Have scrolled past it multiple times and thought about throwing it on, will probably do so based on your review.
Also, have a family member that informed me last night that they have like 5 seasons worth of Game of Thrones (I watched the first season years ago when it came out, and then never saw another episode, ha) and I think I’m going to dive into that series, really enjoyed the books, just never got the chance to watch the series much.
Perfect time to do it. The final season starts in 4 weeks. I read all of the books in a few months immediately after the first season ended. The series does depart from the source material in significant ways as it goes along. Some of these choices don’t work at all, and some actually improve the story by simplifying things and getting rid of characters and plot arcs that just don’t need to be there.
Game of Thrones is great fun. One of the few screen adaptations I’ve liked better than the books, especially when the author seems unlikely to finish the series before he dies. I’ll be getting HBO streaming for sure.
I watched the Kroc documentary and found it decent, but I have a trans friend who was previously hyper-masculine in ways not unlike Kroc. I’ve seen trans women do trans women things for the last year or so now, so it wasn’t much of an eye opener for me. I’m not sure there were any deeper messages in there, but I’m not good at picking that stuff up anyway. If nothing else it is a peek into Kroc’s life and worth watching if you’re a Kroc fan or curious what happens when a hyper-masculine man comes out as a trans woman.
I’m late to the Star Wars discussion, but I’ll chime in.
I didn’t like Solo. This mostly boiled down to the lead actors’ failures to make me believe they were Han Solo and Lando Calrissian. The woke feminist robot was just as annoying as real-life woke feminist robots and the idea of a pansexual Lando blowing his load all over said robot wasn’t particularly convincing either. I actually like the idea of stand-alone Star Wars movies, but this one didn’t push any of my buttons. Rogue One did. It didn’t seem like it tried to be much more than a war movie set in the Star Wars universe, and it also made sense in the context of the original trilogy.
The Last Jedi was awful on many levels, but I’d like to focus on the combat.
Hyperspace ship missiles broke space combat. One small ship destroys half the fleet and the largest ship in the New Order? Why hasn’t anyone made hyperspace missiles then? Does it not work without a pilot? This seems like the only viable tactic left for space combat, and it also makes the iconic massive vessels of the Star Wars Universe completely unviable. Why build something so large that can be destroyed so easily?
Rey broke Jedi lightsaber combat. In every other Star Wars film (and book that I’ve read) Jedi lightsaber combat and using force powers takes training. Luke got beaten easily the first time he fought Vader. Hell, Luke got rag-dolled in the Cantina on Tatooine. Luke even got shot in Return of the Jedi. Rey is perfect. She whoops everyone’s ass, flies ships better than everyone, and defeats a trained Jedi who can force choke and suspend blaster bolts mid-air the first time she uses a lightsaber. Oh and her force powers are much more powerful than Luke Skywalker’s nephew after years and years of training. Why? Because she’s Rey and she doesn’t need training because she’s the best at everything.
Re watched For a Few dollars More this weekend
Yes! Two movies with a strong feline lead being released back to back next month!
But wait…
Wasn’t the original Pet Sematary directed by a WOMAN?
Who the fuck are these MEN???
The original was directed by Mary Lambert! She also did the sequel and Mega Python vs Gatoroid with Debbie Gibson and Tiffany!
Bloody sexist, racist, xenophobic bastards!
The dude stops and deletes the poll, blaming the results on “toxic fanboys”. This will be the narrative from now on. If you don’t like an SJW movie, you are either sexist, racist, a troll or a toxic fanboy. If an SJW movie gets bad reviews or negative results on polls, blame the results on a coordinated attack by trolls and delete them.
This doesn’t matter to do me BUT I remember the original Pet Sematary being one of the only movies released in my youth that scared the shit outta me.
That being said, the previews of the remake look spooky as fuck and I’m looking forward to it
Well I guess the Disney Fox deal is suppose to be wrapped up by days end. Curious to see how they merge those marvel properties into MCU.
This line of thinking extends far beyond movies and is creeping into more or less every facet of life. Hell even Chelsea Clinton was recently accused of being responsible for the New Zealand terror attacks by woke SJW Buzzfeed writers because of something she tweeted.
I completely agree with what you wrote about Fury Road, btw. It’s probably my favorite movie of the last 10 years. I think the reason it didn’t resonate with SJW’s is because it didn’t beat the audience over the head with heavy-handed SJW messages at the expense of good film making.
