...ulterior motives? 

Genuinely guffawed at this, stealing it as a go-to insult. 

Ehh, I bet if it’s halfway decent, it’ll do fine. People know the character better now. And people seem to like Reeves even more now than back then.

My grandfather lived to 93 thanks to black coffee. And my great-grandfather was 102. You’re onto something.

Leakers say it’s being physically swapped like the Ms Marvel stinger. Unfortunately, no Freaky Friday here.

I think her time on community shows why Captain Marvel was flat. Brie Larson is a goofball and great in fun roles, but she’s not a badass. She’s not at all someone I bought as a tough-as-nails fighter pilot, no matter how many times the movie tried to insist otherwise.

My friends at The Pirate Bay, you mean?

You’re right, I was careless in my language. I exclusively meant executives when I said “creators”, not the people actually doing the work every day. Every single person I’ve met working on a production cared very deeply about doing the best damn job they could, and they loved their work.

Because I was making a point about how even properties fans really care about are still driven by executive thinking, and there’s no better example to demonstrate the gap between how much this specific film means to a fan and to an executive? I think I explicitly stated this in my original comment.

They don’t care about that though. It’s all about the *appearance* of growth. And the small number of people who leave for one specific show isn’t enough to make these heartless execs think twice.

Good news: all your favorites are all streaming on Plex!

I think Aubrey Plaza’s channeling Wednesday, so it ends up being a bit of a circular reference.

I’ve spent a combined 9 hours on reddit and twitter today, and this is still the stupidest fucking comment I’ve seen.

Tell me you don’t know how Facebook’s business works without etc..

The dead eyes thing kind of scares me about myself, tbh. My dad was emotionally abusive in some really shitty ways. And now that I’m a dad, I can see how my psychological program is informed by his. Like I see how if I’m not feeling well, I’ll shift into this really cold, mean-spirited asshole who doesn’t like his…

Yep. I don’t see any character growth that feels earned. It’s all “And thus Thor learned a lesson because we told you he did. Until the next movie.” Maybe Falcon and Winter Soldier did this? But Wandavision was immediately undone by Dr Strange, and Black Widow couldn’t really have stakes by virtue of, ya know, the…

Yes, exactly, and I would like them to be better at their jobs and make better stakes. It doesn’t feel like any of the heroes face any sort of consequences or growth since Endgame. It’s all really flat.

Idk that Marvel movies are boring and have no stakes after Endgame?

It’s like this exec only has one playbook, and he’s trying to make it work for every situation.

Scene: In a meeting room of a Culver City ad agency. 15 adults, most between the ages of 21 and 28, stand in a circle around a conference table. Only one person is sitting, a 40-something male with a tweed jacket. This is the creative director, the brilliant mind behind their noble work managing social media campaigns…