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mermaidsirennikita · 1 year

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Have you read the Henry Cavill blind item leaks about the actual reason he left the Witcher? Thoughts on him?

I mean my thoughts on the deuxmoi ~leaks~ are that they remind me a lot of when Rege-Jean left Bridgerton. Deux, with basically nothing backing it up, said that he was a diva on set, horrible to work with, etc. Funny how this is what happens when Netflix loses talent that was perceived to be a big asset to a show's success.

Also, interesting that this leak only occurred when it became official that Henry was not in fact returning as Superman anymore, a couple months after he left The Witcher. Like, you'd think that this type of gossip would be leaked way earlier. I personally don't trust anything Deux says unless it is pretty like... visually obvious, or is backed by sources other than "Deux's sources". Deux is a gossip mill; whoever is behind that account will post literally anything and be like "HMM WHO KNOWS MAYBE TRUE". There is true shit reported to Deux, but there's also a lot of bullshit to sift through.

To be super blunt, The Witcher is a show that has had big numbers but has never been super critically acclaimed. I've seen some critics love it, some hate it. Reviews are mixed. Reactions got worse for season 2, which was just.... a mess, imo. I had no idea what was happening for s1, but I had a good time at points. S2 was really not great, and a lot of fans seemed to share that opinion. The one thing that was largely consistently well-receive was Henry Cavill as Geralt. And honestly? I don't think Henry is like, a once in a lifetime talent; sometimes I find him good, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I think he's really hot, sometimes he doesn't work for me at all. But in that role, he was good. He fit very well. He was the main selling point of that show, and I think it's kind of deluded to suggest otherwise. Other actors were good. Freya was good. Anya was good--though I'll be real. I wanted to love that ship, but she had like zero chemistry with Henry and her role was horribly written. Henry was the very clear star, though, and people responded well to him.

Imo, the only way Netflix would have fired that man would be if he was like... physically and/or sexually abusing people, or very clearly sexually harassing people. And even then! If they could cover it up, they probably would (and they have, for other big stars). That's just the reality. It's awful. But his attachment to the series meant money, and they prioritize money. It's possible that he was a dick on set. It's possible that he critiqued what the writers were doing and was difficult. He would not be the first star of a show to be difficult on set. I just don't think he ever would have been fired, unless he was truly, honestly horrible on set. It's ridiculous to me that people think he would be. Big names just don't get fired unless something truly impossible to brush off has happened--Frank Langella being fired from Mike Flanagan's House of Usher on Netflix due to sexual harassment accusations is a recent moment. And 100%, I think that if Netflix had something to prove Henry was fired due to those issues... I think they'd do it. He's not being protected by DC anymore. He's a babe in the woods. The reaction to Liam Hemsworth (who I for the record think is fine lmao) has been kinda negative. Why wouldn't Netflix take the opportunity to look like a responsible hero? If they could? They can't. And I don't think they would have fired him for ANY other reason.

And I'll be real! If Henry was being a dick on set about the quality of the scripts... Yo, he was right. The scripts for season 2 were baaaaad. I'm not a Witcher fan, but I'm friends with people familiar with the games and the books. All of that. Sounds better. Than what this show has been doing. "But the showrunner is a woman," yes and her work is bad. I do believe now, after seeing some interviews with Henry, that he wasn't happy with the scripts. I doubt that's the only reason why he left. But if you look back to like... 2021, there were rumors on the ground that Henry was wanting to leave because he didn't like the scripts and he didn't like the creatives in charge. I think it's as simple as him already being unhappy with the people and the scripts, and him thinking he had a safe place to land with DC. Which, honestly? I think he absolutely should've gotten paperwork in order before announcing his Superman return, but if DC literally told him to announce... A lot of actors have done that kind of shit based off verbals before. The world is changing, but DC is also HORRIBLE to talent, in front of and behind the camera. Gal Gadot (who I dislike) and Patty Jenkins got screwed. Jason Momoa is about to get screwed. Everyone working on Batgirl. Before Zaslav took over, Birds of Prey got set up for failure. Ray Fisher got fucked over. I don't think shit is suddenly going to improve under James Gunn (someone everyone is acting like they love, despite the fact that he's said some pretty off color shit and was backed by actors like Chris Pratt). Talent is not being treated correctly at DC... unless they're Ezra Miller!

