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Mulva

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  1. On 1/3/2021 at 11:10 PM, Kel Varnsen said:

    The more I think about it I think I am sort of fine with the scene on its own. But the fact that the Russo bros and the writers had to try and explain it (with conflicting explanations) kind of ruined it after the fact. I mean I don't mind a movie having an open ended ending which lets you fill in the blanks for what happens next. But if you are going to make that kind of movie own the damn thing and if people ask tell them it is up to the audience to decide.

    The problem with Steve's ending is if he were in the original timeline the whole time he didn't rescue Bucky, stop Zola, prevent Tony from being orphaned, etc. which is monstrous and a complete contradiction of everything we've ever seen about him.  If he created a new timeline, he hijacked Alt!Steve's life, left the poor chump frozen, and essentially lied to Alt!Peggy everyday of their life together.  I'm sure Alt!Peggy wouldn't have been okay with idea that her Steve was an ice cube and the guy who showed up was from a parallel universe.  He doesn't come off well in either scenario.

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  2. I can understand why Steve wanted to return to the 40's, but what I don't understand is why he didn't take Bucky with him.  It's not as if Bucky has any real ties to the present.  He's just as much as a man out of time as Steve, plus he'd have the remains of HYDRA trying to recover him, along with Ross wanting to put him in the Raft, and every government and intelligence agency wanting to use him as their asset.  Why would Steve just abandon him like that?

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  3. Am I the only one who thinks that Winthrop was Marion's son?  Seriously, Pert Kelton was in her late fifties when they filmed the movie and Ron Howard looked about six.  If he was Marion's son, it would explain the gossip and Marion's wariness around men.

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  4. My UO:  The much vaunted Black Panther was just a rehash of Thor: Ragnorok.  Think about it for a minute.  Both movies featured a super duper technologically developed society with a bizarrely medieval political system.  (I keep thinking of that scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where the peasant tells the king, "that's no basis for a system of government!).  The king dies, a hitherto unknown, evil, member of the royal family shows up and usurps the throne with the intention of causing mass destruction and chaos.  then the crown prince visits daddy in the spirit realm and defeats the usurper.  It's the same picture!  

    I'm not saying it's a bad movie, it's just that I've seen it before.

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  5. On 9/4/2020 at 6:45 PM, clack said:

    Maybe a soap opera or a comic book can gradually redeem a villain over the years, but would BP2 movie goers forget that in BP1 that Killmonger was a murderous psychopath who, among other things, killed with relish museum guards just going about their jobs? 

    Having Killmonger become the Black Panther would insult everything T'Challa -- and, by extension Boseman -- stood for.

    They had no problem forgetting that Wanda originally worked for HYDRA, helped ULTRON, and only switched sides when she realized that ULTRON planned to kill her too.  And that was in the same move.

  6. 21 hours ago, Ria said:

    I can believe that Jensen stayed because he enjoyed the work and the people, he liked the security and the paycheck and he realized leaving a show is always risky. 

    But what is clearly not true is the claim by some that the show stalled his career and he lost all sorts of major roles because of his contract (which he continue to sign multiple times). Auditioning for so many big roles and not getting them is probably why he continued to sign on. If he wasn’t in big demand and not getting many major offers in his thirties, that’s unlikely to change in his 40s. If he stays with acting, his most likely roles will be as the father of rebellious drug troubled teens in Lifetime and Hallmark movies or maybe a dad role in a sitcom if he’s lucky. Maybe he will just choose to direct instead. 

    In other words, he'll have Michael Shanks's career.  Yeah, I don't see Jensen getting a major movie role at his age.

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  7. On 7/31/2019 at 3:09 PM, TrininisaScorp said:

    I realize that while I love Hiddles, I love Hiddles as Loki more than any other kind of Hiddles. LOL.  During THAT scene in Endgame, I turned to my dh and said "this is how they are going to do his series".  I would like to think the point of the series is Loki starting back at square 1 emotionally, and him learning thru a series of misadventures, snark, pain, and hilarity to be a better Loki.  

    I loved that scene.  He just grabs the Tesseract and Loki Out!

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    ITA with all of this, except I'd replace "Angry Young Man" with "Common People" by Pulp, mainly because of Lindsay Ellis' video essay on the film.

    I prefer the William Shatner version of "Common People".  No, I'm not kidding. 

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    Captain America from the Marvel movies.  First, he gives Tony a self-righteous speech about how Tony "Isn't the guy to sacrifice himself", which Tony proves wrong in the same movie by flying a nuclear bomb into a wormhole, not expecting to return.  Then, in Civil War, he drags Scot, Wanda, Sam and Clint into to his 'let's demolish an airport while shielding Bucky' crusade, then leaves them to get arrested while he and Bucky escape.  Then in Endgame, Tony sacrifices himself to save the entire universe, while Steve abandons his friends and duties to live in the past with Peggy.  Don't get me started on Cap living the apple pie life while Bucky was being tortured.

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  9. 5 hours ago, Pondlass1 said:

    Good point. I guess for the young'uns Dabb is trying to attract.  

    It wouldn't surprise me if S15 consists of Nougat Boy and two new sidekicks front and center, complete with Dabb trying to convince TPTB at the CW to continue the show after the Js are gone.

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    1 minute ago, Mulva said:

    After Adam decides to see "Willow" instead of spending Mother's Day with Beverly, he must find a way to get back into her good graces; Barry is tired of his status as middle child and fights Erica for his right to the college of his choice.

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  11. I want it to end with Sam waking up in bed with Jess and telling her about his crazy dream.  Then he hears the sound of someone breaking into his apartment . . . fade to black

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  12. My favorite part of the episode was Jack defeating Michael.  He really proved himself to be a true Winchester!  Plus, he's such a sweetheart.  He's really been an asset to the show.

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