swanpride

What, the democrats animated women and young people to vote? Oh the humanity!!!! Oddly I yesterday watched "The Crown", hence this segment about the state of the British Monarchie came very timely. So glad that someone with cloud pokes holes in the whole "they are a good investment" nonsense.

As always I feel it is kind of odd what they put in and what they left out this season. Ie it was really odd that they did a whole episode about Phillip exploring his "roots" in Russia while not mentioning once how Germany played into all that history they were talking about, or the utterly lack of mentioning the EU. I know, this is more about the family than the politics, but considering that they do delve in politics once a while, one has to wonder why they leave out certain things. In addition, while I enjoyed the symbolism with the ship, considering that it was never mentioned before in any other season, it was a little bit clunky that this is now supposedly an oh so important place. (The cutting off point was also off, I was expecting them to cover the whole 1990s...but I guess they are stretching the concept out as long as possible now....still it feels as if the show was basically treating water).

I guess there are always some bullet points which remain unchanged. But those are really hard to mess up. Especially when it comes to Namor, whose character has been kind of fluid. (No pun intended)

Plus, the MCU was never "faithful"...it was always their take on the comics. And that is a good thing, because otherwise, you could just read the comics.

Never was on Twitter and I don't feel like I am missing out. The important news ends up with me anyway, the other stuff I thankfully don't have to see most of the time. It will interesting to see if Musk's waning popularity will finally cause the Tesla shares be handled at a realistic worth.

Frankly, all those weapons in US Adds are disturbing. I don't think I know any developed country in which that would fly well...not even Norway, where hunting season is a big thing. If I see a politician with a gun, the last thing I would do is vote for him. Never mind the questionable visual of blowing up a ballot box...so "vote for me, but I won't care, I will destroy the ballot box anyway"? Also...why aren't those people sprouting death threats being arrested? That can't be legal, can it?

Well, I would be happy if they managed to salvage Wanda somehow....

Strangely I was very invested at the start and then just stopped watching...I will get to it, but it didn't draw me in enough to just have watch it through.

That is a BIG whatsaboutism. For one, Alex Jones has a history for being deliberately rude to court, and two, there is a big difference between saying "Yeah" instead of "Yes" or not answering at all or going off a tangent like Alex Jones does in such situations. Not to mention that Alex Jones would actually be able to afford that kind of bail.

Honestly, it looked like she was still a little bit stoned. She basically was able to put together a coherent thought. Plus, "Yeah" means "Yes", insisting that it has to be "Yes" is just dickish.

I am still mostly upset because they basically repeated the same arc she already had in WandaVision, but worse. Just because certain fans really wanted Wanda to go crazy it doesn't mean that the story would have worked with this Wanda. I actually felt that the version they did in WandaVision was great, it perfectly handled this idea in a way which allowed understanding for people who have a mental break. And then Raimi came along and ruined it. Even though there were ways to handle it better. Off the top of my mind: If you want crazy Wanda, just use a Wanda from an universe in which Monica wasn't around and she didn't get the mental support she needed. THAT could have made a point. But nope, they had to ruin which worked perfectly well.

Which is btw way too much even if you consider the seize of the US. If you go by capita, the US has more people in prison than ANY other country in the world, nearly double as many as Russia, and way, waaaaaaaaaaay more than any EU country.

Yeah, I agree. Both movies do what they do in their own way and I am happy that both exist, plus, it doesn't really make much sense to compare those movies overall, since Wonder Woman has more in common with The First Avenger than with Captain Marvel which in turn is pretty different from any other comic book movie out there. But if we discuss how feminism in movies should look like, my answer is that I personally prefer the likes of Carol Denvers or Furiosa, women which are just allowed to be what they want or need to be, and if they manage to break through structures which aims to subdue them along the way, all power for them. Wonder Woman currently doesn't provide that, because she is a chosen one character, she doesn't challenge anything because she is special by birth, hence she doesn't fall under the rules for "normal" women.

Maybe from an old birthday cake made for him? Is the German accent really THAT bad? The jokes are getting kind of old. Also, what does he think, that all the toys are making themselves? Everyone knows that Santa is busy the whole year, didn't he watch Rise of the Guardians? Why am I not surprised that again Fox News is fearmongering over something which makes life easier instead of admitting that the rise of crime might, just might, be connected to the rise of poverty (and whose policies are responsible for THAT).

