Detractors

Image via Warner Bros. A Twitter user named Avery Edison started a huge debate about the new Barbie movie and its socioeconomic implications by saying only rich people could afford them, and that when people say they love Barbie they’re just saying they weren’t poor. This take is now being mocked into oblivion. The original tweet was deleted but that’s not how things work on the Internet. Edison has spent most of the past two days in an effort to defend herself as screenshots of her tweet get bashed to the moon…

Screengrab via Disney Plus J. K. Rowling’s name was bound to reemerge in conversations, in the wake of HBO’s big Harry Potter announcement, and chatter surrounding the series has predictably given the author a fresh platform.  Rowling’s made it clear, on several occasions, that she’s not concerned with pushback from her former fans. She once again leaned into her lack of concern in response to a particularly vicious takedown, which she’s considering making a permanent fixture.  A far less contentious property…

Photo via Marvel Studios Sometimes we want to take the high road, be the bigger person, rise above it all, and sometimes we just want to rub it in people’s faces. Chris Pratt chose the latter when it came to giving a speech at the end of production for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as he took to task all those that said the franchise would never succeed back in 2014. Vol. 3 marks the end of the group as we know it, with director James Gunn having helmed the MCU franchise since the beginning. Many were unsure…

via Warner Bros. Prior to the release of James Wan’s Aquaman, the title hero had become something of a running joke among the comic book community, with his abilities and powers the subject of widespread ridicule and mockery. Of course, that all changed in a heartbeat when the underwater epic went on to become the highest-grossing DC Comics adaptation of all-time. Jason Momoa’s feature-length first outing as Arthur Curry made more money than any movie to feature Batman, Superman, the Joker, Wonder Woman, or any…

Image via Lucasfilm / Star Wars: The Last Jedi We’re now almost three years on from The Rise of Skywalker and Star Wars fans are still finding new ways to dump on Disney’s sequel trilogy. That’s understandable given how bad that final installment was, the lingering sense that Lucasfilm mismanaged the trilogy, and that the movies squandered the final appearances of iconic characters. Even so, is one 46-minute episode of an animated show really better than three whole movies? Fans are discussing Star Wars: Rebels…

Image via Marvel Studios It’s no secret that Thor: Love and Thunder is a film that has fans divided. The fourth installment of the Thor solo films took the humor from the extremely popular Thor: Ragnarok and ran with it, and then didn’t stop running. For many, the quirky and hilarious introduction of Korg, voiced by director Taika Waititi, turned a little sour in the recent Marvel film, with some fans being downright sick of him by the end. Now, fans are discussing how they would have killed him off and many say…