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Wolverine & Deadpool - 02.10.24

Honestly, the only scene that really stood out to me was the openning - the fight after Wade unsucessfully tries to recover Logan's body - because of the choreography and the song. I felt that, despite the rating and promisse of dark imagery both on the premisse and the trailer, the movie failed to deliver a deep narrative that could've debated strong topics and more serious dialogue. Maybe I just wish it was a bit more dark, without missing the comedic value.

This is a recurring frustration of mine when I watch the recent Marvel and Super-Hero themed movies - it seems as if they catter to much to the young audience, consequently dumbing down the story with flat jokes and uncompelling characters - like 'Thor: Love and Thunder', which was a painfull experience. The quality of the prodution of movies has, somewhat, declined for the past years - at least when we talk about big names like Disney and Netflix.

Of course, we can still find amazing works nowadays, but I think that the audience has stabilished a new low on what is acceptable regarding effort and quality of media. Take for example the new Live Action adaptations of classics recently, 'The Little Mermaid' and now 'Snow-white'. Not to say that they were all bad or that they are just lazy forms of gaining money, but...they kind of are. I really liked the 'Cinderella' adaptaion when I was a kid, because it was something new and exciting, though, after you see the same thing happening to all of the movies you have already seen before, it just feels repetitive and uninspiring. That's why I am focusing now on non-western media, to see if I can find some diversity in terms of content and new narratives.

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Oyasumi, Punpun

A coming-of-age drama story, it follows the life of a child named Onodera Punpun, from his elementary school years to his early 20s, as he copes with his dysfunctional family, love life, friends, life goals and hyperactive mind, while occasionally focusing on the lives and struggles of his schoolmates and family.

Oyasumi, Punpun is the classic work not to be judged by its cover, or after reading only a few pages. In fact the mascot-like appearance of the protagonist, is nothing but a smokescreen. Asano himself confirms it: I wanted [to] take the readers coming to the book because they thought Punpun was cute, and upset them. (laugh) I wanted to say to the reader,

'Here's a different kind of manga. Look at what kind of depths of reality manga can plumb.'

- Asano Inio

This statement reflects upon Oyasumi, Punpun' solid and monochromatic embossed covers. The first volumes, focusing on Punpun's childhood, ae vivid and bright colours; the subsequent ones progressively lose saturation, until they reach the two last tankobon, the penultimate completely black and the last one completely white. As if the author wanted to represent the downfallen spiral path of depression in which Punpun tumbles throughout the story.

By Vieilocean's [Analysis] Oyasumi, Punpun – Goodnight, Punpun