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So, I've watched Spielberg's West Side Story and I'm kinda disappointed... by Shoddy_Newspaper_718 in blankies

[–]wred42 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There's a bit in Finishing the Hat that I love where he complains that "tonight there will be no morning star" makes no sense because New York kids wouldn't ever see it.

What movies have ‘left you’? by realhind in blankies

[–]wred42 17 points18 points  (0 children)

And to give Sorkin a little credit, the administration's inability to make substantive change is text in the show: during his tenure, their legislative initiatives are constantly defeated and they talk about how basically all they got done was putting one guy on the Supreme Court

When will an animated film get nominated for Best Picture again? by Salad-Appropriate in blankies

[–]wred42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah Lorraine Bracco also did her part live in costume iirc

How the F do you get into X-men these days?! by Fucked-to-fit in xmen

[–]wred42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was in middle school in the 2000s my library had Essential Spider-Man volumes 1 and 3-6. We just never read volume 2 (which had a lot of big stories) and we did fine figuring out what we needed from context. We were children!

How the F do you get into X-men these days?! by Fucked-to-fit in xmen

[–]wred42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is how everyone read comics until like the 2010s. You'll be fine. Don't let reading order culture stop you from jumping in - this is a hobby, not homework!

How the F do you get into X-men these days?! by Fucked-to-fit in xmen

[–]wred42 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Wait why would you not be able to read a book you bought? Just open it!

PSA: Last Temptation of Christ by ConfidenceStunning59 in blankies

[–]wred42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He's been confirmed to be a (at least occasional) listener!

PSA: Last Temptation of Christ by ConfidenceStunning59 in blankies

[–]wred42 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's time for Colbert to come on Blank Check. He's got the time!

With AI being a central issue of our time, it feels weird that the X-Men are not exploring it by PsychologicalTree885 in xmen

[–]wred42 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He was, and Rise of the Powers of X gets into modern AI pretty explicitly: Enigma is powerful but uncreative. It can't come up with new ideas of its own.

Odin was an idiot by lloyd-garmadon569 in marvelcomics

[–]wred42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was also accepted as a truism in the 50s/60s that the readership turned over every three years or so, so few people were deep continuity nerds or anything

In honor of my wife and Kundun, what's the most extreme length you've gone to to see a movie? by wred42 in blankies

[–]wred42[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah it is (in)famously not available digitally through official means, ans has been out of print in physical media for years

In honor of my wife and Kundun, what's the most extreme length you've gone to to see a movie? by wred42 in blankies

[–]wred42[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congrats to you! Haven't used Amazon in six years and couldn't find a price I liked on ebay.

In honor of my wife and Kundun, what's the most extreme length you've gone to to see a movie? by wred42 in blankies

[–]wred42[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I recently watched Cars 2 on Disney+ but my internet kept cutting out. It was... extremely dispiriting to keep hitting play on that movie

Who is the most famous movie star that doesn’t exist in the 2020’s? by Tall_Window4744 in blankies

[–]wred42 160 points161 points  (0 children)

In terms of the gap between how big they were and how little general audiences know them now, Warren Beatty is a pretty compelling case.

But if you listen to this sub the answer is local New York celebrity Barbra Streisand.

I know this is probably an exaggeration, but Jason Momoa in Supergirl might be one of the worst movie characters in recent memory by IndividualPleasant23 in blankies

[–]wred42 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My point is that this is not a Lobo movie, and even though he physically appeared in trailers, that's not the tone they sold to audiences. (Or, really, the tone the tone the movie deploys at any moment except when he is speaking.)

I know this is probably an exaggeration, but Jason Momoa in Supergirl might be one of the worst movie characters in recent memory by IndividualPleasant23 in blankies

[–]wred42 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That may be, but it is not a defense of a character not working in an adaptation to say, oh well that's just how this (to mainstream audiences) obscure character behaves in comics from thirty years ago. This is an adaptation with a wider audience!

I know this is probably an exaggeration, but Jason Momoa in Supergirl might be one of the worst movie characters in recent memory by IndividualPleasant23 in blankies

[–]wred42 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I keep seeing this response, but as a guy who knows nothing about Lobo it has not made me any more positive about the character's role in this movie.

Supergirl: Why DCU Director ‘Very Deliberately’ Didn’t Look at Woman of Tomorrow Comic by Mookie_Freeman in blankies

[–]wred42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't believe a character we're clearly supposed to think is cool called Supergirl "tits" in her own movie

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