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It used to be people had trouble letting actors move on from genre roles that made them famous in beloved series. Now we demand they stay in parts they hated even when the properties were total failures in the vague hope we can cybermob them back to life. What about when the performers themselves keep telling us they just don't WANT TO? Because, seriously - people are being WEIRD about not letting Ben Affleck just... NOT be Batman anymore.

The Big Picture is back tackling three pop-controversies too stupid (and too close together) to ignore - no matter how badly we'd prefer to.

Yes, because we have to

Here it is, belatedly - my Top Ten of 2021

"THE BATMAN" has a lot of new takes on the well-worn superhero genre - one of which seems to be that it's not really sold on its own main subject. So why won't it full commit to that premise?

Between meltdown at The Oscars an inter-company revolt over a hate-filled Republican bill in Florida; it's been a chaotic few weeks for media companies trying to control their own narratives - but especially Disney.

In which we take a longer-than-usual, mostly-unscripted interlude to discuss candidly why the "FLASH"/"FLASHPOINT"/DCEU episode of the "THE BIG PICTURE" is taking it's sweet time to complete and also to work out the bugs with some new audio/video equipment. The first part works out better than the second

[SPOILER WARNING FOR... EVERYTHING, HONESTLY?] It feels like I've been producing content about things that might be playing out in the Marvel Movies leading up to and out of this new "DOCTOR STRANGE" sequel for almost five years now... and it's because thanks to pandemic delays I pretty much have; and as many of you have graciously noted: Yeah, I did pretty good this time But in lieu of spending an ENTIRE weekend congratulating myself on getting (let's face it, though) a lot of this stuff right over what now feels like an artificially-inflated (and for the worst possible reasons!) length of time; I I thought the most constructive thing I could gift to viewers was to go back through the LAST most exhaustive "What do I think?" installment (the LONG "What Are The Eternals?" multi-parter) and spin out some updates on where THAT all stands - and ALSO plug some work that I've been happy to be part of on the same front elsewhere that I happen to be proud of as well

Hooray! We didn't go anywhere! Find out why we didn't but also why you didn't see new content for a short while, why you're about to see new(ish) and actual-new content again (short answer: "Me Dumb") and some thoughtful/angry verbal spew on why it's taken so goddamn long to produce ONE already-promised episode about ONE thoroughly inconsequential topic

What's the difference between this channel and Warner Bros Discovery? When we say we're going to release content, it actually comes out! ...given the choice, I'd probably take their money, too - but hopefully you all appreciate the consistency at least In any case, SOMETHING resembling a MUCH too long ago promised episode about the state of the ever-evolving yet somehow still not as imperiled as many other projects "FLASH" movie is now here in the form of my final word (at least for a little while, I hope, under the circumstances...) on the absurd spectacle surrounding the DCEU, Ezra Miller and now most recent the disgraceful treatment of the "BATGIRL" movie, its star and crew by reality TV czar turned WBD CEO David Zaslav. Enjoy!

Did I WANT to be doing "Rings of Power" content before even getting a chance to watch the show? Not really, no. Does the discourse sort of DEMAND that everyone be doing so? Pretty much. Do I have things to say on it? ...kind of, yeah.