Dark Phoenix Review: Pros & Cons

Cons

- Scott is still Jean’s play toy

-He never stops trying to fix her. I mean, it’s cute but I need some character development. Li,e does he do anything other than scream, “JEAAAANNNN!”

- He was ten times better in the fucking comics. I swear.

-My soft wife, Jubilee, is completely gone. She is neither mentioned or shown. Hate that so much.

-Jean already had the Dark Phoenix power in Apopcalupse, but she gets it again??? Sure, whatever, gets you money, Fox. You literally forgot a movie that YOU made.

-Timeline is messed up all over again. How old is Jean? Nobody knows, at least she’s older than eight.

-The evil aliens were just in the way for the whole movie, were originally supposed to be the Skrulls, and they had less screen time in the comics. The first time they are introduced, the die. There is literally no need for them.

-Also, they had no background and they were only there for train scene. Literally, no point to them for the majority of the film.

-Same thing with Storm. Up until the train scene, there was no point for her character.

-Quicksilver, best character, is injured so badly that he is no longer seen in the movie until the final scene.

-Magnet goes through the same character arc as he did before. Lives on an island, decides to fight against the X-Men, gets captured by some intelliagance group, helps the X-Men out in the end. I swear, even Michael Fassbended is getting tired of this shit.

-He still doesn’t know that Peter is his son. What the actual fuck???

-Nightcrawler, well-known pacifist and Catholic, goes on a killing spree after seeing someone die. This plot-point makes no sense because real fans know he wouldn’t do this without at least praying before and after the battle.

-Jean dies and comes back as the Phoenix Force??? I honestly don’t know at this point.

- None of the actors wanted to do this movie. Sophie Turner just wanted to leave the franchise all together along with Jennifer Lawrence, Fassbender, and James McAvoy. Everyone is bored and over the whole storyline.

-Also, what the fuck was this line??? Mystique says to Charles, “The women in this group do more than the women. Maybe we should be called the X-Women. You ever think of that?”

-I’m all for female empowerment, but no one gives a shit. It’s already a gender-neutral term. I swear, Jennifer Lawrence just wanted to seem “woke” for no reason.

-They also named the school after Jean rather than Mystique. She was the women who inspired all the mutant students to be themselves, but I guess that doesn’t matter anymore. Fuck this shit.

Pros

-The visuals were okay, not the best for a Fox movie. But they brought some color to a pretty bland movie.

-Depicting Charles as a villain who manipulated all his students rather than trying to fix them is a really good choice.

-I liked this part of the movie because it showed a different side of Charles. The one side that makes mistakes, realizes this, and tries his best to fix it. The truth bombs from Mystique and Hank really sold the fact that Charles had been in the wrong for years.

-The breakdown from Hank/Beast was very cool. He cares for his sort-of-girlfriend of many years. But I hated how he quickly changed from sides. He flip-flopped more than Black Widow in Civil War.

-The bromance between Charles and Erik is still going strong. The only good thing that lasted through the whole movie. They love each other.

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get-loved-123

3 years ago

So I know everyone is losing their minds about the lore drops & Amtity & Luz stuff from this EP, but I just wanted to take a moment to talk about Gus cuz this was a big ep for him and no one is talking about it much (that I’ve seen)

So like, here’s my breakdown & thoughts

We got to hear more about how Gus feels about being in a higher grade and his magic (which knowing someone that was moved up grades when they were young, it did seem realistic)

We learned more about Glandus High and what it’s like being a student there

We learned a fair bit about illusionists and how they’re viewed, it’s pretty interesting that they are seen as weak, even though we’ve seen just how strong they can be, esp for tricks & spy work (like turning invisible), along with sending messages long ways (I sorta wonder if Belos may have made them seen as weak so it’d be less likely for people to try to spy on him)

Gus had made a friendenemy outside the main cast! (Since they started joking with each other and are gonna hang out on weekends I think we’re gonna see more of Mattholomule & Gus’s relationship)

Gus is gonna be learning more about old illusionist magic and had befriend a old (+maybe powerful) illusionist, I think he might start learning better spells or ones that aren’t learnt at school

These ruins Gus & Mattholomule seem to be important, since they have things that can make people more powerful and were used in marketing, I think they might come into play as a big part of the story.

