The Falcon and the Whiter Soldier- a second look
I’m interviewing for a writing job so I feel like I should be watching my mouth here. Luckily, race in America is no longer an issue, amirite? Falcon and the Winter Soldier has entered the rotation of shows that play well in my background. It’s actiony sure, but the...
Marvel Movies Ranked, group 3: the Fugly.
Wherein Dave pisses you off a little bit by crapping on your favorite. But seriously, though- these were just bad. Like Star Wars’ Episodes 1, 7, 8, & 9, they’re all carried more by the momentum of what’s going on around them. That’s right, I went there too. Doctor...
The Lokiverse dun Broke the MCU: A Love Story
This isn’t actually a love story, that was just a better title. But I do have a theory – and I think it’s a good one – that makes most of this shit make sense. To state the obvious up front, Endgame really did some weird shit with time....
Marvel Movies Ranked, group 2: The Eh.
Totally gonna go there, calling foul on some popular favorites. Sorry kids, but Captain America is a proud anti-law ass, and Iron Man is a short-attention-span killer. Whoops. Iron Man 2 I was at an ArcLight for this, the one in Sherman Oaks. One of their gimmicks was to...
Marvel Movies Ranked, group 1: The Good
I haven’t seen Black Widow yet, so no idea where that fits in. That leaves 23 films, but putting them in a precise order sounded too much like work. So I divvied them up into three groups, but they’re in no particular order beyond that. Thor 3: Ragnarok This...
Captain America, The Falcon, and The Whiter Soldier
I’m just a few eps into Falcon & Winter Soldier, so you know all this already. When this show started, there were a few special writers online who were giving them shit for failing to solve racism in a six-episode run. The introduction of politics was ham-fisted, it wasn’t...
Avengers, Assembled, and Packaged for Consumption
Dinner theater tonight is the first Avengers team-up. So much toxic masculinity being ejaculated all over the screen! Anyway, I want to see the Infinity War that’s all about Thanos trying to double the amount of food in the universe, and the Avengers dying to stop him because their...
Iron Mannerisms: Flight of the Fe Nitwit
I’m working thru SGU again so I’ll get to that one. Yesterday was Iron Man day. The first one still holds up really well, considering everything it introduces. The third on the other hand is among Marvel’s worst. I have fond memories of IM, we opened Glendale with that...
Thor Redux: The Cheer of an Aryan Nation
No fear, no Black planets either. I’ve been spending some time watching the Marvel films through quarantine goggles. Thor didn’t really hit his stride until ‘Ragnarok’, but ‘Dark World’ has been unfairly shelved. The first Thor has probably aged the worst. Branagh was a good choice for director, he...