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[@johnneyface]

A “grape” coordinator? Wasn’t that what Lesley headland did working for Harvey

[@----Jay----]

OOooff

[@danishcartoonist545]

Best comment, OP

[@BurkeanMama]

No one complained about James Earl Jones being in Star Wars. No one complained about Billy Dee Williams being in Star Wars. No one complained about Samuel L. Jackson being in Star Wars. It is such absolute b.s. to say that Star Wars fans don't want black people in Star Wars.

[@samwallaceart288]

Vader = baddest mf in the galaxy Lando = smoothest man in the galaxy Windu = hardest Jedi on the council Finn = just kinda follows the nearest white person's plotline

[@kevinjackman4026]

Let's not forget Wilrow Hood in Empire!

[@HeinousAnusOG]

DW about those closeted racists. Only reason they say that is because THEY didn’t want black people in the films 😂 Only true racists I’ve met have been on the left, small minded people tend to be more prejudiced than the rest

[@danielshultz8008]

No one is complaining now ... They are just lying If you dont have a reason to accuse ppl not liking your s content...if you can't blame others for your failure..than you have to invent one ..

[@humbleopulence]

Everybody loved Billy Dee from the word "go". Their claims fall apart there already. The only racism in Hollywood was its business practices. They don't get to cry foul decades later. They crafted an exclusionary environment and their casting directors set the boundaries for who to cast when and why, based on mandates from their studio heads, who were reacting solely to what they, themselves, believed would harm the industry. It has nothing to do with individual people, who were likely always far more tolerant of each other than history gives them credit. That's the big takeaway from this.

[@jeronimo196]

Morgan Freeman voice: "I wish I could tell you that Arthur Fleck won this fight..."

[@jayc5555]

Shawshank 😂

[@banhammer3904]

Go watch that interview Drinker did with Mark Rolston. Apparently, Tim Robbins took issue with the nude prison shower scenes.

[@compostsmurf5519]

The diddler took the very best of him

[@DrDurango]

My favorite part was when the prison guard turned to the camera and said it’s graping time.

[@CecilWindbush]

I like the part where the guard said. Arthur. They call you the Joker. I'm the Poker.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thehermitman822]

"Wanna know why they call me the Sad Clown?"

[@sognurT]

"Wanna know how I got these scars?"

[@HickoryChip0]

​@@sognurTmonkeypox?

[@MikeOxiner42]

The Balrog will be crying and it'll be revealed to actually be a GALROG!

[@barnbwt]

Needs to be mentioned; Rangs may have been a loss, but the licensing of the Balrog to Amazon will probably prop up Warner for at least one more awful DC movie, lol

[@UlmoIsGod]

​@@barnbwt what would you put the pricetag at. $50-$100m? If I was WB it would have been on the high side. They had to have it. They had already teased it. Didn't matter what price you put on it they had to pay.

[@barnbwt]

@@UlmoIsGod I'd be amazed if it was anywhere near that much; if it was, I'm 100% convinced the addition of that random fight scene in post-production for the finale, is a guarantee there's no 3rd season coming.

[@UlmoIsGod]

@@barnbwt I think it would be very high though. Or it was the lower end and "Gandalf", "Hobbit's" etc were the higher costing. Everyone has said "where did the money go?". Maybe that's were it went. It wasn't millions to actors. It was millions to say, use or name certain things.

[@Tundra.]

All I can think of is the FemDiablo from Diablo 3, and that speaks to my.. inappropriate thoughts.

[@Var_ar_Vargen]

40:45 So basically, in Joker 2, they literally did to the Joker what South Park accused Lucas and Spielberg of doing to Indy in the fake-fourth Indiana Jones movie. 2:52:54 "You fucked with squirrels, Gary! Now we gotta leave!"

[@MikeOxiner42]

The guards may not have had an ending, but they did get to finish...

[@Kanaleah]

MauLer notes that the guards don't really have an ending, but I think he misunderstood something. Those guards were not traditional antagonists. The audience is supposed to have extreme contempt for Arthur, so much that they cheer on everything bad that happens to him. The audience is supposed to be rooting for the guards, not hate them. That's why they function the way they do in the story.

[@1701EarlGrey]

@@Kanaleah "extreme contempt for Arthur," Which is extremely sad - how many bad things can happen to one man ? 😞 And on top of that you should hate him ?

[@jeggsonvohees2201]

​@Kanaleah Did have that contempt for Arthur? Did you cheer?

[@Kanaleah]

@@jeggsonvohees2201 No, but I can tell what the director was going for, especially when comparing to his comments following the first movie. I say the first film was an accident. How good it was, how popular it was. If it was written and shot less open-endedly, and the director's interpretation was clearer, it never would have made so much money.

[@samwallaceart288]

​@@KanaleahI liked the movie and that's not the read I got _at all._ The guards get no ending because that's what happens to people like them: They get away with it.

