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rickrakontoys · 7 years

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Spider-Man: Homecoming 8.25/10

A solid addition to the pantheon of cinematic Spider-Men. ***random spoiler talk***

-The first half of the movie feels a bit disjointed and jumps from scene to scene… why is this such a common problem with modern movies??? They try to cram so much in the first half and do it so inelegantly, making the movie feel overwhelming at times… The pacing improves from the second half on and really gets going though. -Michael Keaton’s Vulture/Adrian Toomes is one of the better MCU villains in that you can sorta get where he is coming from, and Keaton plays him menacingly but injects some real humanity in him. He’s probably my favorite part of the movie! Hell, he even gets his own leitmotif (when was the last time a marvel villain had one?). My 2nd favorite cinematic spidey villain after Alfred Molina's Doc Ock. -Tom Holland plays a very awkward, eager Peter Parker. Definitely suits a young Spidey just starting to learn about the whole superhero gig and what it means. He makes mistakes and web-slings about in a clumsy manner in the same way a teenager drives a car for the first time. He definitely suits Peter/Spidey better than Andrew Garfield (who was just a creepy jerk, due to a bad script). He’s definitely more teen-like than Tobey Maguire, but we never really got much high school Peter in the original trilogy. Holland even looks kinda like a young Tobey… -While Holland presents a very likeable young Spidey, something about him feels very manufactured and there isn’t much depth to him as I’d like… any issues with him balancing teenage problems with heroics is glossed over, hitting similar beats as the Maguire series but not following through or really using them to add much to the overall plot/themes. While it was cute seeing him deal with petty crime with mixed results, he mostly just whines about wanting to do more with the Avengers, then at the end he decides to just be a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man instead even when offered a full Avengers gig. And i never really felt i was watching him actually swinging around as Spider-Man… he goes from flesh and blood kid to a cartoon character during action scenes (dodgy CGI as usual, lacking a sense of mass/weight). The final action scenes however definitely felt more realistic (when he is forced to put on his old homemade costume), and evoked the climax of the first Maguire film. -The action scenes in general were merely serviceable. You sort of sit there and watch stuff happen but it doesn’t “wow” you as much… there isn’t really anything new or creative being done here. The details of the action sort of leave your head once its over… and some scenes are shot so chaotically you can’t even see what is happening. This is especially true during part of the finale on the cargo plane. Regardless, Vulture looks really cool in every scene he’s in. And it’s neat to see all the alien tech being used in the street level crime. Lots of callbacks to past MCU films and the messes the heroes made, giving us a new perspective on the consequences of battle (like Civil War and Zemo, but smaller). -What new stuff that IS in the action though is great. You get to see spidey out of his element. Him being forced to run on the ground due to lack of tall buildings is fun, and his high-tech suit generates some nice laughs with its overload of Starkian upgrades. I find it hilarious that his suit is voiced by Jennifer Connelly, who is married to Paul Bettany who voiced Jarvis. -The supporting cast is great and gives the movie some nice laughs and character. Ned gets a bit annoying sometimes though due to his constant fanboying, but hell, who wouldn’t go crazy knowing your best friend is an Avenger? Michelle is a deadpan snarker and is also likeable but didnt amount to much (is she really THAT MJ though, or is this a misdirection?). Flash was a modern bully-type and also didn’t do much besides call Peter “Penis Parker” for whatever reason. The whole John Hughes ferris beuller breakfast club vibe sometimes feels more like window dressing, but does help establish what point in his life Peter is in at the moment. Liz was alright, but she seemed more like an object of Peter’s affection for the plot than much else… they lacked any real chemistry together since Peter mostly just gawked at her. -The plot twist….