Soon the media is going to claim Chinese are sexist because they think Brie Larson isn’t pretty enough.
This is what the article says:
““I’m not judging a person by their looks,” writes a commenter that is about to judge a person on their looks, “but the main character in a superhero movie shouldn’t be a ‘da ma’” – a derogatory term for middle-aged housewives.”
Good thing I have a weibo account.
This is what the guy they’re quoting really wrote:
“da ma” means your aunt on your father’s side. It can also be used as a term for a middle aged housewife. It can also be used as how Chinese address a middle aged housewife they don’t know.
See, we don’t just address older people as “maam” or “sir”. We address them as “auntie” or “uncle” as respect for their seniority. When I ask an elderly male on the street for directions, for example, I address him as “uncle”.
The first part is translated correctly. However, in the second part, they left out the next 2 words(highlighted) beside it. It means “IMAGE”.
It isn’t just a statement on her looks. He’s talking about the image she projects. He’s really saying a superhero shouldn’t make you you think of an “auntie”. That’s because she has no fucking character. She’s just plain and mundane when you don’t think about her powers.
Try this. How would you describe all the marvel characters? What is the image you get in your head when you think of them?
Captain America: Leader, patriotic, stoic, will have your back in a bar fight
Black Widow: Badass assassin, enigmatic, sexy, deep loyalty to trusted people, may slit your throat in bed, will roofie you at the bar
Thor: This is too simple. A juxtaposition of godlike gravitas and an easily amused simpleton that makes him perfect fodder for jokes at his expense(Point Break lol!!!), but he’s also someone you look up to when epic shit goes down. Good drinking buddy.
Spiderman: Noob with a lot of heart, wise cracking nerd, over-zealous kid who craves responsibility and acknowledgement from elders, too young to drink
Ant Man: Fuck Ant Man. Ok ok even though I don’t like him, I can still easily describe him. Loser, slacker, comic relief, underdog who frequently gets lucky due to persistence, wild card, will suddenly disappear from the bar and leave you to foot the bill
Now think about Captain Marvel.
Errr… ummm… hmmm… Aloof? Condescending? Victim of the patriarchy? The song by No Doubt? She can fly and shoot lasers out of her hands? Nice hair? Baby Tee? Destroys jukeboxes in the bar for no reason?
You see? She has no character. How do you describe a character like this other than what she looks like?
The media is going to spin this into another sexist issue so she’s a victim again.
Using this as a personality/character descriptor got a legitimate laugh out of me 
You are appreciated.
I’m glad this movie came out. I’ll probably never watch it, but am thoroughly enjoying your dismantling of it.
Well look on the bright side. Rumours are that the Russo brother are not using her as a Jesus character. While focusing on the original team to save the day. If that’s the case pretty sure someone online will claim that they sufferer from male toxicity.
I will watch, when it’s free.
@dt79 Excellent characterization of characters. Please continue (e.g. Black Panther).
p.s. Ant Man lucky to get the girl (even hotter than the hot wife he lost), you’re right, fuck him.
YOU GUYS ITS HAPPENING
Black Panther is a character I refrained from using because we have to go a little deeper into what he’s supposed to represent. On the surface, he is BORING but this is what he’s supposed to be. He is essentially a modern day take on a traditional folk hero. Like Jet Li in the Once Upon a Time in China series. He is commanding and somewhat rigid, yet displays his humanity from his insecurity when succeeding the position left by his father, and the way he interacts with his sister like a couple of kids bickering. This let’s people identify with him. He has a deep sense of honor and an unwavering moral compass dictated by tradition, a figure of authority and leadership that people wish for, and are willing to serve in very shitty times(think about the state of the rest of Africa within the context of the story).
Which is why he had to agree to fight the guy with the dreadlocks even though he was already the King. That wasn’t a plot hole. To go against this, and therefore revolt against the archaic rules dictated by tradition, he needed to go through death and rebirth first.
The mistake they made wasn’t making him almost “perfect”, hence boring. This is what this kind of character is supposed to be like, and the actor played him perfectly. They just didn’t have interesting side characters to play off his rigidity. His sister was the only one. They needed entertaining characters on his side to do stuff like challenge his adherence to tradition by getting into trouble which requires him to reluctantly assert his authority. Instead, they had a spear throwing chick with him who was even more rigid. That’s why he only works when he’s with the other Avengers.
