Well
My immediate reaction is that I think that was good and they made good narrative choices etc but that was not the ending that serves me best this morning. Wil let it simmer a while before I react any more, I think.
Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
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-t - Mar 05, 2021 7:34:38 am PST #3220 of 3942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Shir - Mar 05, 2021 1:19:43 pm PST #3221 of 3942
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I think that my only solid reaction at this point is that I wanted the ME monster to appear and say "I need a hug" at the end. I still do.
Edited: tried to do something that might have required spoiler font, but I'm apparently too tired for basic HTML right now so will be posted later.
dcp - Mar 05, 2021 3:21:14 pm PST #3222 of 3942
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye
I enjoyed that. Several twists I did not see coming.
I cried, but I do that more easily now.
I had not heard of the Ship of Theseus before. I learned the idea as "This is my grandfather's axe. My father replaced the head, and I replaced the haft."
ETA: Ha! The reference to it in WandaVision has already been added to the Wikipedia article for it.
after-end credit scene
I did not understand the setup part of that, although it was very pretty. The reveal made sense, though.
Steph L. - Mar 05, 2021 6:59:21 pm PST #3223 of 3942
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
From Age of Ultron until now is roughly 6 years, which might be the longest goddamn origin story for a superhero I've ever seen. Even Oliver Queen became the Green Arrow in less time.
-t - Mar 05, 2021 7:39:53 pm PST #3224 of 3942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's Infinity Stones for you
Steph L. - Mar 05, 2021 8:51:09 pm PST #3225 of 3942
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
Really fucking disturbing how Hayward didn’t hesitate to shoot 2 10-year-olds and a Black woman.
Steph L. - Mar 05, 2021 9:13:12 pm PST #3226 of 3942
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
Also, did y’all know there are TWO post-credits scenes? FYI.
[edit] Okay, I posted that after midnight last night, and only this morning do I realize that Daniel already posted it. I am indeed a skimmer (but not a skipper).
-t - Mar 06, 2021 7:49:13 am PST #3227 of 3942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think I am pleased that Hayward's villainy was just the result of his wanting a sentient weapon. I was sure he was going to be Hydra and it is, I think, better that he is just some guy who could have been a good guy but just dropped all ethics and morale when they got to be inconvenient
-t - Mar 06, 2021 7:54:42 am PST #3228 of 3942
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also, I am into Monica Rambeau and whatever her powers are. I wasn't sure about the eye color change thing at first but I like that it's different colors (depending, I presume, on what she's doing?)
Calli - Mar 08, 2021 8:16:18 am PST #3229 of 3942
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I agree about Hayward, -t. I think it's too easy to make all the bad guys Hydra, which really discounts the many, manifold ways people have found to be horrible. You don't have to worship Red Skull to be power hungry and corrupt. History has given us a whole smorgasbord of options. Yay.