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So, I just found out about the whole Wonka Glasgow thing and... ...I can't help but feel sorry for the kids. They expected a legit Willy Wonka experience. Something fun and memorable. Instead, they got scammed in the most disgusting way possible. All because of the greed of one douchebag. I also feel sorry for the parents. They shelled out a notable amount of money, and they got ripped off. Think about it: if you are one of these parents, and one of those kids is your son, how do you explain what happened to him? Finally, I feel sorry for the actors who got roped into this mess. They deserved better.

I think the chief reason everyone gives so much slack to the Sonyverse movies is the post-credits scenes that tie them with the MCU. I'm saying this because "Venom" (the first one) had no such scenes, and it got a much warmer reception. The thing is, if you cut out those scenes, you get movies that are...OK. They are not 100% good, but they are much better than they have a right to be. The actors all do a great job, they do a decent being being as true to the comics as possible while leaving Spider-Man out, and most (not all, but most) of the jokes land. In fact, what the Sonyverse movies remind the most is the comic book movies that came BEFORE the MCU: "The Punisher", "Captain America", "Steel", "The Phantom", "Judge Dredd". Those movies that weren't good per se, but they were still watchable. I also think the Marvel (even if it is "Marvel licensed by Sony", to quote Once Upon a Deadpool) name gives these movies certains expectations and bagagge. Comic book movies in recent years

WORST: 10-SNAKE EYES This movie has barely anything to do with G.I. Joe or Snake Eyes. They took pretty much everything that made Snake Eyes cool and compelling and removed it or downplayed it, which defeats the purpose of making a Snake Eyes movie to begin it. 9-SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY This is a perfect example of how not to do a crossover. The works featured in this movie are either barely there, represented poorly, or both, and the Looney Tunes and LeBron don't have nearly as much screentime. 8- THE ADDAMS FAMILY 2 This movie completely misses the point of what the Addams Family should be. Instead of being "creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky", they are written as a generic "wacky family". Just about the only Addams that is in-character in this movie is Wednesday. 7-TROLLHUNTERS: RISE OF THE TITANS This is another perfect example, namely of a movie utterly ruined by its ending. The ending of the movie not only shits on everything the movie accomplished, it shits on

That is a question on most people's minds. And my answer is: it's complicated As you can tell by my Journal Reviews of them, I'm not a big fan of Disney's Spider-Man movies. I think they overdo it too much on the humor, to the point that even scenes that are meant to be dramatic are underminded by a pratfall or a pun or toilet humor. On the other hand, I absolutely adore Sony's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse". It's not just a great Spider-Man one, but also one of the best superhero movie I've seen in year. Sony's Sinister Six Universe is another matter entirely. "Venom" was just OK. It has a lot of flaws, but it has several genuinely funny jokes, and Tom Hardy does a great job as Eddie Brock. "Venom: Let There Be Carnage" and "Morbius" both look good so far, but I have no idea how "Kraven", "Mysterio", "Nightwatch" and "Sinister Six" are gonna turn out. The thing is, I don't subscribe to the idea of "Disney should get the rights because they are 100% Marvel and Sony isn't". I

So, what do I think of all of this? I think that Pepe is very much a product of his time. Pepe was created in the 40s. Back then, the whole issues about sexual harassment weren't as clear as they are now, so Pepe putting his hands and lips all over Penelope was considered a funny thing. We live in different times now. I don't want to say "better", I don't want to say "worse", just different. You can't get away with stuff like that nowadays. Even in the 80s, when "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was released, or even in the 90s, when the first "Space Jam" was released, you could still get away with jokes at the expense of women. I remember the many jokes the original "Ghostbusters" movie from the 80s had at the expense of Dana, or "Extreme Ghostbusters" from the 90s having Eduardo quip "What? She's legal!" when a possesed Kylie comes on to him. But, times changed, society changed, and Pepe no longer has any place among the rest of the Looney Tunes. Is it good? Is it bad? It is what it

WORST: 10-SCOOB This movie is the epitome of the whole "how do you do, fellow kids?" mentality. It's constantly pandering to what the writers THINK kids like these days, and thus loses the timeless charm that Scooby-Doo always had. It tries too hard to start the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe, and it features no real mystery for the Scooby Gang to solve (they know right away what's going on and why). 9-MAGIC CAMP This movie is boring, bland, blase, poorly-written and poorly acted. 8-A BABYSITTER’S GUIDE TO MONSTER HUNTING This movie could have been the next "Men in Black" or "Ghostbusters". Instead, it ends up being the next "R.I.P.D.". All the potential for a good story regarding a monster hunting society, down the drain. 7-ARTEMIS FOWL They took a really creative and well-written book series about a genius kid who routinely defeats magical menaces with just his smarts and his skills, and they turned into a half-baked "Spy Kids" ripoff. The Artemis of the books was like a

For the longest time, video game movies, most video games movies, sucked, and sucked hard. Sure, there's "Mortal Kombat" (the first one, "Annihilation" is horrible) and the animated "Pokemon" movies, but those were, for the most part, the exceptions that proved the rule. However, I'm starting to notice that things are changing. "Rampage", "Angry Birds 2", "Detective Pikachu", "Sonic the Hedgehog" and "Mortal Kombat: Scorpion's Revenge" are actually pretty good movies. They are well-written, they are (for the most part) true to the games, and most important of all, they are fun. With that in mind, I think we are seeing a shift in video game movies. I think they are finally shaking whatever setbacks they used to have, and are ready to put out quality works. It's sort of how comic book movies tended to suck in the 80s and 90s, but then blossomed into high quality works in the 2000s and 2010s. I have high hopes for the upcoming live action "Mortal Kombat" movie. I think video games

I think I can sum up Pony Life with a quote by Douglas Adams: “mostly harmless”. When it was first announced, we were all weary of it, and it good reason: lighthearted spinoffs/reboots of serious shows rarely work: “Teen Titans Go”, “The Powerpuff Girls”, “Ben 10”, “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”...”Thundercats Roar” premiered this year and was cancelled this year... ...that being said, I can’t find anything offensive or anger-inducing about it. The characters, while certainly more prone to goofing around, are still the same characters we know and love. The jokes, even though not all of them land, are still good-natured. And they do a good job of writing story arcs while keeping the overall slice-of-life tone. You have to keep in mind that this spinoff is only there to kill time until Generation 5 beings in September 2021. With that in mind, it’s not bad. At least, not “getting angry” bad. That being said, I know the shows I mentioned in the opening paragraph have their