i really love leverage because the concept has the potential to be super dark and gritty and angsty and morally ambiguous–you’ve got the grieving father of a child who died of cancer, you’ve got legal injustice versus illegal justice, you’ve got characters with severe emotional issues, dark pasts, and substance abuse problems–but instead it’s this sweet, lighthearted, seriously funny show about a found family of master criminals that does things like film a whole episode in the style of the office or name characters’ aliases after sci-fi actors. it still has enough solemn moments to respect the darkness of the characters and the issues that the show handles, but it never falls into that darkness so hard or for so long that the fundamental tone of the series is lost. i really, really love leverage.
Can I just say, as great as Venom and Eddie’s relationship was, I appreciated Dan and Anne’s. Dan didn’t fall into the jealous new boyfriend category. Not once did he mistrust Anne about Eddie, showing he was totally comfortable in that relationship and trusted her totally, he was so nice to Eddie instead of telling him to stay away from Anne. It was a healthy relationship dynamic (despite Anne’s possible remaining feelings at the end) and I appreciated it and Dan as a character
Update: I forgot to add, Dan had his priorities right like when he told Anne they needed to talk about what was going on and she said there was nothing going on with her and Eddie and Dan was like ‘no we need to talk about the weird parasite thing that’s unknown to medical science obviously’ and I appreciate that he was focused on the right thing
I think part of what made the Venom movie so palatable to me was the whole situation with Dan and how it was handled as if everyone involved was a Decent Adult Person instead of the heteronormative caricatures we’ve come to expect. Just by being written the way he is, Dan makes my queer ass feel so much safer in indulging in this fandom, and I love him for that!!!
I was prepared for a boatload of second hand embarrassment at the restaurant scene but it was wonderfully resolved when Dan was like “Yes this is my girlfriend’s ex behaving inappropriately in a restaurant but also he’s obviously visibly unwell and I’m a doctor so can we all please calm the fuck down so I can get him to a hospital.”
ALL OF THIS and also Eddie’s adorable little “thank you, Dan” when Dan was helping him out and also trusting Anne’s judgement enough to believe automatically that Dan is Good People just because she’s let him into her life. SUCH A REFRESHING TAKE ON IT ALL. Dan being the same, seeing Eddie as Good People because Anne had him in her life. Dan giving them space and always, ALWAYS prioritising the right thing at the right time.
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Everyone in Peter’s class gets super hyped when they see Spider-Man on the news the day before an exam because that teacher will just coincidentally forget every copy of the test at home, what a shame, guess you all have one more night to study oh well,,,,,, if any of you were doing important things yesterday it’s real lucky you get this extra time to prepare,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
People kind of forget the style that Iron Man 3 and Thor: Ragnarok are meant to be. They’re told by our heros perspective more so than any other – IM3 literally using the book end approach like Princess Bride did. People complain about the perspective and Thor being too comical in parts. It’s the same as Captain America: Civil War painting Tony to be the bad guy, it’s a Cap movie so of course Tony is going to be in a negative light. Homecoming is Peter’s story with Tony being a paternal figure, so that’s the role Tony takes.
Perspective is EVERYTHING.
point of view is one of the most important narrative aspects of cinema, but people have this concept of “camera = objectivity” wich is Wrong. the entire narrative is shaped to fit a certain point of view, typically the protagonist’s.
The only six of crows adaptation I can accept is a mockumentary where everybody is allowed to ‘look into the camera like they’re on the office’ except for Kaz
I like the thought of Peter Parker being king of memes but then I remember that Tom Holland didn’t even know what ‘yeet’ means and would just like to offer a counter-headcanon: FRIDAY and KAREN both using the widest range of their AI capabilities to teach Peter all about meme culture and vine references whilst he sits there with a pen and paper and writes it all down, determined to look cool next time he’s hanging out with kids his age
Peter, meeting Harley Keener in Tony’s workshop: Yeet to meet you! You’re snatching my wig already! As long as you don’t spill lipstick in my white Valentino bag, we’re gonna get along just lit !
Harley: … Yeah no there’s no way we can possibly be related
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