and the Venom stuff doesn’t fully work, but even then I respect just how much the movie tries to find a way of tying this studio requirement into the thematic center of the movie. Venom, in both Peter and Eddie, stands for the desire to refuse forgiveness and indulge in spitefulness and revenge.

but the only problems really are just Venom, and Harry’s amnesia being a bit random. Harry’s storyline and Sandman’s have the potential to mix beautifully; They’re both about Peter/Harry learning how to forgive the man who killed their father (and Peter has to both give and also receive forgiveness)

It's the momentum makes it feel real and not off-putting. It'd be a bit of a retcon to have Reed's stretching take effort, but that's what u gotta do to make it not be gross. It's why Luffy works. He flings his arm if he's shooting it across a room, and winces his face a little when he's reaching.

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and between Disney, who have never been able to foster anything close to a decent creative environment in live action and somehow still have not learned how to film something that looks good and not like bland grey sludge. A few episodes of Loki is the only thing they’ve ever made that looked good.

I’ll agree with you that not all of em count but I’d draw a line between something like Universal and Warner Bros (who’ll allow movies like Oppenheimer and Dune, or even do something super corporate like Barbie but allow it to be a little daring, more than a Deadpool movie ever was) (1/2)

the fear is that Netflix doesn't care to ask "how do we make it better" they only care to ask "can we make it worse? how much worse can we make it before people complain. the bar is low but lets confirm whether or not it is actually on the floor yet, we might have further down to go"

....and if just using gen AI for everything becomes doable + affordable....AND if netflix is in charge....well, i think that might be quite bad for continuing to get good movies. the bar has already lowered so much in the last decade, so many movies (even major theater blockbusters) look bad.

for what it's worth, I think audiences still generally perceive of netflix movies in that same "lesser than" way that they perceived D-2-DVD movies back in the day, even if they don't know it. but if theaters go away and movies are less profitable and getting daytime to look nice is expensive.....

agreed, we've had direct-to-dvd quality movies since forever. but i think the worry here is that Netflix, who are a D-2-DVD production company quality-wise, are genuinely a threat to actual movie companies and might defeat them. meaning we get even fewer actual movies and more D-2-DVD quality movies

the 2001 Justice League show!