Mr Sneeze

On 1/23/2020 at 9:01 AM, TupennyConan said:

This is going to set-off the internet! 

From page 1, you saw this all along!

On 11/16/2023 at 5:11 PM, 1950's war comics said:

a masterful response and thank you for bringing to light a major elephant in the room ! 

If there are more than one unaddressed issues in the room, can we agree to call the biggest issue the elephant and then say the next issue is a horse or duck depending on its relative size to the elephant(major issue) in the room?

On 11/16/2023 at 11:09 AM, VintageComics said:

I read everything, as do people who don't post here. 

And I don't think you can have a deep conversation in a "sentence or two" and move on, which really is the problem if most people think they can. 

And that really is a root problem with social media. People have been programmed to think a soundbite is a sufficient response. It's a recipe for disagreement and nothing else, which is why I choose to expand my responses. 

The irony here is so rich I think I sharted.

On 11/16/2023 at 11:02 AM, VintageComics said:

I'm not interested in discussing this topic with you anymore because all you, namisgr and a bunch of others have added nothing of value to this conversation and have just baited and snickered people perpetually and yet strangely, you and namisgr pride yourselves on being a teachers professionally.

The rest aren't rising to the bait and are staying on point. Please stop with the personal comments so we can have productive discussions.

People have added plenty of value, we generally can get our ideas down in a sentence or two and then move on. 

You don’t read anything that doesn’t reinforce your pedantic offerings.

On 11/15/2023 at 6:58 PM, paqart said:

Female empowerment is Gone With the Wind, Sound of Music, Mrs. Miniver, not Captain Marvel or IronHeart. 

On 11/15/2023 at 5:30 PM, paqart said:

Think of how many people went to see Titanic because they were curious if the ship made it to New York.

It didn’t make it?

On 11/15/2023 at 5:04 PM, VintageComics said:

I stopped face palming, eye rolling and telling people what I didn't like about them as a non-constructive tool a long time ago. Total waste of resources, but you do you. 

I learned that from Jordan Peterson. It really is refreshing to live a life of gratitude than one of bitterness. Have a good one. 

On 11/15/2023 at 4:57 PM, 1950's war comics said:

no i don't but if i was being honest i would quote every brilliant post that Paqart and Vintage has made and applaud them

between the two of them they have provided in this thread the most in-depth post i have ever read in my time on these boards 

Nevermind

On 11/15/2023 at 4:58 PM, Prince Namor said:

Keep the topic on what ROY wants or your going to confuse him!

He has no idea how long it took to find that triple face palm!

On 11/15/2023 at 4:48 PM, VintageComics said:

All you've done is snicker since you got here and add nothing productive. What is the elephant in the room because even I don't see it? 

Speak for yourself, Ive added plenty.

Also, elephant in the room. People grow up.

On 11/15/2023 at 3:24 PM, Axelrod said:

You are not wrong.  

Here's some stuff I didn't like about this movie:

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The "villain" of this film might have been the worst Marvel villain I've seen yet.  I cannot, as of this moment, even remember her name, so I will refer to her as "Bad Teeth Lady."  Bad Teeth Lady also has one of the dumbest villain plans yet in the Marvel Universe.  Her planet is in bad shape (but I guess people are still living there).  So she is going to rejuvenate her planet by stealing the atmosphere from one planet (didn't this literally happen in Spaceballs?), the water from another planet, and the sun's energy from a third.  This is a cartoon looney toons level ridiculous scheme for a serious film (I am using the term "serious" loosely, but still).  She can apparently do this because she found a magic armband and it can open dimensional portholes in space, and, I guess if you open the porthole in just the right spot, the specific thing you are trying to suck up gets sucked up?  It also gives her super strength and stuff.  I think.  

Also, she blames Captain Marvel personally for the misfortunes of her planet, because Captain Marvel destroyed the supreme Kree AI leader, after which the Kree empire apparently descended into civil war, and it was during the civil war that her planet got messed up (i.e. by other Kree), so she targets planets that Captain Marvel personally cares about.  At least sort of.  How she knows these things?  Who cares.  

Then there's the central conceit of the film.  The plot device everything gets built around.  Which is that - completely coincidentally and completely by accident - Captain Marvel, and Monica Rambeau and Ms. Marvel all happen to be either (a) using their powers, or (b) touching a dimensional porthole, at the exact same moment, at which point they get "quantum entangled."  And now, whenever they use their powers, they physically swap places with one of the other ones across the universe.  Except for the times they don't.  It's not especially consistent.  Putting aside the ludicrousness of that, it's mostly played for laughs.  There aren't any significant ramifications from this incident.  There's a montage of them basically learning how to live with it, and then it just goes away at the end when they "win."   It's really bad writing.  

