I’m just skipping the Super Bowl this year. CMC deserves a win so go SF, but I can’t watch the Chiefs anymore. So sick of watching teams just choke in the playoffs against KC. Plus Mahomes, Kelce, and Andy Reid seem to be in half the commercials I see. It’s just obnoxious.
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Well, we know about Deadpool 3, Thunderbolts, and Captain America simply because those have all started filming. Outside of that, I’d say most everything else might be up in the air after the last couple of flops, their alleged struggle to cast FF, and Majors conviction and firing.
It’s honestly pretty impressive how quickly they burned through their post Endgame goodwill. They really should have given the Avengers a break and shifted focus to X-Men post Endgame. That it’s been nearly 5 years since the Fox merger was finalized and no official X movie has been announced is a bit mind boggling.
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Sorry if this is a double post. Tried to edit this after posting and it seems to have been removed instead? But anyway here we go.
Wanted to say thanks all. Really appreciate the responses. Bit of a long update. First, my younger sister, not wanting me to be alone, called up one of my friends and flew him out here just to keep me company. It was really nice thing for both of them to do, even if having company was kind of hard.
Beyond that, the ex(?) came home yesterday. Things are far from fixed or even all that clear to me, but it’s impossible to figure anything out while she’s away. So she came home, we spent the day together. Went to a baseball game. Just tried to spend low stakes, low emotional time together. It was nice. Then last night we finally had a talk. I started by acknowledging how hard it must have been for her to get the courage to say something that she knew would cause so much distress and pain for both of us, and how even considering trying with me more could feel like a betrayal of that courage. That she might be afraid we’d slide back into old habits. I wanted to be clear I was doing my best to understand her feelings and respect them. I did my best to reassure her that I don’t want us to fall back into old habits, not for her, me, or us. Because if we do, we will just end up back in down the line. I listed out why I think we should work on things, including going to counseling. She cried a lot, while I somehow kept it together, thankfully. After I was done, she said that everything I said was reasonable, fair and made complete sense…but she wants to be selfish right now. I asked why and what she meant by it. She admitted even she’s not sure. Just that she can’t commit to working on us right now. She did say she would keep thinking about it, because she does like the life we’ve built and she’s never been unhappy with me. But she also wants more. Yes, this does include sex with other people, which isn’t some huge surprise or even deal breaker for me as we’ve had a few fleeting discussions about it over the years. I just didn’t realize how important it might be to her. I’m not sure she did either. Still my confusion in part stems from never really denying her more. So I kind of feel like this is a If you give a mouse a cookie scenario. But there are some positives. While she doesn’t want to dive full on into the hard work of working on us, I did propose having dates nights to try to reconnect. She smiled and said that sounds really nice. We already had tickets to a concert this week bought pre-breakup. So we’re going to go to that as a mini date. It’s a start. And, honestly, that’s really all I realistically could have hoped for.
A funny and still confusing bit (that may contain TMI, so please read with caution) after the bulk of the conversation. We were kind of hugging each other just for comfort and I told her I was mad at her, which was true. She’s done a selfish hurtful thing for reasons I still think neither of us really understand. She asked, other than the obvious reason, why. And I said because we didn’t even get to have breakup sex. Which was half a joke and half true. She laughed and rolled her eyes and said, we can still do that. And then said sex is always on the table. So I was like, oh then do you want to bang. To which she replied, okay maybe not always on the table. I called her a liar. She just shook her head and said that I know she’s on UTI meds but she’ll be done with those in 3 days so to ask to after that. And I said so you want to live here, hang out, go on dates and still have sex…but just sleep in different beds? And her response was basically yeah, she just also wants the freedom to do whatever she wants outside of home. Which I was honestly sort of proposing anyway, just with counseling to make sure we’re communicating properly?
So yeah, I’m still confused and hurting. I hate having to sleep in separate rooms. I hate that I can’t hug her or be hugged by her throughout the day the way we used to. We both work from home, so we would often walk out of our offices throughout the day and just hug each other before going back to work. Those little bits of comfort are hard to let go of. But she hasn’t completely given up on us and this life we’ve built, so maybe we can still find a way back to each other. Even if it’s slow and hard. Or maybe not. But I’ve also started talking to a therapist on my own. Because I need it. Might look into psychiatric help for my social anxiety. Baby steps. It’s something.
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I know this thread has had it’s controversies in the past, but I’m going to brave bumping it up briefly because I need to get something off my chest, and this is the online community I’ve been apart of for the longest. I don’t usually post too much personal stuff, but I’ll give it go.
So, last weekend, my girlfriend and partner of 6 years suddenly told me she wants to break up. Obviously I was (and still am) shocked and devastated. It been a difficult summer for me, started with finding out my project is being turned down (luckily it’s been extended a bit so I’m still employed), then my sister died, and now this. And I just didn’t see it coming. She said she loves me, I’m her best friend, that I haven’t done anything wrong and that there’s no one else, which kind of makes it all worse. Because I can’t even begin to make sense of it and why she’s so certain this is what she needs to do without taking time to talk about it, at least. She just came home after visiting family and did it. We had an okay conversation the next day, but to me it was the beginning of a larger conversation we should have started weeks if not months ago. Then she left to stay with a friend.
She did say she’s willing to talk about it more because of the fact that I’ve done nothing wrong, but first she need to take a break and get some space. I said okay because what other choice is there, even though I think space has been part of the problem. Still, I hope we can work something out, even if I’m not optimistic. We live together, we own a home together. She’s my best friend too, obviously. I can understand why she might have doubts and I’m certain there are ways I could be a better partner, but I’m at a loss to how it got to this breaking point for her where she’s willing to blow up both our lives without trying to work with me on it first.
Anyway, I’ve been pretty isolated (I’ve talked to some family and friends but they all live far away) this week so I figured writing about it might help process a bit.
