I mean...Chasing Amy? If there is proof Kevin Smith has something meaningful to say about the comic book industry, sexuality, complicated relationships, and some poignant insights, that kind of proved it to me. At minimal, he’s certainly capable of that.

I would also say there were a few salient pieces of commentary in …

On one hand, I’m not sure how likely that is.

On the other hand, I think you should be a writer for the Hallmark Channel.

The difference (or a possible difference) was that the Targaryens were this very inbred line of monarchs. Since pretty much all the Targaryens are dead, and since Dany’s infertile, the bloodline (and hence the madness) ends there, and those three dragons are all male as I recall (and one’s a resurrected ice zombie) so…

I think you mean why on Westeros...

Anyway, that aside, that is a weird question to ask. It’s important to the story and how we view the characters. Those details matter insofar as our interpretation of the story goes. I mean, otherwise why would any story matter? I mean, why are we here discussing it, or even…

I think you meant Viserys in the last comment not Rhaegar (no judgement, just helping your argument).

I am basing that on how he treated Dany. He was an asshole to Dany, sold her to Khal Drogo for an army, and as I recall he said he would have willingly let every Dothraki and their horses rape her if it meant he would get the Iron Throne. I did not take that to be much of an exaggeration, if any. He seemed cruel and…

Interesting observation. My question would be, should that be enough cause for concern for Varys and Tyrion? After all, compared to her brother Rhaegar, not to mention her father, she is pretty tame. I think Dany is acting more in accordance with the times and what is customary while still being open to influence.…

I actually thought they made Thanos too weak in IW in a lot of ways, aside from the opening where he beats down Hulk. His use of the stones he had at any given time was often pretty unimaginative given what they are capable of. [snip] In the comics he was literally unstoppable aside from his hubris. Whatever he…

Ah, thanks. In brief, just mulling them over...

1. Agreed.
2. @#$%. Yes. That was one of my biggest gripes with the movie. Like Quill couldn’t have let them take the gauntlet off and THEN kick his ass?
3. I was mixed on that, but point taken.
4. Interesting take. It did not bother me because I did not take it as…

Someone else commented that we’ve seen sling ring portals cut things in half, and I don’t see a reason other than a disinclination to brutality for Strange not to do that (I mean from an internal perspective, not from a “why didn’t the writers do it this way” perspective) and amputate the glove.

*And relative to what I think the Sorceror Supreme ought to be capable of (ok, he’s new to the job, which … sigh), a somewhat nerfed Strange at that.

I wouldn’t say [Captain Marvel] came across as the order of magnitude more powerful than anyone else that Feige and the writers described though.

I really liked Captain Marvel. I think she’s going to be more of an equalizer than a deus ex machina, if that distinction makes any difference. But the movie made sense of why she’s just showing up now. I also think Hulk will be important for equalizing things as well, power-wise as well as with his relationship with…

Fan here. I happened to really, really like Captain Marvel. It was awesome. I also have roughly a decade’s worth of investiture in a lot of these characters. The emotional beats still work for me from the last Avengers movie, and even though they are going to inevitably undo the deaths of half the universe, for the…

If misogyny were the reason for the backlash against Ghostbusters 2016 or Captain Marvel, why did the same men who don’t like these properties enjoy Wonder Woman?

True, but it’s not like it’s getting lampooned by critics far and wide.

While I don’t disagree with you, there’s a difference between being fired for a bad performance or deserving to be fired over a performance, and a legitimate difference in how Moore and Holofcener’s vision. The former would be harder to swallow considering how accomplished Julianne Moore is as an actress. The latter…

It sounds like hell. Imagine the dinner table conversation!

It’s easy to cast studio execs as clueless villains in a story like this, but you don’t have to work too hard to imagine why they might’ve been hesitant to throw a whole lot of money at a struggling movie star and an opening-credits designer to make a movie full of dick jokes and beheadings.

she told me that the whole family is pretty much forced to stay in the room and watch “because it’s a true story that they should know.”