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lol: Disney and Sony Unable to Reach Deal on Renewing Rights-Sharing Agreement Over Spider-Man; Disney/Marvel Will Go Back to Plan of SJW Characters No One Cares About
Now, this could very well just be saber-rattling. As a James Bond fan, I heard many times that Roger Moore was done with the role, before news broke that he'd just signed to do another one at for an assumedly-larger paycheck. But at the moment, Sony thinks it doesn't need Marvel to make Spider-Man work.Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige won't produce any further Spider-Man films because of an inability by Disney and Sony Pictures to reach new terms that would have given the former a co-financing stake going forward. A dispute that has taken place over the past few months at the top of Disney and Sony has essentially nixed Feige, and the future involvement of Marvel from the Spider-Man universe, sources said.
There is a lot of webbing here, but it all comes down to money, and it’s easy to understand why both sides refused to give ground. Disney asked that future Spider-Man films be a 50/50 co-financing arrangement between the studios, and there were discussions that this might extend to other films in the Spider-Man universe. Sony turned that offer down flat, and I don’t believe they even came back to the table to figure out a compromise. Led by Tom Rothman and Tony Vinciquerra, Sony just simply didn’t want to share its biggest franchise. Sony proposed keeping the arrangement going under the current terms where Marvel receives in the range of 5% of first dollar gross, sources said. Disney refused.This leaves Marvel Disney with: Iron Man dead Captain America retired and "super-aged" Black Widow dead Hawkeye retired and even when he wasn't retired, still just Hawkeye Hulk still partly controlled by Universal Spider-Man apparently departed for the sure-to-fail "Sony Spider-Man Cinematic Universe" Thor supposedly still around, but probably soon to be replaced by his gender-swapped replacement, also called "Thor" because no one would see a movie called "The Savage Sword of Jane Foster." Marvel still has: Captain Marvel, a character no one cares about played by an actress no one likes Ms. Marvel, a Muslim-American girl who can stretch and enlarge her body like Mr. Fantastic, who no one really likes The Fantastic Four, a team that has failed three times at the box office before, led by Mr. Fantastic, who no one really likes The badly damaged X-Men, a very diminished brand due to overexposure and bad movie outings The Eternals, a group of cosmic beings who never did much in sales or impact, who are complete ripoffs of DC's New Gods, another group of cosmic beings who never did much in sales or impact. Both groups were created by Jack Kirby in his declining years. Nova, a character you never heard of and for good reason too Quasar, a character who can be described as "the poor man's Nova" Pulsar, a character who could be described as "a gender- and race-swapped Quasar" Black Panther, a very overpowered and overrated character that White Liberals and Fake Geeks pretended to be totally in love with for two months Ant-Man, a character that even Marvel itself treats like an embarrassing joke and the Guardians of the Galaxy. I always thought this franchise was dumb, "science fiction" for people who don't like science fiction, "action" for Fake Geek Girls who don't like actual action, and I gotta think the public appetite for this crew is fading. Oh, and I forgot: They're reviving Blade, which people are pretending to be excited about. And rumor has it that Blade will be religion-swapped to be... duh duh duh... a Muslim. Despite the fact that characters in Marvel movies who might be expected to be Christian are never noted as such. "Christian" means, in Marvel, not really religious at all, but Blade, rumor has it, will be characterized with religious belief. There will be no religion in all of Marvel except for Islam and... well, Norse, I guess. So that's what Marvel has to work with going forward. Some old characters no one really cares about and some new characters no one's ever really liked. In unrelated yet related news, Disney's stocks slid a bit due to a whistleblower claiming that Disney had overstated its income by billions in years past.
Disney calls these charges "without merit." Which is what I call its dying Star Wars brand, but that's a separate issue.
A former Walt Disney Co. accountant says she has filed a series of whistleblower tips with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the company has materially overstated revenue for years. Sandra Kuba, formerly a senior financial analyst in Disney's DIS, -0.12% revenue-operations department who worked for the company for 18 years, alleges that employees working in the parks-and-resorts business segment systematically overstated revenue by billions of dollars by exploiting weaknesses in the company's accounting software. Kuba said she has met with officials from the SEC on several occasions to discuss the allegations. A spokeswoman for the SEC declined to comment.
... Kuba's whistleblower filings, which have been reviewed by MarketWatch, outline several ways employees allegedly boosted revenue, including recording fictitious revenue for complimentary golf rounds or for free guest promotions. Another alleged action Kuba described in her SEC filing involved recording revenue for $500 gift cards at their face value even when guests paid a discounted rate of $395.
Kuba has also alleged that employees sometimes recorded revenue twice for gift cards, both when guests bought the gift card and when it was used at a resort. Sometimes, revenue was recorded even though a gift card was given to a guest for free following a customer complaint, for instance, according to the whistleblower's allegations.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 20, 2019 05:04 PM (JUOKG)
Posted by: CliffClavin at August 20, 2019 05:04 PM (dyCMp)
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Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 20, 2019 05:06 PM (JUOKG)
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Posted by: comrade nurse ratched at August 20, 2019 05:07 PM (d7Ww2)
Posted by: ShainS -- in registry of disreputable federal law-abiding commenters at August 20, 2019 05:07 PM (k1+vk)
Huh?
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman
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I hate it and have no idea why people like it. It's like a Nickelodeon sketch show with some cheesy special effects.
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (5l6gb)
that's still Marvel's.
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: El Kabong at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (xPl2J)
Hey, I was all 'cited about some guy holding a purple thingy and a babe in green paint.
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (6qErC)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 20, 2019 05:09 PM (5l6gb)
Posted by: Maggie Horn at August 20, 2019 05:09 PM (6/uwW)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 20, 2019 05:09 PM (7jTtI)
Huh?
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman
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I hate it and have no idea why people like it. It's like a Nickelodeon sketch show with some cheesy special effects.
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM
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It's literally like some people love Monty Python and others don't get it. Same thing IMO and I love the series.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 20, 2019 05:09 PM (JUOKG)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 20, 2019 05:10 PM (CPk08)
Spiderman
Does whatever a tranny can.
Woke as fuck
Appeals to cucks --
Look out!
We ruined Spriderman.
Posted by: New Democratic Party Anthem at August 20, 2019 05:10 PM (Q3dyo)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 20, 2019 05:10 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 20, 2019 05:10 PM (O8WFE)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at August 20, 2019 05:11 PM (1g7ch)
Posted by: Someguy at August 20, 2019 05:11 PM (yOykd)
Posted by: zombie at August 20, 2019 05:11 PM (Q3dyo)
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (PbpT7)
Shirtless Chris Pratt.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 20, 2019 05:11 PM (Ez6QX)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 20, 2019 05:11 PM (5l6gb)
Posted by: El Kabong at August 20, 2019 05:11 PM (datdl)
Posted by: Jean at August 20, 2019 05:11 PM (aBDLm)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at August 20, 2019 05:12 PM (BiNEL)
Posted by: Redenzo at August 20, 2019 05:12 PM (14qvS)
Posted by: joncelli, because somebody had to at August 20, 2019 05:13 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at August 20, 2019 05:13 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Hikaru (Allie) at August 20, 2019 05:13 PM (8QqO/)
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Ms. Marvel, a Muslim-American girl who can stretch and enlarge her body like Mr. Fantastic, who no one really likes
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Oh, and I forgot: They're reviving Blade, which people are pretending to be excited about. And rumor has it that Blade will be religion-swapped to be... duh duh duh... a Muslim.
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Are both of those things real? I don't pretend to be "down" or "hip" or whatever people are saying these days, but both of those seem like terrible and unworkable ideas. Blade *was* cool - but a lot of that was Wesley Snipes. I don't know if I'd like a non-Snipes Blade - especially if it's a woke-ass "he's a Muslim now just because it's transgressive and we pathologically hate the normals and need to fix them" variant.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 20, 2019 05:13 PM (I2dne)
I hate how about 50% of the screentime of any of these comic book movies is spent setting up sequels and spinoffs. Damn it -- jut show me THIS story NOW.
Posted by: zombie at August 20, 2019 05:13 PM (Q3dyo)
Her gluteals are 'functional'.
Posted by: Brie's co-stars at August 20, 2019 05:13 PM (rxbgV)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 20, 2019 05:13 PM (6qErC)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 20, 2019 05:14 PM (5l6gb)
Disney Writer: "Let's just reboot the character for the fifth time in the last 14 years with a new actor and redo the Origin Story!"
DisEx: "Won't that be difficult with today's super-clever, picky and discerning movie-goers?!?!"
DisWrit: "Nope, Super Easy, Barely An Inconvenience(tm)!"
