So, the gist of this review is that it’s too faithful to the source material? Not that it does a bad job of translating the story into live action, only that you don’t see the point of adapting it into live action at all? Okay? That’s... a novel approach to a review, I guess. I think it’s phenomenal. Exactly what I…

Hey I love the comic but after the disaster of the Paper Girls adaption I think this one is spot on even if the story is shuffled a bit and antagonists added for tension. Of course it’s clear that having Gaiman involved in any adaption of his work is key to quality now anyway. Good Omens was fantastic too.

This is a big failing of the reviews here and has been for a long time. They all can’t help comparing whatever they are watching to “the source material” when usually less than 10% of the people watching the show have read it.

After binging more than half of it, I’m pretty comfortable (definitely more than with Dune) saying newbies should be able to follow it just fine.

I’ve not read the comics but I enjoyed the first two episodes I watched this morning quite a lot.

Sometimes a story is so perfect for its own medium that it should really stay in that medium.

Ok, but I really am curious how someone who hasn’t read the comic would react to this, since presumably that’s going to be the majority of viewers.

It's anachronistic in the sense that there are Native Americans fight space monsters. I don’t believe that ever happened historically to the Comanche.

At this point I’ll be happy if it comes out on Blu ray.

This seems like the kind of movie that should have gotten a theatrical release. 

Judging by this review, I’m not sure that the AV Club bothered to check up on the usage of “American Indian” vs. “Native American,” either.

“Amber Midthunder is fucking awesome and hasn’t been used well since Legion.”

I’m so ready for this. don’t even have strong feelings about this franchise, but Trachtenberg has really proved himself as a consistent and dependable action-horror director, and Amber Midthunder is fucking awesome and hasn’t been used well since Legion. this looks extremely up my alley

“decidedly anachronistic 1700s culture”

Hey, cheer up.  At least Ezra Miller’s movie is still going forward.

They cancelled a movie where Michael fucking Keaton returns as Batman.  Fuck WB “Discovery” forever!

Turns out they didn’t get to. 

“I spent the last three months replaying and understanding the nuances and the complexities of what happened in that moment...And I’m not going to try to unpack all of that right now.”

I think the point of the movie is that it’s more Estoy Marilyn.

De Armas’ accent is still pretty present in the trailer, but hey, I think Kristen Stewart gave one of the best depictions of a popular figure in recent years as Princess Diana, and I didn’t think so originally in the trailer. Maybe De Armas can capture the essence of Monroe in the full viewing.