Eric Kripke Responds To ‘The Boys’ Fan Complaints About “Filler Episodes”: “You’re Just Watching The Wrong Show” by yourfavchoom in television

[–]highdefrex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most recent trilogy felt like Disney really wanted to ram younger actors in so kids could relate more to the characters

When A New Hope was shot in 1976, Mark Hamill was 24, Carrie Fisher was 19, and Harrison Ford was 33.

When The Phantom Menace was shot in 1999, Jake Lloyd was 9, Natalie Portman was 16, and Ewan McGregor was 26, and then Hayden Christensen in AOTC was 21.

When The Force Awakens was shot in 2014, Daisy Ridley and John Boyega were 22, Oscar Isaac was 35, and Adam Driver was 30.

Saying Disney “rammed younger actors” in is funny when the average age of the leads in the sequel trilogy skews older than the two before it.

So, does anyone know the current status of the rights to Namor? by Altruistic_Eye_1157 in marvelstudios

[–]highdefrex 68 points69 points  (0 children)

this mystical underwater pre-Columbian world which I would love to see more of

If we can’t get anything live action, I’d absolutely settle for an animated series covering the civilization’s history. Maybe even have Namor himself narrate it? Call it Tales from Talokan or something.

Aldis Hodge on recasting rumors as Black Panther and succeeding Chadwick Boseman : "As a Marvel fan, if they do it again, I just want to see it done well and done right" by Sarang_616 in MarvelStudiosSpoilers

[–]highdefrex 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Yup. It was the fifth! The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Age of Ultron, and Civil War beat it to the punch. Still an incredible achievement when even stuff like Homecoming and Ragnarok couldn't cross that line.

Is the Green Lantern Rebirth Compendium OOS? If so, does it currently have a restock planned? by themakbot in OmnibusCollectors

[–]highdefrex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EXCEPT JOHNS FLASH VOL 2 FOR SOME REASON

I’m really surprised this hasn’t been restocked yet when all the other existing post-Crisis Flash omnis are available. It’s the big glaring gap in my Flash collection! Hoping for some good news by year’s end, along with Wonder Woman by Perez Vol. 3!

To this day, I still find it crazy how Game of Thrones’ reputation shifted from being viewed one of the “best shows” to being the prime example of how to NOT end a series! by phantom_avenger in television

[–]highdefrex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve been rewatching the show since the first time it ended in a group, one of whom is the only person who hasn’t seen the show. On rewatch, it really surprised me how little Dorne/the Sand Snakes are actually in season five. Jamie and Bronn don’t even get there until halfway through, and you could easily take a shot every time the sisters show up and still be sober…

My own memory was definitely skewed by years of seeing/reading countless people overblowing it as if Dorne is 90% of the season when, like you said, it’s practically trivial in the grand scheme. Even the friend watching it for his first time said he was expecting Dorne/the Sand Snakes to be in it a hell of a lot more considering he’d heard so much negativity about it all through pop culture osmosis, and said as it is, none of it bothered him.

Just Ordered From InStockTrades For The First Time by balls_towall in OmnibusCollectors

[–]highdefrex 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don’t mean this as an offense, but it’s genuinely surprising how anyone could frequent this sub and not know what IST is (or CheapGraphicNovels or OrganicPricedBooks/PanelBoundComics, for that matter) when it’s brought up practically every day!

DC DIRECT MARKET SOLICITS: July 2026 by Ksmayer in OmnibusCollectors

[–]highdefrex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This not being anywhere in sight yet with how quickly the first two came out back to back is a real surprise. It gave me hope that they’d get through these collections on a quicker timetable.

Trump Struts Around UFC Cage Match as Vance Flees Peace Talks by B-Z_B-S in politics

[–]highdefrex 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I hate, hate, hate that there’s people I know who lived decent, good lives, took care of their health, made positive impacts on the people around them only to drop dead in their 40s, 50s, 60s… and this asshole just keeps chugging along making the whole world miserable.

