S3E12 - Spider-Man: Homecoming and Suicide Squad (A Lost Episode)

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Spider-Man: Homecoming is a fun, light-hearted story of a teenager trying to find his place in the world.  He has to navigate high-school, relationships, responsibilities and being a super-hero. He wants to keep his city safe from criminals and villains but he also wants to go to a dance in his high-school gymnasium.  Its a nice departure from the norm while still fitting firmly in the MCU. It also has a real John Hughes thing going on which totally works. We compare that to Suicide Squad which had all the potential in the world of being a fun anti-hero movie.  It wasn't.  It missed the mark in a lot of ways. It was a bummer to think of what might have been...