Let’s Talk About Black Widow! - Ep. 9 of Intentionally Blank

[@izzya8132]

I wasn't gonna watch Black Widow, just didn't really feel like it, but somehow I'm willing to watch a 2 hour movie as preparation for a 50 minute video. I guess I just like listening to how Brandon interprets stories.

[@TayNez63]

Damn it, now I have to watch black widow too

[@AnythingMachine]

"He's good but he's too mustache-twirling" - the guy who came up with Straff Venture and Sadeas

[@Moreau121]

True that.

[@fakub2026]

I will give you that with Straff Venture, but Sadeas has strong convictions to be te baddy. We hate him a lot but the dude has some good points xD

[@samanthaa.6055]

Yes

[@voidsabre_]

Straff is cometely mustache-twirly but Sadeas isn't

[@fakub2026]

@@voidsabre_ Im sure that if you are a war general and you swear to protect the realm and your old friend starts to say that he sees visions of God and that the end of the world is starting just like the previous King that went mad and got killed... Well i will have my doubts about Dalinar. Is easy to trust him for us because he is the protagonist xD

[@TerryThomasT]

Dan at 28:50 - "The fact that the boss's base was in a giant floating sky-tower inside of an artificial cloud.. Just annoys me! I hate that kind of stuff. Not in the larger MCU, and certainly not in the little movie about spies." Brandon (who just released Lux, a book in which the boss's base is inside a giant floating artificial city above the clouds, and is a spinoff, about spies, from the larger Reckoners series) : (¬_¬)

[@peterjordahl3126]

Hahahahaha

[@aenea22980]

Haaaaaahaha you are SO RIGHT 😂😂😂

[@TheSilverOrn]

Part of me wants Brandon to be given final reviews of all the Netflix, Star Wars, and Marvel movie scripts... but I realize that I would rather have Wax and Wayne or Stormlight than a good Black Widow movie or Loki TV show.

[@marlonbosch2717]

We already got as good Loki tv show, its called Loki and it´s good.

[@TheSilverOrn]

@@marlonbosch2717 We can all have different opinions, I think it was a bait and switch. I was expecting from the trailers that it would be an evil Doctor Who that eventually either turns good or kinda mellows out. Instead Loki took a backseat to everything else and besides the "GLORIOUS PURPOSE" scene, you could have taken Loki out of it and put in generic sci-fi character #132241 and had the exact same story.

[@adamrosenquist9531]

@@marlonbosch2717 I know right. Really great show.

[@fennec8896]

@@marlonbosch2717 good show but still could’ve been better and was mo WandaVision. Still, that last ep of Loki was amazing.

[@johnlampe3258]

I have not heard anyone make this point: The whole point of the scene with her and Hawkeye turned on the fact that Hawkeye had a family and she had no one. "Black Widow" retcons that to, "No, no! She does have people she cares about." It retroactively ruins that scene.

[@michaelahsue5979]

I agree. Now it only makes sense if we assume that her family all got snapped. And, as a rule, I don't think the audience should have to make assumptions for the plot to work. Edit: on second thought, that doesn't fix it either. She's still in the same situation as hawkeye

[@DanielAbeleira]

You can add one _ at each side of the movie title to italicize it. The quotation marks used for two different things in a sentence is really confusing. Just trying to help.

[@samanthaa.6055]

While technically I agree with you 100%, being a father is not the same as being a sister and a daughter

[@glass12]

Also, the one she has with Cap in Endgame, where she says she wouldn't know what to do without the Avengers as her family. She forgot she has another family out there xD

[@JustAskMeTV101]

@@aubee2744 ok but that was the movie's framing

[@ryanb3665]

So, I now need an episode of you guys talking about the MCU as a whole.

[@samanthaa.6055]

Brandon, you should have named this "We fix Black Widow" and you would have gotten so many more views.

[@josephgregory9321]

Brandon and Dan give Black Widow a "go watch Gattaca" out of 10

[@ajpruitt4628]

Honestly, facial and hand expressions add a whole new layer to his podcast and I’m absolutely loving it!

