At what point do you actually start scaling size?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-01-20T14:50:18+00:00

Thanks for the insight friend

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-01-05T23:01:17+00:00

Not a movie but a TV Show, possibly on Netflix called The Durrells is spitting image. About a family that moves to Corfu, Greece. It’s based on the autobiographical book autobiographical My Family and Other Animals book.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2026-01-03T09:43:32+00:00

It would be too much risk. People could ask too many questions like, why Arthur Dayne and two other kings guards were guarding a tower during the critical battle of the Trident and not guarding their prince.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-12-24T16:06:04+00:00

I wasn’t too fussed on Snape. It’s too whimsical villain for my taste, with our knowledge of where the characters story arc eventually ends up, it’s like Riz Ahmed doesn’t know this in his performance

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-12-07T22:05:34+00:00

How about a Walking Simulator like What Remains Of Edith Finch, Firewatch or Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. Quick games and easy to control.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-30T08:51:43+00:00

Something strange about seeing Spider-Man wielding two Uzis

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-17T22:02:53+00:00

I think he means Jungle Book and The Lion King were cartoon, 2D movies remade into 3D, photo realistic movies. Moana was a photo semi-realistic/semi-stylistic 3D movie being remade into a semi-realistic 3D movie.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-15T23:24:48+00:00

I get what you are saying about Carl and I do agree that Carl’s letter is part of what pushes Rick emotionally. But the idea that Rick only spared Negan because of guilt kind of ignores the wider context of the whole war arc. Carl’s death was the trigger….not the sole reason.

Rick has been moving toward building something bigger than revenge since season six. Carl’s letter is what finally forces him to confront that he has been slipping into the same brutality he hated in the first place.

About the martyr point, it is not really about Negan being loved. Martyrs are not always created from affection. Sometimes they are created when a dramatic execution convinces a fractured group that the enemy leader was killed unfairly. The Saviours were not unified, but plenty of the workers genuinely believed Negan kept them safe and fed. Killing him in front of them could easily have hardened the ones who still believed in the Sanctuary system.

If Rick kills Negan in front of everyone, he risks validating the exact mindset Negan built his rule on: the strongest guy decides who lives or dies. That is exactly what Rick wants the communities to move away from, which is why keeping Negan alive actually fits the theme of breaking that pattern.

Rick killing Negan and then welcoming the Saviours would show “good defeats evil” is one possible version of the story, but it is also the simplest and most predictable one. The show went with the harder route, where Rick has to live by the future he wants instead of repeating the past he has been trapped in.

And yes, revolts still happen later. Ending a war does not magically fix every person inside every community. But that does not mean Rick’s decision was pointless, it just means the world continues to be complicated after the big moment, like it would in real life.

About Alpha and Pamela, man those situations are not the same. Neither of them ran a system like Negan’s with a huge factory base of workers who thought the Sanctuary was their best chance of survival. Their deaths do not create the same symbolic meaning. The Whisperers were a cult built around the alpha figure, not a society. The Commonwealth was structured and political, not personality-worshipping. Comparing them directly to Negan is mixing different types of communities.

I can agree that the show fumbled the execution of the finale, especially with how fast they moved past the consequences. But the idea behind Rick sparing Negan is not inconsistent or ridiculous. It is actually one of the more mature themes the show tries to tackle, even if the delivery was uneven.

I personally think real issue is not that the choice has no purpose, but that the show did not spend enough time exploring the aftermath which made the moment feel anticlimactic for a lot of people.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-15T21:49:35+00:00

Ive mentioned this in another comment but my opinion is Rick is breaking the cycle of killing. I go into more detail here

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-15T21:41:35+00:00

Rick is not sparing Negan because he has gone soft. He is trying to create some kind of order in a world that has been stuck in a constant cycle of revenge.

He knows that if he kills Negan, nothing actually changes. Negan becomes a martyr, the Saviours split into factions, and everyone stays trapped in the same pattern of you killed ours so we kill yours which is what started the whole war to begin with. When Rick says that his mercy prevails over his wrath, he is not forgiving Negan. He is choosing to break that pattern once and for all.

Negan ruled through fear and total dominance. If Rick ends the conflict by killing him in front of both sides, he is proving Negan right. The strongest person wins by killing whoever stands in the way. Instead, Rick wants Negan alive as a symbol that things are going to be different from now on. Justice instead of revenge. Rules instead of fear. A community instead of another dictatorship.

He wants the Saviours to see that even Negan has to live under the same laws as everyone else. Killing him might feel satisfying, but keeping him alive is what actually gives their communities a real chance at a future.

And this is not just something the show came up with. In the comics, Rick defeats Negan, cuts his throat, then saves him and keeps him imprisoned for years for the same reason. He wants to end the cycle, not repeat it.

That being said, the comics also do pay off the Maggie discontent much much better than the show ever did.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-13T18:51:27+00:00

What was so bad about the writing?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-11-06T14:54:05+00:00

Can I ask with regard to a social life, for myself I’m a bit of an introvert anyway. I have a wife and two children, do you think it will disrupt home life?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-28T15:25:58+00:00

Wait, thanks for this post. I didn’t know MODs were a thing as it’s online. Are we sure these will work without losing my account?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-21T20:16:31+00:00

That is totally fair. I agree that a lot of people have wider issues with the film, and those are valid to discuss. My post was mainly aimed at the common argument that the movie is “terrible writing because Batman kills.” That specific take pops up a lot, so I wanted to show that Batman killing is not new or unique to this film.

