Presumably! I think everyone had to have much bigger things to worry about at that point.
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Though personally, it still bugs me that they renamed it from the much better A Princess of Mars to the totally generic John Carter.
Yeah, Spain had a very large Muslim population at the time. They ruled most of the Iberian peninsula during the time the story is set, with their rule starting to wind down after 1000 -- though that took a few hundred years to be fully diminished. Considering the amount of trade and travel between the Muslim ruled…
“Sadly, 1999's The 13th Warrior proved similarly in need of reframing, what with Spaniard Antonio Banderas playing a Muslim poet.”
That’s fair.
“Bucky got Zola’s version of the super soldier serum and was one of the few people to survive it.”
Yeah, I was a little surprised it was overlooked. It was a major element of the film! And it’s especially relevant since Falcon & The Winter Soldier looks to be a direct sequel to the latter two Captain America films -- it’s picking up characters (Sharon Carter, Zemo) and plot points (the responsibility of holding the…
“Is that a first in the MCU, where the military not only acknowledges but jokes about national sovereignty and other countries’ agency? I’m sure someone will point out otherwise in the comments, but outside of Black Panther and Wakanda, the Avengers have tended to do what they want when it comes to other nations.”
“and they initially got it by stealing it from the military, so its not like Iron Man’s gear where the military can’t replicate the technology”
Jennifer’s Body really is damned good, and he's right, the marketing for it at the time was crap. I don't know how much of a difference it would've made for the critical appraisal at the time, but I'm glad the movie's getting another look and it's more appreciated now.
Theatre of Blood and The Abominable Dr Phibes are probably tied as my two favorites. He's just so delightful at campy horror.
“Why are you dressed like someone died?”
Marshall’s small role in Lost in America is one of the funniest scenes ever filmed.
That advice from Matthau is wonderful. Do a good job, be professional, learn about the people you’re working with, and be the kind of person other people want to work with. Hard to go wrong with that. He’s one of my favorite actors so I’m glad to hear good things about him behind the scenes, too.
“... and the short film Pariah, about a young lesbian woman leading a double life to avoid rejection and ridicule.”
He just wants his kids back.
And they hired Sam Raimi to direct it. And while he's not new to whimsical or general superhero fare, he's also quite adept at horror (and horror comedy!) So I'm pretty excited to see what he does with the first horror film in the MCU.
“Ring ring.”