“and then they had to share for JL (where Bats gets more screen time, IIRC),”

Superman was also the focus of the Snyder era, to be fair. Even if he was executed very badly.

They canceled that when they released the Snyder Cut. Something about not wanting to confuse viewers with Darkseid.

My favorite part of Captain Marvel is the bit where the bad guy tries to goad her into fistfighting him, and she just energy blasts him and moves on. Big Raiders of the Lost Ark vibes in that scene.

The rule of thumb in Hollywood is that any movie has to take in twice its budget at the domestic box office to be considered successful. By that standard, Black Adam didn’t do well at all.

Aww. I liked them being called toots. It kinda fit in with the whole pachyderm motif.

That is a stupid reason to do (or not do) anything.

You say that as if America doesn’t have its own long and storied tradition of drag. RuPaul’s Drag Race didn’t get 14 seasons because we all hate that shit.

I liked it a lot. It kinda goes into the same space as Top Gun: Maverick to me, where the best parts are where it centers grief and loss, and how that can drive us in both good and bad ways. And I liked the fact that it ended with the two principals making peace, but not necessarily just for peace’s sake. The world…

It won’t give him a dose of reality, though. He’ll just blame “wokeness” and “Cancel culture” and whatever else. Hell, he already is.

 Some of y'all didn't get Nintendo Power when you were kids, and it shows.

The thought I had was Lady Gaga. And she is a serviceable actor, so she at least wouldn’t drag down the movie.

I could see Mojo being the villain of the movie. Maybe he kidnaps her and takes her to Mojoworld to try to capitalize on her stardom?

I still think they should have Harley Keener (the kid from IM3) take up the mantle.  It wouldn’t be comics accurate, of course, but it makes sense.

I mean, they have.  T’Challa inherited the mantle from T’Chaka in Captain America: Civil War, and then Killmonger took it over by force in Black Panther.

This is true.  The movie looks dumb and like so many missed opportunities, but if Disney could turn The Hunchback of Notre Dame into a children’s movie, why not go the other way around?

I completely agree with that. The idea of a Winnie the Pooh slasher flick has such bonkers potential, and this kinda looks like it squanders it.

IIRC, no. It’s a blend of her own backstory and Mar Vell’s.

I mean, we’ll never know, will we?