[@BakumanLakuman]

I love those Red Guardian arc changes. They are exactly what I would've liked.

[@LMJeffJones]

The Red Guardian vs Task Master reasoning is AMAZING. Brandon really needs to get to work on movies. Marvel should take notes and hire him to look over their scripts ;)

[@matt-lang]

That’s what I was thinking. He’s really great at giving characters proper arcs, he could have saved a few of the lesser Marvel movies potentially

[@qbrt2048]

This reasoning sounds amazing, but this just goes to show that Brandon doesn't know the lore of the Red Guardian from the Marvel comics. Red Guardian beating Captain America via Task Master as the proxy would ignore the whole cold war era. Brandon's idea, as great as it is, would upset all the Marvel fans that actually have read the comics. I actually loved the fact that Task Master just kicked the crap out of the Red Guardian. Showing how weak he actually was and would be against Captain America.

[@emrwtf]

Other authors need to help with story/character development in movies, not Brandon. He needs to write books for us to read =)

[@justin-md4xm]

@@qbrt2048 no one gives a fuck about upsetting some obscure character's fans

[@vikinginger1889]

Brandon's theories from the beginning, was a much better plot of Loki and black widow than we got.

[@jokerryt2503]

Brandon Sanderson seriously is such a personality

[@tonyzuma93]

Love these podcasts!

[@reillyliner]

In my opinion, Winter Soldier and Thor Ragnorak take the Best MCU Movie awards, followed closely by Infinity War and Endgame.

[@WhiteBread221]

Winter Soldier is a guilty pleasure of mine cause it’s a mess of a story but I still really enjoy it

[@reillyliner]

@@WhiteBread221 I get it! Goes back to that Brandon/Dan conversation point regarding “perfect art”. Any story can be torn up with critique. Winter Soldier has a great premise and keeps you enthralled start to finish.

[@Sybato]

For me it's the recent Spider-man movies

[@reillyliner]

@@Sybato No Way Home was good! It was a little too much of a “crowd pleaser” for me to put it at the top of rankings.

[@akshaydalvi1534]

@@reillyliner When was the last time you watched winter soldier?, genuine question. I don't think I've seen any marvel flick more than once😅

[@Wiz1800]

I love your thoughts on this movie - I agree on a lot of your points. I think my main disappointment with the film was the it wasn’t a spy movie (Nat wasn’t in HER element - she was doing everything we’ve already seen her do - I thought we would get to see what we’re TOLD she can do) which you’ve said really well. The only other bone I have to pick with the film was that it felt like it was a prequel… that had a film before it - like we didn’t get to see the initial attempt to end the red room with clint - I felt like this was a missed opportunity to develop clint and nat’s friendship/ relationship or whatever. I absolutely LOVED yalena and Nats dynamic and just yalena in general and I agree that the film was visually stunning and it was very entertaining. Whoops that’s long. Hope whoever is reading this has a great day :)

[@jokerryt2503]

I just read your entire passage and during that time I forgot to hold the ladder my granddad was on. But I’m having a good day now thanks to that so thanks!

[@peterjordahl3126]

All of their changes are now cannon in my head.

[@MrMoore-op7wd]

VIDEOOOOO. Please do this every time

[@alexrechkin7]

Awesome! Finaly with video!) Thanks Adam. I will watch it after i will watch Black Widow

[@WoTMike1989]

So the video portion is amazing and I hope we get it when you can manage it. Seeing the full gamut of facial reactions (looking at you Dan) is priceless

[@MrSilvUr]

Running through these episodes backwards has been great: Wierd Criticism, "I hate those 80/20 e-mails of, 'I really love this book, but...'" Black Widow, "We liked this movie, but..."

[@AnythingMachine]

I have a feeling Brandon might actually enjoy the Green Knight

[@Sweetandsourman]

I love Speedracer! Such an under-rated movie. Also Gattaca.