All this being said, I don't think Henry is like... this great guy. I'm not going to cry into my cereal about him as an individual. I think he's dated girls far too young (probably younger than is known to the public) and he said some dumb shit about Me Too. But I can say all of that... and also say that Deuxmoi didn't seem to have any real evidence there, and the hyperbolic HE'S BEEN RED PILLED is kind of playing into what Netflix (and probably DC) want. Like, maybe he has been. But I don't think that's ever kept actors from getting jobs (look at Chris Pratt) and I don't think there's any evidence to suggest he was fired.

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luntica · 4 years

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I was telling my partner earlier that I figured out why marvel self inserts didn't have the same feel as dc.

It's not cause I like one over the other. I really like both.

But in marvel your either born with special powers, go threw an accident that gives you those powers, or get experimented on.

Otherwise your life is the same as it would be here.

Hawkeye deals with lots of shit. Both of them. And their prowess is the closest you get to earned power. But even then their lives suck. Like majorly. And short of the mythical shit and super hero what nots, their lives would be the same here. Used by the government for their skill but neglected in any care.

Tony stark had billions of dollars from inheritance, as well as his intelligence from alien heritage in one story at least.

The mutants all are genetic. Magic is inheritance or going to far off places hoping someone will take you in to teach you, if your worthy. Which sounds like fancy way of saying generic potential. In humans are off brand mutants, but aliens this time.

Banner, captain America, superman, and so many others are results of experiments. Usually traumatic.

Like I can't in the marvel universe go stand up for the right thing and be promised to be saved. (Debated that in dc you are likely to get into trouble too)

The drama in marvel is so relatable that I know where I would be in it. If not superpowered, exactly where I am now.

Trying to survive while wanting to fight for what's right, but knowing that if I do so I'll die or my friends family and loved ones will be directly in danger as a result.

DC if I fucked with people in Gotham sure my non hero ass would be fucked. But if I went to metropolis and preached about freedom and rights for everyone, superman likely would protect me last minute (no matter how I dont like him)

Captain America and those like him would want to save me. But the fact is they wouldn't be able to and I would be another casualty in the fight for the right things.

The xmen would thank me while the brotherhood would hate me, even though I stood with both.

Because I wasn't born a mutant I wouldn't be able to be friends with any one in the brotherhood. And I might get to go to school at Xavier's but I'm too old and my mental stuff would prevent me from trying to teach there.

So the only option left in marvel is self insert romances. And I just..... don't feel super strongly that I romantically would be comfortable with anyone. Like im poly and that's a wild concept for people and I dint think a lot of the marvel available characters would be cool with that. And im not letting my partner go, and I don't see abby one character fulfilling me. Like yea I can imagine sexually being interested in characters but that doesn't work solely for what I'm talking about here.

Idk I just think it's really kinda sucky that you gotta be born into it, traumatized into it, or become a superhero's solo thing. Especially when most hero's have a partner planded out already.

But dc their all fuck ups and mix matches. There are those who have no powers, who read books in magic and got powers. Like over all there is so many options. And relationships are fickle there, so like developing something more is an option as well as having a fling.

And their so used to nonsense that polyamory could seems normal to them.

If I had to be raised in a healing environment and what not, marvel. I could go to a person as a kid and get treatment. And live a better normal life. But as I am now nothing would change without powers.

If I just want to embrace everything I am and have power to protect myself and my loved one's without the restrictions of this universe, dc.

#random thoughts #dc #marvel #self insert

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ty-talks-comics · 5 years

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Best of DC: Week of March 27th, 2019

Best of this Week: Detective Comics #1000 - Various Writers and Artists

Possibly more controversial than I'm thinking it'll be, I'm glad Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo did the job of reintroducing Slam Bradley into the DC Universe. Slam Bradley, of course the way I choose to remember him, was one of DC's first characters and the precursor design to modern day Superman. He was a 1930s dick (detective in this case) who made his name in infamy with racist depictions of Chinese people being swung by their braids with toothy grins. He's likely the reason DC won't reprint some of the early Detective Comics works in a compendium.

This is without a doubt, a great celebration for one of the greatest comic book characters of all time, if not THE greatest. The difficulty in reviewing something like this, much like Action Comics #1000 (if I reviewed that one, I don't remember) is that so many stories have their ups and downs, hits or misses and there's so much ground. But some of these were so good that this book is getting an entry all on it's own this week.

He's been made better in recent years with a badass run as a side character in Ed Brubaker and Darwyn Cooke's Catwoman (2001) as a cool former police officer with a son by the name of Slam Jr. on the force. He was probably some of the best parts of his short time there and was very compelling in interactions with Selina.