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Jeez, these politicians need to learn to let go of power. McConnell is out there freezing mid-sentence and Feinstein is barely a person anymore. Why can’t they go spend whatever remaining time they have left in their probably giant homes with their families? And then let’s bring some age limits to government. It’s insane that the median age in the Senate is 65.
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So it appears that Zack Snyder has a three-hour Director’s Cut of “Rebel Moon”
Snyder needs to learn how to edit (and storytell in general, but editing is part of that process). Rebel Moon is already split into two movies, and it’s on Netflix, so he probably had full control and final cut. Yet he still somehow has a director’s cut that adds another hour?
Why he didn’t just develop it as a 6 episode limited series is beyond me.
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To me it’s a bit surprising they didn’t get the Avengers a bit of a break and shift focus full steam to mutants. They spent years (and billions) getting the X-Men IP back in house, and over 4 years since the deal closed (and 6 since it was first announced), they’ve really only got a Deadpool/Wolverine movie in the pipeline and a brief Professor X cameo to show for it.
Doing New/Young Avengers is fine, but if their next big build had been X-related, I think that might have grabbed audiences a bit more than what feels like a watered down, kind of disjointed and over saturated Avengers saga redo.
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Raise your hand if you feel sorry for poor Elon.
Before he went for Twitter, he said he thought about some 6B effort to end world hunger.
He would have been better off trying to do that. Even from a PR standpoint.He was never serious about that, he’s just a shameless attention whore. Much like Trump, no one should believe a single thing Musk says. He almost always fails to deliver. There are probably dozens of articles all about his failed promises.
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I would argue that the attitude that contemporary entertainment doesn’t have value largely plays into studio executives hands. Apathy from the general public about these strikes is exactly what executives want. And Hollywood execs already have an easier time than most when it comes to selling actors and writers as greedy. Because when the general public thinks of actors and writers they only think of the most successful ones and then believe everyone working in these guilds are also successful. Which of course isn’t the case.
Generally speaking, we should all be standing up against corporate greed and be loudly supportive of striking workers. A prolonged strike will hurt the average worker far more than it will the multibillion companies and their wealthy shareholders, which is why the workers need as much public support as they can get. Improved workers rights can potentially ultimately benefit everyone, even if you couldn’t care less about the specific product/industry.
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Wait, wasn’t introducing a bunch of characters too quickly one of the things people bitch about BvS???
Well I guess Gunn will keep casting his family & friends… yay.
Also, wow yeah, Hawkgirl, Guy, Mr Terrific & Metamorpho… so exciting can’t waizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….
Ultimately it all always comes down to execution. And Gunn has been online trying to answer some questions about all of this and his answers are reasonable enough. He sees kind of the two lives of Superman. There’s his metropolis life and then there’s his intergalactic Superman life. And for him, he can’t tell a proper Superman story without including both the Lois, Jimmy, Daily Planet stuff AND Superman’s interactions with the other heroes out there. But he also said Legacy is definitely focused on Superman and Lois above all else.
I do think casting off the burden of an origin, for both Superman and the larger universe in general, should really help. But again, it’ll really just depend on if Gunn can execute. The problem with BvS was never really that it featured a lot of characters, it was the way it was done. And let’s be real, the concept of Batman just showing up and immediately wanting to murder Superman before ever really having a conversation with him was never the greatest idea to begin with. I actually thought there was some decent ideas in BvS, but they all felt half baked at best. And, admittedly, I don’t really enjoy the concept of Batman fighting Superman. It worked for a very specific reason in TDKR, but I think that’s really the only time it’s ever been all that effective.
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Throwing in Hawkgirl, Guy Gardner, and Mister Terrific in the first movie already sounds like a mistake.
My hope is they’re mostly glorified cameos to help illustrate that this new universe already has a large collection of established heroes.
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Brosnahan is perfect casting. I’ve only seen Corenswet in one movie, but he certainly has the look. Here’s hoping Gunn can deliver a good Superman movie. I’ve been waiting decades for one of those.
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Also, I suspect that even improvising a monologue like that could be seen as breaking the strike.
I think I read recently that Ryan Reynolds wasn’t allowed to improvise on the set of Deadpool 3 because he’s listed as one of the writers and any improvised dialogue would be considered writing.
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This reviewer was not impressed: ‘The Flash’ Review: The Final Nail in the DCEU’s Coffin
A big complaint I’ve seen are that the VFX are terrible. I saw some comments compare it to a PS3 game.
Some of the CGI is, in fact, awful. There are scenes were Barry’s face is all kinds of distorted as they fail to superimpose Miller’s face on whomever was standing in for him. And, quite frankly, it’s such a needless use of CGI. Cronenberg managed to effectively have Jeremy Irons play dual roles in the 80s. I think Gunn made a mistake handing Muschietti the keys to Brave and the Bold. Because IT also has some of the goofiest CGI I’ve ever seen. There’s a clear pattern developing with him. Best guess is he’s easy to work with/studio friendly. Because otherwise he’s a very uninspired director at best.
That said, I found the movie to be enjoyable, though not particularly good. It’s just not particularly standout in any way and the Supergirl/Zod stuff, in particular, felt oddly tacked on in just about every respect. Some fun nostalgia that I don’t regret watching…but if not for my season movie pass, I wouldn’t have bothered with it in theaters.
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A lot of these delays were inevitable with the WGA strike and studios unwillingness to just pay writers fairly. Also, I’m sure Disney is happy enough to push out the Kang movies in case they have to recast. But it’s also pretty crazy to me that by the time Marvel Studios gets around to an actual X-Men movie it’ll have been nearly a decade, if not more, since their Fox purchase.
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I thought it was awesome even though I didn’t realize it was part 1 of 2. It’s always a bit funny to me how animated movies often get far better scripts than live action movies. Not that this movie would work nearly as well in any other form, but the story has a heart that live action blockbusters often lack. Across the Spiderverse is pretty much everything I could want out of a Spider-Man movie so I’m glad we’ll be getting one more next year. This could very easily become the best superhero movie trilogy of all time for me if Beyond the Spiderverse is anywhere near the level of the first two. And there’s no reason to believe it won’t be.
