If they planned it at the right time of day they could literally float up downtown Miami!
If they planned it at the right time of day they could literally float up downtown Miami!
It feels so reassuring to march for a better world and a better future, and then come back home and read an uplifting statement of support from the current administration…
Guy with a Beaker mask holding a sign that simply read 'Meep,' which somehow manages to articulate everything I feel about this issue.
I realize you're being sarcastic, but there is a real concern that marches can negatively impact or simply misappropriate support. If anything though, gathering with so many like-minded and highly-motivated people for a common goal only serves to reinvigorate spirits. It's the constant vigilance and debate online that…
Chanted that for a solid half mile through downtown today. It gets to be pretty catchy after the 40th repetition.
The way it's being handled? Yeah. It has all the nuance of blowing up the Xavier institute in a terrorist bombing.
I'm not particularly concerned about the original creators' beliefs in situations such as this, because they don't own these properties anymore. The Captain America thing especially transcends being respectful to the character's origins to apply to us as an audience. It is using corrosive and unsettling imagery to…
It all comes down to experimentation and innovation. Nobody knows what characters will be hits or what readers will ultimately respond to. Sure, some very intelligent people have very good ideas, but there are no sure-things. A good idea and brand can only go so far though, because if you really want an concept to…
That's fine, and in fact necessary. The problem here is two-fold: One, that simple diversionary art can easily be co-opted for lazy corporate profits. If you enjoy it you enjoy it and honestly I have no problem with that, but there is a threshold at which literally nothing is actually accomplished and all artistic…
I appreciate the intention of this stance, but it seems to imply every story is of equal quality, which is objectively not true. Is it possible these could have been great? Of course, a great narrative can come from anywhere. But these arise out of compromise, agendas, and marketing. They are created in haste. They…
It's amazing what good work can be done when you let creators focus on the thing they're making without crossover interference or quarterly promotional stunts.
Both DC and Marvel were aware pretty darn early into these decision processes that they were bad ideas… And yet here we are, with both of them doubling-down on expansive arcs for content nobody wants to buy or even talk about.
The creation of the term 'alternative facts' has done more to support him than any resistance against him. Now his lies have validity. They're even being used to disrupt global politics, as we've seen with South Korea's response to Trump's historically inaccurate statements following his interview with Chinese…
Anarchy is disorder. It doesn't have to be destructive in theory, but it so easily slips into it and most people use it as a tool for violence. I have no problem with communists as I have no problem with conservatives or even anarchists that don't commit acts of violence. It's the acts of violence I oppose, and…
Thank you so much for your work, and it's unfortunate this fight has to continue still. What's most infuriating about it, to me, is that the violence doesn't seem to manifest out of an inherent need. Instead it comes about from a lack of creativity, a general frustration that current efforts aren't doing enough and…
You can separate yourself from them all you want, but the fact remains they are a big part of progressive left. A minority, sure, but optics are key here (both in their rising power among the younger generation and in building support for nonviolent protest in general). Instead of simply saying 'I'm not with them' and…
Let me pose it this way: What has constantly calling him out on it actually accomplished? Entrenched supporters and beleaguered protests. On the list ot terrible things Trump does or puts into jeopardy, his lies are a pretty low priority. I'd rather focus on things he can't lie about: Actions and their repercussions.
It seems like the album was a therapeutic endeavor for Damon, both to come to terms with the political climate (the concept is apparently an apocalyptic party on the night of the Trump election) and his changing artistic sensibilities. Albarn challenged himself to write shorter, up-tempo songs like he used to, and…
True, but in the middle of all of this is the president proudly boasting that he managed to get one over on the New York Times with a photo-op. Sure, technically on his terms he 'won,' but that is one sad, sad pyrrhic victory. How much lower can his own standards of self worth actually fall? Will he be stealing candy…
Seriously. I'm varying degrees of disappointed to distraught over the current administration, but I'm increasingly irate over the 'liberal' response to it. Everything I hold to be important: Integrity, Fairness, Equality, Non-Violence… it all gets thrown aside in favor of assaulting the greater evil of Trump.