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- Spotting Red Flags Regarding ‘All the Marvels’ History Book
- Cop Hating Leftists Are Triggered by Pixar’s New Buzz Lightyear
- Schwarzenegger Says if You’re Not a Global Warming Alarmist, You’re “Stupid”
- Watch: New Trailer for Roland Emmerich’s ‘Moonfall’ Sci-Fi Thriller
- Watch: Several Spider-Verse Easter Eggs in Sony’s Latest ‘Morbius’ Trailer
- ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ Reportedly Starting Production Ahead of Schedule
- ‘High Guardian Spice’ Near Universally Hated by Crunchyroll Viewers
| Spotting Red Flags Regarding ‘All the Marvels’ History Book Posted: 03 Nov 2021 06:15 AM PDT The Orange County Register reviewed Douglas Wolk’s new book about his experiences reading Marvel material dating from the Silver Age until 2017, and it tells quite a bit more about the content of the would-be history book, starting with: This is what Douglas Wolk can tell you after reading every single issue of Marvel Comics published from 1961 through 2017, some 27,000 comic books and more than 540,000 pages: Don't try this at home. Not that you shouldn't read Marvel Comics, Wolk is quick to add. Explore whatever corners of the massive Marvel multiverse tickles your fancy. Follow Spider-Man or the Avengers, Thor or Black Panther, the X-Men – heck, get into Squirrel Girl if a peace-loving bushy-tailed superhero is your kind of thing. Just don't feel you have to read them all, as Wolk decided he would do for his new book, "All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told." Oh, he’s right about that in a sense: I don’t need to read the vast majority of what came post-2000, that’s for sure. Having read some of J. Michael Straczynski’s take on Spider-Man 2 decades ago, it was nothing to write home about, bearing as it did early signs of leftist ideology, and lest we forget, Sins Past is what really compounded the viewpoint it was worthless. And it makes no difference if Joe Quesada allegedly tinkered with the script proceedings. JMS went along with that for about 7 years, and did little or nothing to oppose tasteless tamperings in an already tasteless run that doesn’t hold up well. Say, and what if that part about “peace loving” implies the post-2010 rendition of Squirrel Girl is anti-war in a far-left sense?
And then, here’s where things become pretty fishy, and dismaying: The book also looks at how Marvel Comics often reflected the times in which they were created for better or ill. He looks at how different eras included now-cringeworthy stereotypes and the worlds of Marvel Comics were too-long the domain of white men, whether it's the superheroes on the pages or creators behind the scenes. A chapter on Marvel's "Master of Kung Fu" series, which ran from 1973 to 1983, and this year entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the movie "Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," illustrates some of this. It is, Wolk writes, a thrilling and well-told tale that is damaged by offensive outdated stereotypes, such as the villainous Fu Manchu or the wildly inappropriate skintones used for the books' hero and other Asian characters. Marvel did eventually find a more progressive footing in both its storytelling and the writers and artists working for the company, and the book's penultimate chapter focuses on two more recent series — "Ms. Marvel," which stars a Muslim American teenage girl, and "The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl," whose hero is a young white woman whose friends all are people of color — which point the way to a more beneficial future. Well, well, well. I guess Lee and Kirby are among the white men Wolk must consider too dominant? If it hadn’t been for them, we wouldn’t have had a lot of those famous classics. I’ve got a bad feeling that, even if arguments about stereotypical characterizations in MOKF are valid, Wolk’s going to tell it all from an otherwise dishonest leftist viewpoint. And he apparently had the gall to approach the parts about Islam and the modern take on Squirrel Girl in a ultra-leftist viewpoint too. I don’t expect him to take any objective view of the politics involved.
The columnist even had to put in: (Not that everything is totally rosy: This month, screenwriter and director Steven DeKnight, who has also written comics for Marvel, announced he will no longer work for the company after learning that Marvel Comics editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski, who is White, had previously written comics for Marvel using a Japanese pseudonym.) And no argument whether deKnight’s position is an overreaction? DeKnight seems pretty intent on virtue-signaling, no matter how bad a lot Cebulski is himself. "All of this stuff is created for pleasure, for fun," Wolk says of Spider-Man in particular, but all of the Marvels in general. "It's right there on the surface. You can pick it up. There's no prerequisite. There's no background. "This is going to be fun."
Does that include the post-2000 material written by Dan Slott? And the Captain America-as-Hydra Nazi rendition? If it turns out, for example, that Wolk and folk have no objection to Quesada’s removal of the Spider-marriage either, then I’m not sure what the whole point of this book is. Much of what came post-2000 is not fun, and it’s not a pleasure either. It’s just increasingly political embarrassments accompanied by revolting publicity stunts, something DC also did at the time, lest we forget. Wolk probably doesn’t have any complaints about Sins Past either, which has recently, seemingly been undone, yet came over a decade too late. The only kind of history book I’m interested in is one taking an objective view of the artistic merit, coming with distinctions between what’s good, bad or in between. Wolk’s book looks to be yet another failing those challenges.
