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While I agree that establishing Diana as having sat out most of a century of war and injustice so she could be unknown to the world in BvS is problematic, I think Snyder did actually "get" Wonder Woman, better than he did Superman and Batman in fact. She's portrayed as smart, capable, compassionate, courageous to the point of fearlessness, and ultimately willing to do what needs doing even if she'd rather be elsewhere. She was easily the best part of her debut movie. And I have the distinct feeling that every frame of film from Justice League that objectified Diana or played her for laughs was Whedon's doing rather than Snyder's.

interesting essay on the problems with Snyder’s interpretation of The DC Superheroes. 
 
https://arkhavencomics.com/2020/12/30/the-superheroic-virtues-prudence/
 
 
Wonder Woman 1984 was overlong, self-indulgent, boring and crushed under the burden of its caricatures of 1980’s MEN.  However, its biggest problem was handed to it three or four movies ago, when Diana told Bruce Wayne that after she had lost the love of her life, she had withdrawn from the world, apparently for 100 years. 
Snyder turned Diana Prince from Wonder Woman into the Dread Ayesha waiting thousands of years for her one true love to be reincarnated.  He never had any kind of handle on the character.  This is about as bad as Padme “dying of sadness” because Anakin had turned to the Dark Side (admittedly, Lucas is pretty autistic in his own right). 
Simply put, Wonder Woman wouldn’t do that.  She is the embodiment of too many of the heroic virtues of…
Prudence: the ability to always discern which is the path, that is right to take.  Whether or not it will be the easiest is immaterial it is the Right thing or it isn’t. 
Temperance: the practice of self-control and moderation.  Self-restraint in all things from extremes in emotions to extremes in pride and grief.  This is critically important in those that have great power.
Justice:  Having a strong sense of fairness.
Courage: The strength to carry out the other virtues.  To able to confront fear, uncertainty and extreme opposition.  To follow those virtues regardless of the painful burdens of personal sacrifice they will entail.   The strength to keep going when all hope is lost.
 
 

I'm pretty sure Marvel comics ended in the late 80s. 

From all accounts, even people who gave it positive reviews, WW84 is pretty bad: over long, poor writing, uneven.  The first one wasn't terrific but it was fun and tight enough to enjoy for most of its run.  This one sounds like its just pretty bad all the way through and over 2 hours long.
 
And yes, I think the day of the theater is over.  I think theaters will shrink in numbers and be mostly run by studios now that the rules have been changed.

Nope, her bare toned midriff and thigh high boots had a BIG and lasting effect on me as a young lad.  Thank you Nichelle Nichols,  where ever you are.

Nooooooo, silly rabbit.     Princess Uhura.      Picture her in that outfit from Mirror Mirror.   Wow.

“What is it?”
       “Evil, pure and simple, from the eighth dimension!”  “Grab ‘em!”
 
    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimention.
  God, I needed this today. I’ve been up all night, watching the news.  Watching Good triumph over Evil is soothing my troubled soul.  And I still say that Rawhide coming back to life at the end of the movie means he’s a Highlander....probably a descendant of the Kurgan.
   I still hope to be a Blue Blaze Irregular when I grow up.

I don't quite understand why Marvel gets a bad rap for "lack of character development". Tony Stark, Thor, Loki, Bucky/Winter Soldier, T'Challa, Captain Marvel, Banner/Hulk, Dr. Strange, Nebula, and Spider-Man all go through clear character development, sometimes during a single film, other times over the course of several films. But the development is undeniably there in a way that isn't there for any DCEU character.

They're well on track to becoming the biggest cinematic universe of all time.  Wong Fei Hong has 80 films, but at this pace they'll pass him within the next 20 years.  Then I expect a reboot once Tom Holland is around 50+ years old.  
 
It's an amazing cinematic achievement.  As a nerd from the "bad old days", whenever I see or hear someone complaining about the MCU all I hear is that "the caviar isn't fresh and the champagne is going flat, I expected more for my $20".  

That Morbius trailer does look good, although I question the "From the studio that brought you Spider-Man: Far From Home" stuff.  More like "From The Company That Let Marvel Make Good Spider-Man Movies".

When the only tool you rely on is violence, violence is the only outcome you can have. Why pay tax dollars to have violent thugs roam the streets? There is every appearance that defunding this department by 50% would improve public safety by 100%

Most people at this point aren't educated enough to know what an anarchist is. Thus, it can be whatever spin doctors want it to be.  " Those American colonists....nothing but violent anarchists. They should all be shot. "

I don't have qualified immunity, or military grade weapons issued to me, I was not given hours of training. I did not take an oath, I did not use and abuse the public trust.They do not consider themselves "us", they see us as "lesser". The onus is 100% on them to have honor, and integrity. And if they do not, they are enemies to a free society. 

I mean, I'm waiting on confirmation on that, not that I expect it'll be that hard...
 
