I know this is basically picking a needle out of a haystack to make an argument, but Lion King is not really ripping off Kimba the Lion outside of them both being animated Lion properties. The Kimba series is so long running they do occasionally overlap in subject matter, but it is also so overly simplistic and poorly…

I am typically against fridging because I’m just too aware of it, but for whatever reason it really worked for me in deadpool 2. Maybe because they actually established their relationship as surprisingly mature which more or less doesn’t happen in superhero movies. I went in to DP2 so ready to not like it (not a fan…

Lots of interesting concepts being posted here but I think it would be interesting that because it was the ancient one the TVA didn’t notice? Or that the mystic arts is a more grassroots version the TVA bureaucratic institution, and they both exist correcting the timeline without awareness of each other. 

She didn’t wait thirty minutes after eating creme brule before going on the dancefloor. She didn’t stand a chance.

The Mister Doctor gag is funny, but to pretend that it’s somehow the most stand out comedic moment in MCU is wild. These comments are proof of that and not one has mentioned anything from the Guardians movies!

Kind of interesting that this severe diminishing returns of an album is his 10th coming out around the same time there is so much discussion about Quentin Tarantino retiring after his 10th movie. Hopefully QT won’t flame out this hard but it’s hard to deny where he’s coming from.

I’m excited to give this a try. It’s been a rough year or two for big name mangakas making comebacks but even though they’ve been commercially unsuccessful I’ve enjoyed most of their output. My personal Highlight was the massively unpopular Build King by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. Just a hilarious book with great world…

Surely Sam’s Dubai air drama , the team’s finances, and relegation are tied together and pointing towards the finale. I obviously don’t know which specific storylines they’ll pick back up but they do point towards a turning point for the team and for Ted. If this episode is all about everything turning out ok in the…

Why is everyone so sure this plot wont come back? I want more  overarching plots this season too, but the team getting mired in middle eastern politics is not it.

From what I’ve read and seen in interviews they are pretty hands on in breaking the story beats at least, and this goes all the way down to when the whole thing is shot and they are still restructuring it in the editing bay. You’re right I didn’t give credit to the writers of these movies, or the second unit which as…

The Russo Brothers may not have as much of a signature style as some directors but their super power is tying plot to character, and when it matters meaning subverting expectations and tropes. They made Captain America cool, and I don’t think it’s an accident that Black Panther is at his most badass in Civil War just…

I’m basically in complete agreement but with the one side note of along with absolutely inspired casting choices, you have to add hiring interesting directors which they’ve been doing for almost a decade. The Russo Brothers were not an obvious choice to direct the Winter Soldier as much as we might love the Community…

I’ve said this before around these parts but after a year of watching HBO Max’s “straight to the dumpster” quality Blockbusters, it makes it harder and harder to say that these are assembly line. Like, we know they’re going to fight a bad guy at the end and 95% chance they’ll win, but if every other major franchise is…

My optimistic take is that Arrival is by far his best film, because it was an adaptation of a pretty radical sci-fi story. Dune is also an adaptation of a pretty wild sci-fi story (in a different way). I have really high hopes that this is his element and when he has a good source material he will make a masterpiece.

That’s always going to be the problem with a realistic show like this. It’s just so hard to recapture what we already see these characters as in our minds. I personally prefer the much hated “cal arts style” because it is abstract enough that youre not making real world comparisons or constantly thinking about how…

I personally think that Yandu and Quill’s relationship is toxic, but it isn’t glorified because it’s not supposed to be aspirational in anyway. It’s just celebrating that he did have a “dad” in spite of all the messiness of his upbringing. I don’t think all is forgiven and the complexity of those two characters is one…

Black Panther is royalty and was probably at least partially trained in diplomacy but even then it’s still a stretch. However, as a running gag and as a farewell to Mr. Boseman I really liked it.

I wish I had your neighbors! Most of mine have been very clearly going out and living their normal lives for the past year as well as most people I see going to bars and restaurants every time I drive past. I saw Black Widow the weekend after it came out in a basically empty theater and wore a mask the whole time.…

Often if the studios already know you’re writing the sequel that makes it harder to negotiate for when it comes time to actually get paid for making the second movie.

I love how star wars did it all in one movie. I wish more franchises could be like that.