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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I think what they should do is hedge their bets. Make the spin-off be ambiguously set in the MCU but not quite. If it fails, "no it's not in the MCU just forget it existed". If it is, "Oh of course it is set in the MCU it always was."
Like, say, Doctor Strange is, broadly speaking, a film that (a few offhand references to Thor and the NY incident aside) could be set in an entirely different universe. Do something like that.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."
Consider this: In the beginning he seems to do all the right things. He feels guilty, he wants to set things right aso. But if you really pay attention you realize that his heroism is entirely selfish and mostly connected to some sort of picture he has of himself as the big protector. Except that most of the audience most likely didn't and instead fell for this "nice" guy who spend hours sitting at a door and listening. But if he had really been a good guy, he wouldn't have gone back to Trish in the first place and had instead respected her wishes and understood her fear of him. This wasn't about Trish, it was only about him.
Yeah, like I could maybe give him a bit of leeway for going to Trish's apartment because he's ALSO in an emotionally fucked up state after being Kilgrave'd - feeling guilty in that situation and worrying about the victim, even selfishly, is a human enough reaction, especially in those circumstances. But only up until the point she told him to leave - if he had done so, then it would have proved he understood at least that much and that he to deal with his pain on his own. But instead he makes it entirely about himself and makes a point to stick around despite there being no excuse to not realize how afraid she must be of him after what happened.
A little bit...the right approach would have been to write a letter imho, and leave it to her if and when or where she wants to contact him. And it doesn't stop there. From the get go, he is very aggressive towards Jessica, mostly because she doesn't see him as the hero he wants to be but a nuisance. She challenges his manly ego.
Everything Simmons does in the show is not about protecting the people, it is all about his own pride. As is the story about the dream house. Yeah, it sounds cute, but can you imagine how his sister must have felt that he burned down her dream house just so that he could feel like a hero for a moment?
edited 22nd Mar '17 5:55:58 PM by Swanpride
Burning down the Dream House is a nice light (or not) Fridge Horror moment once you find out Will's whole deal. It's really the perfect metaphor for some gung-ho rah-rah save-the-day bullshit.
Vision on set of Infinity War[1]
◊. Supposedly they're filming a scene that involves Tony, Nat, Vision, and Doctor Strange.
Well I finally got done watching Jessica Jones. I actually liked it a bit more than Daredevil season one, but I do admit it dragged slightly as it went on. The penultimate episode felt like one of the weakest ones because of just how badly the plot was being dragged out. At least with some of them, there were a couple redeeming qualities.
Still, it's a great show, lots of suspense, and (mostly) amazing writing.
I'll probably start on season two of Daredevil tomorrow.
edited 22nd Mar '17 8:58:26 PM by AdricDePsycho
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?@last page: Yo, Anomalocaris 20. Not cool bro. I made that exact same comparison a few weeks before Luke Cage even came out, almost word-for-word. Granted, the Luke Cage and Iron Fist parallels to Thor and Captain America are a lot more obvious now that they're out, and, as such, my observation of the trend was a bit incomplete, but you didn't even credit me with being the first person here to bring up the parallels between the Netflix shows and Phase 1 of the MCU movies.
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Enjoy Punisher. He's the best part of the season.
Whoops, my bad. I guess. My eidetic memory must be failing me if I've forgotten one of your forum posts from over half a year ago, of all things. Also you apparently own the concept making a post comparing two things, and I have unknowingly infringed upon your copyright. Do you want to settle out of court?
edited 22nd Mar '17 10:35:05 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Do I need to call Matt Murdock, Foggy Nelson, or Jeri Hogarth to represent one of y'all in court?
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?I like Jessica Jones better than Daredevil season 1 too, mostly because I like Jessica as a character way better. And Trish. I also think that it is thematically the strongest of the Netflix shows by a long shot. I think a lot of guys learned something about the "you should smile" line from this one.

Insert "shut up and take my money" image here.