Now this year had an example of IP that had new entries but shouldn’t.
There was the Universal Studios attempt to restart the Exorcist franchise by continuing the story with Ellen Burnstyn and Linda Blair after 50 years.
Here however, we come to the Expendables and a pseudo 4th entry that only made people realize they should have ended things with 2.
Jason Stratham is good we all know this, but in a series with Stallone leading a mercenary team comprised of action heroes, suddenly shifting things to having Statham and Megan Fox as the leads in a revolving door of support makes people realize how much this should not have been assembled as the 4th Expendables movie.
When a film is treated more along the lines of what Oceans 8, and that Always Sunny Gang Beats Boggs Ladies Reboot episode that parodies this type of movie, something was lost along the way.
SUM 22: A soft reboot in the guise of Stallone’s unexpected franchise crashes thanks to the character and creative direction this would undertake.
Clearly most of the lines were put on when the shirts were on a flat surface and then the too thick or too long ones added by Mrs. Mac. It always bothers me a little more than it should
Is the fact that Dennis literally has a son??? That was conceived when he got off the flight in Maryland in the gang beats boggs?
That he literally left to go back to parent and then suddenly returned from it and never spoke about it again? The son he left behind? They gave Dennis this huge plot point and then never touched on it again since he came back, Why don't we ever hear conversations about him paying child support or realizing it's Brian Jr's birthday, or visiting or anything like that.
I need an episode of Dennis feeling remorse for abandoning his child and not being better than Frank, or a reunited episode. He so clearly loved his son and did not want to let him go So why have they not reunited yet? Brian Jr would probably be around ages 5-7 now, does he just not keep up with any of it? Rcg I need answers pleaseee. I'm sure it was most likely just a way to give Glenn an excuse to hop off of the show for a while and work on his other projects, But if it's something as big as that it shouldn't just be ignored for the rest of the show. Thank u for listening to my dumb sick rant.
i need to talk about brian jr rn for a second and that whole arc be it actually fucks with my head sometimes like watching post gang beats boggs and realising after that point technically speaking dennis is a father?? but also i just wanna know in actuality what exactly lead to dennis leaving mandy and brian again like how did that conversation go? how did he explain it to mandy? we know from canon that dennis doesn't exactly thrive in suburbia and it's safe to say he doesn't have the patience to raise a toddler but he was so adamant on trying and then literally one ep later he's back?
i also think like. the order of events fucks with me a little because you've got hero or hate crime, then you've got tends bar and THAT should've been a narrative turning point! like the seed was planted the romantic music the symbolism of the crate going from 'there's never anything' to 'the one thing i wanted most' BUT THEN mere episodes later u get dennis' double life and all that romantic progress is nullified, especially when dennis then comes back to see macs replaced him with a sex doll (which. i could write a whole other post about how this fucks dennis up but i’ll save that for another day), so it makes sense that the next big event is times up where dennis says 'i don't want you touching me' confirming mac's suspicions from tgtb but also it shows that the sex doll basically confirmed in dennis’ mind that mac only wants him for sex (ergo. tgtb's progress is nullified)
BUT THEN. BUT THEN we have mac finds his pride which. do i even need to explain why this is a turning point, like mac finally learns to stop defining his sexuality through other peoples perceptions of him. the episodes core is about him finding where he personally fits in as a gay man. AND THEN!!! TEXTS!!!! banger episode banger subtext, then i won't even go into waiting for big mo because i could actually write a fucking dissertation on that episode in terms of symbolism and metaphor. anyways finally we have s15 which. to me. there's no way the whole brokeback mountain thing isn't intentional COME ON they have them dressed as cowboys singing love songs then have DENNIS HURT HIS BACK ON A MOUNTAIN???? anyways. this has been a train of thought. thanks for reading. i have autism.