Kel Varnsen

The Sixth Sense is a good analogy. I worked in a video store when it came out and I am pretty sure someone spoiled the ending for me before I saw it. But I think that movie did a better job slowly revealing the twist. I am just not sure who killed the Starks really was a twist l, or alternatively who was in that car that Bucky ran off the road was a twist so it's weird that it is presented like that. But I guess maybe there were people who were surprised at the end that it was the Starks he was after. Secret invasion was so bad and so pointless. A show about Fury in Europe or something helping actual Shield agents who had their covers blown by Natasha, and running into Olivia Coleman and other intelligence people would have been cool. Plus I imagine a bit of de-aging CGI for Sam Jackson would be way easier than the Skrull shape shifting CGI.

I can buy that Steve would be in denial and not try to find out. I just thought it was weird how the flashback was sort of revealed in pieces throughout the movie until the last one when the audience sees who he killed. Because even if you never saw any other Marvel movies there aren't that many people who it could be that would fit in the story. We watched Winter Soldier this weekend too and that scene leads to my favourite dumb line in the entire MCU. Where Natasha talks about how most people in the intelligence community think he doesn't exist but those that do call him The Winter Soldier, which is his actual Hydra code name. Which means either there is some spy who is very good at guessing nicknames, or they found out his actual name through intel but most people don't believe it. Also after watching the Winter Soldier movie it made me realize that a Nick Fury show shouldn't have been that piece of crap Secret Invasion. It should have been set after WS and been Fury travelling around helping actual legit Shield spys after Shield fell. Since if Natasha dumped all of Shield and Hydra's secrets, there would have been a ton of undercover spies who thought they were on the good side who would have been burned.

So my daughter is back into marvel movies and we have been watching different ones over the last week or so. Tonight we watched Civil War and it got me thinking, was the fact that Bucky killed the Starks supposed to be a surprise. Because it is shot like it, since every time they show the flashback they reveal a bit more and you don't see who was in the car until the end. But at the same time it seems like it was super obvious since they say the flashback took place in 1991 and it was clearly in the US so who else would it be? Was anyone actually surprised when they revealed who was in the car? And if it was obvious to everyone why did they show the flashbacks like that.

Wouldn't that be a big "it depends". There is a huge difference between shitty boss and if they suggested that he was an actual abuser without any actual evidence or even allegations it would kind of kill the credibility of their whole documentary.

Maybe now sure, but for how long? It wasn't that long ago that people thought a CGI monster couldn't look as good as stop motion or that a CGI explosion couldn't look as good as blowing up a real house. I just don't think you can stop technology. The documentary on Disney+ called Light and Magic is great. It's about ILM and in one part they talk about how they moved from practical effects to CGI and the effects people who could learn computers and adapt kept their jobs, but those who didn't weren't able to.

I imagine that education probably plays a big role in that. Like sure you always hear about kids working on a TV show have school time. So when she was on Mickey Mouse club she probably got some schooling. Although how good would Disney backstage elementary school be. But then she was only 16 when Hit Me Baby came out and I don't think the music business has any kind of similar school requirements. So if her parents wanted her to do school work what 16 year old who would be touring and having money flow in and could get anything she asked for, would have motivation to do that?

Which isn't really different than ATM's putting bank tellers out of work, or Excel putting accounting clerks out of work or trains putting dudes delivering mail on horseback out of work.

I wonder if as her cash levels start dropping she will start getting more and more bizarre offers for ways to make money. Like if she is not making actual music her name/image is probably her best way to make money so are we going to start seeing some weird Britney brand products or her singing a commercial jingle or being like a greeter at a casino or something.

Quentin Tarantino doesn't direct a lot of TV.

Cap too I think, at least his power level. Because I remember reading the regular comics and how powers were always presented as "peak human", which I always interpreted as being as fast as Usain Bolt, as strong as one of those worlds strongest man guys, with the endurance of an Olympic decathlete and the agility of of a world class gymnast. But I am pretty sure even one of those worlds strongest man dudes isn't going to be able to pull down a helicopter with just his hands. Then again it's probably for the best that this was all they really used from the Ultimates since the only other things I remember were that Hank Pym was super abusive to Janet and that Wanda ans Pietro had a creepy incestuous relationship. If Marvel really was looking to piss off old school comics fans all they would have to do was bring in either of those plotlines.

I am pretty sure that Bones was one of the shows I mentioned where they had to solve a murder before they went to the big gala that night. And it wasn't even a murder where there was an indication that the killer would keep killing people. I think what finally turned me off procedurals was ones like Bones or Hawaii 5-0 where they are clearly solving a complicated murder in one day since they don't even change clothes during the episode.

I am not that there will be a significant number of people to make a difference. There were of course a bunch of complaints from a bunch of people, but it still made over a billion dollars. And I am not sure I ever saw one complain about how they made Mar-vell a woman. It's also interesting that this conversation is about female versions of super heroes and how some think the won't work and also brings up Supergirl. But I don't think I have ever heard the complain about how they made a female version of Superman.

One dead give away that TV cops are giant workaholics (especially for procedural type shows) is that anytime there is any kind of social event like a retirement party or an awards ceremony it will always happen at the end of an episode. So they will also be able to use the event to celebrate the big case they just solved. Because they always solve the case in time for the event, except for one episode of Homicide Life on the Street I remember watching where the event took place mid episode (and was kind of awesome for doing it).

