Tenshinhan

Well, this is a bit unexpected. I don't think he had been sick for very long. He was still doing interviews and making appearances and such. Not really a huge fan of TAS or the DCAU, and I think that their take on Batman was overrated, but Kevin Conroy was great as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Even when the writing was shit, Conroy could still sell it. His performance is classic. Definitely iconic.

Except that the Batman is not a normal street level vigilante. It's a superhero comic. He wears a Bat costume, and he's a billionaire. Well... yes. It's just a cave that has been converted into an office and workspace.

Not really. It's a souped up car and airplane. Nothing astoundingly hi-tech. Especially compared to the 1990s comic book upgrades or the Nolan/Burton stuff. Only because that's not his gimmick, it's Batman's. And because Matt Murdock ain't rich.

There's nothing especially hi-tech about the pre-90s Batplane in my view. As well as the Batmobile and the rest. Not until the Wayne Enterprises concept began to expand in the 90s when so much was explained away with military contracts and advanced scientific research divisions and so forth.

I'm guessing that maybe the disease will turn out to be some kind of a cover story and the fall somehow killed her. Or if not then some other kind of cover up involving Jeff, maybe a pregnancy... who knows.

I would argue that most of the pre-1990s stories are relatively low-tech compared to what we see in the Nolan/Burton/Schumacher films. Maybe somewhat more high tech than in this particular film, but not hugely so in my view.

That's somewhat true, but I think that the lower-tech aspects and eras of the comics outnumbers the higher-tech stuff.

I too appreciate the more down-to-earth Batman stuff. It aligns closer with the comic books more than the super hi-tech stuff from the previous film series.

It's not a matter of perspective, really. Just look at the differences between Cameron's films and a Marvel or DC film. One is rooted in comic books, where things have to continue on endlessly and can only grow and change to a limited extent. Cameron doesn't make movies like that. It's ok to prefer one kind of empowerment to another. I don't think that is necessarily the same thing as telling women what is empowering and what's not, or that it's necessarily arrogant. Especially if it comes from a place of knowledge and understanding. Much of it depends upon what his comments actually were and how he went about expressing his views.

Cameron is right with his comments. However, he shouldn't expect anything different from these types of movies. It's just the genre. I get that he doesn't like that kind of storytelling, but there are many different ways to make movies. It's ok to be critical of something that a lot of people love.

None of this is particularly evil, in my view. Morally questionable, perhaps, but not evil. Sonny is a criminal, so he can be somewhat villainous. But again, generally speaking, most of Sonny's murders are rival mobsters and criminals.

Those people he had murdered and beaten are usually rival mobsters, so I don't think that necessarily makes Sonny some kind of evil monster. He's a criminal, yes, but that doesn't automatically make him horrible in my view.

They probably just went with Namora since Namorita is essentially the second version of the original and not necessary. Namora may not be mixed-race in this version for whatever story purposes.

That's the question, which is why the story will drag on until the writers figure it out. I find this funny because Joss is like 20 while Kristina is like 30. That's an interesting triangle. To prove just how loyal he is to Sonny. "See Boss? I want this job so bad I'm literally willing to be hung up in a freezer and cut to pieces for it! Don't you trust me??!!" Which is why I don't think it's her. That's way too obvious. She's probably just supposed to be hiding. There's way way more that they can do with the Esme character than make her a killer. It would be a serious waste of Avery Pohl's talents, not to mention all of the story threads that they have already set up with her.

I don't really think that Esme is the killer, but I'm glad she's back. I'd be shocked if Sonny doesn't keep Dex on. I can see this Michael vs Sonny story running into next year.

I see they brought back the Temp Brando from a few months ago as the inmate "Book". It was bugging me where I recognized him from.

Except it's exactly that. Curtis is a man and Trina is a woman. Responding the same way if the situation were reversed doesn't really nullify the sexism/misogyny of the original situation.

I hope once the truth comes out that Taggert and Trina both tell Curtis and Portia to stay the hell away from them forever. Then Selina Wu sets up Curtis and he is arrested publicly for his crimes by Jordan. Selina takes over the club and puts Brad in as manager. Curtis gets to spend the next twenty years in prison reflecting upon his life choices.

If Rory is the killer, wouldn't that make him some kind of psychopath? Somehow I can't see the actor playing openly psycho if the time comes.

Although she may have began as an antagonist to the Hulk, Sabra isn't a villain, and she isn't really associated with the Hulk comics as much as she is with the X-Men and the larger Marvel Universe in general.

About ten minutes on Google will make it clear as to why the Sabra character is so problematic. I believe that Marvel Studios has already released a statement suggesting that they will be re-imagining the character and taking a different approach. I certainly hope they do. I'd like to think that this is where they are going...

Maybe only every other person attacked by the killer will die. First Brando and then whoever is fourth and so on.

True, however when it's films about Blacks and other minorities then the consequences of historical inaccuracies are much worse than if it were White-centered films. So I can understand why so many are sensitive to the issue. Those kinds of people have always existed and will jump on any opportunity to distort reality in their pursuit of anti-Blackness.

Maybe it was the writers who were pushed down some stairs. Actually, that would explain a lot...

Just wanted to point out that the Oyo was a kingdom, not any kind of "tribe". I say that not to be overly critical, but for anyone else who might read this thread and doesn't understand.