[@doublep1980]

One of the greatest things about the H. Ledger Joker in TDK is: we don't know anything about him. He just appears one day in Gotham and starts spreading mayhem. Why? Because he thinks it's fun. We don't find out, that he was some abused victim who now wants revenge on society yada yada.... In fact, by the end of the movie, we don't know jack about him. Sure, there are various fan theories, I like the one that states that he's some former Black Ops operative who got ''burned'' by his agency and went nuts, but the movie never confirms anything. Christopher & Jonathan Nolan leave it up to you, to get your own theories. Same with the original Alien movie & the Xenomorph species. We didn't know jack about where these creatures came from and that made them scarier, now Ridley Scott turned them into some science experiment of a crazy android.

[@Ya_Mosura]

I always found the very first episode the Borg showed up in TNG was their best. The crew were completely unprepared for the encounter, and the Borg were such a threat that the only thing the Enterprise could do was run away, and when even that didn't work Picard practically had to beg Q for help. Similar to the Xenomorphs we became far too familiar with them in subsequent appearances and they lost all mystery/danger.

[@sloths-df3gf]

Same with the Star Wars OT. One-off reference to the 'Clone wars': you fill in the blanks.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Some questions are just better left unanswered.

[@PBRatLord]

​@@sloths-df3gfvery different. One is an established event in which two main characters of the OT, Obi-Wan and Anakin, are stated to have served together in, clearly establishing a line towards an expansion of lore. The other is an enigmatic character who's meant to embody chaos and has purposely never been assigned any officially acknowledged backstory by the creator in order to maintain intrigue and play into the nature of the character. One is open-ended, and leads to a predictable continuation/exploration of existing characters, the other, being the creation of a Joker origin, fundamentally changes an established aspect of the character and damages the mystique. I don't think anyone complains about the prequels conceptually, it's all that unbridled George which harms the end product.

[@1701EarlGrey]

@@PBRatLord Nah, I think leaving events of SW prequels to the imaginations of viewers would be a lot better.

[@EricSiluk]

A message from Florida as we prepare for disaster: Penguin episode 3 is peak fire.

[@joshuacalkins]

Hold on tight. 👍🏻

[@captain-brickhead8317]

Priorities lmao

[@barnbwt]

Kylo Ren, Sauron, Homelander, all weeping from the White Man's Burden of evil... Meanwhile, in Eternia..."I LIKE being evil, He-Man!" --Skeletor

[@lucascoval828]

Exactly.

[@icarusjumped2719]

If only we could get some unapologetic character again. Both good and bad.

[@3dmaster205]

He's got blue-skin, so...

[@majomajo1835]

At least in ROP it's somehow plausible why Elves, Men and Dwarves weren't evolving technologically over thousands of years: Everyone in Middle-earth seems to have severe brain damage...

[@lucascoval828]

Look at other countries today. Those still backwards.

[@arkoa0000]

The Gods set starting INT for everyone very low.

[@PBRatLord]

Man, I hate the nitpick of people complaining that Middle-Earth never technologically advanced over several thousand years... Pick up a history book, cause after you get back about 300 years, the next 10,000 look REALLY similar, and we don't even have the excuse of magic/fantasy providing solutions to problems technology could solve. Shoot, we have entire civilizations which have outlasted the main timeline of Middle-Earth lol. This is not a RoP defense btw, just a general response to LoTR lore complaints 😅

[@rosemariebradley761]

What was the reason?

[@RhysCallinan-hf7qx]

​@@arkoa0000They forgot to even add INT.

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

You can empathise with a wolf with a leg caught in a trap. You don’t need to like the wolf, or admire the wolf, or want to emulate the wolf, but you can feel sorry for it.

[@watup_b851]

1:51:56 the balrog is gona have baby balrogs and is going to be fighting to keep them safe.

[@1701EarlGrey]

it's so stupid that it could happen

[@MikeOxiner42]

That means there'll have to be a Galrog too.

[@joshuacalkins]

Make the Balrog a sympathetic family man? They pay good money for ideas like that, apparently.

[@Nic_ole_]

I live in FL, police & firetrucks been riding around all day announcing "If you don't evacuate write your name on your arm with a sharpie so we can ID the body" 😳 Edit: I live in Dunedin (impact zone) We're still trying to recover from Helene and now we're getting a massively worse direct hit! There's still over 1000 houses with front yards full of dressers, cabinets, ovens, etc. literally their entire homes had up to 7ft of water! And now all the couches, lawnmowers, etc. formerly known as trash that was peoples houses, is now considered projectiles that'll get picked up in tornados! If your windows aren't borded up, chances are really high it's gonna get broken.

[@Nic_ole_]

But I still don't believe in global warming, this is completely natural, it's been 90 yrs since the labor day hurricane (worst in FL history) so we're about due for another bad one...

[@blankadams3120]

As far as 'turning in character essay'... First off, was Jodie the one in charge on the Acolyte? Why the hell would Amandala hand HER the essay about her characters? Secondly: Alfonso Cuarron famously asked the three lead actors in Prisoner of Azkaban to do essays on their characters and their motivations. Unsurprisingly, Emma turned in a fucking book, Daniel did about a half hearted paper, and Rupert (the smartest of them) didn't even bother doing it.

