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See AllMalcolm In The Middle Revival Director Can't Wait To Remind Audiences That Bryan Cranston Is A Physical Comedy Genius
It was never questioned if Cranston (or Kazmerek) were/are great at acting.
People are nostalgia-glazing how the show slid more and more as it went on.
Malcolm and Dewey (who isn't coming back for this) were the only consistently funny and interesting written characters. Reese was a one-note trope idiot bully. The oldest brother's running gag was constant travel and new jobs, but he was mostly disconnected. Then...the parents. The writers and showrunner realized they were great talents and started shifting more screen and story time to them. The show became about them, and that hurt the tone, which was already stretched thin story-wise because they clearly couldn't figure out if they were writing around the titular child (who was also excellent in his role) or an ensemble tilting toward the adults. (Who, it should be noted, were one of the main causes of strife to the boy-genius.)
A show about the "genius" of the family and his never-ending struggles started out strong and funny. It devolved into a sloppy ensemble mess with little cohesion. The finale, with its cutesy bow of excuses for all of their abuses (let's face it, today we would call it like it was) toward Malcolm, wasn't even an adequate season finale, let alone for the series.
The interesting thing about this reboot (maybe) is if they finally do justice to the lead character, or just show him suffering for his entire life. Not sure which sadists would want to watch that.
Solo Leveling May Have Won Anime of the Year, But 1 Show Deserved the Accolade So Much More
Frieren, the Apothecary Diaries, then Solo Leveling, for me.
So much fighting is overdone, pointless, and not even fully animated...if even the creators feel like they need to 'skip ahead', that is a clear sign we all can, but also, they should have written a better scene.
Solo Leveling May Have Won Anime of the Year, But 1 Show Deserved the Accolade So Much More
Just the opposite, I think is what most would say...
Solo Leveling is for teen boys, and Frieren is for adults who actually want a story and not just non-stop mindless fights. Solo was well done, but nothing about it was ground-breaking or magically special. Almost everything about Frieren is at the pinnacle of what has ever been done in anime, and I've been watching it since Speed Racer was originally on channel 44 when I was like 4 years old decades ago.
Solo Leveling May Have Won Anime of the Year, But 1 Show Deserved the Accolade So Much More
I'm just as shocked that I did too!
Weird, right?
Green Lantern's Powers In The Superman Trailer Show Exactly What Ryan Reynolds' Movie Was Missing
The only thing I don't (yet) 'get' is the costume switch. Maybe it gets explained narratively within the movie?
Other than that mildly jarring issue, I'll wait to see the actual product before whining that only Henry Cavill can ever be Superman, or that James Gunn is "ruining" everything. Snyder's era was good, but it did end, as all things do.
Would the children rather have no Superman movies at all? How about a compromise? You all don't watch anymore. If there are more of "you", they simply won't make anymore. Problem solved.
Superman Trailer Breakdown: 15 Biggest Reveals From James Gunn's DC Movie Trailer Explained
It's only a clip. Pretty good chance by the end of the movie, some of that is cleaned up (within the movie). It actually makes sense somebody would question it. This also happened in various forms of the various animated series. Marvel did this in their properties too.
It was unrealistic that somebody would have that kind of power, virtually unchecked, and nobody would worry, be anxious...just be...happy?
'We', the audience, knows he is a 'good guy'. The world he inhabits does not know that for certain. He is far too powerful for nobody to even ask the questions. I totally understand him getting defensive...he stopped a war, darn it! He is a god amongst humans. Humans...especially Americans, believe god anointed 'us' as some chosen country. All the power is supposed to be concentrated with us and our hand-picked allies. Not some rogue, random guy flying(!) in a blue pajama outfit, who does not seem stoppable. From the human standpoint, who is he to decide 'who is the bad guy'? Are bullies still 'bullies' if they are on your side?
Ultimately, he will save us all from the bad guy(s). Just not before, it seems, some nice folks have some questions they need answering.