DisEx: "Endlessly rebooting characters and reshooting Origin Stories every 1.75 years is TIGHT!"
Posted by: Sharkman at August 20, 2019 05:14 PM (S6rpg)
Posted by: zombie at August 20, 2019 05:14 PM (Q3dyo)
Posted by: Lurking Lurker - Not In My Purview at August 20, 2019 05:14 PM (FiUMj)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 20, 2019 05:14 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 20, 2019 05:09 PM (JUOKG)
Good example.
I love Guardians. I think part of it is that I've never been a part of the comic book thing. Not because of any kind of sniffy I'm-above-such-trivialities, but simply be cause I didn't get into it.
May explain why I like those movies without comparing it to other things.
I seriously doubt I'll ever bother watching the majority of these, because my list of dumb but fun movies is already long enough.
And frankly, the SJW aspect of all this is infuriating.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 20, 2019 05:14 PM (xPJvm)
Posted by: Goofy at August 20, 2019 05:15 PM (V4+zP)
Spider-man Far From Home, was pretty good. But I don't feel like a Marvel superfan anymore. The bloom is off the rose.
10 years is a good run.
Posted by: Max Power at August 20, 2019 05:15 PM (q177U)
Posted by: yankeefifith at August 20, 2019 05:15 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (Mevy0)
Why Hasn't The Cockcusking Secret Service Investigated And/Or Charged That Illinois State Senator For His Threat Against The President's Life?
Posted by: Soothsayer Fake Commenter at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (wM5Dx)
Posted by: Ostar at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (gc83Y)
Posted by: Xipe Totec at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (7jTtI)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (CQ3Qb)
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (PbpT7)
That's just...WRONG.
How can you not love a feral raccoon with an automatic rifle?
Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (ltuaO)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM
"Flamer ... on! And I look fabulous!"
Posted by: Johnny "Lance" Storm at August 20, 2019 05:17 PM (rxbgV)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 20, 2019 05:17 PM (Z+IKu)
Oopsy -- "Mantis" movie, not "Manta."
Posted by: zombie at August 20, 2019 05:14 PM (Q3dyo)
No no, you were right. Manta is the retarded Aquaman person, Mantis is the retarded GotG person.
Liked her in the Silver Surfer comics.
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at August 20, 2019 05:17 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: MAGA at August 20, 2019 05:17 PM (6fPrQ)
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 20, 2019 05:11 PM (Ez6QX)
{cough} Certainly doesn't hurt. :-)
Posted by: Ann at August 20, 2019 05:17 PM (NDO5Q)
never played a vid game
never read a comic book
I have no idea who these characters are
positive I don't care
Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2019 05:17 PM (+8+gB)
Posted by: Dr. Mantis Toboggan at August 20, 2019 05:18 PM (PbpT7)
proceed.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 20, 2019 05:18 PM (Pg+x7)
you see it is still four but it is more too
Posted by: yankeefifith at August 20, 2019 05:18 PM (HALdu)
Things I do not give a shit about. I watch want I want to watch on my own terms.
The whole "Comic Book" genre is crap. Ruined by dumb fuckers who never read the originals. May they rot in hell.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2019 05:18 PM (3H9h1)
Posted by: MAGA at August 20, 2019 05:18 PM (6fPrQ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 20, 2019 05:18 PM (HaL55)
And Mathis is a pretty decent crooner
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 20, 2019 05:19 PM (6qErC)
Posted by: Sooner at August 20, 2019 05:19 PM (amER0)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (+y/Ru)
Consider me intrigued.
Posted by: Someguy at August 20, 2019 05:19 PM (yOykd)
Posted by: Hikaru (Allie) at August 20, 2019 05:19 PM (8QqO/)
never played a vid game
never read a comic book
I have no idea who these characters are
positive I don't care
Posted by: REDACTED at A
you need to take a break from the hardcore and introduce some variety into your routine
Posted by: yankeefifith at August 20, 2019 05:20 PM (HALdu)
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A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal said that GE's books are an Endon level fraud.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 20, 2019 05:20 PM (+y/Ru)
If their movies are like this crap I'm happy about not supporting Disney or Hollywood in general.
I will still watch movies from the golden age of Hollywood. Eyes wide open knowing that most of the actors are probably perverts.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 20, 2019 05:20 PM (N3JsI)
The SEC thing is interesting. Accounting fraud is treated pretty
seriously. That would have to be a pretty systemic practice for it to
amount to billions of dollars though.
Posted by: Someguy at August 20, 2019 05:11 PM (yOykd)
Nonsense. The SEC has maybe 300 full-time lawyers on staff to oversee something like 20,000 publicly-traded tickers, each filing between 250-1000 pages of financial data per year. They are overwhelmed. How many people went to jail over the blatant frauds that lead to the 2008 crash? One person? The OTC market thrives every day on outright fraudulent pump-and-dump scams. Elon Musk has single-handedly shown how useless the SEC is. He should've been barred and\or prosecuted by the DOJ half a dozen times in the past 5 years.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 20, 2019 05:20 PM (CQ3Qb)
Posted by: yankeefifith at August 20, 2019 05:20 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: Max Power at August 20, 2019 05:15 PM (q177U)
++++++++++
Character fatigue is real. They've been pumping these out at a rapid clip for a long time now. Superhero movies got a new lease life on with the early-2000s X-Men. It was a breath of fresh air. It showed that superhero movies didn't have to be like they were in the (campy) 90s or go over the top weird like Ang Lee's Hulk. X-Men and X-2 stand alone as good movies in their own right.
Then spend a decade dialing it in and ramping up enthusiasm.
Then exploit that enthusiasm for a decade. No one should think that goes on forever. The characters and stories are tapped out now.
The real winners were Marvel executives - they sold to Disney dear the peak.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 20, 2019 05:20 PM (I2dne)
All I have to say is LOLGF.
Posted by: Gmac - Winning never gets old, like me ... But I'm still winning dammit! at August 20, 2019 05:20 PM (qZdIZ)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at August 20, 2019 05:20 PM (wGqjj)
Oh and Daredevil, but its pretty obvious his faith is more just "my mom is a nun"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 05:21 PM (KZzsI)
I disagree with Ace about the Guardians movies, they were excellent if you don't mind silly, corny humor. They are basically space musicals.
Posted by: Max Power at August 20, 2019 05:21 PM (q177U)
Because that's basically what they did with Norse paganism, and I didn't see any Odinists (except for one buddy of mine) get pissed about it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 20, 2019 05:21 PM (Ct55T)
Posted by: SH at August 20, 2019 05:21 PM (qBbz7)
The whole Marvel vs DC vs Disney thing is beyond me. All I know is, I like Antman and Deadpool because they're funny, and I may check out Thor because I heard it's also witty. And Star Wars is dead to me.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2019 05:21 PM (dstcr)
Posted by: simplemind at August 20, 2019 05:22 PM (VY4bA)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 20, 2019 05:22 PM (O8WFE)
Re: Taylor Swift.
Taylor is what you get when you indulge your 14 year old daughter who dreams of being a rock star and songwriter by moving your family, sans Dad who still has to work to provide for the family, to Nashville. You then allow her to sit with adult males into the wee hours writing songs, talking about life, and dragging on joints, etc. By the time she's sixteen, your a stage mom, dragging along while she opens concerts for people such as Toby Keith. And then she becomes this big , ungodly wealthy recording artist, whose entire teenage years were obliterated so she appears to this day to be trapped in perpetual 17 year old boys are awful type of emotional stagnation.
She can't stay involved with anyone for more than a few months, it always ends in hysterics and a song describing what an asshole she dated. So now she's gone into politicking, and believing she knows about a world in which she herself, since age 14 has only known within the ability to buy whatever she wants, wear high fashion, buy mansions, defy record labels, music distributors, etc. drive fancy cars and have a cadre of help catering to her every whim.
She is no different than other "child stars" who are screwed up, other than she hasn't jumped on a wrecking ball naked, bragged about her abortions, cut her hair off with a set of clippers before she ran into the street, etc.
But it's coming.
Posted by: Jen the original at August 20, 2019 05:17 PM (6rjhq)
Posted by: Jen the original at August 20, 2019 05:22 PM (6rjhq)
Posted by: yankeefifith at August 20, 2019 05:22 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: dantesed at August 20, 2019 05:22 PM (88xKn)
Posted by: CHunk Hunger at August 20, 2019 05:23 PM (sN9mD)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 20, 2019 05:23 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: SH at August 20, 2019 05:23 PM (qBbz7)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 20, 2019 05:23 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 20, 2019 05:24 PM (O8WFE)
My former company never could emulate GE and I'm happy to say that it is trading in the $140 range where GE is blowing chunks! Good for my pension.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 20, 2019 05:24 PM (N3JsI)
I know what the Marvel execs are about, they never really liked those old characters. Not the current crop of millennial douchebags in charge today. They are glad those old characters are gone and out of the way.