More to the point of what I was stating.  Let's say the 'grabbings' are motivated by what the protesters are doing.
 
They are still grabbing people off the street without identifying themselves, providing charges, or reading rights, not charging them ever, and releasing them the minute there's an actual legal issue about it.
 
How is this supposed to help deal with the 'anarchists'?
 
Again, the entire thing is explicitly what creates these protests to begin with!
 
But I want to introduce a different frame.
 
Please, if you are trying to act in the government's defense, remember what it is you are defending here.  You are explicitly defending the right of the Federal government to grab people unannounced for no apparent legal purpose outside of any legal framework or local authority.  Please, again, consider what it is you are defending here.
 
If these people were considered terrorists, insurgents, there would be charges.  There would be some action.  There would be video tapes.  There would be tracking.  Do we believe the government was somehow able to identify who they wanted to grab without the evidence to charge them?
 
The alternative is the scenario that they don't seem to care.  That is not how the most powerful government in the world should operate, unless you wish it to operate with unchecked impunity.

It was the police union? Screw them. Burn that joker to the ground
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It cost me four hundred dollars for a full set of tires. It takes ten years to get your money back from the government plus the expense of a lawyer, and sometimes you don't even get the full amount of the money back. If I see anybody slashing my tires, I will be violent and lawless.
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The cashier and bagger at the CostCo are doing hundreds of people a day.  Same for the guy at the gas station, the lady at the liquor store, etc.
 
I get what you're saying (I've taught kids in decades gone by for karate classes), but the sheer volume the cashiers are dealing with would seem to be a higher risk.  Especially given how filthy money is.

Wasn't really trying to invoke the discussion, simply acknowledging the fact that it's also not hard to feel his statement is excessive, that protection is all well and good...but the level of preparation that he's invoking is serious overkill.  It's not like you'll die suddenly.  That's a legitimate position to take, even if you completely support the core point to TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION.
 
Are people believing the governor because he's a millionaire...or the governor?  Perhaps the root problem is that yes, we're inundated with disinformation presented in the guise of fact, and that makes many distrust ALL information.  In that context, we find a pole around which to gather, and stay there...and turn off our skepticism with respect to THEIR statements.  It's a defense mechanism, IMO.  So you've got all the voices inside your pole saying one thing...that it's really not that bad.  You've got Trump manipulating "CDC recommendations" to include the highly prejudicial "it is of utmost importance to reopen schools" prequel...when that is not something the CDC should ever mention, and goes against the medical guidance.

Plus, masks ARE a pain.  Staying home IS a pain.  People want normal.  So it's a lot easier to sell that, than "stay the course."
 
I personally feel that if Dante were to write Inferno again, say, 10 years from now...Donald Trump would displace either Brutus or Cassius in one of Satan's mouths.

We are almost at 10 million recoveries from the virus.

I had the same reaction and my thought was that every cop that dies during one of these things deserves it and every civilian who kills a cop during what seems to be a home invasion deserves a medal of valor.
 
How can a no-knock warrant be executed by plains clothes cops be perceived as anything else by civilians?  This is straight up evil by police.
 
Surround the structure, knock and announce yourselves as police, bring a warrant and act like actual law enforcement.

Maybe they should try not ACTING like animals and thugs, and EARNING respect through their behavior? When that approach is taken, it seems to work, as in Camden NJ. Dressing up like commandos and playing live action Call of Duty in the streets, not so much.
 
The police being protested only protect their own, unless you're talking about the sort of "protection" that involves shaking businesses down for bribes so they don't get raided or burned down. I'll take my chances with the criminals and terrorists, thanks. At least if *they* murder me, there's a chance of them facing justice for it.
 
Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of good, ethical police in this country. Two are friends of mine, and have spoken out against the officers who disgraced their oaths and badges with the actions that sparked this round of protests. But on an institutional level police departments and unions punish that sort of officer if they try to do anything about the abuses of authority they see; and protect the ones committing the abuses. That needs to change, soon.

We have so many billionaires in the world today.  Many of these problems would go away if just one in each major city would step up and endure 10 years of intense training, invest in cutting edge gadgets and vehicles, and construct a secret lair.

Do not ignore the prison-industrial complex; they'll be doing their part as well.

That training comes from the top down. It's what whole generations of police have been indoctrinated in. Without tearing down a big part of that structure, the house will never be clean.

I disagree. You can make blanket statements about the scope of work of another person without having done the same work. Everybody on the streets around the world is doing exactly that. 
 
The council of Minneapolis has expressed  the intent to explore the dissolution of the MPD entirely. 
 
Police all over the country have had countless opportunities to address the problems and universally they all close ranks, resist reform, refuse oversight and ignore any challenges to their monopoly of force. Police aren't part of the solution, they're core to the problem. The solution of Minneapolis might be some portion of a national solution. The structural problem won't go away without a large scale fix. They'll never accept incremental reform and they'll always just go back to their old ways once the heat is off.