Caught this on Hulu and it definitely isn’t the best film, but with the RT audience reviews currently sitting at 57%, I’d bump it up to an even 60% so it’s certified popcorn or whatever.

I think Emma Mackey and Jamie Lee Curtis are great. I think the backstory and the beginning of the film work well. The husband character was a little all over the place and a little mustache twirly, we could have used an overbearing mother in law, which is hinted at both directly and indirectly with Kumail’s character, I think that could have made that story more believable and contrast well with the “perfect” family idea.

A fine 6/10.

Technically that’s based on the second game, so they’ll have to save that for the sequel.

I mean in general Rachel McAdams should always be utilized more. But I’m not sure what else the character of Christine Palmer could have done. We have mainline Christine Palmer who is getting married, which I think worked well. She is a character that Strange shouldn’t see much of. We have Illuminati Palmer, who I think does a lot in the film. And then of course a missing Palmer in the incursion world, but unless you wanted to add a weird head in a jar Christine or something, I think also had to be absent.

In general I think talking about either having a disease, or being predisposed to having a disease is a positive thing since it helps remove the taboo that surrounds it. Seeing that a celebrity has the same problems as your average person may allow someone to better understand and interpret their own disease, or the disease of someone close. So for that reason I’m glad Hemsworth went public.

That being said, as just a random person Chris Hemsworth has no obligation to share such personal information with the world at large.

For a disease like Alzheimers, if he gets it, then yeah he’ll no longer be able to play an action star. And I understand wanting to be young forever, especially in acting where you can play a role “till he’s 90”. A diagnosis like Alzheimers essential removes your decision making from that process. It cuts years off your life that you thought you had.

So I’m glad to see him talking and thinking about it now.

For the longest time that film held my personal title of “Worst film I’ve ever seen”.

It’s three different films shoved together.

A sci-fi comedy, a hard hitting drama, and a conversation about the environment.

Any of those films individually could have worked, but together was just a mess.

I’m surprised, but glad, that at least someone liked it.

Basalt Deltas. They make the Nether look cool, but too many holes filled with lava for me to fall into.

For anyone looking for more information, John Oliver delivers. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

The original cut of the film is rumored to be about 4 hours, more recently cut down to 3½ hours.

While not advertised as such there are also rumors that the film will be released in two halves or possibly stop at a certain point and depending on how well the first film does get a sequel using footage mostly already shot.

The film also isn’t allowed to bring up the 1993 child abuse allegations. (Or are at least restricted about what they can say about the allegations.)

Which is all to say if you go until the mid 90s (up to the album HIStory), and gloss over things until about 2001 (the album Invincible) which you call the end… You can maybe get this into two films.

But yeah, it should be a series.

and Melania will be… In prison, I guess?

Has Melania committed any crimes? With Trump the list of crimes is endless. For his children, the list of crimes is endless. But are there any known (technically, suspected) crimes that belong to Melania?

I ask because I assume in 5-10 years she’ll be putting out books and giving interviews about all the crazy shit she witnessed, but didn’t participate in.

By all accounts she’s a terrible person, but would she be in jail?

So I think the GotG comparison still works, but I completely agree that the creative direction is the key difference.

Chloe Zhao probably couldn’t have done Guardians and James Gunn probably couldn’t have done Eternals.

I think Zhao saw something in Eternals, something that, based on this article, Feige saw someone who saw something in Eternals. He was wrong. Or Zhao was wrong. Or budget or something.

But I think taking an IP from comics to film/TV is a whole other type of challenge. Look at the early comic book films compared to today. We get very different results.

They were new unproven characters, so I understand why they weren’t high on the list. But there is also a lot of possibility with unproven characters.

Look at Guardians of the Galaxy, before the film no one had ever really heard of them, now they’re one of the most popular rides at Disney World. From unknown to mainstream.

Eternals is definitely a fun idea for a film, so I can see why Chloe Zhao was interested in it. The story however just wasn’t quite there. You could drop the whole Deviants story and I don’t think anyone would care, or at least remove the “super” Deviant… Or actually give that character and storyline development.

Plus as she mentioned there are a lot of fun characters, but we’re limited by the time of a film. So we need to either cut some character or switch to a longer form of media.

I hope The Eternals aren’t gone gone and they get a chance to at least finish their story and/or redeem themselves. Look at Thor, Thor had two solo films that were the weakest of the MCU, but he got extra development in the Avengers films and then a reinvention for Thor Ragnarok.

I think that’s a pretty fair review. It generally outlines the plot that is covered in the first two episodes and hints at the rest without giving too much away.

It’s the story and relationship of two actors who live in the MCU, but if the MCU didn’t exist you could still tell this story.

I want more. (Also no post credits, and I watched through all the languages credits.)

My only complaint with the finale is that I want more.

Also Simon (and Trevor) are on the run now I expect. It won’t be hard to trace “Alfonso” back to that one employee who will absolutely just say “Simon Williams told me he was researching a part”. He’ll probably get fired and investigated, which also means they’ll probably find the anonymous money which I’m guessing there are laws that could seize it, but I do think his story is coming back so we’ll just say he gets the happy ending.

I also loved that Trevor’s solution was to become the Mandarin again. I was wondering why they teased his initial audition last episode, so him fully taking the person on again was excellent.

I know they never do sequels, but IF they did, whatever form it might be, I’m in.

The betrayal. I wish they had talked it out a little more, but I think Simon isn’t in a position to control his emotions enough for that to have happened.

Also if his ex-girlfriend knows then I’m confident his mother and brother know. Also his brother works in insurance so IF they go the route of needing insurance, maybe his brother can hook Simon up.

Punching a hole in someone’s face. There are lots fun ways to kill people with superpowers, but I don’t think we’ve seen that one yet. (I think The Boys did it, but this was a clean hole.)

I absolutely freaked out at that scene. I thought maybe he was a robot. It was all a test. I kinda would have liked it to be real and not a dream, but a dream was probably the right choice.

I have to guess Simon is going to “out” himself and then the director will just pay whatever the huge insurance is to keep him in the film.

Of course I wouldn’t be against a sad ending of Trevor betraying him and it all falling apart, leading us to Wonder Man the villain who can later change his ways, but this show just serves as the villain origin story.

Simon with all his apps really is the tech wizard.

Also that episode started with a problem and seems to now be resolved? I can’t tell if that was just a fun wacky episode or meant to be a direct call out of Wonder Man being betrayed both in script and in character or if there is a loose end I missed.

I expect a Mandarin fruit callback at some point.

Well shit. That’s an episode.

I don’t know where the show as a whole is heading, but that episode is an excellent standalone. It reminds me of Atlanta one off episodes.

Where is J-Gad? And his beautiful “In Summer” Remix.

I don’t know why it’s been dumped all at once, that’s usually an indicator of a bad show, but this has been lovely so far.

You really feel for Simon this episode. Just a poor kid, no dad, no friends, a tough brother. The only moment he’s happy is giving his mother an ice cream maker, and his brother takes it away.

I don’t know how this is going to all tie into the MCU apart from Damage Control, but I really hope he lands the job.

Such a sweet episode. I’m so glad that Ben Kingsley and Yahya are in this, they both shine and play wonderfully off each other.

I have to guess this means that Simon did something, but Damage Control can’t prove it.