The problem is, people really only liked the Avengers, and mostly because of Iron Man, Captain America, and the Hulk.
Ant Man movies are fun (at least the first one was) but they aren't big earners. Who's left after that? The rapidly approaching her shelf life Black Widow who only ever had one good scene and struggles to beat up normies? Falcon, who is Captain America's crappy sidekick with wings that crap out regularly? They have really screwed the pooch with this move and I think they'll start to feel it soon.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 05:24 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: SH at August 20, 2019 05:25 PM (qBbz7)
Posted by: teh Wind at August 20, 2019 05:25 PM (apyTf)
My former company never could emulate GE and I'm happy to say that it is trading in the $140 range where GE is blowing chunks! Good for my pension.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at A
the guy was hired to do research by a short seller, however, he was also the guy that blew the whistle on madoff.
Posted by: yankeefifith at August 20, 2019 05:26 PM (HALdu)
Hmmm. I don't get overstating revenue. Must be a stock market thing.
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 20, 2019 05:26 PM (Dhht7)
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (PbpT7)
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My family assured me that I would love the movies because it features the era of music I grew up with.
Yep.
It was still dumb.
Sequel also dumb.
But Disney was willing to rehab the guy with the sick sense of humor because dollars matter than morals, and they're totally out of both.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2019 05:26 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 20, 2019 05:26 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 20, 2019 05:26 PM (5l6gb)
( take that back, I liked the first Iron Man too)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at August 20, 2019 05:26 PM (+bKWx)
Huh?
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 20, 2019 05:06 PM (JUOKG)
It's 12 year-old humor. Parts are okay, but for the most part the movies are simply too stupid. I agree with the ewok.
Posted by: WOPR - Ewoks, it's like Chuck Norris went to Build-A-Bear and built a super army at August 20, 2019 05:26 PM (J70i0)
@DrREpstein
#Hillary has long depended on #Google for both money & votes. Her largest donor in 2016 was Alphabet/Google. Her Chief Technology Officer during the campaign was Stephanie Hannon, a former Google exec. And then there's #EricSchmidt, longtime head of Google - the guy in the pic:
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 20, 2019 05:26 PM (BqBId)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (Pg+x7)
Posted by: Sporkatus at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (CGB5H)
Hard to say with this since "Hollywood Accounting" keeps several sets of books;
One to show the IRS and CA Franchise Tax Board, one to show the writers, both showing "losses"
One for the banks and SEC to show revenues are kicking ass.
One for the general public because no matter what Disney does to piss you off, they show those books and say LOLGF
Posted by: kbdabear at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (qAR6u)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (N3JsI)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Sooner at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (amER0)
Posted by: yankeefifith at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (HALdu)
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at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 20, 2019 05:28 PM (6qErC)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 20, 2019 05:28 PM (Pg+x7)
Twenty three cities in Texas are under ransom ware attack. They have not paid the ransom; however, the Governor Abbott has called upon the Texas Military Department, Texas A&M University System's Cyberresponse and Security Operations Center, Texas A&M Information Technology and Electronic Crime Unit, also FEMA and DHS.
It has been deemed a level 2 threat which is beyond the scope of local jurisdictions.
Texas Rangers ask, what are we chopped liver?
Posted by: Braenyard at August 20, 2019 05:28 PM (nuOac)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at A
not sure what ge's financial reserves are, but as much difficulty as they are having it would make sense that they were playing fast and loose
Posted by: yankeefifith at August 20, 2019 05:28 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 05:29 PM (KZzsI)
Die Spiderman, Die whoever the hell is in Star Wars now, Die foul mouthed raccoon, all of you die. Die, die die. In a grease fire. A grease fire inside of It's a Small World where the music never ends.
I'm a bit sad that I'll never go back to Disneyland, but it's really not there anymore. I've got my memories. Just make sure anything you lovee you've got actual physical copies of, because that's next.
The movies, the books, all that digital stuff you think you own... The cloud will start dry humping it.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 20, 2019 05:29 PM (imEOB)
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 20, 2019 05:29 PM (CPk08)
There was an old SNL skit that lampooned all the various stupid superheroes.
Belushi was the hulk, of course.
Posted by: E buzz the Reverend at August 20, 2019 05:29 PM (S4bTp)
Posted by: SH at August 20, 2019 05:29 PM (qBbz7)
It doesn't take a genius to know Brie Larson isn't bankable and their reducing her role in the infinity war part 2 suggests they know that and then they trot out even worse ideas.
WTF?
Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 20, 2019 05:29 PM (ltuaO)
Posted by: redc1c4 at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (EOMoX)
Thor and Valkyrie had some chemistry, I am sad they are killing any chance of that in the Lady Thor movie by making her char gay. I guess I am not Woke enough. Natalie Portman is going to be insufferable.
Posted by: LizLem at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (hvf9s)
"I've got a ggg-g-good brain..." - Simple Joe
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M - O - O - N. That spells president!
Posted by: Joe Biden at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (+y/Ru)
Make copyright law like patents, 20 years. Then it's public domain.
It's honestly a winning issue, but hand GOP-e a $1,000 check and they'll swear money is better than votes.
Posted by: Blago at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (zuvmW)
Posted by: Max Power at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (q177U)
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Not exactly. Ice Man is now openly gay and if we're going by the comics, the movie would be all about that.
Posted by: Chunk Hunger at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (sN9mD)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (oVJmc)
connected to a short trader. This one needs to sort itself out.
I read that too. Sour grapes. I don't like that accusations can drop the market like that. You know they will wreck it if they can just to fvck Trump. I'm thinking of pulling everything out until Trump gets in again.
Posted by: dartist at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (K22Va)
But the lowest common denominator usually wins out over anything with any sort of intelligence in Hollyweird anymore.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (HaL55)
Ok, Antman too. Antman almost being run over by Thomas the Train. Heh. Now that was funny.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (Kpl3J)
The Pepe the Frog Cinematic Universe is poised for a major, major launch!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (pNxlR)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (Pg+x7)
Disney spent billions and billions on Star Wars
What did they do with it?
Ruined the entire goddamned thing.
How is the a good business deal again? Awful
Posted by: E buzz the Reverend at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (S4bTp)
Seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face, but it's Disney
Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (EkO2d)
Yeah, they are a lot better. DC does their animated stuff FAR better than live action.
But the, Earth's Mightiest Heroes Avengers was way better than the movies too so...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (O8WFE)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (Mevy0)
The RLM guys said it actually wasn't too bad for the budget. It had a story and worked within its constraints. Pretty much the definition of a Corman film.
Posted by: WOPR - Ewoks, it's like Chuck Norris went to Build-A-Bear and built a super army at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (J70i0)
Absolutely nobody cared about The Guardians of the Galaxy until the first movie came out. Then they became a big deal.
So it's possible that with the right actors and the right movies that Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Nova, and the others could all become characters we like or even love. But at this point it looks very unlikely.
We've already had a Captain Marvel movie and it wasn't as horrible as the anti-fanboys were claiming, but it wasn't really that great. I'd predict that will be the pattern going forward... technically competent movies with good special effects, but not that great performances and not that great scripts. The MFM will try to whip up enthusiasm but it will burn out quickly as there won't be much actual love for the new characters and movies.
They've still got Doctor Strange and they haven't screwed him up yet. (I'd like to see them introduce Clea, Dr. Strange's love interest. But Ya Boi Zack has observed that modern Marvel can't seem to ever do anything with heterosexual romance.)
I never would have thought of Thor as being suited for comedy films, but they went down that road and... it worked. So they will do more of that. I'm on board.
They will be introducing Lady Thor. (Cue the SJWs shouting "She's not Lady Thor, she's just Thor!!!!") Whether I hate this or not will depend entirely on the script. At the moment, I'm not expecting it to be great.
Returning to this Sony news, I'm wondering if Marvel will now try to do something with Miles Morales, the half-black and half-Hispanic iteration of Spider-Man. Enter the Spiderverse did well and the character is generally well-received, so they might go for it and it might not suck.
I don't think it's guaranteed that Marvel movies are all going to suck going forward, but I wouldn't bet they are all going to be great or even good.
Posted by: mr_jack at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (57l0O)
Peter Fucking Quill is my spirit animal.
Guy shots people, bangs alien hotties and has his own spaceship.
