That chick they got to play Crystal was fucking awful.

I know, Figs.

It's like Chris Evans started out as Human Torch then he's Captain America. While I understand that the FOX got the F4 rights.

One of those things that pisses me off when it comes to comic book flicks these days.

conversely id had prefered a recast for black panther

Eh I didn't mind the War Machine recasting because he's a supporting character, who doesn't require that much personality to play, but Black Panther is another story. A major character with a great performance behind it. I don't think I would have liked a recasting. Shuri taking over works just fine for me.

Also would have preferred a recast. Feel like the best way to "honour" Chadwick is to continue on telling the best possible stories and continuing to make T'Challa a household name. Yeah, Shuri was Black Panther in the comics for a bit..... but there's a reason why the classic characters always come back even if someone else takes up the mantle for a bit.

The problem with Shuri taking over is what theme do you explore with the story? Do you do the "new ruler needs to learn how to be a ruler" thing? It makes sense, sure, but that was kind of already hit on with the first movie and it would feel like we're just going over the same territory. They could ignore the elephant in the room flat out and just go all in but that's a pretty big elephant to not address. Needless to say, what you should take away from all of this is fuck cancer in all its forms.

absolutely agree. moreover we lost a great actor and the response is we also lost a great character. a character who not only deserves to shine for the strength of the character alone (probably a top 10 character for me) but theres also what he represents for all the little black boys in the world. a character who wasnt repurposed to be black to fit a quota or to be woke token representation but an original property thats theirs and no one elses. and a character that shines just as brightly as any other character not because he's black but because he's just a great character that happens to be black.

Chadwicks death was a tragedy but the response, in an effort to honor him, is a travesty.

we're already mourning Chadwick. its a shame we have to mourn T'Challa too

Maybe don't kill T'Challa off, but they can have him "missing" for a movie, then next time they can bring him back recast

Read at your own caution, possible Eternals plot...

https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelStudi...arly/?sort=new

Thanos is a deviant in the comics, and I was hoping his hijinks would be the reason they decided to finally reveal themselves, but he's not even mentioned. So that fucking sucks.

Looks like it will be a decent action flick, but probably not on the level of other marvel blockbusters. Not convinced it will be a stinker, but it might not be worth the theater visit.

I will, because I'm a huge marvel fan.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson comes back from the comic book dead..........sort of.

He'll be Kraven the Hunter for Sony's next project. https://www.imdb.com/news/ni63308965/?ref_=hm_nw_tp_3


And, Marvel makes it official by announcing Oscar Isaac as Moon Knight.

It does seem (if that link is accurate) there is an unexpected tie-in to Thanos

Isaac joins Chris Evans and Michael B. Jordan in making the leap from the Fox wasteland to the greener pastures of the MCU.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Watch the brand-new trailer for Marvel Studios’ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShangChi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ShangChi</a> and the Legend of the Ten Rings and experience it only in theaters September 3. <a href="https://t.co/PXQrZxXSyG">pic.twitter.com/PXQrZxXSyG</a></p>&mdash; Shang-Chi (@shangchi) <a href="https://twitter.com/shangchi/status/1408226918789369859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Seeing more and more of that is making me less and less interested. Why can't the rings just be regular rings for your fingers?

Would be too similar to Thanos Infinity Gauntlet IMO

They should do a crossover with Sonic the Hedgehog

More sold on Shang Chi now. Cool cinematography and action. I don't mind them simplifying the ten rings. The source is very comic booky wouldnt necissarily work great on screen.

Pretty sure that was Abomination he was fighting in the final scene.

Yeah but I think that was Wong/another sorcerer fighting him.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Enter the multiverse of unlimited possibilities. Marvel Studios' first animated series, What If...?, starts streaming August 11 with new episodes Wednesdays on <a href="https://twitter.com/disneyplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DisneyPlus</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/whatifofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhatIfOfficial</a> <a href="https://t.co/MksL2Wa8B9">pic.twitter.com/MksL2Wa8B9</a></p>&mdash; Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarvelStudios/status/1413165988141404161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Has nice animation but like I've said before I'm not a fan of alternate reality stories.

Each episode should just end mid-way through when the TVA comes in and resets everything

Which is why this series is kinda moot anyway. Seems like some weird way to get some fanfic stuff on-screen, I dunno. I don't follow closely enough but had the same thought as you, Lock from Jawington.

Although with the TVA living outside of the normal constraints of spacetime, is One-Above-All able to stop this shite too?

Sad that Lock Jaw never replied :(

A man with great knowledge, nay Truly Great knowledge on the comics and I asked a genuine question.

To this question? Dunno Marvel as well.... but if as the name implies they are above all I imagine they could do anything....

That's what the What if series has always been. It's not meant to be taken too seriously.

The TVA is pretty much fucked after the Loki finale. The one above all is dumb and hopefully is never introduced in the mcu.

Aren't we, the paying consumers, the One-Above-All? :shifty:

Oooh, now I wanna watch Loki. Intrigued.


One-Above-All definitely dumb and would wreck the past two decades of the MCU. Would be a suicide pill.

Peter Parker luck trumps all

So I guess with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings that ends my streak of staying in the comfort of my own home since Disney isn't doing Premier Access. I actually enjoyed the time away from the theater. I hate going when there's a crowd and the privacy of watching things on my laptop was boss as fuck. Nothing personal against the people who would be with me in the theaters but, you know, I fucking hate you all. :)

I get you. I went to see Black Widow last week and it was great being back in front of the Big Screen BUT I was sat next to a guy breathing incredibly noisily through his nose and it was SO distracting. I did find myself thinking “I could have watched this at home…”.

The viewing experience of damn near anything is better at home than live. Football especially gets me here.

I love Lucas Oil Stadium and all, but the seats are shitty, you're packed in there like a clown car and the aforementioned grossness of others. Just... no thanks. I can get a much better view of the action at home.

Not rasslin' though. Rasslin' is always better live.

Indeed.


Always surprises me when I used to get "lower level" seats just how close they were. Arena always looks bigger on TV than it really is. Was usually within the first 10 rows of the lower level.


Remember when Fink was still with the "E" and hollering out to him "Fink is THE MAN, WOOOOO!!!" and getting a good laugh and acknowledgement out of him.