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Post by Swindle on Aug 15, 2024 11:49:31 GMT -8
Ok, I finally watched New Mutants movie.
which is a loose adaption of the Demon Bear Saga.
The short of it, not a great movie, direction isn't much to write home about, but the performances/characters lift things.
Magik by anya taylor joy is spot on. maisie williams really proves she can do something completely different than Game of Thrones as Wolfsbane. I am also a long time fan of Cannonball (the next Cyclops in the comics, the great team field leader) who has been taught by Prof X, Magneto and Cable, he has a wide scope of influences, nice to see him adapted. Just because someone is a "country bumpkin" doesn't mean you are an idiot. One great thing X-Men comics have done as long as I've read them is break down stereotypes of all sorts of people.
The movie actually plays as it could have been a tv show: a small group of mutants trapped in a 'hospital' and treated to 'control' their mutant powers til they 'get better'. Enclosed set and a small cast, including their jailer. Could see how you could have mined this as they try to escape and deal with their trauma episode by episode.
2 1/2 stars out of 4..
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Post by Felix on Aug 15, 2024 18:27:22 GMT -8
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Post by Bravo on Aug 17, 2024 20:49:11 GMT -8
Batman: Caped Crusader Episode 6 Night Ride - So it seemed like this take on Batman was grounded and suddenly we get Gentleman Ghost, who is a real ghost. No Scooby Doo thing. I don't think of that character as a Batman villain per se, though. This take on the ghost has him rob the poor because most rich people, even dead ones, are jerks on this show. Score: 5/10 Batman: Caped Crusader Episode 7 Moving Target - Someone put a hit out on the Commish. There's some masked hitmen leader whom I never heard of. In this show's fashion a dirty cop is the recurring red-head white guy one . 6/10 Batman: Caped Crusader Episode 8 Nocturne - Another supernatural/metahuman one. Nocturne, an obscure villainess appears, as a carnival goth girl ala Wednesday Adams, she's a lifeforce vampire who is going after orphans. The orphans in the episode have the first names of Robins. Yeah...how cute. Nocturne is a very Bruce Timm character. A 12 year old girl with a paper doll figure beating up Batman, because she's also super strong. Killer Croc makes an unremarkable cameo. 4/10 Batman: Caped Crusader Episode 9 The Killer Inside Me - Two-Face happens. Not a spoiler, it was coming when you have Dent as a recurring character. Somehow going Two-Face makes Dent near unstoppable. 6/10 Batman: Caped Crusader Episode 10 Savage Night - Two-Face part two, face it. Too much of Babs Gordon being capable, because she's a woman of color. Batman finally gets pissed off in this one. The big surprises are Two-Face dies protecting Barbara, so much for recurring villains. And there's a Joker teaser at the end. 6/10 |
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Post by Felix on Aug 18, 2024 16:40:08 GMT -8
Did you ever see "The Killing Joke"?
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Post by Bravo on Aug 19, 2024 14:44:03 GMT -8
No. I don't care for that storyline, and from what I've heard, the cartoon movie isn't good.
Futurama Season 9 Episode 1 The One Amigo - A sooo timely NFT episode. Yeah. Bender finds his Mexican family and one is voiced by Danny Trejo, which also makes this episode seem like 8 years ago. It's a so-so mostly predictable episode. I'm still wondering why kids Cubert and Dwight never age. 5/10
Futurama Season 9 Episode 2 Quids Game - Another dated episode, Squid Game, but I never saw it, so a little lost on me. It's all framed around a surprise b-day party for Fry that for includes some recurring characters that aren't his friends or friends of the Planet Express crew, just to pad the number of contestants. Fry recalls a childhood birthday party that turned sour, which ties into some aliens putting everyone through deadly party games. 5/10
Futurama Season 9 Episode 3 The Temp - A temp who once replaced Fry on vacation 20+ years ago, returns and hypnotizes everyone into thinking he's Fry. It's rather silly and low stakes, but at least it starts as a mystery. 6/10
Futurama Season 9 Episode 4 Beauty and the Bug - Another Bender episode. This one is about bug (bull) fighting on Mars*, which now has a Spanish culture area for story reasons. Bender falls for a female robot bugfighter who teaches him how to be one, then Bender gets a conscious about animal cruelty. *But in a past season, wasn't Mars destroyed or out of its orbit? Who knows? 5/10
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Post by Felix on Aug 19, 2024 21:27:00 GMT -8
Yeah, I'm not a fan.
