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i think umineko went hard on the OST but thereâs one in particular that sounded familiar to me, which is weird because itâs my first time reading through it. so i listened to it just by itself, without anything to distract me, and then it hit me: itâs because i heard it in there
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warning for: flashing lights, homestuck blood, homestuck drugs, homestuck spoilers
(video by pyrotechnicstars on YT and original comic by xamag-chan on DA, if anyone cares about the source :))
#umineko#homestuck#homestuck spoilers#flashing light cw#drugs cw#(homestuck drugs but still)#blood cw#yeah i think that's all#please if you're into homestuck give it a watch!#the editing is on point and the music goes so well with it!#yes i went back years into my liked playlist to find this video again#yes i also found some cringy stuff i kind of wish i could forget#most of it is still pretty fun to watch or listen to though#i know most people won't care about it but i wanted to share đ
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F*cking up the friendship
Word count: 3501
Genre: Angst and fluff
Pairing: Wanda x Natasha x fem!reader
Warnings: Swearing, alcohol (let me know if I need to add any)
Summary: You sometimes forget Nat and Wanda are dating each other but when they go off on a date you feel sad and add alcohol to the mix, unable to fully control your words around them when they come back.
A/n: Iâve been in a huge wandanat x reader mood recently so youâre probably going to get spammed with a lot of these. Originally this was supposed to be a 1k words get together fluff fic that was suggested to me but then I added angst and other stuff so I decided to make the fluffy get together fic separately. Anyways I hope you all enjoy this, I spent hours yesterday writing so I could finish it in one day.Â
You sigh loudly as you flip through Netflix, finding nothing interesting to watch. Usually on a Friday night you would be doing something with Wanda and Nat but today they had told you they had a special date planned so you havenât seen them at all. It was a completely horrible idea to fall in love with your two best friends who happened to be dating each other but your heart betrayed your brain and now you were stuck in this situation, finding it impossible to get over the two most amazing women you had ever met. Spending nearly all your time with them did not help and everyday you feel your heart break a little when they kiss each other in greeting but only give you a smile. You know you should be thankful for their friendship, and you are, but it also pains you to know that there can never be more.Â
You imagine what it would be like to share kisses and wake up wrapped in their arms. One time when you had fallen asleep on the couch after staying up late watching movies with them Natasha had carried you to bed and tucked you in and Wanda had said goodnight with a kiss on your forehead. You never talked about that night because you had pretended to be asleep but you replay it over and over in your mine, wishing that it wasnât a one time thing. They are so strong, so kind, so smart and just so amazing in every possible way. Itâs fitting that they are together but it also sucks to have to watch the perfect people have a perfect relationship while you pine silently, always trying to be a supportive friend.Â
You try to think positive thoughts but you canât help but wonder what they could be doing now which ruins your mood. Nothing on Netflix looks good to watch by yourself with nobody to make fun of cringy rom-coms with or to hide your face in during horror movies. Itâs almost scary how much time youâve spent with them recently and how reliant youâve come to be on it. Come to think of it you canât remember the last time they went on a proper date and you start to wonder if by watching movies with them you were actually intruding upon their alone time. You hope they would have been honest and told you if you were but they have always been nothing but nice to you so itâs possible they just didnât want to hurt your feelings.Â
Giving up on watching altogether you throw the remote aside carelessly, wincing when it bounces off the couch and hits the floor with a bang, and stand up. Making your way out of the living room and over to the room where the mini bar is you push all the thoughts from your mind, focusing only on the fact that you really need a drink right now. You donât bother to turn the lights on when you enter the room, heading straight for the bottles and pouring some whiskey into a glass, much more than a recommended size.Â
Sitting down on the couch you take a gulp. It burns and tastes disgusting, youâve never been one for drinking but tonight you enjoy the feeling, not drinking for pleasure but drinking to hopefully forget. It takes about an hour before your thoughts get all muddled and you feel more relaxed. You slowly start to close your eyes and drift off to sleep when you are woken suddenly by a thump and a stream of curse words. You startle and your hand jerks spilling the rest of your drink all over your lap.Â
Natasha and Wanda are standing a few feet in front of you. Natasha is looking at you with an expression you canât recognize in your inebriated state and Wanda is clutching her foot, looking darkly at the leg of the coffee table.Â
âShit.â You mumble loudly, both at spilling your drink and at seeing them while drunk. This wasnât supposed to happen, they were supposed to still be gone and now youâve just embarrassed yourself completely in front of them.Â
âHey, Y/n,â Natasha is at your side in an instant, cupping your face in her hands, âletâs get you cleaned up okay?â
Wanda is there a second later, hovering. âAnd then maybe you could tell us whatâs wrong.â
âNothhhingâs wrong.â You slur, standing up. âGoodnight.â
âNo no no, youâre not going anywhere by yourself right now.â Natasha tells you firmly, grabbing your arm. You donât protest, partly because you know they are both stubborn and will always win and partly because you secretly want to spend as much time with them as possible.Â
âListen to Nat,â Wanda advises, âcan you walk?â
âI can walk.â You say, crossing your arms and trying to look serious
Natasha raises an eyebrow, doing a horrible job at stifling her laughter for a spy. âShow me then.â
You take a few steps forward, looking triumphantly at Natasha before you stumble, arms flailing out and grabbing Wanda to prevent yourself from falling. Wanda helps pull you back up straight and kisses you on the forehead.
âI think the correct answer to the question is no.â She tells you amused. âLet me help you.âÂ
She doesnât wait for a response and hooks an arm underneath your shoulders to help support your weight. You lean into her and match her steps, frowning when Natasha hurries away in front instead of walking with you.
âSheâs just going ahead to grab something.â Wanda whispers, noticing your expression. You feel your entire body shiver from the sound of her whisper in your ear. Luckily she doesnât mention it and just tightens her grip around you and continues until youâve reached their shared room.
You stare at the door in confusion. âWhat are we doing here?â
âDid you really think we would leave you alone when youâre drunk and obviously upset about something?â She asks rhetorically. âWe want to take care of you.â
Youâre glad sheâs holding you up otherwise youâre afraid you would have melted to the floor from her words alone. She pushes the door open and leads you inside. Natasha is waiting and hands you a pile of clothes. You recognize the bottoms as Wandaâs favourites and the top as Natashaâs shirt.Â
âFor me?â You ask, confused. She had handed them to you but maybe she actually wanted to give them to Wanda seeing as itâs their stuff.
âYes for you silly,â she says smiling, âare you able to change by yourself in the bathroom?â You nod, feeling slightly more sober now.
