Was The Flash the sign of doom? Or has it been coming for a while?I do feel marvel is over now and I'm not sure I even want it to come back.
I think its the 'world building' or w/e you call it. Everyroom is full of gadgets and movement. Stacked to the ceiling with stuff. Theres a special device for every quotidian activity. Feels very warm and alive. They also for the most part take place in gradeschool with its comforting rote proceduresYou'd hate Harry potter, I think.
I'm a fan of the films, despite the terrible acting of the principle kids.
Something about them comforts me. I had a mental breakdown circa 2017 and all I could do was lie in bed watching Harry potter films in-between panic attack placating doses of diazepam.
Was The Flash the sign of doom? Or has it been coming for a while?
Yeah, very much so - it's a world enclosed inside a world that you get to hitch a lift into, and as you say it has that structure of school life which as an adult you lack and get a little nostalgic for.I think its the 'world building' or w/e you call it. Everyroom is full of gadgets and movement. Stacked to the ceiling with stuff. Theres a special device for every quotidian activity. Feels very warm and alive. They also for the most part take place in gradeschool with its comforting rote procedures
That seems right but I worry that might not matter at all. If a superhero movie flops that just means you can reboot it even sooner. You can use the fact that the last one sucked in the marketing for the new one- 'look, this time we got it right.' I noticed they did that with suicide squad movies. They made 3 of those and no one liked the first two!People have been excitedly predicting the end for years, but it does actually feel like it's coming now because the films aren't having the same impact and they're beginning to lose money.
marvel was always highly commercial mass market material, it just wasnt really possible to put them on film til cgi fx were up to it so this is inevitable next stage for themIs it just normal retro cycles / post-2000 retromania stuff or is it something specific and unique
the newborn is innocently happy, we can see the world through his happy eyes, and be happy for his innocent happiness.Baby Groot was what really took off. A forerunner of Baby Yoda and Baby Oppenheimer.
That seems right but I worry that might not matter at all. If a superhero movie flops that just means you can reboot it even sooner. You can use the fact that the last one sucked in the marketing for the new one- 'look, this time we got it right.' I noticed they did that with suicide squad movies. They made 3 of those and no one liked the first two!
"Things familiar enough I recognize/relate to them, but enchanted enough that my own life feels more meaningful in turn"I think its the 'world building' or w/e you call it. Everyroom is full of gadgets and movement. Stacked to the ceiling with stuff. Theres a special device for every quotidian activity. Feels very warm and alive. They also for the most part take place in gradeschool with its comforting rote procedures
Yeah, very much so - it's a world enclosed inside a world that you get to hitch a lift into, and as you say it has that structure of school life which as an adult you lack and get a little nostalgic for.
I remember that feeling when I was a kid of getting to the end of a book and being really sad that I wouldn't get to spend any more time with the characters. And then starting the book again to resurrect them.
Not something I do much nowadays except when I'm laid up in bed with depression.
Actually that's not entirely true I just don't do it with books.
Some things calcify with their audience and remain the same until they cease to be. Its why whats on the radio hasnt changed in the 20 years Ive been listening or the simpsons are still network tv.You have to keep people's attention though.
I think if I read Ulysses again obviously it would be for the language and artistry etc but I would be pleased to be "in the company" of Bloom again, and back in Joyce's rendition of DublinCorpse weeping at the end of Paradise Lost because he can't hang out with Satan.
You would L😍VE them,not seen any harry potters. would you say they're really good?