Shocking story! People argue about and discuss the meaning and morality of media online! Film at 11!

If it came across that way I didn’t mean it to. But Tuvix’s lack of malice is no more material to the question than is the fetus’ lack of malice regarding a woman making a decision about having an abortion. The same analysis applies, you don’t have the right to another’s body.

I’m completely with this view on Mariner and Lower Decks. And I think they did it here because I’m not sure there’s been another series yet it would work on.

Unfortunately they’re always inconsistent on The Prime Directive depending on whether a more heavily Roddenberry style writer or Moore style writer is in charge that day, or just some rando making it up as they go. In TNG alone we go from “you can visit a pre-spaceflight culture and pal around, but if they want to…

Ugh, I hate how often science fiction writers talking about evolution run into “You Fail Biology Forever” by treating evolution as some kind of naturalistic, non-theistic divine imperative rather than just the adaptational/speciation process it is.

No, you are incorrect and philosophically sloppy.

No. Just frakking stop. Tuvix was a terrible episode top to bottom anyway, but people who simplify it that way are the worst.

Because Penguin still wants to make money and those three heroes are very high up in the public consciousness due to the MCU. Yes they absolutely have scholarly literary value, but don’t forget we’re first and foremost talking about a publishing house that wants to sell books.

Two thoughts.

I’m pretty sure it’s not the Infinity Stones powering him at the end, though they should have spelled it out more clearly. Uatu says Ultron reached a different level of consciousness and if you watch carefully Ultron isn’t really using the stones as he reality skips; instead he’s using a combination of VERY hyped up…

I’ve always disliked the term “unfilmable” because what it often means isn’t that the story can’t be committed to a visual medium but instead that it can’t be done in such a way that studios won’t be terrified and/or mass audiences won’t be bored or perplexed.*

Foundation is “unfilmable” in the way that World War Z is…

AVClub: “Man, What If...?, you’re such a downer, stop being so dark!”

What If...?: Creates light-heartedly absurdist goofball comedy

There are too many to count.
Take tonight. Whether you thought WandaVision deserved it for being a breathtaking portrayal of grief using a fantastical setting to show it from a unique angle, or whether you thought it was just another part of the ruthless MCU machine that cynically cannibalized old sitcoms for…

“Missed opportunity” has turned out to be the theme of the middle three episodes of “What If...?”

I enjoy the zombie genre in general, especially when creators do unexpected, innovative, or surprisingly poignant things with it (Santa Clarita Diet, 28 Days Later, Zombieland, World War Z the book). But I did not care for this.

I’ve seen exactly this story before, multiple times, just without superpowers. So has…

I can see that argument, but I don’t think it matches what AVClub does, particularly with more mainstream films. I DO think there is some posturing that happens to bolster ye olde filme nerd cred. Generally D and F grades are only handed out for unmitigated disasters. C range grades here usually read as the author…

As I acknowledged, not everyone’s cup of tea. I’m not saying the reviewer, or you, aren’t entitled to their own analysis and views of the material. What I am saying is that AVClub reviewers are often more skeptical of MCU projects at the outset than either the general viewing public or the majority of critics. Doesn’t…

I recently revisited the trilogy; I’m not sure if it’s because I’m older with a more mature eye or if it’s because the world and context changed in 20 years, but the sequels are vastly better than I remember.

As much as I enjoy reading AVClub reviews, I’m frequently skeptical of their grades when it comes to the MCU. Though through a different reviewer, this is the site that gave Infinity War a C+ and Endgame a B-. While I’m definitely a fan of more intellectual film criticism like that usually provided here this is so far…

That’s a weird way to spell “I never saw BlacKKKlansman or Marriage Story.”