western-series

[foggy mirage]

This shit had me laughing you can feel he's about to say it out loud

😭

[regal root]

Imagine a solo Lobo movie

[foggy mirage]

That would be funny af

But I think he could do it

[foggy mirage]

I imagine if supergirl does well its a guaranteed thing

[regal root]

If it happens I hope it's rated R

Treat it like the DCU version of Deadpool almost

Just let Jason have fun

[foggy mirage]

We gotta hope clayface does well then

Thats their first rated r movie

😭

[frank rivet]

@foggy mirage @south hatch @regal root
Superman 2025 - || https://vxtwitter.com/TheDCUSuperman/status/1956409118178124185 ||

Superman▽ (@TheDCUSuperman)

I just wanna talk

vxTwitter / fixvx · Aug 15, 2025, 5:34 PM

[regal root]

I'm still shocked they're giving a villain a solo movie like that

[foggy mirage]

That form is crazy

He was full sprint

😭

[regal root]

Snap shot got him looking caked up

[foggy mirage]

Mike Flanagan is why

James read the script and liked it alot

He's gone on record saying is the script is good to great they go with that

[foggy mirage]

Superman ||billion dollar cake||

[frank rivet]

Superman - || https://vxtwitter.com/Murdoink/status/1956447585327276504 ||

😭 this edit is so good

Murdoink (@Murdoink)

had to make this

QRT: godsandmortaIs
him trying to run away when he saw superman was coming is so funny

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Aug 15, 2025, 8:07 PM

[foggy mirage]

He tried it

[potent stratus]

Do you like the fact that ||darkseid forgot where the fucking anti life equation was||

[shadow sequoia]

Justice League: Zack Snyder Cut ||Dude, what the hell was that whole action sequence LOL||

Justice League: Zack Snyder Cut ||I will say, this cut is objectively better by a lot but holy shit, what the fuck was that theatrical cut lololol||

I guess I'm still recovering from how much brain damage Man of Steel and Batman v Superman's writing was, holy fuck

[potent stratus]

I would say snyder cut is worse tbh

[shadow sequoia]

Justice League: Zack Snyder Cut ||A lot to say about this one but I gotta organize my thoughts for the other Superman movies before I see the new one tomorrow but at least his black suit and return where he kicks Steppenwolf's ass in like 3 minutes was cool, I like the banter, the lip shit was distracting, but at least he fucking used his freeze breath||

[foggy mirage]

Than josstice ?

Absolutely not

Neither is very good but josstice is just a very bad movie

[potent stratus]

Same with snyder cut...

[foggy mirage]

Snyder is mid at worst

Josstice has zero redeeming qualities

Film so bad bro can't get work almost a decade later

😭

https://tenor.com/view/cat-shoo-cat-shoo-biscuit-gif-8024642674144447563

Hollywood gave him the broom

[potent stratus]

I wouldn't say zero but snyder cut legit has ||darkseid forgetting where the anti life equation was||

[foggy mirage]

I can forgive that over how cheeks the mcu version was

[potent stratus]

How

[foggy mirage]

That man couldn't cook age of ultron properly

Not suprised he couldn't do a justice league movie

[potent stratus]

The main villain literally forgot where his main goal was

On the only planet he lost at

[foggy mirage]

Not gonna argue for hours

Simple fact is I'd always watch snyder's slop version before josstice snooze fest

[potent stratus]

You would watch a 4 hour slog of crap versus 2

[foggy mirage]

Absolutely

Specially when those 2 hours feel like 6 hours of shit

[shadow sequoia]

Justice League: Zack Snyder Cut ||What in god's name was that scene at the end LMAO||

[potent stratus]

I would disagree, josstice moves so fucking fast because it had the mandate of 2 hours

[foggy mirage]

That was snyder league||Martian manhunter||

[potent stratus]

He might be talking about knightmare

That garbage

[foggy mirage]

Oh that it would have been justice leagues sequel

I read the scripts

Not very good

[potent stratus]

The scripts were hilariously trash

Legit superman gets cucked

[foggy mirage]

Yeah i said that

But I'll always prefer snyder being terrible than joss being terrible

That mfs best project was firelfy

😭

The only movies I like from him anyways are watchmen and dawn of the dead's remake

[shadow sequoia]

One last movie but holy shit, Zack has never read a fucking Superman comic book in his life

[foggy mirage]

This is true

[shadow sequoia]

James, please save me tomorrow

[potent stratus]

Hit take but it doesn't have to be a good adaptation to be good

[foggy mirage]

Snyder writes superman like he only knows him from batman returns

[shadow sequoia]

No fucking shot I will live in a world where Mario, Sonic, Minecraft, FNAF, and Kpop get movies that blow my fucking hero out of the park

[foggy mirage]

Which im sure is the only dc book he's ever read

[frank rivet]

lol that was supes from the justice lords 😭

[potent stratus]

Also he worked with fucking goyer that fucker

[foggy mirage]

Goyer is the master of Ls

[frank rivet]

Peacemaker S2 debuting with 100% on RT 🧑‍🍳

[foggy mirage]

Also big reason I liked dawn of the dead remake is James gunn wrote the script

[potent stratus]

Lmao

It is so funny to me that gunn has the only 2 good live action modern dc films

Sorry tdk too

So gunn and nolan

[frank rivet]

i dont consider tdk part of the dceu

[potent stratus]

Fair

[frank rivet]

thats its own thing

[potent stratus]

Anyway as part of Snyder's dceu he has the only good movie

[shadow sequoia]

Justice League: Zack Snyder Cut ||I will take the extra scenes for Cyborg and the Motherboxes in this cut more than the other one but goddamn, I'm glad the "Snyderverse" died||

[foggy mirage]

Its not really dceu canon anymore

Considering it's been folded into dcu canon

[frank rivet]

is harley quinn part of Synders DCEU?

[shadow sequoia]

Keep that motherfucker away from comic books, please

300 and Watchmen...

[foggy mirage]

He talked abour wanting her back

[frank rivet]

not the live action, the animated

[foggy mirage]

No

[potent stratus]

No

[foggy mirage]

Thats not dcu canon

[frank rivet]

ah ok, then nvm

[foggy mirage]

Only creature commandos

So far

[frank rivet]

i was gonna say harley quinn is the best project of the synder era

[foggy mirage]

The batman ????

We just gonna slander the batman ?

[potent stratus]

That is not part of snyderverse

[frank rivet]

is that synder era?

[potent stratus]

I was talking snyderverse

[foggy mirage]

You said live action dc dog

Not Snyder verse

[potent stratus]

Sorry whoops lmao

[frank rivet]

nah he said snyderverse

[potent stratus]

No but I meant to

[foggy mirage]

Read what I replied to

[potent stratus]

Best snyderverse movie is TSS

[foggy mirage]

Peacemaker is gonna be great anyways

[frank rivet]

ah nvm

[foggy mirage]

I have zero worries about that

[frank rivet]

im so glad i caught up to peace maker 2 weeks ago

[potent stratus]

Yeah s1 was good

[foggy mirage]

I need supergirl to land

Cause after her its clayface

[potent stratus]

I am so excited for supergirl

[frank rivet]

same

ill probably go Supergirl > Clayface > Laterns for me

[foggy mirage]

Lanterns is high on my hype list cause I need a good live action lanterns project

[frank rivet]

i hope they release clayface during halloween

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Man, I don't remember fucking shit about this movie except the bullet hitting his eye that one time lol||

[potent stratus]

He is doing guy but is he gonna do more lanterns from earth?

[foggy mirage]

Lanterns has hal jordan

And Jon Stewart

[potent stratus]

Awesome

[foggy mirage]

And guy gardner

[potent stratus]

Rip my boy kyle

[foggy mirage]

Its also rated R

Last I checked

Kyle always gets sidelined regardless

They also showed sinestro finished filming

[foggy mirage]

That or September

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunns-superman-sequel-shooting-sooner-than-later-1236491194/

Its coming out 2027

Isn't it james

😭

[frank rivet]

i think we getting braniac in maybe two years*

[foggy mirage]

This is gonna start filming by summer next year

Or spring

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Oh god, is this another dour movie lmfao fuck I'm so fucked||

[foggy mirage]

Vic why the fuck are you torturing yourself like this

😭

[main lion]

his output is kinda crazy but I guess it makes sense when it feels like his directing has a formula that is very clear to see through each movie hes done

[foggy mirage]

Yeah dudes been in the business 20 years now

Successfully landed a trilogy for marvel

And got a bunch of experience

I imagine he was already writing parts of the sequel while they filmed 2025

He seems to not rush people into a frenzy to finish scripts for him

Which is why batman took so long

[main lion]

probably, I mostly just mean that his films all fit the same vibe and have some similar structure in a way

[foggy mirage]

Also works with similar cast members and crew

So they know what he wants out of the project

[modern lichen]

Superman is in no way similar to Guardians or The Suicide Squad in vibe and tone

[main lion]

I assume you meant superman

[foggy mirage]

Still a ragtag band of unstable ass people

[main lion]

in your first words

[modern lichen]

Yeah

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Ohhh, this is the Kevin Spacey one||

Superman Returns ||Also, he's CUCKED???||

https://tenor.com/view/bro-is-finished-cooked-finished-dog-closing-eyes-dog-with-eyes-closed-gif-8933440936102921947

[foggy mirage]

Keep watching

😭

Superman returns live updates

[main lion]

Superman/GotG/Suicide Squad ||The tone is more serious than GotG or The Suicide Squad, but I think the way he juggles characters, interjects with lightheartedness, portrays character dynamics, and how he portrays action scenes often feel similar. I'm not saying hes copy pasting movies, but you can very much feel they have a similar skeleton in a way.

Like, as an example, Mister Terrific's action scene is very guardians of the galaxy||

[foggy mirage]

Mcu casting spoilers and superman 2025.

[tawny parcel]

James Gunn is the only person moving cameras in action scenes for some reason thats why they feel similar

[main lion]

its not just that lol

tone etc too

||musical number during it etc||

superman/gotg

[tawny parcel]

The needle drops is just a gunnism, yeah

[foggy mirage]

He loves doing that

[main lion]

anyway it wasnt an insult. @modern lichen Just what I said above

[tawny parcel]

Superman|| he actually does that less often in superman with more of the orchestrated tracks ||

[main lion]

its like a mangaka that puts out a lot of stories within a similar genre that you notice some familiar beats to

[foggy mirage]

||https://youtu.be/FL9RuGRkM9A?si=pb8cxut4-zV3BKrV|| guardians of the glalaxy 3 i knew id love this movie when this scene popped up.

[main lion]

I just opened this channel after finishing watching GotG 2 which is why I mentioned it I dont think I ever finished it

so felt like rewatching

GotG 2 /Superman 2025 ||opening fight scene focused on groot dancing is the same thing as mr terrific fight scene focused on lois ||

[foggy mirage]

Gotg 2 ||also the yondu arrow scene.||

[main lion]

yup

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||I'm not even gonna question the logistics and possibility of a shuttle on a plane but I'll fucking take it because Superman is seemingly actually going to stop it and save people||

[foggy mirage]

It was the right move to hand it over to Gunn tbh

[tawny parcel]

Huh???? 😭

[foggy mirage]

They needed the reset bad

[tawny parcel]

Superman ||what fight scene does he do that||

Superman ||oh mr terrific i just read wrong||

Ehhhhh

[foggy mirage]

Superman 2025 ||Mr TERRIFIC||

[tawny parcel]

Those are different

[modern lichen]

https://fixvx.com/regxnaldo/status/1956726385361268792?s=46

marilynn ⬡𓆤 semi ia (@regxnaldo)

there's no fucking way this is real

vxTwitter / fixvx · Aug 16, 2025, 2:34 PM

[main lion]

Superman ||a lot of the perspective of Mr Terrifics beach fight scene is from Lois' while shes inside of his force field. It does pan the focus to Mr Fantastic more often, but its pretty much all from behind Lois' back||

[modern lichen]

5 minute AI summary
I read the book

[tawny parcel]

Superman gotg ||The guardians one like directly out of focus, lois’s reactions are a point, but it is not the main thing. We are watching mr teriffic being a badass. Groot basically just takes up the whole scene ||

[modern lichen]

I get what red is saying

[tawny parcel]

W ahh idea

Less reading the better

[main lion]

Again I'm not saying the movies are 1:1 dude

just a similar skeleton

just seems like a concept he enjoys

[modern lichen]

It’s a similar sort of innovative perspective based action scene

The Suicide Squad has my favorite variation of it

[foggy mirage]

Gunn likes to make random characters A listers

[tawny parcel]

Its no doubt a good thing tho because damn half the time marvel got boring action ngl

[foggy mirage]

This is true

The action in Gunn movies is way different than typical marvel stuff

[tawny parcel]

Gunn has occasionally bland fight scenes

But its far less lol

[main lion]

yeah I was also rewatching some spiderman movies in anticipation for the new one since Batman and Spiderman are the goats

and the Homecoming action a snoozer

[foggy mirage]

||https://youtu.be/VuAbDG8FnH8?si=9-eYH_y0mLqyI6FK|| gotg 3 absolutely earned after 3 movies

[tawny parcel]

Gotg 3 ||probably top 5 marvel fight||

No it def is

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Oh my god, I'm gonna like Kevin's Lex more than Jesse Eisenberg's Lex, aren't I||

Superman Returns ||Also, Superman, what are you doing SuperSTALKING?????||

[foggy mirage]

My issue with Tom's movies is the guy barely ||swings||

😭

[mild seal]

thats kinda a personal thing to show on screen man

[foggy mirage]

Glex I swear

[mild seal]

plus he's in high school dude

wtf

ok sorry

[main lion]

Homecoming ||a lot of homecoming took place in locations where swinging wasn't feasible for some reason. Even made a gag about it where he had to run through yards because the trees weren't tall enough||

[tawny parcel]

That’s kinda silly tho

[foggy mirage]

Homecoming ||then maybe don't set the movie there ? Idk it just feels weird to have so much of Spiderman's action be swingless thats how he gets around 100% of the time.||

[main lion]

bro never played the ps1/ps2 spiderman games fr...