[@agiksf.8998]

C'mon! That is too much like what the actual Harry, Ron and Hermione would do. This story sound absolutely made up.

[@crimsonpotemkin]

For the guy that's looking for Agatha reviews: Disparu is still doing those.

[@jackmesrel4933]

Of fucking course he does, what a chap XD

[@JukeHighwalker]

I couldn't even fast forward through my "home copy" of it. DELETED! Now I'm definitely never going to a theater ever again....

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

That squirrel had one rule, Gary! And your pushing him over the edge.....

[@DaveyMan8868]

1:08:34 🎎🍜 1:33:24 🥴 1:39:10 X-Ray Girls best J. Phoenix Joker laugh

[@annatardlordofderps9181]

"Who's going to watch this (Joker 2) more than twice in their life? ... Not me... well?" Joker 2 An Unbridled Rage (possibly)

[@117Ender]

An unbridled joke? An unbridled insanity? An unbridled malice?

[@arstanfogx5615]

"Oh well, I had a few laughs" is now my new answer for any fck up 😂

[@Fyrecide]

Sarasota Florida here. I’m heading to the country to stay with family. This one is gonna suck. Hope everyone else stays safe!

[@kathyflorcruz552]

God bless you. 🤞

[@UlmoIsGod]

Is the waffle house still open?

[@ArianTjr77]

In the end of the first Joker he was a king! Why would inmates want to kill him?? He would rule in a prison because of what he represented, wouldn't he?

[@samwallaceart288]

If you watched the movie you'd know he gets knifed because he _doesn't_ want to be "Joker" anymore.

[@117Ender]

​@samwallaceart288 which makes no sense. The best way to continue the story. Arthur post movie 1, is getting psych evaluation and while lucid he says you wouldn't get it. He gets drugged, it causes him pain to acknowledge his actions. He struggles with dealing both psyches. His followers decide to break him out. He doesn't want to. He gets punished cause society thinks he's the mastermind and easier to pin him as the kingpin for his followers. He pleads innocence, gets denied, goes into solitary. He snaps refuses his meds, and gets self radicalized talking to the Joker. When released from solitary, he has accepted to be Joker, with a plan to escape. in the 1st movie he becomes the Joker due to suffering pain its not a logical acceptance, this means he becomes the Joker with agency instead of just out fear or anger. Thus completing his transformation to accept who he is with agency instead of being stuck with regrets. It continues the main idea of society beating down on the little guy. It has Arthur realize while his dream was to bring smiles to his fans, his fans only care about him since he's an avatar of their rage. The dream he wants he can't have, so he has to accept and become the Joker, bit atleast does it in his way. The ending credits scene is him causing terror all over Gotham. By going back to his origin on a TV show but this time taking the audience and crew hostage. The first movie is what happens to society that beats down the down trodden. The 2nd is him accepting his new self due to realizing his origin dream is different. Thus creating a larger than life character. HQ, could play the role of a chick who is lost in between, she is a doctor who wants to cure insanity but his insanity convinces her that maybe he's the sanest one around. She organizes the break out, she swaps his meds for placebos. She wants to experience the insanity.

[@ArianTjr77]

😲😲😲😲🤦🤦🤦🤦​@samwallaceart288 Thanks for the reply!! This movie is definitely a joke!!!

[@samwallaceart288]

@@ArianTjr77 I quite liked the point it was making: Given the choice between "weak, victim Arthur" and "big bully Joker", Arthur realizes he's _neither,_ he's brave and honest and willing to accept the consequences of his actions, not because it's a joke or an excuse, but because he's a man. Tragically, someone else embodying his Joker ego doesn't take the rejection well, and his own persona knifes him before society can finish the job. The whole thing's a cautionary tale about the danger of personas. Arthur could've been a strong good man _without_ relying on a fake personality. But he figured that out too late.

[@PatkaBoy831]

@@samwallaceart288 Further proving how fucking overrated Joker was lol. That movie was a rip off of two Scorsese movies.

[@PBRatLord]

Gotham really was a disappointment. I remember really liking Gordon in it as well as the idea of him working his way up through the corrupt PD while trying to retain his ethics. The guy who played Oswald was pretty good and was pretty much just a diet version of the new show. It was also cool seeing more of the undercity of Gotham. Unfortunately, i don't think i even finished the season because it started slipping so quickly. Tons of potential, terrible execution

[@Soulgraven]

Agreed. A totally wasted premise. The feel of the show should have been like Hill Street Blues.

[@icarusjumped2719]

Yeah... they turned penguin gay for the riddler and made ivy and cat adolescent lesbians. Such a waste.

[@Grivehn]

Cameron Monaghan as 'Joker' is heavily underrated though. People who didnt watch the show just missed his performance. In some ways he was even better, or at least just as good as Ledger's Joker.

[@icarusjumped2719]

@Grivehn I agree he could have been a good origin story for joker. Make him have a much deep fall into.the madness

[@BootySweat4491]

@@Grivehn He was good but as good as Ledger’s is a stretch and a half.

[@meinjapan]

“The greatest night in pop” fantastic documentary!!

