Their stock has already gone up because investors see this as proof they're committed to keeping costs low.

Strange that people clinging to the past in the face of creeping modernity are drawn to a movie that clings to the past in the face of creeping modernity.

I hate to comment on a film article as good as this and talk completely about something else but I saw Andrei Rublev for the first time earlier this week and, speaking of medieval epics ahead of their time, I couldn't believe how much it resembled Aleksei German's Hard To Be a God, even though it was made at least…

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that any of the other male leads of that show would be more deserving and better in their roles.

Not really. The A History of Violence column is just about getting to it but like how science fiction is now more about stuff like Transformers and Star Wars instead of 2001 and The Day The Earth Stood Still, big blustery blockbusters also like Transformers and The Avengers are considered action movies, even though…

The last thing I saw involving him was the latest Death Race, and it wasn't even the Paul WS Anderson series, it was the knowingly terrible SyFy-esque Roger Corman version. He needs a better agent; all the ex-Spartacus cast do, besides for Jai Courtney, who needs a much worse agent.

No, because there at least has to be a suggestion that there's danger and that the status quo can and will change, and that applies to most action movies. Marvel films are barely action films because they lack both of those things and make up for it with jokes to let us know that they know nothing matters.

"Are America's babysitters on strike? Take a look at the comment section for the Thor: Ragnarok teaser and be the judge."

Not to mention: https://youtu.be/zWMaD4R7vOI

They can't kill anyone other than Robert Redford.

And Americans still use the future tense in relation to talking about fascism in their country.

How do you feel about the commercial this trailer is based on: https://youtu.be/9ZyQK6kUdWQ

Spider-Man 3

It's amazing, it's like an ice-cream man named Cone.

"Thor: Ragnarok was filmed in front of a live studio audience."

It's even more interesting to learn that the same angle was played with Obama too: http://www.salon.com/2008/0…

So, not for about another decade, give or take.

A reality TV show buffoon is the president so I don't know what realistic and unrealistic means when it comes to US politics.

What is a realistic idea?

Even then, I don't think it's anything particularly to do with the military per se, it's just that military stories give him guns and explosions and big, dangerous scenarios to work with.