[foggy mirage]

Red you swung like crazy in those

😭

Ill give it to you on Spiderman 1's game

[main lion]

Spiderman homecoming ||central park was notorious for being impossible to swing in lol||

[foggy mirage]

You swinging off uncle Ben's holy spirit in the sky

In the first Spiderman game

[main lion]

in spiderman 2 as well

[main lion]

only if a helicopter was above

[foggy mirage]

Nah it makes you swing on buildings always

For og 2

[main lion]

if there are buildings around, yes

[foggy mirage]

1 for some reason spidey could fly

I mean some spiders can fly

But last i checked he dint have that ability

[main lion]

but ye Im most specifically talking about spiderman 2 and 3 for ps2

idr much about spiderman 1 on ps1

[foggy mirage]

Even in far from home ||bro only really goes swing crazy for hydro homie and the finale.||

It annoys me cause I like the suit from far from home more too

[foggy mirage]

For the og ones it was flying too

Peak games tho

😭

[main lion]

why are you saying "too" 😭

spiderman 2 and 3 you werent flying

it attached to buildings

[foggy mirage]

No Im talking the ps1 games

Those had the fly swinging too

[main lion]

wasnt there only 1 ps1 game?

and thats the

aforementioned

spiderman 1

[foggy mirage]

It was 2

[main lion]

ah gotcha gotcha. Wait, wasnt the toby maguire spiderman 1 on ps1

[tawny parcel]

I know u guys moved but i just wanted to say gotg 2 ||this scene gotta also be one of the best in the mcu lol https://youtu.be/mhc3CinJHYY?si=Yy-roc0glhIsi6aG||

[main lion]

oh it was on the og xbox

not og ps1

[tawny parcel]

Gotg 2 ||always a sucker for top down perspectives ||

[foggy mirage]

Nah ps2 and others

But no 1 yeah

[main lion]

gotg2 is probs the best mcu movie tbh lol. I havent seen 3 tho.

[foggy mirage]

I love 3

So much

[tawny parcel]

???

Why not lol

[main lion]

I told you I usually see these with friends and if I miss the theater release I dont usually see it unless they're the spiderman ones

Ill watch gotg3 soon tho

since I just did 2

[foggy mirage]

Its an easy recommendation

Specially if you liked 2

[tawny parcel]

Wittle baby wuvs spiderman

[main lion]

you like avengers 1

[foggy mirage]

Me getting suckered again by tom holland

Hoping his 4th movie is good

😭

I swear i keep hearing wait for the next one he'll finally land the role

[main lion]

he landed the role better than the previous 2. The scripts just arent as good as the raimi movies tbh

not that I think the raimi movies are as good as people say they are

[foggy mirage]

For me they easily are

Tom is cursed to be in mid movies

[main lion]

odyssey mid confirmed

[foggy mirage]

Even if he can maybe play a decent spiderman

It'll never happen

[foggy mirage]

Maybe

If its tenet tier

😭

[main lion]

if its dark knight trilogy tier

😔

[foggy mirage]

Idk the mcu stuff so unorganized tn

[main lion]

I think its an inevitability when you get so many creators together

for so long

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Kryptonite always be fucking easy to find, huh||

[main lion]

something will eventually give

its why I prefer regular movie trilogies for this stuff. DCU will get like this eventually too, no matter how good Gunn is at managing it

imo

but itll probably have a strong start and mid area

for like 10 years

[main lion]

I know you love spiderman working with avengers in comics etc but

MCU ||him being introduced as part of what is essentially an avengers movie, and even his debut "solo" movie being so directly tied to Iron Man, hurt it imo||

GOTG (at least 1 and 2) is completely unconnected from anything else MCU which was rare at the time these movies released

and they were better for it

[foggy mirage]

Mcu ||tying him to Tony Stark at all was the real death blow. If he had just been brought in as an equal then fine. But having him fight 2 villains back to back who's beef is with stark was dumb.||

[foggy mirage]

Thor love and thunder ||100% gun told taika to fuck off with Thor in the guardians. Because that felt like them dumping the trash on a random planet.||

[main lion]

MCU ||yeah its hardly a spiderman rogue gallery at that point. You could argue that it gave reasonable enough justification as to how someone can operate a business like this in the same city as the avengers tower for so long, but who cares tbh. And also, thats just a flaw of Marvel placing every fucking superhero in new york lol||

batman works better than spiderman for that reason too

[foggy mirage]

Mcu ||in the end its taken like 4 movies for him to maybe finally face his own villains. And Spiderman can act like himself.||

[foggy mirage]

Red

There's like 6 other people fighting crime in gotham

I think you mean grounded movie batman or his solo stories

But like comics wise ?

Yeah not a solo act

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Not crazy about this part of the movie with Lois and the kid, can't lie||

[main lion]

this is a disingenuous response

they're all directly tied to batman

and most get their origin as a result of batman

[foggy mirage]

You said batman

Not batman and family

[main lion]

I meant batman stories

[foggy mirage]

Plus you can't say its been done in film yet

[main lion]

Im not criticizing the existence of miles morales

[foggy mirage]

Unless you want to rep batman and robin

[main lion]

Im not criticizing the existence of gwen

Im criticizing all these major big name heroes that have their own rogue galleries

existing in the same exact city

in MCU

green goblin, vulture, etc. Those are spiderman villains that are meant for spiderman and not for iron man etc

The Joker is a batman villain but hes also prevalent in the other bat family comics

because they're directly related to one another in their role as heroes

etc

[foggy mirage]

Way it sounded thought you were critical over multiple heroes in new york

When dc has the same issue with gotham

[main lion]

its not an issue in gotham tho

[foggy mirage]

I mean that's a lot

For one city

[main lion]

anyway, context of my message mentions rogue gallery, mentions avengers as an example, etc

you know what I mean

[foggy mirage]

New York in marvel has it the worst for sure

But gotham and metropolis for me are runner ups for that

Idk how anyone does crime in a city with 8 batmans running around

[young compass]

HOLY SHIT

WRONG CHANNEL

[foggy mirage]

What ?

[mild seal]

ufc

[main lion]

if you posted something you deleted it fast enough that it didnt post

[foggy mirage]

Juba thirsty for blood

[main lion]

[foggy mirage]

He was so scared

😭

[young compass]

i didnt post lmao was just an instant reaction

holy shit was the reaction

[foggy mirage]

Was about to upload a video of shredding on a tuba

"Since when does batman have a manga"

[main lion]

gotham isnt as bad since they're all intrinsically tied to batman, and they slowly get added to gotham over time as a result of batman's actions. I'm sure a lot of comics handle the justification of one of them not being there to help in a situation poorly etc, but that'd more be an issue with the comic writing and less an issue with the concept probably.

[foggy mirage]

The real issue is nobody would live in these cities

Metropolis has an alien invasion like monthly

[main lion]

cheap rent

[foggy mirage]

"Man the weather is great"

Giant metallic skull covers the city

Honestly best case scenario is a no name city

[main lion]

but ye either way, that goes hand in hand with why I dont want Pattinson in the DCU A trilogy that is focused solely on batman and the rogue gallery with maybe 1 or 2 bat family members added by the end is best case scenario

[foggy mirage]

For america

Robin has to show up for battison eventually

[main lion]

I think he will

[main lion]

Is this even right? Superman and supergirl are defo not the only ones in metropolis

[foggy mirage]

And not that corny scene from dark knight rises ||with Joseph Gordon.||

[foggy mirage]

This is just for the main hero of the city

[main lion]

DKR ||bro's name is not literally robin on his birth certificate so corny||

[foggy mirage]

Like booster gold is also from metropolis

[foggy mirage]

That movie was so ass hindsight being 20/20

[main lion]

I always thought it was ass

Im the real truther

And Batman Begins mid which I didnt think when I first saw it

[foggy mirage]

I never liked begins to begin with

[mild seal]

hehehe

[foggy mirage]

I had to do it

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Interesting flying island plot, I wonder how this ends||

Superman Returns ||Huh, so I get that the kid is Superman and Lois's kid but the way this is going is... strange? What this supposed to get sequel?||

[modern lichen]

I am loving this live tweeting thread you’ve got lmfao

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Man, if he had made some Kryptonite brass knuckles instead of the little knife, I would've lost it but this beatdown is still pretty messed up||

I just realized something wtf

Superman Returns ||Was he Clark Kent in this MORE than in the entire DCEU???||

No I'm wrong nvm

[near echo]

Thought your tag was Diddy Kong Racing for a second and got super confused

[main lion]

my favorite western series

[near echo]

What's your favorite song in the DKC cartoon

[main lion]

idk the names and I forgot the exact moment. I feel like I remember it being DKC cartoon || when he was flying || but that might be a fabricated memory

[near echo]

DKC cartoon ||https://youtu.be/hdZvJcTn9Lg?si=mRhnd1AyE91WFNgE||

This one?

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Aside from the Donner films (kinda), I feel like all these movies drop the ball with the side characters; Like why is the cuck dad doing more than Jimmy or Lois who always gets into these dumb situations smh||

[foggy mirage]

Superman returns ||this movie is supposed to replace Superman 3 and 4. It's a donner verse sequel.||

[modern lichen]

I just saw a clip from Shang Chi and remembered, Destin Daniel Crettin is going to cook with the action on BND

[tawny parcel]

Twok ch 59

😭

[tawny parcel]

The action in that movie is actually pretty cool when its not cgi slop

[tawny parcel]

Twok ch 59 ||generational aura debt||

[main lion]

Nobody's Hero

I was remembering the plane that flies in the background during it

lol

[shadow sequoia]

Superman Returns ||Ok I have to organize my thoughts for that one and while the music was lackluster, acting was ehhh, and I'm not crazy about the kid's existence alluding tk a sequel, that wasn't as bad as any of the Snyderverse films||

[near echo]

Meshes of the Afternoon gripped and unnerved me in a way I really was not expecting it to

Was gonna watch something else tonight too but I gotta let this one sit with me for a while

[south hatch]

not yet seen some other BTS though, mostly filming some scenes

[tawny parcel]

Twok ch 64 ||that scene with Kaladin and all of team 4 with the bone armor and all of the other teams cheering them on as they got ready was such a “hell yeah man” moment dude. I’m so pumped to go into this battle. Surely nothing will go wrong. Surely after 900 pages of crawling out of the trenches nothing will happen to our bridge boys||

[tawny parcel]

Twok ch 67|| ||

@copper phoenix

Twok CH 67 ||THOSE ARE MY MEN ||

Twok ch 67 ||prose most of the time is like, pretty decent, nothing crazy. But those punchy short, simple lines he uses are always so effective. “A solitary bride crew, carrying their bridge.” All that needs to be said ||

Twok ch 67 ||this is exactly what I mean like cmon man||

Its 3am i have to go to bed 😞

Book getting finished tomorrow

[modest canyon]

Hero of Ages ch 65 ||What the fuck is Sazed gonna say to the first generation? Also the Sanderlanche has def started||

[dim hedge]

Just watched Jurassic world dominion

idk how they progressively get worse

6/10

gonna watch jurrasic world rebirth now

already a 7 because scarlett johansson is the main lead

[modest canyon]

Hero of Ages Ch 70 ||That explanation and reveal for the 16% of mist sickness folks becoming allomancers…|| @peak pilot

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-reaction-information-my-reaction-to-that-information-my-honest-reaction-to-that-information-gif-613275461876515673

Hero of Ages Ch 71 ||THE FUCKING ATIUM CACHE WAS WITH THE KANDRA THIS WHOLE TIME?? WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKK||

[peak pilot]

Hero of ages chapter 70 ||I know right. Brilliant.||

[shadow sequoia]

Superman III ||Ok, this movie is really fucking weird lol. A lot more slapstick humor than I expected and man, Richard Pryor was incredibly distracting. This character, Gus Gorman is... something, but I'll get to him later.||

Superman III ||Aside from the tone and the misplaced humor, I can appreciate the creative and original angle they were going for here in the beginning where the movie didn't take itself too seriously to allow for more heroic Superman moments. The problem is that it's very forced, meanders a bit too much, and gets stale pretty quick but maybe that's because it's a product of its time. ||

Superman III ||Lana is with a guy named Brad. We get the stereotypical romantic dance but this time with Lana Lang since Lois is just written out of the story. We have some funny scenes with them where Superman uses his super breath to help out her kid from not looking absolutely terrible at bowling and he accidentally hits Pryor's character with a car door lol.||

Superman III ||Superman's super hearing is portrayed with edited radio waves LMAO. I liked the fence transition with him changing to Superman. Lana is a terrible mother. Ross and Gus come up with a plan to use Kryptonite against Superman since he saved Colombia and undid a tornado???
BRUH. THAT'S THE MOST POWERFUL SATELLITE YOU'VE EVER SEEN AND IT'S IN THE HANDS OF THIS BOZO???
Superman only drinks decaf apparently. I can't fault this movie too much for being weird because he turns bad, becomes Simpman, and I thought it was wildly out of character but it's because of the Kryptonite??? Dude, I thought I was going crazy when he chose to stay flirtint with Lana (fuck Lois I guess) and just let people suffer on some bridge. Oh, they died. ??? LOL OK. Simpman fails to save someone from the bridge accident so he makes up for it by "correcting" the Leaning Tower of Pisa??? WHAT IS HAPPENING? And he blows out the Olympic torch??? Simpman gets manipulated to help out with the oil shit and then fucks Ross's girlfriend... bruh. Seeing Superman drunk was pretty funny. Superman flies drunk LMFAO||

Superman III ||Superman VS Clark Kent??? Acid breath??? Clark traps Simpman in some tires but then Superman uses his heat vision above Clark and squishes him under one of those magnetic crane thingies, then Simpman then KOs him with a kick. After going through a trash dump, Clark beats Simpman by choking his ass out to death LOL. Missile minigame where one missile hits Superman and KOs him for like 5 seconds. Superman apparently doesn't remember being Simpman. Gus saves the day by destroying the all-powerful computer (I fucking thought the Vega sister or whatever her name was was about to become Brainiac or some shit) and then he just uses some acid. So all in all, Richard Pryor saved Superman and then Superman fixes the Leaning Tower of Pisa for a gag... what the fuck?||

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1957098950474736005?t=9A_UTVHmDR8oFEwJV2gQ4Q&s=19

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Terence Stamp, who played Zod in the ‘SUPERMAN’ films, has sadly passed away at the age of 87.

