stambo42

Some people are bringing up the ending of the film, and while it made me raise an eyebrow, it wasn't the main issue I found with the movie. In general, I had a good time, but I didn't think it was particularly well made.

Every time Jor El is on screen, he is providing an explicit plot device or exposition, to the point that it took me out of the movie. Zod's "Evil Plan" moment was similarly jarring. For me, the pacing of the entire movie felt like cliff notes, which is problematic when the thing is two and a half hours long. In good film making, exposition and plot devices can be hidden within the form, rather than announcing themselves every time they walk on screen. Watching this movie, I was filled with fear that this is what the future of film making looks like for a generation without an attention span.

I get that they wanted an origin story and a major villain event in one film, maybe there is a way to comfortably pace this in a 2.5 hour film, maybe there isn't. Given our inventiveness as a species, I believe there is. At the end of the day the creators objective should be to make a good movie, and other factors should edit themselves around this, not the opposite.

I find it hard to imagine a way to pull off an "authentic" Mandarin that would not come off as racist and uncomfortable to everyone except the blindest of fans.

Instead they did something better than give us a classic villain. The made a Hollywood popcorn movie that openly acknowledges the nature of the relationship between the Media and "Terror", as well as the Military Industrial Complex.... even if it was done through hyper extension and gross simplification. Well played.

To enjoy any art you have to approach it for what it is, not what you want it to be.

Disregarding the ugly anime drawing, this is the best version I could find on Youtube. You said written, not recorded... it's not the writing per se that makes these so transcendent:

'86-'91, Morrison's run.

A) Your homophobic vocabulary is unbecoming and boring.

B) Bugs is a timeless exponent of American culture, a trickster god, and an occasional drag queen. If you can't appreciate him, that sucks for you.

C) Butters displayed the power to create, but not destroy. He needed to imagine weapons to do destroying for him, he could not unmake the opposing army. He is also still mortal, and can be presumably killed like any flesh and blood being. He did survive the nuke though, so we have to figure out if we're accounting for this via the bubble he was floating in, his being the chosen one, of PIS.

Bugs still has toon physics on his side, making him very difficult to kill, if not impossible. I can't think of a mode of attack he'd use to kill Butters, it's out of character, but I suppose he'd be willing to KO him, if need be. I'd favor Bugs by sheer virtue of durability. Unless we're defining the limits of Bug's hammerspace, his offensive capabilities are pretty unlimited too.

On a more technical note- you handed this to Bugs, as Walmart is not in Imaginationland, and that is the only place where Butter's powers work.

I loved the early part of Carey's run that got collected as "Supernovas", all the way through Messiah CompleX. She's out of the action by the beginning of Blinded By The Light, but I really loved her there. Conversely, I haven't care for the writing of her at all in the more recent issues of Legacy. She lacks the edge I love about her, the attempts to write her as a more mature and responsible leader figure have dried out the character, making her a more talkative version of why I always found Cyclops boring.

Conversely, while AVX was kind of wretched, I like the position it's put the characters in. For the first time, I'm actually loving Cyclops, rather than hating him or just loving to hate him. Making him an antihero with Magneto and Emma is just fantastic, and reflects the desperation of the Mutant community.

I'd enjoy seeing Rogue as a leader, but I want her to be a leader who makes mistakes. Though she gets the job done in Children of the Vault, and the subsequent stories, she makes mistakes, and in the end, her team turns out to be every bit as untrustworthy as one might fear. It made for a great story. I recently bought some trades of Storm's early tenure as leader, and she makes mistakes there too. Once she gets enough experience under he belt that she's less prone to this, she loses her powers for a while, making her more vulnerable in another manner.

I've always liked the X-men best when they find themselves making desperate moves in desperate situations. The stage is set for some great writing in that vein, and i'm hoping to see it here. If Rogue is going to be leader, let's cut the fluffed up competence of Legacy's writing. I want to see mistakes, and I want to see perseverance.

@Fantasgasmic: Liefeld doesn't belong in the same sentence as Bachalo, Chris is a wonder. I think Marvel is using Michael Allred in an attempt to scare away the more illiterate aspect.

Popularity doesn't count for much. I'll take OP over any of these jokers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sO9cFpuOTQ&feature=related

@pooty said:

@stambo42: I agree with so much in your post:

I make sure it doesn't grow into the kind of possessive mentality of ownership

SO TRUE. They act like their mates are a piece of property and they own it and don't want anyone else to enjoy them.

I don't like the idea of closing yourself off to all but one person. Life is lonely enough for the creative and educated, I'd rather build as many connections with as many people as possible.

Preach On Brother!

I've had creative projects aborted because other people are so insecure about, and possessive of their "spouse", that they won't allow them to collaborate with another person.

Stingy, selfish bastards!! I want the person to choose me because i'm the best. Not because I don't allow her other options.

P.S I am the best lol

Your enthusiasm is made all the better by your Ace and Gary avatar.

I try not to get into relationships, period, and if and when I find myself in such a position, I make sure it doesn't grow into the kind of possessive mentality of ownership. I don't have any particular need to be having sex with multiple people, but there are better reasons for keeping a relationship "open". I don't like the idea of closing yourself off to all but one person. Life is lonely enough for the creative and educated, I'd rather build as many connections with as many people as possible. I've had creative projects aborted because other people are so insecure about, and possessive of their "spouse", that they won't allow them to collaborate with another person.

This is one of those cases where the way you ask the question severely limits the potential answers.

I feel the whole concept of relationships gets in the way of the things that are most important in life.