4 posts tagged ‘joss whedon’
A requiem for Aquaman and the last gasp of the Snyderverse
AV Club,
With his energies now focused on building his own original(-ish) science-fiction franchise, filmmaker Zack Snyder has put the superheroes of the DC universe behind him. And now that Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom is finally out in theaters, it’s time for audiences to do the same. It’s been a decade since Snyder’s Man Of… Read more...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, ranked from worst to best
Conventional critical wisdom holds that the floor and the ceiling of the 15-year-strong Marvel Cinematic Universe are not so far apart—that in devising a recipe for success, the company has managed to avoid any outright disasters, even as its principle of quality-without-risk also more or less negates the possibility… Read more...
Hollywood’s not afraid of superheroes anymore, but it’s still afraid of real superhero stories
Before superhero movies were the only kind of movies, they almost always had a cute little gag where someone would acknowledge that something—typically something pulled straight from the comic book source material—was silly, whether it was by directly breaking the fourth wall or with a winky meta gag. That way the… Read more...
For What It's Worth, I’d Watch an HBO Series About This Fake Vegan Herbalist Trolling TV Critics
Jezebel,
If you crave stories about espionage, moles, and infiltrating enemy territory, boy do I have a story you’re going to be underwhelmed by. But you’ll still probably get a little laugh. Read more...