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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Comic relief or not, Turk is still a dirtbag.
Cottonmouth should have thrown him off the roof, too.
My various fanfics.![]()
I feel like that scene was a mistake, actually - it doesn't really gel with the more comical portrayal of him in later appearances.
You'd be surprised how often people can enjoy villains and supporting characters (since Turk is in no way a villain any more) who are awful human beings, if those characters are simultaneously butt monkeys and losers who are constantly and righteously shit on by life. Part of the fun seeing those characters constantly get what's coming to them.
I mean, some of the most famous instances of such characters in tv history were the literal Nazis from Hogan's Heroes. People loved Col. Klink. They wouldn't love him if he were in any way successful.
edited 4th May '18 10:01:53 PM by KnownUnknown
Francis Ford Coppola, the director of The Godfather, got to see an early cut of Black Panther[1]
. His favorite part was the revelation scene and asked to have the film rewinded to that part upon finishing it.
Klink is a bad example, since his main motivation was always "I don't want to end up at the eastern front" with an occasional bout of ambition thrown in. You never see him being actually cruel to the prisoners and what is there in terms of cruelty is plaid for laughs.
To be honest, I had totally forgotten that Turk was involved in the human trafficking ring...he has been presented as a small time criminal for so long.
Re the article: As usual, clickbait based on someone's else's work. I went back to the source (in this case Variety), and what they actually say is that creating an universe is simply not the answer for every property, but that writers should look for new inventive ways of storytelling. They also talk about Netflix.
But to me the interesting part of the article is that they openly admit that they went through great length to hide details from Infinity war, down to outright lying to the audience. I think we should keep this in mind regarding Avengers 4. They WILL lie to us.
Not really. It's one of those sitcoms whose humor everyone continues to reference even to this day. And in terms of premise, the "dashing heroes against inept oppressors/monsters" gag hasn't really gone anywhere - it was popular long before the series started, and it's still popular now.
Sitcoms - especially the popular ones of that time period - don't really get dated in that way, due to the way their humor is endlessly recycled into the humor of series today. Heck, there was a popular cartoon series from my own childhood that recycled the Nazi characters from that series wholesale, but just made them Soviet parodies instead.
And even so, Hogan's Heroes isn't a great example because it's a lone popular show with humor that still gets referenced, it's a great example because it's one of a lot of different portrayals that exemplify the idea: getting away with portraying Nazis by turning them into jokes was extremely popular in the years after WW 2 - and the treatment of the Nazis in that time is in large part a codifier for the concept of "villains who would be monstrous if they weren't hilariously inept" in modern popular culture, because it's the way Hollywood approached attacking them and their ideology.
edited 5th May '18 9:09:47 AM by KnownUnknown
So the other day I watched Ant-Man and...it was fine. Like, "fine" in the way that it's a passable way to spend two hours of your afternoon, but it didn't leave any sort of emotional impact on me. Scott is the best dad in the MCU (although considering his competition, that's not saying a whole lot). Also, Luis is the greatest, and should be on the Avengers. He may not have the skillset that most of the non-powered Avengers do, but he's a lot of fun. Anyway, I'd give it like a 6 out of 10. Fun at times, but pretty forgettable overall.
they're gonna find intelligent life up there on the moon/and the canterbury tales will shoot up to the top of the best-seller listFor me Ant-Man marks the threshold of separating great from just good or worse. It's very formulaic but nevertheless solid and enjoyable throughout. Any movie that's better than it is amazing, and any movie that's worse than has some kind of major flaw, whether moderate (Thor 1, Iron Man 3, TIH, etc.) or severe (Doctor Strange, Thor TDW, etc).
edited 5th May '18 3:41:54 PM by AlleyOop
Age of Ultron is decent, TIH is not. The only MCU movies I would never want to rewatch are Thor 1 and 2 and TIH. Age of Ultron I might consider it.
edited 5th May '18 4:34:32 PM by Sigilbreaker26
"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"I mean they still function on a very basic level. They have severe writing flaws, but they are still competently made. That's more than can be said for a lot of bad movies out there. *cough*JusticeLeague*cough*.
edited 5th May '18 4:37:15 PM by LordVatek
This song needs more love.

Except Turk is still a piece of shit human trafficker, so no.