Everybody lies and makes false promises on the campaign trail. You can rather easily prove Trump was among the most egregious, but what's the point? Unless you're seeking to change the law so that politicians can't willingly speak falsehoods, this is just an accepted part of the system and everybody expects it. We…

To be fair, they have more experience getting felines through gates than ungulates.

Fascinating… One day there we will have to start an Internet History Preservation Society to protect such invaluable pieces of esoteric obscurity.

Oh, my bad. I never realized how much I relied on the thumbnail images here until the comment system went to excrement…

What you described is the fair way to approach this. If that were the only way I saw things progressing, I wouldn't be worried. Within the entertainment industry, I can't cite specific examples power structure abuse being flipped in favor of minority interests, however I have seen it elsewhere. In fact, I've…

I agree entirely. I want to see as much diversity and as many fresh perspectives as possible. But I'm also terrified that we'll lose the talent and experiences of others because of this. We are moving forward to a better and more inclusive future, but the past will lead us there. Most of our greatest filmmakers are…

'Each of the five contemporary filmmakers they brought in were incredible
well-informed and suited to the task at hand […]' - That's the issue with this kind of progressive equality, ultimately: You either fight inequality with inequality (by specifically looking at sex or race or whatever when hiring), or you don't…

No problem. I was probably too quick to jump to conclusions too. I supposed my general perspective is, on a technical and even casual level, I've yet to find a Marvel film that wasn't at its very least competently engaging. On the other hand, albeit on a smaller sample size, I don't think any of the DCU films can even…

You seem to be assuming that I'm a Marvel fan, when that's not the case either. I just find their movies to generally be more rewarding and I appreciate that they put a focus on character and genre explortation. The ones I actually like (Captain America: Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy) are, I feel, the…

I feel like the casting in the DCU has been knocking it out of the park thus far. The problem has never been in the presentation…

I'll certainly never condemn or disrespect you for your tastes, but I simply cannot grasp how anybody sees that film as anything more than adequate. Batman and Superman were both in it, and they fought, and some other DC things were in the general vicinity. But in the very least, I can see how it is certainly the…

I would love nothing more than for a Justice League movie to be great, as it was the show of my childhood and the comic of my youth. But this looks exactly like Batman v. Superman's trailer, and I feel like I'm already experiencing the vacant plot and lurching, traveling carival ride-esque pacing from here.

That's actually a pretty appropriate metaphor, especially if you consider the threat of franchise explosion to follow if the drink is not accepted.

I feel like Batman v. Superman is one of the greatest cons in cinema history. It's cynically constructed and competently made well enough to please fans desperate for salvation, and as such forces its very fanbase into the cruel predicament of supporting the shell of something they appreciate or abandoning something…

I love the three tracks that didn't get a music video, and I love the music video, which I think means I've got a trio of mixed media blessings to look forward to in the near future…

Hm… I know there are supposed to be images accompanying this article… So either things are broken somewhere along the way to getting to me, or…

Is it possible for something to become so culturally insensitive that it no longer even registers as racism anymore? Not just on a personal level, but on a satirical one. Because that's how that episode has always felt to me. If somebody wants to call it wrong I'm not going to argue with them, but it never felt 'off'…

All very sound reasoning. I didn't mean to imply that his actions before the last half year or so were explicit, just that he's known for making some exceptionally questionable jokes from time to time about ethnic minorities. This is also why the Pewdiepie issue was so striking to me: Yeah, the extenuating…

Yeah. That's really unfortunate. Fans of his, I feel, were always somewhat concerned something like this might be possible but just hoped for the best in regards to his off-color comedy. In any event, if something is to be learned from this, it's that you really do need to be weary of just where exactly controversial…

Can't tell if this impossible to make a joke about, or the new comment system just sucks…