âOkay just be careful and call if you need us.â Wanda tells you before stepping away from your side. You already miss her warmth but you pretend to be unaffected and head into the bathroom to change.Â
It takes longer than usual, in part because you accidentally tried to put both legs in the same hole at first, but you managed to undress and put the pajamas on. Theyâre soft and smell like a mixture of them and you will deny it if asked but you hold the shirt up to your nose and breathe it in before realizing how weird that is. Walking back out of the room you shift nervously, unsure of what to do with both Natasha and Wanda staring at you intently.
âCome here sweetheart.â Natasha says and you immediately comply, heart pounding at the endearment, sitting down beside her on the bed in between her and Wanda. âDo you want to tell us why you got drunk now?â You shake your head furiously, only stopping when it starts to make you nauseous.Â
âNo, I donât really-â You get cut off by your own yawn, suddenly very tired.Â
Wanda giggles. âLetâs get you to bed now.â
You start to pout, upset that you have to leave and go back to your room but before you can move she uses her powers to gently float up the bed to the pillows, pulling you with her. Natasha joins you and cuddles you from behind so youâre pinned between them. Your eyes feel so tired but you try to fight sleep, wanting to stay in the moment forever.Â
âGoodnight Y/n.â Natasha says and you stop resisting and start to relax.Â
âNight Tasha I love you.â You tell her sleepily. âI love you too Wanda.â
âSleep well Y/n.â Wanda replies, giving you a short kiss on the top of your forehead. You feel so warm and safe between them and it only takes another minute before youâre fast asleep.
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You try to move but something strong and warm is holding you down. Your eyes fly open and the first thing you see is Wandaâs face, inches from your own. Natasha must be behind you because you can feel her wrapped around you and her small breaths blowing the back of your head. Itâs nice but you canât remember how you got here so you wrack your brains, ignoring your headache. You were sad so instead of watching a movie you started drinking, then they found you and then they took you back here and after that-SHIT. Shit shit shit shit shit you had told them you loved them.Â
You arenât naive enough to believe they think you meant it in a platonic way, you never tell your friends you love them and Natasha and Wanda are both really smart and can easily tell what youâre thinking. You just hope that they donât tease you about it because you donât think you could handle anything but being let down gently.Â
âWhat are you thinking about?â Natasha asks from behind you. You hadnât realized she was awake already but somehow she noticed you are, sheâs scary with how much she knows sometimes. As much as you know this conversation will be awkward and painful you know thereâs no point in delaying it and itâs best if you have control over it.Â
âThat Iâm sorry.â You tell her.Â
âYou have nothing to be sorry for.â She says gently, sitting up, understanding what youâre referencing.Â
âNo I do, I made things weird and I didnât want to do that.â You say, hating yourself for the lump that forms in your throat. You start to untangle yourself from Wanda, trying hard not to wake her. This conversation is difficult enough with one person, if Wanda wakes up youâll most definitely start to cry and the last thing you want is for them to feel bad or to pity you.Â
âY/n-â She starts but you interrupt her, not wanting to hear it.Â
âI hope we can still be friends.â You say making your way to the door before pausing. âPlease tell Wanda Iâm sorry and that I need some time to myself for the day but after that I will pretend nothing happened.â
âY/n, please-âÂ
This time you cut her off by closing the door. You run to your room. You donât think sheâll try to follow and catch up with you but you donât want to take any chances and you certainly donât want the others to see where youâre coming from and your shame to get deeper. You are stupid, so stupid, you shouldnât have gotten drunk and you should have kept your stupid mouth shut. Their friendship means everything to you and although Natasha didnât seem like she would stop being friends with you over it things will definitely be awkward for a long time and youâve seen friendships crumble because of it.Â
Luckily you make it to your room without anybody noticing and you take a few breaths to calm yourself, closing your eyes. It helps for a second but when you open them again youâre looking straight into your mirror and you can see yourself wearing their clothes and immediately feel the tears start to come. You jump onto your bed and bury yourself fully under the covers, trying to stop crying because you donât deserve to, it was your fault, and crying only makes everything worse, including your headache.Â
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Natasha shakes Wanda awake only to hear her groan and shift, attempting to fall back asleep.Â
Rolling her eyes she tries again. âWanda. Wanda. Wanda wake up.â Wanda moves slightly and lets out incoherent mumbles before waking up more and sitting straight up.
âWhereâs Y/n?â She asks alarmed, remembering you were here when she fell asleep.
âThatâs why Iâm waking you up; she left.â Natasha tells her and Wanda frowns.
âWhy?â
âBecause we messed up and now she thinks we donât love her.â Natasha explains. âShe thinks that she ruined our friendship by telling us she loved us last night since we didnât say it back and she left before I had time to correct her.â
âOh crap.â Wanda says, thinking about how things seemed for you. From your point of view you had drunkenly confessed your feelings to people in a relationship before falling asleep with them not saying it back.Â
âYeah,â Natasha agrees, âI know we werenât planning on doing the thing until this evening but I think we should do it now, we canât let her be upset for any longer.âÂ
âYouâre better at talking so you should get her while I set it up.â Wanda says and Natasha nods in agreement.
âBe as quick as possible, we will hopefully be there in ten minutes.â Natasha tells her before giving her a quick peck. Wanda sighs dreamily, imagining what itâs going to be like when she is dating both you and Natasha (provided you say yes of course but Natasha is certain you will and she trusts Natasha).Â
Leaving her room Natasha quickly makes her way to yours and knocks on the door.Â
âGo away.â You say and she canât stand how sad and self loathing you sound just from those two small words.
âNo,â she replies, âI need to talk to you.â
âPlease.â You beg, your voice cracking in desperation. You canât see her right now, not like this. She doesnât listen, hating to ignore you but knowing that if she talks to you she can hopefully make it all better.
âOh Y/n.â She sighs upon opening the door and seeing your lump under the covers. âSweetheart itâs going to be okay.â
âNo itâs not, I fucked up our friendship Nat!â You cry out, still refusing to show your face.
âNo baby you didnât.â She tells you, the endearment accidentally slipping off her tongue in her attempts to comfort you. âPlease just give me a minute to explain some things.â
âOkay.â You sniffle, both confused and curious. You hate that youâre even a tiny bit hopeful at her words and you attempt to squash those thoughts down to spare as much of your heart that hasnât already been hurt.Â
âI would love to see your pretty face when I talk to you.â She prompts, gently lifting the edge of the covers. You slowly peek out of them like a turtle, well aware and slightly embarrassed of the fact that you look like youâve been crying (which you have but itâs still embarrassing).
