I didn’t need him to tell me Nicolas Cage’s Dracula will be iconic. Seems like a given—at the very least, a given that it will be memorable.

He sure has come a long way from the little Ferengi looking kid in About a Boy.  I still get “shake ya ass” stuck in my head every now and then (“show me what ya workin with!” ahhh natalia tena, GoT made you get naked and then threw you in the trash, it was a tragedy)

That’s just what I’d expect Renfield to say.  This proves nothing!

I’ve not heard of it, but the first thing that comes up on Google is:

I keep making the mistake of comparing EVERY series/season to the one that Nancy won (I think it’s series 5?). That season was stacked with talent and good sportsmanship.

Most recent one on Netflix is a bit of a dud.

signature blend of slow-burning tension, mouth-watering dishes, pastoral scenery, and a diverse cast of home bakers brimming with good sportsmanship.

After seeing BP2, I’m a little worried that they’re stepping away from the implications of the Blip, which should still be, like, the go-to reference establishing the substance of the ongoing narrative, that this isn’t just a bunch of episodic stuff that doesn’t affect the characters in the long term. Like, on the…

It’s also kind of a Catch-22. Half the fans want connections. Half the fans want stand alone stuff. I don’t know that they can truly win.

This whole phase seems to be very YMMV. Some people are complaining it’s too formulaic and crowd-pleasing, while others (like the article author) are complaining it’s not formulaic enough. Some people loved films/shows others hated, and vice versa.

Was Loki low stakes? I thought the existence of all histories hung in the balance by the end of that.

The only P4 material I even sort of enjoyed was Loki and Hawkeye, which were nice and small with lower stakes. I liked Starlin’s cosmic stuff in the 70s because it was different, but a whole MCU of cosmic level threats isn’t that appealing to me. Making Shang Chi basically a “good” version of the Mandarin really…

Agreed, and I think that’s the plan — I mean, it seems like we’re on the upswing since Quantumania starts Phase 5, and (the beginning, I’m guessing what we see in the trailer) is him doing his book / podcast tour, etc.

I’d be really happy if every project next phase doesn’t pay lip service to the Snap. Everything felt like an Endgame spin-off this phase. It was exhausting.

It is weird we’re waiting that long for the next Avengers title.

When are we allowed to talk about the fact that Moon Knight sucked? The character could be cool in another context/appearance but man that show was crappy. That wasn’t even comic book Moon Knight, Feige just wanted some Brendan Fraser The Mummy type shit in the MCU.

I mean, didn’t they explicitly say that Phase 4 was going to be about everyone grappling with the struggle of getting back to life after The Snap, and dealing with the trauma and grief of both that and The Battle of Upstate New York?

I actually agree with most of this article. I don’t think Phase 4 was bad, it just didn’t have much of a common thread keeping it together. Add in a pandemic, a ton of Disney+ content, and Marvel’s noble (but somewhat neutered) attempts at social commentary, and you get whatever Phase 4 was supposed to be.

In the first one, that’s probably just a typo for “stints” since the T and G are next to each other (vertically) on the keyboard.

following his stings —> say what now