*phew* bootcamp is over, I’m home. And best of all : Blood&Plunder arrived today 🙂

I managed to build an entire army in a single day, except for the metal kits that never ever seem to assemble.  Lack of instructions on how to build them made it less fun to build them as well. 🙁

It was fun, I won something because one of my units didn’t panic (yay).

On to the questions.

1) Did you see the movie ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’? And what did you think?

Seen it. To me it was a checklist of his past instead of a movie.
The worst parts are :

a) the moment they reveal how he gets to be called ‘Solo’ … I was like ‘whiskey tango foxtrot?’
b) Jabba the Hutt only getting mentioned … missed opportunity to show why he was after Han in the first place to be honest.

2) What is an acclaimed movie or one a fanbase really enjoys but you hated? Also why

I thought no one liked the Hobbit trilogy ? At least I doubt anyone who has read the book can even like half of that trilogy TBH.
I’d have to pick ‘Avatar’. Soo much hype for a movie that’s ‘Pocahontas in Space’.

3) What is a movie with ok to bad reception that you liked?
‘Sucker Punch’ … at least from what I’ve heard people don’t like it.
I loved the weirdness of it all. Tiny girl fighting giant Samurai monsters, dragons, weird world war 1, and great plot twist.

I’d also have to pick ‘Ghost in a shell’ as another movie that was probably disliked by fans of the anime/manga, but I liked it anyway except for a tiny reveal that made me wonder why they even bothered with that bit.

4) Slightly different question, what movies disappointed you

That Will Smith movie ‘Suicide Squad’.
So much potential for cool stuff, because it is ‘Dirty Dozen’ with evil super heroes.

Than they had to make the lead a good guy (or at least they attempt it, because they show he cares for his family … *blergh*) a plot that never made any sort of sense.

It got even worse when I saw a video pointing at all the editing ‘mistakes’ which made me wonder what a train wreck the movie had been if they had not messed with it. I kind of hope they reboot this one and get someone to write a plot that makes sense (and stop trying to be so flocking pc).

5) Can an affective movie universe outside of Marvels be done?

I think they can, but only if they avoid using existing franchises and think of something new.

I’d also say Marvel (and superhero movies in general) are overrated.

Maybe it’s because I never got into comics, but superhero movies lack tension.

There is no real danger to the protagonist, unless it is yet another reboot of a franchise and the ‘hero’ is learning about his powers.

That’s not to say that action movies can’t be boring (the story arc can be predictable when not handled with care), but at least the victory isn’t as easy.

Iron Man 3 only worked because they first remove his powers and force him to be more human. The problem with that approach is that it can only be done once or it gets boring.

Net result is power creep that makes no sense at all.
It’s also why I never played the sequel to ‘Mass Effect’. My character had become too powerful so the sequels could tell any interesting story of growth.