Attack The Crock: American Gods

I'm not one to usually get down with people airing their grievances online, particularly public figures, but in this case it is so ridiculous that I have to write something about it. I watched the entire first season of American Gods and really liked it for the most part. It had its problems with it feeling rushed but I liked it. Episode seven was garbage but that isn't what this is about. I read the book again after watching the series and in hindsight I would rate the show much lower because the book could have been four to five seasons of a great show. I don't even know what they have done with season two and what they plan for season three. One thing not planned is the return of Orlando Jones as Mr. Nancy.

Attack The Crock: Hellboy (2019)

I had previously written about how I was not going to see the new Hellboy movie (click here). Then I wrote about how I went and saw the new Hellboy movie (click here). Since then I have read and watched a lot of reviews of the film and none of them praise it. Some have talked more about what the film could've been. How there were issues between the studio and actors and director. You know. The type of shit that I as a random ass dude that sees movies and comments on them when no one asked never care about. I mean, I get that a studio can make a movie change in ways that do not work but I will only apply that to odd character choices or changes. Not the acting. Not the special effects. Not the look of a movie. This movie failed on all those fronts.

Hard.

Attack The Crock: Captain Marvel

“I don't want to hear what a white man has to say about 'A Wrinkle in Time.' I want to hear what a woman of color, a biracial woman has to say about the film. I want to hear what teenagers think about the film...if you make a movie that is a love letter to women of color, there is a chance that a woman of color does not have access to review and critique your film...do not say the talent is not there, because it is.” - Brie Larson

The first lady Captain Marvel was a Black woman. Imagine a woman of color in that role in a multi million dollar Marvel movie. Did Brie Larson take a potential job from a woman of color? I don't know much about Captain Marvel. But I know some things. I know that it was a dude at one point and then became a woman that everyone knows and a few people love. It is the same Captain Marvel that appears in the latest film starring Brie Larson. Now, if I knew all the shit that Larson was saying before the movie came out I likely would have waited until I could rent it or some shit. But I did not so I went into it excited as all hell to see the latest in this series of films. I'm not one of those people that went and saw Black Panther with no knowledge of the character or just because I am Black. I have seen every single Marvel film that has come out. Some a shocking amount of times. The first trailer for Captain Marvel did not do much for me but the second one got me hype. Either way I was gonna see it. So...yeah. I saw it. The theater was dead quiet the entire time and I left before the credits were done which is something I don't do even during shitty films. But this movie made me feel different.