[@weirdlingweirdo1058]

I likespeedracer. My favorite visual is the car jumping during a flashback with the car pausing midair. Then, it comes to present time, as the camera goes around the paused car, with the sun and stars moving in the sky. It was visually amazing! I also liked the idea of struggling between working with one group or the other(loving family or corporate owned). History of an established company has a difference between public relations and actual reality. Story and visuals I liked.

[@Sweetandsourman]

​@@weirdlingweirdo1058 Agreed. I think the family dynamic was very simple, but so well done that it worked great. And if there was ever a movie full of fun, exciting visuals it's Speedracer. I'm partial to the final finish line scnene with quick cuts between flashbacks, then the other cars colliding and exploding; quick cut to an announcer screaming and the mach 5 spinning through the explosion and the finish line covering the screen 360 degrees to the sound of heavenly choirs. I feel like his movie had such an ambitious style, but they nailed it.

[@gryndyl]

You may think Brandon is taking notes but he's actually writing another book while he's podcasting.

[@ststes]

As Brandon brough up the power levels, it really feels like that's becoming a bigger issue in the MCU. Loki's powers and physical abilities were all over the place in his show. Winter Soldier was SO weak in the falcon and winter soldier even though he's supposed to be an experienced Deadly super soldier (even if he's trying not to kill), and they downplayed super soldiers in general. Now in Black Widow I have NO idea how she beat taskmaster in their last "fight", which lasted about 10 seconds. In their first encounter task master was easily dominating Widow, but then in the end it's the reverse. But.....why? How? Nat didn't get any stronger throughout the movie. So how did it change that much? That final fight was just so disappointing, really all of the action in the last quarter of the movie was

[@TheCloser424]

Love the video addition.

[@manuam98]

Can't wait for the Cosmere Cinematic Universe!!!

[@billyalarie929]

"that airplane scene felt pretty grounded to me" LOL

[@SaggiDarkClownlike]

As Brandon is someone who meticulously crafts stories, I can't believe he gave this movie such a generous rating. While still pointing out nearly all the flaws that make this movie a 4 at best. They also liked that they didn't fight more at the end and just hugged it out because they were all victims of Harvey Weinstein Man! But it would make more sense to me that this version of Task Master would have been so much better if, after the control was broken, she had still wanted to kill the woman who used her as deliberate collateral damage and directly led to her becoming what her father turned her into. That would have been an interesting villain. They don't have to fight after that realization, the other widows could subdue her as she's choking Natasha or something to that effect, but to just immediately forgive Natasha when she was the reason her life turned out that way, doesn't work. There's no evidence of her being a forgiving or understanding person at all, because her character isn't developed at all beyond that we know she was a tool for both the good guys and bad guys at different points in her life.

[@Sybato]

I was also hoping that Taskmaster would return or remain a villain because, she still lost a good portion of her life and maybe still cared that Natasha killed her dad, even though he was terrible to her. Alternatively taking her skills to become a mercenary for hire, since she might feel that she can't return to a "normal" life with her mimic ability and extensive combat training.

[@BakumanLakuman]

@@Sybato I feel like we'll still get the mercenary-for-hire version of Taskmaster in Antonia through a damaged young woman with no home or family.

[@thundercr0c]

At 43:00, Dan grabs the biggest glass of water I have ever seen

[@jamcdonald120]

9:55 I was hoping Black Widow was going to be the origin story about Budapest with hawkeye

[@ChristmasLore]

Much better with video, thank you!🍃

[@toastedmarshmallows6348]

Please I love the introductory music so much--

[@2DaysYouth]

brandon opening laugh is criminal

[@S_Bat]

Megamind is the MOST underrated movie of all time :)

[@mycroft8344]

I love you too random citizen!

[@weirdlingweirdo1058]

I've never seen that movie. What is good about it?

[@Sweetandsourman]

@@weirdlingweirdo1058 Great story, very quotable, hilarious, kid-friendly, heart-warming, clever. It's just a great movie.

