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    Matt the Bruins got a reaction from Christopher R Taylor in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    Within the context of all the above being comic book superhero characters created by Jack Kirby while working at Marvel, yes. It at least makes more sense than teaming up Mickey Mouse, Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, Mowgli, and Kermit the Frog because they're all owned by Disney.
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    Matt the Bruins got a reaction from bigdamnhero in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    To be fair, jammies don't appear to be Hawkeye's style.

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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Christopher R Taylor in STAR TREK: Discovery   
    Frakes does pretty well as a director.  I wasn't terribly impressed with his acting (or character) but he's a solid director.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Pariah in STAR TREK: Discovery   
    Looks like a classic example of "If it ain't broke, fix it until it is."
     
    I've never served in the military or NASA, but it seems to me that in such an organization, the uniform needs to convey quickly and easily what rank you're talking to. Those pips on the badge utterly fail to do that.
     
    "Are you ogling my chest!?"
     
    "No, ma'am, just trying to determine your rank. >gulp< Captain."
     
    (For my money, Enterprise had the best uniforms {and overall aesthetics} of any show in the franchise.)
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Pariah in Foods for those that just don't care anymore   
    Wait, when did that become an option?!
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Hermit in [Police brutality] American injustice, yet again.   
    These stories almost make ME want to riot, and I'm a white out of shape guy in his forties
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Old Man in STAR TREK: Discovery   
    Not a hard prophecy to make if one show is behind an internet paywall and the other is on network TV.
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    Matt the Bruins got a reaction from drunkonduty in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    IIRC, the Kree actually got the idea after an encounter with the Eternals.
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    Matt the Bruins got a reaction from Christopher R Taylor in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    It's frizzy enough that it's blowing forward against the wind shear of flying with jet fighters. Apparently her cowlicks are as powerful as she is!
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Cygnia in Creepy Pics.   
    Stephen King's Stranger Love Songs
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Heroic Halfwit in Supers Image game   
    Karswell, named after the Satanist that summoned him in the Film noir Classic "Night of the Demon."  Among Karswell's amazing attributes is a continuing area of effect change environment which renders everything within 30 meters decolorized, i.e. Black and White complete with creepy monster music heavy on the subsonics. 
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Pattern Ghost in In other news...   
    I have a mixed reaction to this one. On the one hand, the officer who was first on scene shouldn't have been fired. He correctly assessed the situation, and the facts bear him out. On the other hand, the ACLU author is clearly being unrealistic in not expecting the second officer to shoot after the victim started to raise a gun in his direction.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Hugh Neilson in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    This is the advantage of the MCU, to me - they can re-envision the characters and only the fanboys know. The movies have worked in large part because they did not enslave themselves to 50+ years of backstory.
     
    However, the movie Mantis was a shrinking violet submissive, KOd so she could be rescued by the dumb jock - also a stereotype, but since it's a male stereotype with no ethnic connotations, it's not one anyone complains about.
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    Matt the Bruins got a reaction from bigdamnhero in Supergirl   
    It seemed to take about 30 minutes to get it up, running, and aimed, so it might very well only be useful against invaders who considerately leave their spaceships in a parking orbit for long periods of time.
     
    I will give them props for picking a weapon (anti-matter particle beam as opposed to a laser) that would believably present a threat to even Kryptonian invulnerability.
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    Matt the Bruins got a reaction from Christopher R Taylor in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    Well, there's one thing she and I can agree on.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Hermit in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    For the most part, Marvel Studios has been making pizza... when it's good, it's very good. And even when it's not that great, it's edible 

     

    I liked Thor 2 for the humor and banter between Thor and Loki quite a bit, and a certain Queen's part was...well, hats off to her.

     

    I really enjoyed Iron Man 3. One of the few 'hey let's insert a kid' times in movies that improved it... and House Party was fun to watch. Not crazy about their take on the Mandarin, but I didn't hate the twist either.

     

    Didn't like Iron Man 2, but in this case it was Justin Hammer that had me going 'blah' (Which makes me a hypocrite about the Mandarin I suppose) . But even it had some cool moments. It wasn't bad, and had good moments, it just didn't compare to IM1.

