film & culture critic & historian | southern activist | she/her
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SUPERMAN and DC Studios inherited tons of baggage from previous regimes that mishandled the character over the course of 20 years. SPIDER-MAN was the 38th entry in an almost 20-year franchise that, even with its highs and lows, is regarded as one of the most successful franchises and cinematic universes in film history. I dunno why we keep having to revisit this topic.
DC has always had more work to do to win over audiences.
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Characters like Mr. Terrific will never get another chance to capture the hearts of the general audience because people are obsessed with seeing *The Avengers* (2012) in a different coat of paint.
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They gave him 2 minutes to reboot the whole cinematic DC franchise, If this is the mindset the suits will never be satisfied bc nobody will ever have enough time to get anything off the ground for DC
One of the reasons Skydance replaced James Gunn and Peter Safran as the heads of DC Studios had to do with box office.
• ‘Supergirl’ was a massive bomb this year.
• ‘Superman’s $618M box office was not impressive to Skydance either, as the film lacked “pop culture impact” in their eyes.
(Source: hollywoodreporter.com/movies…)
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i think we should take this opportunity to kill superhero universes and just give individual directors the opportunity to make trilogies with whatever ip they please, a return to the 2000s where they felt individuality and freedom , not being part of a big puzzle.
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And in the wake of this DCU news, one must ask on a more serious note: what plan do all of our newly elected representatives have for addressing the gross media monopolies that have been enabled and allowed to fester over the past two years?
well my dreams of a Wonder Woman or Zatanna DC project are dead LMAO and women dont exist at Marvel rn.
we desperately need more indie comic adaptations like i already barely watch anything mainstream nowadays but damn cant even get a generic female empowerment story no more
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🔵 Abdul El-Sayed supports Chris Van Hollen as Senate majority leader over Chuck Schumer
last thing and im off the app for awhile - don’t let democrats fool you, while federally they might not be able to do alot without Trump vetoing - the state and local levels can be changed ALOT! Put ur energy there & dont let them capitulate
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i think we have a much better chance at getting Schumer out but i like the drive to try and get him and Jeffries out, lets keep this energy plz
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need everyone in the US to get more serious about the American High-Speed Rail Act we need a competent passenger train system and I WILL NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE TRAINS!!!!!!!!!
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The day after winning election, Senator-elect Peggy Flanagan called for Chuck Schumer to be replaced as the Democrats’ leader in the U.S. Senate.
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Start bullying these newly elected and old Dems NOW before they start up with the bullshit
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I know there are staff on here who work for potential challengers to Chuck and Hakeem. Please encourage your bosses to run for leadership against those two bozos. Now is the time for wartime consiglieri
