Think it was a given this would take the summer. Jurassic Movies always do well & there's a segment of the population that have zero interest in superheroes to the point they actively avoid them, yet they still like Jurassic movies. And everyone who DOES like superheroes ALSO likes Jurassic movies.

Hard disagree. It shoulda never been "changed" in the first place. It minimizes a word that brings thoughts of the most successful & beloved movies of the MCU. A year before the next true "AVENGERS" movie comes out, ya get something called "The New Avengers?" - Subconsciously it makes the real one seem less grand.

I think the real issue is how they now feel the need to blow everyone away so hard that it ends up with us waiting ridiculously long between installments.

Maybe they could give themselves some slack & release games outside the numbered entries just called "GTA Stories" or some such & it be like using the same engine & everything they already had & just making something new & fun. GTA3, VICE CITY, & SAN ANDREAS all basically used the same GTA3 engine & look how advanced San Andreas was in scope & scale both story & environment wise over GTA3. And only after 3yrs.

They put so much pressure on themselves nowadays. Sometimes I just want a new GTA-like pumped out UbiSoft style. Love them or hate them, Ubi's WORLDS are great, & they can make them in short order. It's like fast food. Sometimes ya just want a Big Mac. GTA doesn't always have to be prestige gaming. Wish there was more GTA clones like old Saints Row if Rockstar keeps insisting on these absurd dev cycles.

Well that comment was definitely right about "turbo mode" though....

As much as he wants to skip origins, at least give some big flashbacks, people connect more with superheroes when they see backstory & the big turning points.... we don't even get Lois discovering her work buddy is actually Superman, that seems an insane iconic moment to not let audiences in on & just outright skip....

Ok, just fully disagree here. Not about how crucial their relationship is, totally agree she's the secret sauce to a successful superman story. But as far as the dynamic, it'd be fine if this was part 3 of this incarnation. The traditional & classic shenanigans of Clark hiding his identity from Lois as she fawns over superman, all the while having no clue that her lovable dorky sidekick at work is really him is part of the iconic lore that's being completely skipped here.... Gunn had a chance to do a take of that for modern audiences & just skipped it even though the unveiling moment of her learning he's superman is cinematic gold for evergreen audience enjoyment. The most recent take on the traditional Superman & Lois dynamic is literally the Tobey Maguire Spidey movies, lol..

THOSE do Lois & Clark more than this does. Now while I like the scene of them bickering & for all the reasons u said if it came later, to just start off by skipping all that fun tension & humor & those lovable shenanigans is a missed opportunity. Especially since Snyder had Lois know who he was too, the kids today will have no idea of all that stuff....

Found these episodes particularly boring, definitely not what I'd use to show people that galactic politics in Star Wars can be interesting. Could hardly stay awake. I get it that Andor is basically an experiment in making Star Wars Into Prestige Television & like all prestige TV, alot of it can be boring before payoffs, but for Pete's sake, at least Act One started with the cool Tie Interceptor robbery & ended with some heroics, this installment has been all bleh.... I haven't finished the last ep yet so maybe something exciting happens. It's funny when relationship-wise, Cyril & Dedra are the most entertaining. As far as the rest though, u talk about romance in Star Wars, well this isn't Star Wars romance, this isnt Han & Leia, this is stuff that makes me yawn when it comes on. Can't they balance this show better so it pleases people like u & also people like me? The first week's eps did.

Makes sense. Gonna miss Tony's quippy-ness & sarcasm though. Wish they'd just bring in Deadpool for the main smartasf type character of the Avengers, they need "that guy" in the group. The one who makes the snarky remarks.

That's true but only for making adjustments to where they were previously headed. They can't set up a story with a character yet to debut based on his prior entries. In this sense it will be based on story logic (at least initially,) but they make sure to have a known A-lister in the role to begin with. They'll adjust based on what u said.

I like that they're using the skirt but it's hard to have faith in how the suit will look overall considering what Gunn went with for Corenswet's.... if he wanted red where the trunks go why not just use a belt. Or just make that part of the suit red, in a similar shape without it actually being trunks.... Instead he made them even bigger. I'm glad we're getting color back in DC movies, the Snyderverse & it's desaturated nonsense was crap, but the suit itself looked decent. Gunn is frustrating as he does alot of stuff right while doing small but crucial things wrong.

Being better at playing the sidekick than the leading man isn't really an insult, he's kinda perfect at what he does do. And there's leading men who suck at playing sidekicks. Sure he has a shtick, but I still the first time I saw him.... - a 90s movie he had a role with Bruce Willis in The Jackal, for some reason I think back to it whenever anyone says all he can do is his shtick. I think cuz I thinkin "that dude is gonna be famous.." But had no idea why. Plus he was the lead in School of Rock.

Sometimes his common antics don't always land but other times he's pretty funny loll

I thought so too at first, but seeing the actress herself & how much genuine love she has for marvel, (like, a fan beyond any other actor that has ever been in MCU, and in a strangely charming way,) it made me give the character a second chance & suddenly she wasn't as annoying given the BTS stuff I saw. Problem is, most people won't see that so they'll find her just as annoying as I used to. Which I totally did.

Maybe they could compensate somehow, tbh, she shouldn't be the one putting the "Young Avengers" together. Let her be just the fangirl tag along, don't crown her as their Cap.

The idea its a closed loop is falsified though thru so many changes. The change of Twin Pines Mall to Lone Pine Mall.... the change of his parents which was part of the heart of the whole movie, him bringing them closer & helping his dad get over the same fear he has about rejection in their writing/music. And Doc falls violently shaking as he's hit by the bullets at the beginning, at the end we see him just turn & fall over in a distinctly different way.

It's not a closed loop as anyone can watch the original shot of him falling when he gets shot & compare it to the shot of him falling at the end.

It's so drastically different & intentionally so. U can see he's not wearing the vest when he gets shot at the beginning of the movie. Just compare the shots. This was a movie that didn't mess anything up like that as a continuity error, as everyone would agree.

Exactly. And they keep trying to push it that it's bad, like they want everyone to agree with them on this. I watched it & felt like its just another example of critics being out of touch with audiences..

They were nominated for Best Visual Effects, lol, a category that Kong Skull Island & Free Guy were nominated for, (as well as any blockbuster movie that has great effects....)

Yes the Russo's managed everything else you said, & tbh, the Oscar's shouldn't necessarily be the goalpost for these movies, but it was absolutely not unique in the regard that's implied in this article there. Shang-Chi was also nominated for VFX while being unapologetically a superhero movie, many have including plenty of previous marvel movies.