Something I HAVE NOT been able to stop thinking about since Hunter’s name reveal is:
in the big climax, our found family breaks into the castle and gets discovered and locked up. Hunter is there locking them away. Luz is trying to reason with him but he’s too stuck, too afraid. As he’s walking away- halfway out of the room- Luz, reaching through the bars, blurts out “HUNTER!”and he freezes back still to her and Luz lets out a small, broken, “…please”.And he balls his fist and walks out without saying anything.
Psych-Os, you’ll have to wait just a little bit longer for an all new season of Psych. Get ready for an all-new season of Psych, coming to USA Network this February!
I hear this girl shrieking WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME JESUS DIES as I walk into my dorm lounge. We were like…did you miss the whole cross thing he was nailed to?? the entire concept of Easter?? every snarky “Jesus didn’t die for you to do x”?? It’s honestly a holy miracle that nobody ever spoiled that plot point– pretty sure she’s the only one who’s ever had the privilege of reading the Bible as a thriller
I’m reading George to 5.5yo. It’s a little advanced for him, but he picked it out based on the cover and, after reading the synopsis, I saw no reason not to. But he does have some questions, and as a parent, I’m going to be upfront about them – and my answers.
Who’s Scott? George’s brother. Seriously, if you’re not going to pay attention, I’ll stop reading.
Who’s Charlotte? The spider in the book they’re reading.
Wait, did Charlotte die? Yes, that’s why George was so sad, remember?
How did Charlotte die? Old age, I think.
How old was she? Look, I’m not sure how long spiders live. When we send this book back to the library, we’ll get that one out and we can read it together.
We’re getting the next Hamster Princess book first, right? Yes, of course.
What does “freak” mean? It’s a very mean name. It means you think someone is weird in a very bad way. A lot of times it’s used for gay or trans kids, and it’s a really bad thing to say to someone. I don’t want you ever using that word to or about someone.
I won’t, but a kid said it to me. That wasn’t kind of them. Please don’t ever call anyone that.
Me or my friends? Well, I sure hope none of your friends say it, but I’m not their mom so there’s not a lot I can do about that.
And that’s literally the first remotely hard question he’s had. Kids, man.
Need a crash course in a classic? Look no further than the page before the first page—the subject headings, care of the Library of Congress, on the copyright page give it all away and can prove to be an excellent study guide. (Also can provide a good laugh on just the right sort of day. See: Jane Eyre.)
1.Boys. Shoe shiners. Poor children. New York (N.Y.). Street children.
2. Gentry. Ventriloquists. Pennsylvania.
3. Physicians’ spouses. Adultery. Middle class.
4. Russia—History. Russia—Officials and employees.
5. Sea stories, American. New York (N.Y.). Slave trade. Copyists. Sailors.
6. Swindlers and swindling. Swindlers and swindling in literature. Mississippi River. Steamboats.
14. Canada—Social life and customs. City and town life. Canada—In literature.
15. Irish—India. Orphans. Lamas. Boys.
16. Communal living. Collective farms. Farm life.
17. Wessex. People with visual disabilities. Mothers and sons. Mate selection. Heathlands. Adultery.
18. Lithuanian Americans. Chicago (Ill.) Working class. Stockyards. Immigrants.
19. Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. Fathers and daughters. Castaways. Magicians. Islands
20. Fathers and daughter. Exiles.
21. Villages. France.
22. Infants switched at birth. Impostors and imposture. Passing (Identity). Trials (Murder). Conjoined twins. Race relations.
23. Physicians. London. Multiple personality.
24. Dentists—California.
(Answers after the jump!)
Answers:
1.Ragged Dick;2.Wieland andMemoirs of Carwin the Biloquist;3.Madame Bovary;4.Notes from Underground;5.Melville’s Short Novels;6.The Confidence-Man;7.Sister Carrie;8.A Clockwork Orange;9.Secret Garden;10.Wuthering Heights;11.Jane Eyre;12.The Picture of Dorian Gray;13.Doctor Faustus;14.Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town;15.Kim;16.The Blithedale Romance;17.The Return of the Native;18.The Jungle;19.The Tempest;20. As You Like It;21.Swann’s Way;22.Pudd’nhead Wilson andThose Extraordinary Twins;23.Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde;24.McTeague
It’s Deku’s arc, yes but… another week without Bakugou…
At first I wanted him to appear in 4 weeks, just before Deku’s birthday, but I decide to burry my wish cause every weeks, it’s hurt not seeing him back.