âThere we go, thatâs much better.â She tells you smiling. Even though youâre upset you canât help but crack a wobbly smile back at her, her happiness really is infectious. She stares at your shirt as you pull more of yourself out from under the covers and you flush when you realize that you had never bothered to change and are still wearing her shirt.Â
âIt looks nice on you.â She says softly, reaching out to touch the hem before clearing her throat and switching into business mode. âI think you got the wrong impression.â
âI know I never should have-â You start to apologize, scared of her shift in mood.Â
âThatâs exactly what I mean.â She interrupts. âYou seem to think that youâve ruined our friendship by telling out how you feel but I can assure you thatâs not the case at all and we are actually both extremely happy about your feelings.â
âWhy isnât Wanda here then.â You ask skeptically.Â
âBecause sheâs in the living room where Iâm supposed to bring you.â Natasha replies. âWill you come?â
âI donât know,â you say nervously, âare you sure thatâŚâ you trail off, unsure of what else to say.Â
âY/n,â Natasha says and suddenly youâre all too aware of how close she is to you, âit will be good I promise.âÂ
As soon as she finishes speaking she leans in and her lips are on yours. Itâs better than any of the times youâve dreamed and itâs the perfect mix between hard and passionate but also soft and sweet.
âWow.â You breathe when she pulls away after a few seconds, unable to think of anything else.Â
She laughs. âWandaâs going to be jealous that I got to do that before her and as much as Iâd love to kiss you again we shouldnât keep her waiting for too long.â
You nod silently and take Wandaâs hand when she offers it as she stands up and starts to walk out of the room.
âWait,â you say just before you leave, âmaybe I should change first.â
She looks over your (well technically their) clothes. âYou are not changing, I like you wearing our stuff.â
Youâre surprised to hear the slight possessive growl in her voice but it makes you incredibly happy. The start to this day had to be one of the worst in your life but itâs quickly becoming the best. Feeling as though youâre floating you allow her to pull you through the halls into one of the living rooms, the one you usually use for watching movies.
Wanda is sitting on the couch looking at the door when you come in but what catches your eye is the sheer amount of stuff around her. There are heaps of all your favourite candies and chips all around her and thereâs a cute stuffed bear.
âDo you like it?â She asks and instead of answering you let go of Natashaâs hand and throw yourself at her, wrapping your arms around her waist tightly.
âI think that means yes.â Natasha says, laughing at your enthusiastic reaction.
âI love it,â you tell them, âI love-â You stop yourself before you tell them you love them again because even after all this youâre still not sure if thatâs what they want to hear.Â
âWe love you too Y/n.â Wanda says and you sigh in both happiness and relief at her words. âNat do you want to give her the thing now?â
You pull away from Wanda to look over at Natasha, curious as to what the thing is. Natasha picks up a small red jewelry box from the table that you hadnât noticed earlier in your excitement and hands it to you. They both watch as you open it, suddenly nervous that you wonât like it.
You open it up to see a necklace with two charms on it and two charms that are identical lying beside it. Upon closer inspection you gasp, recognizing the the letter charms n and w as the same ones Natasha and Wanda wore on their necklaces, reminding them of each other. The charms lying beside it are the first letter of your name, presumably for them to add to their necklace. You feel yourself tear up at how sweet and thoughtful this gesture is.Â
Wanda breaks the silence first. âThis is what we were doing yesterday and it took all day because they were custom made so we wanted it done by the same person so it would look the same. We thought it would be nice for us to give you this when we officially asked you out so you donât feel like an outsider or anything because we really like you and want things to go well.â
âWhat sheâs trying to say is will you go out with us.â Natasha says, halting Wandaâs rambling.Â
Wanda smiles sheepishly. âWhat she said.â
You slowly look up, careful not to let any tears fall and launch yourself into their arms, pulling whatever part of them you are holding towards you.Â
âI think you already know the answer by now but I would love to.â You say, still trying to get as close to them as possible. They wrap their arms around you tightly and moving together they lift you a few steps to the couch and plop you down, sitting and cuddling on either side of you.
âTodayâs movie day and weâll take you on a proper date tomorrow.â Natasha promises and you hum happily in reply. You donât care at all about what type of dates you go on or even if you go on them at all because youâre dating the two most amazing women in the world and thatâs a high youâre going to be riding for a long time, possibly forever.
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Josh,
Sometimes it's really fucking difficult to not believe that the universe is personally biased against me. And I know that's kind of rich coming from the one of us that didn't get driven to suicide. But I just, I know you of all people would understand. I wish I had you to really talk to right now.
I'm gonna ramble because I just need someone to listen. But where to fucking start? Life right now is just spinning plates. On one day this week I found out a critical hospital referral I was relying on had never been made; I was rejected by yet another landlord for a house next year that I'd really been betting on; my supervisor met with and bullied me for a solid two hours and my one social event of the week got cancelled. So, that's about when it all started to get too much.
The doctor I've been seeing has been incompetent from the start and made so much work for me in the 6 months I've been in her care. Despite diagnosing my Potentially Life Threatening connective tissue disease, she never even named it in our appointments, leaving me to discover the true horrors of my body through playing detective with my blood results. Long story short, to be confident that I can go on a treatment for it without bleeding out, I need to see a geneticist. But despite agreeing that I should see one, she's refusing to refer me to one directly. Instead, she's referring me to a pain rehab clinic at a separate hospital and saying they can internally refer me to genetics. The wait on the pain rehab clinic? At least two years. Plus, of course none of this information was forthcoming and required weeks of emailing back and forth. So now I'm angry, anxious and stressed about my health. I want to make a formal complaint but I don't know when I'll find the time.
That wasn't even the worst thing, though. The worst thing was uni reminding me just one last time that it truly doesn't give a shit about its students and why I hate it to its very core. The final piece of work I have left to hand in is a research project that I've been working on all year. However, my supervisor is an utter cunt, and I don't say that lightly. He's incredibly narcissistic and rude for a start. For a presentation I had to do, he forced me to use his own slides without ever looking at mine. He once ended an online meeting because I misspoke when explaining a figure, telling me to call him back when I knew what I was on about because he "never forgets what he sees and doesn't want his brain soiled with incorrect information." Given he never remembers what we've spoken about from one meeting to the next, I call bullshit. Oh and this week? He asked me to explain a figure to him and when he said he didn't understand I asked him if he was looking at my screen share. He said no. I just despair!
To make matters worse, he's never fucking happy with me. He's made me start my work from scratch 3 times now and had a different problem each time. We're rapidly approaching the deadline now, so to get all the work done for the 3rd time I've been working 9am-5pm 6 days a week. Not that he cares. The results don't fit his hypothesis, so I must simply be incompetent. He even once had the audacity to suggest that I "didn't want to do the work" while looking through a 70 page document of my results, because I couldn't explain the findings of a figure I'd made a month ago off the top of my head.