That too...there is always this "the audience has no idea what is actually good" suggestion, but for one, who makes them the judges of what is universally good and what isn't and two, the audience might watch different things based on the mood. I admit, I am currently mostly in the mood for escapism, but if you don't want to provide that, what the hell are you doing working in the entertainment industry.

Regarding Wonder Woman: I actually agree that the movie was a step back compared to the WW TV-Series, but that has no relation at all to the question of Gal Gadot is beautiful or not. What annoys me about Wonder Women is more that they managed to tone down the feminism in it (I mean, what is the more awesome power fantasy, an island of women who managed to become super strong because they were able to grow their abilities unhindered by men, or an Island of women who were made to be warriors by some (male) god, what is more impressive, a character managing to fight her right to become a heroine by defeating all the other powerful women on the island or a character simply being the chosen one and don't get me started on the various spoonful of sugar they put in the movie for the male ego to allow the feminism to go down more smoothly). And that was btw a critique based on things which are actually happening in the movie (and the TV show). Notice the difference between the more general complains those directors tend to make about movies which happen to be more successful than what they put out. (Nevertheless I don't appreciate it if a man tries to tell me when I should feel empowered and when not. Though I experience usually more the opposite, when Wonder Women is presented as the movie which (suddenly, this sounded very differently when the movie was released) did "feminism right" compared to the supposedly toxic Captain Marvel, when I personally feel more empowered by the "I have nothing to proof to you" than by any other moment in any superhero movie (There are some great ones in the TV shows, though).

It's not that Cameron insults the stuff people love (though that is currently relative since apparently Phase 4 wasn't really that beloved overall), or even if he has a standing in this considering the kind of movie he makes. Michael Bay could come out with criticism and I wouldn't really mind as long as it is WELL FOUNDED criticism. What angers me is if those directors make a judgement regarding movies they obviously didn't even watch, and in this case it is particularly glaring because he claims that something doesn't happen in the movies even though it happened multiple times. Superheroes with Family/children? Oh, there is only Tony, Clint, Hank, Scott and Phastos (Let's not forget Phastos here!!!!). Superheroes who gave up on being Superheroes because of their family? Oh, there is only Tony, Clint, Hank and Phastos (Scott is there big exception here, because he is basically Superheroing because he wants to be close to his child). And granted, two of those picked up the spurs again, but again, mostly in order to protect said family (or in Tony's case, because of a certain Teenager he lost tragically). So no, I don't care for that attitude. I get someone not liking the stuff I like, or not watching the stuff I like. I mean, I will openly admit that I am not particularly into Star Wars (though I have seen enough of it to make a sound judgement about most of what was put out), or horror movies, especially splatter horror (really, what is the point to resurrect the same serial killer again and again and again, I just don't see the appeal), so if they say "I don't care for this stuff", fine with me. But if they start to make claim about the content of those movies, they better know what they are talking about. Criticism might be largely subjective, but the one objective aspect in it is what is actually part of a movie and what not.

Frankly, every director worth his salt should watch Infinity War and Endgame. Not to like it, but for research purposes. And if one bothers to watch those movies, one can see Tony giving up being a hero for years in order to be with his family. Oh, and the best James Cameron movies is naturally Titanic. Sadly he never did anything even close to that particular brilliance.

Has he actually watched the movies? I distinctively remember multiple Superheroes "hanging up their spurs" in order to be with their family. Granted, a lot of them were also forced to pick them up again by circumstances, but only to put them down again as soon as possible. In fact, the main motivation in a lot of those movies is family.

Yeah, me too. But sometimes the thing I expect is not what I need. This might be even better than a parody of the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Sadly all the bigots and racists are the most realistic part of the show...

You never realize that there is no toilet paper until it is too late...

Frankly, if they are worried about bathrooms, they should campaign for better stalls. The gaps in American stalls are riddiculous.

Do we have a reputable source by now? I refuse to speculate about something unless it has been confirmed....

Though I admit, out of her movie roles, I above all loved her in Bedknob and Broomsticks and as Gwendoline in The Jester.