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I'm too busy looking forward to the new Deadpool to care about Madame Web, and those reviews don't make me want to change that opinion.
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Mr_Rose wrote: Who doesn’t love crazy mutant squawk-puppies? Eh? Nobody, that’s who.
Maybe social media can kick up a madame webbing time meme and they can convince sony to rerelease it in theaters a second time to lose even more money.
These are my opinions. This is how I feel. Others may feel differently. This needs to be stated for some reason.
Those reviews made me want to see it. Not pay for it mind you, but at least see it.
I saw and enjoyed Catwoman at the theatre immensely, once the wife and I realized what it was and really leaned into it. We laughed and had a great time hooting it up.
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The superhero quartet — the first characters created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — will be played by Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).
This will also be a period piece (1963) based on the magazine that Ben Grimm is seen reading below
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Disappointed that the rumours for Pedro Pascal being Mister Fantastic were true, doesn't seem like a good casting choice in my opinion, seems like he was casted more because he's the flavour of the month actor for Hollywood right now rather than him looking/matching what Reed Richards is like.
Though the better question is that given the pretty meh track record of the previous 2 FF movies, if this is really going to change that trend at all given how bad MCU offerings have been in general.
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I have to say I’m pretty underwhelmed by this casting. I can’t really see any of them as the characters, and they are all pretty old for the roles too. I suppose that must be a conscious choice to age them up, so I expect this won’t be an origin story.
Looking at the age of the four leads in the last two fantastic four films this cast is significantly older:
2005 Reed (Ioan Grufford) was 32
2015 Reed (Miles Teller) was 28
2025 Reed (Pedro Pascal) will be 50
2005 Sue (Jessica Alba) was 24
2015 Sue (Kate Mara) was 32
2025 Sue (Vanessa Kirby) will be 37
2005 Johhny (Chris Evans) was 24
2015 Johnny (Michael B. Jordan) was 28
2025 Johnny (Joseph Quinn) will be 31
2005 Ben (Michael Chiklis) was 42
2015 Ben (Jamie Bell) was 29
2025 Ben (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) will be 48
Cousin Richie from The Bear is gonna be The Thing! Good for him, though it never really matters who plays a 100% CGI character, imo.
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Aash wrote: I have to say I’m pretty underwhelmed by this casting. I can’t really see any of them as the characters, and they are all pretty old for the roles too. I suppose that must be a conscious choice to age them up, so I expect this won’t be an origin story.
Looking at the age of the four leads in the last two fantastic four films this cast is significantly older:
Young hasn't worked and honestly for good reason. Even on their debut, the FF while not being old were pretty always more grown up than other characters. They may have been young, but culturally they were all out of school, had careers and were pretty secure in life. Johnny being the exception is effectively what defines his character. The rest are very much "old people" compared to Spider-Man or the original X-Men that followed. The team has always worked in the greater Marvel U as the grown ups and trying to make them young doesn't really work because they've never really identified as young.
I doubt they'd do it, but it would be hilarious to have Chris Evans and Michael B Jordan reprise their roles as Johnny in one of the multiverse storylines.
Olthannon wrote: God almighty not another remake of the Fantastic Four. It's worse than Spiderman.
I would love to see an Uncle Ben movie, where the whole movie he’s always just about to bump into a fleeing criminal or some gunman, like a doomed Mr Magoo, or the guy missing an arm in Hot Tub Time Machine.
Grimskul wrote: Disappointed that the rumours for Pedro Pascal being Mister Fantastic were true, doesn't seem like a good casting choice in my opinion,
You know, once upon a time Michael Keaton was announced as being cast as Batman.
My response was whaaat?
Then I saw pics.
Then I saw the trailers
And then I saw the movie.
Turns out that I loved Keaton's Batman & his is my favorite live-action version.
Since then whenever someone's announced as being cast in one of these roles? I shrug & look forward to seeing them in action.
Maybe Pedro will be a miss. Maybe he'll be just the most recent guy to play the part. But maybe, just maybe, he'll be a great Mr. Fantastic....
I mean, every Batman casting announcement, with the exception of Kevin Conroy in the Arrowverse Crisis crossover, has been met with doubt and/or screams of outrage, and for the most part they've all been surprisingly good, with the possible exceptions of Kilmer and Clooner... it's difficult to tell how those two would have gone in better movies.
But even outside of Batman there are plenty of examples of actors turning out to be excellent in a role that they didn't immediately look suited for.
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At 1:24 in this video. Who is that on the left most of the screen?
Morph?
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"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
At 1:24 in this video. Who is that on the left most of the screen?
Morph?
Looks like Darwin
I guess the algorithm was listening as I just randomly saw on Twitter.
Shows the character in question and this blurb:
"Morph's Characterization in X-Men '97 : "This is a lighter take on the character, who is nonbinary and has an interesting buddy relationship with Wolverine. The character's past with Mister Sinister, the show's villian, could also come into play." via@empiremagazine
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The Marvels An entertaining movie, but NOT a good one. The script is super weak, there is no connective tissue, and the movie can not really stand-alone. These are all criticisms that could be applied to all recent Marvel films, and part of why they are struggling.
However, it was nice to see some fun character moments, clever fight scenes with the switching, good power stunts, actual (shallow, but there) character arcs, and Captain Marvel having to actually solve issues by thinking about them with empathy rather than just hitting them.
Fun script that needed to be baked a lot more before going to filming. I would say it is better than Love and Thunder, and Multiverse of Madness, but worse than No Way Home (Is that the most recent Spider-man?), Eternals, and Shang-Chi. Controversial, I know.
Edit: Also, that X-men animated trailer is total Nostalgia bait.
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Easy E wrote: The Marvels Fun script that needed to be baked a lot more before going to filming. I would say it is better than Love and Thunder, and Multiverse of Madness, but worse than No Way Home (Is that the most recent Spider-man?), Eternals, and Shang-Chi. Controversial, I know.
I liked Multiverse better, but I'm a sucker for Rami's Raminess and was really only let down by Wanda's lacking heel turn. Overall though I agree with your take.
Earlier this month, Beau DeMayo was in the midst of a particularly busy time at Marvel Studios. The writer-producer was preparing for the launch of X-Men ’97, the Disney+ series he created as a continuation of the beloved ‘90s Fox Kids show.
DeMayo, a Marvel regular who previously wrote on live-action series Moon Knight as well as early drafts of the company’s delayed-but-still-upcoming vampire thriller Blade, had completed writing duties on season two of X-Men ’97, was lining up press, and making plans to attend the show’s Hollywood premiere on March 13. He was even discussing loose ideas for a third season with members of his team.
But early last week, Marvel and DeMayo suddenly parted ways. His company email was deactivated and cast and crew were informed he was no longer on the project. DeMayo’s Instagram account, once a source for X-Men updates, was deleted. No reason for the firing was given.
Marvel had no comment. DeMayo’s representatives did not return calls for comment and emails to the showrunner yielded no response.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
The third installment of the “Venom” franchise finally has a title, “Venom: The Last Dance.” Sony has also moved up the film’s release date to Oct. 25, 2024, from the previously-announced Nov. 8 date.
Plot details are still under wraps, but Tom Hardy will return as the lethal protector Eddie Brock/Venom in the film, also starring Juno Temple, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Clark Backo.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
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