Kevin Smith and Jim Lee have arguably done some of the best and WORST Batman projects ever, but through the good and the bad, both have immense talent and their tale “Manufacture for Use” added a beautiful layer to the significance of the metal plate that his emblem is made out of.

The book is simple enough, a montage of Batman fighting his greatest villains shows in the background while his alter ego, Matches Malone, has a conversation with a merchant peddling in the various pieces of gear left by villains. He has Harley hammers, crazy quilts and even freeze guns, but there's only one weapon Malone is interested in; The Gun belonging to Joe Chill. The weapon that killed The Wayne Family.

He and others had been leaving Batman clues since his first days as a hero to have him join a guild of detectives, solving unsolvable or very difficult cases and knowing that Slam is one of the detectives along with Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, The Question, Detective Chimp, Elongated Man and his wife, Sue Dibny is relieving and fantastic.

I'm glad DC hasn't shied away from him given his past history. Even his inclusion in Superman of China based on his former character, warts and all, seemed like DC was kinda ashamed of it, but here he is, as awesome as he was later in life!

Upon seeing it, Alfred questions why Bruce would keep it as a trophy, nothing the ridiculousness of The Penny and the Dinosaur, he sees the gun as strange or even perverse. Batman, however, wishes to never see it cause anyone pain again, melting and forming it into an oval adorned with the symbol of a Bat.

Batman has dedicated his life to stopping crime in Gotham at all costs, but not everyone see his methods as being right or just. Doctor Leslie Thompkins has been looking over Bruce since his parent’s murder and oped that he would take his pain and do something productive with it, actually fix Gotham, but instead she sees how vengeance has consumed him, turning him into something of a violent monster himself and she’s not wrong. They meet each other on the anniversary of his parent’s murder in Crime Alley and are beset upon by a group of teenagers whom Batman viciously slaps the hell out of. Dr. Thompkins stops him out of fear and Batman looks like the real villain here.

If that isn't chilling...

Brian Michael Bendis is a GREAT Batman writer. Checking out his 15 pages in the Batman Walmart 100 Page Giants, much like Daredevil, Batman is a character that is PERFECT for him. “I Know” drawn by frequent Bendis collaborator, Alex Maleev, is amazing. Penguin started becoming disillusioned with the meetings put together by villains like The Joker on how to finally get rid of The Batman, Penguin begins to muse about who had the money to fund Batman. I believe he proposed the idea to the others, but they all shot him down, citing times Batman showed up when Bruce was a hostage or how he “blubbered like a baby.”

Penguin didn’t let it go, however, and prepared Suicide Bomb Penguins to attack Wayne Manor while Bruce was hosting a ton of high profile Gothamites. It would have been the end of Bruce Wayne.

Warren Ellis writes some very character driven stories, but when he has to get technical, he is a master as good as any. In “The Batman’s Design” he goes over Batman’s methodology when taking on criminals, treating things like a chess game that he’s already won. He leads the criminals to a trap and plays them like a fiddle, setting off an explosion that knock out or send some flying, determining a sniper’s location and just being so terrifying that the leader just hands him a bomb switch before his ass gets destroyed.

Becky Cloonan does a great job of alternating between cool and warm tones for when Batman is in the shadows vs contending with explosions he’s setting off. Batman looks slim, but imposing regardless. This is definitely some of her best art so far!

Now… if you ask any of my friends from when I was in The Navy, they’ll tell you about how I waited in line for Batman: The Arkham Knight. I was excited. I was elated. The conclusion to an amazing trilogy of games that shaped a newfound love for the character for me! And it bloody sucked. I HATE Arkham Knight with a passion. If it’s not The Batmobile, it’s the Joker, if not the Joker, it’s the Knight himself, if not him, then Scarecrow as the shitty final villain.

I really loved the noir tone that was set by Elizabeth Breitweiser’s colors over Steve Epting’s art. Things are very dark and cool. Batman is shrouded in shadow and Doctor Thompkins acts as a small light by comparison. There is great contrast when action happens with warm tones as Batman slaps the teens and Batman standing in the shadows as Leslie and the kids are under the one light is powerful.

Suffice to say, I was not pleased when it was said that The Arkham Knight would finally be appearing in comics different than his video game counterpart, but… I dunno, I kinda like him here.

His characterization seems to be that of someone who has lived in Gotham and has seen Batman’s methods of treating the poor citizens, the weak and the sick. He sees Batman as a cancer, a darkness that needs to be exterminated for Gotham to truly thrive. The best thing, there’s precedent for this kind of character.

