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Tenshinhan

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  1. Kristin has mentioned that it took her a few years on the show before she "found her voice" and matured as an actress, and that she had been working to build confidence. This season was probably around the time it became most visible.
  2. I liked Kara but the writers just didn't know what to do with her. And unfortunately since Al/Miles left at the end of the season, all of her potential stories went out the window and the character never had a chance to be redeemed. Before the season started there was talk of possibly retooling the show and making Kara the lead character if Tom decided to leave. Things went differently but that might have been an interesting direction.
  3. Unfortunately since KK left Season 7 early, they had to save her final episodes until Season 8. So it does feel out of place. I agree that the story was bad. Plus they should have allowed her shorter haircut instead of those extensions.
  4. Characters and concepts like Zod and the Phantom Zone actually originated with Superboy in the comic books, not with Superman. Whereas Doomsday and Darkseid, plus Clark/Lois at the Daily Planet are definitively Superman-era plot points. But aside from that, despite the comic book concepts being brought in earlier, Seasons 8-10 seemed to be much more reliant on them instead of doing original work, is my point. That was my point. That it was the writers' lack of talent that caused it and not necessarily the length of the show. That is true about DC's tight leash, especially in the earlier seasons. However, those early seasons were much better written than the later ones, and more creative. The writers got lazy when they began to venture into the popular comic book mythos and characters.
  5. I think people should remember that the Crow is a comic book series first, and a movie second. There is definitely room for more adaptations. A new version of the Crow does not automatically mean that the original film is somehow being disrespected or insulted. The Crow is about much more than just Brandon Lee. There can be sequels and reboots that continue the story's legacy. Just so long as they are written well.
  6. That was supposed to be the real Lex, not a clone. He survived the explosion from S8 and was using the body parts from his clones to help rebuild himself.
  7. I don't think it necessarily went on for too long, it's more like the writers didn't know how to come up with original stories anymore. Sticking Clark with Lois at the Daily Planet and bringing in the Superman villains was a clear sign of that.
  8. Chloe begging Clark to go back in time to save Jimmy was at the beginning of Season 9.
  9. Lois should never have been on the show to begin with, in my opinion. It wasn't necessary. If they really wanted to, then she shouldn't have been more than a guest star. Having said that, I like Erica Durance, and think that her character was strongest in season four. Unfortunately, the show went into a different direction and the writers clearly were not interested in doing anything with the character. It was only in S8 that Lois began to get real material.
  10. Even though it was clearly a retcon, I thought that the Veritas story worked well enough. It was never outright stated that Swann and Lionel were meeting for the first time during that convo, despite the implications. And it was a nice way to tie everything together for Al/Miles as their exit storyline. I never thought Jor-El was evil, just very strict. I don't mind the writers expanding upon the comics that way. I also didn't mind the 1961 story with Jor-El, despite the Clana anvils.
  11. I agree but my point wasn't against the Donner films so much as it was against the inability to move on from them. In the fandom but especially with filmmakers. Smallville, Superman Returns, and even Man of Steel to a certain extent have had this problem. If you're going to adapt Superman, then do it your own way. No matter how successful or iconic the previous iterations may have been. None of the DC Comics characters are particularly "dark and gritty" in the first place, but I understand what you mean. Zack Snyder just knows jackshit about Superman and DC Comics, and also is not the right kind of filmmaker for these kinds of movies. I can understand the similarities, but Cap and Superman are still different characters. Especially with regards to the patriotism, which for Superman is not integral to the character and shouldn't be misrepresented as such, in my view.
  12. You think that would cost them the Oscar?
  13. Probably a Donner fanboy. Unfortunately, there are many who are simply unable to part ways with those films.
  14. Yes, movie creations. Hopefully they won't dumb down Gunn's new movie.
  15. Nah, it's got nothing to do with the characters they choose. Just really bad writing.
  16. Better not bring back Ms. Wu just to kill her off.
  17. I don't think that these movies need Spider-Man at all. They all make sense and can work just fine without him. The real problem is that Sony keeps turning out bad scripts. The effort just isn't there, unfortunately. It's a shame, because I think something like Madame Web could have ended up doing well in better hands. I'm not surprised that the Venom movies did as well as they did, given the character's popularity.