     

    I've adored each and every Captain America Movie Marvel/Disney has done so far. Even if the Civil War one was largely Avengers 2.5 it still gave Cap a lot of limelight. I know many people who were blah about Captain America: First Avenger and I'm like... "Are you crazy? it was awesome!" but different strokes.

     

     

    Naturally, there was a lot I liked about Iron Fist, which has some going "But it's terrible" and I'm like "It's edible with some really nice topping now and then" 

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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Ranxerox in In other news...   
    Won't work.  You just don't get much whiter than the Joker.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Pattern Ghost in In other news...   
    It's also against the most important rule: Don't kill off recurring characters if there's still money to be made off of them.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Hermit in The Flash   
    There's a lot I've enjoyed about this season but lord its warts just got huge as it got closer to the end
     
    Loved Vibe suiting up more.
    I'm actually good with Caitlyn's Killer Frost arc
    Hey, Barry and Iris are finally together... oh thank goodness.
    Wally and Jesse were sweet
     
    that said...
    Please , no more speedster foes.
    Please, tone down the Barry angst a notch. I really miss when he was having more fun.
    Say it with me now: Time Travel is nice in small doses... but when you're OD ing every episode, it's time to check into rehab
    Try to bring back the Rogues as those lovable blue collar villains who can keep Barry Busy.
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    Matt the Bruins got a reaction from Logan D. Hurricanes in Foods for those that just don't care anymore   
    I can only imagine that many ingredients combined smelling like the contents of a garbage can.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to zslane in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    I don't really see any similarities between Jessica Jones and Luke Cage, aside from super strength. Each of their shows were completely different from each other. Kilgrave was nothing like Cottonmouth or Diamondback. The noir detective genre is nothing like the Harlem Renaissance blacksploitation genre. Jessica is a hard-drinking hot mess who cares for only two people in the world. Luke Cage is a man of honor and hero to his community. They couldn't be more different.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to sinanju in Supergirl   
    Yes, that's true--Kryptonite was *everywhere* on Smallville. And that's because the writers of Smallville had the same mindset as the writers of Supergirl. They're SUPER. Most villains *shouldn't* be a real physical threat. Give them powers that make them a challenge without having every bad guy capable of a one-on-one punchout with Clark/Kara. Livewire was a good start; the hard part of catching her was, well, catching her. Being able to vanish into the nearest electrical outlet and move undetectably through the grid is gonna make it hard for even Kara to catch you. Mind control is good. Invisibility. Intangibility. Shapeshifting. (If I can instantly vanish into a crowd of bystanders, being able to punch me out with your little finger doesn't help until/unless you can find me.)
     
    There are ways to challenge our heroine without making every jumped up thug a tough fight.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to sinanju in Supergirl   
    And lots of chemistry with Cat. There's a reason the internet is awash in Kara/Cat and Kara/Lena fanfic.
     
    On another topic, I really enjoyed Kara getting blown up in the whistleblower's car...only to rise slowly into the air from the flaming wreckage and then land, her clothing on fire and partially burned away, but completely unhurt and very annoyed. It's about time they remembered that she's SUPERGIRL. This is about the level of trouble most villains should give her. They can harm other people, whom she must try to protect; they can mislead, misdirect, feint toward goal A while really going for goal B, but most of them shouldn't be able to hurt her at all.
     
    The Luke Cage Netflix show did this better than Supergirl does, and he's nowhere near as powerful as she is. But word got around that Luke Cage is bulletproof and superstrong. So what happens when he shows up at a crime scene? Most of the bad guys just run away. They *know* they can't hurt him. Shooting at him only makes him angry ("I'm about tired of buying new clothes.") and is pointless, so they flee. Or surrender. I'd like to see more of that on Supergirl. Not always. There can be bad guys (and gals) who can challenge her sometimes, but most bad guys? No.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Ranxerox in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    Cap didn't decide that.  That was decided by congress and the american people when their activities were made public.
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    Matt the Bruins reacted to Old Man in Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Three and BEYOOOOONND   
    Have you seen his government lately?
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