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by WetheGeek

Dark Phoenix just another bomb?

Dark Phoenix is here. ⠀
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In a surprising turn of events Dark Phoenix is being released next year and we get the first trailer drop today. In all honesty I’m shocked the movie is still coming out. ⠀
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Dark Phoenix is the next in a long line of mediocre X-men films. The first was released in 2000 simply titled X-Men. X2 was released in 2003, X-Men Last Stand in 2006, X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009, X-Men First Class in 2011, X-Men Days of Futures Past in 2014 and X-Men Apocalypse in 2016. All of those being said I’m not listing the other two X-Men franchises Wolverine and Deadpool because they aren’t actually half bad. ⠀
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But I digress, without getting stuck in the most messed up timeline in a movie franchise (even including Fast and Furious) this is the fourth part in a series following a bunch of superhuman teens who all go to the same school. It’s super complicated but you get the idea. ⠀
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As I said before I’m surprised this is happening. It shocks me that Fox can still put this out. Fox has recently sold a lot of its movie rights to Disney. There is an article coming out tomorrow if you want to know more about the merger. But it seems this movie is coming out. Now we wait to see if this will be an amazing Marvel film or another X-Men joke. ⠀
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-RytheGeek

by WetheGeek

Pixverse Part 1: The Pixar Truth

Part 1- The Pixar Truth⠀
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The Pixar Theory and the Pixar Universe (what I will refer to as the Pixverse from now on) hold several unconventional truths. The first is that the laws of our earth and world do not apply. So discard any reality you know (as if talking toys and bugs wasn’t enough). Second, magic and science are basically the same thing. Throughout this series you will see how science and magic are continuously referred to and interchanged. Third even Pixar has to retcon stuff. So deal with it. There are inconsistencies but what conspiracy theory doesn’t have issues? Forth for this series I will be assuming you have seen every Pixar movie, so I will not be recapping the entire film, just the main Pixverse points. Finally and probably the most important, I’m the one coming up with my own Pixar Theory. This isn’t official. That means I miss stuff and make mistakes. Be nice. Thanks.

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-RytheGeek ⠀

by WetheGeek

PredaDONT!

I guess I should finally talk about the Predator. I’ll be completely honest. It’s not worth your time. Instead of you wasting your money and going and seeing it and me wasting my time writing a long review I’ll make this quick. ⠀
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It sucks. ⠀
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From poorly written characters and jokes to cheesy CGI. None of its good. You can’t see anything because it’s mostly filmed at night and the plot has more holes then there are dead bodies on screen. Don’t waste your money. Go watch the original. Or better yet Predators from 2010. That’s it. I’m not wasting anymore time on this bomb.⠀
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2/10 🤢🤢🤢⠀
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-RytheGeek

by WetheGeek

Captain Marvel is my hero

I did not watch this trailer with the idea of trying to glean information about the plot, but I watched it with the mindset of trying to find the Carol I know and love, and the trailer delivered that for me. I am excited about the movie because I saw the Carol who loves to fly and would rather punch someone out instead of talk it out. I saw the Carol who falls and gets back up. I saw Carol in her mohawk. I saw the Carol who is calm in the face of danger.
As you may have noticed, I chose a really specific shot from the trailer for this review. It is Carol balling her hand into a fist. One of my favorite things about the character Carol Danvers is that her go to solution, when things get complicated, is to punch her way out. It is still very rare for female characters to be given power and for that power to be portrayed well. I, when I first started reading about Carol, was very used to the idea that the more powerful a woman becomes, the less feminine she becomes or the more sexualized she becomes. It was never something I could personally relate too. I grew up with the mindset that femininity and power are characteristics that do not belong together, but characters like Carol (and Kara Danvers as Supergirl) are very powerful and feminine. She proves the point that a woman can be powerful, respected, and wear a skirt if she so desires and not be seen as sexual object.
I love Captain Marvel. I started reading the comics of Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel back in 2015, and I have been excited about this movie since it was announced in 2015. I remember, at that time, being afraid that people would not understand her and only do the minimal research about her to find that the title of Captain Marvel originally belonged to a man. The movie was announced right around the time that the mantle of Thor was given Jane in the comics, and I thought people might take out their frustration of that situation on Carol. I am glad, however, that times have progressed where characters or even historical figures that were originally white men can now be portrayed either in movies or on stage by people who have often been the minority.

-KaytheHuman

by WetheGeek

True Love

Oh, the magic of True love and Love at First sight!
From a very young age, the power of true loved danced straight into the arms of my mind just like Aurora did into Prince Philip’s. However, very much like Aurora’s reaction to Prince Philip, my little mind was always confused by the concept of true love or love at first sight. I would always wonder about what came after the “happily ever after” in my stories.
It wasn’t until Middle School when I came across a short story that ended in “and they lived happily ever after more or less.” I don’t even remember the story but the concept of “more or less” has stayed with me for a long time.
The more I grow older, the more I begin to realize the importance of “more or less” on this society. Growing up, Disney and Princesses were what we wanted to be when we grew up: beautiful, lovely voices, and find our true love in a miraculous way. Unfortunately, this is further from the truth when it comes to reality as we soon discover as we grow into the bitter adults.
Now, don’t get me wrong, there is always room for a feel good story about true love, sometimes we need an escape from the harsh reality of the world. But, just like constantly eating sweets, it doesn’t do the mind well to be fed these stories all the time. You may not know it, but visual and audio are the best way to receive information and if you repeat it over and over again, the fantasy that is before you will turn into a unreachable goal that will only disappoint you in the future.
Give yourself a fictional reality check. And I don’t mean those popular stories that take previous fairy tales and remolds their “happily ever after” to a “BUT DID THEY?!” story, they interrupt the flow of the original story and usually aren’t that good. For every Cinderella (love at first sight) story, find yourself a Mrs. Pigglewiggle (old lady correcting bad behavior) story.
Rant Done.

-Mabel