Maxx Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 15 hours ago, OPTIMUS124 said: So saw Thor: Love and Thunder. Overall, I had a good time. It was a far better "feel" coming out of the theater than Dr. Strange 2. Things that I enjoyed Thor and Jane's chemistry is on display and it's great. Soundtrack Humor is used in timely ways. The overall premise that underpins the movie. Bale's performance. Things that hurt the film Gorr and Valkyrie (as wasted/underused opportunities), The movie is more concerned with a lighter tone than the actual themes. Pacing - for a 2hr movie it felt a bit long. Personal gripe Pick a leitmotif and stick with it. I don't need Thor to be a lighter take on "Party Thor" . This wants to be Ragnarok, but doesn't have the right balance for the story it's tryin to tell. I do think it's worth your money, but I'm not over the moon for it. Bale brings its, when he's on screen, but his character becomes a way to move the story than impacting it. Out of 10 (with a 5 being "middle of the road"), i'd give it a 7. Funny it being 2 hours is prob one of the shorter marvel movies Quote Link to comment
OPTIMUS124 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Maxx said: Funny it being 2 hours is prob one of the shorter marvel movies Exactly. I got the urge to look at the watch once. Mainly because I was wondering where one of the character in the film was. Quote Link to comment
HD-Man Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) Ppl really still debating and being in denial about Sam being Captain America. Like did they not see Endgame and the entire whole show about Falcon becoming Cap? Chris Evans literally had to say it on Twitter a few hours ago to make ppl accept iy I know WHY they refuse to accept it tho but it still doesn't change reality 😂 Edited July 10, 2022 by HD-Man Quote Link to comment
Genghis_Dong Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Spoiler Spoiler Love and thunder was alright. Needed more Gorr. Thor powering up the kids was sorta lame. Think they should have swapped the fights. The black and white world could have made for a really cool/dramatic ending. Also what a waste of a "wish" that could presumably do anything. Quote Link to comment
OPTIMUS124 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 29 minutes ago, HD-Man said: Ppl really still debating and being in denial about Sam being Captain America. Like did they not see Endgame and the entire whole show about Falcon becoming Cap? Chris Evans literally had to say it on Twitter a few hours ago to make ppl accept iy I know WHY they refuse to accept it tho but it still doesn't change reality 😂 I saw that shit. Broflakes need to chill. Quote Link to comment
HD-Man Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 1 hour ago, OPTIMUS124 said: I saw that shit. Broflakes need to chill. Shit is mind boggling the mental gymnastics ppl using. Sam received Isiah, Steve and Bucky's blessings to take up the mantle yet ppl are like "Nah, he's not Cap cuz I feel he isn't". Cognitive dissonance or racism, maybe both 😂 RSG3, BornWinner, OPTIMUS124 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, HD-Man said: Ppl really still debating and being in denial about Sam being Captain America. Like did they not see Endgame and the entire whole show about Falcon becoming Cap? Chris Evans literally had to say it on Twitter a few hours ago to make ppl accept iy I know WHY they refuse to accept it tho but it still doesn't change reality 😂 It was this way for the comics too. If not worse. It’s gross. While Rick Remender was writing Sam Wilson as Cap America Marvel made him push his entire run he had planned up and give Rogers the mantle back sooner because Marvel was worried about his safety. Marvel offices, marvel’s social medias and Rick Remender himself were constantly getting various and extremely violent threats over Sam Wilson being Cap. Edited July 10, 2022 by iStu X DangerousJ, RSG3, OPTIMUS124 and 1 other 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, AriesWarlock said: This article is click bait af since all of them are licensed property adaptations and not actual marvel owned characters. IIRC, ROM and the Space Knights might be the only actual exceptions as they were main characters in the recent Cable comic. Edited July 10, 2022 by iStu X RSG3 1 Quote Link to comment
RSG3 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Love & Thunder aas fun. OPTIMUS124 1 Quote Link to comment
OPTIMUS124 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 11 hours ago, RSG3 said: Love & Thunder aas fun. That's my thing. I can't say it wasn't a good time. I just wanted more from it in certain parts. In the same vein . . . Hawkingbird, RSG3, Darc_Requiem and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment
AriesWarlock Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Darc_Requiem and Hawkingbird 2 Quote Link to comment
DangerousJ Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 I just saw Thor 4: Thor's whores. Pros: Christian Bale as Gorr. Unsettling, somewhat sympathetic. Visual Design eps that city, the black and white place Jane Fosters role and resolution of her conflict Cons Valkyrie could have had some more screentime and I would have loved some romantic elements Gorrs origin could have been longer and more devastating with some other peeps on his planet. That character could have been shown in some happier situations before the dark stuff happened. Outside of the GNR tunes, the music was lacking. While I generally like MCU humor, I think sometimes it should be held back to let some sincere emotion through. Thor himself is getting a bit too goofy. If they do another one, I'd like it to be more serious like the first film. I am generally a sentimental squigga, but the ending didn't move much me as much I'd hoped. Part was because certain old characters hadn't been seen a while (9 years) and other were only in this movie for a limited time. Overall: A decent film but not as good as Thor 3 and 1. 7.5/10 OPTIMUS124 and RSG3 2 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 15 minutes ago, DangerousJ said: That character could have been shown in some happier situations before the dark stuff happened. That’s not how Gor works. 😂 It’s just depression full stop. While exploring a new place to live on his planet He sees his wife and kid starve to death and countless members of his people die. So what do the elders do? his elders are just line “bruh, just believe in the big G man and it’ll all work out” OPTIMUS124, RSG3 and DangerousJ 2 1 Quote Link to comment
RSG3 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Yea there is no happiness for Gorr. OPTIMUS124 1 Quote Link to comment
DangerousJ Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 I was referring to the daughter when I wrote "that character" actually. RSG3 1 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, DangerousJ said: I was referring to the daughter when I wrote "that character" actually. Ooooh. 🤷 I haven’t seen it yet. I’ll probably see it next week when I’m more comfortable with leaving the house OPTIMUS124 and RSG3 2 Quote Link to comment
DangerousJ Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I just finished Moon Knight. Cons: Interesting premise, but it DRAGS much more than any MCU show I've ever watched (netflix and Disney Plus). It was the first time I fell asleep and in 2 different episodes. They take too long to setup stuff. The actual Moon Knight is barely in the show. There's barely any action due to the blackout stuff. Ethan Hawke as a cult leader sounds cool on paper, but in reality Harrow is one of the most boring antagonists in Marvel's celluloid history. Layla is kinda bland too, and I didnt give a crap when she became whatever hero she became at the end. The post credit scene should have been in the actual show itself. Pros: Oscar is a good actor and makes some of it watchable and the backstory in ep 5 relating to his childhood trauma is interesting. Sorry, but I did not enjoy this at all. 5/10 RSG3 and Darc_Requiem 1 1 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Man, everything about Steve Orlando‘S writing and Eleonora Carlini’s art in the new Marauders run feels like such a huge step back. Marauders was such a great, deep and mature comic book with such a style to match those. Now it just reads and looks like generic saturday morning cartoon dreck. Quote Link to comment
OPTIMUS124 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 hour ago, DangerousJ said: The post credit scene should have been in the actual show itself. I'm OK with post credit scenes, but they should not leave a core element of the story out just for the gag. The show lost cool points for this. DangerousJ 1 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Ms. Marvel finale Spoiler Bruno teases the possibility of Kamala being a mutant. I'm sure like the 5 Inhuman fans out there will not be pleased. The after credit scene has Kamala's bangle act up and has her switch places with Carol. Brie Larson in the flesh. Seeing her freak out seeing Kamala room was funny I like that Kamran is sticking being a good guy. Good thing that Kamala prevented from murdering people. It would be interesting if we get a follow up on him becoming a red dagger. Quote Link to comment
AriesWarlock Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 the new Firestar costume looks sick!! The new X-Men voting results: Spoiler Darc_Requiem and RSG3 2 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Ms. marvel Spoiler Kamala being retconned into a Mutant is the funniest shit ever. 😂 Darc_Requiem and Hawkingbird 2 Quote Link to comment
