Topic: Marvel Cinematic Universe (Read 314958 times)

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1100 on:** 08 Nov 2017, 05:35 »

Its recently been confirmed that Infinity War will have over 60 characters, with about 32 of them sharing one scene alone. Obviously the film can't have go on like that, most of the film will probably focus on small groups and dynamics. The likely groups will probably be:

(click to show/hide)

LeeC · « **Reply #1101 on:** 13 Nov 2017, 12:31 »

Holy shit! Go see Thor! It was amazing!

chaospersonified · « **Reply #1102 on:** 18 Nov 2017, 21:37 »

Thor: Ragnarok is amazing. It’s a superhero movie with the sub-genre ‘comedy,’ and it’s more a comedy than it is a superhero flick. The exact mix is indeterminable, but I laughed my ass off more than I have in any Marvel movie to date, and that’s comparing to how I lost probably 7% of my booty meat from Guardians of the Galaxy.

Solid performances all around, especially considering the CGI element.

The best Thor movie by a massive amount. Better than most MCU installments by a fairly large amount, also.

dutchrvl · « **Reply #1103 on:** 21 Nov 2017, 13:20 »

Quote from: chaospersonified on 18 Nov 2017, 21:37

Thor: Ragnarok is amazing. It’s a superhero movie with the sub-genre ‘comedy,’ and it’s more a comedy than it is a superhero flick. The exact mix is indeterminable, but I laughed my ass off more than I have in any Marvel movie to date, and that’s comparing to how I lost probably 7% of my booty meat from Guardians of the Galaxy.

Solid performances all around, especially considering the CGI element.

The best Thor movie by a massive amount. Better than most MCU installments by a fairly large amount, also.

Agreed that Thor is pretty damn amazing

Definitely more of a comedy than superhero movie I feel.
To me it's more or less on par with the second Guardians movie, while I laughed the most with the first Guardians (actually most with Deadpool, but not MCU I know). In terms of overall quality Ironman probably still comes out on top for me personally (despite the somewhat disappointing finale). The Captain movies have always felt a little overrated, especially the first one, which I thought was at most middle of the pack among Marvel movies. Did really like Winter Soldier though.

LeeC · « **Reply #1104 on:** 29 Nov 2017, 12:56 »

Infinity War trailer dropped.

LTK · « **Reply #1105 on:** 03 Dec 2017, 14:54 »

So I watched Thor: Ragnarok and...

(click to show/hide)

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #1106 on:** 03 Dec 2017, 15:52 »

(click to show/hide)

LeeC · « **Reply #1107 on:** 03 Dec 2017, 17:23 »

Quote from: LTK on 03 Dec 2017, 14:54

So I watched Thor: Ragnarok and...

(click to show/hide)
Did Bruce just, y'know, kill himself? No Banner, only Hulk?

In a way, yes he was willing to, but look at the trailer I posted.

(click to show/hide)

LeeC · « **Reply #1108 on:** 12 Jan 2018, 17:30 »

Finally got around to watching Guardians of the Galaxy 2. I quite liked it. It really expanded on all the characters and their relationships. It was also just fun to boot.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1109 on:** 12 Jan 2018, 19:46 »

Oh and Black Widow is finally getting her own movie.

At the moment, Marvel has only hired Jac Schaeffer (her work includes Olaf's Frozen Adventure and Nasty Women, an all female remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) to write a screenplay, with the possible film being slated for a post Phase 3 release, which means around 2020 at the earliest.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1110 on:** 14 Jan 2018, 14:46 »

Bought tickets for Black Panther today. My theater has reserved seating, and buying tickets for February 18th (a Sunday morning, not even opening day) had very few decent seats left (not super close or off to the side), so I'm glad I bought it now.

