But then the depict that Shield was being shadow run by basically fascists and they have to blow it all up. I get that any series where you’re sending forces to a foreign location is in some way going to have a militaristic message, but the overt themes are almost entirely anti-government. The government is the only…

and Captain America: TFA is pretty anti-military in how it depicts pre-buff Steve in comparison to all the other military men other than Bucky

Just want to say that I agree with you. I see variation in every marvel movie, but I’m also a big fan that is largely on board with the entire MCU. I don’t think it is above criticism though, and it’s certainly worth noting that most of the visuals could be interchangeable with maybe the exception of the Kirby…

I totally agree. I still love the majority of the movies, even the generic ones and even the worst ones beat the schlock that was hollywood blockbusters from the era before the superhero boom.

Which is weird because Army of the Dead is actively bad. The ending is especially heinous in that it completely forgets the existence of one of the main characters. What a shit show. 

I think my frustration, and this review seems to confirm this, is that even in Phase 4 the MCU still hasn’t figured out how to tell compelling origin stories. For me Shang Chi was too similar to Black Panther, for all the good and the bad, in terms of set up, structure, admittedly nailing all the cultural aspects, but…

I think his point would be even the generic, by the numbers MCU movies are successful so the Taika’s/Russo’s/Gunn’s are almost exceptions to the rule. For my personal money, all the best MCU movies are directed by people with unique voices, but as far as visual style the movies all very much look ‘of a piece’ which is…

I would say the safe cracker was the stand out character, but only because all the other characters were personality-less husks of characters with absolutely no real connection to the team or the story. Bad movie with some admittedly great visuals and a couple cool ideas here and there

I think the most telling of the whole special and of his audience (and perhaps the majority of our society) is when he spells out what being a feminist is, and that he didn’t realize he was one. If most people are learning this along with him, then they surely aren’t brushed up on the issues plaguing the LGBTQ+…

I would hope ‘Into the Wild’ would be on the list because I personally love that movie, but I admittedly have no clue how the rest of the world views that movie, if the rest of the world has even thought about it at all in the last decade.

not that taking two years to make a sequel in this day and age is unusual at all, but the movie has been done for over a year. No clue if contract negotiations keep them from working on it before they officially announce part 2, but I don’t imagine he’s just been resting on his laurels the past year and a half

Hopefully they spent the pandemic writing it and doing preproduction, right? If the studio really is behind it I doubt they’re waiting on today to start on part 2

I feel like your perspective getting stuck from when you get famous is a very common phenomenon. Imagine if Chappelle had updated his perspective on gay people in the last 20 years he wouldn’t be getting in so much trouble today 

This is the first animated show since Midnight gospel that I’ve been super excited for. I have high hopes that this review does dampen just a bit, but I’m still super ready to be blown away by this (hopefully)

I’m actually really excited about this. What about this looks bad? And what in your eyes is good animation supposed to look like? (Please don’t say anime.)

I feel after that finale it’s hard to argue Rick and Morty isn’t interested in payoff, or are you just referencing all the other anonymous adult shows that do this?

I also think this month has been absolutely stacked with releases that I can’t even keep up. Pair that with covid, and a movie set in the 14th century makes a tough sell

Yeah i like how DC is throwing continuity out the window, but that only works cuz they never got the continuity aspects right. Until marvel stops getting it right, I hope they stick with the great characters and world theyve built. That’s probably the thing I’m most worried about with spider-man

don’t really see how it’s vastly over rated when it’s a very well structured, extremely character focused series with real consequences that is coming out at a time when there is an even greater dearth of that kind of series than usual.

It’s basically parasite meets battle royale so if you like those things you will probably like this