Maxx Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Ok did thor love and thunder feel like a dr. Who episode to anyone else? Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 On 7/13/2022 at 10:59 PM, iStu X said: Ms. marvel Reveal hidden contents Kamala being retconned into a Mutant is the funniest shit ever. 😂 I know very little of her character outside of her being an Inhuman and having Reed Richards like powers along her ability to embiggen. That said, even I know your spoiler tag is absolutely hilarious. Side note: I actually finished season 1 of the show. I thought it was good. Granted my knowledge of the character is limited but I enjoyed it far more than Obi Wan or Moon Knight. Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 It's time for @AriesWarlockto add Kamala to his rotation. Quote Link to comment
AriesWarlock Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 9 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said: It's time for @AriesWarlockto add Kamala to his rotation. Never. I don't like her. Hawkingbird, J-ride and iStu X 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Maxx Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Apparently their filming lady webb in boston but telling the public its called Claire. RSG3 1 Quote Link to comment
Maxx Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Rumor floating around homelander actor is gonna be dracula. Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 13 minutes ago, Maxx said: Rumor floating around homelander actor is gonna be dracula. I hope that’s wrong. That’s way too small of a role into the mcu for him to play. Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 I've only seen the uncreditable sites reporting on Antony Starr playing Dracula. I'll wait for more creditable sources. Quote Link to comment
AriesWarlock Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 MillionX and DangerousJ 1 1 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, AriesWarlock said: I’m so excited for X-Terminators. The art is gorgeous and I love the roster Edited July 16, 2022 by iStu X Quote Link to comment
RSG3 Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) Huh, here i was thinking that Exterminators cover was pretty ugly lol. Really reminds me of early 2000s PSM covers. I got in trouble for bringing this exact issue to school when i was in Highschool lol. Was funny cuz i didn't even give a fuck about the Swimsuit shit, I was here for the Viewtiful Joe article lol. Edited July 16, 2022 by RSG3 AriesWarlock 1 Quote Link to comment
AriesWarlock Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, iStu X said: I’m so excited for X-Terminators. The art is gorgeous and I love the roster I don't think I have even read a synopis for X-Terminators and I like what I am seeing. And speaking of female mutants, I really want Ultragirl to join Krakoa. The girl has multiple powers and is Kree royalty. That would strengthen mutants and Krakoa. She was a Valley girl, everybody thought of her as an airhead, but she applied herself and now is a very competent hero. I also I am sure Firestar misses her Spoiler I also want Molly Hayes to finally go to Krakoa, seems that's what she wanted to do from the last issues of Runaways. I think she would be good friends with Honey Badger/Scout. Edited July 16, 2022 by AriesWarlock Quote Link to comment
Vhozite Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I just watched Eternals and I cannot overstate how garbage this movie was. Spoiler There are a large number of characters, and the overwhelming majority of them are completely uninteresting. Almost all the protags have no personality outside of checking a diversity box and loving humanity or another character. The most interesting character is the big robot god who does nothing but deliver exposition. All of the semi-interesting subplots, the deviants evolving, Angelina Jolies psycho episodes, the mind control guy wanting to steer humanity, all go absolutely nowhere. The plot is somehow convoluted and yet laughably simplistic at the same time. You have the potentially interesting cosmic lore of the celestial and eternals only to boil it down to yet another “humanity so special they deserve to live” plot. Antagonists so bad at their jobs it almost takes me out of the movie. Everything about the whole celestial/universal life cycle works just seems like a convenient plot point that necessitates Earth’s destruction in of something intelligent. Without making this rant even long Arashem seems super incompetent lol. I love stories about gods among men and aliens being the potential inspiration or protectors of humanity. But this movie is buns. Best things to happen in this movie are the post credit scenes indicating we will see more Celestial action and possibly evil John Snow in the MCU Genghis_Dong and Jurassic 2 Quote Link to comment