Aimless · « **Reply #1111 on:** 15 Feb 2018, 12:59 »

https://twitter.com/Mr_DrinksOnMe/status/962749324126863360

Well-made movie and a welcome departure from the established Marvel formula. Neither the best nor the worst. More restrained than most, but many scenes were just too on-the-nose, leaving little space for the audience to think. The soundtrack was phony as hell but the visuals were awesome. The accents didn't work--several people had a really hard time maintaining it. Some of the sc-ifi elements were annoying; whenever a movie invokes "nanites", I tend to go, "Oh fuck off," and tune out. The supporting cast was excellent. The mid-credits scene, the post-credits scene a little better. The ending was a little sloppy.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1112 on:** 19 Feb 2018, 04:04 »

Saw it yesterday, I liked it a lot. Also, did anyone think of this during the "sneaker" line?

LeeC · « **Reply #1113 on:** 02 May 2018, 18:45 »

Parody of Infinity war

(click to show/hide)

Theta9 · « **Reply #1114 on:** 23 Jun 2018, 15:54 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 14 Apr 2014, 16:20

Quote
if cap3 isn’t called “captain america and falcon: we’re up all night to get bucky”, i’m not watching it

Well, they didn't use that title, but that's essentially what Civil War actually was.

Tova · « **Reply #1115 on:** 23 Jun 2018, 19:22 »

This was so enlightening for me (yeah it's close to a year old, sue me).

Why Buckaroo Banzai is Today's Most Important Superhero - Brows Held High

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1116 on:** 20 Jul 2018, 14:53 »

James Gunn has been fired from Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and is no longer working with Disney/Marvel.

LeeC · « **Reply #1117 on:** 19 Nov 2018, 17:27 »

So this is real?

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1118 on:** 19 Nov 2018, 17:58 »

Yes. Yes it is.

Its the PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 and its using the framing device of Deadpool having kidnapped Fred Savage to reenact the Grandfather and Grandson scenes of the Princess Bride.

And Fred really lives up to his surname.

brilligtove · « **Reply #1119 on:** 20 Nov 2018, 19:23 »

I made the same joke a different way for the same reasons.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1120 on:** 11 Mar 2019, 21:53 »

Anyone see Captain Marvel? I enjoyed it quite a bit, and am definitely looking forward to see her in Endgame.

(click to show/hide)

BenRG · « **Reply #1121 on:** 12 Mar 2019, 00:44 »

I'm not sure. Mostly I disapprove of the introduction of a last-reel new character, one whose existence hasn't even been hinted at before, to save the day. It's lazy writing and the minute I saw the pager scene at the end of Infinity War, I realised just what a plot cop-out Captain Marvel potentially could be.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1122 on:** 13 Mar 2019, 06:58 »

Maybe, but her origin movie was good enough that I'm willing to forgive that.

LeeC · « **Reply #1123 on:** 19 Mar 2019, 11:59 »

I just realized: Scott Pilgrim tricked captain america, beat superman, and dated captain marvel

pwhodges · « **Reply #1124 on:** 19 Mar 2019, 12:39 »

Shall I bring back all my Scott Pilgrim avatars, then?

Tova · « **Reply #1125 on:** 19 Mar 2019, 16:00 »

It's interesting to note that amongst the thicket of Marvel intertextuality and True Believer moments, the one note of Captain Marvel criticism so far in this thread centers on the introduction of something new.

Truly, Pop Will Eat Itself.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1126 on:** 19 Mar 2019, 18:54 »

I think that's more of a criticism of Infinity War than Captain Marvel. And less a criticism of something new than a possible deus ex machina.

Tova · « **Reply #1127 on:** 19 Mar 2019, 19:53 »

As far as I am concerned, Death is Merely a Setback overshadows whatever faults everyone ends up focusing on.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #1128 on:** 20 Mar 2019, 07:19 »

Just saw Captain Marvel and I really liked it. Not as much as Ragnarok or Black Panther, but definitely better than Iron Man 2/3 and Thor 2. My wife was signing along with all the 90's music in it

(click to show/hide)

Theta9 · « **Reply #1129 on:** 22 Mar 2019, 06:59 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 20 Mar 2019, 07:19

My wife was signing along with all the 90's music in it

You mean, like in ASL? Very considerate of her to not annoy the other viewers by singing aloud.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #1130 on:** 22 Mar 2019, 07:26 »

I admit I broke out into sub-vocalizing the lyrics when 'I'm just a girl' started up. Such perfect timing for it.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1131 on:** 31 Mar 2019, 13:35 »

Saw Captain Marvel today, absolutely loved every minute of it. Fantastic movie.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #1132 on:** 04 May 2019, 19:02 »

(click to show/hide)

Welu · « **Reply #1133 on:** 05 May 2019, 08:04 »

Same. I had to look it up.

