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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
This movie's great, you guys are just mean
By no means is it as good as the first film, but for me, that was going to be a practically impossible task given the crazy high expectations the original gave me, which is honestly still probably the best and most perfect superhero movie I've ever watched. Not that many superhero sequels manage to really outshine the original, and especially difficult when it's following up a movie as great as Wonder Woman was.
Unlike many mediocre or almost soulless sequels that try to play things safe and avoid risk to keep the money coming, WW84 doesn't try to just redo all of the things & beats of the original movie, but slightly different. It is a very different type of film than Wonder Woman is. It doesn't try to be the same thing.
The era informs the themes of the movie just as it did in the first one, but of course in very different ways. With its wonderfully outlandish plot, spectacles, flamboyant villain, vibrant colours and general feel of the film invokes both the style of the 1980's, and the Wonder Woman & other DC comics (and movies) of the time.
This is a clear superhero movie, taking its biggest influences from the more classic Wonder Woman comics and perfectly capturing that feel, giving us an experienced & seasoned, but tortured superhero in Diana, where 'Wonder Woman was a war movie and coming of age story taking much of its influence from modern Wonder Woman comics, and capturing that feel just as successfully as its successor.
Wonder Woman: 1984 continues the DCEU's recent trend of great superhero movies that are truly unafraid to be, for lack of a better term, real comic book films. They don't try to sanitize what they are and act like they're anything that they're not. They don't try to be dark & "grounded" in reality in order to be taken seriously. They are colourful, they're fun, they're...big, in all the right ways. They perfectly capture the feeling of reading the comic books.
These movies are supposed to be fantastical, mythical, something that inspires you and sparks your imagination. There's nothing wrong with actually being that, being a heightened fantasy version of the world we know, rather than being confined by the idea of "realism" which has limited DC films in the past.
Pedro Pascal gives a spectacular performance as Max Lord, over the top in all the right ways, and with a surprising amount of layers and sympathy. He is the epitome of the mentality of the 1980's, as well as it's cinematic & comic book villains
Memory Hole (2020)
A fine, entertaining show
People are way too harsh on this show. It's a great & entertaining 7 minutes for when you have a little time to kill. Will Arnet perfectly delivers his often laugh out loud brand of comedy, digging through the archives of television for some good laughs. And I love how unapologetically Canadian he is in this show
Some Good News (2020)
The breath of fresh air we need in a crisis
Fantastic. The breath of fresh air we & uplifting positivity we need in troubled times like this, when it seems like the world is only getting worse in all ways, and the news only depresses us further. Krasinski shows us there is still hope.
Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020)
Cannot recommend enough
I'm not sure I've ever related to a show as much as this. It's such a great show, and Awkwafina is just constantly laugh out loud funny.
Batwoman: An Un-Birthday Present (2020)
A++
One of the best episodes of the whole season. Rachel Skarsten gives an absolutely stellar performance, both with showing more of the insanity and tragic soul that his Alice, and illuminating more of how she came to be, and as Beth, beautifully & tragically showing what might have been, and perfectly selling the innocence of this version of Beth. An incredibly emotional portrayal on both counts, but in very different ways. Both really make you tear up at times, and it's often so hard to tell this is even the same actress in both roles.