[@weirdlingweirdo1058]

@@Sweetandsourman I'll take a look, thanks

[@ramzes2624]

So glad we got camera now

[@mbase6469]

I feel like it's pertinent to this discussion to note that, due to the sheer amount of FX work needed for the action scenes, Marvel will often go into production before the script is even finalized. This pretty much guarantees they can never be particularly plot heavy, otherwise script revisions would obliterate production schedules. This is also partially responsible for the "rubbery" heroes, as the stakes in the rendered scenes completely dwarf the stakes of the filmed scenes, but they also can't have lasting consequences. Of course, a smaller story would have allowed them to film less effects-heavy action scenes, soooooo...

[@Trulsrhuk]

Big fan of having the video, for the record.

[@mathewstormblessed4706]

I wanted a black widow movie all about her past before she was an avenger

[@sacattaq]

I can't agree more with Brandon Sanderson about Speed Racer. I mean, talk about set up and payoff. That opening scene and then the climactic finish to the last race. My mind is just blown every time I watch it. There is a scene where Young Speed is watching a race with his dad and even though they had seen it many times and knew the outcome they were jumping up and down cheering and I thought: "that's so dumb, who for example would ever re-watch a basketball game and get all excited like that?". But that is exactly how I feel every time watching the last race. Even though I know the outcome, I want to stand up and cheer and yell. They were able to get me (the audience) to live that same excitement in real life of something I originally thought was dumb. Crazy good what they accomplish with that movie.

[@antenna_prolly]

All this talk of _Black Widow_ movie and wanting it right after _Age of Ultron_ made me have to go back and watch the _SNL_ parody trailer. Funnier than I remembered!

[@erin3762]

I liked the idea of Alexi getting to defeat Taskmaster but I’ve got one thing: They explain that Taskmaster learns and can copy the moves of who she sees fighting or the moves of people she fights against, so she’d just be mimicking Alexi’s moves to use that against him (which she does during that scene where they do fight and that’s why she wipes the floor with him)

[@erin3762]

The only way to defeat Taskmaster was to outsmart her and that’s what ended up happening, and Alexi wasn’t the smartest so it makes sense that the guy who’s only mindset is “kill Captan America! Fight Captain America! We’re rivals and fought!” wouldn’t have been able to defeat someone who fights just like him with physical fighting and brute force.

[@marshwiggle8364]

i think the most effective scene is the montage in the beginning during smells like teen spirit. immediately felt for the girls. The move was over all just ok.

[@TheCaptnChunk]

I really wish Age of Ultron was just Ironman 4. It would have made Avengers Assemble, Infinity War, and End Game a truly epic trilogy. Age of Ultron mucks it all up.

[@serbsi2922]

I wish Ultron had escaped into space and/or used the internet as his primary weapon (see how it should have ended). He was an excellently written character who was tossed into a fight scene his supposed intelligence should've prevented

[@bradyspeed]

Now I'll just patiently wait for Brandon's Shang Chi Legend of the Ten Rings movie review...

[@kephalai]

this is good, would like more thoughts on recent pop culture stuffs

[@chrisborjas8168]

I wish trailers would only have images from the first 10 min of the movie.

[@jaustmike9001]

Hope you guys review Netflix's sci-fi German series "Dark". 👍

[@ChristmasLore]

Now, that would be great!

[@IndiaTides]

That shit is too good. I put it above all media I seen.

[@sandkiller]

Regarding the dinner scene: "Speaking to Empire, Shortland said the dinner scene - which sees all four members of the family falling back into their roles while reflecting on their relationships - was one Feige wanted keeping in the final cut of the film. Shortland told the publication: “He doesn’t give you many directives, he’s very free. But that was a scene he really felt needed to be in the film, and Scarlett [Johansson] and I kept fighting him on it, saying, ‘How will this ever work?’” "

[@BookishDrummer]

Oh man, they finally have video for the podcast! But they’re talking about the MCU, and I’m not a huge fan of superhero movies lol oh well

[@SoyElDiabloRojo]

I'd been wondering how you guys felt about much of the recent pop-culture entries after the top movies lists. Also, this was well-timed as I received the absolutely glorious 10th Anniversary 2-volume Way of Kings leatherbound today!