But...yeah, Marvel had a HELL of a good 10 year run.
And now it's over and it's SJW crap on the horizon for years to come. Not to mention liberal pedo-curious James Gunn being able to escape consequences that's ended many a career.
Ah well.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (bcbK8)
Would take some balls for him to take on Brett. who's a stiff
Posted by: REDACTED at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (+8+gB)
Our legislatures are packed full of the mentally ill. Perhaps we should be, oh I don't know, a bit more selective?
Posted by: MAGA nana mouse at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (LINkS)
So are they going to claim that in "marvel universe" Islam, that Allah
is really just an alien, and that Mohammad is a Chinese guy?
Because that's basically what they did with Norse paganism, and I
didn't see any Odinists (except for one buddy of mine) get pissed about
it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 20, 2019 05:21 PM (Ct55T)
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Muslim Blade is going to be LIT, I tell you!
Muslims will thrill to having one of their co-religionists drink blood (just like the you-know-whoos).
Nope, no outrage over him getting blood on his prayer rug or anything.
How does Ramadan work for him, anyway? He's always eating after sundown.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: taytay's penis at August 20, 2019 05:32 PM (QwmrN)
Yeah that was a JK Rowling-level retcon if there ever was one. Out of the blue, just to have a homo character, they totally reverse the guy's past.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 05:32 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:32 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:32 PM (XkX6f)
Posted by: brak at August 20, 2019 05:32 PM (4U+CB)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 20, 2019 05:10 PM (KP5rU)
I just want to highlight this.
The man has a gift.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:33 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Northstar's first gay boyfriend at August 20, 2019 05:33 PM (PbpT7)
Posted by: Soothsayer Fake Commenter at August 20, 2019 05:33 PM (wM5Dx)
Alrighty! A muslim vampire.
Say, any characters that appeal to the Chinese market. That seems to be a "ting" nowadays in order to appeal to the Chinese audience.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 20, 2019 05:33 PM (bDqIh)
off the original characters, is that Lucas got a cut of any movies with
them in it.
Seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face, but it's Disney
Posted by: I'm the Honey Badger, BITCH! at August 20, 2019 05:30 PM (EkO2d)
I tend to believe that rumor. Why they didn't work our a trilogy where the old characters slowly fade out while handing the baton to the new characters I'll never know.
Posted by: WOPR - Ewoks, it's like Chuck Norris went to Build-A-Bear and built a super army at August 20, 2019 05:33 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 05:33 PM (KZzsI)
Roger Corman made the best Fantastic Four.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2019 05:16 PM (Mevy0)
The
RLM guys said it actually wasn't too bad for the budget. It had a story
and worked within its constraints. Pretty much the definition of a
Corman film.
Posted by: WOPR - Ewoks, it's like Chuck Norris went to Build-A-Bear and built a super army at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (J70i0)
I have a bootleg copy on VHS of the final cut, actually a lot better than the other crap. But its Corman, small budget and big boobs.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at August 20, 2019 05:33 PM (5l6gb)
Posted by: Soothsayer Fake Commenter at August 20, 2019 05:34 PM (wM5Dx)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 05:29 PM (KZzsI)
Stupid in what way and compared to what? Other superhero movies? I find it hilarious that fans of superhero movies think other superhero movies are stupid. Not you specifically but in general.
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at August 20, 2019 05:34 PM (+bKWx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:34 PM (XkX6f)
Yeah, Marvel's Cinematic Universe peaked with Endgame, but like so many franchises, they HAVE to try to wring every last dollar out of it instead of going out on top.
You'd think after they put Star Wars in a grave (hat tip to Red Letter Media) they might have learned ...
LOL NOPE!
Posted by: acethepug at August 20, 2019 05:34 PM (zHVcO)
Shhhh, don't you know Black Panther was the first black superhero film ever? Stop ruining the narrative, jeez!! That also goes for Halle Berry Catwoman.
I hate they are obviously making Blade Muslim because the actor is Muslim. It's called ACTING, do it!
Posted by: LizLem at August 20, 2019 05:34 PM (hvf9s)
never played a vid game
never read a comic book
okay any teen like that whacked off for 20 hours every day.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 05:34 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Obi Bland at August 20, 2019 05:35 PM (DuZls)
Yeah, Thor isn't a job. Its not a costume you put on. That's his name.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 05:35 PM (KZzsI)
@DrREpstein
#Hillary has long depended on #Google for both money & votes. Her largest donor in 2016 was Alphabet/Google. Her Chief Technology Officer during the campaign was Stephanie Hannon, a former Google exec. And then there's #EricSchmidt, longtime head of Google - the guy in the pic:
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 20, 2019 05:26 PM (BqBId)
He also said Google was responsible for between 2,000,000 and 6,000,000 votes for Hillary in the 2016 election. For certain. _Math
Posted by: Braenyard at August 20, 2019 05:35 PM (nuOac)
Needs a catchy name though.....
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 20, 2019 05:35 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (dstcr)
I love Blade. It would be hard to make a cool new Blade with a cool new twist, because there aren't any cool new young black actors like Denzel or Wesley or Idris to stuff into the costume.
But if the twist is "Blade goes to prison and converts to Islam, so he now has to smash the white Vampire patriarchy in the name of Feminist Allah," I swear I'll puke all over myself.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (eGEVz)
R rated, definitely.
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (qC1Sy)
Meh. I wanted to like it more than I did.
The premise was good.
A buncha Joe Lunchboxes take on asshole pseudo-superheroes and kill/incapacitate them as revenge
for the damage the "heroes wrought in their lives.
So-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o slo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ow.
It turned into a v-e-e-e-e-e-r-r-r-r-ry slo-o-o-o-o-o-ow soap opera, instead of the action thriller promised by the trailers.
Already, needs a complete rewrite and reboot.
Blarg.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (SHtRW)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy
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Similar to to that incredible waster of time called video games. What's worse? The YouTube craze of WATCHING a livestream of someone playing a video game. This is beyond Idiocracy.
Posted by: MAGA nana mouse at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (LINkS)
Posted by: yankeefifith at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (HALdu)
Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (CMq2e)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 20, 2019 05:37 PM (oVJmc)
Being a sci-fi/hardware/gearhead geek, I'd like to see a Magnus, Robot Fighter flick. It'd prolly need to be all CGI, but it could be done by someone with some imagination and good storytelling skills...
Aw shit, forget it. There's nobody in Hollyweird like that these days. What was I thinking?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy - #PurgeProgressivism at August 20, 2019 05:37 PM (HaL55)
Posted by: Puddleglum at August 20, 2019 05:37 PM (H46wA)
Posted by: KungPow at August 20, 2019 05:37 PM (3Idu1)
Posted by: Braenyard at August 20, 2019 05:38 PM (nuOac)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 20, 2019 05:38 PM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Rather Not at August 20, 2019 05:38 PM (oPogG)
R rated, definitely.
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (qC1Sy)
Meh. I wanted to like it more than I did.
The premise was good.
A buncha Joe Lunchboxes take on asshole pseudo-superheroes and kill/incapacitate them as revenge
for the damage the "heroes wrought in their lives.
So-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o slo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ow.
It turned into a v-e-e-e-e-e-r-r-r-r-ry slo-o-o-o-o-o-ow soap opera, instead of the action thriller promised by the trailers.
Already, needs a complete rewrite and reboot.
Blarg.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (SHtRW)
The Boys was created by Garth Ennis, who wrote Preacher and hates heroes. Not just superheroes, but the idea of heroism. There is nothing and no one to root for in The Boys and that's despite having the mighty and amazing Karl Urban in it.
He's cancer.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:38 PM (bcbK8)
Muslim blade is gonna be played by Ilahn Omar. I KEEEL YOU!!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (Kpl3J)
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Yep, a guy who slices people open for Allah will now be considered a positive role model, amirite?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2019 05:38 PM (cfSRQ)
C'mon! That's a deer Thor!
Posted by: Axeman at August 20, 2019 05:38 PM (DuZls)
Already, needs a complete rewrite and reboot.
Blarg.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2019 05:36 PM (SHtRW)
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Ah, darn it. My wife and I didn't get that far into it. The first few were okay but we moved on.
Figures.
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 20, 2019 05:38 PM (qC1Sy)
https://tinyurl.com/y352mvzo
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 20, 2019 05:39 PM (vEIlU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:39 PM (XkX6f)
Posted by: vivi at August 20, 2019 05:39 PM (11H2y)
At the time I said Wesley Snipes must be pissed.
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at August 20, 2019 05:40 PM (+bKWx)
Needs a catchy name though.....
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Millipedo?
