TTRPGWhiz

I've weighed in here and there vis a vis Riri's criminality compared to that of other MCU characters. That was the part I found most interesting to discuss. At this point in this thread's devolution, I'm not particularly interested in adding anything else.

I don't owe you any answers, but I'm sorry my post isn't as incisive as "what else can I say but no thank you". Going forward, I'll endeavor to approach that rigorous type of critical analysis. Cheers.

I suppose it's easier to be snarky than point to a single word supporting your suppositions. Have fun in the Superman thread! Make sure you post 'glowing reviews' of who's playing Supergirl, that's very important.

Show me where I defended the show. You keep writing things as if they're facts, but you haven't been able to back up a single one. Hell, I even offered to send you money if you could.

Zac...what? Your example of someone "posting a glowing review of anything that's put in front of them" is your own excitement for a casting choice? Which I already addressed. That's great that you're excited for Milly as Supergirl. Huzzah. As to your last point: that's not what happens. What happens is someone posts a trailer and says "no thanks" months before the movie/show is released. It's how this thread started, which you ought to know. In no world is that the same thing as "discuss things that they didn't like, thought could've been done better and express their ideas on what would've worked better."

I know exactly what I wrote. A forumite posting that someone who disagrees with them must be a paid shill isn't the same thing as disagreeing with someone's opinion. And yes, I am being just as insulting. Why wouldn't I?

You are just making things up. Can you point to where the 'glowing reviews' are? What positive thing am I, specifically, supposed to be responding to in that link? That you're excited for Milly Alcock as Supergirl? Congrats, I guess? I don't feel the need to post my opinion about every piece of casting, plotting, marketing, etc. And I certainly don't feel the need to come running to the forums to crap on things that other people might be excited about. What I tend to respond to is when people post negative takes before even seeing the thing they're posting a negative take about. Then doubling (and tripling, and quadrupling, and and and) down when someone says, "hey maybe you should watch it first". Obviously everyone is entitled to having an opinion. And there is literally no evidence of anyone saying that your (or the other folks you tend to agree with) opinions are wrong, but there is abundant evidence of folks saying "your opinion is uninformed". Because they very often are.

If you can find a single instance in this thread of anyone saying that an opinion is wrong, I will send you money.

I especially like when one of the Grognards of the Apocalypse accused (I'm sure "sarcastically") a couple of other posters of being "paid shills". No brainrot there whatsoever. I guess we can just say whatever we want as long as it comports with the worldviews and opinions of the mods. It was one of them who first mentioned Critical Drinker, after all. I would never have known who that person was without a mod bringing them into the convo (in the exact same way as other CD boosters; "he said it's bad so now I don't have to watch it"). Also why things like "woke mind virus" aren't considered political.

Then create an actual Block button. I know y'all are volunteers, but god damn, are you terrible at forum moderation. This thread has been a trainwreck for weeks, and the people who post the most are doing nothing but sniping at each other. Do better or let someone who knows what they're doing take over.

So lock it.

Oh, if it's been that long, you might be interested in Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman. Hickman essentially had the keys to the overarching Marvel storylines for a bit. Secret Wars was the payoff and it looks like it is, at the very least, one of the influences on upcoming MCU projects.

I tend to follow writers rather than characters/teams. Marvel has a guy who’s been all over lately; Jed MacKay. He’s currently writing both Avengers and X-Men, and previously had runs on Moon Knight, Dr. Strange, some Spidey books, etc. Jason Aaron’s Thor, Ryan North’s FF are both super fun, too.

It’s almost like Tony Stark’s tragic flaw is hubris. Like he has good intentions but makes troubling choices. Did you just fast forward to the fight scenes or what’s the story. I’m all set with this thread. See ya the next time one of you come running to the forums with a negative take about a movie that comes out a year later.

EDIT: never mind, there’s no point in continuing this conversation. Guns for home defense are definitely the same as defense contractors who sell warplanes. Well done, you win.

Did he make these before or after witnessing a vast alien army that eventually succeeded in wiping out half the life in the universe? Did he sell them to governments or were there a half dozen movies worth of story where he specifically and explicitly didn’t turn those weapons over? This is literally the point of the Tony Stark character arc in the MCU. He went from being blaise about who his company sold weapons to and who they hurt to trying to build a suit of armor for the entire planet.

Yes.

Yep. It was OK. I’ve seen better and I’ve seen worse. But I *have* seen it, which used to be the bare minimum for having an informed opinion. Halcyon times.

What is the point, then? Do you believe arms manufacturers and companies that make hammers are producing equally dangerous items? Does my local hardware store have as much to answer for as Lockheed Martin? No one in the history of the world ever built a house with a gun. A gun being used for what it’s designed to do is a deadly weapon. A hammer being used for its purpose is not. This might seem tangential, but it’s the crux of what the Iron Man movies—and to some extent, Ironheart—are about.

It’s not specifically about Ironheart, it’s about critics and credibility (or the lack thereof, which is exactly where “Tim Pool watched it and said it was bad” belongs, if not in a dumpster). It starts with a post of a rage bait tweet with a made up quote being used as “evidence” of why preconceived notions about “who this movie is for” are justified (and ends with me debunking it). I watched it. It’s fine. I didn’t feel compelled to come to the City of Heroes forums and add my take on it. If “the other side” is “people who don’t ‘automagically’ crap on movies and shows before watching them”, then guilty as charged.

And not even IRL history but MCU history. One of the throughlines has always been “you cannot trust the government”. They are the bad guys in like half these movies.

He wasn’t a criminal because his biggest customer was the United States government. The Maximoffs certainly felt differently, and rightfully so.

EDIT: never mind lol

Doing that thing where you “parodically” misquote someone specifically to make what they wrote just that much seedier is some chef’s kiss tomfoolery.