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I had assumed that White Vision (WV) went off to kill himself. His instructions were to destroy the real vision, and Vision convinced WV that WV was the real vision (and had a very sad look on his face when he did it). Given that Vision wanted his body destroyed so no one could use it as a weapon, it seemed consistent

I can’t help but wonder if its a twin-powers thing: that Jordan’s kryptonian half only ‘activates’ if he’s around his brother

He seemed to be saying that the US was the only country that *fought a war* to abolish slavery - though as you point out, other countries managed to abolish slavery *without* fighting a war over it, so I’m not sure why he thinks that speaks well of us.

I’d have to think on the classist attitudes interpretation, but I agree that a lack of compassion was a key reason his treatment of Faith gave me bad vibes. Faith actually could have been interesting, but she was just used for shock value.

I’d argue there’s nothing inherently wrong with writing a character that’s a villainous oversexed teen if it’s handled in an interesting way, but everything about Faith seemed so... voyeuristic? It wasn’t “here’s how a really damaged person might react to being a slayer,” it was “ooh, goody, lets play in the ‘damaged

I also used to quite enjoy it (also largely for Spencer), but I think I dropped it somewhere around season 7 when I realized that (1) the team never seemed to actually use their special skills to solve mysteries anymore, they just kind of stumbled over obvious answers,* and (2) the guest stars / day players were

I agree Doctor Who is great at this - the (modern) gold standard is still LOTR, I think.

Agreed. Treating it like subtle foreshadowing for the Agatha theme is a weird way to look at it - it’s just the recurring WandaVision theme, which is then co-opted by Agatha (much like the plot/show itself).

Yep, this is the main reason I’ll always be glad he was a ‘big thing’ despite the issues- because he gave so many writers a good start. Invariably, if I’m watching a genre show and thing ‘that was a great episode!’ it was written by one of the people you listed.    (And I’d add Ben Edlund, who wrote most of my

Agree with all of that, and just wanted to add that I always had a weird vibe about the way he wrote Faith (and his obsession with Eliza Dushku in general). I do actually like Whedon’s shows, and am grateful that he gave so many great TV writers a good start, but I’m not at all surprised that he has some icky

Right?! Whatever happened to old-fashioned muggings where you just got punched / threatened / maybe bonked on the head?

“Thanks, my mother made it for me” - a shout-out for Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman fans!!!

Actually, I think that was a Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman reference? The show aired in 1993-97, and it looks like Superman for All Seasons was published in 1998.

Exactly - “this world and everyone in it is terrible” is a very different kind of somber from “bad stuff happens but we’ll get through it.” The latter can work for a Superman story. The tone didn’t bother me here, because we still get the sense that Clark and Lois and the two boys all care about and support each

I was also pleasantly surprised with the kids. Happily, it looks like the show is going to let them be two decent sons of two decent people. Jonathan’s “you know what, I’m good with who I am” approach to his brother getting the powers bodes well.

I also really enjoyed Thor 1, in part for two reasons that they ironically walked back in TDW because people complained about them:

Seconded - I liked it, am also childless (and couldn’t be a dad without gender reassignment), and was born in 1987.

The show’s not for everyone, sure, but taking issue with him riding a horse is... odd. He only rides a horse like twice, and it’s the 1920s, and the character is involved in betting on horses and has gypsy family.

I’d actually love to see more stuff set in the 60s, when everyone was starting to figure out how to be cool. (That admittedly has the demographics problem you were talking about, but it seems like it would be doable to have a main character who is intentionally liberal / counterculture in that era, which would open up

Do people (other than the article author) really consider this a superhero movie? I’m not sure ‘origin story, villain monologue and final showdown’ are enough - why isn’t this just a fantasy movie about a team of immortals? Is Highlander a superhero?