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[PeridotGX]

Doesn't Eternals have a 71% on Rotten Tomatoes?

Also those are early reviews, that could eventually change.

I was expecting Eternals to be one of the best Marvel movies, the director (Chloe Zhao) has an Academy Award. I wasn't expecting something worse than Thor 2. I hope it's just a critic thing somehow?

 

[Michael the Spikester]

I was expecting Eternals to be one of the best Marvel movies, the director (Chloe Zhao) has an Academy Award. I wasn't expecting something worse than Thor 2. I hope it's just a critic thing somehow?

That's...That's impossible!

It's an MCU film! Everyone is supposed to like anything that is the MCU!

What is this sorcery!? This cannot be!? The impossible has actually happened!?

 

[osby]

I would appreciate that very much lol.

This is a mess but here you go:

Card	Character
The Fool	Scooby-Doo
The Magician	Wile E. Coyote
The High Priestess	Raven
The Empress	Catwoman
The Emperor	King Kong
The Hierophant	Gandalf
The Lovers	Lion-O
The Chariot	Lola Bunny
Strength	Iron Giant
The Hermit	Batman
Wheel of Fortune	Neo
Justice	Jabberjaw
The Hanged Man	Dorothy Gale
Death	Rick Sanchez
Temperance	Shaggy Rogers
The Devil	Pennywise
The Tower	Beetlejuice
The Star	Super Man
The Moon	The Night King
The Sun	Harry Potter
Judgment	Yakko, Wakko & Dot
The World	Bugs Bunny

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

That's...That's impossible!

It's an MCU film! Everyone is supposed to like anything that is the MCU!

What is this sorcery!? This cannot be!? The impossible has actually happened!?

You forgetting that Thor The Dark World is an MCU movie and considered extremely mediocre?

 

[Michael the Spikester]

You forgetting that Thor The Dark World is an MCU movie and considered extremely mediocre?

Doesn't count, this was before the MCU wasn't as popular as it is now.

 

[TheMightyP]

Or for ****s sake...

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

BDSP Trailer

Legends Arceus Trailer

Thats some pretty damn sorrowfull music in that Pokemon Legends video

 

[osby]

That's...That's impossible!

It's an MCU film! Everyone is supposed to like anything that is the MCU!

What is this sorcery!? This cannot be!? The impossible has actually happened!?

I wouldn't want to be in the place of that poor strawman.

 

[TheMightyP]

Thats some pretty damn sorrowfull music in that Pokemon Legends video

Probably because Zorua and Zoroark are dead.

Like, actually dead.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Proper reveal of Hisuian Zorua and Zoroark

These Zorua migrated to the Hisui region after being driven from other lands by humans, who shunned the Pokémon for manifesting uncanny illusions. But the Zorua perished, unable to survive the harsh Hisuian environment and strife with other Pokémon. Their lingering souls were reborn in this Ghost-type form through the power of their malice toward humans and Pokémon.

YEAH! **** EM, ZORUA! HUMANS AINT ****

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Doesn't count, this was before the MCU wasn't as popular as it is now.

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[Jondolio]

You forgetting that Thor The Dark World is an MCU movie and considered extremely mediocre?

Funnily enough, Michael here considers that movie to be one of the few "good" MCU films

 

[Wario Bros.]

Hisuian Mons are awesome.

Still nothing to report on Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

 

[TheMightyP]

Also, damn review culture got y'all thinking that a 70% is a bad score.

Batman 1989 and Forrest Gump got the same score as Eternals, I guess they're bad now.

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

Utterly stunned that the movie that seems to be about, according to the marketing I've seen, "people named Glup Speedo standing around in a grey field" isn't up to snuff

Well considering the talent involved it’s a big shame if it’s not that great.

 

[Dan Quixote]

Also, damn review culture got y'all thinking that a 70% is a bad score.

Batman 1989 and Forrest Gump got the same score as Eternals, I guess they're bad now.

Doesn't the way it works mean anything above a 50% is technically good?

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

Also, damn review culture got y'all thinking that a 70% is a bad score.

Batman 1989 and Forrest Gump got the same score as Eternals, I guess they're bad now.

Usually review scores tend to go down after a wide release. So while Batman 89 and Forrest Gump may have started with a 90 and then dropped to a 70 Eternals has started at a 70 and will likely drop to a 60 or god-forbid, even lower. That’s not ALWAYS the case, ALITA did the opposite (started with like a 50 I think) so we’ll see when more people see it.

I don’t really care because I’ll decide if I like a movie or not but as I said above, considering the talent, it’s kind of shocking.

