The evil is almost defeated. The evil being Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments TV series on Freeform & Netflix. Now that the series is in its endgame with its final two episodes on the horizon, I am here to make a plea to anyone and everyone who will listen: Leave The Mortal Instruments series alone.
Happy New Years Eve everyone! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas and are enjoying the final days of rest and relaxation this week.
Whether you are planning to have a wild night out with your besties or a quiet night in with just you, a glass of champagne and Netflix (who? me?), I hope you have a great night and all the best in the new year!
Though most of 2018 was a gong show (and honestly, I don’t see much changing unless a certain president booted out of the White House) at least 2019 has some great films in store for us! Here are the 5 films – as well as some honourable mentions – I’m most looking forward to in 2019:
Can you believe that 2018 really gave us a superhero film starring an all Black cast AS WELL AS a film starring a Biracial superhero? If you need proof that this year wasn’t completely trash, there is your proof.
The day it was announced that Marvel got the film rights to Spider-Man back from Sony, I just knew that we would finally get the Miles Morales live action Spider-Man film adaptation we all deserve. Clearly I was getting ahead of myself because instead of Miles, we got yet another Peter Parker reboot in the form of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Hey MCU Fandom,
How are we today? Are we excited? Scared? Happy? Traumatised? A manic ball of emotions that won’t be able to properly rest until the release of Avengers: Endgame April 26, 2019?
It’s the latter for me.
Today was my final day of classes for the term and just before the start of class this morning, I logged into Twitter to see that the trailer we have all been anxiously waiting for since the end of Infinity War had been released.
The rest of the day was an absolute write off because the only thing on my mind was the trailer and what we are in for come April.
Here are the things that (traumatised me) stood out the most to me in the trailer:
Fandom. If you look up “It’s Complicated” in the dictionary, “Fandom” would have it’s own subheading.
Though it’s great that we have sites like Tumblr, Twitter and Reddit (just to name a few) that give fandom communities a place to interact, create and reblog/post content, these sites are also breeding grounds for conflict.
The Harry Potter fandom is without a doubt in of the biggest fandoms in the world ( @ me if I sound bias, but this is just a fact.) Since the films originally came out, there has always been a divide within the fandom between those who prefer the books over the films and vice versa. Personally, I see valid arguments on both sides. It’s true that the some of the films left out chunks of vital information from the books (Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince left out Chapter 10 from the book almost ENTIRELY). But, it’s also true that film its self is a completely different medium, and for that reason won’t be able to give you a word for word adaptation of the book.
Personally, I love the books and films equally. Both are massive parts of my childhood and I turn to one or the other in my adulthood regularly to this day. I have never had an issue with the Harry Potter fandom on Twitter or Tumblr. Debates about the books vs. films, characters, ships, OTPs were kept relatively civil…that is until Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.
Continue reading The fans are the worst part about Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts
I don’t think I can write a post long enough that will truly express how thankful I am for Stan Lee and characters he created.
I have always loved superheros. As a kid, my Saturday mornings weren’t complete without watching Batman: The Animated Series, Teen Titans (FYI: Teen Titans GO! slander will not be tolerated on this blog. Put some respek on this show.), Spider-Man and so on. I also vaguely remember seeing the first X-Men, Spider-Man and Fantastic Four films in theatres.
It wasn’t until 2008 that I became a Marvel super-fan. I remember seeing Iron Man in theatres and being absolutely gobsmacked. Not only was that film the beginning of my love for Robert Downey Jr., it was the beginning of my all consuming love for Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
The Couch Burrito 