That review in particular just seems to not like the premise/overall narrative, and doesn’t really convey whether the show actually has a coherent narrative.

A low bar, indeed! But I might give it a chance, if we ever have D+ active again.

At this point I’m just hoping for narrative competence. Does the plotting, dialogue, and characterization make sense, or is it the usual stupidity from the latter Mandalorian seasons and all of BoBF/OWK?

I wonder if it would be feasible (if one had the wherewithal) to simply refuse to subscribe to any streaming service unless you can get an unbelievable one-off deal. To avoid “you can only get a promo price once per account” issues, you’d have to be willing to make numerous accounts, which is fine; I see some deal…

So, it could be good, but the trailer makes it look like it’s effectively a remake of Alien. Which, sure?

You live in Australia! You should be used to that by now!

Venomous horses?!

I haven’t seen the other two Venom movies but if this is a musical I will be there on day one.

“...all standing together with dramatic music...”

Or, we could look at Metacritic scores, which are a much better representation of critical opinion:

Not to mention, I think the ways in which evil corporations are depicted as evil in fiction are generally not the same as the ways in which real corporations are evil. Fictional corporations are frequently depicted as engaged in what amount to supervillain schemes: creating some kind of product that will mind-control…

Are they threatening us?

ME: They’re doing more Top Gun. I hope they kill Tom Cruise this time.

I’m only watching this if after every point, each player pauses for a 20-minute flashback.

*looks around confused* I think I’m hearing things.

Man, I legit cried when Optimus Prime died. But then, I was 8 years old.

I’m not into dwarves.

It’d be nice if someone would invent a drug that temporarily made you mentally regress to being 8 years old. Then I’d have a reason to be interested in a GI Joe-Transformers crossover.

Yeah, and that’s really the fate of any story-universe that runs too long without shaking things up. After a few hundred installments, you’ve pretty much run the gamut of what can be done with the premise and characters, without repeating yourself.

Who said Pixar makes movies for adults?