X · Aug 17, 2025, 3:15 PM

[shadow sequoia]

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace ||Superman saves Russians which is pretty funny considering so many people credit him as an American hero but I always thought that was kinda ehhhhh. There's another Kryptonite crystal of some sort again? Lex's nephew, Lenny, uses a car to bait police away and die in a car crash? Well, I thought they were died but apparently not lol. Superman tells everyone that the subway system is still the safest means of public transportation after saying them which is just fucking hilarious. He noticeably avoids Lois here. There's some irony in the Daily Planet becoming a sensationalist tabloid considering today's world but that's neither here nor there. Lois competing with that one girl, Lacy Warfield (lol), is something considering the last movie but I did guffaw quite loudly when that bitch said "All men like me. I'm very, very rich."||

Superman IV ||The further and further I got through this the movie, the more I realized that the first two movies really were the best lol. Superman has a monument where he donated a strand of hair which is just asking for trouble. It's funny how that Russian scene at the beginning was kinda cool to me since Superman should be saving people from all over the world but I didn't realize the movie would end up directly talking about getting rid of nuclear arms. Superman says "DROP DEAD" to kid was pretty funny. I know Superman has been used for propaganda in the past for the US but using this way isn't too bad, I think. The dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Chernobyl incident predate this movie which is quite interesting.||

Superman IV ||This is the only movie I've seen where a superhero just fucking attempts suicide only to catch his love interest and reveal his identity as said superhero. I know it wasn't actually a suicide attempt but that was fucking funny and out of nowhere. Lois also says she remembers everything only for Superman to wipe her memory again??? What was the point of that lol. ANYWAYS, Superman declares that he's going to rid the world of nuclear arms which is a nice thought but an absolute fucking fantasy if he ever said that shit irl LOL. EVERY COUNTRY JUST GIVES THEIR NUKES TO SUPERMAN AND HE PUTS THEM ALL IN A NET AND FUCKING FLINGS THAT SHIT INTO THE SUN. Absolute peak. I don't even know what Lex created with his genetic plan but I was wondering where that was gonna go when Superman is all of a sudden at a gym getting revenge on the guy that told him "No pain, no gain." The bad guy's name is literally NUCLEAR MAN lmfao. Lois and Lacy compete for Clark and Superman who compete for screentime but those little scenes of him going back and forth were funny. There's an irony to this movie being funnier than the last one. Fast-forwarding to Superman VS Nuclear Man. I think this fight is the most interesting. I still prefer Superman VS Zod and the others in II but man, he literally reforms stone into the Great Wall of China like I'm fucking playing as him in Fortnite LOL. Nuclear Man actually freezes Superman in space. Did he go to Pompeii??? Man, I can't lie, this movie is like fucking whiplash. I can understand not liking but how many fucking superhero movies have a villain taking the literal Statue of Liberty and just fucking chucking it at civilians LMFAO. So seemingly, Nuclear Man kills Superman by kicking him into the stratosphere only to leave his cape behind and I'm just sitting wondering how Lex even controls or this guy.||

Superman IV ||I don't know how to feel about Lois at this point. So many memory wipes and confessions... (why would you confess your love to Superman when your best friend, Clark, is right there sick as fuck by your side??? GET HIM SOME MEDICINE???) SHE JUST DIPS??? Bro uses the one last green Kryptonite fragment and I guess recharges??? Seemingly, the scratch Nuclear Man gave him fucked him up and then Nuclear Man looks at Lacy's picture in a newspaper Lex left behind and wants her? Superman somehow knows this and is already at the Daily Planet when Nuclear Man just starts blowing shit up. SUPERMAN HAS TELEKINESIS??? I'm crashing out. He trapped him in an elevator... is he gonna fucking fling him away lol. Ohhh, he's just gonna fight him on the moon away from civilians. Smart but the sun is still right there. Ok, at least the choreography (if you can call it that) isn't that bad. He fucking buried his ass into the moon with a couple of stomps, I'm crying. Bro became Simpnuclear Man. HUH? SUPERMAN, WAIT, HOW MANY FUCKING ANIMALS AND PEOPLE DID YOU JUST KILL??? THE TIDES, SUPERMAN??? WHAT THE FUCK LOL; And that's it, he saves her, Perry apparently got Wall Street to boot Warfields out, Superman flies to the UN to talk about peace and he smiles at the camera while flying off into space. What more could ask for?||

[shadow sequoia]

Man of Steel ||I appreciate the Kryptonian concept art and the trouble Zack took to make Krypton look more interesting and appealing but I feel like it's distracting. Man, I completely forget about the "Codex." I think I actually fucking hate MacGuffins bro. I can kinda understand being tired of the white ass krystal-looking planet but creating a whole Kryptonian language and weapons and flying lizard-dragon animals, really? Also, Zod's line delivery comes across worse on rewatch for some reason to me. Weird how Jor-El is seemingly a better fighter than Zod, who is a general but ok. Assassin's Creed blade, huh. DUUUUUDE, WHY DO THEY LOOK LIKE COCKS? ZACK, WHEN I CATCH YOU!||

Man of Steel ||We just cut to modern day and flashbacks over and over. It's so weird because 1) Clark can't fly yet but he can (jump?) from a ship to an oil rig without trying out his powers yet and 2) He just wanders around like a homeless person looking for work at all these odd jobs. These flashbacks aren't too bad and I understand the emotional core of what Zack is going for but it falls flat when Jonathan Kent is over here actually doing the opposite of what Superman stands for. Also how fucking convenient it is that Superman overhears military personnel talking about where his fortress is.||

Man of Steel ||Lois is an expert rock climber. How did Clark even get here??? He still hasn't figured out how to fly yet??? I guess he hitchhiked but not before he fucked that dude's truck up. I've seen a lot of people criticize that because Superman wouldn't do that but if you watch the older movies (Donner films) he does do that kind of petty, vengeful shit (it's more playful though). Ok so he's pretty good at heat vision apparently. I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW BAD GHOST JOR-EL'S EXPOSITORY DIALOGUE WAS ABOUT HOW THE KRYPTONIANS HAVE APPARENTLY LIVED FOR 100,000 COLONIZING PLANETS ACROSS THE STARS AND I KNOW HE SAID THEY STOPPED DOING THAT AND HAVING NORMAL BIRTHS BUT APPARENTLY, ZOD AND JOR-EL COULDN'T JUST SAVE WHOEVER THEY COULD AND GO TO ANOTHER HABITABLE PLANET BECAUSE HE LITERALLY SAYS THERE ARE SOME IN THE BEGINNING OF THE FUCKING MOVIE, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THIS MOVIE IS SO FUCKING DOGSHIT BUT I TECHNICALLY GREW WITH THIS BEING MY SUPERMAN MOVIE I WATCHED AND BOUGHT THE FUCKING BLU-RAY, GODDAMN FUCKING IDIOT FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT FUCKHEAD, ZACK WHEN I FUCKING FIND YOU||

Man of Steel ||This is where he finally fucking starts learning how to fly btw, just ignore the entirety of the last hour. He doesn't want to be found out because his dad is guilt-tripping him from death to not act since the world might be afraid of him.||

Superman III and Man of Steel ||SUPERMAN CAN FUCKING FLIP A TORNADO UPSIDE DOWN BTW||

Man of Steel ||I promise audience, Amy and Henry aren't this fucking terrible in any other movie, the script and the dialogue is just that bad. IS ZACK SNYDER A CHRISTIAN??? WHAT IS IT WITH THIS GOD SHIT? IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE BECAUSE JOR-EL TELLS HIM HE WANTED TO GIVE KRYPTON TO ABILITY TO CHOOSE INSTEAD OF BEING GENETICALLY BORN OUT OF THOSE WEIRD AUTOMATIC WOMB TREES IN THE GENESIS CHAMBER BUT THEN HE'S LIKE "YOUR DESTINY IS TO BE A SAVIOR TO THESE PEOPLE" SO DOES CLARK HAVE A CHOICE OR NOT??? Fucking stupid ass church scene bruh. Maaaaaan, I fucking remember that trailer with the Zod message too and I remember thinking that shit was so fucking cool and creepy. Still weird that Zod is even giving Kal-El a time limit at all but WHATEVER I GUESS||

Man of Steel ||Why the fuck is Lois here? WHO KNOWS, WHO CARES!!! Oh, Zod wants her... why? Wait, did Lois just show up here to specifically point out Superman is weak to Kryptonite? Because Zod points it out anyways. Why is Zod being all nice to Kal all of a sudden? I get that he imprisons him but he actually gave him information about everything. THE PRISON CELL THEY THROW LOIS IN HAS A CONVENIENT HOLE FOR LOIS TO PUT THE LITTLE SUPERMAN KEY THINGIE THAT HE GAVE HER FOR NO REASON OTHER THAN THAT. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME LOL. WHY DID HE GIVE HER THAT? WHY DID HE KNOW THAT SHE WOULD KNOW HOW TO USE IT? DID SHE KNOW HOW TO USE IT? YEAH VIC, SHE DID DUMBASS, DIDN'T YOU SEE HOW SHE PUT IT IN THE HOLE? YEAH BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE JOR-EL IS I GUESS THE ONLY FUCKING SCIENTIST AND SHIPMAKER ON KRYPTON??? WHY ARE THOSE HOLES EVEN IN THE PRISON CELLS? BECAUSE FUCK YOU, THAT'S WHY||

Man of Steel ||Nice, I'm getting Halo 3: ODST flashbacks in my Superman movie. Jor-El, if you talk about Kal-El being a savior one more time. Ok... so he does have super hearing. DUDE, I REMEMBER BEING WEIRDED OUT BY THIS SCENE. I THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL WHEN I WAS YOUNGER BUT THEN I REALIZED SUPERMAN JUST LEFT HIS MOM WITH LIKE, 3 OTHER KRYPTONIANS, BRUH. THIS GUY DOESN'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT SAVING ANYONE LOLOLOL. I'm not gonna lie, I like the action but it's so thoughtless. Superman saves two people (besides Lois and I guess at the end*) in this entire fucking movie. Why did he not lead them away to avoid civilian casualties??? WHAT WAS THAT CRINGE ASS EVOLUTION LINE LOL||

Man of Steel ||I guess they just... left? The one big dude got chucked by Supes into an explosive train, he throws it back and then just dipped? His helmet wasn't damaged so why? Only Zod and Faora... whatever. I'm not gonna crash out over the black holes, singularity, or American army propaganda. Blegh. The amount of destruction in this final act is hilariously horrible. What the fuck, my eyes are bleeding. Why would he go to the one in the Indian Ocean??? The Metropolis one is where more people are and Lois and the Daily Planet and you know the military can't win, the fuck? Man, the only good thing about this last half hour is the music. Superman VS Zod is something... I don't know why Zod was able to master his powers in like 3 seconds compared to Clark who took most of his life but maybe it's because he's a general? (Cut to Zod losing to Jor-El lmfao) Everyone in that one building is fucking dead and Superman just watches. I'm crying. Suoerman just dodged the Lexcorp truck and it blew up that fucking building LOL. Shockwave punches. I remember pointing out the Wayne Industries logo on the satellite. Bruh, even more destruction. I didn't even mention because I completely forgot but Superman destroys the genesis chamber ship/fortress of solitude??? by using his heat vision over the city where it crashes jnto like 10 skyscrapers. Also "Krypton had its chance!" was probably Henry's worst line delivery yet. NEVERMIND, I WAS WRONG. "You're a monster, Zod" definitely takes the cake. He had the power to snap his neck the whole time but not the power to close off his airway or move his head??? Why is screaming, I thought "Krypton had its chance" lol. I get it, he doesn't kill (lol) and that was the last Kryptonian but like what? It just isn't earned at all. Honestly, the scene where Superman saves Lois from the black hole isn't even worth acknowledging, it is just so tone deaf and strange. WE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE CLARK KENT IN THIS FUCKING MOVIE. I guess it was cool that that one military throws that one line back in Faora's face I guess. Oh god, that one scene with the chick who said Superman was hot for destroying government property... Man, kill me||

[sand cypress]

[peak pilot]

I gotta wake up

I lowkey was getting burnt

[tawny parcel]

I’m gonna finish the book today man

[copper phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/it's-splendid-gif-11888323234327640436

vic is popping off

good lord

[copper phoenix]

his prose is what most people who dislike him complain about and I never get that complaint. His job is being a story teller and he excels at that and thats all that matters.

I mean I read one piece so idc if its written for toddlers as long as the story is good and engaging

prose is just the icing on the cake to me

[tawny parcel]

Its never bad, its moreso just good

Kind of invisible

[near echo]

I wanna read Vics wall but haven't seen any of these 3 movies

[tawny parcel]

And like I said, he has his moments, and I think the simplicity makes it thrive

I’ll probably write up a thing for twok when I’m done

Have a lot of thoughts

[potent zenith]

Alien Earth is cool

[tawny parcel]

All I’ve seen is the ice age screen grab lol

[shadow sequoia]

Superman (2025) ||????????||

Need Zack Snyder and David Goyer to be removed from any writing credits

Superman (2025) ||I can't go into depth about this movie yet since I'm not home but whatever controversy existed for this movie must've been started by some geriatric hillbilly dumbfuck||

Superman (2025) ||Really does feel like this movie is the only good Superman movie aside from Superman (1978) and Superman II||

[foggy mirage]

Snyder fans is why

[near echo]

Predator 2 is an insane movie

[tawny parcel]

Twok pt 5 ||HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH SHALLAN KILLED HER FATHER||

[foggy mirage]

Its also fun

Do not watch the predator

Don't do it

😭

I need new predator fans and that dog water movie retconned so much yautja lore and then got ignored forever

I also recommend prey and killer of killers if you haven't watched those.

[mild seal]

I hate how they're doing the effects for that new predator movie

[tawny parcel]

Twok pt 5 ||THE PARSHMEN ARE VOIDBRINGERS???? OR THE CLOSEST THING TO THEM?||

[tawny parcel]

@peak pilot @copper phoenix @shrewd sigil it is done

Book one finished

[peak pilot]

I’ll catch up

[tawny parcel]

I believe

I will give you a bit but I’ll probably start book 2 soon because I’m too curious

But i will do my best to give you a break

[copper phoenix]

yet another fool caught in the sanderlanche

@tawny parcel twok end || the bridgemen going back for dalinar and dalinar giving up his shardblade (basically worth more than entire nations) to buy the bridgemen from sadeas is such a goated moment between those 2 ||

[tawny parcel]

Twok end ||so many questions with the end of this book lol||

[tawny parcel]

FAX

I’m gonna write my thoughts soon probably tomorrow

I have so many

Idk i don’t really care to put it to a ranking but if I did maybe 8.5?

[modern lichen]

Superman || https://fixvx.com/everythingdcu_/status/1957139029440286996?s=46 ||

Everything_DCU (@EverythingDCU_)

It’s for a good reason

QRT: jeremylovesyall
gif of this shot from superman that focused on this old lady's pet turtle for some reason

vxTwitter / fixvx · Aug 17, 2025, 5:54 PM

[tawny parcel]

twok end ||its super slow, which both works in its favor but also against it kinda lol. I was so blindsided and surprised by how much I actually cared about these characters once that battle on the plain with Dhalinar came. And I think thats mostly just because I had so much time sit with these guys ||

Alright

Brave new world by mr huxley next

The end got me all fired up for reading, which is such a good feeling

[copper phoenix]

twok end || I've heard complaints about the pacing in this book too but I never felt it, it's just the right amount to get us acquainted to all the characters||

[tawny parcel]

I just want to sit and read more

[copper phoenix]

pog

[tawny parcel]

I’m trying to think on it but it will probably come up in my little write up just cause

Also

[near echo]

Is literally anything between 2 and Prey worth watching

[modern lichen]

Andor season 2 pitch by Tony Gilroy || https://x.com/tsos_/status/1957135022671987194?s=46 ||

The Sietch of Sci-Fi | (@TSoS_)

Tony Gilroy's Pitch for Andor Season 2.
This page and none of the words on it could ever describe how good this second Season would end up being, but you can see how he knew exactly where every piece of the puzzle needed to go. Just an incredible thing to read now that it's over.