[@VaderPopsVicodin10]

The Glamour article is literally trash journalism 😂😂 .. unintentionally hilarious tripe.

[@TheREALSimagination]

My elementary school school used to have annual music revue's (competitions) where each class performed a song where they had written the lyrics, with choreography and all. My last year, we did 'Stacy's Mom' (don't take that outta context) where I, am guy, was dressed as an old woman, with a cane and head shawl. During the "music only" part (dunno what it's called), we were all supposed to dance and stuff, but my classmates chichlened out, so I ended up going out on the floor alone and jump around with the cane over my head like a lunatic. It was an interesting experience and something people didn't let me live down until I graduated.

[@ncr1strecon528]

In reference to Agatha, my girlfriend came home from work all excited to have a new series to watch together. She’s in supernatural stuff so when she was told about this series with these witches, she popped it on. Despite my facial expression. She didn’t even make it through the first episode and I didn’t even have to make any comments. I just pop my headphones on and concentrate on my video game.

[@agiksf.8998]

Get her into watching 'Supernatural', if she hasn't seen it. (Even the weaker seasons still provide enough entertainment compared to what we get these days, and Dean is awesome.) That's how you properly approach the witches' problem. The way of the Winchester boys.

[@Matthewsmith-2024]

'I'd like to tell you joker put up a good fight and the sisters let him be, but prison is no fairytale place.'

[@ollyglenday6561]

Tom Hardy played the Kray twins in Legend not a brilliantly written film but you can clearly see the difference between the two characters, jeremy irons in Dead ringers again two brothers but two totally different characters, the difference between they two and Amandla Stenberg is clear to see and it’s not her sexuality or sexual orientation, or the colour of her skin their performances were just miles better. Does this comment make me a racist. No it’s just my opinion.

[@idawg7332]

Or if they want a female example (since Hollywood is all about that) look at Tatiana maslany on orphan black. I know she sucks on she hulk but orphan black she plays 5 main characters plus several other minor ones and they all feel completely different from each other to the point you forget it’s all the same actress

[@LivingGhost1]

Joker: Pretentious French Subtitle literally sounds like The Last of Us Part II. No one thought either Arthur or Joel were morally good people, but what they did think was that they were interesting, well acted characters whose struggles we could empathize with because of the environments around them. The fact that both sequels not only answer the ambiguous questions of their predecessors but deconstruct and kill off their central protagonists in an underwhelming fashion shows that Neil Druckmann and Todd Phillips don't understand there own works. Both come off as apologies for the first instalments and desperate pleas to be accepted into the Hollywood social circle. It's just lame af. It's ironic that Tinseltown is so obsessed with 🐔 yet no one working there has any balls anymore.

[@sockcritics]

I sincerely beg the universe to ensure the new Harry Potter series doesn’t suffer from the *inclusion confusion* of new Disney SW. The first few movies had so many people of color it would be insane to see fans claim that they were never diverse enough in casting..just because not many blacks and browns would played hugely significant roles,there were many background characters. Some who even had great scenes, minor story side plots and interesting dialogue. Love me some HP

[@peugas13]

Racism was so rampant in the criticism of The Acolyte that they were considering an asian that barely speaks English the actor with the best performance in the show 😂 fking ridiculous

[@agiksf.8998]

Never forget - Asians are waite adjacent because they are too successful to be an opra-rest minority!

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

My favorite scene was when Joker yelled at Harley that the prison guards just fired his heat-ray and it takes time to regenerate now is the time to give the order, give the order Capt Harley! The Capt Harley gave the order for the Navy ships to execute the operation.

[@_Dovar_]

One would think, that the quality of the first film would somewhat guarantee, that this sequel could be decent. Such a disappointment. It was like a betrayal. The stupid musical bits, which interrupted the story flow aside - what they did to Arthur Fleck's character is just criminal. No sane person will believe, that Joker from the Murray scene, the riot scene and the Arkham asylum scene, is the same person as that lame, simpy, confused and pathetic guy in this poor sequel. I hope they paid You a lot of shekels, Todd Phillips. It would be tragic, if they made You destroy Your greatest artistic creation cheaply.

[@PBRatLord]

I mean, it's called "the sequel problem" for a reason. You really shouldn't assume 1 good entry ensures a quality follow-up. T2 and Aliens are exceptions, not the rule

[@SiriusSphynx]