-Kinda saw it coming, since they kept mentioning Toomes’ family but never showed them. They wouldn’t NOT show them at some point cuz that’d be sloppy storytelling (though wouldn’t put it past them due to past disappointing villains in the MCU). Odds were they were someone you already knew to give some impact, and who else could provide an “Oh Shit!” moment other than Liz? The movie at that point was in dire need of a shakeup before the climax, and a bomb like that woulda done it. And it did. The scenes from then on between Toomes and Peter were fantastic, full of tension. And it gave more personal stakes for the struggle between Peter and Toomes during the climax. I wonder how it woulda been if they revealed this earlier on though and didnt hide the familial relationship… Glad they let Toomes live. Lets Peter be the hero he needs to be. -Tony Stark/Iron Man is in the movie quite a bit, and sometimes it feels like he just pops up suddenly (fishing Peter out of the river is one moment). He has a very nice scene though when he is mad at Peter for the ferry disaster, and RDJr plays him well as a surrogate father deeply disappointed in his son. Happy Hogan is in the film more than Stark and his presence is fun, since we havent seen him since Iron Man 3. Also… surprise Pepper Potts! The three have a great, cute scene together! -Captain America (now a war criminal!) has some funny cameos wearing his goofy Avengers 1 outfit. -Marissa Tomei is a neat new Aunt May, believable as an aunt. And the last gag of the movie was hilarious (with serious consequences for the series!) -The music score is better than the Amazing series but isnt as memorable as Danny Elfman’s score from the first two. Though the orchestral classic Spidey theme over the Marvel Studios logo… bliss. -I could go on more about this movie (who the hell is even gonna read this…), but so far, despite the gripes/nitpicking, it is probably the 3rd best Spidey movie thus far, maybe even 2nd best? Spider-Man 2 is still my top spidey movie, it just felt more cohesive and had better emotional thematic pay-offs, and better action scenes. Spider-man 1 also felt more coherent and wasn’t bogged down by links to a greater cinematic universe, even if some parts of it are a little too cheesy (“Deliver us…” “FINISH IT!!!” “From eviiiiil!!!”). People may complain about Maguire’s portrayal, but in 2/3 movies he felt like a real human being you could relate to. Still, Holland is on his way to being a terrific Spider-Man if he is allowed to come out of the shadow of the MCU.

Spidey ranking: Spider-Man 2: 9.25/10 Spider-Man: 8.5/10 Spider-Man Homecoming: 8.25/10 (this may change with repeat viewings tho) … Spider-Man 3: 6.5/10 The Amazing Spider-Man: 5.5/10 The Amazing Spider-Man 2: 4/10

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sofiamantegafan110 · 5 years

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CHROMA- LUC PAGE

Genetic Info: Mutation: Luc is a pyrokinetic and a strong one but one lacking in control. She can produce and manipulate exceptionally hot, blue flames. Her mutation allows her immunity to her own flames or those that she is directly in control of but due to the nature of fire and the heat of her flames it can spark beyond her control and she can certainly be injured by falling debris. She can also be damaged by fire that she isn't in control of. If she sticks her fingers in a campfire, it's going to burn her like it would anyone else. Her best defense against being harmed by fire or other incoming damage is to surround herself in an expanding wreath of blue flame. This of course has its downsides but can incinerate many physical threats before they reach her skin. If anything does get through her flames, she is as vulnerable as any human might be to the effects. Naturally, this doesn't do anything to protect her from concussive blasts, energy or electricity based attacks or anything else that isn't all that heat sensitive. Luc lacks the fine control to keep her flames from dancing too high when she shields herself with them or to keep other objects from heating up when she manipulates fires near them. She also can spark up and create conflagrations when she's scared or upset, this includes when she has nightmares. Unlike many mutants, Luc's abilities didn't show up during puberty. She was born with her blue hair and started creating sparks at 3 months old.