X · Aug 17, 2025, 5:38 PM

[modern lichen]

No

Alien vs Predator is pure dumb fun

[near echo]

I've seen people shit on Predator 2 for years, at least back in the day. Calling it schlocky copaganda, unintentionally funny and silly comic book shit, etc

And now that I've seen it I'm like

[tawny parcel]

Twok end|| I’ve heard people don’t like Shallan in this book because she’s always talking down to people with her jokes. Did we read the same book??? Lmfao. She literally spends the whole book with Jasnah who is much smarter than her and sure she has her witty little remarks but she is constantly getting her ass saved by like, even Yalb in the beginning. Sure some of her dialogue was like, a tiny bit much at times but I never found her bad in this book||

[near echo]

Damn do people just take the first 15 minutes at face value and turn it off

[modern lichen]

I’m not really big into Predator 2 either

[near echo]

That movie was cool and had a lot more substance to it than I expected lol

[tawny parcel]

Holy Juba callout

[copper phoenix]

twok || I can't recall people mentioning her talking down but people sure do hate her quips ||

[sand cypress]

4 more books 🙂

Plus novelas

[copper phoenix]

twok || imo it works for her because shes meant to be a cringy young woman ||

[tawny parcel]

Twok ||they’re somewhat overly wordy at times, like Sanderson is trying to go too hard on the academic girl angle, but they’re not nearly as bad as I think people make them out to be ||

[copper phoenix]

but brando kinda overuses that kind of humor in a lot of other characters too lol

[tawny parcel]

Twok|| it threw me out whenever Dhalinar used the word “awesome” which I think he does strictly only two times in this book lol||

Which I realize is silly

Cause its just the cultural way its been used but it was funny to me nonetheless

[copper phoenix]

I get it

[sand cypress]

Do not read wombat | Stormlight all || just wait until he meets Lift ||

[tawny parcel]

I give Muk a week tops

If he is not finished I continue regardless

[sand cypress]

just continue

Muk isn't the best at finishing things he starts

[tawny parcel]

I believe in him

[tawny parcel]

Journey before destination

[sand cypress]

I really need to read book 3 of the first law

[modest canyon]

@tawny parcel @copper phoenix @peak pilot I have finished Hero of Ages

[modest canyon]

Hero of Ages is done

https://tenor.com/view/skeleton-reaction-information-my-reaction-to-that-information-my-honest-reaction-to-that-information-gif-613275461876515673

Hero of Ages full spoilers ||What. A. Ride. Sanderson deadass hasn’t missed with the climax of any of the books I’ve read. Vin taking Preservation’s shard and killing Ruin. The atium stash getting destroyed. Motherfuckin my goat Sazed fulfills the prophecy. Unbelievable stuff for the last 10 chapters. I need to chill after all the whiplash I just got||

[tawny parcel]

What is that

Brave new world ch 3 ||that constant back and forth switching was hard to keep up with. I think I have an idea of what everyone said but it was still hard lol||

[sand cypress]

bro you started a new book already? At least let way of kings set in for a day first

[dim hedge]

Watched Jurassic world rebirth

7/10

[copper phoenix]

hero of ages ending || sazed is the 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 ||

euge read stormlight now

you gonna be buddies with muk and wombat

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/lite_thespark/status/1957192869267050721?s=46

☀︎ Mads ☀︎ 📍🍊 (@lite_thespark)

for those of you not in the LA area who are wanting to read Rebelión: an Andor Zine - here’s the link to a digital copy

https://t.co/eVmz4KKFwO

X · Aug 17, 2025, 9:28 PM

[foggy mirage]

The adrian brody one can be fun but dont bother with the predator

Nothing of worth there like you'll hate every minute of the 2018 one

[shrewd sigil]

https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1957232025209041001?t=uc71BE0t5O6DuGunvEGkKA&s=19

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)

Sir Ian McKellen confirms that Frodo will appear in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’ ⚔️

Filming starts May 2026

X · Aug 18, 2025, 12:04 AM

[shrewd sigil]

twok end ||what'd you think of the last dalinar chapter||

||dalinar trusting sadeas cause he thought his visions said so just for it to turn out that they were prerecorded ||

[frank rivet]

very generous

[copper phoenix]

yall aint ready for the lotr cinematic universe

[foggy mirage]

Literally why

😭

This movie just doesnt make any sense

[shrewd sigil]

it doesn't but honestly if this many of the cast are returning I'll probably cave and watch it when it drops

[foggy mirage]

Silmarillion ||I just want a goddamn scene with melkor and mairon I'm not asking for much.||

[shrewd sigil]

which is probably what they want

still have never managed to make it past like chapter 15 of silmarillion 💔

my fault tho since Id just listen to the audiobook while I go to sleep

[foggy mirage]

Its peak

I'm ngl

Having context to wtf the elves and Gandalf is saying

Is worth it

[shrewd sigil]

silmarillion ||the parts I read with illuvitar and the valar were cool, its just when we get to the elves and 3 of them have similar ass names that I get lost honestly ||

[foggy mirage]

Silmarillion ||the oath of fëanor is also funny as hell to read about.||

[foggy mirage]

This is completely understand

Specially when silmarillion ||you get to the dark elves, the wood elves, water ones and stuff that happened between them.||

Then it gets silmarillion ||spicy when the humans finally arrive and its practically a hell scape for them.||

[copper phoenix]

sheep

[foggy mirage]

A favorite scene of mine is silmarillion ||finrod walking into a camp of humans and shredding his harp. And the kindred of beor are just like "man this guy got good vibes".||

[shrewd sigil]

[shrewd sigil]

lotr ||I assume his scene is the prologue or epilogue and that's it, they can't really tie him into the actual hunt for gollum||

[main lion]

https://vxtwitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1956813843390476712

Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave)

Happy 40th Birthday to Cristin Milioti 🎂

vxTwitter / fixvx · Aug 16, 2025, 8:22 PM

goat

[modest canyon]

Yeah im planning on reading twok next

[peak pilot]

Fire. Love this whole trilogy.

[trim crown]

@languid sleet would you mind sharing your faves?

[languid sleet]

fuck, that requires me to think and remember names

[languid sleet]

assuming it's non anime btw since you tagged me in western series

[trim crown]

Yeye, stuff like when the wind blows

The plague dogs

[carmine latch]

Superman 2025 is really good. It reminded me of raimis spiderman

[languid sleet]

my tastes are somewhat nostalgia driven. and tho I have seen a lot, I can't put them on the list in good faith, as I love them for being absolute trash... like Fire and Ice by Ralph Bakshi, and Heavy metal has a pretty funny style, but it's not good movies

[languid sleet]

@trim crown

[trim crown]

Coolccoolccool

I'll put them on the list

Thanks bestie

[tawny parcel]

I am a reading machine that turns books into 5 star scores

[tawny parcel]

Twok end ||lowkey was not on my radar at all but it makes so much sense 😭 ||

[coarse flower]

Wow,an animated movie I haven't heard before

[little sparrow]

https://vxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1957483131940057200

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

First look at ‘THE BACKROOMS’ movie.

Kane Parsons is directing the film and will be the youngest director ever for A24 at 20 years old. https://t.co/Cxl3grSfim

vxTwitter / fixvx · Aug 18, 2025, 4:42 PM

[tawny parcel]

Thats sick

Hope it goes well

[mild seal]

I will not

[shadow sequoia]

After going back and looking at some comics and the animated series, I'm convinced that anyone who doesn't like Superman (2025) is either not a fan of Superman which is fine or a Snyderverse bro who has extra chromosomes

Superman (2025) ||I want a write a bigger piece on this but the movie is literally the best portrayal of the character I've ever seen. How is it possible that anyone could even dislike this movie? The humor can be obnoxious at times and the pacing can be a bit quick but there's a lot of good fucking messaging and morals here? Like they perfectly align with Superman as a character. A person who's literally here to do good, regardless of the purpose. I see people getting mad at the portrayal of his parents being hyperfixated on Kal-El taking over the Earth and ruling over them and making a harem (lol) and I'm just like... it works with the story that James wrote though? Did they miss the Pa Kent scene (arguably, the best scene in the movie) or the ending? Clearly, James is trying to show us that Superman, despite making a ton of mistakes and being very capable and powerful, has flaws and is human just like everyone else. The endinh is supposed to show us how he's moved on from relying on his biological parents and it's funny to me because even in the animated series and comics (aside from a few) he kinda just... does this??? Like he absolutely loves his Kryptonian parents but the Kents are really the bread and butter. Not to mention, Lois Lane supporting him throughout the entire movie. It's as if everyone has just been mindraped for the last couple of years and can't stand a superhero being vulnerable and optimistic, naive but kind. What the fuck? After watching Henry's performance, the scripts for those Snyder movies, the tone, the horrendous dialogue, and the nonsenical action, you'd have to be mentally impaired to even consider that portrayal better. Brandon Routh wasn't terrible and Christopher Reeve was good but like... this actually feels like Superman??????||

Superman (2025) ||We get a better portrayal of Lex, Lois, Jimmy, and Big Blue himself and people are like "NAH BRO, I ACTUALLY PREFERRED HENRY"||

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its a very political film so a huge subset of certain people dont like that either.

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ||Ah yes, I too prefer Henry Cavill's Superman barely saving anyone, looking sad the whole time, rushing the Death of Superman story, ripping apart the Dark Knight Returns, convenient Lois Lane who randomly shows up wherever the plot needs her to be, poor lighting, dogshit casting (Jesse as Lex), and again, the fucking dialogue, holy shit||

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LMFAO POLITICAL

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? is it not

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Man of Steel and BvS: DoJ ||Not to mention the amount of times we have to suspend our disbelief (Oda, when I fucking find you motherfucker) where Superman can clearly use his superhearing but only SOMETIMES (Ma Kent gets kidnapped and he can't hear her but he could in MoS), endless destruction (Superman doesn't even try to get everyone out of Smallville or move the fight away from civilians), killing Zod and being sad about it despite the other Kryptonians dying and using heat vision on the genesis chamber ABOVE METROPOLIS AS THE SHIP FALLS BTW, etc.||

Man of Steel ||Not to mention, the biggest fuck-up in my opinion, THIS MOTHERFUCKER DOESN'T EVEN ACT AS CLARK KENT IN THE MOVIE AND MOST OF IT IS US ARMY PROPAGANDA||

Man of Steel ||ZACK SNYDER, WHEN I FUCKING CATCH YOU||

The reality is that Superman hasn't had a good live-action portrayal in over 40 fucking years

Until now

Jesus fucking christ

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Vic

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Fire & Ice and Heavy Metal are cool movies they get bad reps

Totally time capsules for a very specific wave of counter culture comics but I'm a defender lol. They embody them so earnestly

Also Fantastic Planets one of the best films ever made 💖

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Superman (2025) ||I watched it a second time with my parents and I wanted to kill myself the whole time (because they don't like this Superman, he's a beta ass bitch to them, he seems wimpy and simpy, and they hated Supergirl at the end)||

Superman (2025) ||All of this to say that I knew it would be good if my parents had a fucking stroke trying to understand the concept of empathy||

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holy tuff

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Superman 2025 is about as politically charged as a major franchise movie like it can get in [current year] without executives slapping it down

It's not necessarily making bold statements, it's all pretty surface level and generalized, but the fact it's coming from the mouth of a character like Superman who's so universally recognizable and has not been allowed to do anything like this since the mid 80s is what makes it notable

Especially coming off of marvel films like Brave New World that are real coward shit

Step in the right direction to make the genre have any weight again

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https://tenor.com/view/wrestlemania28-john-cena-rock-cena-rock-cena-rock-wrestlemania-gif-27519679

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does superman get to fly in this cause I assume that would be faster then him running

or is this strictly grounded lol

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iirc they actually have like 3 races lol

One ends in a tie iirc the other is forced by a super villain and in the last one I think Flash wins, but not sure on that

Flash better win tho, is his whole fucking gimmick 😭

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😭

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I think in modern times all speed force users are faster than Superman

Just checked, and basically over the next 6 decades they either end in ties, close Flash wins or clear Flash wins

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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ||This color grading or color palette is abysmal and makes me want to die. So in the building where Superman and Zod are fighting, apparently Clark's super hearing is off because he ignores saving one of Bruce Wayne's employees while Zod tries out his heat vision for the first time. Bruce helps some random employee but the guy's leg is broke. Bruce is also just running around and driving around like a madman despite having no safety measures or gadgets with him but ok. God, I fucking hate this take on Superman. Like I get it, controversy and political drama sells but one of the main reasons I avoided this movie for the longest time is because I could see the writing on the wall that this would not be a good nor enjoyable movie and boy, was that an understatement. Batman wanting to kill Superman and thinking that there is no doubt about that conclusion is just... so bad man. I get it, the Dark Knight Returns, I get it, I just think it's pure dogshit. Like we don't even see him investigate this further, he's already made up his mind. I can appreciate seeing an older, more damaged (insert Joker meme here) Batman who lost his Robin. But idk, it just feels wrong and unearned. Not to mention, Alfred constantly warning him to not be this way throughout the whole movie only for Bruce not to listen is ehhh. Whatever, who fucking gives a shit anymore? Not Zack.||

BvS: DoJ ||Sidenote: Not gonna even comment on Lex being able to get access to the genesis chamber that we thought was destroyed and Zod's body by bribing one Senator but whatever. Also, why did we have an entire sequence where Batman steals kryptonite from Luthor only for the kryptonite to be gone and then he gets it offscreen later???|| GOOD ONE, ODA, YOU FUCK!

BvS: DoJ ||All of this happens with no investigation on Bruce's side to actually see how much of a threat Superman is or even considering the fact that Superman was fighting (I know it doesn't come across that way in Man of Steel but suspension of belief everybody!) to protect everyone from Zod genociding the whole planet. I guess Bruce just never found that out??? He has a random dream where Zack must've been drunk while writing the script introducing the Flash early, warning him about Superman, and that Lois Lane is the key. If I recall correctly, this is to set up Flashpoint but it's also a dream sequence so any general audiences would just be confused about the whole thing (Why not just make it happen while Bruce is awake? lol) Before this, we actually do get to see Henry be Clark Kent and he presses Bruce Wayne a bit on the hypocrisy of Batman for calling out how Superman is apparently this dude sent to wipe us out despite Batman KILLING people and BRANDING criminals (I don't even take an issue with that, it's just bizarre, like what is Zack trying to say and also, THESE ARE SUPERHEROES BTW). Wonder Woman is here because WHY NOT and the most cringeworthy and eye-bleeding scene occurs where Lex glazes Clark's firm hand grip and tells Bruce that no one should fight this guy AAAAAAAAAAAAAA. It's so fucking bad. All of this only for Bruce to investigate, get his shit stolen by WW, and then fail to steal kryptonite, yet succeed in an offscreen scene. Amazing fucking writing and directing, absolute fucking peak shit right here. And you're telling me none of them got Oscars? Ludicrous.||

BvS: DoJ ||Anyways, we get a tease of the rest of the Justice League. I genuinely don't know who cast Jason Momoa as Aquaman but they need to be fired and removed the industry. The Flash is fine but we know now how fucking hilariously terrible that casting was. Cyborg is just there... we actually see a Motherbox too ugh... they are literally just the antithesis of the MCU lmfao. Wonder Woman as well but we already know about her. Such a shoehorned hype scene that is completely unearned because it's so fucking random and out of place with the pacing.||

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 END ||Reminds me of the Sinister Six tease. OOOOOOOH, LOOK AT US, PLANNING AHEAD, SO SMART, SO HYPE!!! TEEHEE!|| TAKE NOTES, ODA! Oh wait...

