Jareal Spivey

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@OhHeyItsAustin @devsahadat @CultureCrave It’d be nice if they could just make stand alone movies that aren’t assessed against the MCUs success but thats not how investors and other financial backers like banks see it.

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@OhHeyItsAustin @devsahadat @CultureCrave That said I respect your opinion artistically. There’s a lot of Batman media already which is why I’d advise wait until Reeves is done and reboot. But if not, they need to incorporate their already successful Reeves Batman catalog into the universe they want.

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@OhHeyItsAustin @devsahadat @CultureCrave It was IMHO. These movies need to make money, large amounts of it both because of their own costs, and also to be competitive enough to help WB attract/satisfy investors. So even a $600 m film (Superman) that’s wells below the $2b Spider-Man picked up isn’t great financially.

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@devsahadat @CultureCrave A DC Universe has to start with Batman. But a grounded Batman feels incompatible with the gods in the rest of the DC catalog. It’s not impossible, you have to convince Reeves to very delicately incorporate or lay the grounds for more fantasy or wait til Reeves is done to reboot.

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@PerryBrackets This is a good graph but it’s very early. Love it. Can I ask that you please post an updated version at 20 games, All Star Break and at the Start of the Playoffs.

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@josh30315235 Scoring not shooting? Adjusting for pace and defenses. KD, Kobe, Harden, Steph.

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@DBGyt_ Fever tried to turn into a defensive team in the playoffs but it took from the offensive identity they established in season. Wings were young and a bit injured.

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@DBGyt_ It’s takes D to beat the Aces and the Fever were poor defensively. The Valks can use defense to beat a balanced but deliberate team like the Aces especially with a hunger gap (Aces already multi time champs) but the Dream play balanced and free basketball with a lot of hunger.

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@FastbreakHoops5 Dream or Jokic. Shaq/Kareem are just too dominant or prolific. Dream is a better defender and Jokic is the best passing big ever. If Dream was asked to pass more he could do so, not at Jokic level but high. Jokic could not defend at the 90s level. I cut Joker but it’s very close.

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@thefalkon Or Gray, or Citron or Austin, etc. This kinda goes to the old Heisman argument “they don’t all have to be quarterbacks”.

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@thefalkon My only criticism is that neither should’ve been quite this high. And that defensive stalwarts in GS were overlooked even though their team performed better. I would’ve ranked it 1) A’ja, 2) Miles 3) Gabby

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@espn It’s rare to see MVPs come from 6th or 8th seeded teams. Some exception for if they do something historic like avg a triple double. A’ja is the best player on the reigning champs, and Olivia the best player on the team with the best reg record.

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@KaKaShI1531244 My reaction is that Kishimoto has a known and admitted flaw in his storytelling.

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@Reese10Angel Love the way you’re playing

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@espn She is a multi time mvp, Olympian and champ. At this stage in her career this shouldn’t happen. Players and coaches are responsible for keeping track of their timeouts and using them effectively. They lost their poise at the end, own it, don’t try to pass it off on the refs.

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@tytheanimator 1, I need to watch it but ppl I trust rave about it. You’re likely correct. 2, No. 3, yes but Coogler will have to build more scale to match the others. 4, I generally agree. But not necessarily the most enjoyable to watch. 5, As always depends on the writer.

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@MegaMaxing @DiscussingFilm I disagree w/ most, lol. Making heroes feel ‘god’ like can work. Deities in mythology typically represent a specific force/concept. In Pantheons they have distinct ideas/roles assigned. Issue is, I have no idea what Snyders version of these characters stood for or their role.

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@ohnohedidnt24 LeBron is definitively a top 10 player and most analysts have him top 2. There is nothing left that he can do on the court to impact his legacy. He’s not obligated to retire. But I think it should be strongly considered.

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@OldRowSwig What’s a lie? I said I don’t trust when critics hate a movie but I often like or respect the ones they love. It’s my experience with movies. I also said an opinion of a film that a person hasn’t seen isn’t a review. Because it’s not by definition.

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@OldRowSwig What reviews on X? And from who? The movie comes out tonight. People offering an opinion of a film they haven’t seen isn’t a review. I don’t trust when official critics hate a movie, but they aren’t always wrong when they love one. I’ll see it next week and form my opinion.

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@Shokio_YT Caveat. I need to give the GL series a chance. Just not sure why they felt it’s not worth a feature film. It maybe too hard to tell the story they want in 3.5 hrs but putting it to streaming feels soft serve.

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@Shokio_YT Mr. Terrific was good even if I would have introduced him later. Haven’t seen Clayface to comment yet. Supergirl, well haven’t seen it yet, so agin no comment. But yeah, I generally agree with your premise. No Batman, Wonder Woman, plans for GL seem weak. There’s not cohesion.