Never read the comic, and was so excited to see it, but it kind of turned me off from Batman.
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Post by Swindle on Aug 19, 2024 21:35:45 GMT -8
The cartoon adaption of the killing joke is bad, even the animation is off. Timm goes down his Batman/Batgirl shipping nonsense again in that movie. The added content it reduces Batgirl to a silly girl into it for sex and violence.
Moore, himself, Killing Joke was a noncanon story the editors made canon because it was a way to get Batgirl out of the comics. Moore himself said he went too far and is embarrassed by it. As a comic, an exploration of Joker, sure its excellent, but Batgirl is used as a plot device.... Moore by wide measure is the greatest comic book writer ever of course.
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Post by Bravo on Aug 20, 2024 8:14:31 GMT -8
That's what Moore seemed to excell at, major changes, like the final issues of Superman before the Post-Crisis reboot/retcon. None of which matter, because that universe was ending. Or Moore will take someone's characters and retcon in a change like with Swamp Thing. In that regard, I think Moore is overrated.
I liked the late Mark Gruenwald. He wasn't cynical towards superheroes like Moore was or became, but could still mix things up like the firing of Captain America or controversial The Scourge of the Underworld storylines.
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Post by Bravo on Aug 24, 2024 18:00:59 GMT -8
Finished up the final season of Disenchantment over the past week or so. It was...okay overall. I mean, the show lived and died by the character Bean, and that seemed like a very limiting idea for a series. So it was best to make it a closed story of 50 episodes. The final episode has more endings than Return of the King, maybe that was the joke or maybe it gratuitousness by the creators. How about more gay weddings?!
There was a joke about "people being horrible because they believe vaccine conspiracy theories." Okay, sure, show produced by Matt Groening, who once hobnobbed with Epstein, conspiracies are all nonsense, huh? Never mind the joke really makes no sense for the show's medieval fantasy setting mixed with steampunk. I mean, they put in other anachronistic bits, too.
Anyway, onto his next new project. Which is none. Apparently. Just grinding Futurama into a zombie Simpsons era.
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Post by Swindle on Sept 21, 2024 9:48:04 GMT -8
The Penguin ep1
SPOILERS
This is a tour of Gotham through Oswald's eyes. We get his pathos, wants respect and is a mamma's boy.
He is caught getting some stuff of Carmine's at the Iceberg Lounge by Alberto Falcone, a young hot shot who is the heir. Penguin does some fast talking and they end up drinking and soon enough, Alberto does make fun of him and in a fit of rage, Penguin shoots and kills him. This creates the big plot point, having to cover his tracks. As he is getting ready to dispose of the body, some punk kids are trying to jack his car, but Penguin is able to catch one of them and ropes him into being his stooge, a kid named Victor, who is basically the POV character.
Alot of the deal is, he creates an alibi with a hooker who knows, and Penguin trying to kiss ass to the Falcones, who want to shut down his dug op, and dealing with mob guys is one thing, but Sofia Falcone is another matter, who is clearly insane and just out of Arkham, a serial killer who has been 'rehabilitated and' is very much like, hey, where the fuck is my brother, he was going to the Iceberg Lounge, haven't been seen since? The actress is unnerving and trying to fast talk with Sohpia is a lot tougher.
He goes Salvatore Maroni at Blackgate Prison to try to flip on the Falcones and this guy thinks little of Penguin, never work with someone who can be bought. But Penguin does have a trump card, Penguin returns a ring of his the Falcone's had kept as a trophy. Sophie does have her men capture Penguin to really torture him and find out if he had something to do with her brother, but Penguin has Victor, who no one knows about or gives a fuck about basically, his ace in the hole, he has the body of Alerto's body show up on their grounds in a vehicle with Payback written in the trunk. So, Penguin to save his own hide starts a gang war. LOL
Good stuff, its batman world, its mob shit, acting is good, the two central characters are great, Penguin and Sophie. We of course, see the results of Riddler's actions in the movie as well, some of Gotham in a bad state. And its very interesting, yes, Batman is mentioned, but its a deal where he is one man, and you really see how expansive the Mob world is. He's very much out of sight, out of mind.
