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Black Panther II - A better Black Panther movie but too stuffed with stuff

I really like Black Panther in the comic books. I wasn't ever a big comic book reader but there was something about this mysterious outsider that drew me in to his stories. He wasn't one of my favorites - Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Johnny Storm held that title but his story was so different than anything else in comic books at the time. He was definitely the only black character I remember ever reading. Fast forward more years than I care to count and I saw the first Black Panther movie. I really liked it. It stayed true to the source material while taking out most of the problematic stuff. Before it came out I worried how non-comic books fans would react but the response was overwhelming. Discussion of Black Panther and Wakanda took over media discussions for well over a month once the movie released. It was almost too positive and I got that little annoyed. It was like people were afraid to say bad things about it. Representation has long been a problem in Hollywood and tha
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The Descent of Thrones

I've been obsessed with the show Game of Thrones for a while but I'm not actually sure I like it anymore.  I'm not in hate watch territory, I just wish it didn't feel so hollow. I must admit that I ended up hate-reading the books.  I'd heard for years they were the best fantasy series ever written and when I heard HBO was making a TV series from the source material I decided to take the plunge.  I found the books interesting at first but dull in others and they certainly didn't strike me as earth shattering.  They started off like many of the books I've read from other authors. The first book is 73 chapters and 53 of them are told from the point of view of the Stark family.  They represent many of of archetypes we see in fantasy heroes.  The father, Ned, is the wizened ruler.  His wife a faithful spouse.  The eldest daughter a sort of immature Disney princess.  The youngest daughter, an underdog pushing back against convention.  The elder sons are groo
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