In this weeks meeting, he again gave me an extortionate list of new tasks to do, while berating me at every turn. With a month left submit my thesis and my write up not started, I tried to explain to him that I wouldn't have time to complete the list. He just shrugged and said, "Well I think you should do it." And yes, this man is aware that I have been struggling physically and mentally recently.
I didn't know what else to do to make him listen, so I contacted the course supervisor (who I'd already briefly made aware of my issues with him). She told me to "quit" and "just get on with writing my thesis"... until four hours later after she had spoken to my supervisor and completely changed her mind. She video called me to tell me to do the work and I just broke down. I don't make a habit of ugly sobbing in front of people I've only ever met twice over Microsoft Teams, but this was a particularly bad day.
"Trying to do this work is going to destroy my physical and mental health."
"I can't do this anymore."
"He never listens to me."
"I've been working 6 days a week and it's killing me."
She didn't care. She told me that since my supervisor is an experienced professional, he must know how much he's asking of me and since he insists it's quick and easy stuff, it must be. This man has never done this analysis himself. He doesn't even know how; half the stuff one of his lab workers taught me and the rest I taught myself.
"Chill out" and "calm down" she told me, "do the work and if you have any problems ask John (the lab worker)"
By the time I pressed the leave button, I could barely breathe, let alone talk. I was just choking and sobbing and had snot pouring down my face. I was just so tired. So stressed. So... ignored. I didn't know where I would find the hours in the day, but I started by cancelling the trip to see my parents this weekend. To them I am not a student, and a student with health problems at that. I am simply a machine to use for free research.
I just wanted the stress to give me a break. I just wanted a break. I was genuinely afraid that my heart was going to stop from the stress alone. I didn't know where else to turn. The counseling service put me on a waiting list. My tutor told me to "just keep trying my best". My mentor told me to talk to my course supervisor. My course supervisor told me to work. A was busy revising for an exam the next day and I didn't want to bother him. So, I turned to my unhealthy coping mechanisms instead.
I didn't mean to do it as badly as I did. I just wanted to scratch my skin enough to feel it burn and give me something else to feel instead of the huge mass in my chest. But the scissors were sharper than I thought and when I looked down there were four long cuts that had gone through the skin and fat. I knew immediately I'd fucked up. There was no way those edges were coming together on their own. Honestly, I was just mad I'd given myself something else to do. So, I covered them with gauze and tape and kept on working. Because I needed to work. I needed to get it done. I would deal with going to the hospital later but I couldn't lose these working hours.
Once the blood was dripping from the gauze I finally, begrudgingly, went to the hospital. Honestly? They were surprisingly nice. They were understanding and they listened. I was so worried that they'd think I was some cringy emo kid looking for attention. I honestly felt like a total knob going there, but I didn't have a choice. I never felt judged or like they thought I was wasting their time or that it was all my fault. Of course, I know that it was my fault and I felt like a fool. But I also don't blame myself for becoming so desperate. At one point a doctor came in with a medical student who was visibly shy and embarrassed when examining me. I told her I had a place at medical school, so not to worry as I'd be in her place soon. And again, I was shocked because they didn't once tell me not to go. I thought they were going to say "if you can't cope right now, starting medical school isn't for you!" But they never said anything like that. Instead they were shocked I'd gotten in to such a good uni and seemed incredibly genuine when they wished me well.
Oh, and the wounds? Thankfully I didn't need stitches so I got them pulled together again with steri-strips. And in case you didn't believe me that I didn't intend them to be so bad, I nearly passed out three times after looking at them. So, I truly am a fucking idiot, Josh. Lesson learnt, I suppose. Though I'm still afraid what will happen next time I run out of options.
It's finally the end of the week now, but the universe still hasn't given me a break. My mum called earlier and told me my rabbit will be crossing the rainbow bridge tomorrow as he seems to have had a stroke. I mean, it's a small mercy that he's an old bunny and he's been unwell for a long time, so it's not a shock. But it's still so sad and I'll miss him so much. What really tops it all off is that I was going to see him this weekend until I had to cancel my trip home due to the workload.
Man, I just. Why does shit stuff seem to come so easily to me? It's difficult not to feel personally victimized when shit news after shit news lines up so well. I wish good things came as thick and fast. I hope to fuck my luck changes soon because honestly I'm terrified that it's taking years off my life.
Thanks for listening, Josh,
C
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Justice league Snydercut review
Wow talk about a long movie. Remember Mass Effect's 3 shit endings that were later improved (sorta) with DLCs. Well that is kinda how this movie is.
Before we start this, I just wanna say that I was very impartial throughout the whole snydercut movement. I wasn't part of it but I do see the good that they did in regards to some of their charities and with how the fandom itself has been painted in a negative light. So its good that they got what they have been demanding for quite some time. Snyder as director for me, I really am not the biggest fan of. His movies have some great cinematic moments that look amazing but the context around it is what muddles it for me.
Is it better than Whedon's JL? YES. To start I'll look at some of the things that I do like.
I do like how it was split into parts. Â Gives it that miniseries/Comic book feel
Thank god they removed that stupid cringy flash landing on top of Diana's chest scene.
Darkseid looks good. I know some people have issues with it but I liked it. I mean looking at it first glance has me convinced its Darkseid. His voice isn't too bad either. Reminds me a bit of Injustice 2.
As much as I have issues with Darkseid being introduced so early I do like that he had a brief confrontation/glaredown with the League, foreshadowing a possible in person encounter and that the League needs to expand if they are going to fight against Darkseid. Â
Steppenwolf's design has greatly improved and looks better than before.
Loved the scenes between Alfred and Diana. Â Wish there was more of that.
I loved how the movie added Cyborg, Aquaman and Flash attempting to stop Superman from getting to Batman. I also liked how in this version, Â Batman pleading to Clark's humanity telling him that world needs him and he needs to snap out of it. Â Also bonus for taking out that scene of Batman on the ground groaning about how old he is getting.
Okay seeing Clark get the black suit and having the voiceovers of both his father's merge together works in terms of Clark's arc into becoming the person he was meant to be. Also like the use of Zimmerman's Ideal of Hope score wished they let it play out a little longer. Â Probably my favourite moment in the film is where Superman just takes Steppenwolf's Axe like its nothing and freezes it.
Now to go into some of the more critical stuff that bugged me when watching.