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Why does Colorado keep re-electing this bitch?
When they say stuff like this, they mean they want to go after conservatives.
Their tactics are straight out of the USSR's playbook. https://t.co/bnICe9b6zO
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) May 25, 2023
To be fair to those of us in CO…most of Colorado can’t stand her, but she’s in a deeply red district that is like +10 for Republicans historically. Yet she won reelection by only about 500 votes.
There’s reason to hope she could get ousted in 2024. Her seat is a prettiest big target after she showed such vulnerability in 2022.
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I was mildly entertained by Black Adam. It wasn’t good, by any means, but I didn’t really dislike it. That said, it’s probably pretty damning that The Rock signed on to be Black Adam damn near a decade ago with a solo movie in development for 5 years or so and this was the best they could come up with. It’s pretty clear that Johnson’s ego played a part in the downfall of this and probably Shazam!
Because if he’d allowed himself to be the villain of the first Shazam! movie, that could have really changed a lot of things for the DC movie universe as a whole.
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Yeah, the lawyers for Smartmatic have already said they won’t settle for less than Dominion and that they’re going to demand a full retraction of the lies. Hopefully more heads roll at Fox, but right now I’m happy Tucker is at least off their airwaves for a little while now. Wasn’t something I expected to see.
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Tucker Carlson is officially out at Fox News: click
Pretty huge deal, even if there’s still tons of trash at that network.
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NHL player safety is such a joke. Everything that department does is so inconsistent. Parros should have been removed from that position before he even got the job. On a side note, Pavelski is basically my favorite hockey player. I’m still pissed at the Sharks for getting rid of him. So I extra hate seeing him on the receiving end of these hits.
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President Biden should pardon Trump. It’s the right thing to do.
Yeah, I sincerely doubt that.
To put it mildly…Fuck that. Look I’m not convinced Trump gets convicted f anything. But if he does, he should rot. Like Nixon should have. Part of the reason we’re in this mess is because Nixon was let off the hook. Let Trump off the hook too and it tells every politician that aspires to be president that they truly will be above accountability no matter what they do. We tried it with Nixon and we’ve been paying for it ever since. But this is classic conservative logic: just do the same shit that’s failed in the past over and over again. Because we swear it’ll work eventually.
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Rodgers head isn’t in the game the way Brady’s was, that’s for sure. What he would have going for him with the Jets is being reunited with his old OC (the same guy who blew it hard with Wilson in Denver as HC) and at least one WR he’s very familiar with. He’s also a better QB than Wilson. However he’s also 5 years older and has had one foot in retirement for like 3 years now. So yeah, I’d also wager he’d more likely end up like Wilson last year than Brady in TB.
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Considering how batshit toxic and criminal the right wing of the US is, I suspect the answer is that Israel could never be too right wing to lose the unwavering support of the US.
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It seems like the parts of the discussion that catch the public’s attention are that kind of fringe issues, though, sadly. Seems to all revolve about Olympic athletes and that kind of thing when honestly, who even gives a shit about that? A good friend of mine decided to identify as a woman when she was in her twenties, and she’s working as a nurse in a geriatric home and weirdly she’s never participated in any Olympics at all!
The entire focus on sports, in general, has always seemed absurd to me. The percentage of people who identify as trans is like 1%. Of those we can assume half are men transitioning to women. Of that only another fraction are interested in sports and hardly any will likely be at an elite level. Which isn’t to say it’s not something sports orgs need to figure out, but it all feels so overblown. And it’s especially obnoxious when the same people pushing these things because they allegedly want “fairness for women’s sports” are also pushing anti-abortion legislation. It’s all just about cruelty at this point. Like, m sorry if your daughter comes in 4th instead of 3rd at some random track meet because she competed against a trans girl. I promise it won’t impact her life at all, bu it could make the world of difference to trans people if we just don’t act like dicks and include trans people in simple shit.
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You know if they do show up to arrest him and perp walk him out, it was entirely because Trump wanted a PR stunt to continue to grift his supporters into more donations and rile them up into more violence.
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What kind of moron thinks tweeting out “you can’t benefit from modern slavery protections” is good politics? I mean, other than every modern day right wing politician, apparently. It’s amazing how much the right has regressed this century to just basically promoting an 18th and 19th century way of life.
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Elon also had a hell of an exchange with a (ex) employee on Twitter yesterday. The former employee had been trying to figure out if he was still employed for over a week and had to tweet at Elon just to get any kind of response. The guy finally got an email confirming he was, in fact, no longer an employee. Elon then proceeded to disclose publicly on Twitter that the guy was disabled and mocked him for it. To which the former employee had a very polite clap back. It was pretty insane to see. But that’s basically Elon Musk in a nutshell.
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It’s very worrying though, this suggests it was rejected outright just because Trump believed it. And scientists were ostracised for deviating from the most common hypothesis. That goes against how things should work here.
No, it acknowledges that there may be reluctance among some to credit the theory due to its popularity among the Trump crowd, but then goes on to specifically say that it shouldn’t be – and hasn’t been – written off altogether simply for this reason.
I think it’s also worth giving proper context to why people are reluctant to give credence to the theory. It’s because Trump and the media personalities are known liars who spout conspiracy theories to deflect from their own problems. Trump lies as much as he breathes and FOX News is currently getting their faces sued off for spreading Trump’s lies despite admitting they knew what they were spouting was bullshit.
These people are the living embodiment of the boy who cried wolf. There’s zero reason to believe things they say. In fact, it’s likely far more dangerous to believe anything they say. They should all be ignored while actual experts do their jobs and investigate properly.
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People get so hung up on aesthetics. Don’t get me wrong, I’m used to see Kara as a blonde, but this is also an alternate reality where she’s standing in for Kal-El, so I kind of get given her a similar aesthetic to Superman.
