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 LunarSol wrote:
WF does need a new Shuri, sadly.

Why?

 bbb wrote:

 LunarSol wrote:
WF does need a new Shuri, sadly.

Why?

Letitia Wright refuses to get vaccinated so she's off the project.

EDIT: Wrong about this one, I stand corrected.

Wow, hadn't heard that. Not sure how they'll deal with that.

The film is done and being prepared for release. There were delays, some of them to do with Covid and also because Wright was injured, but nothing to do with her beliefs.

https://www.cinemablend.com/superheroes/marvel-cinematic-universe/black-panther-wakanda-forever-has-wrapped-filming-and-from-a-surprising-location

I stand corrected. My appologies.

From The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Developing ‘Wonder Man’ Series with Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Guest (Exclusive).

 Ghaz wrote:
From The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Developing ‘Wonder Man’ Series with Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Guest (Exclusive).

Wow. That's some deep mining going on in the Marvel archives.
Hopefully it will go the way of Shang Chi (or GotG)

Voss wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
From The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Developing ‘Wonder Man’ Series with Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Guest (Exclusive).

Wow. That's some deep mining going on in the Marvel archives.
Hopefully it will go the way of Shang Chi (or GotG)

Nathan Fillion did a few in-universe posters as Simon Williams which were to have appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 that were unfortunately cut.

I'm only 15 minutes in to Ms. Marvel and these are my thoughts.

The family dynamics are great.
The ethnic representation is great. I stopped at the point where they were showing cricket which I thought was a nice touch.
The Kamala actress seems fine for this role. I don't see a difference between her acting quality and Kate Bishop TBH.
Her brother has an impressive beard.

Yeah when I saw the Dad watching cricket on TV, my immediate thought was "Oh yeah, he would do that!".

Pakistan ain't terrible at cricket either.

Really enjoying Ms. Marvel so far. Hoping it keeps the same pace.

Also, been seeing a lot of stuff talking about Chris Evans returning to the MCU. I haven't found anything directly quoting him or anybody from Marvel yet.

 Dreadwinter wrote:
Really enjoying Ms. Marvel so far. Hoping it keeps the same pace.

Also, been seeing a lot of stuff talking about Chris Evans returning to the MCU. I haven't found anything directly quoting him or anybody from Marvel yet.

Paraphrasing an interview I read last week: he'd consider it, but because the 10 years he spent being Cap is his favourite part of his career, it would have to be something special to not tarnish the experience and memory of it.

I have two issues with the show. One, I don't care for her powerset. It's unique, but the visuals and actual powers are not my cup of tea. Also, I have zero idea what the story is supposed to be about other than her unlocking her powers and becoming Ms. Marvel and the first two episodes failed as a hook for me.

That doesn't make the show bad, but it will struggle with viewership for reasons other than sexism and prejudice.

Ms. Marvel continues to impress. Nicely paced, again making solid use of a serialised story to tell a tale in a way a movie can’t, and doesn’t feel like a movie adapted and shoe horned in from its original format (compare to Kenobi, which I strongly suspect is an adaptation of the originally planned movie. It’s still good, just a very different feel)

And again nice to see Characters Who Happen To Be Muslim, rather than Muslim Characters And That’s It.

I do think I’m benefiting from not being previously knowledgeable about the character too, as I’ve no expectations or personal takes to be overcome. I mean the MCU has been traditionally good at that, but good to see it all the same.

A good display of the powers! They looked nice. Also this had to be one of the fastest and harshest Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal heel turns I think I’ve seen.

 AduroT wrote:
A good display of the powers! They looked nice. Also this had to be one of the fastest and harshest Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal heel turns I think I’ve seen.

They had big shades of “how did you not know these guys were Hydra” so it made sense to go early IMO

Was the pattern on the floor in the flashback significant?

Well, I’m pretty sure

Djinn: We are beings from another dimension! We are hundreds of years old!
Damage Control Agent: Cool story bro. Sonic Gun goes WUB WUB WUB!

Another fun episode, and so far escaping the Disney+ Curse where we get left at an act break rather than the natural conclusion of the episode's story. Not sold on the baddies yet (I mean, it was obvious she was going to try and take the bracelet from the moment she was introduced), but I'm willing to give them time. They've got 3 more episodes with them after all, rather than introducing them in the last part of the 5th episode (*cough* King Pin *cough*).

The wedding was fun. I loved the brother grabbing all the cash on the way out. Much better showing for Bruno here, less green with envy and more being a supporting friend.

Kamala remains a treat, as always, but she should'a told her mother what was going on.

And that was 100 a Kree's arm, right?

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Characters Who Happen To Be Muslim, rather than Muslim Characters And That’s It.

Right? This is what representation actually looks like. Too often all Hollywood does is represent broad archetypes.

So yeah, Ten Rings logo on the floor of the ruins. Does that mean the rings and the bangle are from the same unknown source? Or did the Ten Rings just go after it (them actually since we know there’s another out there) because why stop with one cool piece of alien tech?

Blue arm seems like an obvious Kree thing, which ties the bangles to the Kree, and gives us a Captain Marvel hook, but if the bangles and the rings are from the same source wouldn’t Danvers have had some inkling when she investigates the rings? I’m going to guess the arm isn’t actually Kree and being blue is instead a red herring.

Well. Depends what Danvers got to see of Kree tech overall.

The Ten Rings are pretty old. Or have at least been on Earth for Centuries. And the wristband likewise strikes me as really quite old (and where is the second one! Who have? What do? Where are!)

We also have a Secret Invasion story coming up. So if both are to do with the Kree (or at least stolen by Kree?) they could be lead in not-quite-macguffins-but-I-don’t-know-the-right-a-word-for-that-perhaps-Guffin King?