Posted by: Chunk Hunger at August 20, 2019 05:40 PM (sN9mD)
Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at August 20, 2019 05:40 PM (RKQ/v)
According to Ya Boi Zack (and the comic pages he showed) Iceman became, overnight, for no obvious reason, 100% flaming mincing obnoxious stereotype gay. His parents reacted like it was still the 1950's. And he acted like a horrible jerk. It's all just horrible writing.
Zack pointed out that we have decades of thought bubbles showing what Iceman was thinking, and those thought bubbles established him pretty firmly as heterosexual. Zack suggested that making Iceman bisexual would have been more plausible, but this is SJW Marvel so forget plausible; go full virtue-signaling SJW.
By the way, it has already been leaked that Valkyrie (from Thor: Ragnarok and briefly in Avengers: Endgame) is a lesbian and will have some kind of female love interest. Sure, why not. But will there be any heterosexual love interest characters going forward? Will Captain Marvel turn out to be gay for Monica Rambeau? If they bring Ms. Marvel to the big screen will they also bring along her crew of sidekicks, of whom roughly 40% are lesbians?
Posted by: mr_jack at August 20, 2019 05:40 PM (57l0O)
During one of the roughly 8,005 rebrandings/reboots/reshuffles/universe shifts Marvel has done since the 1960's, that changed and Thor became the actual Thor and Donald Blake was just his human disguise, and then I believe that alter ego basically got thrown into the ashbin at some point.
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 05:29 PM (KZzsI) Stupid in what way and compared to what? Other superhero movies? I find it hilarious that fans of superhero movies think other superhero movies are stupid. Not you specifically but in general.
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at August 20, 2019 05:34 PM (+bKWx)
I would say GOTG and Thor 3 are a little irreverant, as is Ant Man, to the "Muh Mythos!" side of the Marvel canon. They got to be a little quirky and off kilter compared to the other films in the series. I still think the Jackson Pollock joke is hilarious and disgusting.
But because GOTG franchise has made a ton of money, and because of James Gunn's very strange personal behavior almost imploding the franchise, I suspect the director will not have as long a leash as he did on previous films. So we will see if GOTG 3 gets to be its quirky weirdo self, off in its own universe, or gets sucked into the Marvel Borg.
Posted by: LizLem at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (dstcr)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2019 05:38 PM (cfSRQ)
Oh I already figured it out! All of the top Vampires are going to be JOOOSSS!!!! and they're going to disguise their activities by utilizing their ownership of all of the worlds banks, and their secret control over all of the worlds governments! Only Muslim Blade can save the world from the Elders of Zion!!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Puddleglum at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (H46wA)
Yup, blood from any source is totally haram for muslims.
Posted by: KungPow at August 20, 2019 05:37 PM (3Idu1)
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Since when has Hollywood cared about getting religious details right?
They'll probably make him drink pig's blood because he's too righteous to drink the blood of humans.
His nemesis will be named Shlomo Rabbinowitz.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (cfSRQ)
The Boys was created by Garth Ennis, who wrote Preacher and hates heroes. Not just superheroes, but the idea of heroism. There is nothing and no one to root for in The Boys and that's despite having the mighty and amazing Karl Urban in it.
He's cancer.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards,
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The guy REALLY hates Christianity. And they make sure to throw that in there even though it has absolutely nothing to do with the story.
I'd give the TV series maybe a C+, some episodes I genuinely enjoyed and it was a cool concept, but as a whole it was something of a misfire for me.
Posted by: Blago at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (zuvmW)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 20, 2019 05:42 PM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:42 PM (XkX6f)
She was, repeat *was*, incredibly smart to avoid all that politicking.
Now? The bottom's gonna fall out.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 20, 2019 05:42 PM (ijEPD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:39 PM (XkX6f)
I had a serious crush on Magik in her teenaged version.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:43 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Ostar at August 20, 2019 05:43 PM (gc83Y)
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I sort of like this.
Is he a female genitalia surgeon of some sort?
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 05:43 PM (A8W5E)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 20, 2019 05:42 PM (ijEPD)
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You're telling me.
Posted by: Brie Larson in chaps at August 20, 2019 05:43 PM (DuZls)
Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2019 05:43 PM (BbGew)
just curious, but, as a chronological adult who never got into this shit as a kid, why do i give even the smallest of fucks about this "issue", other than hoping everyone involved in it goes broke?
Posted by: redc1c4
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I'm with you. Well, except the creators of the *funny* superheroes, Antman, Deadpool, and (with LizLem's caveats) Thor.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2019 05:43 PM (dstcr)
A muslim Blade vs a magically reincarnated Vlad the Impaler...now that film would actually interest me!
Posted by: LizLem at August 20, 2019 05:44 PM (hvf9s)
OT
I'm detecting a slow news week and I am beyond ready for something to Happen.
Barron Trump got 3 scoops of ice cream!
Posted by: dantesed at August 20, 2019 05:44 PM (88xKn)
For instance, vampires are Romanian and specifically fought with Christian crosses and holy water. What the heck does one use to fight a muslim vampire?
Or are they really going there: a muslim vampire turned vampire-hunter who kills evil vampires who were originally Christian??? That's the opposite of Vlad (the Impaler} Dracula killing muslim invaders - insulting, no?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 20, 2019 05:44 PM (bDqIh)
Thanks for that ace!
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 20, 2019 05:44 PM (kI/3T)
Posted by: Ostar at August 20, 2019 05:43 PM (gc83Y)
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What story? We just want to fight Evil and tell our truths!
Posted by: The Entire Marvel Writing Staff at August 20, 2019 05:44 PM (DuZls)
Actually, it would surprise me if they did that, but I never would have entertained the idea at all in the past.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 20, 2019 05:44 PM (l9m7l)
"Superheroes are assholes" was done better in Watchmen.
However, I like the Boys. It's a thinly-veiled treatise on fame and the privilege that comes with that.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (ijEPD)
Fox at 5 - CDC looking into vaping causing cancer
Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (BbGew)
Posted by: Blago at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (zuvmW)
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Probably a pretty good summation.
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (qC1Sy)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:38 PM (bcbK
Yeah, Karl Urban is great in everything he does.
How come this guy doesn't get more work?
Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (SHtRW)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 20, 2019 05:39 PM (vEIlU)
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They need to make a show out of Marshall Law.
It's the only comic I ever collected.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (A8W5E)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 20, 2019 05:42 PM (oZ6kz)
Actually that would have been BLAKULA!
SCREAM, BLAKULA, SCREAM!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (XkX6f)
Posted by: Max Power at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (q177U)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (6eEQ+)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (A8W5E)
The Boys was created by Garth Ennis, who wrote Preacher and hates heroes. Not just superheroes, but the idea of heroism. There is nothing and no one to root for in The Boys and that's despite having the mighty and amazing Karl Urban in it.
He's cancer.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards,
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The guy REALLY hates Christianity. And they make sure to throw that in there even though it has absolutely nothing to do with the story.
I'd give the TV series maybe a C+, some episodes I genuinely enjoyed and it was a cool concept, but as a whole it was something of a misfire for me.
Posted by: Blago at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (zuvmW)
Jah.
I say Garth Ennis is cancer because when I say he's evil, no one pays attention to the word. But people get cancer. Cancer is evil. Fuck cancer.
And fuck Garth Ennis with a splintered fence post. The guy ruins everything he touches.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:46 PM (bcbK8)
And now it's over and it's SJW crap on the horizon for years to come. Not to mention liberal pedo-curious James Gunn being able to escape consequences that's ended many a career.
...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:31 PM (bcbK
+++++++++++
I think that 10-year run caused it. They made umpteen billions over that decade and enthusiasm has started to flag. Audiences are burned out on it. I liked Iron Man but I got my fill and didn't watch the rest of them - and I imagine that I am not the only one.
I suspect that Disney is looking at the eye-watering sum they paid for Marvel Studios (and Lucasfilm, etc.), assessing it in light of flagging audience delight, and rolling the dice on "subverting expectations" and "getting woke" to keep the money rolling in.
If it doesn't work, they probably aren't actually losing much compared to the natural downtrend and all the press keeps them in the conversation - good, bad or indifferent.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 20, 2019 05:46 PM (I2dne)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 05:46 PM (A8W5E)
Posted by: The Notorious RBG at August 20, 2019 05:46 PM (bAEZD)
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The Decapitator! His catch phrase is, "Djew wanna dance?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 20, 2019 05:47 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:47 PM (XkX6f)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 20, 2019 05:47 PM (6qErC)
Needs a catchy name though.....
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Juicy Juvenile Jaunts with Jeffrey?
Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 20, 2019 05:48 PM (k4dH2)
fought with Christian crosses and holy water. What the heck does one
use to fight a muslim vampire?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 20, 2019 05:44 PM (bDqIh)
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Pork.
And Hellfire missiles.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2019 05:48 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 05:48 PM (A8W5E)
This fight is fixed for sure!
Posted by: Axeman at August 20, 2019 05:48 PM (DuZls)
How come this guy doesn't get more work?
Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2019 05:45 PM (SHtRW)
I watched Priest on the tube last week. I think it got a 10% rotten tomatoes rating. It wasn't that bad . I watched the whole thing and didn't wish I had my time back. ( I like all vampire movies though)
Posted by: Pig to man dreaming of lions at August 20, 2019 05:48 PM (+bKWx)
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Frank Zappa's kid has super powers?!!
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 05:46 PM (A8W5E)
They want to appeal to the Far East market, so the project's name has been changed to Sailor Moon Knight.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 05:48 PM (Kpl3J)
I kinda hated the kids but the movie was pretty good.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:49 PM (bcbK8)
For instance, vampires are Romanian and specifically fought with Christian crosses and holy water. What the heck does one use to fight a muslim vampire?
Pork products. Really rub it in!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 20, 2019 05:49 PM (pNxlR)
it would be easy NOT to ruin b/c it's so good
but they're gonna ruin it
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 20, 2019 05:49 PM (Rarvo)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 20, 2019 05:49 PM (6eEQ+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:49 PM (XkX6f)
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 20, 2019 05:50 PM (4e+hS)
I'd love to see The Master Killer re-done by the same guy. Maybe.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 05:50 PM (A8W5E)
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2019 05:08 PM (PbpT7)
It's campy and fun. The characters are quirky and well acted. I find it a more amusing outlet for the Marvel comedy approach than the other properties.
Strange thing happened recently. I began having a hard time (at least in flashes) suspending disbelief for the traditional superhero "fly through the air, super punch through walls" characters. Like a switch was tripped. They just started looking ridiculous here and there.
I would blame it on the overpowered Captain Marvel who few a ship thousands of light years though hyperspace apparently using her own power as a warp drive, but I'm not sure that was it.
Posted by: Keith at August 20, 2019 05:50 PM (jdGlx)
Since I missed saying it in the last thread:
"I've got a ggg-g-good brain..." - Simple Joe
Posted by: Sporkatus
Literally President Fredo's dumber sidekick.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at August 20, 2019 05:50 PM (/Fmtj)
I'm still totally excited about signing up that Disney+ streaming service for some reason. Maybe I need to lie down until that feeling goes away.
Posted by: sinalco at August 20, 2019 05:51 PM (yODqO)
Disney IS the movie industry right now. 6 films this year that went over a BILLION dollars.
Honestly, I almost want the Marvel movies to crash and burn just to keep the industry from being a one-company town.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:51 PM (bcbK8)
sum they paid for Marvel Studios (and Lucasfilm, etc.), assessing it in
light of flagging audience delight, and rolling the dice on "subverting
expectations" and "getting woke" to keep the money rolling in.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at August 20, 2019 05:46 PM (I2dne)
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You give them too much credit.
Once upon a time, you could assume that people in charge knew somewhat of what they were doing. Now?
They're all proudly ignorant. They know best, the market is dumb and screw the shareholders.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 20, 2019 05:51 PM (cfSRQ)
And the Irish version of Catholicism is... well... it's very strict and it's very Irish. It has a definite tinge of violence and despair. It's got the Irish tone or something.
So, I kind of get why he is like that, but he does also suck.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 20, 2019 05:51 PM (Rarvo)
You underestimate their stupidity.
They will be a reboot.
BTW-- I think the popularity of The Boys shows most of the public is tired of all the super hero movies.
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at August 20, 2019 05:51 PM (k81AA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:51 PM (XkX6f)
Seeing him take after ne'er-do-wells will his Stainless Steel Hanky would be cool.
Posted by: Sharkman at August 20, 2019 05:51 PM (S6rpg)
...
Hah! Shows what you know, Mr. Smarty Guy. You totally forgot about Squirrel Girl.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at August 20, 2019 05:52 PM (qc+VF)
Posted by: Anon a mouse at August 20, 2019 05:52 PM (6qErC)
I been there a long time. It's like when you start watching Godzilla movies and all you can see is a 5 foot tall Japanese guy in a rubber suit, knocking over painted cardboard boxes.
That's why the only Marvel movies I can enjoy are those where the entire concept is treated as one big joke.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 05:52 PM (Kpl3J)
He added: “The United States Navy is the most powerful navy in the world. If a policy decision is made to deploy the navy, I’m convinced that we’ll be able to do what needs to be done.”
His remarks came just weeks after President Donald Trump said he was considering a “blockade or quarantine” of the Latin American country."
Posted by: Frosty at August 20, 2019 05:53 PM (CFSlN)
Posted by: Retard Strength Trumps Smart Power at August 20, 2019 05:53 PM (RKQ/v)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2019 05:49 PM (XkX6f)
Most of the good stuff from the comic just wouldn't fly in TV or movies. Because it was the tension between good and evil protagonists, male and female, black and white that made it work. That's TNT Dynomite and nobody would be willing to play with that today.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:53 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 20, 2019 05:53 PM (oZ6kz)
I remember when Blade was THE SHIT. Every kid in my school wanted the Oakleys Snipes wore when the second one came out, and they were cranking them out for $150 a pop, in the in the early 2000s.
I wonder how many kheffiyehs they'll be able to sell off the new Blade.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 20, 2019 05:53 PM (eGEVz)
You think they'd allow that? Instant protest.
Seriously though, they're going to have a muslim vampire killing vampires with Christian weapons - how could that work, since he doesn't have the belief to back up the cross and holy water.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 20, 2019 05:54 PM (bDqIh)
Typical SJW bullshit.
Save your time.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at August 20, 2019 05:54 PM (0OmEj)
If you haven't seen "Mindhunters" on Netflix,
you need to correct that.
2nd season just stared.
It's a fictionalized version of the story of the FBI learning about serial killers. And trying to profile them and catch them via the profiles.
The interviews with the serial killers are very very well done. Super creepy.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2019 05:54 PM (SHtRW)
Posted by: Blago at August 20, 2019 05:41 PM (zuvmW)
I liked Preacher at first, until they had a retarded Jesus. And yes I know it's in the graphic novel, but it was just so gleeful and mean-spirited. Turned me right off.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 20, 2019 05:54 PM (Ez6QX)
Okay, it's been decades since I read those comics, but here's what I remember:
Thor was getting too obnoxious and Odin decided to teach him a lesson. So Odin trapped Thor on Earth with his memories wiped, and with a bad leg besides (he needed a cane to walk). Then after years of this, he decided to let Thor become himself again from time to time, and gave him back his hammer, but with an enchantment on it. "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall wield the power of THOR" (something like that)
So Dr. Donald Blake went on vacation in Norway and found the hammer, and found that it turned him into Thor. And he could turn back into Dr. Donald Blake, and the hammer would become a cane so he always had a plausible reason to carry it everywhere he went.
The whole "teach Thor a lesson" thing, where Dr. Donald Blake was Thor all along, is plausibly a retcon. I'll bet they were making that stuff up as they went along; the initial setup was a straightforward secret identity thing.
Just as Superman had a weakness (Kryptonite), this version of Thor also had a weakness: he had to be near his hammer. And remember the hammer is a throwing weapon! It returns, but if someone could keep it from returning he would revert back to the frail Dr. Donald Blake.
By the 80's the comic was tired and not super popular, but then Walt Simonson started writing and drawing it, and he breathed new life into the comic. One of his stories had Odin tell Thor "you know, you've really learned your lesson, you don't have to be Dr. Donald Blake anymore." And Thor was a little bit sad because there were good aspects to his life as Dr. Donald Blake, but on the whole it was a positive step forward, and it removed his big weakness. Thor was now just Thor, the whole secret identity thing was played out. I thought it was another inspired idea from Walt Simonson.
Posted by: mr_jack at August 20, 2019 05:55 PM (57l0O)
expectations" and "getting woke" to keep the money rolling in.
Replace Disney with Netflix, same sitch. Who thought paying the two guys who created one decent series, GoT, and then imploded it at the end, was a good thing? I do not see how Netflix will ever be able to make enough returns on what they are paying out for content right now. Especially with their normie customers fleeing in droves at all the woke red flags popping up.
Posted by: LizLem at August 20, 2019 05:55 PM (hvf9s)
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 05:55 PM (A8W5E)
Typical SJW bullshit.