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As far as All Star Superman is concerned, I think people saw Gunn tweets where he was reading ASS and that’s mostly the extent of it. I think Jon is right that it will draw inspiration from ASS, but that will largely be tonal. It’s definitely not a comic you adapt straight to start a cinematic universe.
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Yeah, the decision to have two concurrent Batman movie franchises is a little weird. Also kind of makes ditching Cavill more of a gut punch. Like we can keep Waller and maybe Ezra Miller and have two Batman franchises, but we can’t at least get a proper movie for Cavill as Superman? Not a big deal, but a strange selection of trying to have your cake and eat it too.
Overall The Authority and Swamp Thing are the big surprises. Everything else isn’t all that unexpected. Which isn’t good or bad.
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With regards to the Sharks, they basically went all in a few years back when they knew Thornton and Marleau were at the tail end of their careers and it backfired. Now they’re stuck with a lot of bad contracts they’re slowly trying to work their way out of. I’m also still mad they chose Karlsson over Pavelski. I understand why, but I’ll always be mad at that choice. It’s gonna be a few years before they’re competitive again, unfortunately.
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Man, Eli Roth is at least a decade too late on that Thanksgiving feature. It’s been over 15 years since that gag trailer. Way to strike while the iron is hot…
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It’s definitely possible that the Dems retain the speakership, but it’s still highly unlikely. Jeffries is getting all 212 Dem votes, McCarthy is getting around 202 GOP votes. If 8 or 9 Dems voted present, that brings down the majority threshold to maybe 212, but Jeffries would only have 203/204 votes so nothing changes.
Right now it’s setup to be a war of attrition. If in the next few votes the numbers stay the same, Dems might end up just end up voting present to kill the stalemate and move on. And maybe they get some concessions from McCarthy in the process. I’d put that as a bit more likely than them retaining the speakership.
But whatever happens, I do love seeing McCarthy humiliated. Dude has spent years publicly gunning for this position and sheltering these lunatics like Gaetz from repercussions. He sold what little soul he had and may get nothing from it but complete embarrassment. Even if he does win, he’ll have zero actual power as the crazies in his party walk all over him.
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James Gunn assures fans there will be no more “studio interference” when it comes to DC movies
Wait, isn’t the guy is removing Cavill’s and Gadot’s cameos in the Flash? well… so much for that I guess…
I still don’t really understand cutting those cameos. It’s a movie that’s basically about the multiverse from the sounds of it. It’s going to have multiple Batmen and maybe even Zod (?) so why cut the other heroes that have already shared the screen with these versions of the Flash Batman, etc.? Also, audiences understand recasting as well.
It’s just weird and typical of WB/DC decision making.
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As someone who isn’t a soccer fan, is there any reason why the World Cup doesn’t just go into sudden death extra time instead of penalty kicks? Because that was a fun game, but I feel like penalty kicks were such a bland way to end an exciting game.
And on an unrelated note, I enjoyed seeing the Patriots make one of the dumbest plays in NFL history yesterday. Just an absolute nonsense way to lose a game.
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The funny thing about his poll yesterday s that he posted it around the time he was hanging out with his Saudi “friends” at the World Cup. Lots of conspiracy theories that they forced him to post it because of the billions they’ve invested in helping Elon buy the company. But in all seriousness, no one committed to actually running a company successfully would even pretend to use an internet poll to make important decisions. Elon is such a self-obsessed clown.
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It’s Putin’s fault and unfettered capitalisms fault. At least in the US (can’t speak for how energy companies are regulated around the world). But there’s little doubt that major corporations, for example, are taking advantage of the situation and using it as an excuse to ramp up profits
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So now Cavill is apparently not returning as Superman. WB/DC are always an absolute clusterfuck in the way they approach business. I can’t imagine it ever changing.
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Yeah, BvS was a critical flop with a lukewarm audience reaction and disappointing box office. That a movie featuring Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman could cross the billion dollar mark during peak superhero movie times is pretty dire.
And I know the Snyder cut of JL was well received by a number of people, but if you honestly believe that a 2 hour version of the Snyder cut would have vastly out performed the Whedon version we got, then let me introduce you to an African Prince I met online. He says he an make us a lot of money.
Snyders version might have been a slightly more coherent movie, but only barely. And it would have been a dark, dour slog that wouldn’t have had the benefit of 4 hours to flesh a lot of the movie out. Also, quite frankly, while I support Ray Fisher in his “Joss Whedon is a POS” campaign, Cyborg was one of the worst things about the whole thing. I actually firmly believe that test audiences did not like the character at all.
Thats not to say WB execs aren’t terrible. They clearly are. But they’ve always felt that way. Their reaction to disappointing box office for Snyder superhero movies weren’t very unreasonable.
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To add to Todd’s point, it’s also important to keep the full context of Trump when considering anything he says. This is a guy who’s spent years trying to undermine and tear apart the very institutions he swore an oath to uphold. And he’s spent 2 years desperately crying voter fraud at the drop of a hat in the hope that it would either keep him in office or help put him back in office.
He can’t and shouldn’t be given the same leeway as other people or presidents who might talk about the constitution. Because he’s proven time and time again he’ll destroy anything in his path if it means he’s in power.
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What else did you expect him to do? Play the six degrees game?
Bruh really? I don’t know let me think, how about… oh yeah: DANCING????
That’s been the running joke on the GOTG movies about Kevin Bacon, that he saved the world by dancing… u_u
So I think you might be right that they missed a bit of an opportunity for a joke there. Drax and Mantis should probably have gone to get Kevin Bacon so he could save Christmas via dancing. Then have a scene where they force him to dance. He’s terrible at it. That’s when they realize he’s just an actor. Everything else plays out just the same.
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On the politeness thing: there’s a local shop that has kept its “Please wear a mask” sign up long after it’s no longer law. So after I stopped carrying my mask, I stopped shopping there. Because that’s just good manners, if they politely request I wear one.