[@sprb4725]

ITS 10 YEARS OLD thats mindblowing too me

[@VandarAlden]

As far as spoilers go I actually like some. The only reason I finished the Wheel of Time is because my brother read some exciting parts to me and I was excited to get to them and experience then while I read the slower bits

[@Sybato]

After getting halfway through the podcast, I decided to just watch the Black Widow movie. My initial thoughts are: -The family dynamic was great (although the mom character seemed a little less developed than the rest) -I didn't really find there to be any great antagonists in the movie, since Taskmaster seemed like a mindless stunt-type villain with no real interesting story, and the other main villain was a guy in a suit in what was mostly an action movie -On that note, it seemed like the movie couldn't decide what it was about or the kind of movie it was supposed to be. Was it an action movie? A spy movie? A touching family story? A war crime movie? I think it introduced a lot of interesting ideas, but didn't really capitalize on any of them strongly enough.

[@derekh957]

I feel like "Intentionally Blank" is just the name now

[@MustafaRyan]

yeahhhhhhhh One Crazy Summer!

[@jaimeortiz7199]

Loved this one!

[@DryBooks]

Yes he NEDEED to beat the TaskMaster

[@jaiadlakha212]

Dan looks like a Roman senator ngl

[@andygrimes431]

Cannot unsee. Love it.

[@TimFrie-GD]

Going from static images for the screen to Brandon and Dan in 4k was a little jarring, ngl.

[@ChristmasLore]

And great!🍃

[@justcallmebard]

I agree with All of Brandon's and Dan's points on black widow, including the fact that Red Guardian needed a success, but that would go against Disney's mission with the m-she-u. part of what is making the MCU hard to watch these days, is they aren't concerned with telling the best story, they have to support "the message" first and only. you can have good stories for women that also include men that aren't useless and make good decisions, but Disney doesn't seem to understand that.

[@iamdew802]

Did y’all watch after credits?? You talk about the only future it sets up is Yelena but this was also supposed to be the first introduction of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s character Madam Hydra

[@idkype_7142]

At the start they were like "we like this movie, its a good movie" and then torched it for the next 30 minutes

[@gokham33]

I can't believe Dan stated he liked Black Widow's villain and he didn't liked Thanos in the same video, that's criminal stuff.

[@gordo6908]

Speed Racer (2008) is timeless.

[@somethinggreatishappening8536]

I agree with the point that Marvel character's strength/power levels have become too similar and aren't clearly defined anymore. That's true, and it's sad because now, anyone can actually defeat anyone and it leads to strange situations (e.g. that ugly Child of Thanos flying out of the spinning wheel in Avengers: Infinity War and just dying like that even though he was so strong before... I think that confused a lot of viewers). I agree with most of your points, especially the Red Guardian vs Taskmaster scene that Brandon suggested. Also yes, I also think the movie would have done a lot better had it been released right after Civil War and if it had leaned further into the spy movie/Jason Bourne genre because a) a lot of recent Marvel movies feel a little too mixed up when it comes to genres and b) that's what most people were hoping for since we'd seen only snippets of Natasha's past before and those snippets caught people's attention (also the fact that the Winter Soldier had trained Black Widows in the past in the comics, so that could have been very very interesting as well). Also, the first scene with Yelena reminded me a lot of the third Bourne movie with the part that played in Morocco, so I'd hoped it would pursue that theme. When you talked about how the movie mattered to a lot of people, I agreed immediately. I went in with the expectation of it being a mediocre movie because so many people on KZbin seemed to dislike it - I hadn't seen any spoilers or the trailer or heard anyone talk about it either at that point because I also need to go into films spoiler-free - but I loved it as a stand-alone film, that wasn't bound into the whole recent storyline. (I had also deleted all memories of Infinity War and Endgame because that was all too painful to me and I didn't want to accept it.) I'm really grateful the directors paid so much attention to the family dynamic. That and Yelena were what really made the movie for me. Honestly, when I watched this movie for the first time, I identified so much with Natasha and everyone in it. Coming from a background with Russian influences, this was perfect. Super accurate, especially Alexei's dialogue but also the entire family dynamic. This was crazy. I had to show it to my family and they also agreed that this is exactly what e.g. talking to my grandpa feels like. There's so many details in this that made me howl with laughter - the fact that Natasha drives a Lada in Norway (why would you choose to drive a car that screams Russia if you want to stay hidden when the world is looking for you and you're in the hinterland of Norway?), the way Alexei insists the fuel is going to last all the way to St.Petersburg, not letting the girls be right, his obsession with Natasha being part of the Avengers but also insisting that the Western powers are evil and cannot be trusted or the way Alexei tells the story of his father peeing on his hand (I swear, I've heard multiple variations of that story from my grandpa). Even the way Natasha and Yelena interact as sisters - it's so perfect. I loved loved loved this movie. It was amazing. I suppose that many people couldn't really pick up on the Russian cultural cues and details but to me, it meant so much to see it all like this. Even though I don't really connect with that part of our family history, I felt really touched by this movie. But even so, I do agree that there are a lot of things that should've been done better - like the missing character arcs and the genre.