3 out of 4. Good start.
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Post by Felix on Sept 21, 2024 11:01:00 GMT -8
Sounds pretty good!
Might have to give Penguin a watch.
I've been watching more Rings of Power, season 2.
It's a bunch of woke crap.
I find myself rooting for Sauron to put an end to middle earth.
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Post by Bravo on Sept 21, 2024 12:41:43 GMT -8
Futurama Season 9 Episode 5 "One Is Silicon and the Other Gold" - So the invented problem is that Leela has trouble making friends and runs up the company's bills talking to a chatbot. Then she joins a real book club with of course regular/recurring female characters, who then decided they don't like books. The guys start an actual book club. It's still relevant. It's not bad, low stakes. 6/10
Futurama Season 9 Episode 6 "Attack of the Clothes" - Here go with invent a new passion/job for a character. Professor Farnsworth becomes a fashion designer using mutated moths that grow perfect outfits. Cara Delevinge guest stars and at least it's not just a cameo. 5/10
Futurama Season 9 Episode 7 "Planet Espresso" - Here we go with the lost relative, Hermes' dad, and change of business. The planet express becomes a coffee company/shop. There's a mystery behind their coffee beans, though. Kyle MacLachlan has a rather wasted cameo. 5/10
Futurama Season 9 Episode 8 "Cuteness Overlord" - A Beanie Baby episode, or at least satire of collecting. Amy goes crazying collecting plush bean-filled toys, but you guessed it, there's more going on than meets the eye. Some continuity issues here. Amy's annoyed her 3 kids are spoiled...yet all three survived a swamp for years, one that killed off lots of their siblings. There's also time passage, they go back to the Orphanarium, but the kids are the same ones, the same age they were in the 1990's episodes. And Bender had once adopted them all for the government checks, but here he doesn't seem to know them or vice versa. They have acknowledged time has passed before on the show, Amy and Kiff's kids are proof of that. But they play fast and loose because who gives a crap? They've really pushed the shocking reveal trope a lot this season's plots. 5/10
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Post by Felix on Sept 27, 2024 13:42:49 GMT -8
Rings of Power Season two episode 7 review SPOILERS!!!
Sauron is winning. Yay.
He has been deceiving the elf smith maker into making rings for him.
It gets to the point, the good elf smith maker, doesn't realize there is a war going on outside the tower he works in.
He breaks free of the spell, but accidently knocks one of the supporting elf actresses off of the wall and to the mercy of the orcs.
Although, Adars orcs "URUK'S" which are serving him because they think he loves them like children, but he is ordering them to fight and die to defeat Sauron....yeah, I know...the overall story of this series doesn't make a lot of sense.
Sauron is basically nanotech graphine oxide, black goo...can't be killed, can shapeshift, and manipulate what you see around you.
Anything to get what he wants.
This episode is centered around finishing the rings off because there might not be a third season.
The cliff hangers from the last episode surrounding Gandalfs story with Tom, the dark wizard and the small folk are omitted.
Also, everything to do with Isildur and the Numenor Queens story is also put on hold.
There is an urgency Sauron has to completing the rings of power, which seems to coincide with the need to finish this series.
Dwarves can't help because the King is digging for gold.
The few elves left, including the king, look as if they are to be killed or captured, and hopelessly outnumbered.
We know Elrond survives, but it doesn't look good for them.
Galadriel escaped orc imprisonment...big surprise there.
Next episode season finale,
Retarded Gandalf will earn enough experience points to get his staff.[/spoilers]
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Post by Swindle on Sept 27, 2024 21:50:38 GMT -8
I am so glad I never even gave Rings of Power even a chance (I did dip out of House of the Dragon mid season 2 when it became stupid)
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Post by Felix on Sept 28, 2024 10:12:27 GMT -8
I am so glad I never even gave Rings of Power even a chance (I did dip out of House of the Dragon mid season 2 when it became stupid) It has it's good moments. but what they did to Gandalf is absolutely unforgivable. And the wokeness has a cringe factor rating that is off the charts. House of Dragons season 2 was an instant fail when they replaced the cute charismatic leading actress, with the older not so attractive woman with no charisma whatsoever. And I really don't like how they put the '666' in the dragon house sigil, that didn't even exist until they decided to do this series. I hate when fans screw with existing lore. |
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