​@@PBRatLord wElL AkShUaLlY

[@117Ender]

at the end of the 1st movie, its him off his meds, and out of therapy, the last scene is him in a ward lets say not drugged up. so you could continue the story of him in the mental insitution, going to trial, but now drugged up. him being medicated and now having to confront his actions in a trial, causes him to mentally break down, he becomes weak, he becomes lame etc. as the trial continues, you have the clown mask posse, try to break him out, him being medicated he doesnt go, and the escape ends in failure, society aka courts blame him, and add it on to him cause they think hes the kingpin of the clowns. so now hes in solitary, and he starts going crazy, he speaks with joker, he goes crazy. once hes out of solitary, and etc hes plans to escape he starts a riot. what actually happens is, that HQ, is his therapist, she feels attracted to pre drugged joker, that his sanity is something that makes him fun to her, interesting makes, she decides to be become part of the clowns, but a secret to keep her job to free Arthur, its when hes drugged up that she wants the joker back, she has fallen in love with said insanity, she helped plan the escape, she swaps his pills with placebos, to have him become the joker. so behind the scenes shes giving him one little push, to have him go over the edge so her joker can come back. she feels that the medication is dulling him and wants the insanity. so you could write him lame and boring, but its explained with him being drugged up, it also causes him to realize he has 2 psyches, arthur and joker, it causes him to no longer lash out at society as a spur of the moment, in anger and rage, but as goal, cause in the 1st movie, arthur, barely has agency, he acts out as the joker, when emotional, thats kinda half in half out, he hasnt accepted it fully, he hasnt decided he is the joker, he has just acted out like a child, you can call that he created a new psyche, but hasnt accepted it fully and willing to become it, thats why with the 2nd movie, you can get him to accept who he has become and now do it without regrets. arthur originated wanted to make ppl laugh and smile, hes just a failed comedian, he gets abused and snaps, and starts becoming the joker, but he doesnt give up on his dream, thus him in jail, having a trial surrounded by press and etc having an audience that loathes him, while also having the clowns the audience that loves him but not for what he wanted, and he has to come to terms accept that and thus the 2nd movie could finish this transformation, that that the end of the movie hes out, hes free, hes now unburdened can enjoy gotham. which could lead to the 3rd movie of how society handles with this. how does society manage to give birth and complete the transformation of him becoming a villian, its a fascinating story of how society plays a role, but also arthur who has no agency he has hopes and dreams and how the 1st movie breaks the hopes, he still has dreams but has to accept it wont be how he wanted, the ending scene of the 2nd movie, would have been him, taking a news studio or late night comedy show hostage, and this time its not him taking it out on elites but all of society, and giving a powerful message thats put on the airwaves. that doesnt just shock the city like he did with murray but shocks the nation and world. making him become a larger than life figure, and finishing the movie with a quote that states that this time the punchline will be society to suffer. which would be interesting.

[@jackmesrel4933]

​@@117EnderYou made the premise of this abomination become a pretty darn interesting one, I would watch it for sure.

[@117Ender]

@jackmesrel4933 its literally based on the 1st movie but moving the story forward, we are introduced to Arthur being told he's meds and his therapist are being cut. Then its just bad break by society, by peers and his boss, etc. Very few are his own mistakes, like the gun falling out at the hospital. He could have had it in the bag. So its 70% society falling apart, 30% him being dumb. The only time he commits violence is when he's pushed into a corner its never him seeking it. The ending shows he's become the Joker, but it feels like accidentally, he didn't plan the riots etc so it would be reasonable that being back on meds is a step backwards, the trial would be a version of his dream but twisted. His followers the same way. Its him having to accept said twist and poisoned dream. Its kinda rehashing Joker 1 but, it's also reasonable, he's in jail/mental institution, he needs a trial, he would be medicated and etc. The city had city wide riots, it would make the ppl in charge want to bring order and peace and become more authoritarian. Regular ppl would accept that, the ppl suffering feel unhead, Joker the leader but lacks a goal or plan. He hasn't taken control to exert his influence. I'd assume it would be boring its more dialogue heavy and drama. Some ppl wouldn't like it. But it would fit the theme, and be reasonable to move the story forward. The 3rd movie is the chaos

[@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto]

It was heartbreaking when Prison Guard charged up his atomic heat-ray and Joker said this is just like last time, guard fired and the blast wave was rushing back, Harley pushed Joker into the safety of an alley as Harley was blasted away in the blast wave. Then Joker feel to his knees acknowledging Harley is gone than slowly turned to see the prison guard there then he roared super loud and started walking away. After despair, Joker gives this scream of a broken man who has nothing but shame, dishonor and loss.

[@BlueSkyBS]

Galadriel falls off a massive cliff: It'll buff out. 7-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher falls down a few feet and hits head: In a semi-vegetative state for a decade.

[@Jimmy-bg5bx]

She also survived the volcanic pyroclastic flow in seas 1.

[@JarlCrimson]

I wonder how the Acolyte crew would react if you showed them how many Acolyte "fans" were sending death threats to Star Wars Theory?

[@ViolentMessiah666]

Joker 2 could be one one of the biggest drops between box office from a film to it's sequel ever. Pretty much everyone I know skipped it & the opening weekend was pretty meh, this one won't have legs

[@HyoureiKyouran]

Commissioner Gordon telling Batman to rape the Joker has been a meme on /co/ for years.

[@glorfification]

Todd Phillips made so much money from his Joker 1 movie, that now he's part of the wealthy elite. Which is why he made his Joker 2 movie.

[@PatkaBoy831]

He always was. People are rtarded tho.

[@icarusjumped2719]

O think joker 2 is the "ugly." The amount of pure spite and malice in that film is off the charts. Rangs of powah is just incompetent.

