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Sequence of thoughts watching Thor: Love and Thunder 1. This is bad 2. Oh wait it’s by Taika Waititi, maybe it’s just metamodern weirdness I don’t get 3. Uhh no, it’s just bad 4. It feels deliberately bad like he’s trying to subvert MCU 5. Maybe that’s a good thing
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It had the structure of a traditional tall tale from a pre-modern folk tale culture but deployed to mess with MCU in an unserious way. And unlike Ragnarok it didn’t exhibit any affection for the material.
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On second thoughts, not such a good thing. For all its flaws, MCU doesn’t deserve internal sabotage driven by random conceits that don’t harmonize. Make a separate satire/parody.
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Wow, now I want to see it. I'm slowly plowing through "The Boys" these days, as silly as it gets, I'm finding it nearly "difficult to watch" because it just feels like "oh shit, this is what things would REALLY be like if powers existed, and it suuucks"
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I think it's a case of spread too thin. The man is working on too many projects and it's affecting the quality of his work
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I’ve never enjoyed comic book movies at all. What am I not understanding? Is there maybe an essay somewhere to make the case to people like me
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what are you hoping for when you go watch Marvel/Star Wars/DC stuff these days? like, what's the actual ceiling?
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