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| Cop Hating Leftists Are Triggered by Pixar’s New Buzz Lightyear Posted: 03 Nov 2021 04:50 AM PDT
Disney’s latest Buzz Lightyear spinoff was not exactly anticipated by moviegoing audiences. It is a spin-off of the Toy Story franchise, and it stars Chris Evans as the voice of the “real life” Buzz Lightyear, a human space hero on whom the toy figure is based. As a result, it’s a type of origin narrative for the action figure doll. However, when the first teaser for Lightyear was released, it elicited some weird reactions on social media, such as “Buzz Lightyear looks like a racist cop.”
This is social media, after all.
So these fools consider a Caucasian guy with a huge jaw and a severe demeanor, a racist cop? The results of any Twitter search for “Buzz Lightyear cop” will turn up several more of these kinds of hottakes. Buzz Lightyear’s official job title is “space ranger,” which sounds like a position in law enforcement. So I suppose he certainly looks the part!
“Real Buzz” is still recognized as the same action figure, although there are several noticeable variations between him and Buzz from Toy Story. His hair is visible (! ), his brows are thicker, and his eyes are smaller. This makes sense since, although the Toy Story character was designed to appear foolish and naïve, and apparently the real Buzz Lightyear is a genuine astronaut.
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| Schwarzenegger Says if You’re Not a Global Warming Alarmist, You’re “Stupid” Posted: 02 Nov 2021 04:00 PM PDT
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a fervent advocate for the environment for years, and in preparation for this past weekend’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, he not only scolded those who don’t subscribe to his climate alarmism, but called them "stupid" and "liars.” The action star, bodybuilding physique, and former governor of California addressed world leaders by claiming that they only protect their own interests. It is still unclear how seriously these global leaders take an actor who has played an alien fighting mercenary, or who has been a emotionless, time-traveling, killing machine. Former Supporters Abandon Schwarzenegger Over 'Screw Your Freedom' Rant
During an interview with the BBC, the True Lies star expressed his disappointment with the kind of pretexts frequently used to minimize the climate crisis, and tried to make the argument that the global economy and the environment, can go hand in hand without any problem creating jobs related to the struggle.
"They are liars, they are stupid. It can protect the environment and protect the economy at the same time. We found out how to do it [in California], it's about having the balls to do it. […] You can have global capitalism, but you have to be smart about it. You can have the best [economy] of the world, but if people are dead, they are dead, it's over. […] Facts and figures will not sell the ticket. If you are going to sell a movie, you can't talk about how you did the financing or what special effects you used, you have to tell the story, you have to make people go to see the movie, seduce them.”
Schwarzenegger is no stranger to climate alarmism. According to Breitbart News, in 2017 he called for a "grassroots revolution" to continue the battle against global warming after then President Donald Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
The actor urged global citizens and world leaders to "rise up" and save Planet Earth from Trump's predations. "One man cannot destroy our progress, one man can't stop our clean energy revolution, one man can't go back in time. Only I can do that," Schwarzenegger proclaimed.
The former bodybuilder was branded a “girly man fascist” over the summer when he claimed anyone who didn’t wear a mask outside or in public areas was an “absolute moron” and that those complaining about their “freedoms” should shut up. “Screw your freedoms” he said as he embraced totalitarianism. The post Schwarzenegger Says if You’re Not a Global Warming Alarmist, You’re "Stupid" appeared first on Bleeding Fool.  |
| Watch: New Trailer for Roland Emmerich’s ‘Moonfall’ Sci-Fi Thriller Posted: 02 Nov 2021 02:40 PM PDT
With October officially behind us, movie fans are looking to the future and the many exciting spectacles that will be unveiled in the coming months and into 2022, with an all-new teaser trailer for Moonfall having us excited about the unexpected and thrilling new adventure filmmaker Roland Emmerich has in store for audiences.
Having earned acclaim and notoriety for his unconventional narratives which explore some of the worst disasters viewers could ever think of, Moonfall looks to once again deliver all the bombast and peril that Emmerich has been entertaining audiences with for decades. Check out the all-new trailer for Moonfall below.
In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler (Academy Award winner Halle Berry) is convinced she has the key to saving us all – but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson). and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman (John Bradley) believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible last-ditch mission into space, leaving behind everyone they love, only to find out that our Moon is not what we think it is.
Moonfall hits theaters on February 4, 2022.
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| Watch: Several Spider-Verse Easter Eggs in Sony’s Latest ‘Morbius’ Trailer Posted: 02 Nov 2021 01:10 PM PDT
After two successful Venom movies, Sony is looking for other Spider-Man-adjacent characters to bolster its non-MCU Marvel fare. Multiple Spidey rogues and anti-heroes have their own flicks in development and the vampiric Morbius will be the next to hit the screen.
Morbius, starring Jared Leto as the titular vampire, was supposed to be released back in 2020, but the pandemic had other plans and the film is now eyeing a January 2022 release. In Morbius, Dr. Michael Morbius suffers from a very rare disease that attacks the blood. In addition to caring for others with the same illness, he is incessantly searching for an alternative cure or treatment. Recognized for his work and with a great reputation, he lets himself be led down a path that ends up making him a kind of " synthetic vampire ", if we can use that term.