[@male1ism]

Anytime joker and Batman appear in anything going forward, people will just ask “why didn’t Batman rape him?” This has long term ramifications

[@cookiecookie88729]

This is Zack Snyder level of test screening

[@MantismanTM]

Whilst Gil-Galad is alive, I believe he is considered to be the most dangerous Elf alive....Not in Rings of Power.

[@barnbwt]

"Grandpa, why didn't they make any movies in the 2020s?"

[@Da_Senate7T]

2:22 Az I give you the pass. SAY IT

[@justinrodriguez5957]

"Tonight, you're going to break your one rule." Nooooooo. 😭

[@bengordon4690]

Sheeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiittt....Mauler would LOVE The Wire. He so admires intelligent non-reductive dialogue and rich meaty acting that he'd be in heaven with that show. Nothing compares but still watch Mr Inbetween ❤❤❤

[@samwallaceart288]

But nah. Let's just have "Rings of Powers is bad ... again" Episode #50

[@zibilacoste5]

Why watch the Wire then? If he cannot pause at every sentence and talk how idiotic it is? Why praise ''Succession' when you can clown 'Ant-Man'? I like Mauler, he's insightful fellow but come on, his brand is putting mediocre or bad movies under a magnifying glass & making fun of them. Besides, the fact that he haven't watched the Wire yet is pretty telling for a film critic.

[@samwallaceart288]

@@zibilacoste5 They've done full episodes gushing about stuff like _Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Andor, Everything Everywhere All at Once, A Haunting in Venice,_ etc,. And that's not even touching on hours of Lord of the Rings praise, praise videos on MauLer's main, discussions on Open Bar et al., and at least a third of EFAP Movies being reactions to movies they actually enjoy like Mask of Zorro. Even just focusing on the negative reviews, MauLer will directly compare a bad scene with a another scene that tackles the same challenge but better e.g. comparing a dream episode in Ahsoka to dream episodes in Buffy and Futurama to point out how time and character dynamics can absolutely be used effectively even in heady abstract scenarios. MauLer likes lots of things, is what I'm saying. He just spends too much time watching current topical stuff and doesn't know where to start when it comes to catching up on classics. Drinker getting him to watch original Star Trek is progress.

[@lucascoval828]

​@@samwallaceart288 🤣🤣🤣

[@zibilacoste5]

​@@samwallaceart288 There is a lot of stuff he likes, the stuff he doesn't like he holds to impossible standards though. I've seen EFAP 9hr coverage of Jackson's trilogy. While it was fun they had very little to say about the faults of those movies, the bias is obvious since these are the films of their childhood & that formula can in general be successfully applied elsewhere, so it is difficult to treat his reviews seriously. Such approach just doesn't work. You cannot simultaneously offer the least favourable interpretation of Disney products you don't like, question every choice & break down every shot looking for flaws while praising the Original Trilogy or movies like 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' as cinema classics & reference points. It doesn't work because if you do then you have to acknowledge that the entire plot of the original Star Wars happens because an Imperial officer is an idiot since he refuses to destroy an escape pod containing Death Star plans & if characters act like idiots then it is a sign of that mythical 'bad writing'. Also, there is a complete tonal dissonance in the scene during the shootout between Stormtroopers & Rebels, we see characters on both sides dying while 3P0 & R2 are casually strolling across the corridor. Is that 'Marvel humour'? Etc. Why is Indiana Jones wearing a leather jacket in the middle of the jungle? What's the point of all these traps? It's the beginning of the film, we know he's not going to die & why is that door closing so slowly? We learn nothing from that action about Indy other than he's extremely lucky, etc. In his coverage of Andor, did he mention that Luthen's ship invalidates the point of tractor beams in the OT? Or he liked the series too much to acknowledge that? (: Also, being negative is his brand, that's what he's known for. Of his top 10 videos on the main channel 9 are negative, 1 is positive (out of top 20 only 1 is positive, lol). He is regular on Open Bar & Real BBC, podcasts that keep repeating the same points almost every week - Star Wars is Dead, Marvel is Ruined, Disney is Doomed, etc. 'Penguin' seems like a series he would enjoy & he already said they won't cover it, but Acolyte? Episodic breakdown every week on Open Bar, Real BBC & EFAP TV. He'd make hours long streams on Zack Snyder's movies which are basically music videos, seek out summer popcorn flicks like Deadpool 3, lament on the state of modern media, say he has a busy schedule & not know the classics like 'The Wire'. Disappointing, not surprising. Nonetheless, when he enjoys something he's capable of providing an actual insight compared to some of his friends like Nerdrotic or Critical Drinker, who have become more political commentators than media reviewers & who perfected the skill of throwing around algorithmic buzzwords.

[@thehermitman822]

Tulsa King is free on KZbin right now. Going back to start episode 3.

[@Mr.E_Bodhako]

Joker 2: "You don't get what you deserve!"

[@posterchild8486]

And here I was thinking Az was dead.