BvS: DoJ ||Cut to a congressional hearing where that one-legged dude who apparently just ignored all of Superman's good moments (he saves so many fucking people in the movie but it's just glossed over in some dour ass compilation) and he wants him held accountable. Same guy that Bruce saves but Lex also gifted him a chair. At some point, I don't know if it was earlier or later we find out but regardless, the chair is made out of lead so Superman couldn't see it was rigged with a bomb. I understand what Zack was going for here, I really do. But HOLY FUCK, SUPERMAN JUST FLIES OFF AFTER THE EXPLOSION AND EVERYONE GETS VAPORIZED, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? HE DOESN'T EVEN TRY TO HELP ANYONE WHO GOT INJURED OUTSIDE OR SEE IF ANYONE MADE IT IN THE BUILDING, HE JUST FUCKING DIPS LMFAO. This only adds fuel to the fire but WAIT, VIC, MOTHERFUCKER OF ALL MOTHERFUCKERS TO ASSUME, NO, YOU'RE WRONG. There are scenes after that paint the guy as a suicide bomber or terrorist because they found out that the bomb was inside the chair and not because of Superman so why do they hate Superman more now? I think that's the case or at least, the idea the movie is going for but no one investigates where he got the chair? I guess we can assume Lex made sure to keep that in check. I'm going a little out of order here with the timeline of events but essentially, Lex wants the ship and Zod's body to... presumably kill Superman? He's playing both sides by pushing Batman closer to wanting to kill Superman which is a little silly because Batman already wants to do that but not only that, he's coming up with a failsafe? Zod returning as Bizarro?||

BvS: DoJ ||The climax of this movie is incredibly taxing on the human mind. So Superman comes back when Lex kidnaps Lois (he already kidnapped Martha Kent and I guess Superman couldn't hear that happen and he couldn't hear Lois get taken, WHATEVER) and throws her off a building. Then Lex goads Supes to fight Bats in order to save his mom (lol). THIS WHOLE PLAN IS BETTING ON BATMAN KILLING SUPERMAN DESPITE LEX HAVING A BACKUP PLAN (I think? that involves undead Zod just in case Bruce fails) BUT THEN SUPERMAN REASONABLY GOES TO BATMAN TO TRY TO CONVINCE HIM TO NOT FIGHT. He only tries for like 5 seconds though and fails to mention that Lex has his mom... lol. Batman and Superman fight and you would think that considering it's the fucking title of the movie, there'd be more smaller battles or a buildup to a much bigger one but this was so fucking boring and a waste of time. You get like 10 minutes of any actual fighting. Batman uses some tricks and gadgets with soundwaves, lights, guns, but nothing works until he shoots a grenade launcher with kryptonite. The best part of the fight is when Batman is punching Superman and I guess the kryptonite wears off and he can't punch his face anymore only for Batman to raise his hands like "WAIT, NO PLEASE, STOP!!!" LMFAO. Batman wins by hitting Superman with another grenade, beating his ass over the head with a literal kitchen sink and throwing him down some floors. Mind you, he does this while mocking and making fun of the idea of Superman with phrases like "I bet you thought you were special" and some shit that a fucking supervillain would say. He also made a kryptonite spear because why not and is about to stab Superman when Clark reveals that his mother's name is Martha... Batman tweaks out and LOIS LANE appears out of nowhere to tell him that's Superman's mom's name. Classic. AND they're bros now for some reason... sure, whatever, who gives a fuck|| SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF, ANOTHER ODA W

BvS: DoJ ||Batman rescues Martha in a pretty cool scene if you ignore that he fucking made a dude explode and killed everyone (I think he stabbed that one guy in the heart LOL). Pretty cool how they crossed over with Marvel and had the Punisher in this movie. BIG W. Lex realizes his plan failed and creates Doomsday using Zod's body..... ok. Superman comes back just in time to save Lex (lol). A fight ensues where Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman fight Doomsday on an uninhabited island (they literally say this). There is so much destruction and dark lighting here that I actually can't even fucking tell what is going on. There's a scene in here at some point where Lois throws the kryptonite away in some water, then Batman or Wonder Woman realizes that Doomsday is weak to kryptonite just like Superman, and then Lois (without even being near the area somehow realizes this and tries to get the spear back but almost drowns). Superman hears her trying to breathe and comes to her rescue and gets the spear. Superman and Wonder Woman continue to fight Doomsday while Batman does fuck-all because apparently, he's just completely useless??? I know he was in his Batmobile for a bit but nothing significant came of that. They also apparently move to the city again for some reason? So Doomsday is just randomly nuking Metropolis or Gotham over and over again. Anyways, Wonder Woman cuts Doomsday some and lassos the beast and holds it while Superman sacrifices himself to kill it. Lois begs him not to > cheap ass unearned ass emotional moment > Superman dies and Batman realizes how much of a dumbfuck he is (kidding, Zack would never write that silly, the fuck were you thinking?)|| SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF ODABROS EATING GOOD, HUH

BvS: DoJ ||Batman confronts Lex after he's imprisoned and doesn't brand him... ok (why not?). Lex hints at Darkseid I guess and there's a funeral scene for Superman. Clark meant to marry Lois and THEN Bruce says failed Superman and needs more people to fight what's coming. At the end, dirt above Superman's grave rises a little bit... but this is contradictory to—WHO FUCKING CARES, MORON, JUST GIVE ZACK MONEY, BITCH!||

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition ||I watched this version of the movie that was kinda different and it added some more scenes with Batman, random extras, and Superman talking with Pa "Fuck them kids" Kent. Great stuff. It sucked even more, added little to the movie, and made me realize that apparently, it's hard to write DC characters.||

[modern lichen]

Dawg

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Superman Returns ||This movie isn't actually that bad. Reading up on it some more, it apparently was meant to be a sequel to Superman II? It's a weird introduction and I don't like that it's dour and mopeyness was reminiscent to Man of Steel but whatever. I think the opening doesn't really allow to enjoy or even celebrate Superman and after the massive gap between Superman IV and this movie, it's really sad and a letdown imo. I don't like that Superman seemingly didn't tell anyone he was leaving to seemingly look for the remnants of Krypton and whatever was going on with that. Lois comes across as strange to me here (my parents watched this with me and hated her). My dad was calling a Superman a cuck the whole time which made me laugh and I even joked about it but I was thinking in the back of my head that there had to be more to that and it turns out I was right. He wasn't a cuck, he was just a poor communicator and the guy that Lois is with isn't even a bad dude lol. He actually comes to their rescue at the end. I think this movie was just a product of bad placement and timing. Apparently, they were supposed to do a sequel and it was made by Bryan Singer (yikes) but that never happened. I think Brandon's portrayal of Superman isn't too too bad but I feel like Henry was kinda the same way. DID EVERYONE IN THE 2000s JUST FORGET THAT SUPERMAN IS ABOUT HOPEFULNESS AND KINDNESS, WHY ISN'T HE SMILING? LMFAO. At least in this one, Superman is fucking saving people from a falling airplane-shuttle, that was pretty cool ngl. I really liked the scene where he's just fucking tanking bullets to the eye and walking up to the minigun. That was peak. I also think it's cute that he is still looking out for random people to save, albeit, Lex's bitch (I forget her name) that he always has.||

Superman Returns ||Speaking of Lex, Kevin Spacey (ew) isn't too bad. He's no Gene Hackman but compared to what we got in the DCEU, at least he was somewhat intimidating and evil. He actually fucking beat up and stabbed Superman with a little bit of kryptonite and his plan works so you gotta give him credit where credit is due. I can forgive most of the scenes of this movie because I think after revisiting the DCEU, I was really hoping for literally ANYTHING ELSE so I didn't judge it as harshly. It has some rewatch value, the music is completely nonexistent, and the action is meh. But it wasn't a dour movie and the kid being Superman and Lois's kid was interesting. I mean, he fucking shoved that giant ass piano into that dude and saved his mom, that was too funny to me. Also, I completely forgot that this movie is where that "WRONG!" meme comes from but the actual scene to the buildup was nice. I think this Lex is supposed to be the same as the Gene Hackman one so the wanting of land checks out. I have to credit to this movie for that because even in the DCEU, I can't even understand why Lex wants to kill Superman. I swear to god, that was never established or I'm fucking going crazy. I appreciate the little arc Lois went through and writing positively about Superman and I liked when he was able to save them all from the falling island and he just fucking ignores saving Lex and I can appreciate the tiny aspect of hope sprinkled in at the end where he looks down at Earth similar to the Reeve Superman movies. I don't know, it's kinda charming in its own way but it's not anything above like a 4/10 and it's not super memorable; But it's also so minimal that it's harmless, I can appreciate the actors and the script more in retrospect compared to all of the dogshit that came later.||

I can finally fucking talk about the actual good one now

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Andor || https://x.com/mxgicdave/status/1956861205953364134?s=46 ||

dave (@mxgicdave)

what do i sacrifice ⚖️ #andor

X · Aug 16, 2025, 11:30 PM

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Superman (2025) ||Alright, so this one I was pretty skeptical on. After seeing how James Gunn portray the Guardians of the Galaxy (who I didn't even know about until the movies), I was like "Maybe there's a chance" because he at least had a proven track record with superhero movies. I think after Avengers: Endgame, I, myself, was kinda tired of the genre altogether. Don't get me wrong, I still went to see Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and The Batman. But I was tuning out of the superhero moviegoing phase of my life. So when I saw the trailer for this new Superman, I was like ehhh. Another reboot after another reboot after a supposed sequel that I grew up with was a lot. In the time that I have been alive, there has been so many remakes and reboots, it was getting to be a little much. So I wasn't super interested in it at first. I think the first time it peaked my interest was hearing about that one tagline or promo line: "Kindness in a world where kindness is old-fashioned."||

Superman (2025) and Man of Steel ||It was really fucking eye-opening cause I had the realization that I couldn't think of a scene where Henry's Superman ever really saved anyone? Not memorably at least. I think he saves like two guys and Lois (this is a given in any Superman movie) in Man of Steel (Yes, I know he saves the world but that's a given). I'm talking about significant moments that I could see myself being a kid and looking up to this Superman. Man of Steel Superman was nothing like that LOL. I was in high school when that movie came out I think? The only good thing I could think of was that it reminded me of anime/manga fights (lol) and that was it. It had "EPIC" and "COOL" action and that was the sum of why I liked it. Cut to a decade later and I'm a different person now but like... I was a fucking idiot when it came to media literacy in terms of comics > movie adaptations. Fuck man, I remember forcing my parents to take me to watch Man of Steel on the FIRST DAY IT CAME OUT LMFAO. I remember loving it too, fuck me.||

Superman (2025) ||Moving on, my parents refused to watch this one with me (until the other day, I pushed them to) and let me just talk about my first experience here. Most of the movie theater was crowded still and I went into this like I said, with an open but skeptical mind, because I had no expectations from James Gunn or any Superman movie for that matter. I had rewatched all of the DCEU movies in preparation for this, really just to see how it compared or if it was somehow worse. Imagine my surprise when I walk away thinking that this is the best Superman movie I've ever seen and maybe the best superhero movie ever??? Like what the fuck just happened? Ignoring online chatter and any spoilers was a godsend because I probably would've been pissed off if I had anything shown to me early but thankfully, I was able to get a completely blank experience and damn, that was a fun ride. I got worried a little bit at the beginning when it just showed text on screen that the audience had to read but I let it slide when the movie just jumped in pretty quickly. Seeing Krypto act like a bit of a mutt or rather, an average dog was quite the subversion, I liked that a lot (I'm not too familiar with Krypto or Supergirl tbh). I think my mind became more at ease when I saw how Superman acted. Something about the way that David acts as the guy comes across as more genuine than I've ever seen anyone portray our boy scout besides Christopher and that was really cool to me. I remember the robots in the comics and thought that was neat to finally see. The humor wasn't too out there but enough to get a chuckle out of me. Good signs. I like the camerawork of just following Superman as he's flying. The Engineer was a nice addition. Also, why does the Fortress of Solitude in this portrayal? lol||

Wait a fucking minute

Man of Steel, BvS: DoJ, and Justice League ||We never even fucking get a fortress in the DCEU, do we? What the fuck?||

Whatever, who fucking cares

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DCEU || that fuckin mound or whatever is the fortress apparently ||

DCEU || that grave shit in the snow or whatever I don’t even remember what exactly it is ||

DCEU || this is the fortress of solitude apparently, it’s supposed to be “metaphysical” in approach, bunch of horseshit ||

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Jfc

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Yeah it sucks ass

MoS/BvS

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Bro took 1 psychology class in college and it blew his mind

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he has good ideas, he just doesnt flesh them out

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“Joseph Campbellian”

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https://tenor.com/view/pepe-wine-cocky-gif-25207628

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TWOK END ||This is the first Brandon Sanderson book I have touched. After hearing his name constantly brought up in fantasy discourse, I figured it was time to take the plunge into The Stormlight Archive myself. Reading this book, particularly in its last quarter, made me feel like I was a kid again, when I really loved reading. And for its faults that is one of the strongest things I can say about this book because when I finished it all I wanted to do was continue reading, and that’s such an awesome feeling to feel.
I guess I’ll just start with all of the main characters and go through my thoughts on them. I won’t lie, in the first quarter of Kaladin’s story, it felt like we were kinda meandering around because it takes a little while for bridge four to actually become the team it does. It’s not like we were getting worldbuilding like we were with Shallan, it was kind of just Kaladin being mopey about being a slave. But man, once we do have bridge four and that spark of hope, this shit rocks. And to go back to the first quarter I feel like that sounds a bit harsh, and I understand hopelessness is needed to make it feel rewarding, but it felt like there wasn’t much going on. Regardless, once Kaladin starts giving a shit his story rules, you get so much time to ruminate and get accustomed to their life that you start to really feel their wins and their losses. Every one feels like your own and it’s cool to finally see Kaladin start to accept himself and his leader position. Especially near the end, when he starts becoming almost this icon for hope for the bridgemen. His backstory throughout was also really great, I think Lirin himself is a great character, and him trying his hardest to protect his little town despite them getting upset at him and the relationship between him and Kaladin was well done.||