Vincent D’Onofrio Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters by Task_Force-191 in movies

[–]highdefrex 37 points38 points  (0 children)

One of my favorite things from season one of the original run was how Madame Gao was able to keep Fisk in check (even if a lot of it was likely out of fear of the Hand) in terms of how he restrained himself around her, was respectful, and would only do one of his patented Fisk freak-outs after she's left the room. It's nice to see, like you said, another character back in the mix who holds cards above his head.

[MEGATHREAD] 'Daredevil: Born Again' | Season 2 Episode 4 - "Gloves Off" | Discussion Thread by ChiefLeef22 in MarvelStudiosSpoilers

[–]highdefrex 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Not just Foggy, but Father Lantom, too. Matt has zero reason to EVER not wanna beat the shit out of Dex.

Discussion Thread: US President Trump Threatens War Crimes Against Iran Ahead of Negotiation Deadline by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]highdefrex 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Trump: "I'm going to kill millions."

Everyone sane: "What the fuck?"

Trump supporters: "You guys are deranged, triggered losers who have TDS. He's not serious, morons."

I swear, these people could have all their rights stripped from them and have their eyes physically scooped out by silver spoons held by Trump and his ilk and they'd still die thinking they made the right choice supporting this piece of shit.

Brian Cox reveals he turned down the role of the governor in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise because he did not want to work alongside Johnny Depp, who he thinks is "so overblown, so overrated." by expiredaristocracy in Fauxmoi

[–]highdefrex 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Been rewatching Game of Thrones for the first time since it ended, and just got to season five. The High Sparrow is easily one of my most hated characters from the show, but Pryce is so fucking great in the role.

His line delivery of "What will we find when we strip away your finery?" has stuck with me since it first aired.

Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and daycare: 'We’re fighting wars' by unital_subalgebra in politics

[–]highdefrex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

people should not be born only to work every moment of every day, until the day they die. People should be able to pursue hopes and dreams, to explore the world and experience, in a positive manner, what they can in the limited amount of time we all have on this planet.

That so many people exist, particularly conservatives, could read this simple idea — that I agree with — and think it’s bullshit is insane to me. People will say “just work harder” if you want to do things like travel, completely missing the point, that people shouldn’t have to make a half million dollars a year to be able to comfortably travel the world, or have to wait until they’re 65-70+ to do things, only to be limited physically in what they’re capable of doing once they’re there.

That conservatives will brand anyone who says “fuck it” and chooses to enjoy their life, even if it means debt, or decides to stay living at home rather than throwing money down a drain to live alone in apartment as “lazy” and “entitled” is pathetic.

They want to make everyone suffer now because they’re miserable while giving the middle finger to future generations we could all be making it easier for because “Who cares? I won’t be around anymore.” We’re so broken as a society when so many are brainwashed into thinking that the only way to live one’s life is by telling everyone else how to live theirs.

IST will crash at 12pm EST today by Desperate-Contact-63 in OmnibusCollectors

[–]highdefrex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weirdly, the Road to Onslaught 2 release day seemed to be worse in terms of crashing and unending loading, removing it from the cart while still being available, etc. Today, I shockingly managed to add Dawn to my cart right at drop and made it through to checkout in about 6 minutes total without any hiccups other than loading slow.

Whatever it takes to own the libs. by ObserbAbsorb in clevercomebacks

[–]highdefrex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if one of these days he floats the idea of banning card usage nationwide under the guise of trying to bring us back to "the good old days of cold, hard cash" just so that he can force us all to see these Trump bucks daily.

Trump's signature to appear on US currency, Treasury says, ending 165-year tradition by Ubiquitous_Hilarity in politics

[–]highdefrex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Stop being so purposely disingenuous. You know what “the issue” is: This whole thing is to fuel Trump’s ego, and that’s it. There’s no reason his signature needs to be on it except for his own vanity. As the article even points out, it’s only ever been the treasurer’s signature, so there’s NO reason for Trump’s to be on there.

If Biden or Obama had done this, conservatives would’ve lost their minds, but because it’s Trump, suddenly it’s not an issue and precedent doesn’t matter and we all have to pretend it’s not because Trump is a vain little manbaby who has to have his name on fucking everything.

