I saw Mystery Men in the theater and have always been fond of it. It’s not a classic, and it’s not very deep, and the effects have aged like week-old guacamole. But it’s a very silly movie with a terrific cast that really committed themselves to the project, and sometimes that’s enough.

It’s also pretty impressive when you consider that it’s a big-budget parody of a film genre that barely even existed in 1999 — the superhero team movie. X-Men was a whole year away, but Mystery Men posits a world in which superheroes are commonplace, to the point where the adult children of superheroes assume their…

God Eddie Izzard steals every scene he is in. Him and Geoffrey Rush just gobble scenery. 

Having played D&D the last few years, now I can’t help but think of the Mystery Men as a terrible party in some superhero TTRPG. Like, can’t you just imagine these guys sitting around a table, building terrible characters with stupid powers but then getting clutch rolls when it counts?

Sometimes a dumb movie nails being dumb and that is exactly why people love it. I’ve heard people say the same thing about Pineapple Express and while every singly criticism is true I just don’t see how it matters when the movie’s only goal was to be mindless entertainment for inebriated adults and it absolutely nails…

Azaria’s character, the Blue Raja, is an American pretending to be British but he’s dressed as if he is Indian. If this sounds problematic, that’s because it is.

I feel sad for you.

At least give William H. Macy kudos for delivering this line absolutely deadpan serious:

What a sad take. Mystery Men still stands as one of the greatest superhero movies ever made, and yes, I’m counting all the Marvel fare. I’m glad to hear it’s on Netflix now. I’ll watch it again this weekend, and I’ll like it!

For me, what’s enjoyable about the movie is the ridiculous “superheroes” and how much they suck - a man who gets angry and doesn’t transform or anything, a guy who throws forks, and a guy with a shovel. Like, that’s the main trio and they add a guy who can fart, a guy who can become invisible when nobody is watching,…

Milana is cute, but the costume itself.... I really hope they were planning to do something with it in post, because as-is it looks like a cheap cosplay.

Koi Boy was seen with a chest binder under his shirt in like one panel, the creators confirmed that they intended that as a reference to him being trans but it was never referenced again (which is fine, it wasn't a big part of his character, it was just easy to miss).

Koi Boy was trans?! Aw man, how’d I miss that?

I need more of the Mistress of the Winter Constellations.

The one thing that I keep on finding infuriating about this show (despite my continued enjoyment of it) is that Mariner keeps on putting all of her friends in mortal danger and completely disregards their feelings and viewpoints, and yet they stay friends with her.  Why?  She’s a nightmare.  She leaves destruction and…

What Thanos did was not technically genocide. He removed half of the universe’s sentient population, there was no targeted eradication of a specific group.

I’m  late to this post, but I see that no one posted on the most poignant detail of the episode. Bartender Drax takes a selfie with Star Lord for “my wife and daughter” who are alive because Thanos has been turned by T’Challa. I had...um...allergies.... great ep. Loving this series so far.

Nah, nothing is worse than the previous Suicide Squad, sorry.

You’re entitled to your (wrong) opinion.

I dunno, I should point out RD2 is probably the most well-developed immersive game of all time. That’s kind of a high bar to set CP2077 against.