Damn, I forgot I even did these, much less remember to update them.
Part 1, I went down a whole rabbit hole of how I thought they were going to split Spidey from MCU proper by just isolating him from the other characters.
And, I thought Spidey vs Clone-Venom was going to be a thing.
I was right to think both of these things.
Isolated-Spidey was a Plan B, and more of a negotiating tactic.
Spidey vs Venom literally almost happened according to Tom Hardy.
But, nope!! "Brand New Day" is a thing, so Sony is never gonna kill the golden goose.
And the leftover Venom blob got addressed in "Venom: The Last Dance".
Marvel clearly wants that villain-verse cordoned off.
Oh, and "Glass Ceiling" became "Madame Web" and was an Ed Wood level bomb.
Which furthers Marvel's case to wall that world off with cinderblocks.
So, we're probably getting Holland-Spidey in Avengers 5-6, but don't hold your breath for Venom.
I said in Part 2...
So, where does this put Clone-Venom and Holland-Spidey?
Fuck if I know.
I personally think they're saving them for a rainy day for a deal re-negotiation if they ever make "Secret Wars".
I think I threw a clumsy, random, wild, one-in-a-million dart throw that hit the bullseye.
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Asked around about Le Guin at another board, this is what I got, don't know if this will be of any interest to you or not.
http://www.musicbabble.net/posts/5c9833fe-7ada-43e2-9e4e-3af57da7a8c2
Yeah, that's a pretty good summarized guide. I liked "The Word for World Is Forest" more than he did, even thought I still ranked it lowest of the Hainish-es.
Just finished "The Dunwich Horror". Dug it more than "The Great God Pan" but that's to be expected. I dunno quite what to call TDH in relation to TGGP. Sequel? Remake? Reboot-quel? Anyway, turns out there's a "The White People" Easter egg in there, so I have to go back and read that now. I should have just gotten the whole Machen collection, and read it cover to cover first.
So, of Machen I've read "The Great God Pan" "The Novel Of The White Powder" and "The White People". He reminds me quite a bit of Peter Beagle when he does dark. I wonder if the connecting piece is Lord Dunsany. I may chase down that rabbit hole someday.
I only ever read "The Great God Pan." I don't know any of his other stuff by name. "Dunwich Horror" is probably best thought of as an homage.
The creepy 1981 Bauhaus song "Hollow Hills" is supposed to be a Machen-referencer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_GnxeejhAM&list=RDE_GnxeejhAM&start_radio=1
Anyway, this was where I read TGGP...
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leslie-pockell/the-13-best-horror-stories-of-all-time/9780446679503/?lens=grand-central-publishing
It is NOT to be confused with this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13_Most_Terrifying_Horror_Stories
Confession time, and feel free to throw this back at me if you like: I've never gotten into Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." It's still read to this day and it's not hard to look up the stories about how there was a huge bitter negative reaction to it when it was published. When I read it I didn't have much of a reaction--it wasn't hard to guess what was going to happen, but that's because I guess this story has been ripped off so many times and influenced so many things that it's hard for me to really appreciate it. I shouldn't hold that against Shirley Jackson should I?
I read "The Lottery" in high school, and you'd be surprised how many dummies didn't see the end coming, and were genuinely offended by it. Hmm...*puts Shirley Jackson collection on my wish list* Not right away. Someday. Anyway, "just finished "The Colour Out Of Space". I totally had it spoiled by seeing the shitty 90's adaptation, "The Curse" with Wil Wheaton. The story was obviously better than that mess. Next, finally, "The Call Of Cthulhu". Then, "The Shadow Out of Time" because Dyer from "Mountains Of Madness" comes back.
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