Hello , kinsfolk ! commend how I think I was going to turn in a ring armor column last hebdomad after working 10 day in a row , most of which were pass covering the San Diego Comic - Con ? Oh , to be so untested and naive again . Hopefully this week makes up for it by answering why Fantastic Four movies do n’t and ca n’t work in the modern superhero movie earned run average , if it ’s possible to worry about Jodie Whittaker ’s new MD Who without being a sexist , and more .
Final Round of the Game
Robert E. :
The last few weeks I ’ve find like the uncool youngster who does n’t have anyone sitting by him for dejeuner , or the employee who got snubbed for after - hours drinks . The rightfully sad part is that this is an closing off of my own creation . Namely , I ’m a big fan of the Game of Thrones books , but I ’m run on the video show for now .
discover me out — it ’s not that I ’m a complete snob that pretentiously rails against the boob thermionic tube or such . I interpret that it ’s a great series , and I ’m eagerly look forward to watching it one 24-hour interval . However , I begin reading the books well over a decade ago . I fell in love with the complex man , monolithic plaster cast and unrelenting political science , and I desire to end the world the same way . Though the show is calibre , it ’s unlike . Translating a Scripture to a TV show inherently change things due to budget , casting , writing , executive whim and just the nature of go from language to double . I require to be able to read the concluding books and close out that adaptation of Westeros before adopt — and , I ’m certain , enjoying — another version .
Am I a complete idiot for doing so ? Of naturally there ’s the well - known frustration that fall with thegreat , bearded glacierwriting his excellent work at a very slow pace . But on top of that , it ’s getting harder and harder to avoid things that are probably spoilers for the books . Thanks to headlines and clause summaries I ’ll never know the true experience of discovering the secret behind Hodor ’s name on the varlet , and thanks to things like “ Bran ’s a jerk now ! ” and “ ooooh , this player now has some free time ! ” I ’m afraid I ’ll pretty much have absorbed the canonical skeleton of the future book by dad civilization osmosis .
Should I check out or should I give up and judge to hoodwink two Westeroses ?
You ’re not an moron for wanting to wait to watch the television show before you finish the books , but attempt to rest free of info from a storyline whose TV adaption is one of the most democratic , talk - about serial in the world is a losing suggestion .
The show is so popular that you almost all have to bury your head in the George Sand to really deflect all spoiler , and that ’s not close to workable in this day and eld , unless you were already thinking about moving to a pocket-size logging community of interests with no mobile phone service … and you refused to watch TV … and then ran aside whenever you suspected one of your fellow lumberjack might be approach the subject . Actually , that ’s not feasible at all , and if you thought it was difficult to avoid spoilers now , the show has essentially entered its net bit . Everyone is going to be talking about what just take place on Game of Thrones , all the fourth dimension . ( Case in decimal point : There are some Game of Thrones mollycoddler below . )
And then : The Winds of Winter is n’t coming out until late 2018 or former 2019 at the very early ( and countenance ’s not pretend that ’s set in pit ) , after the final time of year of Game of Thrones ends . Assuming GRRM can land up the series with only one more book , A Dream of Spring , ( and does n’t split it into two more volume , as I suspect he will ) , and then , if Martin burns through the Sir Frederick Handley Page of the last volume like a locomotive , that final book will be coming in 2021 . At its most optimistically . Extremely optimistically .
So why choose the impossible undertaking of endeavor to dodge spoilers for one of the most popular shows of the decade for four ( or six , or eight , or etc . ) more years ? Spare yourself a spate of grief and watch the show . And retrieve , it ’s not like showrunners Weiss and Benioff have The Winds of Winter and A ambition of Spring in their hands and are straight - up shoot them . They are ending the stories found on what they ’ve done with the show so far , include the modification they ’ve already made , with some assist and clue from GRRM . Yes , the show will spoil ( and has corrupt ) a few key moments from the upcoming books for us , because narratively address the show has adapt the author cloth so reliably that sometimes the stories of the book character and the TV characters have to end the same way .
But George R.R. Martin is n’t going to sit around and sour the last two books of A Song and Ice and Fire into a novelization of the final two time of year of Game of Thrones . He has his own end in mind , his own versions of the major panorama everyone ’s been attend for , and do n’t forget , he ’s still got more balls in the air than the show ever had . ( Aegon , anyone ? ) All of those things are pop off to move his story in ways the show never woolgather of .
The books will be unlike enough from the show that it will still be satisfying to take them , even after you ’ve watch over the final instalment of the show . It ’s not dense to keep hold off , but I think you ’re going to save yourself a lot of heartache if you give in .
To Who It May Concern
Anonymous :
This is a potentiality hand grenade in the room , so if you do n’t do , I ’ll understand . Is it potential to have Incoming Doctor Fear without being a woman hater ?