[@kirkwagner461]

For under rated movies, I'd suggest "Welcome to Mooseport." I find how the writing keeps the characters tied into the otherwise ridiculous plot fascinating. Not sci fi or fantasy, though.

[@deana7310]

What shirt is Dan wearing? It's geek of some type, don't know what. Also seems like Brandon got to slow down on his writing this week with the video.

[@masonguthrie1257]

Personally I found my biggest issue was the fact that the daughter one survived and two was taskmaster. For the first point is that it shifts the blame from Natasha to the big bad because he was the one who turned her into a weapon but she is still alive so Natasha did not actually kill her. Two is just taskmaster is such a cool character and containing him to this movie really cuts him off so it is less that he is gender bent which also is just a weird choice but the autonomy that was taken away and then given back makes her/him have no choices and while an argument could be made that she/he goes on to be the mercenary that we already know is a bit of a leap. Not to mention that this redemption of Natasha due to taskmaster being alive and her saving her/him was just a really weak story trope to pull for this story.

[@LeeA.D.]

Just watching this now because I've finally seen black widow but How about: Perfect opinions

[@sarahgoodson9406]

What shirt is Dan wearing?

[@FilipeLeviSilva]

Now I want one of these for Shang-Chi

[@Giftig--Daniel-P]

I hadn't seen Black Widow, guess I won't, you guys went ahead and completely told the entire story. I had the podcast playlist on in the background while working and a complete lack of spoiler warnings left me unaware of what I was listening to till it had already been spoiled. Nice.

[@madiantin]

42:40. Wait. Better Off Dead was a flop?? How? How was that film a flop? I don't understand! It had Fronch Fries and Fronch bread and "Gee Ricky, I'm sorry your Mum blew up" and "He put his testicles all over me." and "I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!" And the little brother building a rocket and picking up trashy women and the Dad walking in on him with q-tips all up his nose and in his ears and his Dad saying, "Mellow off". I mean, seriously, so many of those lines have become part of our family's lexicon for 32 years. Also I watched the film in the Wilkinson Centre whilst in labour and freaked the dude out next to me so it has a lot of funny memories attached to it.

[@reaganorton1710]

These podcasts are just the greatest thing. I know Brandon doesn’t understand the word perfect, but it applies to this

[@crt5866]

Happy there is video now

[@marymohr2799]

I loved this movie but really only for the opening scene/credits, Yelena, and the whole family dynamic. The plot was.... Not the best. Also, something else that bothered me: the minute that the Windows were freed from mind control, they seemed happy to just give up their lives and move on... But weren't they brainwashed as children? Natasha spent years in the Red Room program and as a Black Widow without being mind controlled. Freeing them was great but I don't understand how it was such an easy fix, assuming that they've all gone through extensive brainwashing.

[@Sybato]

I think they said Natasha was psychologically mind controlled, whereas newer Widows were just controlled using chemicals. They were cognitively aware of everything they were doing but had no physical control to not do it and the gas freed them of that.

[@authorrayrogers]

If Black Widow did anything positive for me... it proved to me that they're going to nail The Fantastic Four on a character level.

