John's Journal

 Man oh man there's been a lot of discourse surrounding "Joker: Folie a' Duex", and it's not the positive kind. The sequel to the 2019 phenomenon has become one of the biggest box office failures of the year and unlike it's predecessor which won 3 oscars even among it's controversies pre-release (ex: fears that it might incite real life violence), this film seems to have rubbed everyone the wrong way critics, casuals, fans of the first film, you name it. When I saw the movie last week, I hated it. But as time passed in the days of viewing it, I thought more about what the film entailed I have more nuanced thoughts on it. Oh don't get me wrong I still think this movie is bad but I find it to be one of those fascinatingly bad movies. And thus, this won't be a traditional review from me. For this I'm going to discuss some of the aspects of the film that intrigued me the most and where I think Todd Philipps missed the mark. As such "Joker: Fol...

  Hey guys. So a lot has happened lately regarding Black Panther since the last time I wrote about the character. For one, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" did what I feared Marvel would do when they said they wouldn’t recast King T’Challa after the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman, they killed him off. As one would guess, I was incredibly disappointed by this as this means the characters story in the MCU has effectively been cut short. While I still hope we’ll see a multiverse version of him in the MCU later on down the line, things are not looking good for T’Challa right now. To make matters worse it appears the MCU's decision seems to be affecting him in other mediums as with a controversial cameo in "X-Men 97" featured T'Chaka as Black Panther instead of his world famous son. And now that T’Challa is gone from the MCU this can be detrimental to his growth as a character. In John Ridley’s reviled Black Panther comic run, T’Challa has undergone brutal char...