Twok end ||I really do think, and hope, that we will get to see his parents again and see their reaction to Kaladin now. That last battle on the plains with Dhalinar being trapped and Kaladin reluctantly accepting that he has to start being good, simply just because someone has to, was awesome. And Dhalinar repaying his debt by giving away his shardblade of all things to Sadeas of all people is perfectly in character and goes to show the length Dhalinar will go to. With the end of this book, and the Almighty saying how Odium could give a challenger, I think if they do go that route it’s pretty obvious it will be Kaladin who ends up being it. As I’m like 99% sure that’s what he saw in the storm with Syl when he was strung up. Also I forgot to say Syl is the goat and the queen and we all love her and she’s awesome and sweet and the best. It’s real nice that we’re finally in a place where I’ll get to see Kaladin interacting with Dhalinar, and Shallan and Jasnah once they approach the plains. I don’t really see Bridge Four developing the powers of the radiants?? I’m not sure, they brought up trying to teach it but it doesn’t seem like that’s something you can do, But Dhalinar did see in his vision that he has to bring back the Knights. Also before I move on I want to bring up bridge four because I didn’t, Rock is the best of them, obviously. Teft is really cool and I liked how he got more to do in the later half of the book. Sigzil being related to Wit is one of those things that has to come back later. Moash I could see like, maybe end up becoming a friendly rival of Kaladins? Probably not but he’s so adept with the spear and started off disliking him. Kaladin is probably too far ahead already but I could see it happening. ||

Twok end ||There has to be setting up something with the Parshman they recruited whos name I’m forgetting. I mean, even besides the voidbringer stuff and him getting activated there has to be more. Unless his role really was to just show that the Parshendi don’t like their bones being moved with. Lopen is also silly. Other then that I would say none of Bridge four to me stands out. ||

Twok end|| It's hard to say, but I think Shallan may have been my favorite character in this book? I’m not sure. I really enjoyed imagining these huge libraries dug deep into the ground and just this alcove of knowledge was really cool to me. And Jasnah is probably my favorite non point of view character. I don’t know I was just a sucker for the worldbuilding and the conflict between her trying to steal the Soulcaster and her genuinely enjoying being a student of Jasnah. Their relationship was one of my favorite in the book and she was such an interesting mentor that encouraged to ask questions and she was just very cool. She has some of the biggest mysteries in the book and I’m so excited to see where they go seeing that the realm that Shallan jumped into wasn’t just some vision, but rather a real dimension. And all the revelations at the end of her point of view with them finding out the Parshmen are voidbringers and the Soulcasting wasn’t even real and that Jasnah and now Shallan can do this makes me so curious as to why. Not to mention the obvious figures Shallan is seeing. Is that related to the soulcasting, can Jasnah seem them as well or is this just a Shallan only thing? How will Shallans family react to her going to the shattered plains? Also I still believe she is a Shardbearer, and I need to figure out more about how she literally killed her dad. Shallan’s POV made me ask the most questions, and that’s what I enjoyed about it so much. I was with her learning all this knowledge and from it, even more questions arose. Not to mention the chapter where she does go crazy and starts seeing people and stabs herself was awesome and one of the best in the book. With them heading to the shattered plains I don’t really know what that will mean for the story. Obviously they’re going to try and figure out how they can stop the parshmen from activating but I don’t know what that will look like. I’m really excited to continue reading. ||

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It’s the season of essays in this chat

Love it

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Yesssirrrr

TWOK END ||Dhalinar I think may be my least favorite main point of view? But that’s stupid to say because they are all so close together and I enjoyed all of them so much. So it doesn’t really mean much regardless. I won’t lie, in the last third of the book I was really growing on Sadeas. Him calling out Dhalinar and saying how someone else can simply just be wanting to do good without any alternative reason and him being charming I found him cool. Revealing that the visions Dhalinar saw puts them in a new light. I really enjoyed him and Adolin’s relationship. I really hope Renarin gets more to do in the next book because he got kicked to the side so heavily. Just absolutely nothing to do. The argument between Dhalinar and Adolin was one of my favorite scenes in the book and it was such a good moment seeing Adolin tell him that he would take it from everyone else but his sons. I think Sanderson really kept trying to make it like Dhalinar was some sort of outcast from the camp but it felt very tell and not show. “There are rumors.” “dad the soldiers will rumor” I swear something about the rumors was said every chapter and yet you barely saw soldiers or other highprinces actually questioning the sanity of Dhalinar besides Adolin himself. For all the rumors you would think maybe Dhalinars troops would question him or something so that felt like something he kept trying to beat you over the head with but didn’t really work. Him and Navani’s relationship is cute, I don’t really see where it will go from here? It feels like the whole thing with Navani was the chase, or the fact that she was always teasing him and not that we are here I’m curious to see what they will do with navani. Dhalinar as a character was really awesome though, I loved him always trying to consider the right thing to do. ||

TWOK END ||He felt like a mix of ned stark and Barristan selmy, but I also liked the quiet rage he has when he lashed out on the battlefield. I wonder if the Thrill is something more then just fighting in combat. It seems like it is, as Adolin and Dhalinar discuss it together. I can’t imagine its just the thrill of combat especially with it being always capitalized. I think Dhalinar probably has the most clear path going forward, because he literally says it. And that on top of him having visions of God makes me wonder just what’s going to happen. Also I love the fact he beat the shit out of Elhokar. But I’m really excited to see where he goes especially now that him and Sadeas are going to be clear enemies. Can’t wait for more confrontations or a fight between them. Especially with Elhokar naming him the general of war. But yeah, Dhalinar is awesome, old dudes who fight are awesome. I’ll bunch Adolin in here as well and I hope we get to see more of him as well but he’s really cool. I hope we get to see him grow more, I don’t have much to say about him other than I want to see more of him. Wit was also a really interesting character and I’m sure Sanderson has much in store for him. Although his jokes are just not very funny unfortunately but he’s very interesting when he’s actually serious. ||

TWok end ||I really don’t know what to make of most of the interludes besides Szeth. Theres the water people who are like fishing and the guy is tryna get married. I dunno, there’s the merchant girl, there’s the guy hunting spren. Like I really don’t know much to say about these. Szeth is an awesome character though, a tragic one, but awesome. He fights really cool with the lashings and him being unable to kill himself is tragic considering all the acts he is committing. It turning out the the man who controlled him is the king of Kharbranth was something I wasn’t expecting. He obviously knows more about Odium and the Desolation but I don’t know why that means he needs to kill Dhalinar. I don’t know why there aren’t any other Truthless wandering about, why don’t people just use them as slaves instead of Parshmen? I dunno. Hope to find out more about that. That’s some of my thoughts on this book, really excited to hop into Words of Radiance and get answers.||

that is all

[modern lichen]

TWOK || Dalinar and Kaladin were my favorite POVs ||

[tawny parcel]

I wanna start writing more of my thoughts on books after I read them, and hopefully in term, my writing gets better lol

or Im able to better express my thought

[modern lichen]

Good

[tawny parcel]

@shrewd sigil @copper phoenix if u care lol these are just my thoughts and theories about the book and what will happen next

[tawny parcel]

I also have all these thoughts in a word document and my hope is to see once the evolution over time

If only goro were here to see this

[modern lichen]

The more you read and inculcate, the better you are able to express

He dmed when superman came out to tell me he loved it and then went away

[tawny parcel]

That’s the plan

I’m started brave new would immediately after because i just wanted to read more

[copper phoenix]

twok || I agree with most of what you said, aside from the dalinar thing I though it was just a way of showing his personal self doubt rather than setting up for anything more. People are loyal to Dalinar to death because he's just a 🐐 you'll understand as your read more||

[modern lichen]

Stormlight Archive after TWOK || Dalinar might genuinely be my favorite stormlight character ||

[copper phoenix]

twok end || some of the interludes are just worldbuiding stuff don't worry too much about them now. Also there is a lot of other details from them and the other chapters that might make sense on reread if you plan on that ||

[copper phoenix]

thats fair

harsh did you read 4 and 5

[modern lichen]

….

No….

🏃‍➡️

[copper phoenix]

they're kinda not as good as the first 3 sadily

[modern lichen]

I’ve been meaning to but I have other books to read as well so I’m just keeping them off until I decide it’s the right time

[copper phoenix]

idk if you heard but brando got a new editor after 3 and it's kinda showing

[valid thunder]

holy essays

[copper phoenix]

when you do I wanna see what you thought

[modern lichen]

I did hear of this, yeah

I’ll def ping you

WoR is still my favorite

[copper phoenix]

fair

most people would say its oathbringer but for me its twok

[peak pilot]

Still good though right

[copper phoenix]

yea

wind and truth is goros favorite for some reason

[valid thunder]

book 5 scares me

[copper phoenix]

not sure if that counts for you

[valid thunder]

hes a contrarian thats why

[peak pilot]

Wind and truth is the only one I don’t have rn

I’m gonna work through way of kings though

I’ll be done in less than a week

[valid thunder]

this channel needs more variety in fantasy authors

[peak pilot]

I plan to diversify I just promised Goro I’d do Sanderson years ago

[copper phoenix]

we are lucky to even get books here

otherwise its just marvel and star wars

[copper phoenix]

what you going for next

[valid thunder]

i suggest susanna clark

[modern lichen]

I can help with some suggestions

Ursula K Le Guin, Philip Pullman, Joe Abercrombie (I just started reading the First Law trilogy and it’s going hard), Susanna Clarke

[tawny parcel]

I believe

[valid thunder]

yoo lessgo first law

[modern lichen]

Steve Erickson (Malazan), NK Jemisin, Gene Wolfe, Robin Hobb, Lev Grossman

[peak pilot]

No idea. I’ll take suggestions

[modern lichen]

Go for Earthsea

Very different vibe but hugely influential in fantasy

Or are you looking for some other genre

[copper phoenix]

whatever you do don't start kingkiller chronicles

anything else goes

[modern lichen]

That series will never end

It’s even deader than ASOIAF

[young compass]

Ur back

I responded to your message about basara but you dipped

Then didn’t accept my friend request…

#other-series message

[valid thunder]

i accidentally left the server lmao

wait let me check it out

[peak pilot]

Just fantasy for now

[shadow sequoia]

Superman (2025) ||Anyways, Hammer of Boravia has heat vision so ngl, I had a feeling it was going to be some other Superman-like baddie. Mfw that one bitch says "Ultraman, you did so good!" lol. I liked the way that Lex is portrayed as having studied Superman to the point of coming up with combos and fight scenes to specifically beat his ass. If there's one thing Kendrick and Lex taught me, it's that I'm not hating nearly enough or to the degree that I should be. Loved how petty he was in this movie and the idea of this whole country conflict being Lex just fucking with Supes with some actors, makeup artists, and some military menaces across the street from Metropolis is really fucking funny. The fact that civilians are actually fucking helping Superman during t he battle is awesome, hell, I didn't even mind the one guy who's like "Maybe you shouldn't have done that thing in Jarhanpur, Superman." IO appreciate the fucking world in this movie being ALIVE and ACTIVE. APPARENTLY, THAT'S REALLY HARD FOR SOME WRITERS. The fucking Daily Planet scene, holy fuck. IMPOSSIBLE FOR BRYAN AND ZACK APPARENTLY (I know Bryan technically gave us one in his movie but it made me feel dead on the inside). This scene actually makes me feel like Clark, Lois, and Jimmy actually have chemistry, get along, and feel like they've been in this business for a bit. It fucking feels like a real friendship.||

Superman (2025) ||I loved the Clark and Lois back and forth. It felt like a real couple fight and I'm so happy that Lois actually fucking felt like an actual journalist who digs and hunts for the truth in this movie. She shouldn't be holding back on Clark despite being Superman because that's who she is, a well-renowned journalist (my parents, however, despised this scene). I thought the setup for an imminent breakup was nice cause I expected that they would make up later in the movie and I was proven right. (My parents are thoughtless heathens so they were unamused). I like that Lex outplays Superman by distracting him with a monster. We get a nice scene of Lex's crew bantering with each other and I really do think that James is just really fucking good at making side or supporting characters stand the fuck out because it's awesome, it works, and does SO FUCKING MUCH to make the movie come alive. The Engineer fights weird but I like it and the movie poses the question of how Lex even got into the Fortress of Solitude and that's a fun headscratcher to think about for later. I like the introduction of the "Justice Gang" since it feels way more intricate and fleshed out. These guys made me laugh the entire time they were on screen and you can't really go wrong in my book with Nathan Fillion. I like that there's a special case of attention put to having Superman saving people and animals.||

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Superman (2025) ||It's funny too because I was thinking about GOTG 3 when I saw Superman blow away the dog and I wonder if James felt like he needed to do that after all of the animal cruelty from that movie and that just naturally got extended to Superman, really neat and wholesome either way.||

Superman (2025) ||Hell, even with the kaiju, Superman is trying to not kill it and maybe save it. I fucking love that, THAT'S the Superman I know. Naive and too trusting of people but always putting others first, man or animal. Mr. Terrific is obviously the biggest standout of the three with Guy Gardner just being the absolute embodiment of an asshole and I love it and Hawkgirl just fucking screeching everywhere (I was laughing every time she did this lmfao). I had never heard of his character before so it was cool to be introduced to someone totally know and immediately like them, really reminded me of a kid who read his first crossover. Next comes the only issue I have with this movie where everyone gets gaslit into thinking that Superman is here to have a harem (lol wtf) and rule over the Earth. The issue being that I think there reactions going from "We love you, Superman!" to "Get away from my son and daughter, Alien!" was a little too fast but this is completely overshadowed by fucking REALITY AND MY OWN COUNTRY'S REACTIONARY MENTALITY SO IT'S NOT TOO FAR FROM THE TRUTH THESE DAYS LOL. I like that Green Lantern Good Guy Gardner at least keeps the people out to talk with Superman and confront him about it. Mr. Terrific reinforces that Lex's findings about Superman's parent's message is genuine which is sad but I liked where it was going (apparently, people are constantly talking about the Els being always good people who send Superman to help and save humanity?) Not always the case but whatever, those morons don't read comics. Then comes one of the best scenes in the movie where Superman talks to Lois and just completely opens up to her. I love this scene so much because a lot of it and the movie as a whole are doing is actually humanizing Superman.||

Man of Steel, BvS: DoJ, and Superman (2025) ||I didn't talk about it much earlier and I don't know why but Zack was just fucking obsessed with making Superman out to be this fucking destined godlike figure to humanity and I understand that this is something some comics portray and that people like that, frankly, I just don't think it works most of the time. At least, not in the way Zack portrayed it. Superman in those movies comes across as a sociopath and hypocrite who couldn't care less who lives or dies unless the plot tells him to. And the movies' lighting, tone, and themes are just fucking depressing. Why did he think that Batman's stories would work with Superman movies? HELL, EVEN FUCKING BATMAN ISN'T THAT DEPRESSING||

