Anyone else find this as tiresome as I do? I want to enjoy it but it just looks like more of the same.

Someone please offer Morena Bacarin better roles.

I’m not sure she was looking for a father figure. I think her mom had turned her into such a striver that she was willing to go along with a teacher’s advances without much thought or emotion if there was some gain to be had from it. It’s part of what makes her such a complex character. Tracy’s mercenary, but somewhat…

The film is genius in playing to the public’s inherent affection towards Matthew Broderick, who is very much introduced as the relatable audience surrogate reacting to the absurdly heightened political ambitions of a high school student. Over time more is revealed about his character - his cold relationship with his…

The film is all about the ways people lie to themselves. Mr. M. blames Tracy for his own evil thoughts and deeds, and for the evil deeds of his friend. Tracy denies that her relationship with the teacher was ‘looking for a father figure’ when that’s what it obviously was.

Pretty much every major character in the movie…

Well, sure. We identify with Broderick and then spend the arc of the film learning about what happens if we follow the dark path of temptation. And by watching Broderick’s character bottom out, we realize that Flick wasn’t the villain after all. His extremely petty revenge at the end of the film underscores this - his…

Tracy Flick is not the villain of Election, she is only the villain to Matthew Broderick’s character, who is very clearly the one who is in the wrong and is thoroughly punished for his misdeeds. This is not some secret, subtextual reading - it is the explicit plot of the film. Flick wins, Broderick loses, justice is…

Look, you *could* give Venture Brothers a proper final season of 13 episodes with America’s Sweetheart Matt Berry as the bad guy, which lots of people seem to want, and they’d already written most of.

The early X-Men films were also coming out shortly after Batman & Robin, which was probably the most “comic book-y” movie since the 70s Superman movies, and was loathed by both critics and fans. So I don’t blame people back then from going “okay, we want to pivot hard away from some of the wackier aspects of the…

A middle finger to The Venture Bros and the 25 other animated shows MAX canceled in favor of this crap that no one likes.

Coyote Vs Acme gets canned but they still push out Velma S2. WBD really hates its audience

As a Rogue fan, I have spent decades now trying to explain to non-fans why I love the character and no, that Fox movie version is nothing at all like what she is in the comics. And it is just SO REFRESHING to have such a wonderful take on her character. I am loving what this show has done for her so far.

“Harley Quinn (a show in my ever-expanding queue)“

The show can be both horrible AND a lightning rod for bad faith racists at the same time!

It’s a fine example of human shield writing: where you put in a few (token) themes of marginalisation, and then hide behind them whenever you face any criticism:

What a naive take. Violence is absolutely necessary in the face of attempted genocide. Dr. King did not espouse absolute pacifism–he only argued for the efficacy of non-violence in *social movements*. The X-Men’s struggle is not primarily for civil rights, but against the attempted genocide of mutants.

Nobody wanted this show , even I suspect Mindy Kaling, who would probably rather she could have made an original show rather than have to try and stretch the skin of an existing IP over her ideas.

In calmer days I share this optimism. Except I think she has potential to be looked upon even harsher then Lovecraft. His bigotry is incoherent even by 20th century standards and in some ways he was still evolving and changing by his death.

Call me a cock-eyed optimist, but I do think history is coming for bigots like Rowling. I know we’re in a pretty dark time for trans rights at the moment. It’s going to take a fight, from all of us, and it won’t happen overnight. But I truly believe that one day Rowling will take her place amongst people like HP…

Not to defend the OP but the Fantastic Beast movies failed for more reason then just Rowlings shitty opinions. Harry Potter land in Universal is still a huge money maker as well. It points to the fact that many people either don’t know her views, don’t care(or agree) with her views or have opted to choose to…