A while ago, I happened to see someone go in un-masked. So I had a good look through the window and realised nobody in the shop was wearing one, including the staff.
So now I still don’t shop there. I might if they ever take the hypocritical sign down.
I see signs like that all over town here. I honestly think the staff/management are too lazy to take them down or just plain forgot they’re up.
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Oh, God, I hope not!!!
Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Be House Speaker, Former GOP Congressman Says
Not a chance. But it would be kind of hilarious in the worst possible ways. First because McCarthy has been so desperate to be leader. Watch him get denied the position would be glorious. Second, it would be so insanely divisive. Two years of absolute toxic chaos where nothing at all but a bunch of baseless impeachment attempts and investigations loudly on display to show how out of touch the GOP is with the country.
The biggest drawback would be that I can see MTG actually trying to urge supporters to assassinate Biden and Harris so she could be president. She’s that much of a wacko.
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So how vulnerable is Twitter right now to a major cyber attack? With Elon firing half the staff basically on day one and then telling them to commit to “hardcore” work or being terminated…it seems like they’re probably pretty vulnerable now. I guess I’m just glad I never had an account to begin with because this could turn into a bigger shit show than it already is.
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If you look at the media some are now saying the Republicans won the House but some are saying they are still missing one seat. Its so chaotic.
It’s always like that with US elections, they decide when to ‘call’ a result and each news provider takes a different view on when they feel confident to do so. It’s why a lot of foreign news organisations only use AP as they are politically neutral.
It’s different to what I am used to in the UK or Malaysia as there is no running count published, they only announce the full tally at the end of the count.
I can’t really explain why some states are so fast and some so achingly slow, taking over a week can’t really have an excuse. Some are big and sparsely populated but as you say so are places like Brazil or Australia.
Its because this country is obsessed with “state’s rights” and we’ve allowed every state to have different rules for elections. Some states allow for early votes to be counted as they come in, some don’t. Some say all mail-in votes much be received by Election Day some give close to a week for those to come in as long as they’re postmarked by Election Day. Add to that, most election services, like everything that’s not defense, are critically underfunded so there aren’t enough staff to help with the counting. I’m sure there’s more to it, but those are at least a couple of reasons why counting the results take so long here.
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DeSantis COULD be more dangerous than Trump (he’s certainly more savvy), but he’s also more of a politician than Trump. He rode the MAGA winds into office and yes, he’s still MAGA in terms of politics, but he’s not been much of an election denier. If the DOJ actually indicts Trump, that might be enough to quell any other thoughts of future coups. Especially with election deniers in prominent state positions failing in nearly every race this cycle.
Thats not to say DeSantis wouldn’t suck. He’s pretty awful, but I think there’s a decent chance that he’s a standard shitty Republican instead of a Trump level king of chaos. That said, I hope we never find out because a standard shitty Republican will still do plenty of damage to the country and the world if they’re president.
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Literally never even heard of that character.
Same. But also, they could easily age up kid T’Challa, have him become Black Panther and meet and marry Storm. Or bring in T’Challa from another universe. Or they can continue to do their own thing.
But it’s not like the X-Men are even in the MCU yet. Sure, we’ve seen Xavier out in the multiverse, but that’s it. That article is just a weird, lazy complaint for the sake of complaining.
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MAGA isn’t going to die any time soon. There’s still a lot of MAGA politicians in congress. But it might kill open election denial as a strategy for them. Voters, particularly in swing states, made it pretty clear they didn’t want election deniers in seats of power in their state.
Trump, individually, may also be in a bit of trouble politically (and hopefully legally). But even that is a toss up. His base still could hand him the 2024 nomination. And we all know the spineless GOP will fall in line if that happens. We’ve seen how little conviction conservative politicians actually have. Still, I think they may finally realize Trump is a losing candidate that drags the whole party down. And the only thing the GOP hates more than losing is helping poor people.
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I enjoyed it quite a bit. I actually liked Shuri as a lead. It was an incredibly difficult position for a fun, supporting character to be thrust into the lead role. Especially the reason her character had to take over. It was a lot of weight to carry. Now, I think Lupita Nyong’o is a better actor? Yes. Would I have been okay if the mantle went to her? Absolutely. But it definitely made more logical sense for this to be about Shuri.
Namor was, and should continue to be, a good addition to the MCU. I’ll be looking forward to more Riri as well. This was a movie with a lot of strong female leads that didn’t feel the need to remind you that it was a movie with a lot of strong female leads, if that makes sense. I really appreciated that.
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One thing that still baffles me is why there are no other political parties of significance in the US. Why can’t the Socialist party of California get a seat in the House.
Also judging by these results De Santis might have a shot against Trump.
If more states would switch to something like ranked choice voting, we might see a rise is other viable political parties, but it comes largely down to recognition and money. Citizens United royally fucked politics in this country.
And yes, this election might actually be the beginning of the end of Trump in politics. But it probably means to the rise of DeSantis, who is just MAGA politics distilled into a much more dangerous form.
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Boebert hasn’t lost yet, but she trailing slightly. Which is a huge surprise considering her district is a very red district. Overall, the results are better for Dems than expected. If the GOP hadn’t shot themselves in the foot with abortion rights and by running insane idiots on most ballots, they would have absolutely trounced the Democrats. Right now it’s looking like they might barely take control of the house while the senate is a huge toss up. 3 races too close to call with one slightly leaning blue, one slightly leaning red and one almost certain to go to a run-off (why, Georgia?)
the biggest disappointment so far is how well DeSantis, Abbott and Kemp performed in their governor races. Not surprising, but they are such awful humans.
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Very glad we’ll at least get to Season of Mists adapted. Looking forward to seeing Delirium pop up. I have pretty high hopes for season 2.
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Regarding Twitter:
It figures that more big names will disconnect, go elsewhere and take their huge following with them.
Now the stories about Musk, his past controversies, even his parents and upbringing are to the fore.
