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RETIREDFAN1

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  1. He is anti establishment which means he ain't a swamp rat, he's just a regular liberal........you're more of an establishment swamp rat than he is......
  2. Opening day is tomorrow......here's the regular season thread......
  3. Opening day is tomorrow.....that means it's time for a new thread......y'all move to that one please so I don't have to lock this one.......
  4. What part of the MCU completely blows your mind? An iconic reoccurrence throughout the entire MCU is Stan Lee. In every film, he gets a cameo, some longer than others. He’s either some random guy reading on a bus, a FedEx employee, a security guard . . . But his cameo in GOTG Volume 2 is my absolute favourite for how it twists my entire perception of this series. Volume 2 is the first film in which we see the Watchers. The Watchers are really important in the comics and this cameo confirms that Stan Lee is actually some kind of agent or associate of theirs. As Rocket and Yondu blast through pockets of space, they happen to fly over him as he was telling his story to the Watchers about the time he was a Federal Express man. This is obviously a reference to his cameo in Civil War. However, Volume 2 takes place before all of the MCU movies before Age of Ultron, but we can theorize that the Watchers sent him through different timelines rather just one linear timeline. Also, Kevin Feige was asked about the cameo and what it meant for the franchise, and endorsed the fan theory: “We always thought it would be fun. Stan Lee clearly exists, you know, above and apart from the reality of all the films. We thought it would be fun to put that in there because that really says, so wait a minute, he’s this same character who’s popped up in all these films.” Meaning that Lee is the exact same person. In every. Single. Movie. Mind = blown.
  5. Which are the movies that were ahead of their time? Watchmen, a deconstruction of comic-book movies that came out in 2009 before the genre had become the all-encompassing behemoth it is today. Zack Snyder’s painstakingly faithful adaption of the venerable Alan Moore graphic novel would have been the perfect palate cleanser in 2020. In 2009, the most popular superhero movies at that point were perhaps Spider-Man 2, The Dark Knight, Iron Man and X-2. Save Nolan’s Batman Opus, the other movies listed above are congruent in their tonality and thematic components. They are relatively unambiguous, entertaining, appealing, morally correct blockbusters. That’s not a ding. I love all three movies. But the pattern certainly exists. And while Nolan’s Dark Knight, powered by Ledger’s tour-de-force pioneered the ‘dark and gritty’ aesthetic that became all the rage for a while, at its essence, it is still a superhero movie with a sympathetic, likeable and morally unimpeachable lead. At its root, it still plays on the age-old ‘good vs evil’ trope. Or rather, in this case, ‘good vs chaos.’ And all four movies were rated PG-13. In the R-rated Watchmen, the lines are far more blurred. The good guys aren’t good, the bad guys are worse. Our protagonists are damaged, battered down people whose cynicism and self-loathing know no bounds. And there’s an apathetic god. And a comedian who murders pregnant women in cold blood. Rorschach, the ostensible protagonist, and the principal driver of the story is essentially fragmented and unhinged. These are not superheroes. They are supremely flawed. The action in Watchmen is sparse. That’s not what it’s about. It isn’t a blockbuster in any way, shape, or form. But I think it’s a rather phenomenal film, particularly the Ultimate Cut, and it features one of the Top 5 performances in comic-book movies – Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach is what dreams are made of. It also features the greatest opening credits sequence in comic-book movie history. Watchmen tells a thoroughly cynical and complex tale. Its themes are mature and demand attention from the audience. Watchmen isn’t ‘dark and gritty,’ it’s pitch black. And in 2009, the world wasn’t ready. But now, having become perfectly attuned to the rhythms of superhero movies and considering the market is inundated with them, Watchmen would have been received much more favourably. Snyder sought to deconstruct the genre before it was wholly constructed. It’s constructed now and is prime for deconstruction. And the proof is in the pudding – HBO’s Watchmen was an astounding accomplishment, a marvel of storytelling and one of the greatest seasons of television that I’ve ever seen. If it wasn’t for my unnatural devotion to Succession, the best show on Television, Watchmen would have emerged as my favourite TV show of 2019. As it stands, it’s second. Perhaps if Zack Snyder’s Watchmen came out today, it would have been met with a proportionately enthusiastic response. Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen The times they are a-changin’
  6. "People of integrity and honesty not only PRACTICE what they preach, they ARE what they preach." ~ David A. Bednar artist: Norman Rockwell
  7. Should've done it like the XFL completely instead of trying to copy it with changes......
  8. He ain't suffering.......can't believe you guys give any credence at all to a libnut propaganda article.......
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