Sigh. So much for that effort.

“Really? Drop the “N-word” in front of a black man and see if the context matters. Find me a context where they wouldn’t be offended by that.”

“I don’t think that you have the causation going the right way. It’s not that nerdy things became mainstream, therefore movies don’t have to appeal directly to OG nerds anymore, it’s that movie studios started making good, broadly appealing adaptations of nerd properties and that made them mainstream.”

“Some words are pejoratives, it doesn’t matter where they are used. If we are going to be in this fucking PC world, then you don’t get to say... well the word f** is not a pejorative over here, but it is over there. Bullshit. It means a worthless bundle of sticks. It’s a pejorative. The word “boy” has been used to…

Mmmm, Dredd. Such a tight, simply-plotted, yet layered adaptation. Have you seen this?:

“ I wonder how much impact Hall-H hype really has, as opposed to just, say, releasing a trailer on the internet. It feels a lot like Comicon got a reputation as some kind of Mecca for excitement about genre stuff, and while it’s a convenient place to release press material, I’m not sure that the venue itself really…

“And you still see people argue that it’s important for movies based on traditionally nerdy properties to appeal to the fans of the source material because they create buzz, or something. But I don’t think that it’s true today, nor do I think it was ever really true. I think that it was this delusion that a lot of us…

“...I don’t really think that he actually had the power that everyone seemed to think that he had.”

From what I’ve been told, having never had the opportunity to read one myself, those “locks” aren’t locks. They’re deals with heavy penalties for breaking, options for mutually agreed re-negotiation, and ultimately still open to choice. Moreover, what’s on paper is merely one dimension. The politics of it all is…

“If what happened in the comics DOES.NOT.MATTER at all, why are we having X-Men movies? If you aren’t using the comics as guides for characters, fishing from their years of storylines, why use comic characters at all? You can’t have it both ways. There’s def room to make things cinematic and adapt stories to the film…

“I understand why they do it, but it completely kneecaps the very message of the story, particularly in regards to Mystique.”

If the difference between you being there or not is millions of dollars, you’ll be fine. Otherwise, happy job hunting!

She’ll get paid millions of dollars elsewhere to not sit in make-up & prosthetics for 3-6 hours. You and I won’t.

Let’s get this one out of the way, right away.

Well, then, carry on ruining everyone’s fun, m’lord! After all, if you derive no pleasure from something, why should anyone else?

Well, then, carry on ruining everyone’s fun, m’lord! After all, if you derive no pleasure from something, why should anyone else?

“I’m sure in retaliation, I can expect several comments here calling me an inhuman, soulless monster who lacks the ability to comprehend life, love, art, shapes and colors just because I don’t like a movie they FEEL DEEPLY about.”

/eyeroll

You could ... if you want to be strictly literal about it and suck all the fun out of the conversation, then sure. 

*immediately places pre-order*