Recent content by Mercurius

Cool - so worth doubling up on what Morrus already said. p.s. It is ok not to read the whole thread.

I. PREAMBLE: Some Ruminations on Favorite vs. Best, and the Cream (huh?) In a recent thread, Morrus made a side comment about differentiating "best" and "favorite" when it comes to film. I have gone back and forth about this, and actually veer more towards Morrus' side. On one hand, I get the...

After watching the finale, my general pre-finale view is solidified: It was fun, but lacked the range that made the early seasons so great. The "human moments" were all annoyingly similar and trite: "I need affirmation and reassurance now!" "OK, you're awesome! You've got this!" Rinse and...

Well, I wasn't really comparing them in that way, and don't disagree - though also don't see the need to pull out the measuring stick to compare them. Ha. If anything, I was saying something similar - that Bond is iconic and has attained a kind of "permanence" to it, where death is only...

I sort of suspect that Doom does something with time, and assembles the original Avengers...though why, is hard to imagine, unless to participate in Secret Wars, or maybe because Doomstark has some kind of weird affinity with Ironstark's old teammates. But I kind of suspect Doomsday will be the...

Out of curiosity, how many times were previous Bond story elements with different actors mentioned in some way in later films? I believe that Roger Moore visited the grave of George Lazenby's dead wife, and there was of course continuation with different actors (e.g. Q, Money Penny, etc). But it...

One more thing on the MCU. I think what made Phase One to Three so successful is the patience I mentioned above. They alluded to Thanos as early as the Avengers (2012), if not before, with the story not resolving for seven more years. That gave them time to develop the characters further, as...

And another...This one took longer, because I found myself getting lost in various internet threads and multiverses.... THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE, aka MCU 2.0: THE MUTANT VERSION First, a caveat. I've sort of fallen away from the MCU since Endgame. Of the 14 Phase Four to Six movies, I've...

JAMES BOND What We Know: Nothing. At least as far as I can tell, and beyond the fact that Craig Bond died so anything they do will be a complete reboot, even if still known as Bond 26. We also know it will be James, not Jane. The Big Question - Who?: According to a brief AI-augmented search...

This sort of riffs off of this post in the Stranger Things thread. Basically I'd like to speculate about the future of old franchises, whether currently active, ending, in limbo, or dead (and likely to be revived). The three that come most readily to mind are Jason Bourne, James Bond, and MCU...

I don't disagree, but that's not how showbiz has worked over the last couple decades, for better or worse (I think we both agree that it is "generally worse"). Fewer and fewer new ideas, and every big franchise is squeezed out beyond the point of dryness. I mean, which major franchise that was...

I've watched everything but tonight's finale. So far I'm enjoying the season, but there are some really annoying aspects to it. There's a sense of a lot happening, so it overwhelms you with action, but it also feels a bit "crowded"...like there's too much action, too many things going on - and a...

I assume you mean movies released in 2025, or seen for the first time this year? I'll assume the former. Probably Sinners or Weapons. Honorable mentions to Companion and Superman. Overrall not a great year in film. Nothing wowed me, though I haven't seen Bugonia yet. Sinners was very good, but...

A "langue" sounds NSFW.