and burning hard- taking their respective…

Partially because both leads were cardbord cutouts.

You were the only one.

Exactly. A movie needs to EARN being longer, and even really great ones often can't thread the needle correctly, so you end up thinking "It's a great movie, but I'll never watch it again because its 2 and a half fucking hours"

True.

Again, I see this as a good thing. Runtimes of movies have been expanding over the past decade, maybe in part due to some sort of knock-on-effect from Peter Jackson's various films. A great film doesn't NEED to be long, in fact, I'd argue it's more difficult to make a longer narrative work well as you need to keep the…