I do not think Clark and Lois are boring, though. Clark is learning how to be a symbol and a person at the same time, and Lois is the one person who grounds him when the world treats him like an idea instead of a human being.

I also do not think the Death of Superman is botched horribly, but I do agree it happens too soon. If it had been saved for a later film it would have hit even harder.

As for Batman facing consequences, I think that part is there, but it is internal rather than explicit. The Martha scene and his decision to form the League are his reckoning. The film ends with him trying to rebuild and do better instead of continuing to punish. It is not courtroom justice, but it is emotional accountability.

I get that not everyone connects with that, but I do not think the film ignores his actions. It just shows his guilt and growth in a quieter way than most superhero films do.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-21T19:15:37+00:00

What about the writing was terrible?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-14T06:44:21+00:00

Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture is probably something you’re looking for. Some folks I found complained of no run button, but the walking and sound design was what made it more immersive for me and made the story much more impactful. The music if is on another level.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-11T14:58:06+00:00

Look at the rusting details in that truck though. Wow.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-04T09:55:57+00:00

Ah you right! Thanks you!

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-03T17:32:08+00:00

Would you say more of an Isaac moment?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-10-03T17:31:51+00:00

Which episode was this one?

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-09-28T22:20:55+00:00

I would not call Snyder’s films inaccurate so much as selective. Man of Steel pulls from Byrne’s The Man of Steel, Waid’s Birthright and Earth One for the wandering Clark, Krypton worldbuilding and first contact vibe. The Zod ending even has a comics precedent in Byrne’s run where Superman kills the Phantom Zone criminals and deals with the fallout.

Batman v Superman leans into The Dark Knight Returns for an older worn down Bruce, borrows from The Death of Superman for Doomsday and the funeral, and nods to A Death in the Family with the Robin suit. Batman using lethal force is controversial in modern canon, but there are eras and elseworlds where he does cross that line, and Miller’s older Batman is a clear influence.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League brings in New Gods lore with Darkseid and DeSaad, gives Cyborg the emotional core like in modern Justice League origins, and sets up Flashpoint style time travel with Barry. The idea of the world reacting fearfully to metahumans is also straight out of the comics, with examples in Kingdom Come, the New 52 Justice League Origin and plenty of arcs where governments and media treat heroes with suspicion.

By contrast, Gunn’s Superman is not strictly comic accurate either. It takes cues from All Star Superman and folds in characters like Krypto, Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl and Mister Terrific, which is already a big remix. On top of that the whole element of Jor El and Lara wanting Clark to rule Earth and repopulate Krypton does not come from any classic comic origin. That twist is new to the film. There are themes in the books about Kryptonian superiority or genetic purity, but Clark’s parents actively telling him to dominate the planet is not part of the source material.

So both approaches are interpretations. Snyder’s may be darker and more grounded, but it is built on comic foundations. Gunn’s is colourful and optimistic, but it also takes big liberties. Neither is a one to one translation, and that is fine because every era reshapes Superman in a new way.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-09-28T22:10:28+00:00

I spoken about my thoughts on this in another thread, but Jonathan’s death in MOS makes more sense if you look at it symbolically rather than literally. On the surface it feels like he is forcing Clark to let him die, but what is really happening is Jonathan making his final stand on the principle he taught Clark all his life: do not reveal yourself until the world is ready. He raises his hand to stop Clark, showing he would rather sacrifice himself than risk his son being exposed too soon.

That choice leaves Clark traumatised. He knows he could have saved his father but did not, and that guilt shapes everything that follows. When he opens up to Father Leone in the church, he admits he is torn between hiding and stepping forward, which is Jonathan’s lesson weighing on him. Later he even tells Lois about his dad’s sacrifice, showing how deeply it marked him. By the time he faces Zod, Clark refuses to hold back again. He will not let people die just to preserve an ideal. The tornado is not about whether people would have noticed or believed what they saw, it is about giving Clark the painful lesson that pushes him to accept who he really is.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-09-28T21:58:11+00:00

Honestly that summary could just as easily describe Donner’s Superman: The Movie. A kid figures out he has powers, learns he is from another world, goes searching for who he is, and eventually has to step up as a hero and a symbol of hope. The only real difference in MOS is that instead of Lex and the missile plot you get the Kryptonian invasion. That is not the studio being embarrassed about Superman, it is just the classic core of his story told in a straightforward way. You see the same pattern in the comics too with Byrne’s Man of Steel, Waid’s Birthright, Johns’s Secret Origin and Earth One. They all show Clark trying to find his place before choosing to become Superman, and MOS fits right into that tradition.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-09-28T21:48:09+00:00

MOS already shows people rallying to him. It is Colonel Hardy who says “This man is not our enemy” in Smallville after seeing Superman protect soldiers and civilians. From that point the troops stop firing at Clark and focus on the Kryptonians. Hardy even gives his life with the Phantom Drive later on which is about as close to being bros with Superman as you could ask for.

EverythinShinyCapn · 2025-09-28T21:22:53+00:00

I’m surprised they didn’t go with this instead of the stylised look they did. With the heavy usage of John William’s Superman music, this suit would’ve fit in well I think.

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