I’d guess they knew there was at least the potential for something like this, since both characters have larger histories in the comics. And I recall Sebastian Stan signing a contract for like nine movies after The Winter Soldier came out, which seemed excessive at the time but makes a lot more sense now.

Others have mentioned the Netflix shows basically being their own continuity, but they were also creatively distinct. Kevin Fiege didn’t have control over them; Jeph Loeb and Ike Perlmutter were the Netflix shows’ producers, and both of them have a history of racism, Perlmutter in particular. So they’re not really…

Yeah, his best defense is definitely “I hate everyone.” I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s at least as racist as he is sexist, between Ray Fisher’s comments and his portrayal of minorities in his TV shows, which seemed problematic even back when people like myself thought he was outright feminist. A handful of…

I do wonder if there’s self-loathing involved in it, or if he’s just too self-absorbed to notice or care. But I’m sure somebody will make a tell-all documentary about him one day, and that’s the last I need to hear from him now.

The worst stuff is definitely targeted at women, often in very gender-specific ways: Charisma Carpenter, Gal Gadot, Michelle Trachtenberg... One of the Firefly writers said he bragged about being able to make the female writers cry. And his ex-wife talked a lot about his sexism a few years ago, and her general…

Yeah, the internet isn’t conducive to nuance, but I think there’s this is a kind of case-by-case situation where artists need a lot of leeway to experiment and occasionally fail, but also... some works do cross a line where we’re no longer talking about moral ambiguity. And instead we’re just talking about someone…

I meant in the future, like, if he creates a new show or movie after this point.

Yeah, Joss Whedon was my favorite filmmaker as a teenager and I still love a lot of his shows, but I’m never watching anything he does in the future after all the revelations about him, because the merit of his artistic output isn’t the issue here. I will say, though, that I can understand some negative critical…

Disney’s released plenty of adult content, they just do it through subsidiaries that don’t use the Disney brand. This is just reorganizing Fox’s studios, still using the 20th century branding, and they’ve already released lots of R-rated Fox stuff. It’s basically why Hulu still exists; so they can release adult…

It’s a sharply-written rom-com with memorable characters and a surprising amount of nuance. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a show where the cultural impressions of it so completely diverged from the plain text that’s right in front of us. This is far more Notting Hill than 50 Shades of Grey. There’s about 20 minutes of…

To anyone who doesn’t watch checking into this review idly, this is just such an absolutely fantastic, beautiful, hilarious perfect sitcom/adventure series, and I highly recommend it’s the next show you watch.

It seemed pretty clearly liberal to me. Sam’s whole story is tied to race, both implicitly and explicitly. The new Captain America seems to be a nationalist villain and/or stooge. The only thing all that politically ambiguous is the Flag-Smashers group. Anarchist terrorists are wildly overplayed when the far-right’s…

While I get your point in general, Wanda’s a white war hero who’s friends with some of the most powerful and important people in this world. She’d get a fair trial, and if she didn’t, she could literally just leave anytime using her powers.

I know some people love Korra, but it was a complete mess to me, which makes me a bit wary of this. Some of the most prominent writers on Avatar went on to make The Dragon Prince for Netflix, which captures Avatar’s spirit so much better than Korra did. It makes me wonder whether those other writers were at least as…

Avatar became one of America’s favorite shows thanks to Netflix last year. There’s money in this now.

Somebody else noted that Sokovia could easily have had its own virus outbreak at some point in her childhood, like SARS or a particularly bad round of the flu.

Yeah, and while they’ve never gone into too many details about the Sokovia Accords, I assume there’s some kind of debriefing/testimony/paperwork they all have to go through now. Especially after Infinity War and Endgame.

While she was pouring herself a drink in the kitchen, at least that’s when I noticed it. I think it happened briefly another time too.

It also gets people talking about Young Rock. I first heard about this show because of an article worrying he was entering politics, and that’s certainly what’s getting comments here. I also think it’s a real possibility he has ambitions, but this is a win-win for him no matter what.

Misread that as Dwayne Johnson at first. Kind of want to see his cut of Knives Out now.