BenRG · « **Reply #1134 on:** 05 May 2019, 13:09 »

In a short-run comic title called 'The New Avengers', that boy, Harley, is the new Iron Man about 10 years into the future.

I finally got to see Endgame today and it was pretty much as expected but it was still very good. The amount of work the Russos did communicating emotion and the power of the events portrayed was excellent. All the cast knocked it out of the park with the curious exception of Brie Larson. Perhaps it was because she's a relative newcomer to the franchise but she seemed to struggle to know how to fit into every scene she was in.

(click to show/hide)

Overall, it was a great ending to the MCU as we've known it. I have to say that I probably won't be watching the next phase because, somehow, it will never quite live up to what went before it.

Aimless · « **Reply #1135 on:** 05 May 2019, 13:38 »

Brie wasn't the problem—the people running the show kinda suck at dealing with female heroes so they decided to make a movie for dudes about dudes doing dudesy things, occasionally with the help of a woman. I enjoyed the movie thoroughly, but they really screwed over the ladies (with the exception of Nova).

BenRG · « **Reply #1136 on:** 05 May 2019, 23:38 »

I honestly can't accept your assessment. Scarlet Johannsen managed to knock it out of the park in her pivotal role as did Gweneth Paltrow and Rene Russo.

Short roles? Yes. Supporting roles, in two of the three cases? Yes. But still strong, meaningful, glorious and pivotal.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #1137 on:** 07 May 2019, 11:16 »

(click to show/hide)

EDIT: Yes, I referred to RDJ as Tony Stark. Fixed.

Aimless · « **Reply #1138 on:** 07 May 2019, 13:35 »

(click to show/hide)

Torlek · « **Reply #1139 on:** 07 May 2019, 18:06 »

(click to show/hide)

Thrillho · « **Reply #1140 on:** 17 May 2019, 15:48 »

I saw Endgame today finally.

Will be back later with thoughts. I thought it was about as fair to women as it was possible to be with the character setup it was given from a decade of movies that started before the really quite recent massive upswing in feminism.

jwhouk · « **Reply #1141 on:** 17 May 2019, 18:11 »

I'm going to be honest here: I have heard enough about Endgame to realize that there was a reason why I really stopped following Marvel Comics back in the 1990's.

The way they deal with multiverses and Alternate Timelines makes DC's Crisis on Alternate Earths look positively sane by comparison. I just recall all the things with the X-Men and how things got so out of hand you forgot what the team looked like this month, and I suddenly realized that this was exactly what they were doing in the MCU.

The more you mess with timelines, the more unwatchable/unreadable a universe becomes. The only fictional franchise where it's worked is the one that intentionally hand-waves it away with a flick of a sonic screwdriver and a whirr of the TARDIS. Not even Star Trek does it well (oh, hai, Discovery!).

Marvel Comics FUBAR'ed the comics up with alternate universes and timelines. Doing that to resolve the Ultimate Bad Ending issue makes it head-bangingly frustrating.

Just my $0.02.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1142 on:** 17 May 2019, 18:21 »

Quote from: Torlek on 07 May 2019, 18:06

(click to show/hide)
If they're really committing to this and Far from Home is serving as the coda for phase 3/prologue for phase 4, I'm thinking that phase 4 will basically be the Marvel version of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Stuff is going to get weird.

(click to show/hide)

No. I don't think so.

I can't see them going for a multiverse. That seems to be the schtick for DC's tv series. But I can see the last snap opening up different dimensions and allowing for the possibility of the Negative Zone and allow Marvel to introduce Annihilus to the MCU.