That's a pretty big change. My memories from reading avengers comics was that Tony was the serious business man and Hawkeye was the smartass with one liners. And even the Tony being a drunk thing I think only came around in the 70's. So it's hard to get mad about movies not being faithful to the comic book characters when later comic book writers don't even stay faithful.

But times change and you have to make changes to make the stories work? Tony Stark wasn't fighting communists in Asia in 2008 since that wouldn't have really made sense. And Hank Pym isn't a spouse abuser since no one wants to see Michael Douglas hit Michelle Pfeiffer. You mean like Terry McGinnis or any of the times Robin has become Batman? Or Batgirl/Bat-Woman? Even in comics it's not like things stay the same forever. My favourite is that there is no story from the 40's where Captain America falls in the ice and is frozen for decades. That's just something that they made up in 1963.

Do you really think that comic book fans are a united "we" who all want the same thing?

Of course they are. You would be too if so many of your cases had some sort of connection to your personal life.

I feel like if you try to cater to comic fans who want to stick to using the source material it can easily become a "your damned if you do and damned if you don't" kind of scenario. Because say if they decided to use the original Surfer in the FF movie. Any changes to his back story, characterization or powers could open Marvel up to the same type of complaints they would get for using a different Surfer character. But if you go with someone different and lesser known, you now have a lot more options to make a movie character that works better in the context of the story you are trying to tell. And the complaints you get probably would have happened either way.

He could always sign Hogan. I also hear that Gina Carano is looking for work (and she has already done MMA and American Gladiators). After that I could totally see Vince being the guy who just hires wrestlers with name recognition from other promotions that have been let go because of drug problems (steroids or recreational) or because of too many concussions.

I hadn't really thought about that but it would be interesting to see what happens. He is supposed to be selling off his TKO shares I think so between that and his own personal fortune he would have a ton of cash to work with. I imagine the big challenge would be getting big name performers to work with him. Dwayne Johnson is probably his biggest supporter but he just got a spot on the TKO board and the Rock name back, probably in exchange for a big investment. I can't see Vince wanting to do something that wasn't big, but going big means getting big names who are ok with your scandal and wanting to work with him.

I am not sure it matters. It might be some weird confirmation bias thing but the percentage of pro football players whose families felt they had brain damage and had them examined for CTE after their deaths is already insanely high (like over 90% percent in one study). So it's not like it will change the data in any way.

Ok I guess I wasn't paying enough attention to catch that part. Either way, moving when you are an adult, and have actual stuff, is a huge pain in the ass. So her having to do that again, because of his issues and not being super angry about it was really weird.

But even if he thought he was going to win they would still need money right? They would still have legal bills to pay.

There was a lot of weird stuff this episode. Like I can't believe that Marisol wasn't super pissed that she has just moved in and Eddie said she needed to move out. Because now she has to find a new place to live which sucks. It wouldn't have surprised me if she said I'll move out, but we are done. The only story I have ever seen on TV that is anything close was The Todd on Scrubs who was a super horny super tough guy surgeon. But he eventually realized that he was so horny he didn't care if he was getting it from a guy or a woman. So it makes me think that Buck is more of a dramatic version of that where he is a guy who loves relationships and being in love and doesn't care as much of who it is with. I have never been a foster parent but I can't imagine they would really leave you on your own like that with a traumatized kid to the point where the only options are figure it out yourself or send the kid back. Because what would have happened if Hen's friend the cop hadn't helped her out. Lastly I am super disappointed they didn't get Bruce Campbell to be the guy at the beginning who couldn't control his hand.

Finished the series tonight and I thought it was really interesting in that it showed the whole venture capital/investor world wouldn't really work for something that was almost a pure R&D thing. Because it seems like they were caught in this whole snowball of needing money to pay everything but there is no actual money coming in, so you constantly need to find new and bigger investors to give you more money and attract even bigger investors. But you need to convince them that a company that has no revenue has value so you need to keep grifting and peddling bullshit. It seems like if they were just doing pure research without the worry about investors (like a university or something) they might have come up with something. But they were 10 years in and couldn't even keep the thing from blowing up. Although it was weird how Elizabeth wanted her company to be run like an internet company but ignored how a lot of the big guys built their companies. Google started by just doing search, and only expanded to other stuff like Gmail and maps once they had that nailed. Same with Amazon how they just sold books at first so they could become the biggest bookseller then expanded to other products and then other services. Even Netflix did the mail dvd thing so that they could perfect their recommendations algorithm before they launched streaming. It seems like if she had went with a machine that did one or two tests instead of dozens, it might have had a chance. One thing I did wonder about was Linda and how she couldn't find another job after working for Elizabeth. Was that real though? I mean there are a lot of lawyers who have defended a lot of people way worse than Elizabeth and they keep finding jobs. It's kind of a stereotype. So why couldn't she. That Okay bye was pretty great, both the acting and how funny it was. Although I can't believe Sunny walked away so easily, especially after sinking $20 million into the company. I did like how Tyler and Erika kind of went all in buy going on the record like they did. Because it seems like at that point the only way to stop all the legal threats and harassment is to completely nuke the company from orbit so they have no resources left to go after you.