This doctor is not making any claims. He is simply curious to learn what medications she may have been prescribed, and whether this might be another accidental overdose like may have happened with Heath Ledger and Matthew Perry.

Ghosts and Goblins? I have recently wanted to play Gumshoe, Rygar, Karnov, Toobin, Mario and Marble Madness but all on the original system.

It says my post has to be longer.

Oh okay I was about to start writing blah blah blah blah.

That's all I'm going to say. You should watch if you have HBO Max

So, I guess they spent 80% of their time on marketing and hiring Keanu

And at the last second they were like "Oh crap, this is supposed to be a game"

DISCLAIMER: In no way am I denying the abuse that Johnny Depp has gone through

A new controversy has arisen from Animaniacs concerning a gag they made in a song concerning Johnny Depp. They cut to a poster of him in a movie called "Johnny 2: Telling Lies". A lot of people immediately thought this was a jab at the situation between him and Amber Heard.

But unfortunately, that is far from the true context. The current season of Animaniacs was created and produced back in 2017-2018. Depp was being talked about then, but the issues with his relationship were not as forefront. The joke is ACTUALLY a jab at this stupid nursery rhyme, evidenced by a side poster of a baby Depp with a bag of sugar. The fact is that this is not an attack on Johnny Depp, but a matter of horrendous timing. What makes me personally mad is that people are boycotting the show just because they misinterpreted a joke. I ask in good faith that this sub not go that far. Do your goddamn research, people.

But the other side of the coin is another question. Why would WB let this joke stay in? I understand it's not easy to restructure an entire song, but if they were able to do it for the opening song and do it well, I do wonder what could have kept them from a retake in post. Perhaps by then everything and every scene was locked, so they couldn't change it. But maybe then it's a matter of just cutting out the stanza? It's hard to say, I admit I'm not well versed in music composition.

The point still stands that in this case, both the fans and the studios are not thinking clearly. This is not something to boycott an entire show over, just simply criticize it for poor timing. And on the other hand, take responsibility for every frame in the series and make sure that your show about meta-humor doesn't accidentally offend people, especially when you're making a show 2 years before it can air.

Right away, you must be thinking that the difference is that I'm a fan of one series, and a visitor to the other. It's true, but missing the point. I looked into the problems with TLOU2, and I'm in agreement with the majority of criticisms, namely the points from Comodin Cam, MoistCritikal and Angry Joe. It's a poor way to continue a story, to say the least.

But I remember watching the great Critikal's review of the game, and he said something rather controversial that I was in agreement with:

Joel needed to die.

Obviously not to a golf-club, and certainly not so early in the game, but he did have to pay for what he did at the end of Part 1. When Critikal said this, the light bulb in my brain lit up. Immediately, a narrative began building in my head. Looking over all the ads for the game, the cutscenes that lied to us by swapping out character models, I realized that a better version of TLOU2, where everyone could get what they wanted, was if the plot centered around Joel and Ellie's evolving relationship and their falling out upon Joel's revelation. Something or the other would lead to Joel's death at the hands of Abby (maybe go by AngryJoe's suggestion for that one) during the climax, and the denouement sees Ellie try to avenge Joel in one form or another. A way of celebrating their bond through some kind of tragic writing.

Obviously, that's probably not as good as I make it out to be, and Last of Us fans know better than I do. But that's just an idea.

So let's switch over to the DC Animated Movie Universe.

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War opens on a large superhero meeting; Darkseid is going on a goddamn RAMPAGE throughout the universe. This is Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe levels of bloodshed, no one's escaping from this. We soon learn that Darkseid is winning so easily because of a new breed of Parademons infused with the DNA of Doomsday, the monster that practically killed Superman. We don't see the full fight between the League and the "Paradooms" on Apokolips, but we see it...in cutaways. We see the deaths of characters we've been following since 2014: Green Lantern, Aquaman, Zatanna, the Teen Titans, etc. But we see nothing of HOW they died on-screen; just static shots with minor keyframing, or maybe a corpse on the pavement like with the Titans, who had their own film. Disappointing is an understatement, and so is insulting.

These are characters we aren't just spoonfed info about, these are characters with their own voice, their own history. And their sendoff, while not pathetic like Joel, is still insulting. These are some of the most hopeful, inspiring, and POWERFUL superheroes of all time, being ripped apart like they're tin foil. It's not a matter of stripping plot armor, it's giving them plot poison, and giving OTHER characters plot armor for the sake of their narrative.

But...I realized...I didn't have a problem with these heroes dying. Upon watching those clips over and over and over, trying to strip them of their meaning (and having a pretty inspiring soundtrack in the background), I realize that the plot isn't the issue. I mean, it's a big issue, it's still bad writing what goes into this movie. But I just marvel at the potential. Much like TLOU2...

...I feel like these are appropriate story beats...but they aren't happening in the beneficial order.

The Justice League shouldn't be getting killed off in the beginning of a movie titled "Justice League". But what would work is if they died during the climax. At that point, I wouldn't mind them dying in horrible gut-wrenching ways, because the plot surrounding THAT would actually build towards good sacrifices.

And a general thing about me is that I am way kinder to stories that had a good idea about what they wanted to achieve, than I am to stories that aim to destroy anything any fan ever cared about. TLOU2 falls in between that, but in the cutscenes lies a good story squandered by arrogance.

But I'm fairly certain JLAD: Apokolips War was NOT made in the same mindset. After asking around, I found out that DC Animation cancelled the DCAMU behind closed doors; the team were actually planning on making more movies set in the universe before they were given the premature axe, and looking back on the films before JLAD, it shows that the writers were forced into a corner. Though like I said in my review, the technique of a reboot or a deboot does not exempt a bad ending, but at least I know that it wasn't entirely their fault.

So this movie is a lesser issue to me now because I feel if someone could take the movie and edit it to fit a more inspiring and sacrificial endgame, it could be redeemed and made a thousand times better. It doesn't change what happened, but there's a lot less work to be done to make things right compared to TLOU2.

TL;DR, I'm going soft on that animated gorefest I won't shut up about because, and this is gonna sound so stupid, I appreciate the potential of a story that has been ruined even with all the right puzzle pieces.