I really liked Civil War. My only major complaint, is that I wish they left that movie in a darker place at the end, rather than Steve sending Tony a nice note and a burner phone, and breaking everyone out of the Raft.

Hong Kong is sort of falling apart while the planet is slowly absorbed, and you can see Dormammu's realm filling the sky. The "sky beam" was a specific, strange trope that developed for a little while in comic book movies - probably because it made for a striking visual. I don't think I'd categorize Doctor Strange…

I loved the shit out of Logan, but other than having smaller stakes in the third act, instead of the usual action CG explodaganza, it didn't really break much new storytelling ground. They were also able to do more because both X-Men characters were being killed off - so it's a lot easier not to feel "episodic", as…

Man, go back and watch the Rogue One trailer - 90% of the shit in that first trailer isn't in the film.

The planet is being overtaken into Dormammu's dark realm - not really a sky beam.

Glenn Close tells him at the end of the movie, that while his mother is "Terran", his father is something much older, that they've not seen in a long time (or something along those lines).

I've seen a few lukewarm reviews that mention they thought the movie was too "wacky", and not "grounded enough", which got me immensely excited for it. I want them to go all-in with the Kirby craziness.

It also sidesteps the fact that, in any society, someone has to pick up the garbage on Tuesdays. That doesn't mean that person isn't working just as hard as you, if not more so.

The economic and educational depression in southern states is the other side of the same coin, because they help elect the same GOP congresspeople who think exactly the way I described.

You're probably right. I get Chaffetz and Ryan confused sometimes, because they are both disingenuous hacks who have convinced the media that they are serious policy wonks.

It all comes down to an empathy gap. When you see the lower middle class and poor as people who simply didn't work hard enough, not the byproduct of an economic system that inherently stratifies people into winners and losers (and requires losers to have winners), it's easy to throw them off health insurance. You're…

I never said we needed their full biographies, or even their backgrounds - we don't get Rey's entire life story up until the point The Force Awakens, either. The movie SHOWS you who she is, by taking five minutes to show you a day in her life.

I'm 100% with you on this. Rogue One was the epitome of "fan fiction" - poorly sketched out characters, in favour of nostalgia, references, and smashing TIE fighters, X-Wings, and AT-ATs together for no particularly good story reason.

Agreed 100% - particularly about the part where Obama either expanded on powers claimed during the Bush years, or simply discontinued using them (but didn't pull back the authority). In many cases, he also "outlawed" actions entirely through Executive Order, which meant people like Trump could just brush them aside…

What I said above is pointedly NOT "Both Sides-erism", which I despise. False equivalency is one of the shittiest things about the modern news media.

I don't really know what having "good intentions" means, with regards to being President, and the subsequent cronyism and corporatism shown by them - including Obama.

Eh, he could stand to have a bigger patriarchy hammer, if you ask me.

The bit where he hired an Attorney General out of a law firm that represented big corporate clients, including banks, against the government, was the first hint.

It's statistically near-impossible for there not to be intelligent life that has developed somewhere else in the universe. That isn't really up for discussion.

Yes, I suspect the aura of perceived condescension is the reason it raises hackles.