I ’ve been watching Doctor Who for a very , very long time , and I have never contain to the incoming Doctor flat away . Colin was too smarmy , Sylvester was too goofy , all I think of of Paul was that I detest Alien 3 , Christopher was too edgy , David was too Scots , Matt was too young and had terrible whisker , and Peter was too un - Doctorlike . All of those opinion I ’ve turned around and enjoyed the the pits out of . Yes , even Colin and Sylvester .
But suddenly if I show any inclination of “ Geeze , I do n’t care the novel Doctor of the Church ” , I ’m right away a misogynist . Is there a way to have Incoming Doctor Fear without looking male chauvinist ?
Let me answer your last doubtfulness first : Is there a mode to have IncomingDoctor Fear without looking sexist ? Yes . “ I ’m apprehensive that Jodie Whittaker may not be good for the Doctor because [ reason ] ; however , I have no job with the melodic theme for a distaff Dr. , and here are several female actors who I intend would be better suit for the role than Whittaker . ”
See , merely saying you do n’t like the new Doctor does n’t make you a woman hater , but commend , this is the exact same matter that the woman hater who believe a fictional alien should never be played by a woman are say , so the burden is on you to differentiate yourself from that crew . Give a good , solid reason for why you ’re worried Whittaker will make a speculative Doctor that has nothing to do with her sexuality — but make certain that you have other specific female actors in thinker , and good intellect for prefer them over Whittaker . ( Sadly , it ’s too common to hear “ I ’d like a charwoman for that [ insert job ] , just not that cleaning woman . ” It ’s an self-justification the great unwashed give , sometimes unconsciously , when they would prefer no char have the job at all . )
But I have to need : What is your awe about Jodie Whittaker ?
Your reasons for dislike the other actor before they made their first appearance are all superficial : smarmy , goofy , big hair , starred in Alien 3 , etc . None of them are specially good reason to worry , which why I think you got over them all so quickly . And I ’m having a operose time imagining what your concern about Whittaker is that does n’t have to do with her gender . Do you recollect she had bad haircloth ? Does her performance in Broadchurch make you occupy she ’s go to be distraught in Doctor Who ? Does she have a personality trait is un - Doctor - like ?
Because the only notable trait about her hair is that it has a feminine cut . Her function in Broadchurch was as a female parent whose son has been mangle , which obviously call for an emotional performance , but there ’s no reason to call up Whittaker will act as the Doctor in the same manner . As for personality trait , you have to be so , so careful here — there are a horde of negative words masses practice almost only to describe women ’s personality : peremptory , sharp , cattish , ditzy , and many , many more . So if you think Whittaker ’s problem is one of those , then , candidly , that is sexist .
Perhaps the most significant thing here , though , you end up like every undivided one of those Doctors anyway , as you yourself said . peradventure … do n’t worry about Jodie Whittaker ’s Doctor until you ’ve had a chance to see her ? establish on the empirical evidence , chances are you ’re go to care her . So why spend your time and DOE stool complaint that sound precisely like the complaint of all the many assholes out there whose masculinity is jeopardise by a woman suddenly getting a job man have support for 54 years , when by all grounds you ’re almost for certain going to end up loving her anyway ?
Four-Way Stop
Moji :
A simple interrogation : why do Fantastic Four picture show suck ?
Three film adjustment of the team have been released , and none of them were any good . There ’s also the 1994 Corman one , which was never intended to be any goodness . The comedian was transformative for the industriousness when first released , and is systematically pop . The family moral force combine with far - out super science make for one of my favorite Marvel properties . The characters are interesting and well - delimitate , they ’ve get some of the richest stories in Marvel ’s archives , and Doctor Doom is one of the greatest comic villains ever made . And yet , the movies are all steam clean piles .
Why ca n’t Hollywood give us a serious Fantastic Four picture ?
Because the story types that tiddler were perfectly fine with in the ‘ 60s and ‘ 70s cannot — or rather , will not — be replicate by the modern Hollywood movie manufacture .
The Fantastic Four comic strip are , at their center , about a family . Even before Reed and Sue had Franklin in 1968 it was about a family line , and their familial relationships were what made them stand out from all the other superheroes . story about category were a genre unto themselves in the ‘ 60s and ’ 70 — suffer in Space , The Waltons , Swiss Family Robinson — and parent and their Thomas Kyd would all look out them together . It was “ all age ” entertainment , and I do n’t mean “ all age ” as we get it on and use it today , where it means a comic or film or show is safe for petty tyke to see and no one above the age of seven would have even the slightest interest in it ; I think of “ all ages ” in that it entertains all old age at once .
But fourth dimension and have shift and tastes have change , and now the elementary consumers of strip and strip - related medium are teenager and vernal grownup , who do not want family amusement . They do n’t desire kid stuff , and they ’re certain as hell not interested in stories about two parents raising a toddler , even if they ’re making frequent trips to alternate dimensions .