 

[Schnee117]

Review scores are stupid and only exist for dumbasses to take out of context and for getting cheap clicks

 

[Deleted member]

Gamefreak really likes to kill off Pokemon it seems, quite literally this time even. First Basculegion and now Zorua. And not too long ago, we got Galarian Corsola. Not to mention how they kinda retconned Mega forms in Sun & Moon to be these extremely taxing and painful transformation you subject your Pokemon to (you monster). Either GF are a bunch of sadists or it's a cry for help.

What's next? Gen 9 but half the Pokemon are dead?

 

[Noipoi]

Awww Hisuian Zorua so cute~

Zorua is dead. Also it hates you. It hates you and everyone you love and it wants to kill you.

Legends Arceus. Preorder now.

 

[TheMightyP]

Gamefreak really likes to kill off Pokemon it seems, quite literally this time even. First Basculegion and now Zorua. And not too long ago, we got Galarian Corsola. Not to mention how they kinda retconned Mega forms in Sun & Moon to be these extremely taxing and painful transformation you subject your Pokemon to (you monster). Either GF are a bunch of sadists or it's a cry for help.

What's next? Gen 9 but half the Pokemon are dead?

Gen 9 means no more Pokemon.


We are finally free

 

[Guynamednelson]

Gen 9 means no more Pokemon.


We are finally free

Dexit 2: Electric...and normal, and fire, and dragon, and steel, and every other type of Pokemon is gone!

 

[Knight Dude]

The next drawing for this week is Marino, another Mega Man character, another ninja. Part 2 of 3. Probably the coolest of the new Command Mission characters, and I like all 3 of the new additions to MMX's team in that game.

Marino from #MegaManX Command Mission. She's not in a lot of stuff, but she's really cool in my book. #Capcom pic.twitter.com/VBr4V3AosX

— KnightLineArt (2/5 COMMS OPEN) (@KnightLineArt) October 26, 2021

 

[ZephyrZ]

Gen 9 means no more Pokemon.


We are finally free

Lysandre won.

 

[Megadoomer]

Review scores are stupid and only exist for dumbasses to take out of context and for getting cheap clicks

Agreed; I feel like people take arbitrary numbers way too seriously. "Oh no, only 79% of critics liked this movie instead of 80% of them! It's doomed!"

If people are going by the actual content of the review, that's one thing (at least that gives you an idea of what the reviewer found to be good or bad about the movie/game, and give you an idea of whether you'd like it or not), but the score at the end could have been picked out of a hat for all we know. (a triple-A release could have a bunch of criticisms in the review, only to give it a 9/10 or 10/10 at the end because they don't want to deal with fans of the game or movie getting upset over a negative review score even though said fans haven't actually played the game or watched the movie in question, since it isn't out yet)

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Funnily enough, Michael here considers that movie to be one of the few "good" MCU films

Iron Man (2008), Captain America Trilogy, Guardians 1 & 2, Thor (2011), Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Black Panther and Shang-Chi I thought were OK films at best. Black Widow I thought wasn't great but still good. Homecoming and Far From Home timewasters at best. Infinity War though very flawed I still thought was fun.

All MCU films I've enjoyed.

Far from a few.

Guardians 3 and Doctor Strange 2 are also the MCU films I'm looking forward to the most.

 

[Schnee117]

Agreed; I feel like people take arbitrary numbers way too seriously. "Oh no, only 79% of critics liked this movie instead of 80% of them! It's doomed!"

If people are going by the actual content of the review, that's one thing (at least that gives you an idea of what the reviewer found to be good or bad about the movie/game, and give you an idea of whether you'd like it or not), but the score at the end could have been picked out of a hat for all we know. (a triple-A release could have a bunch of criticisms in the review, only to give it a 9/10 or 10/10 at the end because they don't want to deal with fans of the game or movie getting upset over a negative review score even though said fans haven't actually played the game or watched the movie in question, since it isn't out yet)

It also comes down to the reviewer as well, if they're someone you tend to agree with or they're coming from a similar position as you then the content of their review will resonate more with you.

 

[ZephyrZ]

Reminder that its okay to not like things.

But its not okay to act high and mighty for not liking things other people do.

Art is inherently subjective.

 

[Knight Dude]

The messed up N64 emulation is honestly so embarrassing. All they had to do was make an N64 emulator that actually worked better than most other solutions and yet it's somehow worse than the Wii U's emulator? Ugh. I get the N64 is super, super hard to accurately emulate in general but I really hoped that if anyone could do it it'd be Nintendo themselves, especially for the asking price.

