First class was 3/4s of a great movie that wasn’t quite sure how it should end. But that just shows the problem with basically every X-men movie. When things get big and loud (rather than focusing on the characters, what motivates them, etc.), the movies aren’t very good.

Right. Upon re-reading, I think I missed the point they were trying to make because I got so thrown off by their insane example.

No, I get that part. The example would have been better comparing two people with similar incomes but different credit card utilization. Comparing someone who is in the top 1% of earners with someone who’s basically at the poverty line seems like a false equivalency.

Does anyone else think that example was totally bonkers and out of touch? “Mary makes SIX TIMES the average US salary (according to 2014 US Census Bureau numbers). She also has a credit card balance that’s less than 2% of her annual income. We’d much prefer her over Joe, who’s making less than half of the average…

That's right, Mr. Filmgoer! Warner's Pix Not A Hit! Flix Director Nixed, Plans Remixed! Zak Panicks!

I don’t think he’s trying to unfairly downplay Tesla’s system. I think, as another commented mentioned, this guy is responding to the Cult of Tesla. We’re all really excited about autonomous driving, and Tesla’s currently got the closest consumer-available system. Sure, it’s cool to see a Tesla swerve to miss an…

I thought JGL was doing a Nic Cage impression, but then I saw real Nic Cage and lost it.

Guys! June is technically later this year! They're gonna announce a new Nintendo in June! I hear it's gonna have 8 controller ports and use a 128 bit processor!

There's no good story reason for her to be Talia al Ghul. Sure, someone had to trick Bruce because…. I dunno, I guess it wouldn't have worked without it? But Bane could have operated on his own without any League of Shadows connection other than "This guy got kicked out for being too ruthless wow!" Instead, he was…

Can we talk about this bullshit for a second?

Right? Like, if you say, "Hey guys this is Batman you know Batman right? Cool." then we don't need to relive that AGAIN. (But then, the whole "he shot Martha Wayne in the neck holy shit Zach Snyder wtf" moment was something else entirely.)

No, Spider-Man spoke out about child molestation.

This movie keeps getting me thinking about the balance between understanding viewer experience and incorporating it into the film and just not explaining everything enough.

While I don’t want to migrate to Day One 2 until they add Dropbox sync, I’ll happily grab this now for free and migrate later.

I'm hate watching Snyder's filmography so I can better appreciate this mess when I finally see it. What Snyder really needs is someone with authority who can say "No, this isn't a good idea."

Ohhhhh I haven't watched that in a while. But now I will. Great show.

Wait, what's this? I don't remember this part. Is this in one of the newer ones?

Really nice article that gets at the heart of why I hate the idea of Snyder's latest film. It's inauthentic for these characters to fight – a cynical abandonment of character development in service of marketing.

I like it too. *doubleshrugs*

Damn this was a well-written explanation of why miniseries are so often awful.