Oh goody, Star Wars has a script. As Anakin would say, “YIPPIE!” Now go back and remove any long plots that don’t impact the story AT ALL (Finn and Rose) or where main characters hide information from each other to generate tension (Holdo, Leia and Poe.). And more milking!

Logan. Oh, wow, there’s something in my eyes. LOGAN! Yeah, why didn’t that get at least a perfunctory nod at best picture? Is it really up to the studios to push the films with award campaigns? Weinstein was the master of that...

Right. Snyder’s Emoverse needed to be well written and lack plot holes if it wanted to be taken seriously. There is a place for adult-oriented superhero stories, just not in the hands of Snyder. WW was a great attempt—loved it except it went off the rails at the end with the “hey, it’s a friendly British guy who turns…

Agreed. It takes time (and good writing) to lay the groundwork for a universe. Like Universal’s “The Mummy,” each part of the whole must be entertaining, or at least passable (I’m looking at you, Doctor Strange.)

This right here. Slow down, take your time, grow the audience. Same thing would have worked for Universal’s “Dark Universe:” make a few mid-budget movies about monster, keep them coherent and entertaining, THEN team them up or have them cross over. Iron Man didn’t mention any other characters until after the credits.…

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