It’s probably because it’s one of those patently ridiculous scenes where it teeters on the edge of shit a magician could theoretically do (I’m sure your algorithm has recommended the dozen or so videos with real magicians watching and critiquing/mocking the tricks in the movie) but then jumps right over the edge when…

Technically speaking though, they still have Spider-Man too in addition to the side characters. Like, they could go make their own Spider-Man movie right now with a different dude than Tom Holland and pocket the money. They only have to divvy up the money with Disney if it’s in the MCU and/or uses MCU characters.

Oh definitely. It’s dumb as hell but pretty dumb fun I’d say. Except for the end twist that (SPOILERS FOR A DECADE OLD MOVIE) Mark Ruffalo orchestrated the whole thing which undercuts the whole plot and means that the entire plot of him trying to catch them was pointless. It’s like if Ocean’s 11 ended with George…

Yep

A poor defense when there are plenty of legitimately good movies and TV shows out right now.

I mean, it’s kind of both, the moviegoers are voting with their wallets but the studios, in addition to making fewer new things, give the non-franchise things less advertising too.  It’s a vicious cycle.

“just an attempt to shoehorn in unwarranted snark.”

The world really dodged a bullet by not doing a comic-accurate The Boys.

Luca, Turning Red, and Soul get overlooked a lot because they were the wave of movies that never hit theaters due to the pandemic. To a lesser extent it affected Onward too, since even though that made it to theaters, lockdowns went into effect shortly after its release, which led people to write it off as a bomb (I…

It’s less of a Pixar thing and more of a “general entertainment industry” thing. You’re right that sequels have always been a thing, even with Pixar, but you can look across the current world (and I mean both movies and TV) and see that the sequels and reboots are vastly outnumbering new IPs. It’s a pattern that’s…

I mean there’s no need for anyone to say anything on Twitter ever and frankly the world would be better off without it but I agree.

No they have her. She was part of their awful expanded universe plan from back when Amazing Spider-Man 2 came out and bombed. I mean she’s not Black Cat, but there’s a Felicia Hardy there in some boardroom scene so they do still have the character.

Johnson’s wonderfully independent-minded publicity tour for Madame Web made it clear that the finished project was not what she had signed on for.

Pfft, they’d hold onto her even if their finances were great. Yeah, she might drive some people away, but the books are already out there and still making money. They’re not gonna drop her over controversial views. (any media company would snap those rights up in a minute if WB did drop her)

Biden’s performance was horrific, to the point where I actually think he might have turned off some voters

Sadly this Simpsons bit still rings true all these years later

Unless he keels over soon, nah, just til November (or I guess January when Trump takes office). Because like the guy upthread said, this was definitely handing over the election on a silver platter. His odds were bad pre-debate but I don’t need to read a poll to know the odds of Biden winning now are about on par with…

Oh there’s no “might” about it, imo. The Democrats have to figure out something fast. I’m not gonna pretend to know how elections work to know if they even can substitute another candidate this late in the game but they have got to figure out some way to get Biden out of the hot seat. Last night was, I pray, a wake up…

I get it but also goddamn the Democrats have to prove that there’s something, anything worth voting for them.  The whole campaign cannot be Never Trump.  That didn’t work in 2016 and it sure as shit won’t work now. 

Maybe it’s because I’m older and this hit me when I was young, maybe it’s because I love practical effects in this age where superhero movies are more greenscreen than real location, but Spider-Man 2 will forever hold a place in my heart. Maybe it’s not the best superhero movie ever, there are certainly a lot of…