Superman (2025) ||Anyways, I love Lois and Superman's conversation about punk rock and how caring about people and caring about Krypto is the real "punk rock." Fucking fantastic writing, believable acting, and good CGI. It's adorable how the Justice Gang is so well established that Superman can just leave them be and have an emotional and slow moment to breathe while they save the city from a giant eyeball from Terraria. I love the hug she gives him. Superman turns himself in and it's honestly messed up to see that even Lex's crew are bought into the guy's same idea of "Fuck Superman" because they're looking at our boy like he's just nothing lol. I fucking died of laughter seeing that ragebaiting monkeys were created by Lex just to post #supershit to trigger the hell out of Supes. Fucking gold. Also, Krypto chasing super squirrels? Genius. This Lex is also just fucking menacing because he actually wants to kill Superman but legally? He already imprisoned a powerful guy like Metamorpho by keeping his son hostage but damn, I like the setup or rather workaround to keep Superman at bay with a guy who can literally make kryptonite. I love that Lois is trying to actively investigate what happened to her boy and I love that she actually makes progress in getting at least Mr. Terrific out. That fucking montage of Mr. Terrific just kicking everyone's ass at that one LuthorCorp base was soooo good. You can really tell James loves his music and knows how to use it. Also, good cinematography and creative fighting here. I also appreciate the Jimmy and Eve subplot. Made me laugh more than I expected but I like that Jimmy is also investigating and active in the fucking story. The scenes with Mr. Terrific and Lois were fantastic. The moment when Lex kills that one guy that was friendly to Superman was genuinely sad and it actually caught me off-guard when the gun went off so suddenly. They do a really good job of making you despise Lex as he hunts for more people to kill to interrogate Superman. Metamorpho finally locks in after that since he probably didn't expect Lex to do that so he agrees to help Superman but that kryptonite exposure really did him dirty. It's pretty cool that we can actually see the radiation poisoning fuck up Superman's face, visually, I think that's new to the live action portrayals (I might be wrong but I don't remember that in the DCEU). Love that Metamorpho helps him out with a makeshift sun and that fucking heroic ass triumphant ass music plays in the background, like holy shit. This entire sequence is amazing, I could talk about it forever but I love the shenanigans of Superman, Krypto, Metamorpho, and Joey just doing their best to escape while Mr. Terrific and Lois are out there next to the portal struggling to understand what the fuck is happening. I love that Krypto is still unruly as ever and the fucking part where Superman saves them all by using his breath AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, he hasn't fucking used that shit enough in the movies I feel (I want more freeze breathe usage, please, James Gunn, do iiiiiiiiiiiit). I love that Superman acknowledges Lois coming to save/help him and I like that everyone feels like they've earned each other's trust and friendship.||

[tawny parcel]

October winds of winter comes

[shadow sequoia]

Superman (2025) ||My favorite scene in this entire movie is the part where Pa Kent talks about what it means to be a parent and tells Clark that it really is all about your choices, your actions making you you. It really speaks to me and as someone who could tell that my own parents didn't or couldn't get the memo, this completely went over their heads. (Not surprising, they've been mindraped since COVID-19). But it made me tear up because it felt like something all of these Superman movies should be telling kids. It's not about where you're from, it's about the actions you take in spite of that. Fuck destiny. Fuck being chosen to save everyone. Fuck being an alien. Just be yourself and save who you can.|| TAKE SOME NOTES, BITCH, I KNOW YOU SAW THE FUCKING MOVIE TOO, BUDDY

Superman (2025) ||I love that Superman's comeback feels earned and that his parents are supporting his actions and feel proud as shit, let's fucking go, you can imagine how pumped I was for the finale. It's soooo fucking funny that Eve comes in clutch for Jimmy and Lois is over here able to fucking come up with a takedown of Lex Luthor and I love that Perry and everyone just fucking accepts and flies on Mr. Terrific's ship, what the fuck lmfao. The Superman fight against Engineer and Ultraman was cool. The fact that Lex came up with a move just to fucking kick Superman's balls is peak hater energy. I like when Superman just fucking grabs the Engineer and starts ragdolling her towards Ultraman lol. And the part about filling up his lungs to kill him was crazy, there's a moment where the editing makes us cut to Lex smiling down on Superman and it's like the perfect "villain thinks he's about to win until it all falls apart" moment. Superman just fucking outplaying everyone by flying straight into space. At first, I thought he was just gonna fucking have the pair (Engineer and Ultraman) get KO'd from the lack of oxygen but nah, he just fucking divebombs back to Metropolis LOL. That Engineer nanotech stuff is icky, I can't tell you how many times I've thrown up in my life but it looks exactly how it looked after the divebomb, just a bunch of fucking shit in your nose and mouth and it just keeps coming out. Gross but I liked how real that felt lmao. The Ultraman reveal that he was a clone was neat. I kinda expected something like that but I love that we got a clear explanation for how Lex got into the fortress. Also, the cinematography is fucking awesome. So many spins and cool camera shots that just feel like Ultraman/Superman's weight, power, punches feel fucking heavy. I fucking love the idea of superheroes outsmarting the supervillains, especially when said supervillain is specifically known for being smart, it felt so good hearing Superman throw back that "brain beats brawn" shit back at him. But also, goddamn, this dude was ready to start a real war just to justify killing Superman. Wild but respectable hater ass shit. Fucking peak writing having Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, and Metamorpho help out the people on the other side of the world while Superman deals with Lex. It's so cool to see a good injection of heroes in a solo movie where it doesn't feel too crowded and like they don't belong. Hawkgirl just fucking screeching while killing that one president LOL, Metamorpho with the big hammer and liking the name "Justice Gang" and getting recruited, and Green Lantern making GIANT FUCK YOU FINGERS. Holy fuck, James Gunn just knows how to write? Lol.||

[tawny parcel]

And then january release date

[shadow sequoia]

Superman (2025) ||Krypto coming in clutch was awesome and I love that it made sense too. Lex never spent any time studying the dog so he gets outplayed by his own ignorance. Not to mention, Ultraman, despite his strengths, is nothing withou Lex's commands so we get this immensely satisfying one-sided beatdown where Superman just fucking destroys Ultraman and I love it. That's what I wanted from a Superman solo movie man, high stakes (not too high), a hero being demoralized and kinda loses only to get this biggest comeback ever but he gets redeemed and he gets the girl. APPARENTLY, THAT WAS REALLY FUCKING HARD FOR ZACK. Superman spinning around with the heat vision against the Raptors was very fun. Reminded me of how he can spin that fast and does that shit in the cartoons and older movies. The part where Ultraman dislocates his arm was crazy but holy fuck, Superman pops it back in? Then he just fucking lifts Ultraman and we get this really cool shot of a turn with the camera and the movement where he just fucking shoves Ultraman into a flying bus that gets sucked up in a black hole. Incredible. I think he pops it back in for real afterwards? Idk but the movie was fucking hyping me up the entire fight, I love that it ends as soon as he repairs his arm and the setup to his response to Mr. Terrific telling him to stop messing around is perfect.||

Superman (2025) ||At the end of the day, I think what really sets this movie apart from all other ones is that this movie has heart to it. The cast and characters feel alive and like they want to be here. Superman calling himself human and saying that he gets scared, makes tons of mistakes, but still tries to do his best and even going so far as to tell Lex that THAT is his greatest strength is the best fucking speech and message I've EVER heard from a superhero. It felt "exactly" like how Superman should feel to everyone and I think that's why it resonates so strongly. It encompasses everything we know about our favorite boy in blue and it exemplifies why we should look up to him. Because yeah, he's different, he's strong, and he's kind but he's not perfect, he's not selfish, and he wants to save people and that's really all that matters. Krypto beating Lex's ass surprised me but goddamn, was that satisfying to watch. "I AM GODDAMN, MR. TERRIFIC!" is definitely I'll be remembering for a long time. The Superman and Lois Lane kiss is hella earned at the end of this movie and I like that Jimmy and Eve seem like they may actually be a thing moving forward with this franchise which I'd be curious to see play out, haha. I want to see more of the Justice Gang too so I'm excited for that. I liked Supergirl's appearance here and I only remember her from the cartoon so I'm interested, she seems like she'll be fun to watch (My parents are misogynistic and obsessively judge books by their covers like the pedantic religious freaks they are but all is good). The last scene in this movie made me cry and I really liked how it flips the whole Jor-El message on its head. Superman puts his Earth parents first before his Kryptonian parents because they are the ones that actually raised him and he's here to protect and care and save us. And that's why that whole fucking subversion works. It's not meant to insult people that are used to the original Jor-El sending Kal-El to be a savior story, it's meant to recontextualize it and paint it in a different way where Superman took something about his past that he was and he used it a better way anyways. He swapped his dead parents for the ones he still has and like Lois said, it's beautiful that he thinks that and people that criticize this movie for that are, if anything, acting like a bunch of Lex Luthors who didn't get the point about "being human." Fucking sociopathic subhumans.||

[tawny parcel]

Holy hell

[shadow sequoia]

Man of Steel, BvS: DoJ, and Justice League ||Also, what the fuck was the casting during these movies? Lol. Am I crazy for thinking that Amy Adams, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa and Jesse Eisenberg, were all terrible for their characters? I stg, people have been mindraped by these movies because fucking none of them are good and even if you do like the casting, the scripts and the acting is sooo fucking bad. It was WAY more noticeable on rewatch, like holy fuck.||

Like the MCU is shit now but holy fuck, the DCEU wasn't even competing with it back then

Shit was getting outflanked by Paddington 2

[copper phoenix]

superman wont be passing man of steel in box office

snyderbros won

[regal root]

People too shell shocked by the DCEU and fatigued on superhero movies

Sad to see

[worthy crypt]

i feel like ive already seen every superhero movie and theyre just putting out skins at this point

[main lion]

bro just using this channel as a diary since he has 90% of the server blocked and can't read responses

[near echo]

It's also a competitive summer

Jurassic World is the bigger international blockbuster and there's a marvel movie out too splitting the audience that still gives a shit about superhero movies

Superman isn't getting a free pass to be a massive hit it's gotta spread good faith through word of mouth and actually build something from scratch

[foggy mirage]

The damage dceu did to the brand has to be studied

[tawny parcel]

And also its the start of the dcu

Iron man 1 didnt make 1 billion

They’re just getting the ball rolling

[brave orbit]

Did you like TWOK?

[regal root]

DCU current schedule

https://tenor.com/view/birdman-hand-rub-thinking-dance-gif-17449632

We gonna be eating good-good when we finally get Teen Titans

[near echo]

Teen Titans is gonna be huge if they mostly stay faithful to the cartoon versions

Cannot see Clayface doing well lol

[regal root]

I have to guess they're gonna have him being an anti-hero instead of a villain

[worthy crypt]

You never know. The penguin is the only super hero thing I've enjoyed in years and I never woulda guessed that

[near echo]

Have Joker 2 and all that Sony Spiderman slop polluted the waters for Supervillain standalones tho

Maybe if it was a bigger name like Harvey Dent

[main lion]

the penguin was one of the most popular shows that released that year

[regal root]

I was one request for Gunn, PLEASE give me a Nightwing movie

A proper Nightwing movie that's faithful to his character would be a banger

[near echo]

Clayface isn't the same universe tho and I'm not sure how much that was a factor

People already cared about that incarnation of Gotham

[main lion]

true, but eh. If its good its good

we'll see

[regal root]

Red you have any niche DC character you want to see get some love?

[main lion]

nope

idc about comics besides batman spiderman and fantastic four

[regal root]

Fair

[worthy crypt]

I did not care about that batman iteration at all I consumed it as a standalone

I tired to watch the batman a few times before, got bored, fell asleep

Went back and watched it cause I liked the penguin so much

Very little penguin

[main lion]

why is that your metric of quality..

[white smelt]

You’re insane

Also did you check your dms red

I sent you a tasteful nude

[worthy crypt]

I dunno it was too dark and broody for me I guess. The batman I mean

And I mean like literally dark not like dark themes

I liked the Christian bale ones when I was a kid but haven't seen em in a while

[tawny parcel]

Posted a ton of thoughts up earlier

[tawny parcel]

Here

[real plank]

Pattinson batman slaps

Family Guy S2E14 ||Stewie is too much, this baby be saying the funniest shit to his mother ||

[tawny parcel]

Classic

[worthy crypt]

do any audiobook enjoyers know if theres a way to make it so it doesnt pause and make a sound if i get a text

on android and audible

[shadow sequoia]

Battle Cry of Freedom ||Interesting that this book emphasizes focus on the other division commanders, not just Meade and the famous army commanders, Robert and Grant, I really appreciate the author being able to cite all these sources too. Excited to keep reading and see how Grant and Meade characterized their battles in their memoirs.||

Battle Cry of Freedom ||Interestingly enough, James touches on how difficult it was for Lincoln to even navigate policy during this era because even his own party wasn't necessarily fighting the Civil War to even free the slaves. It was something he had considered but worried not entirely feasible given the worldviews. Not every Union soldier was fighting to free the slaves but rather, focus on the primary goal of keeping the Union unified. This is funny to me because even back in high school, I never realized there was a particular mental and background battle going on while the real battle ensued. Disregarding the landscape and its complications (I imagine this book like many other Civil War era books I've read) will describe how ports, supply lines, and particularly important the Mississippi River was to both sides.||

[brave orbit]

4 is the best one tf

[brave orbit]

Awesome

[shadow sequoia]

Battle Cry of Freedom Prologue ||I like the denouncement of Winfield Scott haha||

[foggy mirage]

https://youtube.com/shorts/rAfwwFa6LgA?si=Bd1kGMpcsG25xCUf

Cornswet early YouTube vids

[shadow sequoia]

Battle Cry of Freedom Prologue ||It's actually so fucking wild that McClellan, Lee, Pemberton, Grant, Scott, and Longstreet all fought together in the Mexican-American War. Imagine fighting alongside your brothers-in-arms only to be at each other's throats not that many years later. Crazy shit.||

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||I've read a decent amount of this book already but looking back, it's incredible how much the USA grew so rapidly during these times. The cotton gin really was like the magnum opus that supported so much of the South's production. And with class inequality growing as more and more people relied on factory rather than specialized handicraft/craftsmanship, you can understand why the South would've refused to bend the knee when it came to slavery. Although, slavery was arguably on the way out by the time the Civil War begins, I really like how this book and a bunch of others will explain the deeper contexts and understandings behind the North and the South. Not every Union soldier fought to free the slaves and not every Confederate soldier fought to keep the slaves. Like most of history, it was complicated.||

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||"Numerous nativist organizations sprang up as the first line of resistance in what became a long and painful retreat toward acceptance of cultural pluralism." I like the way he worded that a lot haha||

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||I need to get a book or read something on how the canals and roads got improved around this time in 1850 but it's crazy to me how they go from traveling to one side of the country in seven weeks to days. I love learning about and seeing shit like that evolve.||

