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Thanks for saying this. All the commentary for the movies seem to skip over the comic itself and O’Barr (not unlike comic adapted discourse in general, really), and yknow, the comics are less known, but this one, on this topic, it feels extra deficient that the original creation and it’s reasons for being aren’t

Present and public is new to meI don’t know Percy Jackson’s take, but Gaiman’s stuff always has the gods coexisting in the background of the modern world, so it’s a little bit interesting, though if it goes with the Boys or...what was the Millar one about the second generation of supers being washed up club kids?

Wow, I’m surprised because of how unBritish Garland seems with his declarations. British media is filled with criticism of the stratification of the culture and it’s ideologies. It’s frankly so much louder than American culture that I’m baffled at a reading of the revolutions, bloody and not, as well, they could’ve

I think “justifiable” is carrying a weight it can’t handle, there, but that’s my point, it’s audience perception. It’s a written narrative—in either version—with intended arcs, and in Dany’s case, I felt fairly obvious, though clearly I’m in the minority. An audience’s perception of such is of course relevant, and I

Just to pipe in one note, I think there was a lot of poor execution, but Dany sealed up the one handmaiden and a rival alive, plus I think roadside bodies on display? Yes, they were slavers, but I’ve always thought that while the characterizing turn was wobbly, a chunk of it is an audience’s convienent acceptance of

I’ve been a little skeptical myself, especially if since I’m not super engaged in media at large—sites liek this obviously favor what it covers. But I think Dune 1 has genuinely grown in it’s popularity past the covid hurdles, as opposed to say, Blade Runner 2049, which seems to have a very devoted fanbase but was a mo

The game could be “a steal at no dollars” or something, “five finger discount” is specifically shoplifting—the phrase isn’t interchangable with stealing, let alone describing taking something being given away and which is not stealing at all.

This! It’s pretty much the most inconsequential thought to have about the whole thing, but whenever her name comes up I wonder why they picked her in the first place. I like Haywire and she wasn’t good (and dubbed) in it, and there wasn’t much other work to speak of. The idea that a spinoff show was even floated is

I really engjoyed season 2, but I think the lows (outside of flashbacks) weren’t that low? The triumphs were to me a little smooth and easy—like I know people love “Forks”, but I thought cousin’s transformation was fast to do it in one episode. I feel like it’s a set up for the shoe to drop (Sydney’s ambitions vs

Why would it get a victory lap before the premiere?

Ah. Garth Ennis, the writer, infamously hates superheroes. I didn’t stick with the Boys comics, it felt like cynical fish in a barrel kinda stuff to me. His best work for me is Preacher and the Punisher, which was is pretty grimdark/almost war story. He also had a more absurdist/parody take—Punisher punches a polar

I kind of think that undersells John Wick personally--I see enough in the gunplay of Wick that feels closer to martial art movies than gun-fu ones. And Reeves himself has been one of the biggest boosters and most serious fan of the people he met and worked with starting with the Matrix.

I think John Wick gun choreography sets pacing in a similar way to martial arts films hand to hand—in staccato bursts, like combinations—and that’s newish with guns. Maybe Johnnie To-ish.

Hmm, I think all the older references are real, and part of the Wick DNA too, but it’s reductive to call the Wick franchise just repackaged Hong Kong action flicks.

Divvying up the electoral votes proportionally would do similar work, but the math of the electoral system is still disproportionate. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is where states pledge to give all their electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote, and only going into effect if they have enough

So the national popular vote is the reform I’d like to see in my lifetime--an end run around the electoral college--and after the presidency we talk a bit about the Senate, but I wish there was more about how interdependent all the parts of government are and how that one section of the branch tilts everything. When I

It’s interesting how things transform adapted when I read, it was the beginning, and the gore was fun, and it was still the breathless pace, especially when the mainline comics seemed tied to the “decompressed” style. Otherwise, Invincible is a grabbag of famous plotlines, with clean art, a bit of a throwback in lots

Oh, absolutely, and Heron is a very subtle film. I can imagine changing my mind with repeated viewings, but I was very impressed with all the juggling Spider-Verse did, and for maintaining excitement and pacing, especially given being a middle part.

I wouldn’t say robbed, but yeah, I kinda think Spider-Verse was better.

I kind of wonder what if Scorcese had started from scratch—or he’d gone ahead with his FBI story (he’d probably have won, heh)—or if it had gone to someone else who wanted to center the Osage from the start. As it is, he’s a fine filmmaker, but it’s sort fo a compromised project if it has to be retooled in the middle?