Hello and welcome once again to the cinnophiles for each week we enter the world of a great film

except this time we're entering the world of a great film except this time we're entering the world of a great

creative mind we'd lost the great Stan Lee at 95 just a few days ago and John and

I felt his influence is so strong yeah that we couldn't go on without giving taking some time to talk about the

universe that he created.

Yeah, especially because of so much of what his work was influenced you and me in different ways I think and a lot of similar ways as well.

Just the lessons in the Stanley stories that he told, the lessons in the characters that he created, the socially

forward progressive approach to comics that people maybe didn't understand or know, and all of that

needs to be remembered and lauded.

Oh, and oh yeah, he created incredible characters for people to love and adore.

And now, even over the last 10 years, we've really seen the explosion of appreciation for the work he's done through the Marvel movies and the Marvel TV shows on Netflix

I think and this is gonna sound crazy. Yeah, but I've been so I don't think Stanley is the greatest writer of all time.

No. I think he is a perfectly good writer. I think he is one of the greatest

character creators of all time. Yes. Without question, but as I've been thinking

about his legacy, I think he just has to be one of the most

influential creators of all time and I'm going to say something totally insane and I'm not making a comparison exactly but in a way to our society today. I think he is as

influential as William Shakespeare. I think that is an absolute apt comparison to make.

And again I'm not saying he can write like Shakespeare.

That is not what I'm saying at all.

No, but you can point to his characters

or point to the philosophy of his characters

in the same way that you can with a lot of characters in Shakespeare.

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