Personal Information: Appearance: Luc's fairly average for a teenaged girl when it comes to size and build, she's fairly slender and a common 5'4. Her features are lovely though with large green eyes, full lips and roseleaf skin. Her mutation shows up in the pale cotton-candy blue of her hair which she keeps long, reaching down to the small of her back but it's rather fine and fly-away so there are unintended layers of lengths all throughout. Personality: While quite sweet and gentle, Luc's quite insecure. She's very self-conscious and doesn't perceive her own good qualities easily. To her adoptive mother there was no such thing as good enough, one should always try to be prettier, more likeable or more popular. Her own low self-esteem makes this insistence on popularity a much more difficult endeavor. She tries to get along well with everyone and tends to be rather obedient, going along with the crowd or the staff whenever possible. Luc's a peacemaker, she wants everyone around her to be happy, to get along and to play nice. She's not completely spineless but she prefers to withdraw rather than enter into conflict. As part of her peacemaking and because of her desire to be liked she tends to be extremely generous, she'll give away anything she has extra of without a second thought and quite a bit she doesn't have extra of. The one thing her adoptive mother never harped on was her intelligence because it's the one thing that she considered her daughter to be genuinely lacking in. In addition to her mutation abilities, Luc's a very good artist. Her medium of choice is with some sort of pen or paintbrush in hand, she has little skill with sculpting or other 3d mediums. She's also both fascinated by fire and terrified of it. Luc's a bit of a coward, the world is a big, scary place filled with big, scary things. History: Luc's story begins where most do, at the beginning, with her mother. Lenora Page wanted a child and didn't want to wait until she found Mr. Right to do so. She was a strong-willed, independent woman who was accustomed to getting her way. She did like many others do in similar situations and sought out the assistance of her local sperm bank. The donor she chose was tall, blonde and green eyed, with a good job and the assumption that he was intelligent because of this. He was also a mutant, but that wasn't listed on his paperwork, perhaps he didn't know himself. The insemination was successful on the third attempt and Lenora was exceedingly pleased... at least, at first. During her fifth month of pregnancy Lenora was out and saw a mutant on the street, being strongly biased against mutants to begin with, she feared that the mutant had infected her fetus when she felt the child kick simultaneously to her seeing him. Lenora's fears seemed to come to fruition when her infant was born with blue hair. Maybe it would change her mind though, she genuinely loved her daughter, maybe things would work out for the best and it would soften her bias against mutants. At three months though, Lucia's powers began to manifest in the form of tiny blue sparks that made the baby giggle and clap. These harmless sparks only grew as she aged though and when she was two, disaster struck. Her uncontrollable powers caused a conflagration that burned their house down. Lenora was horribly burned and in the hospital for nearly a year recovering... and believing that Lucia had died during the fire. Lenora's health and the loss of her child seemed to unhinge her, she blamed mutants for what happened to her family and when she got out of the hospital she became an anti-mutant terrorist and leader of the Sapien League. Lucia was thought to be dead and her mother saw her limp little body being carried away. There just was no way that a child of her age and size could have survived being in the center of those flames. What the medics thought was death from breathing super-heated air turned out to be carbon monoxide poisoning and once they were in the ambulance and running a strip to pronounce her they found a faint pulse. A week later the toddler came around, scared and confused and wanting her mommy. There was no way that the comatose burn victim could care for an infant though and since they had no other family, Lucia was made a ward of the state. She was lucky