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Also it's worth pointing out even George Lucas himself famously said "Star Wars is for 12 year olds", which many laughed at... for some reason? Even though it's a factual statement and, unless you see that as a bad thing, shouldn't be taken as an insult.

Honestly it's even more impressive as a production because it's often cited in the same company as Salo or Come and See, i.e. challenging, disturbing arthouse films that cinephiles love but aren't made for a general audience. Yet Threads was broadcast for a mainstream UK audience ON TELEVISION.

I know the jist of it, I've seen some scenes, but I've never seen it in full for exactly that reason. Ironically my mum usually has no patience for gory horror films, but she saw Threads when it came out in the 80s and was genuinely captivated by it.

Threads (1984) | Post-Nuclear Attack YouTube video by Limitanei

...over the kind of horror that's so realistic it could plausibly happen. Worth pointig out the nuclear war in Threads starts from a conflict in Iran. youtu.be/2q9Al0Pw03o?...

I remember mentioning the 1984 film Threads on a livestream chat to a guy known for covering a lot of (usually gory or sleazy) horror films, and he seemed genuinely disturbed by it. If nothing else it demonstrates for me why people gravitate to the "cheesier", more over the top kind of horror...

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Why was I invited to Beast Studios? YouTube video by Folding Ideas

It's the same energy as Beast Studios bragging about having more gear than the Olympics and costing 5 times as much as Survivor (despite looking way wors), as this video points out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dwa...

lemon demon ultimate showdown then part YouTube video by Robo7

...Bill S. Preston and Theodore Logan, Spock, the Rock, Doc Ock, and Hulk Hogan to all appear in the same scene. www.youtube.com/watch?v=us7B...

At this point I expect to see Gandalf the Grey, Gandalf the White, Monty Python and the Holy Grail's Black Knight, Benito Mussolini, a Blue Meanie, Cowboy Curtis, Jambi the Genie, Robocop, The Terminator, Captain Kirk, Darth Vader, Lo-Pan, Superman, every single Power Ranger...

Oh wow! Honestly they can be fun in their own way, and while I'd play things more traditionally it's still fun to see what Eckert's limited rules mean you can and can't do.

So while I get Eckert's rules, in wanting to keep the focus on the pulp characters and not let things get out of hand, it's also fun to find my personal path and created my ideal shared superhero universe on my own terms.

Wold Newton also has a weird relationship with superheroes, like Win Scott Eckert set up all these rules because he wanted the WN universe to stay somewhat grounded. While for me I'm using the WN family as the starting point for an entire merged DC/Marvel universe.

I've seen an argument the public domain is bad because corporations are much better stewards of consistent characterisation - which is, uh, very obviously not true for comics? The characters change MASSIVELY in different eras, before we even get to things like Teen Iron Man

I think public domain is important not just creatively but also in a historical and culture lens, because you should be able to talk about the history of Superman and how it played into the US or Mickey Mouse and not get fucking sued for showing examples of it.

I'm begging humanity to remember that 'public domain' means cool shit can now happen from anyone who wants to mutate and change an idea or include a character in existing works (examples Frankenstein and Dracula) and not 'now we get bad horror movies'.

Hey as someone who genuinely appreciates your translations of Gou Tanabe's Lovecraft manga adaptations, this kind of pro-corporate take is really disappointing to hear.

I’m reminded of the unfortunately named TVM “Still The Beaver” (1983), which did not cost 450 million dollars but likely has similar production values on screen

"Everyone who wants to work on Superman while creating value for The Shareholders of DC is a noble soul driven by pure intentions and everyone who wants to work on Superman outside of that is an evil dickbitch driven by unsatiable greed and darkness." Is a common thing to feel. Wrong, but common.

Yeah I didn't think Kang was strong enough as a threat for it to work, even with Majors playing him. When your first appearance has you beaten by Ant Man, is anyone gonna care if there's a million more of you?

"Uh Blood and Honey sucked so Winnie the Pooh shouldn't be public domain" I swear to god people should get a grip, yes bad edgy stories exist but who the fuck cares?

The least Superman-like take.

Throwing out the public domain because of goofy edgelord fiction honestly feels like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. And it's not like corporate control over fiction is a guarantee of quality either.

And it's not just Disney that has (in)famously relied on the public domain for stories, both Marvel and DC have used public domain characters like King Arthur, Dracula, Frankenstein, fairy tales, the Cthulhu mythos etc. as part of their shared universes.

The public domain is also important as it's where folklore, fairy tales, mythology etc. all are - if superheroes really are "modern mythology", they deserve the same level of variation and flexibility that real myths have as part of the public domain.

I was hoping that too! But alas, Marvel were desperate after Quantumania/Majors and they thought "shit, we need to have someone that people actually care about... I know!" and here we are now.

This thing is still going to make close to a billion but it is *delicious* to see it try and stay relevant

The reaction I saw the most was praise, followed by "oh I'm glad he's not in the MCU anymore", which... obviously means something different now lol

Happy Superman Day!