Just where is the next platform that will take all this Twitter exodus?
Well apparently Jack Dorsey is hard at work on a new social media platform, but until then people will just do TikTok.
But seriously, Musk’s plans for Twitter sound awful. $8 a month for a check mark sure makes Netflix look a lot better. Plus, Elon says it will help boost post visibility and reduce spam and scam content…which is either the dumbest or the most naive thing I’ve ever heard (or just a straight lie). Because who’s most likely to pay the fee to boost their profile if not spammers, scammers, and misinformation accounts? Twitter is going to quickly become exponentially more toxic with moves like this, especially considering that Musk doesn’t seem all the interested in having a clear moderation plan outside of “charge money”.
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Yeah, I suspect that most of the people bitching in the media about character X’s race being changed or character y’s sexuality being changed for a movie don’t give a crap about those characters. They just want to argue about “wokeness” destroying things because it’s a buzzword that drives views and clicks.
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Oh, America is good and screwed. The GOP will win the midterms because our collective attention span is short and people can’t see beyond inflation and don’t understand it enough to realize neither party will suddenly be able to fix it. And the media here plays the “both sides” narrative all too often out of fear of sounding biased, which a lot of younger, liberal voters use as an excuse to give into apathy. Don’t get me wrong, the Dems do largely suck. But while they’re disappointing, the other side is legitimately a fascist party looking to strip away rights from anyone who isn’t a white, wealthy, straight, “Christian” man.
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James Cameron Says Marvel and DC Characters “Act Like They’re in College”
He may be right, but I’m still way more likely to watch Marvel’s upcoming movies than any of the Avatar sequels. Because if the first one is any indication they’ll be very technically impressive, over long snooze-fests. I’m sure there’s a very sizable audience for them, but I’m not among that set of demographics.
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Watch out, Hunter Biden? What voters predict a GOP House majority would do
In the poll, one prospective action was predicted across party lines: that Republicans would use new powers in a majority to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
The ever crazy Marjorie Taylor Greene says a GOP controlled House will investigate companies that stopped donating to the GOP after Jan 6th. They really don’t even bother trying to hide their fascism anymore.
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Looks like Musk is going to get twitter. Not sure what this means but I don’t like him. He had a little exchange with Medvedev in twitter recently where he seemed to make fun of the war.
To me Musk is just a more successful version of Donald Trump. He’s a self-obsessed child who has built up a cult of personality by making snarky, adolescent tweets. And he believes his monetary success means he’s way smarter than everyone else about everything in existence. Part of me hopes Twitter dies a quick death under him because he’s a guy who deserves massive public failure. But, of course, he’s the kind of guy who always manages to fail up so it probably wouldn’t cost him much of anything.
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I think Doom might be the easiest to cast. There’s no shortage of actors who could do well in that role. Reed is always going to be the most challenging.
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These days I sure wish it was this easy to get rid of US politicians…
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Kanye West To Acquire Conservative Social Network Parler
Supposedly, West sold his music rights to Jay-Z long ago and a lot of other deals are in Kim Kardashian’s name so when it says he is “acquiring” Parler, I have a feeling little, if any, of his money is going into this. He may be acquiring it in name only.
on the other hand, Parlor isn’t worth crap. Nobody uses it. It has about 0.02% of Twitter’s daily active users. It’s a complete afterthought in the social media landscape. Someone could probably offer a pizza and a lottery ticket for it and would still be overpaying.
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Grown embarrassed? What was their breaking point?
Who cares if she’s still going to easily win re-election. We can all see that she’s a toxic dick, but I’m pretty sure that’s what her voters like about her.
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Yeah, the chaos theory doesn’t seem completely out of bounds. I mean, if we’re even having semi-serious talk ps that Putin could use nuclear weapons then no tactic is off the table. Putin is clearly desperate. He started a war that he thought he could win in 2 to 3 weeks. 8 months later there’s no end in sight, the Russian economy is in shambles, Russians are trying to flee the country to escape conscription, and Putin has long been an agent of destabilization. So I would put anything past him at this point.
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Game theory requires at least some rational thought, though. Our government leaders aren’t exactly the most rational. And they seem to be getting less rational with each passing year. And many of them have shown a clear lack of care, if not outright disdain, for the planet and life as a whole.
You could also argue that the path of least regret is full annihilation. Because if you (and the world) are dead then nobody will be wasting any time on regrets.
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Apparently, there’s controversy because Sabra is gonna be in Captain America: New World Order.
People have to find some reason to be pissed at Marvel.
I thought maybe the “Ariel is black?!” outrage might be enough to gloss over other things for a while. But the internet does love to be angry.
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as that would mean taking on powerful financial institutions and the funds they have to influence elections as well.
Yeah the student loan bail out bails out the students, but also the banks that lent them the money and the schools demanding ridiculous fees.
Maybe there should be a rule that schools can’t demand more than say 150 % of the money state universities ask from their students.
Or put a cap on interest rates for student loans. The rate cannot exceed 3% or the prime interest rate, whichever was lower at the time the loan was taken out. This would apply to student loans for universities and trade schools.
I read something the other day: Harvard University’s endowment (somewhere in the multi-billions) is so large that they could pay for every student to attend for free for practically forever. I believe I saw another article where University of Texas’ endowment may now exceed Harvard. I can imagine that there are other universities that could fund their students if they wanted to.
Sure, you can just look at the colleges like Texas, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State. They make well over $100 million off their sports programs alone (so off the backs of their students). Now obviously they put plenty f that back into the sports program. But I think there’s at least a solid argument that they shouldn’t be, say, spending $7 million on a coach like Jim Harbaugh while also charging in state student $16k a year…and out of state students over $50k a year.
Something needs to be done about runaway tuition costs. And definitely agree that interest should be capped at a very low rate. After all, student loans are basically the only loans given out without proof of employment and income to actually pay them off.