You know that the biggest difference between Black Panther and Captain Marvel is despite them both being boring characters.
Black Panther HAS HONOR.
At the start of Captain Marvel, Brie Larson asks Jude Law to practice unarmed combat with her. She already has her “laser blasts from her hands” powers. Jude Law doesn’t. He beats her and mansplains stuff to her. She gets angry and blasts him with her laser hands.
At the end, she is all powerful. Jude Law is alone and more or less beaten since his entire gang has been killed. He asks her to fight him without using her powers as an advantage. This is standard movie shit. Black Panther would have done that even if he was at a disadvantage because of fighting skills, and would have won somehow by using his wits or his opponent’s strength against him or something. She, however, immediately blasts him with an even more powerful laser blast and he flies comically into the distance, turning it all into a joke.
What are you telling me? She’s a sore loser? He’s still talking down to her after all that shit so he deserves it? He’s a fucking villain, for fuck’s sake. That’s what they do. What was he expected to do? Go, “Brie, you’re an empowered, strong, independent woman! Not gonna tell you what to do, but may I suggest that we have a hand to hand fight and perhaps you might want to give me a chance by not using your blaster powers for I am but a weak little man while you reside upon a pedestal high above the petty patriarchal disputes our kind engage in. No pressure. Just a suggestion. Ok? You still call the shots. You’re in control of your life. You are beautiful no matter what they say!”?
I get that there’s probably a juvenile message about “leveling the playing fields” or “not letting men dictate the terms and shit” in there somewhere but this is not how it’s done if you want people to have any respect for the character other than the fact that she’s a systemically oppressed woman who simply must have your unfettered respect and adoration by default or you’re an evil sexist troll who hates ALL women.
Gywenth Paltrow: HOT. Unbelievably HOT. Pillar of strength for Ironman. She is basically everything he isn’t - responsible, accountable, objective, and a LEADER. Tony isn’t one. He’s outright defiant of authority, requiring her to keep him grounded. Her limitation is that all this super power stuff is foreign, and therefore, intimidating to her, which is why she acts like a damsel in distress when shit goes down. If they had any sense, they would come up with a whole new story outside of the comics following through with the plot with her acquiring those powers in Ironman 3, learning to use them, and assuming leadership of the Avengers if Tony Stark dies. Barring that, she’s that bitchy wife your drinking buddy is afraid off which is why he has to leave the bar before 10pm.
Scarlet Witch: Outcast, emotionally vulnerable, reluctant hero without a sense of duty, hangs around and does what she does for kinship, will probably run off to a secluded life in a small province in China with the red colored guy if she had the choice and you’ll see her in a couple of years carrying an infant while ferociously bargaining at the market for the price of a pound of beef while the young kids around there whom she’s friendly with call her “auntie”. The red colored guy won’t be at the bar. He’ll be at home with Ms Olsen with glasses of red wine watching science stuff on National Geographic just to pick apart the mistakes. “That’s not how time dilation works! Bwahaha!”
I didnt buy bad guy in Black Panther :
1 - This actor was to young and lookd rather like wannabe gangsta then superduper killer mercenary.
2. I think they should stay with golum guy with one hand he was badass ffs
Same thing with Aquaman Black Mantha xdd Hes super armor lookd like costume from power rangers gen 1 xd I understand that they wanted to stick up with comic costumes but cmoooon xd Black manta helmet looks like shitt 
Gotta agree with this lol.
Trench monster scary af - cool looking just as it suppose to look
And on second hand almost main vilian with super ultra motive, wearing dumbass helmet xd
they rly could make this helmet smaller not looking so ridiculous.
Same thing with Ocean master xdd
Not that many would probably see it, but:
-Ralph Wrecks the Internet: Pretty decent, but not as good as the original. Some “girl-power” kind of themes to it, but not to the point of taking over the movie (Ralph screws everything up again, but that’s basically his character, and then he fixes it). Some of it is basically Disney poking fun at itself anyways. I kind of miss the original video game nostalgia of the original, but it’s still decent, and way better than other options to watch with kids.
-My wife really wanted to watch this “Killing Eve” series. Fairly stupid and unrealistic, but the actress playing the assassin was pretty good.
-Recently discovered “Fresh off the Boat” with a large backlog available on Hulu, that show is pretty damn funny, especially if you deal with kids.
-Roughly 2 months until another John Wick…