  18. What casting choices in particular are you saying have felt like a stunt? And how has the marketing played a role?
  19. I think maybe that was supposed to be a Jason anvil.
  20. They didn't have much choice, because the characters had already been introduced individually as white in solo movies. Unlike the FF, where it's immediately noticeable that everyone is white. More importantly, you had Sam Jackson in Avengers, so that was a critical factor. Without him, I don't know if they would have proceeded without any minority cast members. And it's about much more than how successful a movie may or may not turn out. I was referring to comics characters overall. The predominance of white characters reflected a racist country. It's not just about a numerical majority. A country's culture is a reflection of not just numbers, but systems of power and oppression. If one group of people has power and privilege while the other groups are marginalized and discriminated, then the numbers eventually become irrelevant. Racism played a huge part in why minorities were and are excluded in the entertainment industry. Stan Lee creating minority characters does not negate the racism inherent to the comic book industry, including in his own work. I didn't say that non-white culture is more important than white culture. I said that preserving and protecting non-white culture is more important than for white culture. White culture will be just fine if a minority actor steps into a white role. But minority cultures will suffer if whites are cast in minority roles. Even beyond the issue of comic book movies, the protection of whiteness is inherently assured by society, while non-white identity and culture is inherently vulnerable and takes care and effort to maintain.
  21. I don't think that the X-Men, Avengers, or Fantastic Four are as iconic as Batman, Superman, or Spider-Man. You would probably have an easier time changing races for them because of it. I also don't think that it was just iconicity and audience expectations that kept those characters from changing races. There were many other factors at play, such as industry standards, the character backgrounds, as well as the culture of the time, to name a few. And a big difference between the other characters and the Fantastic Four is that it is a team versus solo characters. Feige saw a whole group of white actors, not just one white actor. A white-dominated superhero team is concerning, especially if it's all-white. The US at the time was also predominantly racist. People created characters that looked like a racist country. It doesn't matter whether it was out of "meanness" or not. Black and minority culture was alive and well in the 60s, and those writers and artists made a choice to exclude it. Because society has had enough of white-dominated, white-centered, and white-identified stories and are pushing back against racial supremacy in media. It is much more important to preserve and protect non-white culture than it is to preserve white culture.
  22. I think they were referring to a different Russian, Karpov, who Sonny shot in front of Olivia. The humorous "twirl-and-shoot" killing at the Five Families meeting was a different Russian years later. Not to be confused with the *other* Russian who Sonny killed at the next Five Families meeting a couple years after that.
  23. Whiteness is about much more than just genetic ancestry. Being a white Spanish speaking Latino is different from being an English speaking white American or Western European etc. And for a major commercial studio blockbuster, casting all of the major roles with white people is definitely going to be a concern. I don't think Pascal's casting itself is necessarily the best solution, but good on Feige for recognizing the situation and attempting to address it. It's not the comic book characters and readers that Feige was concerned with. It's all of the white actors that were cast in the film roles that was the issue, along with the moviegoing audience. Movies are not the same business as comic books. Not only do you have to consider what's being portrayed in front of the camera, you also must consider who is being hired and employed as the portrayers. This is a false equivalence. There are different standards for non-whites than there are for whites. Casting a white actor for a Black character is not the same as casting a Black actor for a white character. The Beatles are real people, not fictional characters. Is changing a character's race somehow inherently disrespectful to the material? What benefits are there to having a white lead actor as Reed? Or for any of them? Will the film and characters be somehow cheapened or lessened by casting non-white actors?
  24. I have not seen Fiege say that about the team. What I did see was that Fiege reportedly saw the rest of the cast and thought that it was (understandably) "way too white". That is supposedly part of the reason they went with Pascal. I think that they may also be considering a non-white actor for Doom for the same reason. It may not be as diverse as it could be, but it is something.
  25. I thought I remember Adrienne Barbeau killing the Balkan when she slit his throat. Maybe you mean someone else?
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