Save your time.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at August 20, 2019 05:54 PM (0OmEj)
I've only seen the first episode and it looked interesting. I take it gets too woke?
Posted by: Keith at August 20, 2019 05:55 PM (jdGlx)
If they wanted to actually try for a bit of renewed awesomeness, going full - bore Asatru would be a good play.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 20, 2019 05:57 PM (XNDy+)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 20, 2019 05:53 PM (oZ6kz)
That's what pisses me off about Ennis.
He turned Frank Castle into a sociopath.
The 'Born' comic was almost great and then it had to do that thing where the Punisher is the avatar of death personified (literally, he 'works' for death).
The Punisher is a Mack Bolan rip off who, when written well, kills bad guys who get away with flouting the law. He is a soldier fighting a war on crime.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:57 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: RoyalOil, Vicroy Canadian Territories at August 20, 2019 05:51 PM (k81AA)
They don't have much of anything else if those fail. Everything is a reboot, sequel, re-imagining, or a movie version of a graphic novel.
Almost nothing original anymore.
Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 20, 2019 05:57 PM (ltuaO)
Posted by: LizLem at August 20, 2019 05:57 PM (hvf9s)
But that's it for Marvel for me.
I lost interest in X men due to overexposure. Lady Thor is an abomination as is Ms and Captain Marvel.
Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark character was all kinds of awesome; he is a fantastic actor, but now Iron Man's gone, so I"m not interested in any other Avengers or Iron Man -- or Spiderman -- or Fantastic Four reboot.
Posted by: vivi at August 20, 2019 05:57 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at August 20, 2019 05:58 PM (FTlwv)
I don't know if I would call it woke or SJW by any stretch of the imagination though.
Sacrilegious, sure, but not woke.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 20, 2019 05:58 PM (YcLo4)
Posted by: Empire1 at August 20, 2019 05:58 PM (eEqvl)
It's campy and fun. The characters are quirky and well acted. I find it a more amusing outlet for the Marvel comedy approach than the other properties.
Posted by: Keith at August 20, 2019 05:50 PM (jdGlx)
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This. And Bradley Cooper really surprised me as to how compelling a character actor he could be.
Posted by: Axeman at August 20, 2019 05:58 PM (DuZls)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at August 20, 2019 05:58 PM (FTlwv)
well I can't fault you there.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Relax, buy ammo and don't give one inch at August 20, 2019 05:58 PM (bcbK8)
Posted by: hoey at August 20, 2019 06:00 PM (JZxH2)
Posted by: Broseidon - New Work Computer, Same Work Ethic at August 20, 2019 06:00 PM (oZ6kz)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 06:00 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: kraken at August 20, 2019 06:01 PM (bCLt0)
I'd love to do a poll here asking this Yes or No question:
Would You Give A Shit If No More New TV And Movies
Were Produced?
I would not. I could re-watch all my favorite tv shows and movies forever. Game of Thrones taught me something: It's All gonna be garbage like that from now on.
Posted by: Soothsayer Fake Commenter at August 20, 2019 06:01 PM (wM5Dx)
I mostly read DC as a kid because that pretty much was all there was, except for the aforementioned Marvel comics.. I got a paper route when I was 9 to support my habit.. and Saturday afternoon was a trip to one of the comic book stores and back home to read..
and a BIG bag of Fritos corn chips was 25 cents and lasted all afternoon!
good times.. good times..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at August 20, 2019 06:01 PM (438dO)
Bonus cheapshots against christians and the religious, painting a flawed and hate filled picture of the deplorables.
Boys sucks ass.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at August 20, 2019 06:01 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: kraken at August 20, 2019 06:01 PM (bCLt0)
He's being purged for obvious reasons with the SJW set.
Posted by: Keith at August 20, 2019 06:02 PM (jdGlx)
btw, I wrote that 'ment above while watching Chips.
I am quite content wathcing all the tv shows I grew up with.
Preacher, my ass. I watched one episode that show and I thought it was trash.
Posted by: Soothsayer Fake Commenter at August 20, 2019 06:03 PM (wM5Dx)
It's a hate filled picture of everyone, not just deplorables, and that's kinda the whole point.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 20, 2019 06:03 PM (YcLo4)
Sgt. Fury.
Howling Commandos
Haunted Tank
The good old days when being heroic and killing REAL Nazis was allowed.
Posted by: Don QQQ... at August 20, 2019 06:03 PM (NgKpN)
ANYWAY - news from Philly! Our Police Chief just quit. Honestly can anyone blame him?!?!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 20, 2019 06:03 PM (Rarvo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 06:03 PM (Kpl3J)
The Mensheviks won this time?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2019 06:04 PM (9t0Zz)
Posted by: Keith at August 20, 2019 05:50 PM
Lemme tell ya, that really flattens one's physique.
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 20, 2019 06:04 PM (YOYED)
Facebook has just banned the ads from "Women For Trump". You see "women for" is exclusionary or something.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (f1Vqw)
Posted by: kallisto at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (xnN7n)
Posted by: Kenny The G from AZ at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (BNZkU)
Brian Stelter@brianstelter
"Robert Mueller's Russia report has largely faded from the airwaves less than a month after the former special counsel'$s high-profile congressional testimony, a possible warning sign to Democrats that most voters have lost interest in the probe..."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (Mevy0)
I'd love to do a poll here asking this Yes or No question:
Would You Give A Shit If No More New TV And Movies
Were Produced?
I would not. I could re-watch all my favorite tv shows and movies forever. Game of Thrones taught me something: It's All gonna be garbage like that from now on.
Posted by: Soothsayer Fake Commenter at August 20, 2019 06:01 PM (wM5Dx) "
Boom. This.
Totally down with a moratorium until we have gotten bored with making the rubble bounce and pissing on the graves of every last SJW on the planet.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (XNDy+)
A leaked email showed that in 2014 #Google's #EricSchmidt offered to run #Hillary's tech campaign (see pic). In 2015, Schmidt in fact funded The Groundwork, a highly secretive tech company, the sole purpose of which was to put Clinton into office.
***********
http://bit.ly/2KTqfFS
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (BqBId)
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 20, 2019 06:04 PM (YOYED)
Yeah. Her ass got sanded off by the solar wind.
Posted by: Keith at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (jdGlx)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (9t0Zz)
Were Produced?
Posted by: Soothsayer Fake Commenter at August 20, 2019 06:01 PM (wM5Dx)
Not much. There are a few movies produced that are worth watching but the vast majority are crap.
Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (ltuaO)
I don't know if I would call it woke or SJW by any stretch of the imagination though.
Sacrilegious, sure, but not woke.
Posted by: Walter Freeman
________________
I definitely think "Christians are the REAL bigots!!!" is textbook "WOKE" SJW bullshit.
Plus it's very ant-capitalism with the whole superhero "business" model being evil, etc.
I didn't think any of it was subtle. I can still enjoy media that doesn't reflect my politics, but I didn't think any of this was subtle.
Posted by: Blago at August 20, 2019 06:06 PM (zuvmW)
R rated, definitely.
Posted by: blake - used pronoun salesman
at August 20, 2019 05:27 PM (qC1Sy)
No, it's perverse, anti-Christian trash.
Posted by: WOPR - Ewoks, it's like Chuck Norris went to Build-A-Bear and built a super army at August 20, 2019 06:06 PM (J70i0)
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Gotta say I had a similar reaction. It pushed all the wrong buttons for me. 30 minutes in, I wanted every character, including the bereaved boyfriend, to die a horrible death. It really felt like I was being hit on the head with some well-worn cudgels by some very, very lazy writers.
Posted by: Chunk Hunger at August 20, 2019 06:06 PM (sN9mD)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at August 20, 2019 06:07 PM (0OmEj)
A leaked email showed that in 2014 #Google's #EricSchmidt offered to run #Hillary's tech campaign (see pic). In 2015, Schmidt in fact funded The Groundwork, a highly secretive tech company, the sole purpose of which was to put Clinton into office.
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Oh, you mischievous scamps!
Don't let it happen again, kids, or we'll tell you not to let it happen again!
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 06:07 PM (A8W5E)
Is that one of them mumble rappers?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2019 06:05 PM (9t0Zz)
Artist with a lot of longevity.... politically incorrect... which used to be not a stoning offense....
Posted by: kraken at August 20, 2019 06:07 PM (bCLt0)
stance by putting a gun in his hand while he is chained down.
Huh? His moral stance depends on never touching a gun, even when forced to?
Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2019 06:07 PM (9t0Zz)
Posted by: Blago at August 20, 2019 06:06 PM (zuvmW)
kind of reminded me of the NFL
Posted by: Keith at August 20, 2019 06:07 PM (jdGlx)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at August 20, 2019 06:07 PM (0OmEj)
You've all told me enough to guarantee that i will never waste any time on it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (3H9h1)
You guys would really be chafing my ass. If I had one.
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (f1Vqw)
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Daredevil? Heck no I don't want him with a gun. Driving, either.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (A8W5E)
Havre there every been any other animated series or movies based on Terry Pratchett?. Don't really want to see one about Satan's son (I didn't want to see "The Omen either", and yes, I know the show about Satan's son is supposed to be funny) but I really enjoyed Pratchett's books and think they could be good as "superhero" movies
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (+0VWg)
Posted by: kallisto at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (xnN7n)
FB/Google/Twitter all are doing in kind donations to the DNC by banning anything pro Trump. Leaked Google intel shows they admitted they are trying to sway the election. They all need to be trust busted but it's not happening.
Posted by: LizLem at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (hvf9s)
*******
Epstein's Former Cell Mate Nicholas Tartaglione is Receiving Threats From Prison Guards to "Shut Up" and "Stop Talking" About Epstein
Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (BqBId)
Howling Commandos
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I loved this as a kid. I saw a reasonably priced compilation of the old stuff the other day so I bought it. What a disappointment!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 20, 2019 06:09 PM (+y/Ru)
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Daredevil? Heck no I don't want him with a gun. Driving, either.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (A8W5E)
That's a Batman thing..... ( and Daniel Craig in real life)....
Posted by: kraken at August 20, 2019 06:09 PM (bCLt0)
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 20, 2019 06:08 PM (f1Vqw)
Maybe he ego swollen big head makes her ass look small by comparison?
Posted by: Keith at August 20, 2019 06:09 PM (jdGlx)
Posted by: WOPR - Ewoks, it's like Chuck Norris went to Build-A-Bear and built a super army at August 20, 2019 06:06 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2019 06:09 PM (+0VWg)
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Good Omens is what you're thinking of. The book was pretty charming, the Amazon show is okay.
There have been a few Hogfather attempts and witches animated shows, but none really capture the appeal of the books.
Like most movies and TV shows, I guess. So maybe they're all pretty great if you don't read the books.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 06:09 PM (A8W5E)
Posted by: matty at August 20, 2019 06:09 PM (zQA40)
Posted by: Chunk Hunger at August 20, 2019 06:09 PM (sN9mD)
I heard he is currently retired in Portland, down the street from his old pals Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural.
Posted by: dartist at August 20, 2019 06:10 PM (K22Va)
Are we doing a post on Dove Cameron's nipples next?
https://tinyurl.com/y5ue4qax
Posted by: Guy Smiley at August 20, 2019 05:10 PM (O8WFE)
********Umm, Like..Go Feminism, and Stuff!Oh, and here are my tits! Yay Feminism!
Posted by: elliot at August 20, 2019 06:10 PM (1PAtI)
Epstein's Former Cell Mate Nicholas Tartaglione is Receiving Threats From Prison Guards to "Shut Up" and "Stop Talking" About Epstein
Tomorrow we'll find out these guards were "sleep talking" and didn't mean it.
Posted by: Soothsayer Fake Commenter at August 20, 2019 06:10 PM (wM5Dx)
There's almost always a big, evil corporation in every superhero story! That doesn't make them all anti-capitalism!
I thought The Boys was way more insulting towards American popular culture and consumerism in general, and honestly, I think that's a fair critique.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 20, 2019 06:10 PM (YcLo4)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at August 20, 2019 06:10 PM (rnXGe)
Posted by: kraken at August 20, 2019 06:07 PM (bCLt0)
It's a shame - you can't understand the underground art movement of the late 60's, early 70's, without knowing about R. Crumb. Now that's when are truly was subversive! Today it's all about sucking up to the dominant leftist culture while *pretending* to be subversive, which is why it is all so boring. It's all just a big fraud.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 20, 2019 06:10 PM (Kpl3J)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2019 06:10 PM (+0VWg)
If someone comes out with a fun comic book movie, I can enjoy watching the characters. If someone uses a character especially poorly, it's not a personal affront to me. I just won't see that movie.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2019 06:11 PM (9t0Zz)
Try a movie called, I think, Hogfather ... kind of a Discworld version of The Grinch Stole Christmas, very strange like most Pratchett.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 20, 2019 06:11 PM (XNDy+)
Posted by: Keith at August 20, 2019 06:11 PM (jdGlx)
The "big" Marvel comic characters have been done and redone to death.
Pulling up some smaller properties isn't automatically a bad idea.
Posted by: Synova (reversion to pseudonymous) at August 20, 2019 06:11 PM (BD/yx)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 20, 2019 06:03 PM (YcLo4)
No it isn't. It's pretty selective in who it denigrates. Tired of the "it's nailing everyone" defense. Plus, what's the point of it then? I get to watch everyone be perverted, immoral, and hateful. That sounds really....pathetic.
Posted by: WOPR - Ewoks, it's like Chuck Norris went to Build-A-Bear and built a super army at August 20, 2019 06:11 PM (J70i0)
Posted by: acethepug at August 20, 2019 06:11 PM (zHVcO)
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Also I think the witches books are great in large part because the witches are mostly just old ladies who do stuff nobody else is willing to do like trim old decrepit people's toenails.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - Eight Has No Home Here at August 20, 2019 06:11 PM (A8W5E)
Posted by: Jewells45 at August 20, 2019 06:13 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2019 06:13 PM (BbGew)
Were Produced?
Not a bit. Plenty of other things to do, like reading or writing or crafts. (Of course, I haven't watched TV or movies for several years anyway ... )
Posted by: Empire1 at August 20, 2019 06:14 PM (eEqvl)
I thought The Boys was way more insulting towards American popular culture and consumerism in general, and honestly, I think that's a fair critique.
Posted by: Walter Freeman
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You're the one that thought it wasn't "woke", I was just pointing out where I thought it was.
anti-christian, anti-capitalist, plus some anti-gun commentary thrown in.
What other levers do they need to pull?
I'm not saying boycott it, just that it was over the top
Posted by: Blago at August 20, 2019 06:15 PM (zuvmW)
Posted by: mpfs, Waiter, I'll have the Juan de Fuca Plate at August 20, 2019 06:17 PM (79p/O)
Posted by: steevy at August 20, 2019 06:18 PM (l9mVC)
Posted by: steevy at August 20, 2019 06:21 PM (l9mVC)
Nah. Thor was cursed by Odin to learn some humility and the stick brought Thor back temporarily, it was never a job. Donald Blake was Thor on earth.
Huh? His moral stance depends on never touching a gun, even when forced to?
There was one issue by Frank Miller after Bullseye killed Elektra and Daredevil dropped him off a ledge, breaking his back... DD goes to visit Bullseye in the hospital with a pistol and they play russian Roulette while Matt talks about losing the love of this life. Its incredibly good but in the end...
the pistol is empty.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2019 06:24 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Jean at August 20, 2019 06:29 PM (42Tia)
Theres the bad guy, and the brave noble righteous muslim/foreigner working to save us from the evil aforementioned. Some times be a few token whites thrown in to help.
Posted by: ron n. at August 20, 2019 06:32 PM (om5HK)
Glad to hear you are o.k. Was praying for you, and I'm sorry you had a really bad day at work, dear..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2019 06:35 PM (+0VWg)
"I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard, always taking constant care not to break something, to break someone. Never allowing myself to lose control, even for a moment, or someone could die. But you can take it, can't you, big man. What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut lose, and show you just how powerful I really am."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 20, 2019 06:39 PM (l9m7l)
Posted by: Sen. Corey Bearder at August 20, 2019 06:54 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Calvin Dodge at August 20, 2019 07:36 PM (1Blh9)
Posted by: Calvin Dodge at August 20, 2019 07:39 PM (1Blh9)
As for the advent of openly Muslim characters, I'm reminded of what Mark Steyn observed years ago: "Multiculturalism is simply the period of transition from one dominant culture to another."
Posted by: Brown Line at August 20, 2019 10:22 PM (S6ArX)
Not that I'm champing for that. I'm perfectly happy with some comics stories staying on the page.
I've enjoyed most of the MCU, but I never could understand the mind-set that a comic NEEDED to be put on film.
That said, Grimjack could work on film.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 20, 2019 11:01 PM (zbyVY)
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 20, 2019 11:01 PM (zbyVY)
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The Russo brothers (Avengers: Infinity War, Endgame) are in talks with Amazon about making it a possible series.
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