Chris Evans—who none of us deserve, by the way—is celebrating with us!

Sure, but I think it’s pretty clear that “real film” doesn’tr efer to short films and is a (bad) synonym for feature films.

Eh. We’ve been differentiating between feature films and weekly serials essentially since the beginning of cinema.

I just read this and now I’m pretty upset. This ending definitely undercuts some of my favorite Batman writing in years. :/

If it had been an accident that was never brought up again, it would be one thing. But yes, it’s constantly brought up again and again, turning an accident into a purposeful, editorial decision. That you think it’s a hacky trope by bad writers isn’t super relevant, given that it seems to be Marvel’s official position.…

It shook me for sure.

And that’s fine. I can see why you wouldn’t put those two character motivations together. But I can see the connection between domestic abuse, whatever you call The Punisher (terrorism?), super-villain violence, sexual assault, and even the Gwen Stacy-esque accidents, because they predominantly use female pain for male…

Rocket can fly rockets, unlike any of the Avengers (no, Bifrost doesn’t count).

I mean, I definitely prefer the movie where Shuri and Riri are superhero best friends in Oakland, but I could live with this pitch.

Ok, I don’t know what exactly you’re not agreeing with. The fact that you can’t imagine another way to write his character pretty much proves my point that his whole character derives from the death of his wife, i.e., the story is about the male response to female pain. That’s a story I don’t like and a story we have…

Nice write up.

The fact that his wife has no story is (one of) the problem(s) I have with him. As you say, there’s nothing of interest to his story before his wife is killed. His whole motivation relies on on his wife and kid dying; that’s textbook Women In Refrigerators, and it’s fucked up, and it’s absolutely on the same trend as…

I mean, you’re fundamentally wrong about Steve Rogers.

1. Six stones
2. Six OG Avengers
3. ???
4. Profit!

Yes? Making a poor choice with Reed Richards doesn’t justify making the same poor choice with Hank Pym.

1) It’s not just 30 years ago, it’s an integral aspect of the current interpretation of the character—it even got a pretty prominent place in Secret Empire. Which was last year. So you could make Hank Pym not a douchebag, why should we, when they are other characters who already aren’t douchebags?

This. Actually, being able to predict the ending is the least relevant part of a story's quality--think about how the opening sonnet spoils all of Romeo&Juliet

I mean, you could make that movie, sure. But I doubt you could market that movie without being asked “Is Hank Pym still beating his wife?” every five minutes, so it’s probably not a great idea either.

Because Steve Rogers is a better character than Hank Pym, and he represents a better protagonist than Hank Pym. Hank Pym doesn’t exist, but the characters we choose to sink money into showcase our values pretty plainly—unless you want to argue that popular culture has zero effect on the world.

I mean, we did without it for over 200 years without dissolving into total anarchy, so “replace it with what we did before” sounds like a pretty legit plan.