I know not everyone has $180 and an old N64, but the Everdrive 64 is one of the best purchases I've ever made. One cartridge, an entire N64 library, all on original hardware and functioning exactly like it's on an original cart. Plus you get to play Smash Remix on the console, too, and that's quite fun.


Utterly stunned that the movie that seems to be about, according to the marketing I've seen, "people named Glup Speedo standing around in a grey field" isn't up to snuff

Yeah, it looks really bland to me personally. It might've been better to lean into Kirby's aesthetic since they're already obscure even for comic book standards. Like make the characters feel alive I guess. That's what I like about Kirby's art, it sort of demands attention. I also feel like the trailers didn't do a good job making any of the characters standout in any significant way.

Granted, even when they were first in the comics, The Eternals weren't Kirby's biggest solo idea like Silver Surfer or the New Gods during his DC days. Let alone a lot of his collabs with FF, X-Men, the various Avengers.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

In other news.

No dogs might not die in Antlers (Which comes out this week) at all. If this is the case. I'm definitely 100% seeing!

 

[Jondolio]

Unless my friends are planning on seeing Eternals I think I'll skip it

It looks kinda eh and it's not a property I know or care about too much. Granted that was true for Shang-Chi too and that turned out to be a banger of a film so I'll wait and see

 

[cashregister9]

The day people realize that 7/10 is actually a good score will certainly be a day.

 

[DanganZilla5]

All of this movie talk reminds me that I actually watched Venom 2 a couple weeks ago.

It's...ok. The action scenes are entertaining and there are some great looking special effects sequences but everything else is forgettable. Like the plot is just Eddie and Venom break up but have to reconcile because there is now another symbiote attached to a criminal and they want carnage..blah blah blah.

The best part of the film is when Venom goes into a club and everyone thinks he's in a costume. If there is one thing this film does right, it's that it really embraces its madness and ridiculousness. Otherwise it's a movie that just "exists" to me, but I did at least find it more entertaining to watch than the first one.

 

[Noipoi]

I rank all movies with the Nerf/Nothing system.

 

[Lamperouge]

All movies are bad, actually.

 

[Knight Dude]

All movies are bad, actually.

Except for Blade 1. Because it had the line "Some mutha****as always try to ice-stake uphill." Honestly, cinema peaked with that one line.

 

[Noipoi]

All movies are bad, actually.

Nah

Smurfs 2011 exists.

 

[dezeray112]

Well, it's a pretty unusual movie by MCU standards. I wouldn't be surprised if that turned off people.

Some of the reviews seem rather divisive on the Eternals. But I'll probably wait and see once the film comes out and then I'll make my own opinion.

Other than that, I've watched the "Marvel's Assembling the Universe" documentary on Disney+ and it is very interesting to see how some media outlets regarded the Phase 1 superheroes as "second strings" considering that they were not big at the time. Then again, Marvel Studios had already introduced the likes of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Dr. Strange, Black Panther, Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch), Captain Marvel, Shang Chi and even the Eternals to audiences.

All I am going to say is that I am interested to see how the Marvel Cinematic Universe will keep on building within the future.

In terms of bad movies, the only bad movie that I can still recall is the 2019 version of Cats.

 

[Flyboy]

Considering I'm a horror aficionado I'm well aware that review scores are nonsense and that if a movie gets great scores it often just means what's most mainstream palatable but I do think it also holds true that holy **** for a billion dollar company they sure are doing nothing to make this film seem more interesting than People In A Grey Field. Perhaps it'll be a surprising hit once it's released and it'll have something interesting going for it but it's kind of a bummer that after Loki (a show I thought was overall really excellent despite a few hiccups) and the other Originals that have done really cool stuff they've kinda gone backwards in terms of movie production value. I'm all for popcorn movies and all that but I prefer the wide sweeping shots to look more interesting than Grey With Spots Of Colorful Heroes.

I don't blame the people involved - I'm with NSG in that it's a shame that there are some talented people on the project, but unfortunately as the MCU has expanded Disney has been tightening their grip harder and harder on the people involved. There are some real shining stars in between all of it, of course, but brand homogeneity always seems to come first, with creative film direction second. Perhaps the film will surprise me once it actually drops and I'll likely be seeing both it and Shang-Chi quite soon, but sheesh. Rough start.

 

[Guynamednelson]

The day people realize that 7/10 is actually a good score will certainly be a day.

This is why I think 1-5 is a better scale for rating things than 1-10. Because people are more likely to realize a 3/5 rating is okay than 7/10.