though, the fireman who found her had checked in on her every day and knew that his brother and sister in law were desperate for a child of their own. They weren't able to conceive themselves and had just been discussing the possibilities of adoption. Lucia seemed like a godsend and she, with the resiliency of children, quickly became a part of their family. David and Marissa Grant were a wealthy couple and a kind one, though both of them definitely Type A. David owned a consulting firm that specialized in streamlining and reducing cost for large corporations, Marissa had been an advertising executive who was now managing promotions for her husband which gave her ample time to spend with their new daughter. The couple knew that Lucia was a mutant and were not biased against her sort at all, they're too pragmatic in general. They did dye Lucia's hair dark for the first few months they had her but the color just wouldn't seem to stick and rinsed out very quickly. After that, Marissa hit on the idea of using her as a point of interest for gaining ground with mutant positive or mutant owned corporations for David's business. It worked very well, though it was never publicized to the masses. Lucia's brush with death seemed to frighten her powers into submission and there were no sparks from the time she woke in the hospital through the next several years. As she grew up her parents were very supportive, giving her everything she could ask for. David was a somewhat doting father, proud of her accomplishments but not putting many expectations upon her. Marissa was different, she had been a cheerleader in high school, her looks and vivacious personality had set her up for popularity from the beginning and even now assisted her with her current life. She wanted the same success for her daughter and thus was always pushing Luc to be the prettiest, the most popular, the most talented at everything. Luc's natural quiet, submissive personality was hardly suited for that sort of thing but she wanted desperately to please her mother, so she tried her very best always. Things went well, or well enough, for Luc for the next several years. She had her art and a loving family and if no one told her that the crazy, scary lady she had seen on the news once or twice was her birth mother, then so much the better... at least as far as Marissa was concerned. Once she reached puberty though, her powers started to appear again. It wasn't something she had much control over, little sparks when she laughed... or worse the time she set her bed on fire when having a nightmare. She tried to learn how to use her abilities in private and her family did try to make her room safer getting her flame-retardant bedding and shifting from a standard mattress to a water-bed. That started when she was 14. It's been 2 years, she has learned some control but her powers are still wild.. especially when she's under emotional duress. It's a good thing that Luc's a peace-maker and tends to try to avoid conflict by nature. Lenora had taken on the moniker of Leper Queen, started her anti-mutant agency and had killed over 200 mutants. How she got there is another story though. When it comes to Lucia all that matters is how she lost custody. Lucia's being made a ward of the state had originally been a temporary step until Lenora's health recovered. Unfortunately her mental stability had been damaged by the fire and she would not believe that 1. her daughter was alive (she'd seen her body) or 2. that the fire was an accident. She tried to sign herself out of the hospital repeatedly despite being told that the risk of infection would kill her if she left the clean zones. Eventually she was declared mentally incompetent and kept under supervision at the hospital, thus ruining her ability to regain custody of her daughter too. At 15 months post house fire Lenora managed to escape confinement and left the hospital in secrecy. Her calm life is at an end though. Whether because Lenora caught a glimpse of her 'dead' daughter during a press conference about an upcoming charity gala that David's company was hosting or because it was a mutant rights based charity.. the Sapien league decided to attack the event. In the terror of the attack, Lucia lost control of her powers and a mass conflagration broke out.

