Eric Quinn

Here's my thing: I consider 95% of all PG-13 movies to be kids movies. And that's especially true for big blockbusters like DC and Marvel. They get nominated at the Kids Choice Awards every year, they have kiddie concepts attached to them, there's Happy Meal tie-ins, they sell their toys in Target next to the Hot Wheels, they sell lunchboxes and backpacks with those characters, commercials for these movies air on Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network. Those check all the boxes for kids movies. Yes, that includes The Batman or Doctor Strange 2 or whatever else people think is "too much" for kids. This also applies to Transformers, to Barbie, to Avatar, and so on. There are some exceptions in the PG-13 blockbuster landscape of course. I don't really believe this qualifies for Jason Bourne or Mission: Impossible, since they have concepts and stories a bit too complex for kids and don't see tons of ads on kids channels. But considering Marvel movies have a big kid audience, are advertised towards kids, and have merchandise aimed at kids...yeah, I think they are kids movies. And that's fine. There's nothing wrong with enjoying something aimed at children. I have a fondness for all kinds of kids movies, including PG-13 fare. And really, I use "silly kids movie" as a term in order to make people realize "Oh wow. I'm taking these arguments and fights way too far. This is something I need to curb back". How effective it is can be up for debate, but I think sometimes it gives people perspective that we need to chill on the fights and battles. Like what are we doing here? And frankly, "silly kids movie" is one of the softest digs you can give towards these movies IMO. I could say a lot meaner stuff about them than that and I know our users are mature and can handle something so innocuous being said about the movies they like.

Moderation We're done with this "which was treated worse" crap with Wonder Woman and The Marvels. We don't do this petty fanboy war nonsense here anymore, and everybody here knows this will lead to pointless fights over some silly kids movies. So why even bother bringing it up? Anybody who continues this further will see a threadban.

Moderation I said we're not doing this interrogation over Shindaya. If you want to believe them, fine. If you don't want to, also fine. Just don't antagonize them over it. Thank you.

Pixar has strong potential to make a Tumblr sexyman out of that concept. Hopefully they aren't cowards.

On board with the monkeying around here. Also, the beach here looks kinda like the beach in the new Avatar movie? Or maybe I'm just tired lol

Then why not just call them Boredom lol

What even is an "ennui" lmao

If some of y'all need inspiration, you got a whole month of stuff to enjoy 👀

lol did they just rip off the Pay It Forward thing?

Quorum Updates Priscilla T-2: 34.58% Awareness The Holdovers T-9: 14.96% Napoleon T-21: 24.11% The Boy and the Heron T-37: 15.31% Poor Things T-37: 14.66% The Book of Clarence T-72: 17.6% Mickey 17 T-149: 6.36% Inside Out 2 T-226: 36.05% Journey to Bethlehem T-9: 20.76% Awareness Final Awareness: 15% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 12% chance of 10M The Marvels T-9: 58.26% Awareness Final Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 91% chance of 20M, 69% chance of 30M, 35% chance of 40M, 26% chance of 50M, 17% chance of 60M, 13% chance of 90M, 9% chance of 100M DC/MCU Awareness: 100% chance of 30M, 80% chance of 60M, 60% chance of 90M, 40% chance of 100M

Oh, I thought you were talking about the Variety article. My apologies. Yes, that stuff about Black Panther 2 should not have been there. When that happens, please report those posts. I was asleep when that conversation started. And while other staff members are around, we can't be here at a moment's notice. Reporting makes it a lot easier to fix a situation.

That's why we have the Disney thread. So far, everything being talked about is in context with The Marvels, so we're fine.