For a movie that is 4 hours long, pacing issues were bound to happen. I think the first example of this can be found in the opening with the Superman scream wave (which started to get a bit hilarious when his screams could be heard every now and then) hitting all three mother boxes. they are shown individually reacting to it and it takes time, where it could have just showed them together or an compilation of each of the motherboxes waking up. I know it Snyder's thing but tone down on the slow mo. Like some instances its fine (like with bullet time or Flash's scenes) but other instances I'm just like alright I get it.
The scene involving Cyborg transferring money into that single mother's bank account. Is he gonna do this for all the people suffering just like her? or just for that one person? I mean if you can hack into the world monetary system, you can solve a lot of financial issues affecting  the majoirty and not just one person. Did I miss the scene but why did Cyborg go from helping one poor person, suggesting the potential good he can do to change the world for the better  to "Fuck the world". Seems a bit inconsistent in character. Especially since he knows who Diana is (from what he says)  and that Parademons are after the motherbox. Maybe her offering help, you should take it? idk Vic. Also the whole Auto defense system malfunction, would it not be better if this was established beforehand where we see Vic struggling to maintain his body's autonomy leading up to the Superman confrontation? Prior to that it seemed he had it under control and his biggest conflict throughout the movie seemed more to be with him coming to terms with his new body. With that being said, Cyborg's character here is much more interesting and better than it was originally. I can see why Ray Fisher is so pissed (well that and the abuse he faced).  I am glad this was improved and gave the character a lot more to do.
The movie still has the same issue as before in regards to the whole motherbox plot and how convenient it was that all three are located on earth. You would think that with the involvement of Darkseid/Steppenwolf that separating them to distinct locations across space would make it more difficult to collect them. I mean we know that the Green Lanterns exist (we saw one get chomped), you'd think that they or the guardians would take one and secure it on Oa. The pushback to this would be "well there was only one green lantern and he died, so how could they retrieve the box?" which begs my question, why send only one? I mean it has been established that Darkseid is a known conqueror of worlds, you'd think the Guardians would be smart enough to send more than one Lantern to aid Earth in their fight. Â Did they not think it would be a good idea to have the corps be more involved/keep an eye on earth since it is the only planet that was able to repel Darkseid's forces?
Why is it that the best idea of security when it comes to humans is to bury it? Would it not be better in optics to look over it and know its location instead of dropping it somewhere on the off chance that someone might find it due to being  curious or the land changing/altering  making the box more easy to attain? A situation as dire/serious as this, you would think that the Amazons/Atlanteans would have been better prepped with armor/weapons for such an event. I mean you have the arrow of Artemis that shoots quite a distance to give Diana a message but not some kind of weapon that hurts/cripples Steppenwolf? Or better yet, how about the moment that the boxes started acting up after Superman's death, that Atlantis/Themiscarya would put aside any differences they had with one another and to the outside world to come together to secure the boxes?  How could Darkseid forget the name of the only planet that was able to force him to retreat? nor does he know that it harbors the anti life?
Did this movie break Aquaman's continuity? because from the dialogue between Mera and Arthur, its implied that Atlanna abandoned/left Arthur at Tom's doorsteps whereas in the movie,  we see Atlanna spend a couple of years with Tom and raising baby Arthur before she was forced to come back. You'd think Zack being a producer for the Aquaman  movie would have edited that line or made it more clear. Well that or James Wan F'ed up when making the movie.
"I've never seen a being as strong as Steppenwolf" Did Diana just forget Ares aka the god of war who killed the Greek Pantheon/Old gods and orchestrated the first World War? Hell from the looks of the flashback it seemed Ares (I'm assuming its Ares, if its Hades, my bad) was getting some good hits in on Darkseid, who is superior to Steppenwolf.  While we are on the topic of Diana, it's a bit odd that Snyder who  was a producer on WW84 where one of the biggest focuses on the movie that Patty Jenkins talked about was how Diana doesn't solve her problems with violence (even though her primary weapons in this movie are a sword and shield but okay. Then again New 52 hasn't done a good job in disproving that), yet in this movie we see her using her gauntlet smash to fucking kill the one remaining terorrist. Like sure you can argue that they were terrorists and deserve to die, but given how easy and quick it was for her to take out the previous guys, why do something that runs the risks of destroying the very building that you are in (with hostages). I mean from the look of the blast and how much debris fell from the building outside, and it was a miracle no one (but the terrorist) got hurt/killed.
Why did Steppenwolf  kidnap  them in the first place? Just use that mind extracting device you used on the Atlantean soldier to see if they know. Seems like a waste of time to collect them in one location only to interrogate them later.
Okay, I'm sorry but even in this cut I still don't like Miller's Barry Allen. He isn't as bad as he was in the theatrical cut but man does it stick out. When he is helping to escort the kidnapped civilians out, why doesn't he just grab them and transfer them to a safe distance? He even makes a comment about how slow they are going. Can I also just say how weird it is for Barry to take time saving Iris to caress her hair and look at her more creepily in slow mo? Like yeah its in slow mo but still I think your priority should be to get everyone to safety as quick as possible and check if anyone else could get hurt. Â I will admit that Barry's speech as he is running so fast to reverse time at the end was really good. Tho the more I think about all the slow mo Flash scenes are good.
They still kept the "Let's use the mother box to bring back Superman plot". Why? This is a piece of tech that you don't fully understand how it works and you are going on the whims of someone you just met. Especially if they come back as a different person/mindset all together. Â If Superman 's death was the reason that allowed for the Mother box to call to Steppenwolf/Darkseid, what the hell were they doing prior to Superman's arrival on earth? I mean we've seen how easy it was for Steppenwolf to attain the two boxes even if they were guarded, so why the wait ?. I get that Batman is going through an arc and trying to change from the person he was but how does go from "1% chance of absolute certainty" to "let's go on a whim and have faith" when it comes to resurrecting Superman?Â
Its gonna be awkward as to how Clark will explain his sudden return from the grave around the same time Superman came back.
I was wondering when the Knightmare scene will play out. Jared leto's Joker isn't over with me, it seems way too try-hard to be edgy. Other than that yeah, not much I can say about it. Tho do we seriously need another iteration where Superman (or someone with Superman like powers) is evil?
I also love how nonchalant Bruce is about J'onn appearing in front him. However the revelation that J'onn was that army general all the time breaks so much of continuity (and just why now did you decide to show up and help and not idk the time Zod invaded and nearly  terraformed earth, HELL WHY TF DIDN'T SHOW UP TO HELP THE LEAGUE IF YOU KNEW ABOUT DARKSEID, I'M SORRY TO RAG ON BUT REALLY THIS CAMEO JUST OPENS UP SO MANY QUESTIONS, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AN "PALPATINE WAS BEHIND THIS ALL ALONG" KIND OF THING ).