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recentanimenews · 5 years

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Rimuru is THE ONE AND ONLY Best Protagonist!

It isn’t easy to pick a winner for many of the Anime Awards categories this year, and frankly most of these categories are absolutely stacked with amazing contenders. But as far as I’m concerned, one category that I’m not having that problem with is Best Protagonist, because there’s one glistening, shiny, soft orb that deserves the title: Rimuru Tempest, from That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime! While some of these other contenders in the category are certainly high quality, Rimuru is miles above the rest when it comes to deserving the win. I can tell you might not be convinced, though, so let’s run down some of the reasons why Rimuru deserves to win, so you can go cast your votes for him if you haven’t already!

Rimuru may seem like an odd choice at first, given that he seems, on the surface, very similar to other isekai anime heroes: taken from his original world to a new one, given amazing powers, and forging his own unstoppable path to victory with them. However, Rimuru’s real charm comes in the fact of how and why he’s doing what he’s doing. A protagonist has to be more than simply being the main character of a series, they have to be the driving force and sense of moral compass for the whole work to operate off of. Rimuru could certainly have just been another power fantasy, and in some ways it is easy to write him off as one at first, but power fantasy characters are only interested in themselves; Rimuru, however, is not.

Much of the joy and warmth that comes from That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime is the sense of care that Rimuru has invested in the people and monsters that he meets, always offering people kindness when at all possible. Even in his battle with the Orc Disaster, Rimuru gave his enemy a peaceful and reassuring end, rather that gloat about his amazing powers or show off his abilities. Rimuru’s battles are perhaps more interesting than the usual isekai character for this reason: he isn’t interested in gaudy displays of skill or unknowable knowledge from his previous life, but instead has a confidence that his skills will win the day and focuses instead on the best possible outcome, preferably without having to harm anyone… and if he does have to, making sure that person doesn’t get a chance to harm anyone else!

Rimuru’s strength is, instead of a plot crutch or boring excuse to escape problems, instead a somewhat reassuring level of confidence that things can always turn out okay. Characters that get injured are healed by his power, dangerous enemies are snuffed out before they rampage out of control, and even when death may be inevitable, Rimuru ensures that such events happen with dignity and comfort for those who pass on. That isn’t to say that Rimuru is a saint; his extinguishing of Ifrit was, for me, extremely satisfying after what the spirit had done to Shizue, and seeing Rimuru’s “brother” take care of the beast once and for all made me nearly jump out of my seat in joyous vindication. Against villains he could easily dispatch, like Gelmud, Rimuru instead opted for humiliating the prideful idiot in hopes of making him come to his senses, rather than simply killing him outright.

While we can generally rest easy knowing that Rimuru will win, it is how he wins and why he wins that makes the show, and thus Rimuru, such an amazing character to follow. It’s easy to understand why the characters that surround him respect and admire him, as well as why they’re all so fun to watch in action, because Rimuru is passing on his charisma to the lot, even making idiots like Gabiru seem likeable, because if Rimuru likes them, then we probably can too.

Personally, the fact that Rimuru is so powerful and so kind are what make him so memorable and likeable as a protagonist. Many of the other candidates this year are ones that are perhaps more personally relatable on a basic level, people we could perhaps envision meeting or knowing, but Rimuru is actually like that too, just not in a way we immediately recognize. As we’ve said, Rimuru is super powerful, but that’s not what makes him interesting; he’d be no better than any other isekai character if that were it. Instead, it’s Rimuru’s heart that matters, even if his slime body may actually lack a real one. A great protagonist is a character that we can relate to, but they can also be one that we aspire to be, that we want to see ourselves in, and Rimuru is that type of protagonist, working to bestow kindness and compassion for those around him. Rimuru never lets his immense power allow him to take advantage of the people who follow him or those who need his help, and instead finds ways to build bridges and cooperation between people.

For all of the amazing battles and fights in Reincarnated as a Slime, the real scenes that stand out and define Rimuru are the ones where he’s interacting with others and helping them out, guiding them and being a friend to them. His compassion for the human adventuring party after the death of Shizue, his adoption of the dwarfs and direwolves, and even his olive branch to the rampaging orcs show the different style of protagonist that Rimuru is trying to be.

It can be easy to lump isekai stories into a single pile, but frankly that just doesn’t do the series any justice when it comes to seeing what really makes one unique and special. We all might dream some days of being transported to other worlds where we can be heroes, but Rimuru’s dream world is one in which he gets a chance to help people, and help those people live peaceful, happy lives. It is a unique type of protagonist in anime that is selfless in many cases, when the camera needs to focus on them and their amazing powers to show off what they can do, but in Slime’s case, Rimuru is just such a character. His near invincibility frees him from needing to worry about non-stop combat and fantasy battles, and instead gives him the freedom to do and say things that would seem unusual and particularly memorable in a genre that’s got a big case of too similar protagonists.

And that's why I believe that Rimuru Tempest deserves your vote, so do your slime friend a solid and give him your vote, and help Rimuru ascend to the elf-laden fantasy land of his dreams as winner at this year’s Anime Awards!

Did we convince you to vote for Rimuru? Or are you going to make a wrong but totally your own decision? Let us know in the comments!

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