Lounge of Justice - Part 90

[chintai80]

Best anime.

that looks like hellsing but i think i am wrong. lol

 

[flickchick85]

Reminder: don't post videos with cursing, pls.

 

[MbJ]

Reminder: don't post videos with cursing, pls.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

yep, happens to the best of us.

sometimes we all gotta remind ourselves that this is a family message board at the end of the day!

 

[Spider-Aziz]

that looks like hellsing but i think i am wrong. lol

Hellsing has more detailed art style and character models, and no pink haired girl if I recall correctly.

 

[Detective Conan]

Awesome.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

 

[flickchick85]

I dunno if anyone's into theater here, but Danny Boyle's recent production of Frankenstein (starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller and Naomie Harris) is available for free on the National Theatre's YouTube channel for the next week, FYI.

 

[Gee]

I dunno if anyone's into theater here, but Danny Boyle's recent production of Frankenstein (starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jonny Lee Miller and Naomie Harris) is available for free on the National Theatre's YouTube channel for the next week, FYI.

The two Sherlocks? Thanks for the info!

 

[flickchick85]

No problem!

 

[KalvinEllis]

My boy. Hope he's the lead in the Green Lantern TV show.

 

[heatvision38]

Watch out for refrigerators.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

 

[flickchick85]

Watch out for refrigerators.

 

[Calvin Ellis]

My boy. Hope he's the lead in the Green Lantern TV show.

A woman after my own heart decked out in Raiders gear.

 

[KalvinEllis]

Watch out for refrigerators.

That did cross my mind. lol But if Kyle is on the show, they pretty much can't avoid that story. Alex is basically the Green Lantern equivalent of Uncle Ben, she is Kyle's "great responsibility" moment, if she doesn't get "fridged", he doesn't grow as a character. People often make the Gwen Stacy comparisons, but it's really Uncle Ben since Gwen was not created solely for the purpose of being killed in order to motivate Peter the way Alex was for Kyle. It's funny because when you think about it Alex was a much better fit to be a Green Lantern than Kyle, she was the mature responsible character who had her act together as compared to Kyle who had no clue what he was doing and Alex always had to tell him and guide him. In perspective it's just funny to see how she was designed to serve a single purpose in the story since Kyle was the only GL left and he needed a mentor-type figure so they decided to make that person his girlfriend and kill her afterwards to make him realize the burden he was carrying. That was the 90s, man. lol

 

[KalvinEllis]

 

[Blitzkrieg]

@Micromind

2 more weeks in quarantine!

 

[The Guard]

That did cross my mind. lol But if Kyle is on the show, they pretty much can't avoid that story. Alex is basically the Green Lantern equivalent of Uncle Ben, she is Kyle's "great responsibility" moment, if she doesn't get "fridged", he doesn't grow as a character. People often make the Gwen Stacy comparisons, but it's really Uncle Ben since Gwen was not created solely for the purpose of being killed in order to motivate Peter the way Alex was for Kyle. It's funny because when you think about it Alex was a much better fit to be a Green Lantern than Kyle, she was the mature responsible character who had her act together as compared to Kyle who had no clue what he was doing and Alex always had to tell him and guide him. In perspective it's just funny to see how she was designed to serve a single purpose in the story since Kyle was the only GL left and he needed a mentor-type figure so they decided to make that person his girlfriend and kill her afterwards to make him realize the burden he was carrying. That was the 90s, man. lol

Of course they can avoid it. They just don't tell it. There are all kinds of ways to develop characters into more responsible people other than having a single person they love die, which has become a superhero cliche. Give him something that sets him apart, something that has to do with his work as an artist and a creator.

 

[KalvinEllis]

Of course they can avoid it. They just don't tell it. There are all kinds of ways to develop characters into more responsible people other than having a single person they love die, which has become a superhero cliche. Give him something that sets him apart, something that has to do with his work as an artist and a creator.

Guess they can but I think if there's a Kyle Rayner centered show, for better or worse the two aspects that are all but necessary are evil Hal Jordan and the fate of Alex DeWitt. They don't need to do it exactly how it was in the comics though, it's called adaptation for a reason. That was also done precisely to help set the new character apart from the old character, since Hal was reckless but competent, while Kyle's reckless incompetence earlier on had awful consequences for him and those close to him. They were clearly going for the Peter Parker take as mentioned before. It's ironic since despite that Kyle was an artist and creator, Alex was initially the one doing all the work when it came to him learning how to use the ring. They clearly wanted to push the notion that Kyle was someone completely out of his depth who needed someone else to hold his hand so when he loses that person he's left to fend for himself. I think it's not just the trope itself, but rather the gruesome nature of Alex's death why that moment is being frowned upon as much as it is.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Aurakles]

A fan of Snyders films is unlikely to have a problem with female empowerment stories.

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Chip Chipperson]

I don’t think the one guy talking about female empowerment stuff is mutually exclusive to the shirt he’s wearing. Pretty sure they’re just using some of the bigger controversies in the online fan community to drive the point home and thought of the Star Wars stuff as well as the directors cut drama.

Like you can’t go on any WB or DC social media account without people trying to spam that hashtag all day every day for the last 3 years, lol.

 

[misslane38]

A fan of Snyders films is unlikely to have a problem with female empowerment stories.

Exactly. The joke is pretty poor. It's more of a strawman. I mean, there are definitely stinkers in the SC "movement," but that man's words don't resemble their primary point of view or discourse. BvS itself is a critique of the patriarchy and toxic masculinity, and SC fans include Whedon's sexist portrayals of Diana and Lois in JL among their complaints. Plus, the SC and TLJ agendas come from quite different angles. This "joke" also just keeps people talking about the SC and raising its profile.