I miss the golden age of A.V. Club when comments like these were commonplace.

I’m sure if you put it in context, maybe add the sentence before that, it’ll make sense: “How do you cater to fans of something that doesn’t have fans yet? The answer might be to do something that you’d never see in a Star Wars, but then that would draw more Star Wars comparisons.”

I think part of the problem is that the current review ecosystem is very fragmented.

My take away:
Sir Ridley Scott directed far more influential films than I ever thought.

Nah. I went in opening weekend with no intention but to enjoy it and, just, ugh. It’s not entirely Scott’s fault to be fair, it’s beautifully directed - but from one of the most offensively, obnoxiously stupid screenplays ever written.

That’s irony, right? About the theocracies bit? I’m asking, not judging. Internet, hard to tell.

Your user name is brilliant. 

I mostly agree, though not sure you can blame the directors for much of anything, given Marvel pays them a ton of money, gives them huge exposure, then tells them the movie they will make and will still go edit it later without the director’s input.  There’s a reason some directors turn them down--Edgar Wright, of…

It has superheroes, it takes place in space, it’s not that deep, and it’s about teamwork and sisterhood.

Once upon a time you could buy a 12¢ comic book and spend half an hour reading it to get that homework done. 

First, love the meme. I haven’t seen that one before.

You forgot Trump very quickly.

It is kind of funny. People want X-Men in the MCU. But if you ask “doing what?” the answer is probably just, “Being X-Men.” That said, they have the advantage of a deep roster that tends to rotate over time. If they made a movie about the 80s Claremont team with Colossus, Kitty Pride, and Nightcrawler I’d probably buy…

There are quite a few, but your point is well taken. I could definitely see Marvel wanting to redo Silver Surfer/Galactus, Days of Future Past, and Dark Phoenix (3rd time’s a charm, right?). Whether or not fans would want to see them again is another question. I’d definitely want to see Galactus done properly, of…

ditto fantastic four. i also, frankly, do not want to see an additional 30 characters with superpowers in this universe.

I guess I never thought they were great movies? I mean Iron Man 3 is terrible, the first Thor is pretty meh, Winter Soldier is great. It has always been all over the place. This take that there is has been a decrease in quality just isn’t reality. It’s still all over the place like it’s always been. People are raving…

Whether or not the original Star Wars movies were “good” will of course come down to personal taste, but I do feel like there are excellent examples of some “how to make a movie” fundamentals in them, and that a lot of modern blockbusters don’t even bother attempting.

I went to see the first one last October, and I was liking it, but I checked out at the hacksaw scene.

Isn’t that exactly what the Pattinson Batman movie was? He spent the whole movie playing detective (who strangely never actually solved anything or thwarted any part of the villain’s plan) and the villain was just trying to flood Gotham. I actually really liked The Batman since it was so much more grounded in reality…

it’s also only ever the people who have seen everything saying you don’t have to see everything to understand.