Ultimately I’m fine with this $10k forgiveness, but unless the root causes are addressed it’s just a band-aid over a bullet hole.
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I mostly hope they aren’t just saying that simply to keep WB from killing the movie and that they’re actually serious. The cynic in me finds the timing suspicious, coming right on the heels of headlines about WB seriously weighing whether or not to move forward with releasing the film. Here’s hoping it’s sincere. For everyone’s sake.
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I’ve watched the first 4 episodes. I think they’ve done a really great job adapting it. The problem is that Preludes & Nocturnes was always a bit slow and disjointed. Although I disagree that The Sound of Her Wings is the first good issue. I’ve always enjoyed A Hope in Hell and the 24 Hour Diner issues. Sound of Her Wings is just where Gaiman seems to fully find the right voice and direction for the rest of the series.
Anyway, very pleased with what I’ve seen so far. Really it’s successful and gets all the way to the end.
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Man, Warners is such as shit show. They manage to get Keaton back as Batman in 2 movies and they’re actually shelving one completely while somehow moving forward with the other that’s saddled with a lead hellbent on destroying themselves and everything they come in contact with. Absolutely mind boggling.
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Few people are willing to forego their own interests in exchange for political and economic stability.
I am not sure…I think it’s possible a lot of politicians believe them being in charge is really important for the country. You could say it’s just their own interests, but I think many believe they (or their party) really is so great and the others are so bad that the others can’t be allowed to be in charge.
With Trump for instance, I think it’s likely it’s not just his personal interest he cares about, he actually believes what he is doing is vital for the welfare of the country. I think that is common with most (wannabe) dictators. For instance Stalin was not just a mad dictator who liked killing and oppressing, he believed in the cause and its mission in the world. Politicians who are true believers in the righteousness of the cause, and the necessity of it being implemented no matter the the sacrifices that have to be made, can be more dangerous than hustlers who just care about their personal interest.
I won’t argue that a lot of dictators probably start off believing at least some of what they’re doing is necessary for the people. But knowing what I do about Trump, I don’t believe for one second that he believes what he spouts will make the country better. Because he doesn’t care about the country or anyone outside his own family (and it’s questionable how much he cares about them). He’s a spoiled narcissistic man-child who’s always gotten everything he’s ever wanted. He has always been a snake oil salesman. He’s 100% in it for himself.
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If Iron Fist had just been about Colleen Wing it would have been infinitely better. I basically just watched it for her.
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the Senate represents the upper class interests and the House represents middle and working class interests
I don’t understand how this is supposed to work. Both bodies are elected by the same cross-class group of citizens.
I mean, it doesn’t really work. The system definitely just favors the wealthy, but I suppose the idea is that the House should be the more diverse, less moderate branch (which is true enough) while the Senate would be more moderate since they’re going to need to appeal to a broader cross-section. Also, from a monetary standpoint, it makes more sense for the wealthy to pay for senator campaigns than it does for individual House Reps. A senator has more voting power than a house rep and longer terms. But with a two party system, gerrymandering, no ban on stock trades, and Super PACS being a thing, I think things have become increasingly blurry.
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Who’s behind it? Well in America it’s the ultra wealthy and corporations. The goal is power, control and increased wealth. I don’t think it goes much deeper than that anywhere really. Power corrupts and all that.
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Can I say which group was the first mover? Nope. Doesn’t really matter.
Well, I hope your answer would the correct one, because we’re all old enough in here to know better. The guy’s been shit on pretty hard since Dawn of the Dead, aka his very first movie… xD
I can understand the younger people getting bamboozled by the narrative that “people only dislike Snyder because of his rabid fanbase”, but that’s just bullshit.
If you say so. I’m sure you’re right. But WhatI remember about his first couple of movies was a lot of people heaping praise on him. Especially after 300. So I’d wager that, at the very least, his haters and fans arose simultaneously. Which isn’t surprising. Why wouldn’t they? Dawn of the Dead was both very well received by many, but I’m sure it was also disliked by a lot of people comparing it to the original Dawn of the Dead and possibly to 28 Days Later since they came out pretty close together. But can I say which group got more rabid first? No. And I could take your word for it, but you have a clear bias here too. End of the day I still don’t see why it matters. Some people love his movies, some can’t stand them. Either way he’s more successful than basically anyone arguing either side will ever be. So he wins. And his fans win. Because he gets to keep making movies.
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The Snyder vs anti-Snyder stuff is all pretty silly. I don’t particularly like his movies and probably never will, but I feel like both sides can get so combative that they push each other to the extremes. Can I say which group was the first mover? Nope. Doesn’t really matter. My take on the guy is he’s talented with some great visual sensibilities who picks projects that I SHOULD be predisposed to enjoy…but his movies are generally void of emotion and coherent storytelling. They are dour films that can be a slog to get through despite his eye for cool aesthetics. And I still think Sucker Punch is one of the grossest, most dull movies I’ve ever watched. But no one is forcing me to watch his movies so if others like that stuff, good for them and Snyder I suppose. I just try to avoid the super fans.
Dude can often put together a cool trailer though.
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I’d say he’s only one of five, but then he did voice that concurring opinion.
Yeah, but he’s also got the wife who was trying to overthrow the government and he was the only vote against releasing materials to the Jan 6th committee, so I’d say it’s fair to rank him as the worst right now. That said, 850k signatures is only about 0.25% of the population so I guess let me know if it gets to 10 million signatures. Not that it matters either way, but at least it might raise my eyebrows a bit.
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As a US citizens, it feels much worse now than ever before in my lifetime. It honestly feels like we’re on the precipice of the end of the United States. The Supreme Court has just agreed to take on an election law case centered around the power of state legislatures with regards to federal elections that, if the 6 justices continue to rule as they have been, could basically kill any semblance of democracy in this country. A few years ago, I would have never thought it possible, but today it actually doesn’t feel far fetched.