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||"Train wrecks soon exceeded steamboat explosions as a prime cause of accidental death. Cincinnati became the meatpacking capital of the United States. The difference between the wholesale price of $9.53 to $1.18 a barrel; the difference in the wholesale price of western flour between the same two cities dropped from $2.48 to 28 cents." Man, I should've been alive to experience this smh||

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||"The victory of America over fourteen British yachts in the 1851 race of the Royal Yacht Squadron shocked the world's leading maritime power." Oh no, we beat the British twice 😭 ||

[tawny parcel]

Ch 1 can not be this fire dawg

[foggy mirage]

Western became his journal

[shadow sequoia]

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||Land, wood, and water-power cites, huh? It's funny how it comes across as a game of Civilization. But in reality, trading and adaptability seem like the biggest factors in shaping how the US economy from its several depressions during the 1850s. See but I wonder if James here will go into it but my understanding is that the Union risked a fuckton of capital by setting off the South but since they were already pining on the whole slavery thing, I'm wondering if Lincoln was just forced to act since he must've considered all this. Or did South Carolina not give him any time when they seceded? We never went over this when I was in high school so I appreciate the detail.||

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||NO SHOT THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE REASONS CITED AS TO WHY AMERICAN ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY BOOMED LMFAO||

[scenic hedge]

gonna watch dexter resurrection soon

[shadow sequoia]

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||This book is going to make me hate the traitorous South so much lololol. "Of 143 important inventions patented in the United States from 1790 to 1860, 93% came out of the free states and nearly half of New England alone—more than twice the region's proportion of the free population."||

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||"Schools were 'the grand agent for the development and augmentation of national resources,' wrote Horace Mann in 1848, 'more powerful in the production and gainful employment of the total wealth of a country than all the other things mentioned in the books of the political economists.' Textile magnate Abbott Lawrence advised a Virginia friend who wanted his state to emulate New England's industrial progress that 'you cannot expect to develop your resources without a general system of popular education; it is the lever to all permanent improvement.' 'Intelligent laborers,' added another Yankee businessman in 1853 as if in echo of British visitors, 'can add much more to the capital employed in a business than those who are ignorant.'" Crazy how even back then, people were able to understand and realize the true value of education and the fact that Americans were seemingly ahead of the curve on that compared to the rest of the world is pretty remarkable.||

[tawny parcel]

I’m already alive

[white smelt]

Should I rewatch stalker

[sage sleet]

Watched Superman for the 4th time

Simply a perfect 10 for me

[white smelt]

That’s crazy

[sage sleet]

Gf wanted to see it again

Wants to see it again but it’s leaving theatres Thursday for me I think

[tawny parcel]

Brave new world ch 4|| I’m sure these last names of ford, hoover, and Marx are nothing but a pleasant coincidence and are say nothing to the real people||

Brave new world ch 4 ||on a real note, I wish I had more historical context for these guys, I mean obviously I know a surface level but not like most of their actual views||

Cause I’m sure it would just enrich the story

[south hatch]

yet to see brave new world movie

🤌

[foggy mirage]

You ain't missing anything

[foggy mirage]

If you mean the classic then yes

Hoping you mean this and not some random film called stalker

[south hatch]

word

Just rewatching s1 sandman still

couple more episodes to go and I will be on s2

[white smelt]

What other stalker is there

[south hatch]

might have meant this shit

😭

[foggy mirage]

Those games are peak

The movie inspired those

Alongside the book

[foggy mirage]

I was hoping you dint mean some generic movie caller stalker

If its the og one then good choice

[visual patio]

co

[modest kiln]

I have a picture of Sanji being a good boi

[raw gate]

[outer tulip]

Y’all should download the reelshort app.. those little short series are soo good 😂

[brave orbit]

https://fixupx.com/SWmoff/status/1957805649791701275

StevenWmoff (@SWmoff)

Number 10. It’s basically Press Gang in Downing Street. Or Doctor Who with funnier monsters. Or Sherlock with a fairly similar door. But really it’s Press Gang in Downing Street. Shooting fairly soon.

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FixupX · Aug 19, 2025, 2:03 PM

[white smelt]

https://x.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1957793816250892471

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Greig Fraser will be the cinematographer for Sam Mendes’ 4 ‘BEATLES’ films.

This means he likely won’t be able to return for ‘THE BATMAN: PART 2’

(Source: https://t.co/fMLJQnvRPU)

X · Aug 19, 2025, 1:16 PM

:(

[sonic tree]

4 beatles movies??

[modern lichen]

Yeah

https://x.com/sw_holocron/status/1957582836875042961?s=46

Star Wars Holocron (@sw_holocron)

ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy says the acting snubs at the Emmys were “really painful”

“[Genevieve O’Reilly] gives a five-year performance that's complicated, nuanced, and breathtaking. It's a lifetime achievement…. Diego [Luna] the same thing.”

(Source: Gold Derby)

X · Aug 18, 2025, 11:18 PM

[wooden swift]

https://youtu.be/NZY5WiqeyQQ?si=4Rsy9pBuTbWcCadD

BIG IRON TIME

[split radish]

https://tenor.com/view/fallout-on-prime-fallout-prime-video-bethesda-maximus-gif-341377901427165611

[wooden swift]

Fallout ||my least favourite character tbh, I truly hope he gets some good development in the next season because he felt incredibly bland and typical in S1||

[leaden depot]

||Damn... RIP|| Amazing Spider-Man #52

[main lion]

Dude why tf do they need the goat cinematographer for a fucking beetles movie fuck you give him back to batman

[white smelt]

It’s so dumb

[main lion]

Literally the best part of the batman was because of him man

Wtf

Who can replace that

[white smelt]

Would be funny if they get just the worst guy imaginable

[main lion]

Im hoping that the assumption is wrong. Seems its known hes not doing dune 3 because of the beatles movies

But nothing has actually been stated about the batman

The penguin wasnt him so itll still be good. The penguin was awesome

But theres something special dude captured with batman

[valid thunder]

Hes also not on dune 3.

[main lion]

Well, more specifically, we only know hes not on dune 3

And the assumption is that means hes also not on the batman

We dont know for sure on batman yet

[valid thunder]

Yea true

Maybe reeves wants a different aesthetic for batman 2 who knows

[main lion]

Nah hes talked in interviews in ways that makes it clear he was expecting him on future batman projects

[valid thunder]

Ohh

[main lion]

The batman being delayed mightve caused this, if hes not on it. He wanted work

Wanted moneyyy

[valid thunder]

Perhaps

[near echo]

They borrowed him for a rock band biopic it's only fair to do an even trade

[valid thunder]

Hes def more instrumental to the batman than dune

[near echo]

Get the cinematographer from Bohemian Rhapsody

[valid thunder]

Why not the elvis one

[near echo]

Cuz I haven't seen that and BR is funnier

[valid thunder]

I think elvis won an oscar for cinematography

[tawny parcel]

And the editor too

[white smelt]

Okay that’s a good one bro

[real plank]

||shit was ass||

Peacemaker soon tho

[young compass]

@modern lichen finally watched all we imagine as light

||A bit cute sometimes? I think. Specifically when prabha had the couple little monologues she did that sort of just reiterated the film’s themes in a direct way, regarding the city of Mumbai and everyone’s relationship with it, but the core of the messaging and how the cinematography/general story delivered it was amazing. The portrayal itself as well, all very material and meaningful, and with such a nice soundtrack curating it, I really liked it. Not enough stories like this about Indian women and their perspectives, or at the very least not enough renowned ones.||

[near echo]

I'll be real I forgot these were separate jobs for a minute and was thinking of this fucking dude

[modern lichen]

Glad you liked it

All we imagine as light || I liked that cuteness because it was a necessary undercutting element to the overall gloomy city life and yeah the soundtrack is just wonderful, beautifully shot too ||

[young compass]

All we imagine as light ||sorry, what I meant by cute was like… it being too overeager in the stating of its themes, in a sort of earnest but clumsy way. The ACTUAL cute relationship bits were great ||

[modern lichen]

Ah right

[modern lichen]

https://fixvx.com/godsandmortais/status/1957916021345644756?s=46

wonder. (@godsandmortaIs)

we all thought of the same person.

QRT: DanielRPK
What is the worst delivery in cinema history

vxTwitter / fixvx · Aug 19, 2025, 9:22 PM

[young compass]

Ronda rousey

Honestly there’s a few people I’d put above gadot

Zooey Deschanel

[modern lichen]

I like Zooey Deschanel

[regal root]

|| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdTBIQDPZt4 || Troll 2

[modern lichen]

Dakota Johnson in Madame Web (the iconic line from the trailer is cut from the movie)

[mild seal]

I was gonna mention her lmao

[tawny parcel]

Oh god I’m blanking how does rhis go

My mom who was taking photos in the jungle and killed

Or something

[young compass]

She has a really grating delivery in everything to me, every one of her lines comes off as her reading it from a script

[young compass]

https://youtu.be/VU7J9uCOik0?si=uAwGDgsoYRPDX_TA

Also the answer might be this

[modern lichen]

This is charming

I like this too

[tawny parcel]

He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died

[young compass]

I mean it’s ringo scuffing the line lmao

[tawny parcel]

I got my next book haul planned after I finish these next couple books

I love being a consumer!!!! :D

[hybrid perch]

Manchester by the sea.. great movie.. will never watch again

[modern lichen]

There are worse Ringo screen performances

(The Magic Christian)

Man, Abercrombie’s writing is so propulsive

Really fun stuff

[white smelt]

While I didn’t think weapons was a 10/10 like everyone on Twitter, I did enjoy seeing an original movie. Wonder what the next one will be? Anything fun on the horizon?

[tawny parcel]

Heard good stuff about him, where should I start if I wanted to read one of his books?

[modern lichen]

I’m reading the first book of his First Law books

[tawny parcel]

Roofman looks kinda fun

[modern lichen]

Start there

[tawny parcel]

Smashing machine in October

[white smelt]

I wanna read something but everyone of my irl friends keeps recommending fantasy lol

[modern lichen]

I’m looking forward more to Marty Supreme than The Smashing Machine (since we can pit the two Safdie features)

[tawny parcel]

When does Marty supreme come out

[tawny parcel]

Do you not like fantasy?

[white smelt]

Marty supreme looks interesting but like why is that shark tank bozo on there man

Absolute cretin

[tawny parcel]

We gotta get to one million at least

[modern lichen]

I’m very excited to see Highest 2 Lowest

[white smelt]

Did you like monkey man

[modern lichen]

Partly

I wrote a review of it

Just a sec

[tawny parcel]

I was pumped for it when it was coming out but never got around to it

[white smelt]

I remember reading that they changed some of the imagery to not offend the current Indian government lol

Like the colors or something

[modern lichen]

https://boxd.it/6n6Hl9

Saffron is a color that’s associated with India for millennia

[white smelt]

Not really

[tawny parcel]

But…..dragons

Politics…

[near echo]

Tonight's content

Was worried the space one was gonna be some reddit nihilistic physics nerd shit cuz YouTube videos like this typically are but it was actually cool

Already feels a bit dated facts-wise but the way it depicts the scale of time and our relationship with it is novel and the presentation is stellar, neat watch

[shadow sequoia]

Superman (2025) END ||I don't know if it was revealed but I imagine Clark is the one that wrote the homage to Mali? Would be pretty nice cause it adds a little bit more meaning there and I love the emphasis on all life mattering in this movie so that single death actually hits||

Something the feeble shonen mind can't comprehend

Battle Cry of Freedom Ch 1 ||Kinda sad there were some specialized jobs lost to time||

[modern lichen]

Superman 2025 || yeah that’s Clark who wrote it ||

[nocturne needle]

Can’t believe Netflix is taking down Band Of Brothers…. Time for the 15th rewatch

[naive socket]

I have a confession I’m a fraud

I’ve never seen LaLa Land

[median nova]

tmrw Peacemaker s2

[split radish]

https://tenor.com/view/peacemaker-high-five-vigilante-john-cena-gif-24939244

[naive socket]

Do I have to watch any DC stuff before watching peacemaker?

[dim hedge]

yes

[naive socket]

Suicide Squad?

[dim hedge]

idk tbh

[split radish]

yeah

the James Gunn one

[naive socket]

Okay cool

[frigid stag]

hi

[naive socket]

I’ll watch it tonight

[median nova]

W duo

[median nova]

i enjoyed the movie so have fun

[broken fossil]

https://youtu.be/0xeMak4RqJA?si=HT6rLOh2QzCQNilq

[modest canyon]

@peak pilot @copper phoenix finished Part 1 of TWOK

Pretty neat so far

[tawny parcel]

Euge is gonna catch up before muk does

https://tenor.com/view/7days-to-end-with-you-its-joever-crying-gif-27677595

[modest canyon]

Muk is cooked when I’m locked in

[tawny parcel]

Is my book buddy washed 💔

[modest canyon]

TWOK part 1 + interlude ||Ive met him for two chapters but Szeth might be my fav. Kaladin is cool and so is Shallan, but Szeth feels like someone I wanna follow. All I gotta say is WTF is up with all these crabs and I know who was looking for Hoid 👀||

[peak pilot]

Good

[peak pilot]

I’m not washed. You’ll see

[tawny parcel]

Have you read pt 3 at all

[peak pilot]

Yes. I’m at page like 650

[tawny parcel]

Is my goat back

[uncut yarrow]

Ooooh shit bro is reading peak

[modest canyon]

I’ve never been more ready

So far my Cosmere reading ratings are
Elantris - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Final Empire - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Well of Ascension - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25
Hero of Ages - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

[uncut yarrow]

Nice

I’ve only read into Stormlight but nice

[young compass]

4.75 lol

what made you detract the .25

[modern lichen]

Difficult sentences

[sonic quail]

[worthy crypt]

its been a very long time since i read mistborn but i remember era 1 being in like the a-/b+ range with era 2 bing like b/b-

[modest canyon]

My real criticism is truly ||how sloooooooow the middle section is with all the Fadrex stuff||

[modest canyon]

Also very hard to give something a 5 for me 🙈 I usually have some criticisms

[copper phoenix]

euge is a trooper

bro started with elantris the worst book in the cosmere and actually liked it

[sand cypress]

starting with elantris is crazy

[peak pilot]

It can’t possibly be better than well of ascension

[modest canyon]

I just think WoA is a slog

But it’s still good

[modest canyon]

It’s not that bad

[shrewd sigil]

elantris end ||could've been a decent book if hrathen didn't get killed off ..||

[modest canyon]

Elantris end ||Its peak because of Hrathen’s arc tbh||

[shrewd sigil]

elantris end ||yeah he's easily the best part of the book, that's why I'm sad he didn't get to live and maybe show up in the sequel books||

[peak pilot]

The way of kings part 3 end ||the final chapters of this part were amazing. From shallan getting exposed and getting the soul caster to the kabsal twist to the event one year ago that made kaladin loathe light eyes.||