Maxx Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 10 hours ago, Vhozite said: I just watched Eternals and I cannot overstate how garbage this movie was. Hide contents There are a large number of characters, and the overwhelming majority of them are completely uninteresting. Almost all the protags have no personality outside of checking a diversity box and loving humanity or another character. The most interesting character is the big robot god who does nothing but deliver exposition. All of the semi-interesting subplots, the deviants evolving, Angelina Jolies psycho episodes, the mind control guy wanting to steer humanity, all go absolutely nowhere. The plot is somehow convoluted and yet laughably simplistic at the same time. You have the potentially interesting cosmic lore of the celestial and eternals only to boil it down to yet another “humanity so special they deserve to live” plot. Antagonists so bad at their jobs it almost takes me out of the movie. Everything about the whole celestial/universal life cycle works just seems like a convenient plot point that necessitates Earth’s destruction in of something intelligent. Without making this rant even long Arashem seems super incompetent lol. I love stories about gods among men and aliens being the potential inspiration or protectors of humanity. But this movie is buns. Best things to happen in this movie are the post credit scenes indicating we will see more Celestial action and possibly evil John Snow in the MCU To be fair "humans are so special" is essentially marvel at its core. Theirs in meta commentary why other aliens dont get why they dont off humans because most problems are caused by them. But then it boils down to they are special save them iStu X 1 Quote Link to comment
Vhozite Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Maxx said: To be fair "humans are so special" is essentially marvel at its core. Theirs in meta commentary why other aliens dont get why they dont off humans because most problems are caused by them. But then it boils down to they are special save them Spoiler The thing is that usually when you have gods or powerful being debating on whether to save humanity or not, there is something that big happens that convinces the necessary parties they are worth saving. Eternals doesn’t really explore humanity as worth saving from the POV of the Eternals and just kinda time skips over most of that character development. Sersei loved them from the start and has a human boyfriend (whose absent for 90% of the movie), and the Indian guy was shown actually living a good life among people with his movies. Everyone else? Druig: Is set up as wanting to steer humans into being better with his mind control, then present day he’s just fucking off managing a small village in the Amazon. Ajax: A couple throwaway lines about her living amongst humanity. Before her death she’s last seen living in the middle of bumfuck nowhere South Dakota. Phastos: Goes from hating humanity after Hiroshima to having off screen character development and starting a family. Speedster: Literally absent for 2/3rds of the movie outside of flashbacks, and then is found living underground in a ship waiting to leave. Gilgamesh: living in the middle of nowhere taking care of Thena. Thena: See Gilgamesh. Gets a couple lines about her being a warrior goddess in Greece/ancient history. Sprite: Was a story teller in the past. Cut to modern day and she isn’t said or shown to care much either way living with Serei until the last 30 minutes where she screams about being jealous of them and hating being like a kid. Icarus: Not shown to have any life at all outside of loving Sersei lol. Omitting Icarus as an antagonist, of the remaining 9 Eternals you can convince me maybe 3 of them had good connections with humanity at large. Hell of those 3 one of them still thinks nuking them is in the interest of the greater good. The rest are just going along with the plot as needed, as they are largely detached from the world or the character development necessary to make their interest in humanity convincing happens off screen. If you’re going to make a movie about humanity being special and worth saving it might actually do you some good to explore that. Yet in Eternals outside of 2 side characters “humanity” is just a vague backdrop of characters and events the movie can’t be bothered to deep dive into. TLDR: If you’re going to do a boring and cliche plot at least put some effort into making it believable. Edited July 17, 2022 by Vhozite Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) The biggest mistake the Eternals made was making it a movie and not a D+ series. The Eternals are one the most important groups in the entire marvel universe. They play a pivotal role in how the entire universe developed. The downside to that is they were pigeon holed as soon as they debuted. You can only tell so many stories with them, otherwise it deviates from their purpose in the marvel universe. Also maxx isn’t wrong about the marvel universes opinion on humanity. Yeah, a lot of the universe doesn’t like them cause they’re shit stirrers but when stuff goes wrong anywhere in the universe humanity is usually the first to step up and ask how they can help. It’s one of the biggest debates constantly had within the Shi’ar Empire. Edited July 17, 2022 by iStu X OPTIMUS124 1 Quote Link to comment