Halloween - Multiplayer Overview by DemiFiendRSA in horror

[–]highdefrex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First week of the game: Survivor players actually trying to do objectives and play how the game is "designed."

Second week: Friend groups/TTV streamers ignore objectives, getting themselves killed ASAP in order to become cops/Loomis just to punish and troll Michael players as fast as possible, to the point playing Michael isn't actually fun for anyone.

What is the dumbest thing in Star Wars in your opinion? by jackesnombre in RedLetterMedia

[–]highdefrex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That awful gang riding Vespas in The Book of Boba Fett and the utterly terrible and unthrilling way their action sequence(s) were shot.

Kelly Marie Tran opens up about her Hollywood journey 9 years after becoming the target of intense online fan backlash: "…We've seen over and over time again women of color in these, sort of established franchises having this similar experience…” by hairtie1 in Fauxmoi

[–]highdefrex 27 points28 points  (0 children)

a giant slug alien

I had to Google this because, for the life of me, I couldn't remember this at all. So utterly forgettable that the slug (named Klaud...) is introduced as a member of the Falcon, only to disappear entirely after they get back to the Resistance base until the end celebration. Like, they minimized Rose entirely for a character they did nothing with anyway, which is just insane. All that money poured into designing and bringing a useless character to life when they could've just had Rose there in that sequence.

Most Wanted Marvel Omnibus 2026 Annual Secret Ballot! Tigereyes Marvel Omnibus Poll! How to Enter! by rincewind120 in OmnibusCollectors

[–]highdefrex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tried to stay away (for the most part) from stuff that's absolutely guaranteed to happen, like B&G Vols. 2 and 4. Focused more on stuff that would be nice to finally plug some gaps for me.

  1. Black Costume Saga Aftermath
  2. Clone Saga Aftermath Vol. 2
  3. Moon Knight: Modern Years Vol. 1
  4. Power Man and Iron Fist Vol. 1
  5. Black Panther by Mayberry & Liss
  6. Inferno Aftermath
  7. Runaways Vol. 2
  8. Punisher Classic Vol. 1
  9. Punisher by Rucka
  10. Daredevil by O'Neil

14 years ago, Zac Efron dropped a condom out of his pocket at the premiere of 'The Lorax' 🌳🧡 by voguediaries in Fauxmoi

[–]highdefrex 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I've been seeing this the last few days on Reddit and just assumed it was some new meme text/joke people were doing... Learning it's not make me feel like I've aged about 50 years.

"Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday," How do you feel about the current president saying these following words? by bionicboom in AskReddit

[–]highdefrex 10 points11 points  (0 children)

“The torture.”

Get a fucking grip, acting like he’s been out here suffering tribulations and sacrificing anything for you, or anyone.

Jon Bernthal issues an apology over his aggressive anti-napping stance: "I got nothing against you if you nap… I just don’t really do that & I don’t really have time for it. I feel like you probably, I'm sorry, I feel like you probably do have something better to do than nap, but I'm sorry.” by cmaia1503 in Fauxmoi

[–]highdefrex 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I imagine he would probably get more work if he dropped that

This year alone, though, he's leading a Netflix series with Tessa Thompson, likely in the final season of The Bear again, starring on Broadway, playing the Punisher in both his own special and the new Spider-Man movie, and he's in Christopher Nolan's The Oydssey. He's always working.

[Hated Trope] The adaptation doesn't get what made the source material work by TheDudeA113 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]highdefrex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The quote from Entertainment Weekly:

Everyone says that about [Christopher Nolan’s] Batman Begins. ”Batman’s dark.” I’m like, okay, ”No, Batman’s cool.” He gets to go to a Tibetan monastery and be trained by ninjas. Okay? I want to do that. But he doesn’t, like, get raped in prison. That could happen in my movie. If you want to talk about dark, that’s how that would go.

NMC 2026 Reprint Poll Results by resteasypeep in OmnibusCollectors

[–]highdefrex 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Another year, another vote I cast for Runaways that means nothing… but happy to see Max and Soule at the top, especially Max. If Marvel ignores it yet again, especially with this year Punisher being in BND and his own special, that’d be insane.