[@stealthcomics8280]

The sequel to Joker should have been, just getting another villain and doing a Joker-like origin story for that villain

[@captain-brickhead8317]

I thought it would have been great to show the Joker in Prison delving deeper into the psychotic side of his personality, being surrounded by the worst of the worst, and losing faith in his own humanity. Maybe some message around how the prison system doesn’t work for all people with mental illnesses. Then turning that towards Harley who works there as a consultant or something as he tries to corrupt her, eventually leading to a bloody rampage where he kills all the guards and escapes with her help. There was so much potential to tell a gritty prison based story with characters instead of this pretentious musical BS…

[@znyo0217]

thanks guys, this episode is wild lol

[@josephdillard9907]

3:14:33 Good one X-Ray girl. Everybody else may have missed it but i caught it 👍

[@CurtisStackhouse]

Brendon Gleeson's best film was The Guard (2011)

[@1701EarlGrey]

It's a shame but Garry can be right about WB - it may be the dumbest studio in modern Hollywood and that's saying a lot... Not only they dropped a ball with LOTR anniversary, they could have something unique with their DC villains movies/series. This could prove to general public that comic book adaptations can be something more than superhero films and can provide different and more mature than MCU slop. Batman's rogue gallery could provide material for a lot such project - imagine series about origin of Two-Face and his decent into insanity or even about psychological horror about Scarecrow, perfect for October ! But what I most I would want to see is "Luthor" - Superman story seen from Lex's perspective ; story in which Superman is genuinely a good guy but Luthor sees him trough Dark Forest hypothesis in which aliens is not to be trusted... But with calamity that is Joker 2, WB practically killed those perspectives. It's hard to believe that they dropped ball so hard with this sequel... WB should sue Todd Phillips or at least blacklist him ! 😂

[@aldunlop4622]

I just want 6 Superman movies, with all his enemies like Brainiac done well. I have Batman fatigue tbh, and Supes is my favourite superhero. Throw in some decent other movies about the rest of the JL and make a couple of JL movies and I'm happy.

[@DiegoSouto-fy9su]

Surprised AZ didn't immediately figured out that the beginning of Penguin ep 3 was pre-Riddler.

[@itsaKindaMagik]

Az is correct about Netflix being very selective with docos. I havent seen the Menendez Brothers doco, becuz I've seen enough content on their case, plus their trials (they got 2 back during the 90s) that I know enough from clips from Netflix that they have been highly selective in framing it in a way thats not accurate to facts of the Menendez Bros case. I expected them to be more accurate given the info available about them but they didn't. I thought they'd play to their popularity of their increasing support on socmedia gen z crowd, but they totally messed up the details on those clips I did see on their Netflix doco. Unbelievable. Goes to show they opt for empty Hollywood style over truth of the critical stuff that happened in that case.

[@----Jay----]

In my head canon, Arthur's life is going to be just one of the real Joker's "wanna know how I got these scars?" stories.

[@truckercarlson9081]

Az thinks getting beat down by multiple men isn't grounds to use deadly force. It absolutely is in most states in the US. Less so in the very blue states and there of course is issues with him having a weapon but that's a different conversation.

[@Kanaleah]

Even in very blue states. Remember Kenosha? It's just that in blue states, you'll definitely be arrested and charged, but you can be acquitted.

[@FaunTasticManuel]

Have family in hurricane path, thanks for your true concern. Bless y'all.. another fun stream

[@nicholaskinkaid]

I'm pretty certain (from the trailer) ep 4 of The Penguin is a flashback to when penguin betrays sophia and she is committed to arkham. IMO, The fallout of ep 3 won't be addressed until either the very end of ep 4 or more likely ep 5.

[@neilprice513]

Joker: Folie à Deux will be treated by the first film's fans like Mortal Kombat (1995) fans think of the pile of sh*t that was Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). As the first film being a standalone movie and the sequel not mattering.

[@jorgefernandohinojosajurad4735]

I am a Hispanic men Dominican and I really don't care about Dominican representation in a DC or Marvel movies or series.

[@McMahonHater]

Harve Bennett didn't write Star Trek 2, Nick Myers did (uncredited). Bennett was one of 4 scripts that Myer worked from, so he deserves some credit but it was Myers wrote the finished product.

[@crage222]

I think penguin sometimes reminds me of the stranger things formula. It takes inspiration, or flat out steals from 80s horror you love. Penguin seems to take some of the best of the dynamics that we wanted between characters. Ep1. Sopranos Ep2. Breaking bad Ep3. 48 hours Which may explain why people compare it so much to those Shows. But , if penguins gonna steal, he’s gonna steal from the best. And he don’t regret all he has. Neither do I.

[@karljonson3287]

Theres thousands of tv shows. Archetypes isnt stealing

[@stevecullen]

Be careful of the altitude in Cusco Gary and X-Ray Girl. When I was there the helicopters were going non-stop picking up collapsed 'Mericans from the mountainsides. Don't drink the coca-tea -meant to cure altitude sickness -tastes and smells like raw fish guts! Otherwise an amazing life-changing place to visit. Bon voyage.

[@happinesstan]

There is no conformation that he was Graped. When prisoners return from outside, they are strip-searched. Admittedly, it was undoubtedly a brutal strip search, and maybe he was invaded by a truncheon, or two. But non of the guards actually graped him.

