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It must be a generational thing because I watched dark fate and apart from 1 line I thought it was very very subtexty and enough to argue for a ‘no proof it isn’t romantic’ line of logic. But I’ve grown up on subtext and feel like Xena is canon even though it isn’t lol and so many younger people need explicit canon or else it doesn’t count. Also I really liked the movie outside of any shipping.

I just got back from watching it myself so I can finally comment!

Oh, for sure, it COULD be romantic, but it also definitely wasn’t intentionally so either. It’s not so bad, I think, that we’re getting to the point where people can have higher expectations. Those of use who are used to so little feel the victories more, but I wouldn’t wish the desert in between those oases for the younger generations just to be able to appreciate more. 

I gotta say, there were quite a few changes from the trailer and a scene here and there where even though we didn’t have the trailer to compare, they felt so abrupt, I really did wonder if it’d been changed/shortened. And that was what disappointed me, like, if they’d left it as the subtextier versions, it’s not as if they’d have lost any plausible deniability or money. They weren’t going to go there anyway, what’d they gain from removing even this? It didn’t make the scenes better, in fact, it looked weirder, kind of rushed.

But yes, I did enjoy it for what it was. I think it could have been better, some choices here and there just on a technical level that could have been different, but the characters and actors were great and some great action sequences. It was actually Linda Hamilton I came out being most impressed by, and now I want to make a million parallel gifsets, but I’d love a sequel with more of Grace and Dani.

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I watch the last terminator movie. i am so disappointed, there is no romance or anything else about grace and dani. maybe it is my fault because i believe there will be a romance between these two.

Aw, I’m sorry, buddy. Yeah, I dialed my expectations way back. In fact, I hear that even some of the more subtexty shots from the trailer weren’t in the movie or they used a different cut. It’s definitely disappointing because it’s SUCH an obvious redo of the first movie, there’s no reason to not go there all the way except…you know. 

We’re in such a strange time where people act like we’ve achieved all these milestones and if we celebrate an actually new one or say we want more, they’re like, uh, it’s normal now, why do you have to call attention to it or how much more do you want. But we’re not getting that much! And every time you think, it’d be so perfect here, maybe there’s a chance it’ll happen, look at the strides we’ve made, and then you realize, no, they’re not gonna got here for Elsa or Terminator or even SC. 

We’ve made a lot of progress but we’re still lagging so far behind. I remember the older days in f/f when it was mostly subtext and fan driven content, and that’s why I’m still going to enjoy this for what it is, but I’m sorry you couldn’t. Maybe it’s cool that we’ve come to a point where our expectations and standards are higher? But I’m sorry we raised your hopes to the point where you were so disappointed, anon.

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SPOILER ALERT. I had the opportunity to see an advanced screening of two episodes of Dickinson and it in my opinion fully delivers with content.

Ooh, fancy! And awesome, that’s great to hear. I’m still torn between which show to focus on first, so much is being released tomorrow, but I think it’s gonna have to be Dickinson and Atypical first. 

Does anyone know if it’s going to be all of Dickinson or just the first three eps? Seeing different things in different places.