Yes, I taking all these comments to that effect as jokes.

I’m sure there’s a lot of complicated twisted bitterness on his part that she only joined the band because he insisted upon it when they had first recruited him, only to see her eclipse him in popularity both in the band and in solo careers. That they were ex-lovers and that he’s an arrogant perfectionist who seems…

Yes. I can’t imagine that a Secret Wars movie wouldn’t be some combination of the three Secret Wars series, just like Infinity War was a weird gestalt of Thanos Quest, Infinity Gauntlet, and Infinity.

This all seems rather tone-deaf to how most people watch movies beyond the theatrical run. So if I didn’t catch a movie when it was in first release, a movie is somehow fake if I only watch it on a small screen, and I guess not worth watching? Because there’s honestly not much difference to how many streaming original…

This episode really missed the basic appeal of What If. Everything it showed should’ve been the setup- What If the Avengers were killed before their first mission?

Maybe the problem wasn’t so much the way it looked but the copy for the trailer? Other than women being protective magic users (which was interesting), the rest was a sort of typical “dark prophecy/army/chosen one needs to be stopped” fantasy thing that is kinda old.

I’m a big reader of SF and fantasy, so I’ve heard plenty about Wheel of Time without never having gotten around to picking it up. (The length kept me off, honestly)

Your last sentence is the most optimistic conclusion I’ve come to on how we’ll finally get out of this. I’ll feel better when my (and all) little kids can get a vaccine finally. I just hope we don’t get a breakthrough mutation while all this is shaking out.

It was a pretty cool fight sequence, too, but it’s telling that they were able to excise that sequence completely from the theatrical edit and it wasn’t missed at all.

The Fox Film Rogue basically tanked two of my favorite X-Men. The story of a young female mutant being magically introduced to the world of the X-Men, and somehow forging a bond with the gruff Wolverine is Kitty Pryde’s story. Rogue’s story is the seeming ass kicker who’s actually overcompensating to make up for her…

I was having fun with the movie, but it was way too long and I sort of checked out when the supernatural stuff became obvious and omnipresent.

Younger/newer fans also just really love the stuff they love and love to show it at 100%.

I definitely think there’s a lot of themes about T’Challa modernizing Wakanda, but I’m not sure the movie really casts a critical eye towards the ritual combat. I would’ve liked some more outspoken criticism of it to enhance the theme.

I just have a disconnect, because one of the movie’s main themes is trying to sell us Wakanda as this wondrous advanced society that can help the rest of the world, yet they have one of the most barbaric forms of transfer of power. It really bothers me about the film and Wakanda as depicted, and seems counter to…

That makes even less sense, as the movie illustrates. A despot like Killmonger legally takes over Wakanda because he’s a better killer than T’Challa, and for no other reason. That’s definitely not someone I want getting superpowers.

Yeah, their marketing so far that this will be a movie about the stories of Wakanda makes it sound more like an anthology type film, which is not interesting to me; none of the other characters (who were all perfectly fine) really grabbed me enough to interest me in their own stories that would exclude a Black Panther…

If the movie is going to be about the transfer of power, why waste the story by just announcing who the new Black. Panther is. Watch the movie to find out. 

That’s certainly still a shit show, but yeah?

At the very least, having a monarchy that decides leadership without ritual mortal combat would be a big improvement.

Disney looks terrible and also dumb. The MCU cast and crew is supposedly pretty tight. It’s business, but I’m not sure how wise it was to potentially piss off the rest of the filmakers, many of whom are still making product for you.