And other than that, the whole movie is just silly.  Like, really silly.  Planet of singing people and baby Flerkins eating everyone (temporarily) levels of silly.  I understand this was intentional, and I don't mind some humor and silliness in my Marvel films, but this one went way over the deep end, even more so than Thor: Love and Thunder, which was the previous champion of silliness. 

If there's retooling to be done in the Marvel Universe, I suspect it's going to be working on the tone of their films, and trying to get back to something resembling a normal balance of humor/seriousness.  Because they really lost the thread here.    

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Umm, some of the silliness made me smile?   Not all the humor fell completely flat?  I liked Ms. Marvel.  Out of all of them, she seemed like she was having the most fun. 

It was not aggressively disagreeable.  Just mostly silly and dumb.  A light soufflé, when I prefer my Marvel a little meatier.  But that's where other people can have reasonable disagreement about what they like/enjoy.  

I thought the call out to the Avengers/Young Avengers at the end was cute.  

Woah! Was not expecting a post about the Marvels. Carry on and thanks!

@TupennyConan

l think we’re getting to the Marvels any minute now!

On 11/15/2023 at 11:26 AM, VintageComics said:

And importantly, in that order. 

Greed saw the ESG movement grow exponentially (just like the asset bubble of 2021) and drop just as fast. 

The world was CONVINCED this was the way, and now that same system is encountering great resistance and is dropping. 

But it ABSOLUTELY was the preferred vehicle of investment for a few years and every graph, every bit of evidence, every ESG rating - every EVERYTHING supports that, including the profitability of the companies involved, the decision making and the outcomes. The math is there in black and white for anyone who doesn't completely ignore it. 

The reason (some) people are trying to ignore it is because accepting it as true and not working starts to unravel their own belief systems and the fact that this system is NOT profitable, means it's NOT sustainable.

The irony is that the entire premise of the concept of ESG was supposed to be SUSTAINABILITY and it can't even sustain itself. It's hilarious if it isn't so pathetic that someone even thought it could be sustained naturally when it's now on life support. 

YOU CAN'T CHANGE NATURE. 

You can polish this turd as much as you like but it’s still a polished turd!

On 11/15/2023 at 10:28 AM, Dr. Balls said:

If you have an 80" tv or larger, just scooch your couch back ten feet and pay one of your kids to throw popcorn at you for two hours. Problem solved.

Even with 60“, as long as the sound system is up to the task. The docking scene with the Zimmer score has to rank as one of the great cinematic sequences. Incredible!

On 11/15/2023 at 5:52 AM, Bosco685 said:

Godzilla Minus One Roars Loudly as the Best Film in the Franchise Since Godzilla 1954

Rating: 4.5/5 Atoms

Did this guy see Shin Godzilla? I mean that movie is haunting in a way few movies ever are. It’s still with me weeks later. 

That said, I look forward to it being just as good if possible. 

On 11/15/2023 at 9:43 AM, TupennyConan said:

Given enough time, he'll be the star of DisneyAdult+++. 

There’s to many taglines coming to mind to promote this coming endeavour.

On 11/14/2023 at 4:36 PM, NewWorldOrder said:

Oh I am with you (isnt it nice we finally agree on something? ), and I think they can do well with the FF, just X-Men will probably be more relatable to the vast audience and a bigger draw than the FF.

Now where I think we both for sure agree is if they do FF right and mix in Dr. Doom (villain 1A) and Galactus (villain 1B) and combo that with X-men and Magneto then you easily have 10-15 years of magic if done right.  Plus even a X-Men vs Avengers movie.  I just think when people say their are out of ideas that's silly you know. 

 

I would agree if you mean a good movie every couple of years instead of three mehs in the same span.

People are free to define their own existence as they will.

It’s when people go out of their way to define everyone else’s existence that maybe they they should step back an find a more comfortable shoe.

edit to add…

I would like my child to grow into the world with as many doors open as possible and let them decide which ones to close when the time comes.

PS Barbie was a great film!

Totally serious! It was also surprising to find out that not all frenchmen were short but great cooks and that not all rabbits were rascals.