One of the first few arcs for Detective Comics involved a cool set of villains known as The Victim Syndicate, people who have been hurt or grievously injured in Batman’s relentless pursuit of crime. These guys put Batman’s team through the ringer, almost turning Stephanie Brown against him completely as Tim Drake had been presumed dead at the time. Another casualty of war. If I remember right, The First Victim noted that there was someone or something coming for Batman soon and if that’s the Arkham KNight, then I am excited.

The Victim Syndicate was one of James Tynion IV’s best ideas during his run and I really hope whoever the creative team is for Detective Comics thus forth lives up to the quality. Peter J. Tomasi and Doug Mahnke are both amazing, so I have high hopes if its them.

But Penguin had an epiphany. Ending Bruce Wayne would not end Batman. Batman would become focused. Driven. Possibly to the point of killing. Bruce Wayne is the only thing keeping these villains alive, so Penguin relents and never reveals what he believes he knows, until years later when Bruce is old and mute… but who says that Bruce has lost a step? He zaps Penguin who is taken away as Bruce tells him that he knew, pretty much calling him a “coward ass bitch” as he’s taken away.

Overall, while there were few misses, this collection of stories had great ideas, great characterization, heart and was just fantastic. Looking forward to another 80 years!

This one was just cute. The Batfamily interacts with each other and take a FANTASTIC family photo drawn by Tony S. Daniel. Starring, Batman, Alfred, Nightwing, Batgirl, “Robin” Damian Wayne, Red Hood, Batwoman, Catwoman, “(Red) Robin” Tim Drake, Spoiler, The Signal, Cassandra Cain Ace the Bathound and Huntress. It’s a well put together double splash page and everyone, even Bruce seems happy.

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bigskydreaming · 7 years

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what would you change about green lantern? i'm not really good on the specifics but i've seen you talk about Kyle ranner before so i'm assuming you're into that.

Listen, Kyle Rayner is probably my favorite character of all time, Scott McCall in large part appealed to me right off the bat because he basically was a teenage version of Kyle Rayner. So that being said, things I would change about Green Lantern are completely and one hundred percent said with bias....my apologies to Hal Jordan fans I promise I am capable of nuance I’m just not gonna demonstrate it here and my stanny Stan who Stans clown shoes are firmly affixed to my feet for the duration of this post.

1) Screw Hal Jordan, put Kyle back as the focal center point of the Green Lantern mythos instead of just paying lip service to how important he is while like....trotting him out to be used in one major story every couple years.

2) Give us an adaptation of Kyle finally, like this would be soooooo easy to do, his story and character arc is so epic and big screen appropriate and he’d work so well in DC’s various animated adaptations, particularly Young Justice. (I know there was kinda a version of Kyle Rayner in a couple episodes of the 90s Superman cartoon but like....I dont count that. That was Kyle in name only).

3) I would’ve changed it so they made Kyle clearly bi racial from the start and addressed the confusion many writers and artists have to this day about Kyle being mixed white/latino. Basically he was coded as being not-white from the start, but it took a retcon by a later writer to clarify that his father was Mexican-American and he’s biracial, and that created a lot of confusion over the years.

4) I would have his stories be written by more writers of color. Kyle has always been an extremely topical character, and during the decade long run of his solo series, a lot of his stories revolved around a lot of progressive issues and things like racial tensions, hate crimes, homophobia, etc. Problem is, Kyle has mostly been written by white writers, so a lot of those stories, while written with good intentions, have just been.....Bad.

5) They should have not killed Alex DeWitt, his girlfriend at the time he first became a Green Lantern. That was their first mistake, their biggest mistake, and it remains the single biggest stain on Kyle’s story as a whole because a) Alex was fucking awesome and deserved better and she could have been just as great and iconic as Lois Lane and Iris West if she’d been given the time and focus they had and b) his story didn’t fucking need that angle and it only weighed him down and made him yet another hero with a love interest killed for the sake of his manpain and eww unnecessary.

6) Yeah I’m cheating here but whatever Kyle gets six things I’d change because Kyle is bisexual as hell and should absolutely be with Connor Hawke as well as having a complicated and messy relationship history with Dick Grayson that is the subject of much gossip and speculation among the superhero community but also I would accept a Kyle joining Wally and Linda for a polyamorous triangle as well, look Kyle is bisexual there are so many people he could be bisexual with why won’t DC make Kyle bisexual *takes deep breath and shakes fist mightily*

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