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The last bit there really should say “imagine the politics of arresting some young WHITE woman for having a termination”. Because this country doesn’t give a crap about minority women. In fact, arresting young minority women for abortions will probably whip up the garbage base pretty damn well. It’s exactly the kind of thing these so-called Christians want to see. They’re bloodthirsty animals.
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At this point the Ezra Miller saga feels as if it’s racing rapidly towards some terrible tragedy.
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Regarding the hearings, I’m most interested in this documentary footage they’ve just been provided and that a bunch of Trump admin officials are claiming to know nothing about. Will there be anything in there that’s new or game changing? Who knows, but it’s a fascinating development.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court continues their mission to destroy the country by expanding gun right even further. Probably the only potential good thing about them overturning Roe is that they’re going to be setting solid precedent that their own precedent doesn’t matter, which will leave the door open for future courts to overturn anything. Of course that really only helps if Dems can ever win in a meaningful way again. Which they may not. Because the courts are helping the GOP hold onto minority rule.
In an eye rolling statement, Clarence Thomas said “we know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise only after demonstrating to government officers some special need”. Really feels like every state with special absentee ballot requirements should sue the shit out of their state. If only to see this court bend over backwards to justify that it’s actually totally cool in the case of voting because reasons.
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Yeah, the war is just another excuse they use to feed their greed. I mean you can just look at oil prices back in 2008. They actually peaked higher than they are right now, but gas prices never got as high as they are currently. And when you see that oil companies are reporting record profit margins, it’s pretty clear it’s just corporate greed fueling all of this. They don’t need to charge this much. They’re just doing it because they can. And right now is a perfect time to price gouge. Higher demand post pandemic, supply chain issues, the Ukraine war and the great boogeyman of inflation give them all the cover they need to deflect.
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As someone who didn’t like The Joker at all, a weird musical with Lady Gaga is just batshit goofy enough to get me to maybe watch a Joker sequel.
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But who really is to blame?
The Democrats are to blame. Simple as that.
I said this before concerning 2016. Being so wishy washy about Hilary was part of what got you know who in power. And he was in the position to put in four to the Supreme Court. Now there is this outrage about RoevWade possibly being overturned…
The whole thing is a mess, starting with the fickle voters.Or maybe Clinton shouldn’t have run in the first place. Maybe she shouldn’t have put resources into getting Trump onto the Republican ticket assuming he’d be an easy win. Maybe she should have done things to appeal to left-wing voters instead of assuming they’d vote for her because have you seen the other guy?
While I won’t argue that Democrats are generally a disappointment, I think voters also do deserve to be lambasted a bit. Because voter turnout in the country is just awful. Especially in primaries. And for all the complaints about Dems not offering good candidates, well, the place you’re most likely to find progressives is in the primaries. But they rarely make it out of the primaries because no one shows up to vote for them. So it’s a bit of a catch 22. Progressives don’t vote because they don’t see enough progressive candidates and Dems don’t run more progressive candidates because young progressives are the least reliable voting demographic. To expect the political party to be the one to break the mold isn’t realistic to me. So change needs to start with young progressives swallowing their pride and showing up in force at every single election.
Let’s take 2016 as an example. You had Bernie and Hillary. By most accounts, Bernie speaks to what young progressives in the country want. Yet primary turnout in 2016 was 28% total (meaning GOP and Dem primaries combined). For all the talk of Hillary shouldn’t have run and the DNC had some conspiracy to screw Bernie…nobody showed up to vote. If all the alleged Bernie supporters had actually showed up in the 2016 primaries, he could have easily won despite whatever efforts existed to help Hillary win. Fact of the matter is, most of the people in the 2016 general election who refused to vote for Hillary because they were Bernie supporters who felt he got screwed probably didn’t show up to vote for Bernie when they had the chance. Same in 2020. And this is all much worse in midterm primaries. 30% turnout is a good number during a presidential year in primaries. In midterms some places probably get half of that. And the voters most likely to show up for primaries? Older more moderate/conservative voters. So of course we end up with more conservative candidates in the general elections. If progressives want to push through electoral change then they need to show up to every single election, specifically to the primaries where progressive candidates are most likely to exist and need the most help. Don’t just talk the talk.
I also think the narrative that the Dems, as a whole party, are useless is unfair and a bit toxic. Why? Well, the House has passed dozens of bills in the last 18 months that progressives want. The For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Statehood for DC, the George Floyd Police reform act, several gun control bills, Build Back Better, etc. The House is doing their job and trying to deliver on a lot of things. Yet voters are going to punish them based on the actions of 50 GOP senators and 2 Dem senators. And then any hope of achieving anything at all dies. Simple fact is the votes don’t exist in the senate to do much of anything. Doesn’t matter if it’s Biden, Bernie, Warren, Obama or Jesus himself.
Showing up to vote for the most liberal candidate available is really the only recourse if we want to see any chance of change. Because the other option is just to fall backwards into fascism at this point. Those are basically our only two options in the US.
Don’t get me wrong, I understand voter frustration, but abstaining from voting because you don’t like either candidate just gives us the worst candidate possible that sets us back decades. If we want to force electoral change then it’s going to be a hard, slow process. Because that’s government and politics basically everywhere. The Civil Rights act took 100 years after the end of the civil war. Women first officially had a convention on women’s rights back in 1848. It took more than 70 years after that to get the vote. Gay marriage was federally outlawed officially in 1996. Took nearly 20 years to untangle that. Marijuana is still illegal at a federal level for no real reason anymore. Only voting in general elections every 4 years just won’t get the job done any quicker. And these days, I think it’s proven that it could end the chances for generations.
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Yeah, I have no problem with Cap’s little catchphrase being well known to the public. The Avengers are a big deal in the MCU, and Stark alone never shut up when he was alive. It’s very reasonable that it came up in interviews over the years. Then it was in the Avengers musical, which would have further spread it into the public consciousness. Of all the things to gripe about with Marvel stuff, this one doesn’t even phase me.
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