My strategy is to not identify with corporate IPs to the point where you're emotionally damaged by a subpar entertainment product, and to keep in mind that if something sucks, there are a million other things out there to enjoy.
Apparently, the character in this film is actually known as Ratcatcher 2. Some have speculated that it's because she's the apprentice of the original character.
To say nothing about how third-party Nintendo stalwarts like Capcom and Konami bailed on Nintendo 64 at the same time as Squaresoft. For Odin's sake, Capcom released Mega Man 8 and X4 on the Sega Saturn, which was a distant third to the PS1 and N64. I am actually intermittently working on an alternate history where Ron Perelman never acquires Marvel and Jim Shooter and his investors's bid to buy the house of ideas succeeds. One of the major divergences is that Sony teams up with Sega to produce an alternate Saturn with similar specs to the PS1. I've only gotten to 1996 so far, but that timeline's Sonic the Hedgehog 4 killed Super Mario 64's momentum.
One of the weirdest things about Bob, is that I feel you find a lot more of people going "Oh shit I used to watch this guy back in the day" more than most cows. Certainly, short of like Spoony or maybe Jim Sterling but you get what I mean. Like the trick is, he never really switched. He just kept bleeding more and more of his politics and beliefs into his videos. At least his popular ones. Like I know I never knew about the Overthinker shit at the time. Which I think is the real trick. He almost could have kept that part hidden from his average viewer. He may have for a very long time. But then, it got out because he made himself more and more of the video. And I know that drove me away. And then I learned the whole story. And now I just laugh.
"We had to wear Twister mats to school, Eddie! The kids would kick our ass and yell 'RIGHT FIST BLUE!' "LEFT FIST RED!' while they kicked out ass, Eddie."
"Oh, I pity those poor suckers on the freeway! Gas, brake, honk! Gas, brake, honk! Honk, honk, PUNCH! Gas, gas ,gas!"
To Bob, this is people leaving ”obsolete red states” behind.
Bob has said that the second pro-life or pro-biological sex bills are passed in the South, no businesses will work there. Whether this is true or not can be shown by looking at Ireland in the 1980's.
Ever seen him talk about robot police officers?
This is what he wants, only with ”MAGA's” being the pariahs.
”First they came for the Q tards, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Q tard.
The shitshow on 6 January was a direct result of what politicians said, you say?
Someone who bows down to neoliberalism has no business using the word ”death cult”, and it is entirely possible for people to be the victims of crime at events you ideologically disagree with.
The Covington kids were on the National March for Life. If that isn't a protest I don't know what is.
> CongressWoman
Weird, I have that exact same picture on my phone.
I mean, does anyone even know about the OG Bloodsport? From what I got after doin' some lookin' up is the guy is one of those villains you'd easily forget about and only the most hardcore DC fans will remember who he was and what his backstory was.
I can already spot the problem. Gunn wants to make a GotG clone with whacky shit to match. Those dark backstories you outlined wouldn't fit in because that would mean having a mostly serious plot and WB thinks audiences want is an R-rated version of MCU humor, never mind how terrible that sounds. Not that WB has done a good job with these characters outside of the animated shows and the Arkham series anyway (look at what they did with Hush in Batwoman) but it's still egregious. Any fan of those stories would be right to raise the issue of how these characters are being butchered on the screen. Bob (the supposed comic book geek) is even more giddy for Gunn more than any other director, so I could actually see him dismissing or becoming hostile to any comics fans who dare question his personal Jesus.
The issue is that Gunn almost feels like a one-trick pony at this point, GoTG was fun to watch (even though the 2nd movie was "meh" at best), but it's clear the guy has nothing up his sleeve besides that. He can only play this one card because when you look at his other works they're "okay" at best. Frankly, I'd say he still doesn't get the suicide squad and that both animated movies were more Suicide Squad than his take.
I've been saying this for years, but the problem with modern DC in general is they're trying to beat the MCU at its own game, which just won't work. The main reason why is that DC has always, always been darker than Marvel, especially with Batman and related characters. I really expected Joker to be the wake up call that would tell DC what fans want from them.
Most of Bob's comic book knowledge comes from Google and comic book wikis, especially when he's trying to sound smart by alluding to obscure facts like the Power Broker (name dropped in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) originating from a 2001: A Space Odyssey comic as Machine Man before being folded into Marvel comics.
I mean, there's still that Robert Pattison Batman movie that seems DC fans are more excited for, when it comes to Suicide Squad it kinda seems you have MCU fans going "Oh yes! Finally, DC is getting its act together!"
I really like Assault on Arkham. Also, Gunn really doesn't seem like that diverse of a director. Sure, everyone has a style, but the great ones can mix it up.
He can't help but overstretch himself in that regard. No one outside of a Mr. Glass or Comic Book Guy like character, someone whose life is comic books entirely, is going to know that and Bob sure as shit doesn't have a mountain range of a comic collection in that hovel of his or a perfect photograpic memory to compensate.
"It's a waste of life!" -Mickey Goldmill
If Ozzy ever needed to put up a perfect image of what Mr. Tinkertrain would look like, this is it right here. The last picture legitimately makes my skin crawl.
I wouldn't necessarily say darker- but it runs a broader spectrum than Marvel tends to. Marvel always has the specter of Stan Lee's bombastic personality hanging over its head. DC has everything from very dark and serious stories to Batgirl and Supergirl teaming up to battle Dracula clones that were brought to life from a 3D movie.