As a whole this EP seemed to have Gus’s story as the A plot with Luz’s story as the B plot, which was bold & I enjoyed, though it makes me sad that poeple aren’t talking as much about Gus’s side of things, he’s a very cool character and seems to have things that could tie him to the bigger plot (these ruins, the fact that he has interest in the human world aka might know more about Philip Wittebane, has magic that doesn’t need to overpower someone to deal with them (for real, a illusionist spell done at the right moment, in the right context could easily take down Belos, he thinks he’s got the door when really it’s a man-eating plant or something like that)

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get-loved-123

3 years ago

send me asks and questions! !?

Character ask game!

A classic character ask game lol, but with a little deeper digging into them

Send a character and a number/several numbers, and i'll answer:

My first impression of them

When I think I truly started to like them (or dislike them, if you've sent me a character I don't like)

A song that reminds me of them

How many people I ship them with

My favorite ship of them

My least favorite ship of them

A quote of them that you remember

Your favorite outfit of them

Your least favorite outfit of them

Describe the character in one sentence

What’s the first thing you think about when thinking about the character?

Sexuality hc!

Your favorite friendship they have

Best storyline they had

Worst storyline they had

A childhood headcanon

What do you think their first word was?

How do you think they were as a kid? (Like, were they shy, noisy, wild, etc)

The most random ship you've seen people have with them

A weird headcanon

When do you think they were at their happiest?

When do you think they were at their lowest?

Future headcanon

What do you think is a secret they have that they never told anyone?

When do you think they acted the most ooc

When do you think they were being "themselves" the most?

If they could meet a character from another show/movie/etc, who would be the most fun for them to meet?

The most unnecessary thing they ever did?

How do you think they would be as a parent? (and if they are a parent, how do you think they would be if they weren't?)

The funniest scene they had?

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get-loved-123

3 years ago

Me, ranting about Huntlow and the negativity of fandom 😊

I get so disappointed when people think that Willow is a "gray mouse" in the shadow of the "colorful Hunter"… that Willow is "boring and unremarkable" and that Hunter "deserves a better partner" and so on.

Do you guys really think that in order to earn someone's love, you need to have a "higher status" or a "decent image" or what? Not cool at all.

Listen, not every single character needs a tragic backstory and meta-storyline to be valid and to be perceived as an INDIVIDUAL in the first place.

Especially in real life, not everyone is a "bright star" and/or a "charmer"… And I'm not even talking about the fact that in the case of Willow, she just happens to be an UNPOPULAR CHARACTER, not an UNINTERESTING PERSON!

On the contrary, Willow is freaking awesome! Have you ever seen her beta version??? The girl has the concept of a badass anime nerd who gets squeals from hundreds of simps just by adjusting their glowing glasses with a grin in an epic battle, and I'm absolutely here for this.

But that's not the point! I want to say that such calm and "simple" people like Willow are no worse than "brilliant" and complicated ones like Hunter. Let us coexist without putting some on a pedestal and drugging others through the mud, thank you!

"Dana really just made Huntlow out of nothing!! Willow doesn't even have the proper development that Hunter has! She seems like nothing compared to him!" WHY CAN'T HUNTER VIBE WITH REGULAR PEOPLE, PLEASE TELL ME? WHAT'S STOPPING HIM??

Or is he a playable Sims 4 character who has been banned from interacting with NPCs???

This nonsense is reminiscent of the situation when Lumity officially became canon. Back then, some vievers were outraged that Dana didn't use the trope "Will they or won't they?" for this ship. It really seemed unrealistic to them that teenagers could just...get into a relationship in an instant! In our world, we can become someone's friend, lover or enemy in a very short time, without big plot arcs and fillers that could prevent this from happening. So what exactly should be wrong with fictional characters falling in love quickly??

Don't forget that only from our perspective, TOH universe is a piece of media with a script and a plot. But the characters themselves inside this very universe are ordinary dudes who live their lives carelessly and do not suspect anything about the 4th wall.

So please just let them be!

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get-loved-123

3 years ago

Why was their friendship literally the sweetest thing??? 💚💛💙

(Kai was incredibly happy for your victory, Max.)