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@Nalin_Haley Counterpoint: his films are objectively good

His movies are terrible and corny. Makes everything about race and white people the villain. He’s this generations Spike Lee

@BlackMajikMan90 Grifting culture and the angriest people have the most voices. The films going to make money and they'll not have anything to say about it

I really need to know where this misogynistic hate campaign against Supergirl and Milly Alcock came from; and no, it’s not because of comments she made in an interview. She’s been the victim of misogynistic hate since the moment she was cast and certain outlets have gone out of their way to attack her and this movie. I really don’t understand why certain men have to act this way because it seems like something is fundamentally broken in society right now.

@JaxDaddy32 @AliEldrazi Competitive players have NEVER been treated well in this game. I'd like to hear you argue that they ever were. Ali's point is well taken because it affects his job. But YOU don't have to play with the new slop. YOU can play whatever you want to have a good time.

@ClanCuts @AliEldrazi I would argue that there's room for casual mtg( EDH) starter decks, etc. There should also be room for competitive players that have put years and $$$ into this.. Should be room for both

Yesterday was the first Magic early access event I’ve ever skipped. Those events used to be my favorite times to play. New cards, new planes, revisiting old worlds, new animations, and lore progression. I love Magic, but the direction of the game no longer resonates with me the way it once did. It feels hollow. The constant Universes Beyond, the diminished significance of legendary characters, and the increasingly obvious focus on profit have become hard to ignore. I hope I find my way back someday, because Magic has meant a lot to me over the years. But the fact that I don’t regret missing Early Access at all speaks volumes to me. #MtGMarvel

@AliEldrazi I don't disagree with the sentiment. I will say that you can play magic however you want to. Mtggoldfish has a series right now where they are doing a tournament of past standard all star decks. Nothing is stopping you from being able to do something like that.

@JaxDaddy32 @AliEldrazi Pre modern exists. Really, magic hasn't changed, people like you just refuse to actually play casual magic. Go buy some bulk and have a fun deck building session with your kid.

@AliEldrazi I stopped playing after Wilds of Elderaine. Played since I was 12, I'm 40 now. Traveled, played somewhat competitively regionally.. Just now tried to play again and teach my son. The game and formats are bad.. They need to change things for sure.

@itsmichaelnorth @lakembra It was before the time of social media where one person's voice was equal to thousands

@lakembra Well, it was back when the left could take a joke, and hollywood had humor about people.being awkward finding out their coworker is gay. Thats about it. Cant even make a wholesome, non hurtful gay joke without being cancelled by the left

I've never seen The Office. What's the edgiest thing that happens in it?

@SaffronOlive Runescape

I'm curious: what are some *worlds* that you think would make good Magic sets? I don't want to hear about characters so much as the place and the vibe.

@PlatoonPod Yes and I'd still rather watch it than every Indiana Jones film made

Solo is one of the most bafflingly dull movies ever made. It has Han, Lando, Chewie, the Millennium Falcon, the Kessel Run, Daenerys Targaryen, Vision, Freckle Jesus, the most annoying droid ever devised, and Darth Maul for some reason — and it makes all these things utterly tedious.

@Knight27LOS @Gibboanxious Those aren't good movies to me

@ClanCuts @Gibboanxious I remember taking the kids to see Schindlers list and SPR.

