Cooper Legion

I think DS2 did a notably poor job of explaining things so that people who hadn’t seen WV understood what was going on and felt emotional stakes corresponding to a believable motivation and character evolution. On the other hand it did a notably poor job of explaining things so that people who had seen WV understood what was going on and felt emotional stakes corresponding to a believable motivation and character evolution. So… I guess that’s a pass?

I think it was really quite obvious as far back as SDCC 2019 that the shows were on the same tier of interconnectedness as the movies. What “you don’t need to watch the shows to understand the movies” means is the same as e.g. you don’t need to watch ant-man to understand CW, you don’t need to watch DS1 to understand Ragnarok, you don’t need to watch Gotg2 to understand IW…

Not sure where 11 in 14 months comes from, it has been 16 months. 42 eps+5 movies in 69 weeks. There’s a little dead space there, but if you can’t fill it with quality content might as well not fill it at all.

Bruno was probably my favorite character though. Also liked isabela. The size of the cast made it hard to really develop that many of them.

Saw Encanto for the first time. Some of the same issues as Eternals, probably would have been even better as a series. I wish Disney would ditch their no villains kick. Also I have no idea how We Don’t Talk About Bruno became a sensation, wasn’t too catchy to me. Favorite song probably What Else Can I Do.

I think that’s better than “they ruined Thor” type of reactions.

Theoretically the existing attachment creates an even lower floor for reception if people feel like it undermines/betrays/cheapens the beloved character. Think TLJ. I don’t think that’s remotely likely though — there were some serious warning signs for Eternals and DS2, especially if you were spoiled. 10 new characters and [redacted]. L&T is just a Ragnarok sequel from the same creative team with some well liked added cast.

Gotta be the unrivaled mega blockbuster event of the decade:

IW TWS… 3rd is flexible. I guess aeg for now maybe shake it around on a rewatch.

Much like DS2 this will do over Ultron if reception is at least mcu median.

It just had a bad script. It would be one thing if people who hadn’t seen Wandavision walked away confused or unable to emotionally connect while the movie worked well for those who had seen WV, but that’s not what we have here. In some ways the movie works worse if you have seen the show — hard to conclude that the integration is flawed conceptually from an N of 1 with bungled execution. If Quantumania has issues for people who didn’t watch Loki or Marvels fall flat for people who skipped WV and/or Ms Marvel etc etc then we’ll have something to talk about.

Being a bad Wanda flick is a much bigger problem than being a Wanda flick.

Can eeaao take the a24 adjusted record?

Seems to be an implication here that a movie must have GA off putting elements in order to have a directors stamp on it? That makes no sense at all.

3.1 is pretty poor legs for Xmas but it’s hard to judge holistically given that we had the biggest spike ever by a huge margin during its first 4 weeks essentially.

DS2 didn’t open high enough for this to be a factor

Quite expected course for Sat. Roughly a 60% true FSS drop, truly egregious. Gonna need some serious 3rd week stabilization to hit respectable finishes.

Chaos mode pick: Asami

Of course you mean “the best character who has not transcended such concepts entirely by the sheer weight of their wisdom and compassion” in which case you are correct.

The main difference between Eternals and DS2 is that Eternals is great.

Finally, the true secret to NWH’s success revealed - thank you based Zhao

Probably good for Thor… if it delivers

Huh? Does top critic score have anything to do with certification?

43% to 600 if that sticks. I wonder if Disney would just leave this hanging at 990.