Fans have been waiting a while to see Morbius, especially since the first trailer arrived online early last year. We’ve still got a couple of months to go before Morbius is in theaters, but Sony has finally released a second trailer to show off a little more of the action. Take a look below.
But many people noticed more than one “Easter egg” in this new trailer which seems to indicate this film exists in the much wider Spider-Verse. Did you catch these references to other Spider-Man villains?
As We Got This Covered points out:
Interestingly, the latest trailer for Morbius featured Easter Eggs that nod towards all four Spidey franchises in the space of a single clip. Obviously, the film is part of the Sony-verse so that ticks one box, while the appearance of Michael Keaton's Adrian Toomes ties it directly to the MCU. Jared Leto's vampiric antihero walks past a mural in one shot that looks suspiciously like Tobey Maguire's version of the iconic superhero, while a closeup on the newspaper he's reading at one stage teases Rhino and Black Cat. The former was briefly played by Paul Giamatti in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which also featured Felicity Jones as Felicia Hardy in a brief part that was almost certainly going to be paid off in the future. One trailer, four Spider-Man franchises referenced; Morbius is dropping quite the breadcrumb trail already.
Morbius is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters on January 28, 2022.
via ComicBook.com
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| ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ Reportedly Starting Production Ahead of Schedule Posted: 02 Nov 2021 11:10 AM PDT
Nerd Stash reports that the coming Disney+ series Star Wars: Ahsoka, focused on Ahsoka Tano, has reportedly begun production. Even though the series is ahead of schedule, Rosario Dawson will also reportedly begin filming this winter. Writer and producer Marc Bernardin spoke about the production of the series. This happened as he co-hosted a recent episode of Fatman Beyond Podcast. He spoke about trying to hire Dawson for a short film he's doing in December. The actor reportedly declined Barnardin's project due to a Star Wars show she's involved in. It is scheduled to film at the same time, according to Dawson. He goes on to describe the situation, saying, “Kevin Smith helped me connect with somebody who was going to be in the cast but couldn't make it happen. It was Rosario Dawson… she was my first choice, and I wanted her very, very badly. She read the script and she loved it, but she was like, ‘Listen, I'm going to be in Manhattan Beach making a Star Wars show, and, uh, I can't be in your short.’ Which I was like 'Okay!' That checks out!" The post ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ Reportedly Starting Production Ahead of Schedule appeared first on Bleeding Fool.  |
| ‘High Guardian Spice’ Near Universally Hated by Crunchyroll Viewers Posted: 02 Nov 2021 08:40 AM PDT
Crunchyroll’s original anime “High Guardian Spice” has finally been launched, after several delays and disputes. And the series has not been well accepted by their anime viewers, with a current rating of 1.4/5, making it Crunchyroll’s lowest rated original anime.
Is Crunchyroll About to Cause Animegate?
When the event was unveiled in 2017, it was already in hot water. Raye Rodriguez, the show’s creator, made several provocative statements about how this was supposed to help Japanese animators somehow and that the series was planned to premiere in early 2019, however it was postponed for unclear reasons. Now that the anime series has been released, it’s being severely panned in every aspect, including animation, script, and voice acting.
Here are some reviews from the Crunchyroll website:
★✰✰✰✰ Kapo1984: …just watched first 3 episodes so gave it fighting chance and there’s no chance I would watch 4th one. Nothing to do with anime.
★✰✰✰✰ Kanim3: It’s not an anime. It doesn’t look like an anime, feel like an anime, it wasn’t bases on anything that was made in Japan, I’m pretty sure no one from Japan even helped make it. The only reason that I can think that could make it be classified as an anime is the literal translation of anime being animation. If it was placed next to Japanese anime it would stick out like a sore thumb.
★✰✰✰✰ Z3phyrus This is trash. Everything feels so forced
★✰✰✰✰ linefr3 This show tries so hard to be inclusive but ends up feeling like they included no one. Everyone can be described as: the lesbian, the cross-dresser, the trans person, with little to no personality, and it ends up feeling like the creators are just filling out a checklist, instead of actually making a character
And the single star reviews just continue to roll in.
The folks at Clownfish TV have been following the troubled production of High Guardian Spice, and went so far as to watch the entire series. They were the first to bring the poor reaction by audiences to our attention. 
High Guardian Spice is Crunchyroll’s first foray into Western Animation, being a largely generic fantasy setting with magical girl elements and a fantasy school backdrop, inspired by the likes of Steven Universe and relatively family friendly note despite its TV-14 rating and the content warnings before every episode. While creating their own content normally wouldn't be a problem, many subscribers insisted that Crunchyroll is for Japanese animation and drama and shows like High Guardian Spice would be more at home on something like Cartoon Network or HBO Max. The post ‘High Guardian Spice’ Near Universally Hated by Crunchyroll Viewers appeared first on Bleeding Fool.  |
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