Disclosure Day ★★½ “People have a right to know the truth. It belongs to seven billion people.” I love Steven Spielberg. He's one of my heroes and one of cinema's undisputed greats. So it pains me to say this: his latest film is not good. Throughout Disclosure Day, I kept thinking, "This is fine. It's okay. Acceptable stuff from Spiely." Walking out, most of my film group seemed genuinely positive. I wanted to feel the same. We need more original big-budget films like this. But the more we talked, the more the flaws lingered and the more bitching I did, while the strengths faded. I can't recommend it. Two and a half stars feels like the honest correct rating. The first hour is decent. Spielberg's direction is fluid and confident, filled with kinetic camerawork and there are attempts at spectacular set pieces. Janusz Kamiński's camera glides through scenes with remarkable precision, making even ordinary conversations visually engaging, while John Williams the kinda score you'd expect from a man in his mid 90s. Unfortunately, the screenplay by David Koepp and Spielberg gradually buckles under the weight of its own ambitions. What begins as an intriguing sci-fi mystery loses momentum after the midpoint. The central enigma never feels especially mysterious, and the film gives way to a string of speeches about faith, morality, empathy, humanity's place in the universe, and the search for meaning. Spielberg's trademark sincerity and sense of wonder remain, but here they drift into heavy-handed sentimentality. The ideas are ambitious, but they're explored only superficially and often resolved far too conveniently. Characters who seem important early on, particularly Eve Hewson's Jane, are sidelined as the story progresses. Several promising moral dilemmas simply disappear. By the finale, the film is recycling familiar ideas from Spielberg's own work without offering much that's fresh. Other problems keep piling up: a forgettable villain, uneven performances, distractingly artificial CGI animals, shaky American accents, a jarring needle drop, and generic alien designs that lack the imagination you'd expect from Spielberg (or maybe not because it's same as what he's done before). What's most frustrating is that the craftsmanship never disappears. Individual scenes remain intriguing and well made, and Spielberg's command of the camera is evident from beginning to end. I want more original, ambitious studio science fiction like this. But even impressive direction can only do so much when the screenplay loses focus and stretches a story that runs well past its natural ending. The ultimate irony of Disclosure Day is that a film about revelation has very little to reveal. As much as I wanted another emotionally transcendent Spielberg sci-fi classic, this one never gets there. I'm gutted.

@DrYetiCarella @Gibboanxious Actually, I concede Lincoln

@DrYetiCarella @Gibboanxious No, but those were not good imo

@Variety Show was boring as shit.

#Pluribus star #RheaSeehorn questions why fans complain that Carol Sturka is unlikable: “Nobody asked that about Walter White,” she tells #BryanCranston. “Nobody asked that about Jimmy McGill: ‘What’s up with them being so unlikable?’ They were behaving in an honest way to the situation they were in.” Cranston asks, “You think it’s a gender issue?” Seehorn responds: “I don’t know. When people are like, ‘She’s so unlikable,’ I’m like, her wife’s dead; they killed her. Career’s done, might not ever be back. You may very well die alone and never speak to anybody again on a couch eating a frozen meal, watching ‘Golden Girls.’ There are no friends anymore, there’s no family and the world is saying, ‘We’re just waiting around until we can take your brain away.’ And she’s not polite about it.” Read the full #ActorsOnActors conversation: wp.me/pc8uak-1lHkLF

@TheCriticalDri2 Also the entire film industry is built on the pretentiousness of talented people. The fact that you used that word is so ironic, given that your whole brand is pretending to know anything about film.

@TheCriticalDri2 It's actually hilarious that you have a problem with this. Shit stresses the guy out and you want him to be stressed out. You're an awful person

What a pretentious little prick.

@Lkay_398 Again, you don't know what a successful franchise is. Thus, you don't have a clue of what you're talking about. I'm done petting you 🐶

@ClanCuts And these are not successful franchises…

So the franchise continues? Thats how these things work…

@Lkay_398 Hocus Pocus, The Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Tron, and Starship Troopers. Every single one was a heavily documented box office disappointment or outright failure that completely tanked in theaters.

@ClanCuts Sure

@Lkay_398 Do you want me to list every "bomb" that eventually spurted a recognized and beloved ip?

@ClanCuts Ok. Continue trying to claim that bombs would be acceptable lol

@Lkay_398 You don't know the history of cinema

@ClanCuts Ah yes because if movies underperform and don’t turn profits they will surely be successful!

@Lkay_398 In fact you don't have a clue of what makes a franchise successful

@ClanCuts In fact you are missing the point of what leads to franchises staying alive