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AduroT wrote: I felt LnT was a letdown. Korg is such a horrible character, so defending it as As Told By Korg isn’t helping it. Turning Thor into an idiot. Anthropomorphising the hammers. Making the Guardians so useless. The child soldiers. The Got Danged Goats. I don’t hate Taika, but I’m glad he’s not doing any more of them.
You know they've done that in the comics well before this movie, right?
The comics once gave Superman the power to shoot tiny versions of himself from his hands. I’d complain if they added something that stupid to the movies as well.
AduroT wrote: I felt LnT was a letdown. Korg is such a horrible character, so defending it as As Told By Korg isn’t helping it. Turning Thor into an idiot. Anthropomorphising the hammers. Making the Guardians so useless. The child soldiers. The Got Danged Goats. I don’t hate Taika, but I’m glad he’s not doing any more of them.
You know they've done that in the comics well before this movie, right?
The comics once gave Superman the power to shoot tiny versions of himself from his hands. I’d complain if they added something that stupid to the movies as well.
As much as you don't like it (and that is fair enough) anthropomorphizing the weapons isn't just a thing from the comics. It feeds into the "Story by Korg" bit. It's Thor looking back at what he once had with all his nostalgia for it instead of looking forward to what he should be doing with his future. I don't think Stormbreaker was actually floating around watching Thor Cheat on it with his old hammer. Mjolnir has an enchantment on it that gets it to act on behalf of Jane. Stormbreaker has no such enchantment.
Again, you not liking that is fine. You should like what you like. But there is purpose to (most of) the things happening in the movie and it isn't just random nonsense.
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Taking that interpretation as correct on face value (which I don't) then you're left with the problem of what the feth was Waititi thinking introducing those sorts of concepts into a film which is fundamentally aimed at families?
There's now way kids are going to grasp that at all, and it's so far outside of the creative language used in these sorts of blockbusters that even adults that are equipped to decipher it (a depressingly small minority) aren't going to be looking for it in a popcorn film.
Frankly the whole idea whiffs of post hoc justification for a poor execution of an already flawed concept.
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Yeaaaah, no offense but the amount of damage control and copium by some people to justify movies like L&T to be more meaningful than it actually is reminds me of when a clearly braindead fanservice anime/manga is defended by hardcore fans as having "good plot" and extrapolating meaning that isn't there when even the creator flat out states they made it because he wanted to draw big titty anime girls. I mean when Chris Hemsworth low-key burns the movie by saying it was as if a 7-year old made a movie, that's not exactly good commentary on how even the main actor felt that it probably wasn't fully thought through in terms of Thor being treated as a serious character.
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The idea that L&T is stupid because the tale is told through the mouth of Korg is bothersome. It's the kind of thing that someone should have paused and said, "this is a terrible idea."
Korg is a nobody. Especially now. He's not a massively important or beloved character. He was mildly amusing in Ragnarok, but to focus a $200+ million project through his perspective is wildly misguided.
It is a well worn path of Ancient stories to have the narrator be someone other than the hero. I mean, classic examples include 300 and Beowulf. Since this was the story of a "Space Viking" it makes sense the story would be told by another story-teller rather than Thor himself.
Heroes' do not tell their own story, especially in an Epic. That's just tacky!
That said, I didn't think Thor: L&T was very good.
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The defense lawyer of Jonathan Majors says the actor is “completely innocent” and “provably the victim” after he was arrested on Saturday in Manhattan and charged with assault and harassment in what New York Police Department described as a “domestic dispute.”...
... Chaudhry goes on to say there is video footage from the vehicle where the alleged incident took place, witness testimony from the driver and onlookers and two written statements from the woman recanting the allegations.
“All the evidence proves that Mr. Majors is entirely innocent and did not assault her whatsoever,” she said. “Unfortunately, this incident came about because this woman was having an emotional crisis, for which she was taken to a hospital yesterday. The NYPD is required to make an arrest in these situations, and this is the only reason Mr. Majors was arrested. We expect these charges to be dropped soon.”
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
Just Tony wrote: So we've convicted him already before a shred of evidence is shown?
I don’t think anyone has convicted him. But after the Rick and Morty guy’s arrest for DV, and how the studio handled it, it raises some serious questions about how Disney/Marvel will respond. If his lawyer’s statement is true, and there’s video of the incident that exonerates him, I think we’d all be a lot happier.
A difficulty with domestic violence cases is that we all know victims might recant for all kinds of reasons, and partners might also use the threat of DV accusations for all kinds of reasons. The guilty might never face justice, and the innocent might never be cleared.
Other folks have been using the opportunity of his arrest to make claims about the kind of person he is. No idea what's legit, but apparently some other acting folks at least don't like him enough to publicly post about it.
bbb wrote: Other folks have been using the opportunity of his arrest to make claims about the kind of person he is. No idea what's legit, but apparently some other acting folks at least don't like him enough to publicly post about it.
They were the best in a long while. Not entirely because he was in them, but he played a part. Mainly notable that they brought back the "Be all you can be", which was the motto when I joined.
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
Apparently Secret Invasion got a release date of June 21 and then a day later it was changed again to 'coming soon'? Can anyone confirm? I can't even find it on the app for some reason.
Got my backlog of shows to watch cleared out, and were between anime seasons, so I watched the first season of Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur. Fun show, very colorful, lots of music. They really upped Lunela’s charisma and likability. In the comics she’s a very stuck up, smartest person in the room kind of character, where in this she’s more awkward and doesn’t harp on about her superior intelligence all the time. She’s still the smartest person in the room. They also completely leave out her being an Inhuman, zero mention of that. Still bring her “super power” into one episode, but it’s from a gadget mishap, not her power. Crossover from the rest of Marvel is nearly non-existent, with only a single character I recognize, and only by name given the vast changes to their appearance, plus a mention of Wakanda in one episode alongside the quick silhouettes of a couple Black Panther characters.
Anyways, as mentioned, it’s just a fun, non-serious show with catchy music and bright colors and good jokes.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
I’m at the stage where I’m not going to watch anymore trailers for it. I don’t have to be convinced to see it.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Saw the trailer for Blue Beetle on Facebook. Not the voice I’d have expected for Khaji-da, but the suit looks Amazing. I’m down for it.
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Yeah, it feels like one of the few releases where it seems to have meaningful stakes and won't be a complete CGI fest. Hopefully more Winter Soldier, less Multiverse of Madness please.
Grimskul wrote: Yeah, it feels like one of the few releases where it seems to have meaningful stakes and won't be a complete CGI fest. Hopefully more Winter Soldier, less Multiverse of Madness please.
Feels X-files meets Winter Soldier (or the secondary characters in Civil War, rather than the silly main plot), but with something else lurking in the background.
Not sure if the 'something else' is good or bad, but the 'one last mission' makes me think of the Lethal Weapon movies, and a lot of 'week before retirement' jokes in cop movies.