In terms of getting a sequel, I am not sure if WB is going to go through with it given that their current vision seems to be a different route than the one Snyder intended so who knows. Despite my criticisms I do believe this is Snyder's best DCEU film to date and probably one of his better films. You could tell that he put in a lot to make this. The movie itself does have issues mostly due to the plot surrounding the motherbox as well as pacing. I would say it's worth the watch at least once, though I think its best to watch it in doses rather than one sitting. Ultimately this is the version that we should have gotten and I can see why so many people who were supportive of Zack wanted or vouched for him to finish it. Regardless, I think the very least I am happy for Snyder. If you like Snyder's previous stuff, you will like this one, if you don't, your perception of the film won't change significantly other than some cool bits here and there. Â
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Letâs talk about quarantine streams and smartass fans
This might piss off some people, but Iâve had it so here we go...these past 2 months have been hard for pretty much all of us and the fact some visual kei artists chose to not leave us alone during this time means a lot. Several of them did their part in their own way and we should all be thankful BUT still, some fans of some bands seem to find it soooo fuckin hard to not throw poison, even during a time like this, and instead of just being happy about their bands being there for them, compare bands to theirs and belittle the effort of everyone else. So I felt like sharing what I noticed from other bands to enlighten some narrowminded fans and also to clear some things up. I am not going to cut this, this will be a long-ass post so youâve been warned.
So letâs start with the two of the biggest names in the industry shall we?
The Gazette: Many of the Gazetteâs fans are disappointed because the band hasnât been around during this whole time, and many Dir en Grey fans feel like itâs the perfect time to post things like âWhereâs your band now?â or âGazette who?â. For your information, Reita, Kai and Aoi have been around too, just not as much as other band members. They check on us. And anyway the other day that Reita tried to share an opinion on people sending hate to artists and generally other people, many fans attacked him. He didnât tell you not to tell your opinion, people, he just said itâs good to filter your fuckin tongue before talking. Did anyone of you think, even for just one second, that he said that because of whatâs going around about them right now? And at the end of the day none of the artists who even did spend sometime with us owed us this. Yes we support them, we buy their stuff etc etc, but the only thing artists owe us back for that support is more music and art, not spending their free time with us, nor being our personal psychologists. So yes, please and I mean that, by all means show your gratitude to those who did that these days, but donât attack bands who didnât. And I donât mean JUST the Gazette. Many more bands didnât do the whole free lives & broadcast thingy, but since they are a big name, they are getting named the most. About Ruki now. I see people saying things like, oh Ruki is hibernating etc, when many fans were yearning for a new album. Personally I wouldnât be surprised if when the whole quarantine is over, the Gazette will announce a new album. How do you know he is just staying inside doing nth? How do you know he is not caring for his own people or even working on new stuff around the very subject of the virus? I wonât speak about Uruha cause Uruha isnât a fan of social media in general.
Dir en Grey: Dir en Grey is one of the bands that actually did a lot to stay by the side of their fans from early on during the quarantine, sth which filled their fans with joy. So I donât understand why their fans then felt the need to start spreading hate to other bands, I really donât. Dir en Grey were also one of the first bands that did a free live and in a huge arena like it was a full-scale show. I found that really remarkable and I was like whoa this is so amazing of them. But seeing their fans say things like âoh no other band does that, bitchesâ etc, made me not care so much and overshadowed their kindness with hate and fans who really donât deserve all that, in my opinion. I am not saying all fans are like that, in any way, I follow so many amazing Dir en Grey fans who are genuinely exhilarated about what they did and who just post about their happiness without hating on others, but yeah itâs really such a big shame to see the dark side of their fandom. Every fandom has a dark side but during this quarantine I got to see Dir en Greyâs one, as I am only familiar with the fandoms I myself am in. So for those bitter Dir en Grey fans I got one thing to say: not every band has their money to make such a show in such a big arena and hundreds more vkei artist actually stayed by their fans side during the whole quarantine. Shocking I know.
And now thatâs out of the way, letâs talk about bands that were there too from home:
Kaya: Since the beginning of quarantine, Kaya has been online all the time, interacting with fans, doing various broadcasts, dolled up or casual, and telling everyone we are fighting this together and that he will be on our side no matter what. Heâs been showering fans with love, he uploaded videoclips that hadnât been uploaded so far on his youtube and some songs live. He is going through all kinds of things from fanarts to comments about anything and does so many broadcasts that I have lost count.
REIGN: Even though the band is disbanding at the end of May, during the whole quarantine, all four members have been twitcasting from time to time, with Ikuma being the overdoer as he streamed from 3-4 hours every few days, discussing about various subjects with fans. Even when they werenât twitcasting, all REIGN members were on twitter, posting and being there for their fans. They also joined a 3-man live with Grimoire and Sick2â˛s side project at the beginning of the quarantine which they broadcasted for free. The live house wasnât very big but it was good enough for the three bands performing and they also answered comments until the people working at the live house told them it was time to close for the night
D: D were more active for their paying fandom, but they sure didnât leave those not belonging in their vip list hanging. They were on twitter the whole time, sharing videos of themselves playing music and even joining tag games that spread among vkei artists during the quarantine to pass their time, urging everyone to stay inside and stay safe. Also, Asagi took an active part in providing for charity during such times. Before the pandemic was announced it had already been decided D were working on a charity single that would send some of the earnings to Australia for the damage of the forest fires last year and, after this was done, he focused on providing money for live houses who were threatened to close due to lack of activity through a single that was written for everyone to know they are not alone. In case you havenât heard, many live houses hosting vkei shows have been closing the last few years, making it harder for bands to find sometime during each week to perform somewhere. Once live houses are done, so will visual kei artists be, unless they of course turn to online performances. So Asagi focused on providing for the future of the live scene, which was very smart move at the moment and if I remember well some money went to providing people with more masks too. There is a new charity streaming happening at the moment for children, btw.
GLAY: GLAY donated 10 million yen and 5000 masks to medical institutions for COVID-19 relief. Need I say more? GLAY have also been active on their social media for their fansâ sake. I donât know any more details, cause I donât follow them that much, but they did things not only for their fans but also for their country.
