See also how I found the Hannibal TV show wonderfully campy at times precisely because it was so over the top, and Bryan Fuller knew it was over the top, and still wanted it to be sincere and straight-faced.

And I think Sontag got that wrong because the gay men she referenced in her original piece KNEW when they were being too much. They could conjure up camp because they understood the point of it. It’s why John Waters could create those films with those characters.

All of this franchise saturation wearies me, but we can do a lot worse than Rian Johnson and James Cameron. In particular, I’m not sure that 3D would seem like such a joke if more movies had used the technology in the same way as Avatar.

Look at how packed Pandora is at Animal Kingdom for an idea of how it still resonates with the general public. It was far more than just a 3D showcase. They have used the park to keep the brand alive while Cameron takes far too long to make his films.

Oh, the book stans very much care. I have multiple friends who do nothing but complain about the decisions the show has made since surpassing the books.

If even half the leaks are true, and they have been so far, there ain’t NOTHING sensible about this ending.

GRRM and everyone else involved seem to have accepted the fact he’ll never finish them.

I’m glad to hear they’re still kicking ideas around behind the scenes. Meanwhile, I like that interviews with GRRM have stopped focusing on his timeline for the remaining Ice and Fire novels. His involvement with the next set of shows seems more exciting at this point.

I think he was further away from the Night King than he could have reached him in the time it took to raise those arms, but the unspoken goddamnit thing Jon did didnt help.

I don’t envy Germain the task of writing a spoiler-free review of a film that carries such a narrative burden. This would be like writing a spioler-free review of the Lost finale (with the difference, of course, that the Lost finale was a huge disappointment).

Tbh, the movie selection sucks and always has, despite their fine first-run efforts. There’s no sense of curation or history. That’s why I ended up getting a subscription to the Criterion Channel.

Yeah but you see Chucks a terrible writter who was also a Troll.

Also, what happened to Mjolnir now that Steve is ancient as hell? He passes off the shield to Sam but there’s no Mjolnir to be seen.

I thought this too, but Spiderman Far From Home technically wraps up Phase 3, and we know he is present in that movie.

How did they not give Fury...the guy who started the Avengers Initiative, even one line?

That would solve a lot of problems, but (as you probably know) the Democrats have a serious problem with the senate’s electoral map. Enough low-population states are solidly red that we are probably looking at a right-wing majority in the chamber for the rest of our natural lives.

This might not be the most dignified anecdote, but I remember going to see The Incredible Hulk. I’m sure many of us have a friend set aside for the kind of dubious action movie that causes everyone else to draw a line in the sand. I called that guy. He brought tallboys.

It is getting more and more difficult to bother paying for a now increased monthly fee for Netflix. They are all about their own productions, which is fine, but they keep cancelling the very shows I watch.

That’s too bad. The first season was hilarious. And, even though the premise was starting to wear a little thin, season three was still just about the perfect laundry show.

Don Quixote was male.