its been five years since Endgame came out. five years. theres no generational divide. Marvel bet on “keep doing the same thing” and lost. they didnt focus on new trends or how viewing habits changed during the pandemic. 

As someone who doesn’t suffer from generational ADHD, I still have to say: Marvel movies are hard watching because of their length and their lack of narrative focus. Each one exists to support all the others, they get stuffed with characters because you’ve just got to throw Captain Marvel into this one to set up the…

What a naive take. Violence is absolutely necessary in the face of attempted genocide. Dr. King did not espouse absolute pacifism–he only argued for the efficacy of non-violence in *social movements*. The X-Men’s struggle is not primarily for civil rights, but against the attempted genocide of mutants.

The entire Palestinian plight is a perfect example of the inevitable end results of separatism. All it does is foster hatred, justify oppression, and make ethnic cleansing and genocide inevitable.

Tribalism is ingrained in the human condition. It served an important evolutionary purpose which humans no longer require in order to succeed as a species. I find it troubling how many think that “Separate but equal’ is a viable option for society. Historically it has never worked. Not one time. People believing that…

Is politics boring right now? Because last time I checked the US was helping Israel carry out a genocide.

SOLD !

Absolutely nothing, which is why it’s the perfect place to put them. I’d rather they titled the sketch “AI Town Forum” and left out the fact that B&B are in there, because the gag is dependent on the idea of B&B’s presence there being completely out of left field.

“What do B&B have to do with AI?”

Yeah, there’s a sketch comedy cool kid ethos that says breaking during a sketch represents a kind of violation of a sacred trust between writer and performer and audience. And certainly you never want to go Full Fallon. But seeing a seasoned professional (and a very funny performer) like Gardner just absolutely lose…

cultural conversations are part of word of mouth. the more ppl talk about sumthin the more likely new ppl will check it out, directly impacting whether it gets renewed or not. 

True, you don’t HAVE to binge it. But the point is that by dropping weekly (or at some rate), the show builds momentum and seems to get more notice. That is generally good for the health of the show. And as a viewer, even though I don’t have to binge it, all the spoilers are out there from the start.

That said, if you…

Pretty sure none of us are in position to demean “fanboy shit” when we post comments at io9 considering the source.

When the sequel was announced, I hated the notion with the ferocity of a thousand suns. However, after watching this, and I might be horribly and inarguably wrong, there’s something here. The first film REALLY riled people up. So much anger. So much dismissal. The ferocity of the criticisms and the condemnations, at…

This tired-ass lie

“If nothing else, the parallel of these two wars is that Israel is the Russia, not the Ukraine.”

Sure buddy, if only Hamas released a few more hostages, Israel will dial back the genocide it has spent decades building up to.

Shot them while they were waving white flags. If that isn’t evidence of war crimes being committed on the regular, I don’t know what is.

Man, imagine how envious Heinrich Himmler would be of that system. All he had to use was IBM punch cards.

Hey, now: it could also mean that the trigger-happy IDF has shot/bombed the hostages already!