Wanda’s powers are gained from experimentation after the first Avengers film when Hydra gets the Mind Stone, so a pre-2008 reality warp from her doesn’t work.

I had this theory, too, but assuming the mutants reality would be restored, it plays utter havoc with the continuity the MCU movies had depicted.

Yes, I can’t see a big buy-in to a multi-verse concept not leading to a Crisis like situation. For a story or perhaps a character that exclusively trades in the concept, fine, but to bring it in as a permanent setting, in which different groups of heroes exist on different worlds- it’s going to be unwieldy and…

I’ve often struggled with it, too, but his creativity is staggering; it should not be separated from his art skills when trying to understand his legacy.

Perhaps, but Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s portrayal was closer to the dickish arrogance of comics Pietro, as opposed to Peter’s more disinterested, slacker-ish vibe. The X-Men film version’s popularity is mostly built on the much more effective depiction of his powers.

I saw that thread this morning, and it was mesmerizing. How incredible that experience must have been to sit down expecting to see a favorite movie and finding yourself watching some secret version that was thought lost? Amazing. 

I think that one line of dialogue could’ve been given to someone else if absolutely necessary.  A random Wakanda intelligence officer would’ve sufficed. 

Manson’s autobiography is also making news again for how he admitted his behavior way back when, so Reznor has to bring up that the story about him in it is a fabrication.

It’s really apparent that the first two Thor movies overloaded their supporting casts. IM and Cap kept it to a manageable number, but Thor basically has two supporting casts (Asgardian, Human), and lots of those characters get lost in the shuffle. It’s why it was really no big deal when the Warriors Three get killed…

For sure. I should’ve mentioned that the film didn’t need the restructuring just to justify the character. I think they should’ve realized he wasn’t necessary and left him out.

She also mentioned in a video reply yesterday that he never acted that way with her, but that fact doesn’t matter and she stands with all the other women who have come forward.

He was, but I don’t think the movie version used him in the right way to make his character work like it did in the comic.

It depends. The person might have a superpower that does not lend itself to bullying/oppressing, is too weak, or draws too much attention to itself and they’d get outnumbered by people without superpowers.  Most of these stories set themselves at the beginning of people with powers emerging, so they end up being in…

Summer of 82 was a crazy time for films. In addition to those 3, you also had Poltergeist, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Tron, The Dark Crystal, Conan the Barbarian, Rocky III, The Secret of NIMH, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High all coming out within weeks of each other. Not all of these are of the same quality,…

They already have the animation style they need with those little Galaxy of Adventure shorts. Every time I see one of those I wish I could see something full length in that style.

I love his 70s/80s stuff, but his drawings of kids has always been weird. It wasn’t a real drawback to his MTU and X-Men stuff, but F4 features Franklin a lot, and I stared in bafflement a lot at panels featuring him.

I was so excited when I realized she was playing Dottie.  Loved her as Anya, and I thought TiMER was a great film that didn’t get enough attention, and she was fantastic in it.  I’m hoping Caroline covers it eventually in her romcom column. 

It’s my least favorite of the trilogy (while still being a great film, no doubt). Some of it is inherent in the source material, with the deus ex machina of the Army of the Dead and exiling three of the main characters on that side-quest-feeling adventure to begin with.

That fade to black was just totally out of place and clunky. As I posted above, it is a confusing cinematic technique to be deployed then, as a fade of that length at that point in a film is traditionally used to signal the end of a film, when clearly anyone who is watching these films would’ve been super pissed if…

I really can’t see that. The whole point of Frodo’s ending ties directly to some of LOTR’s central anti-war themes, about the devastation and damage they do even when justified.  To leave the impression that he’s basically fine after the whole ordeal would be a real betrayal of some of Tolkein’s main themes.