Kamijo: Kamijo has also being active on social media but moreso lately, starting his own broadcasts to interact with fans. Until that point it seemed that he was working on various things and organizing them to have the form they have now. Kamijo also changed the lyrics of the lead song of his latest single Persona Grata so that the enemy mentioned in it is more of an invisible one instead of a story-focused one like he usually does. According to him, he did that so that the song can work as a hope provider against our current invisible enemy, the virus. He said he wanted to lift peopleâs spirits and use this song to spread hope, so he made that little change and let me tell you, it is an amazing and powerful ballad. Also, since some if not all shippings have been ceased at the moment, Kamijo uploaded the whole single on his youtube channel for free so that everyone can listen to it and hopefully find some strength to keep believing and maybe get lost in it and forget about the general chaos a little.
Gackt: No, I donât want to hear it. If you are his haters and havenât even tried to read or experience what he does for his fans, donât bother coming for me. Gackt has already been trying to share funny moments with his fans and he hopes he does make it with that, through his instagram and youtube so I wasnât surprised he kept doing that during quarantine. Last week, he uploaded all his live shows on youtube so that his fans can watch them during quarantine if they wish. He couldnât provide us with a show during such days so he did give us every show he has done so far for free and so that we could enjoy a show from home. He also kept doing workouts to show us, encouraging us to stay inside and be hopeful and mindful of the people around us. He also started some accent lessons in English for Japanese fans, but I guess even that would be cringy to some of you so you will pass it like that. Heâs been trying to spread laughter to his fans and I really appreciate that. And for the hate he got even for that, well, if you donât like his humor, focus on your favorites and leave him and his fans be. :)
Sui/David: Sui had a performance arranged for Paris around this time but due to the pandemic, he couldnât make it. He had even fundraised about it so he was really saddened he couldnât make it. To make up for it, though, he went to a studio with just another person and performed for both his Paris and other fans live with a single phone recording. The studio was really small and, some of you might think oh well big deal, it was just one person, but the place was stuffed with furniture and equipment and on top of that, Sui isnât very tiny, he is like 1,82 cm so, it was hard for him to move around. But yeah he still tried, he came all dressed up in his costume and even though there were no special effects, good lighting nor a band with him, he did his best to entertain his fans and I respect that. And I also had a good time. ^^ He had prepared enough songs only for 30 minutes that are given for free from twitcast as, obviously he didnât expect many people to show up nor send him coins (points on twitcast to prolong broadcast) so after that, he cheerfully accepted to keep this going for 30 more minutes, singing a song one more time, then talking with us and closing his show with a Malice Mizer cover of Ma ChĂŠrie.
BPR bands: Well all BPR bands have taken over youtube the last one year, but even more so now, the bands kept posting videos to entertain the fans. They also did broadcasts in which they talked with other members online and also interacted with fans. I only follow Kiryu on twitter so I canât speak for everyone but they sure continued being active on twitter on days like these and joke around to spread some laughs.
Alice Nine: Another band that has been online the whole time these days and broadcasting often. Tora has been taking his gaming channel very seriously these days and yes he has an option to tip him if you want, in fact several vkei artists do that because, like I said, not everyone has the money to survive without working these days, especially artists who canât really sell their art at the moment, but his youtube lives are free, entertaining and a good company if you are feeling alone. He posts a new video every day or every two days, if sth comes up. Hiroto already had a radio show so I think he keeps going there, I havenât checked, Iâve only seen his twitcasts but yes all the members have been twitcasting, for vip fans and not and recently they had a broadcast all together from home.
Other artists who also broadcasted a lot and/or did live shows are: RAZOR, Diaura, DOG inThePWO, Mana (Kozi and Yu~ki were more active in tweets not broadcasts), Zamb, Ryutaro (also mostly in tweets), Byo, Jin & Rui Takeru/Sleepyhead, Agato/Izumi (full father mode on his tweets ^^â), Versailles members and Vistlip, SHiSHi, Neth Priere Cain, i.D.A, Satoshi, etc etc.
Now be civil and nice and think before you speak. Enjoy your shows and broadcasts, be grateful and stop throwing poison.
#i am so done#the last 3 days have brought me to my limit with this bullshit#why are so many people so immature dammit#can't you just enjoy things without being a bitch about what others do#especially if you don't fuckin know what others do
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Spider-Man Homecoming thoughts
Well, my first one is kind of a spoiler but I think it is important to know. Â Leave your expectations at the door. Â This is a new version of Spider-Man, one that is different from any other version. Â This is not Sam Rami Spider-Man, this is not Andrew Garfield Spider-Man, this is not Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon or comic, and this is not 616 Spider-Man. Â This is a new version, a new interpretation of the character and mythos. Â That being said, I liked it for what it is.
Thoughts and spoilers below the cut
The two best parts of the film are Tom Hollandâs Peter Parker and Micheal Keatonâs Adrian Toomes. Â The two actors play their characters so wonderfully well, Tom Hollandâs Peter really, really reminds me of Tobey Maguireâs, from the voice he uses as Spider-Man, to how he sometimes comes off as lovably pathetic, and Hell, in some shots Tom Holland even starts looking like a younger Tobey Maguire. Â That being said, he does tell more than one joke in the film, so his Spider-Man has that over Maguireâs. Oh, it should be noted though, he does not have Peterâs anger. Even in the scene where Tony takes away the tech suit, I really expected him to get angry there and show that aspect of the character off, but instead he just, kinda starts to cry. Â Which, I donât know how to feel about.Â
Micheal Keaton. Hands down. Plays the best MCU villain. To date. Better than Loki. There I said it.  Hiddlestonâs Loki has always had the problem of being too sympathetic to be taken seriously as a villain.  But Keaton. Holy shit. Everything he does is for his family, thereâs a scene where heâs with his family and he is so sweet and caring and a perfect father and husband, but then. HOO BOY. That car scene. The scene where Keaton is dropping Peter and Liz off at the dance, I had white knuckles all the way through it.  The way he made Peter say âThank youâ was terrifying.  And the way he found out Peter was Spider-Man, as they drive and you start to see Keaton put the pieces together. HO-LY SH-IT.  Only problem: nobody ever in this whole film calls him âThe Vulture.â
Two more important notes about Spider-Man. First, Remember how in Civil War he was really, really strong?  Well forget that, because in this film heâs really, really weak.  Like, the weakest weâve ever seen him.  Not just his strength, but also his sticky powers.  It is commonly accepted that Spider-Manâs stickiness is absolute, that it is an unbreakable molecular bond. When he sticks to something, if you try to remove him from it you will break the thing he is stuck to before the sticky bond comes undone.  Well forget that.  Because in this film Spider-Man is slippy and sliding all over the place when heâs sticking. Not just when heâs on a plane and in huge wind resistance where it might make sense, but when heâs climbing the Washington Monument, he can be seen sliding and loosing his grip on that too.  This could just be chalked up to him being nervous and inexperienced, but I really, really, really hope that it changes going forward and that Marvel can stay consistent with how strong this version of Spider-Man is supposed to be. Oh yeah, and no, at no point in the film did Spider-Man ever express his Spider-Sense.  I really hope this is just a case of âhis powers are still growingâ
Second point, that inexperienced bit. Â Yeah. This is the most inexperienced Spider-Man we have seen on film to date. Â I think the best symbol for this is the fact that this Spider-Man never once webswings in the city. Â He is always shown in the residential neighborhoods, never once does he really webswing around. Â He never goes to the big buildings. Â Again, for this movie I liked that and it fit itâs tone, but I really hope the next film has him going all out, and has him in true form.
