And even with Snyder, it’s important to remember that Man of Steel was written by David S Goyer, based on a story by him and Christopher Nolan, and both Goyer and Nolan were involved with Batman v Superman as well (Goyer as writer, Nolan as a producer in an advisory position). So the first two movies still had major…

Needs more Deadstream. It’s been a very long time since I’ve seen a horror/comedy manage to mix the two as well as it does.

I sort of agree that giving Michael an origin ain’t the best idea, but I don’t think Zombie did it because he doesn’t understand the franchise, I think he did it because we already had Halloween and whatever mystery Myers had was already long gone so if you’re going to do a remake you might as well go in a different…

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Speaking as a gay fat man myself, and only for myself, I’m not comfortable with LGBTQ+ status being a prerequisite for playing LGBTQ+ characters for the same reasons I’m not comfortable with it being an employer’s business in any other field. An actor should have the right to a private sexual life and requiring a…

I think you’re getting those replies (mine included) because they read more like rhetorical questions designed to push people in a certain direction rather than genuine inquiries about the film itself.

You’re not asking if the choice was justified, you’re asking if the choice was inescapable, with the assumption that the character shouldn’t be that heavy unless there’s an unassailable reason for him to be so.

Same and same. All things being equal I’d prefer an overweight person be cast for a role within reason for the realities of that role, but if the character is obese enough that it’s unreasonable to expect an actual person of that weight to endure the realities of shooting a film, or if the character undergoes a…

I think that making decisions without narrative justification results in a lot of shitty narrative art.

Cast a 300-400 lb actor and have the characters SAY he’s 600.

This is bad for people who count as having an appropriate weight, as well, because their total weight may be “healthy”, but their body composition isn’t, and it won’t get caught because, according to the BMI, they’re at a healthy weight.

That’s all fair, but none of this is about people who just have a tummy. We’re well past any sort of grey area here.

Yeah, there’s a substantial difference between “your doctor really wants you to cut out soda” and “your food is delivered because getting through doors and into a car is a long, arduous and painful process.”

Someone that size would have extreme difficulty getting to and from the set, going through makeup and wardrobe, and spending weeks of long days under hot lights.

It always astounds me when a reviewer says something like “this isn’t just a ghost story, it’s a story about how trauma follows us and affects everyone around us” or “this isn’t just about vampires, it’s about the fear of aberrant and aggressive sexuality.”

Like... yeah. What did you think these monsters were about…

They wrote an article that actually escaped their regular readers’ orbit and made its way into the wider world of the internet. They always quadruple-down when that happens these days.

It’s based on a bunch of Christopher Pike novels and was inspired by Are You Afraid of the Dark? so being more kiddish goes along with the territory.

To me, the primary difference between Stewart and Maher is that Stewart has some dumb shit takes but he seems to genuinely want to be consistently growing and being a better person, which leads to him occasionally apologizing for or amending those takes. Maher is convinced that he already is a good person, and…

It’s weird because the whole “video is the new text” thing was motivated by Facebook’s data which has been known to be faulty for years now, and their videos get a tenth of the comments their text articles get.

I agree, but Pratt’s voice doesn’t even resemble the character as established for the last 25+ years. Toad’s voice isn’t the same as the games either, but it’s a movie-friendly approximation of the same idea so it still feels accurate.