RSG3 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) I liked Eternals. A lot of his complaints are irrelevant to the movie as a whole. It would have been better as. D+ series but people whine about the D+ shows all the time so I honestly am not sure it would have helped in the long run as far as reception is concerned. Giving them episodes just gives them more time to make decisions ya'll won't like in the end anyway *shrug* Edited July 17, 2022 by RSG3 OPTIMUS124 1 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, RSG3 said: I liked Eternals. A lot of his complaints are irrelevant to the movie as a whole. It would have been better as. D+ series but people whine about the D+ shows all the time so I honestly am not sure it would have helped in the long run as far as reception is concerned. Giving them episodes just gives them more time to make decisions ya'll won't like in the end anyway *shrug* Oh I absolutely loved Eternals. It’s not in my top 5 or anything but I thought it was very solid overall. one of the biggest reasons I see people dislike it is that it wasn’t a typical mcu movie. It was pretty much 100% world building above all else. Which imo is great. Inject that shit into my veins. Another big reason i see is despite how important The Eternals are, they don’t have the biggest publication history. Most of their stuff is 6-12 issue mini’s or cameos in other comics. Usually avengers. So There’s not a lot of material to look into. So a lot of casual fans didn’t even know who they were or their significance. Personally, my biggest issue with the movie is that it happened way too far into the MCU timeline. It should have been done much earlier. Probably sometime after the first avengers movie. I can agree with some criticism but a lot of it is just unfounded and silly. Edited July 17, 2022 by iStu X RSG3 and DangerousJ 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Hawkingbird Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 On 7/16/2022 at 3:35 PM, AriesWarlock said: I also want Molly Hayes to finally go to Krakoa, seems that's what she wanted to do from the last issues of Runaways. I think she would be good friends with Honey Badger/Scout. I don't. We need more mutant characters that have no association with the X-Men Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said: I don't. We need more mutant characters that have no association with the X-Men You’d love Sabretooth and the upcoming Sabretooth and the Exiles then. Quote Link to comment
AriesWarlock Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 19 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said: I don't. We need more mutant characters that have no association with the X-Men There has been plenty of that in the past decades and will always be. And I didn't say she should join the X-Men, but she is very interested in going to Krakoa. Quote Link to comment
OPTIMUS124 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 20 hours ago, iStu X said: The biggest mistake the Eternals made was making it a movie and not a D+ series. The Eternals are one the most important groups in the entire marvel universe. They play a pivotal role in how the entire universe developed. The downside to that is they were pigeon holed as soon as they debuted. You can only tell so many stories with them, otherwise it deviates from their purpose in the marvel universe. Agree with all of this. My biggest issue with the movie was that it was a Marvel movie trying not to be one until it had to be. Quote Link to comment
Maxx Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 4 hours ago, OPTIMUS124 said: Agree with all of this. My biggest issue with the movie was that it was a Marvel movie trying not to be one until it had to be. Which sounds like it was the director getting to be the director til kevin feige got bored OPTIMUS124 1 Quote Link to comment
OPTIMUS124 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 50 minutes ago, Maxx said: Which sounds like it was the director getting to be the director til kevin feige got bored It wouldn't be surprised if that was the case honestly. I enjoyed the movie as a concept. Quote Link to comment
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