[@stanislaww.piesio9879]

Wow, I literally had the same thoughts about Red Guardian vs Taskmaster fight at the cinema...

[@metumortis6323]

I really enjoyed seeing both of your opinions on the movie and what's good and what's bad about it even though I didn't like the movie at all Also I was so confused that red guardian did not defeat taskmaster. I thought the movie was foreshadowing him beating taskmaster

[@Ktulured55]

2nd! About to begin listening! Love these

[@bryanbcd1]

Click play not realizing the title , First min, okay i guess i have to go watch black widow now , 2 hours later , im here , i wonder what they thought ….

[@bryanbcd1]

Ok i watched now i want a --dan and brandon do a commentary only watcha long timestamped too SPEEDRACER. Please okay i will settle on them talking about it afterwards.

[@hamzahmohammed5491]

I just realized something…Brandon reminds me of if Ben Shapiro wasn’t really mean and now I can’t unsee it

[@WhiteBread221]

I’m honestly surprised that Brandon would give Black Widow a 6/10 cause this movie is a mess. Dan: “they spent a long time crafting character stuff” The director: “we did the entire script in 11 days”

[@justagirl...]

The movie wasn't mind-blowing, but it was entertaining and memorable. 6.5-7/10 for me

[@SarantheRing952]

What do you think of Shads Loki review

[@MasterRahl221]

Whoa, now with video!

[@cosapocha]

Has science come too far?

[@masonwheeler6536]

38:54: "Any movie is lucky if it gets one theater-wide cheer, and Endgame had like 5." Did you see the 2017 Power Rangers reboot? I went into it with really low expectations, after the mess that the earlier movies were, but the house was full of people like me who had grown up with the show, and it got 3 big cheers from the audience because *it just got so many things soooo right!* ...and yet it performed poorly at the box office and critics hated it. What went wrong?

[@voidsabre_]

It went wrong because it only appealed to your very specific demographic. If you didn't grow up watching Power Rangers you probably weren't going to like the movie or feel motivated to spend $10 on a ticket

[@glass12]

I couldn't really care about Black Widow, none of the characters felt relevant in any sort of way in my opinion. Maybe if this had actually come out after Civil War it would have been better, but this movie adds nothing of value to the MCU in my opinion of course. I also don't know what makes Yelena so great? She felt childish in the worst sort of way to me. She isn't a character I would love to watch by herself. Very forgettable.

[@TheFolros]

What are these moving images? What black magic is this!?

[@logansmith2703]

Damn you Perlmutter why did you have to prevent this movie coming out when it would've made since.

[@peaceofcrap]

What is this shirt Dan is wearing? There's just so much going on with it.

[@Ruthie888]

Yeah, I saw Harvey Weinstein too!

[@treavormiller9552]

Cameras!

[@LeonC0704]

They made black widow in the MCU SOOOO tragic it is sad. This movie is good, it just feels disconnected as to where the MCU is right now. Had it been around civil war or even the winter soldier movie, it would have been great

[@Rafdi13]

everything fantastic BUT Where is producer Adam speech?

[@TonyRobetson]

you guys made a lot of good points. think they should of either made it after civil war or made it a genre they havent done, like a spy movie. i liked it a lot but they had a chance to make it more unique and they chose to just make another mcu movie. the bad guy was also pretty generic but that's 90% of the mcu bad guys, including thanos.

[@cbpd89]

Ooh, an underrated film festival? Gentlemen Broncos. No one saw that movie. No one liked that movie, except me. I love it. It's spectacularly awkward.

[@vamsiampolu8438]

Have you guys read any of John Le Carre novels? I find them really tough to get through especially the deliberately slow pacing

[@joshuasorey6031]

The Red Guardian was a big turn off for me. It's really hard for me to bond with a character who is meant to be an icon of the Soviet Union, what with the, ya know, Holodomor and all. The fact that he never seemed regretful, even for what he did to the girls was just high a hurdle to jump

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[off topic] Ok, first time I saw Dan and he looks nothing like I picture him lol