We may also be looking at the new Infinity Stone equivalents.

If both wristbands can transport folk to different, seemingly specified and not random dimensions? I can see lots of folk coveting them.

I feel like they criminal misadvertised Ms. Marvel. A lot of the preproduction trailers and materials made the show seem focused toward a younger demographic. Or at least, that's how I think a lot of people myself included took it. This show's honestly better than that. It's family friendly at worst and still managed to have an overall quality that's the best I think we've seen in D+ and its MCU offerings thus far.

The actors are all big boons here too. It's not just Kamala's actress at this point. Everyone is really nailing it and it's making the entire show better. The worst is maybe the lady playing the government agent lady, but her being a bit stiff sort of works so w/e

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Well. Depends what Danvers got to see of Kree tech overall.

The Ten Rings are pretty old. Or have at least been on Earth for Centuries. And the wristband likewise strikes me as really quite old (and where is the second one! Who have? What do? Where are!)

We also have a Secret Invasion story coming up. So if both are to do with the Kree (or at least stolen by Kree?) they could be lead in not-quite-macguffins-but-I-don’t-know-the-right-a-word-for-that-perhaps-Guffin King?

We may also be looking at the new Infinity Stone equivalents.

If both wristbands can transport folk to different, seemingly specified and not random dimensions? I can see lots of folk coveting them.

Not sure if spoilery or not so safety first.

I’m assuming the rings and the bangle/s are indeed hooks for our new “infinity stones” equivalent long storyline.

 LordofHats wrote:
I feel like they criminal misadvertised Ms. Marvel. A lot of the preproduction trailers and materials made the show seem focused toward a younger demographic. Or at least, that's how I think a lot of people myself included took it. This show's honestly better than that. It's family friendly at worst and still managed to have an overall quality that's the best I think we've seen in D+ and its MCU offerings thus far.

The actors are all big boons here too. It's not just Kamala's actress at this point. Everyone is really nailing it and it's making the entire show better. The worst is maybe the lady playing the government agent lady, but her being a bit stiff sort of works so w/e

On the trailers etc? We know the MCU, and even Star Wars are pretty adept at being intentionally misleading. Not in a malicious, rug pull way. But to the degree where we can now confidently say that if a trailer hints at something easily guessed? It won’t be that in the end.

Consider Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Which is now up on Disney Plus. Following What If?, folk were certain they’d seen Daemonic Dr Strange getting his Ming on. That lead to educated guesses as to the plot, including him being the Big Bad. Yet….we now know that’s not the case. And the trailer didn’t exactly lie, it misdirected and obfuscated. Not to “gotcha” theorists, but to keep the plot a surprise for your first viewing.

I know it won’t be to everyone’s taste or appreciation, but I’m a fan of it. Especially when it shows a genuine scene, but the context of it is different in the movie. Best example? Cap and Tony having a slanging match in Avengers. In the trailer, we see Thor sort of laughing jovially. In the movie, the scene plays out much the same ‘billionaire playboy blah blah”, but Thor’s bit is changed. He says more, and is derisive of them being petty. And we’ve seen much the same misdirection in every trailer since.

 Ghaz wrote:
From The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Developing ‘Wonder Man’ Series with Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Guest (Exclusive).

???? Wonder Man??!! WONDER MAN??!! Who knew the first edition comic I had gotten 40 some odd years ago of 'Wonder Man' would ever come up and may EVER be worth something. Actually, about 5-6 years ago I tried to sell it, since it is the first issue of a comic and I really have no idea if any other editions were made, and had absolutely no takers.

So, had it sold I may have really kicked myself and hope 'Wonder Man' comes to fruition and is a rousing success and maybe I might be able to get the $0.75 back on my investment of Wonder Man, issue #1.


Edit: After some quick research, the 29 issue series started in 1991, so I got it 30+ years ago and I guess it was a series for a while, anyway.

 MDSW wrote:

 Ghaz wrote:
From The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Developing ‘Wonder Man’ Series with Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Guest (Exclusive).

???? Wonder Man??!! WONDER MAN??!! Who knew the first edition comic I had gotten 40 some odd years ago of 'Wonder Man' would ever come up and may EVER be worth something. Actually, about 5-6 years ago I tried to sell it, since it is the first issue of a comic and I really have no idea if any other editions were made, and had absolutely no takers.

So, had it sold I may have really kicked myself and hope 'Wonder Man' comes to fruition and is a rousing success and maybe I might be able to get the $0.75 back on my investment of Wonder Man, issue #1.


Edit: After some quick research, the 29 issue series started in 1991, so I got it 30+ years ago and I guess it was a series for a while, anyway.

I’ve got a whole, shiny, 10 pence piece in my pocket I’ll give you for it?

Wow, they actually went for the deep cut Destine after all. Pretty nutty.

The heel turn was a little quick. Impatient immortals is kind of a weird vibe, but the episode was a total treat. The whole cast is really putting in some fantastic performances and the focus on none super characters gives the series a lot to work with.

DODC is easily the weakest part so far. Hopefully they get some time to be more than the goon squad, but on the whole this is easily shaping up to be one of the better D+ offerings in general.

 LunarSol wrote:
Wow, they actually went for the deep cut Destine after all. Pretty nutty.

The heel turn was a little quick. Impatient immortals is kind of a weird vibe, but the episode was a total treat. The whole cast is really putting in some fantastic performances and the focus on none super characters gives the series a lot to work with.

DODC is easily the weakest part so far. Hopefully they get some time to be more than the goon squad, but on the whole this is easily shaping up to be one of the better D+ offerings in general.

Sorry, DODC?

Department Of Damage Control, the feds.