ever wanted to know what your name might be if you were a villain using the common thematic structures of ridiculous DC villains?
i am King Egg.
I got frucking ‘Lord man’
It literally gave me Glass Shark right off the bat and I couldn’t be happier
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Jean & Scott, Episode 14 by Max Wittert
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He’s back and better than ever, y’all.
based on this parks and rec scene, because it’s so logan and laura i just HAD TO!! (then again every ron and april scene seems to fit them too perfectly) laura is also quite proud of making logan’s frosted beard–
And here comes Logan. Here comes a hard, weary Western not even a year after the soapy absurdity of X-Men: Apocalypse. If this is the creative leeway you’re allowed when you’re Marvel’s second-fiddle franchise, then we should all be so lucky to be overshadowed.
Logan is the first true X-Men genre picture, wearing its Western heart on a torn sleeve. But while Shane may be directly referenced in the script, it’s far from the only cinematic influence at play here. The battered vehicles, the reluctant hero in the desert, and the warning of a world ruined by patriarchal capitalism — this is Mad Max. A dystopic near-future where no mutants have been born in decades, until a woman of color arrives with a miraculous child who must be transported to safety — this is Children of Men. A grim, blunt loner driving down a wilderness road with a fierce, traumatized young girl beside him — this is….the first X-Men movie.
Somehow it can all come back around, if you apply genre right. Sometimes that framework, that filter, can allow you to see the bones of a story more clearly.
Despite what anyone says about the X-Men movies, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are the wisest casting choices I’ve seen in film. Two grand Shakespearean actors on opposing sides of the chessboard with charisma that could shatter mountains.
Why didn’t anyone tell me that Thor: Ragnarok was set in 1992?
Turquoise and magenta armor! Jeff Goldblum (in louche mode)! Badass women in black leather and dramatic eye makeup! Homage to the Star Wars Cantina via Total Recall!
Not just any 1992 – that last picture is some straight-up Australian children’s television from 1992, like Finder’s Keepers or Ocean Girl or something.
This blew my mind. Then I realised Waititi likely grew up watching all these Australian kids’ shows on NZ tv as he’s about the right age and my mind blew again.
hello yes, i’m experiencing Pure Joy.
