Millennial Mike W/TheExilesNetwork

My Core. My Favorites. I havent shared something like this for a while.

🧵 This is not a direct comment about OP, but I notice that people who complain the most about "how horrible things are right now" also say things like this. They are often a proponent of "Whimsy not being cringe". It's just toxic positivity with extra steps. 1/3

On a general level, that's like asking "What makes fillet mignon better than a plate of kitty litter?" But to boil it down to one thing, Snyder's predilection for mythic storytelling and grandiose action is what made me such a fan of his, both of which are all over ZSJL.

god, sci-fi blockbusters and disaster movies post 9/11 really loved showing swathes of innocent people getting killed. they only really stopped after man of steel was the first to get criticised heavily for this

i am always suspicious of people who claim to be smart but are miserable. if they really were that smart, they would have figured out how to live a joyous life.

5 years ago today, Zack Snyder's Justice League hit HBO Max 🖤 In your opinion, what makes the Snyder cut better than the original?

TASM 2 is easily the most gorgeous looking Spider-Man film!

🧵 This is not a direct comment about OP, but I notice that people who complain the most about "how horrible things are right now" also say things like this. They are often a proponent of "Whimsy not being cringe". It's just toxic positivity with extra steps. 1/3

"It's a deconstruction of the superhero genre", "It's satire", "If superheroes were realistic" and then it's actually just pretty standard capeshit but edgy