No Daily Bugle, no J. Jonah Jameson. I really think they were afraid to recast him after J.K. Simmonsâ legendary performance, and as humorous as that is, Iâm kind of sick of it. Â Just recast already, weâre at the point now where itâll be ok. Bite the bullet on this.Â
I was one of those people who was really afraid this film would turn out to be Iron Man 4, and I am happy, so so so happy to say it is not. Â Yes, Tony is in this, yes Iron Man is in this, but itâs not too much. Â Tony really only has four relatively short scenes that I can remember, but they are important scenes plot wise. Â I think he basically shows up to open and close every act. Â The movie is definitely about Peter though, thank god.
Oh yeah, and the Iron Spider is in the film. Or, a version of it. Â It invokes feelings of the Iron Spider, what with being an armored costume for Spider-Man, but in the end Peter turns it down and all for the better..... but I want a figure of it. Â It was kinda hard to see the design, since it was in shadow a little, and there was no glory shot of it, but what I saw of it was cool and I want a figure of it.
Best Aunt May, her role in the film is what every Aunt Mayâs role should be. Oh, and that was the absolute best way to end the film âWHAT THE FU--â
Oh yeah, I was also worried about the highschool setting, since 30 year old writers pretty much never know what a modern highschool is like, (Iâm 23, only 5 years out from it), but this highschool setting was perfect. The teachers. Just. Did. Not. Fucking. Care. Â And that is so much my highschool experience.
Zendaya is MJ, but sheâs not Mary Jane, and sheâs really only there to set-up for the sequel. Â Itâs really nice set-up though. Â They seem to have a good grasp on the idea of MJâs character, how she wears a metaphorical mask to hide her true self just like how Peter wears a literal mask. Â All we see in this film is her metaphorical mask persona and itâs good to be acquainted with that before exploring her further. Â NOW, Yes, I would have preferred 616 the-mask-is-a-party-girl-Mary-Jane, and yes, Changing the characterâs real name to Michelle is absolutely fucking unnecessary and stupid. Â But I think itâs too early to judge this version of the character because we have so little information about them.Â
Also there to set-up for the sequel is Mac Gargan, he has a role in the film itself as one of the people buying Vultureâs tech, but really his most important bit is the mid-credits scene, where he sets up the Sinister Six, and then Micheal Keatonâs Vulture wonderfully knocks that set-up down. Â Also, he does not become Scorpion in this, though if he does come back in the sequel to be Scorpion Iâd be cool with it. Â His character is pretty much a total psychopath and we havenât seen Spidey fight a villain like that in the movies yet.
That being said, if the next movie is Sinister Six I have total faith in Marvel to be able to do it, since this film had Vulture, Tinkerer, Prowler, Scorpion, and two Shockers in it, yet it never felt like that weighed the film down. Showing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 once and for all that it doesnât matter how many villains you have, itâs how you use them that matters
The post-credits scene is the funniest one yet. Funnier than Deadpoolâs even.Â
Now, there are two things about this movie that I absolutely LOATHE... or, at least donât like and think were completely unnecessary
Ned-- Holy fuck he was annoying.  His dialogue was nowhere as cringy as it was in the trailers, since they did that thing were they used alternate takes for the trailer lines, and yeah, the trailers for this film did not do it justice at all.  Nedâs âBut you are a kidâ line in the trailers sounds so forced and poorly acted, like heâs trying to be epic about it but comes off instead like heâs out of breath, but in the film it is so much more natural and quick. Back to the point though.  Yeah, heâs just Ganke.  They stole Ganke from Miles, gave him a white guy name, and gave him to Peter. And âNedkeâ and Peter do not have the same chemistry that Miles and Ganke have. Nedkeâs role in the film is basically to just be a tool, a tool for the film so that Peter has someone to talk to to explain things too, and someone to be really, really stupid.  And that role wouldâve been served so so so so so much better by Harry Osborn without the stupidity.  There is a montage at one point where Nedke is asking Peter a bunch of Spider-Man questions out in the open and Peter is just trying to get him to shut up, and it was so annoying I wished Peter would punch him in the fucking face. ....That being said he had one of the funniest jokes in the movie. âIâm... watching porn?â
Karen-- Hoo-boy. Ok. So. Spider-Man really is kind of just an Iron Man Jr. Even down to the fact that his suit has itâs own AI that talks to him and tells him what to do and stuff.  The taser webs are stupid and unnecessary, as is so so so much of the tech in Peterâs suit.  Iâm glad that the webwings are clearly shown to just be for short range gliding, but I still think theyâre unnecessary.  The film seems to go out of itâs way to show how Peterâs standard webline could be limited in certain situations, from being in a residential neghborhood, to climbing the Washington Monument where thereâs nothing else around to swing on, setting an action scene on a boat (which how Iron Man saved that boat is completely physics defying), to even having Peter go way up into the air on a plane.  Back on point, yeah, Spider-Manâs suit has a completely unnecessary AI.  Itâs only real purpose in the entire film is to be the punch line to one joke where the AI, which should have no human emotions or concept of human relations, tells Peter to kiss Liz.Â
Other things I didnât like but donât really get on my nerves too much
The music sucked.  Just, sucked.  The only one that was any good was the orchestral version of the 60â˛s theme song.  Iâm really torn with which theme I like better, the Orchestral 60â˛s or the Rami theme.  One of these days though, I need to put together a Spider-Man playlist and show these films what that should be like.
Peter didnât end up beating the villain, he just won through pure coincidence.  Which I guess can be part of the point and audiences might be tired of the âgood guy wins through a fist fightâ climax, but still, Peterâs victory in this just, didnât feel earned.  He didnât show Vulture error of his ways, or talk him out of a life of crime, Vultureâs wings just took on enough coincidental damage to finally explode of their own accord.
Alright, I think thatâs everything I wanna get down. Â Or at least everything I can think of right now. Â Iâm tired now, gunna go watch some reviews, see what others thought and hopefully get to see this film in theaters again soon with friends.
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