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Venom's first two acts were pretty spectacle-lite for superhero fare. Having said that, looks like Joker is something else altogether. It doesn't need to make gargantuan Venom numbers in China to be successful though.

Queen Latifah being ROBBED right in front of our eyes

Yeah, I forgot that that was the movie where Iago switched sides. But considering it was just a move to get Gilbert Gottfried to be a part of the tv show (since they were losing Williams), I don't think it would matter if we never saw Iago in the live action verse again (assuming Will is going to return for the sequels, along with Naseem Pedrad's Dalia who wasn't a part of the OG animated gang).

King of Thieves is as it competently combines the Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves story with Aladdin, with elements of King Midas thrown in. It works very well as a Middle Eastern equivalent of a Pirates-y swashbuckling adventure. Return of Jafar OTOH is a hot mess that they should avoid. Would be more interested if the second movie involves Shirabad, Jasmine's mother's kingdom in the film (hinted to be in South Asia), and then end the trilogy with King of Thieves. I want to point out though that there were many storylines from the spin-off television show that were far superior to the DTV sequel movies. That's another source they could look to for inspiration when it comes to the live action sequels.

People want an Incredibles 3 to complete the trilogy. Did anyone ask for a TS4? In that context, this is somewhat of an overperformance. If it had middling reviews and stiffer competition, a <90M OW could've been on the cards.

So you mean to say... he was a diamond in the rough?

LMAO this revisionist history when you were throwing shade at the movie since Week 1 of its release when it was still far from becoming a phenom and there were barely any stans. Receipts:

No. Anna's story is a deconstruction of the classic Disney Princess tropes and it is weightier than Enchanted which tried the same thing but in a more light-hearted manner.

Anna >> Rapunzel Heck, Rapunzel is just a rehash of Ariel without the lover girl angle (well, that too happens in the second half and like Ariel, Rapunzel needs to be rescued by her male hero in the final act too).

Speechless is just another one of those cases where the right piece of media struck an emotional chord with audiences when they needed it the most. Not surprised at all with its success.

That's fine for Aladdin. It could've been a beast if Aladdin and Jasmine had been played by Bollywood actors or if there were a bigger Bollywood/Indian presence among the cast and locations. But this seems to be one of the better scenarios considering the actual situation.

Like the "swallowing sand" and "I'll breathe when they try to suffocate me" lyrics being evocative of Jasmine trapped in the hourglass in the OG and drowning in the sand. My sister and I would always play a game while watching the movie as kids where we would stop breathing when she went under and then released our breath once Ali smashed the glass and rescued her. Trying to complete that game was a bitch.

Lol they marketed BatB live action like it invented feminism and LGBT representation. It deserves its vitriol for that alone.

That Jasmine Bollywood number near the end looks adorable. Officially on the hype train.

Yeah, R'hollor may not actually exist and is just a source of faith for the magically inclined. The Night King isn't technically a "God" as well. More of a global warming allegory created due to the evils of men. But then doesn't ending the NK and everything turning happy/cheery go against that theme? It's fitting that the threat left at the end is a human one (whether it is Cersei or Dany's own potential for nihilism). The questions posed are, "Does evil end if Satan is killed?" and "Can humanity be trusted to learn from its previous mistakes?".

And he's respectfully critiqued Tolkien's more simplistic good vs. evil themes many times over. This is a deconstruction, a totally different beast. It's like complaining how we did not get an epic battle sequence at the end of Watchmen, hence it was anticlimactic as it didn't follow superhero story norms.

Or maybe the point of the story is to show that humanity is its own worst enemy and not some made up boogeyman like the NK? It would be poignant if more lives were lost due to Cersei's ruthlessness in the last 3 episodes than during The Long Night. Again, this is a high fantasy deconstruction, not traditional high fantasy. Don't be shocked to see if some "Chosen Ones" never get their "chance to shine", that's kind of the point.

GRRM Forever: This has never been a story about good vs. evil Show For First 7 Seasons: This has never been a story about good vs. evil *Show does away with the one-dimensional dark force before the finale, abruptly, at the hands of a person who's been training since the beginning of the show* Some Fans: ...it's almost as if this isn't a story about good vs. evil

There shouldn't even be a doubt about the Allen/Farrow thing. He literally married his adopted daughter. And Ronan Farrow too has claimed that he had seen creepy things like Allen making Dylan suck his thumb while she was in bed. I think Depp is making shit up as well. Trying to involve Elon Musk in it just screams of desperation and money grab. And if he were a woman, the dudebros would have demanded to know why is she making some of these accusations only now.

Bad take alert. Also see the similarly misguided "MJ should be nothing more than a pretty face/trophy girlfriend for Peter Parker" argument. I couldn't put it more articulately and succinctly as Patty herself: Patty has been vocal about her love for Lois Lane. So to fashion Steve after Lois makes perfect sense for her, and is brilliant on multiple levels. You get a great male character modelled after a woman character, which rarely happens, if at all, letting him play a role often belittled and frowned upon (that of a supportive love interest). The fact that he also serves Diana's characterization by giving her a human anchor that makes her human in turn makes his usage that much more ingenious. So of course Steve had to return if he's Diana's Lois Lane. Patty's favorite superhero film had Superman turn back time to bring Lois back after all.

Starfox has been depicted as bi/pansexual in the comics for quite some time now I think.

Yeah, I got the same impression too. Ryan Murphy is petty and most of his work have serious undertones of misogyny (and this is coming from someone who really appreciated Glee for being there during a time when LGBT kids really needed something like it). Not at all surprised he'd come for Patty for such a harmless dig. And he's being hypocritical as I highly doubt the next season of AHS would be named 1984 if it hadn't been for WW84. So the Orwellian reference is facetious af. Hope Patty and co. sidestep starting a mudslinging competition with this shmuck.

We can blame Rickon for his pointless existence as a character.

Every Stark who died deserved to die for not reading the fine print (and sometimes the print was in bold and red). Every Stark who survived adapted in one way or the other. Anyway, Sansa better take that throne.