So, I gonna wait, but I won’t expect anymore… same goes to the rest of class 1-A
NB: Lucky Shoto! We didn’t see him either in this chapter but he is mentionned (Endeavor’s texts)…
-When Scott Derrickson stepped away from directing DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS, the rumour was that he did so because Kevin Fiege didn’t like his idea of making the film “a no-holds-barred weird, gnarly, scary movie”. Obviously that wasn’t true because it really is a no-holds-barred, weird, gnarly and scary movie. It was obvious by the hiring of Sam Raimi that the film would hold on to those tenets because while people may associate him with his Spider-Man films, he’s known by a larger audience by his EVIL DEAD films and horror films like DARKMAN and DRAG ME TO HELL.
While this film still looks like a “Marvel” film most of the time, Raimi does lean into more visually arresting looks giving the film a 70’s horror feel; very Dario Argento at points.
-I managed to stay spoiler free for the most part but because being on Twitter you can’t help but see spoilery info spill across the timeline and using context clues I managed to figure out a few of the cameos before I saw the film, but the one thing I wasn’t spoiled on was that Wanda was the Big Bad! I really thought this film would serve to atone Wanda for WANDAVISION crimes, but in fact, it doubles down on how much the darkness has enveloped her. Olsen was great as the Scarlet Witch; a true formidable foe. And just coming off of MOON KNIGHT, I’m happy to see a good villain again.
-Love that Feige has seemingly come around to the Marvel series as the rumour was that he held no love for the ones that were on Netflix and ABC. So as great as it was to see Charlie Cox in NO WAY HOME, it was equally great to see Anson Mount as Black Bolt from the failed and greatly ridiculed INHUMANS.
-Nice that Sam Raimi brought in Bruce Campbell, Ash himself, for a small role -echoing his fight with himself scene from Evil Dead.
-Rachel McAdams and Benedict Cumberbatch has great chemistry and I would like to see one of the universe’s Christine actually work it out with Stephen.
-The beauty of having a film spiraling through the multiverse is that there are actual risks involved. Sure, we’ve had heroes die in Marvel films but it’s generally towards the end of their contract (Iron Man) or the end of a phase (Black Widow). The benefit of the multiverse is that you can create mass casualties of heroes and it’s thrilling because it’s shocking but it’s bearable because it’s of no consequence. Seeing Wanda lay waste to Mr. Fantastic, Peggy Carter’s Captain Carter, Lashana Lynch’s Captain Marvel and Black Bolt was wonderful.
Though her killing of Charles Xavier was too much. That hurt.
-Loved the idea that there’s a Charles in another universe with a soft spot for people others have given up on. He’s ever trying to find the good in someone. I just know in that universe he was playing checkers instead of chess with Magneto and still trying to keep him from committing genocide.
-Wong always coming through in the clutch.
-The Danny Elfman score, especially in the musical battle was outstanding.
-Give Michael Stuhlbarg one scene and he will still take it and make it amazing. He’s such a fine actor who can do so much with so little.
THE BAD
The tag “Doctor Strange will return”. Why? As good as this film in, I think Strange is better served in a smaller capacity as a guide in other films (helping Thor locate Odin, helping Peter in NO WAY HOME, now showing America her strength).
I suppose the next film could lead to some connection to ETERNALS and whatever they’re planning on doing with those characters, but that just shows how weak a character he is that they just can’t do stories centered around him. Or at least deal with him as a person outside of the magic wielding. I think Strange is more interesting when we get the sense of his regrets, which this film tapped into a bit.
But maybe we’ll see more humanity with him and Charlize Theron’s character in the next film.
- I don’t think they explained Wanda’s actions enough in this film. If you hadn’t seen WANDAVISION Wanda’s heel turn in this would be too insane. I think more explanation should have been given re: the loss of Vision and how it has led her down this dark road. Just making about the kids didn’t really jibe (does her sons not have powers in their universe? They should have been able to combat Wanda a bit). I don’t know why they couldn’t just insert a dream sequence where she’s recalling her argument with Vision from WANDAVISION on what she was doing to drive it home for those who hadn’t watched the series.