Obviously , Hollywood only cares about superheroes in terms of moving picture , and specifically motion-picture show that can be targeted to those teens and young adult . Teens and grownup like superheroes , but they do n’t desire story about families . But the Fantastic Four is about a sept of superheroes . I imagine you see the paradox here ?
neglect the Roger Corman film , because it was n’t a film , it was a taxation write - off . Fox assumed teenager would be so excited for another superhero dealership that they could put the Fantastic Four onscreen more or less as - is , but that meant a movie with incredibly hearty Hero ( in summation to its other problem ) . For F4nt4stic F44r , or however obtuse way they titled it , Fox actualise the FF as they were in the comics did n’t puzzle out for the mod audiences they were adjudicate to reach . So they turn the FF into tardy teens / early 20 - somethings and tried to make certain they felt more like bros hang out than a family … not realizing that at that point they were unrecognizable as the Fantastic Four . Paradox !
You ca n’t put an accurate version of the Fantastic Four onscreen and expect to get the same crowds or box seat office as a Spider - Man : Homecoming , and you ca n’t modify the Fantastic Four to be more interesting to the advanced superhero movie demographic without losing what form the Fantastic Four special . Maybe someday someone will figure out the tonality , but it wo n’t be within the next decennium .
Before anyone comes at me call “ The Invincibles ! ! ! ! ” yeah , I know that was a very profitable Pixar flick enjoyed by young kids , grownup , and even some teens . Logic prescribe that Fox should just make something like that movie but with the Fantastic Four , but logical system does n’t cultivate like that in Hollywood . Let me give you the mountain range of decision - making : “ We at Fox know superhero movies are live ; 2 ) they are red-hot because they appeal to this vast mathematical group of teens and early 20 - somethings who love drop their income on these movies ; 3 ) Fantastic Four is a superhero franchise ; 4 ) a FF movie must appeal to the traditional superhero demographic to maximise profits ; even if 4a ) we have a groovy passel of proof indicate that does n’t work in the slim . ”
Targaryen Family Matters
Michael M. :
Postman ,
perchance in the time between my commenting on Rob ’s recap of S7E2 of Game of Thrones and when you read this in the future someone will have responded to my scuttlebutt ( sucks to be in the greys ) , but since in the hereafter you know what pass , when does everyone receive out Jon ’s relationship to Dany ( or at least when do the two of them realize it ) . I think it will be in the S7 finis , but curious as to your idea .
Well , had you inquire me before season seven began , I would have say that the last instalment this class would terminate with Jon ’s find of who his parent are , because it ’s such a massive Revelation of Saint John the Divine for every character ( other than Bran ) . But now that the show is lunge towards the destination line at what seems like top speed , and Jon has not only pay off a letter of the alphabet from Tyrion inviting him to Dragonstone , but has also already go far there and is have conversation with Dany , he could be back at Winterfell as early as next episode ! And Bran will be wait there with noesis of his unfeigned origin , and there ’s no cause for Bran to look to tell Jon unless there ’s some sort of mumbo - jumbo “ It ’s not time for you to know yet ! ” Three - Eyed Raven nonsense . I mean , I ca n’t guess Bran involve to leave before Jon gets back . Where would he even go ?
It ’s still such a major moment and secret plan - record changer ( pun both intended and not intended ) that I ’d still bet that it ’ll be in episode six or seven , but I will not be shocked to lose my money if it happens in episodes four or five .
Too Easy Bein’ Green
Keith M. :
Which grinder would n’t be opt for the Green Lantern Corps ?
None . There are no heroes , no matter how terrible , that would n’t have been live with into the Green Lantern Corps at one peak or another . Do n’t believe me ? Well , here are some of the people the Green Lantern Corps have bear as member :
Jimmy Olsen
Harley Quinn
A squirrel
Arisia , an underage girl who used her power ring to age herself up to barely legal position so she could have sex activity with Hal Jordan
Hal Jordan , a man who had sex with the aforesaid minor after she used her baron ring to forcibly increase her strong-arm years but not her emotional age
G’nort , an incompetent dog - man extraterrestrial being who literally got his halo through nepotism
A plant who carried her seed daughter around in a fanny pack
A smallpox virus
A humans with the most transparently malevolent moustache in the galaxy
A man with the most transparently evil moustache in the galaxy again after he was kicked out once for being too evil and had expend years and years attempt to murder Green Lanterns
What I ’m pronounce is that standards are loose ( because the Guardians are terrible ) . If you have the potential to campaign more evil than a squirrel — regardless of how vicious you are — you’re in .
Send me those burn down question , nagging mysteries , desperate pleas for advice , and everything else to[email protected ] . See you soon !
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