Still not sure I see any evidence of another factor at work here, and as you even say, we’re coming toward the end, and it would make more sense if there was a big bad to have had at least a small hint of their intentions by now.

My sarcasm is much more expensive than you can fully appreciate.

Can we agree that Wanda is certainly controlling the Hex, and controlling all the people in it?

I’m sorry, do you think I’m “new to TV” or something? I’m 42.

Just YES to all of this. Justice League and JLU are the best. I have to say that the DCAU set a very high bar that nobody has really cleared in all the years since.

Olsen is not an “incredible” actress, she’s perfectly fine, but I dunno, that’s insulting to quite a lot of better actresses imho.

Let’s not get carried away, as if Chris Hemsworth is never given any chances to appear without his shirt.

Well, that’s part of the problem, too. Whedon seems to have targeted certain individuals which is despicable. Kubrick seems to have been fine about creating hardship on the set for everyone, which is, more fair? Eaquitable? That’s where the ‘auteur’ problem comes in. People excuse it because they say, “oh that’s just…

How do you do it? You do it the SNYDER WAY! You hire an exceptionally promising cast and then hollow out all of the characters and dialogue in favor of lavish but numbing CGI visuals, then sap as much of the literal color out of the picture as you can. For starters.
It was long after seeing this movie that I discovered…

There are things I like about Man of Steel, and things I really, really don’t, but it’s probably better than the new Justice League: Snyder Indulgence Remix, and it is certainly leaps and bounds better than Batman v Superman. I just don’t think that Snyder has any affection for the DC characters outside of a deranged…

Oy vey.

I don’t know if Warner Brothers is ready to give up on linear superhero shows just yet. After all, they are partners in the CW with CBS. However, I do think that DC and WB are trying to put together a more cohesive strategy for how DC characters will be presented on various platforms. I have noticed that the trailers…

Elizabeth Olsen has already included Full House among the shows that inspired the references on WandaVision, and has often mentioned how her experience with sitcoms through her sisters’ work by visiting the set and being an occasional extra helped to give her perspective on those parts of WandaVision. Any resentment,…

I think we have hit on the exact level of meta-reference the showrunners are going for which is low. The show is already packed with information, and they don’t want to overburden it with in-jokes. They made reference to Full House in last week’s opening credits, and this week there was the “Kick-Ass” throwaway, which…

SAG-AFTRA does have representatives on set for all signatory productions, but they are not necessarily there at all times. They do make their presence known, but I tend to think that they are there mostly to make sure that basic rules are followed. I am not a SAG member, but I have been on many sets. I don’t think…

I can’t imagine Alfred Hitchcock pulling this sort of bullshit on a Cary Grant, or for that matter an actress like Ingrid Bergman or Grace Kelly or Janet Leigh.

Part of the point is that Shelley Duvall was not made to feel that she had the stature to complain. She also lacked the support to have either herself or her representatives confront Kubrick —or the studio, frankly— to say, “This is inexcusable and legally actionable. Shelley Duvall is a professional actress who is…

It’s not the point that every auteur is abusive or that every abusive director is an auteur.
It’s that people are far more likely to forgive, or really just ignore, abhorrent behavior when the perpetrator is an acclaimed artist. This is not a new phenomenon. I have said it before: see Picasso, Pablo.
While Joss Whedon…

That may be, but that leaves a lot of other people in this country who can’t use that excuse.

I wonder if she’ll be invited to cons in the future?