[@kevinmccabe7263]

Lima actually has the number one restaurant in the world, Central. Gary please spend $400 on a single meal 😂

[@chrisnoble5969]

Todd Phillips Joker 2 is the Will Ferrell shooting himself in the throat with the horse tranquilizer scene in Old School

[@mikemoore4033]

I sympathise with your rodent problem Gary. Many (40+) years ago I was sharing a hovel a mile outside Aberdeen with several other members of a motorcycle club. We didn’t have hot and cold running water (no hot anyway) but we did have hot and cold running mice, lots of them. We didn’t care much about the footprints in the frying pan, or the little presents the meeces left there. I drew the line however, when I woke up with the impression that something had touched me. When I put my hand to my head and found a small bloodstain I decided that enough was enough. Little bastard bit me while I was sleeping! So we got a cat, a kitten really, to deal with the problem. That’s when I learned I was deathly allergic to cats, so the cat had to go (probably to a good home, but I really don’t remember). We used mousetraps, unpleasant but effective.

[@mattmartin6493]

I do think we are going to lean into fear toxin somewhere,and the chemist name was Bloom.

[@Redcoat86]

The Acolyte actresses need to learn a skill and get a real job. Contribute and be valuable.

[@hobomaster6237]

the best trio

[@HeinousAnusOG]

Just wanted a normal sequel in the same vein, not some weird musical ngl

[@PatkaBoy831]

The first one was just good. Not a classic.

[@rajz9138]

These guys must have never read Discworld. “Falling isn’t so bad, you know. It’s only the landing that hurts.”

[@hobomaster6237]

the best show , lets go

[@aqua96870]

Shout out to Superman and Lois. No one talks about it, but the season 4 premiere is pretty great stuff

[@aldunlop4622]

I dunno, I watched the first season from memory then it got Woke, and I lost interest.

[@andrewcollier3495]

I don't really want to watch part 2 if it's going to spoil the brilliance of Joker 😢

[@charlesco7413]

The "o" in J(o)ker is pronounced (er), and the "er" in Jok(er) is pronounced (off).

[@darinnielsen3437]

I had to pause the video and go watch the penguin episode before I got more spoilers lol 😂

[@RedDeadSights56]

Honestly I'm glad they are bringing back smoking in shows and movies. It's more...realistic I guess u can say. Brings the feels more.

[@Sleep_SDE1979]

That intro is beautiful

[@Zakoid1]

I remember kinda liking Tulsa King series 1, but the 2nd series (at least the first few episodes) really upped the cheesy acting and I'm 44 and from Scotland so I've no idea who Jelly Roll is lol. Just my opinion. Loving Penguin right now.

[@krishnakantbhatt9947]

Rims of Wankery s01 Elves get tossed around by ice troll without suffering much more than a temporary concussion. Rims of Wankery s02 Elrond jumps off a cliff and survives Sauron's 38 seconds tossed off the wall and survives long enough to be cleaved Orc Genocider jumps off a cliff and survives Looks like elves in this show are like jelly and can't suffer blunt force trauma, but can suffer cutting and piercing damage

[@charlesco7413]

Joker after G(rap)e sceen "Wanna know how i got these scars?"

[@MarelorMoon]

Az should see the latest lego Star Wars Set: the "Dark Falcon", with White Darth Vader, Darth JarJar, Dark Side Rey, Stoned Beach Luke etc. They literally turned Lego Star Wars into a meme brand

[@Radio_Demonz]

Re-watched Dredd 2012. Call me crazy but I really want to see a sequel. Balanced perfectly for a fun Re-watch. And after it being nearly a decade, I quite enjoyed it.

[@matthewlafleur3791]

You guys are cracking me up

[@emmanuelskyler1148]

Why do I always feel like Sophia is almost about to become a female boss every time. It scares me, her dialogues and gestures

[@wardjunior1450]

They had to identify guyladriel with her dental records.

[@jb6563]

No matter how long Gary lives in Texas, all that has to occur to remember his Californian roots is for him to stumble through the 1 syllable word "yall." 😂

[@xXBlacky77Xx]

My husband and I saw the first Joker so he really wanted to go see Joker 2... until he found out its a musical with Lady Gaga... at which point I figured I'd wait and see what the longman thought of it and if he had said it was really good I would have gone to see it... at this point I am pretty sure I won't bother wasting an evening on it lol.

[@compostsmurf5519]

The diddler figured out how to beat the joker before batman 😂

[@IndianaJake]

Gary's Harrison Ford impression never gets old hahah

[@manuelsalgado9457]

Question; are there female directors in the Penguin Series?

[@idawg7332]

The showrunner is female and there are a few female directors but the first 3 episodes were directed by a guy

[@RowanMangion1976]

Amazon playing in Movies and tv shows is the same as Blue origin playing in space ships 20+ years still has not got to orbit

[@markHolmes81274]

Hello there from north Florida, fuck hurricanes. I’m 50 and I’ve been through more than I can count. I’d rather suffer a storm than have to listen to cringe Breaking Bad dialog…..yo