Although what is more likely is that the Kree will become more involved in Earth and see it as a target, as not only did they repel the Chitauri in 2012, but have just defeated and killed Thanos and his forces. To the Kree that will probably mark the Earth as a threat to them, especially as Captain Marvel is from there and the Skrulls are no doubt still around.

At the moment, the rumoured Phase 4 MCU films are a Black Widow film (possibly a prequel or intequel between Infinity War and Endgame), Black Panther 2, Doctor Strange 2, Shang Chi and the Eternals, as well as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. And my guess is that Eternals will be the lynchpin film of Phase 4, much the same way that Avengers was for Phase 1 and Age of Ultron for Phase 2.

Kevin Fiege did say in 2017 that they were planning 20 films after Endgame, which means we're looking at another 14 unannounced films. However, I don't think we're going to the X-Men or Fantastic Four just yet. The Fox X-Men films have been less than stellar for several reasons (save for Deadpool and Logan) and the Fantastic Four still leaves a bitter taste in people's mouths after the 2015 film, Josh Trank's career as a director still hasn't recovered. I imagine it'll be a few years before we see either franchise taking their place in the MCU.

That said, Marvel have gone with their big name franchise with the Avengers, building them up for the last 22 films. Their story has been told. And with that in mind, I would imagine that Marvel will go for the less well known teams in their stable, like they did with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Hence why they seem to be following up the Avengers with the Eternals. Just off the top of my head, there's the Squadron Supreme, the Young Gods (which could tie in with Thor), Cadre-K (Skrull mutants), Midnight Sons (horror themed heroes such as Werewolf by Night and Michael Morbius) and Exiles (which if Marvel did go with the multiverse, would be a good way to look at that).

Of course, given that Kevin Fiege said there are 20 films in development, that's all up in the air and with the Fox acquisition, Marvel might decide to start milking those cash cows once again.

Case · « **Reply #1143 on:** 17 May 2019, 18:22 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 17 May 2019, 18:11

oh, hai, Discovery!

BenRG · « **Reply #1144 on:** 17 May 2019, 23:39 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 17 May 2019, 18:11

I'm going to be honest here: I have heard enough about Endgame to realize that there was a reason why I really stopped following Marvel Comics back in the 1990's.

The way they deal with multiverses and Alternate Timelines...

(snip)

(click to show/hide)

Aimless · « **Reply #1145 on:** 18 May 2019, 13:26 »

J, the criticism in your post seems a little misdirected in this case.

Tova · « **Reply #1146 on:** 19 May 2019, 01:17 »

You seem very sure.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1147 on:** 27 May 2019, 15:30 »

A couple of leaks have popped up today about the future of the MCU, most of them coming from someone who posted a lot of Endgame information that proved to be true.

I'm going to put the rumoured films under a spoiler, but the following information doesn't seem particularly spoilery.
- Marvel is possibly doing away with the Phases, Marvel are planning to run Phase 4 until 2024, but after that its up in the air.
- There will not be another decade long overarching story arc, but smaller threads running through Phase 4.
- Marvel have said that they probably won't do anything with the X-men or the Fantastic Four until after 2024.

Rumoured films (also including the ones we already knew because there's some pertinent information). There are some spoilers for Endgame.

(click to show/hide)

I mean, I'd take a big chunk of this with a load of salt, but we'll find out more after Far From Home is released.

Thrillho · « **Reply #1148 on:** 27 May 2019, 17:10 »

Jesus Christ that is a lot of movies.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1149 on:** 27 May 2019, 17:52 »

Probably even more. Sony have been reportedly talking to Marvel about possibly bringing in Tom Hardy as Venom for the third Spider-man film.
Fox have been looking at introducing Deadpool to the MCU.
And that's not even going into some of the actors renegotiating their contracts.

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

Author Topic: Marvel Cinematic Universe (Read 314958 times)

TheEvilDog

TheEvilDog

TheEvilDog

TheEvilDog

TheEvilDog

TheEvilDog

TheEvilDog

TheEvilDog