Marvel movies are art and pretty good evidence of the conclusion that most art is trite and derivative.

In some ways the story of New Hollywood or the 70's auter era of America film was about directors taking control of the filmmaking process away from studios normally personified by producer. (or at the very least the story the era tells about itself) And most of the director complaining were part of this movement.…

When people go in like this I’m of two minds:

Thank you for mentioning what this entire debate is about. It’s not simply the old directors not liking Marvel movies. It’s about the business of movies and how Marvel, through the growing Disney hegemony, is eating up screens at cineplexes and killing the adult-oriented drama.

I like Nolan a lot, but I think The Dark Knight is better than Inception.
(Also, The Prestige may be better than both, but that’s an aside).

100% will buy when available if they aren’t pink.

She’s brave and incautious. Whereas before, she was brave and psychotically cautious. 

If only there was some Armenian handy who could explain why that phase is a bad idea…

True, but Gabbard’s continuing, less-than-enlightened stance on brutal authoritarians is enough for me to see that I want no part of her candidacy.

Plus, despite being a woman of color, White Nationalists moon over her to a startling degree. She’s been praised by the likes of Steve Bannon, Pat Buchanan and David Duke. How is any self-respecting progressive not alarmed by that?

It’s not like there haven’t been traitors who had top secret clearance. I’m not saying Gabbard is one of them, but vetting and top secret clearance aren't bulletproof.

Nah, this is specifically a Tulsi Gabbard thing. She’s drawn some attention from the Russian propaganda machine for taking Tumpian isolationist stances that are very beneficial to Russia, as well as praising Putin and Assad and suggesting the US should adopt a more friendly stance with them. Fortunately, Gabbard is…

Those four women are not “under a bus.”

Ummm... Tulsi Gabbard is upset because Hillary Clinton called her out as the 3rd party candidate that Russia is groominga about a half-hour into a truly epic podcast that I have now re-listened two nine times.

Go ahead and troll Gabbard, Hillary. Gabbard’s entire purpose seems to be to try and drum up more conspiracies by the democratic party in order to drive down turn out and hand the election to Trump for a second turn. She certainly ACTS like a Russian asset.

Hmm... whom do I believe; the woman who thinks Bashar al-Assad is doing a great job, or the women who was correct in many predictions, including the one about Trump becoming Putin’s puppet?

So, Tulsi went from screaming hate directly into the faces of my friends marching for marriage equality to pretending to have evolved so she could win a Democratic primary. I’m not saying she’s a Russian asset, but she’s shown a penchant for changing with the shifting wind in order to benefit herself. Now she’s a…

It doesn’t really make sense since Tulsi isn’t doing well in polls, and really never was to begin with. Plus, since the Libertarian party did tons better than the Green party did last election, the safe bet for Russians “grooming” would be to push there.

Yeah, “My political party contains the embodiment of rot and corruption,” is maybe not the best response to an accusation of being a mole.

I mean, she’s not wrong. Plus, calling for Hillary to enter the race (presumably to split the vote and further diminish the Dem’s chances) really doesn’t help her in the “I’m not a Russian asset” department.