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Post by Shinobu on Apr 19, 2021 20:59:05 GMT
The Shang-Chi teaser trailer looks better than I expected:
Not sure I like the CGI guardian lions. The CGI rhinos were the worst part of Black Panther, IMO. However, the action looks great.
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Post by DragonKingReborn on Apr 19, 2021 21:11:05 GMT
The Shang-Chi teaser trailer looks better than I expected:
Not sure I like the CGI guardian lions. The CGI rhinos were the worst part of Black Panther, IMO. However, the action looks great.
Just saw this a few minutes ago - really liked it. Crouching Tiger Hidden Mandarin.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2021 21:23:00 GMT
I did not know that there was a MCU thread on this forum so let me drop a little firecracker over here as well. And let me put a little life in this thread. Saw Avengers endgame the other day and i have to say that this is one of the worst movies i have ever seen where even to begin: 1 Thor Booooooooo pathetic drunk and fat Thor. 2 Captain America Booooooooooooo he should not have picked up Thor's hammer. 3 Hulk Boooooooooooo a smart and intelligent hulk nope not for me. 4 The whole time travel Booooooooooooo. 5 That they killed Thanos in the first ten minutes Booooooooooo. 6 The first one and a half hour were boring as hell and therefor Boooooooooooo. 7 Iron Man i did not like Tony at all the first one and a half hour so also Boooooooooo. 8 Captain Marvel should have more then the 3 minutes that she got in the movie so also therefor Boooooooooooo. Edit: Oh and i forgot to mention this in my other post. The whole issue with Tony and his father and Captain America and his Peggy Boooooooooo. Don't get me wrong i'm a sucker for happy endings but not like what they did in the movie it's still Boooooooooooo. I did not like the songs that they played in the movie so Booooooo. The only song that i liked was the scene when they knocked out Starlord. The jokes and the humor in the movie were also Booooooooo. these are just a few things that i really did not like at all. The only one that i really liked was Rocket the rest that i did not mention above were ok. And the only time that this movie actually and finally put a smile on my face was when Captain Marvel destroyed Thanos his ship. 3.5/10 Have you seen the last jedi?
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Post by TooHotToHandle on Apr 20, 2021 11:36:31 GMT
I did not know that there was a MCU thread on this forum so let me drop a little firecracker over here as well. And let me put a little life in this thread. Saw Avengers endgame the other day and i have to say that this is one of the worst movies i have ever seen where even to begin: 1 Thor Booooooooo pathetic drunk and fat Thor. 2 Captain America Booooooooooooo he should not have picked up Thor's hammer. 3 Hulk Boooooooooooo a smart and intelligent hulk nope not for me. 4 The whole time travel Booooooooooooo. 5 That they killed Thanos in the first ten minutes Booooooooooo. 6 The first one and a half hour were boring as hell and therefor Boooooooooooo. 7 Iron Man i did not like Tony at all the first one and a half hour so also Boooooooooo. 8 Captain Marvel should have more then the 3 minutes that she got in the movie so also therefor Boooooooooooo. Edit: Oh and i forgot to mention this in my other post. The whole issue with Tony and his father and Captain America and his Peggy Boooooooooo. Don't get me wrong i'm a sucker for happy endings but not like what they did in the movie it's still Boooooooooooo. I did not like the songs that they played in the movie so Booooooo. The only song that i liked was the scene when they knocked out Starlord. The jokes and the humor in the movie were also Booooooooo. these are just a few things that i really did not like at all. The only one that i really liked was Rocket the rest that i did not mention above were ok. And the only time that this movie actually and finally put a smile on my face was when Captain Marvel destroyed Thanos his ship. 3.5/10 Have you seen the last jedi? Yes I have seen the Last Jedi but I have to say this to begin with and that is that I'm not a real Star Wars fan. But you and some other people call that the worst movie they've ever seen and in that case I do not agree. So I can use more or less the words that KaiserShep used for me. "You and those other people have to have a very limited exposure to film for it to be the worst they've ever seen". I have seen far worse movies then the Last Jedi.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 29, 2021 13:25:36 GMT
Just finished, Falcon and the WInter soldier. Unpopular take: didn't hate John Walker. In fact, felt a great deal of sympathy for him: First, let me be clear: he was not worthy of carrying on as Captain America. But then, Steve Rogers was a unique individual who crafted the identity. I don't think ANYONE, including Sam or Bucky, should be wearing the name. They have their own identities and don't need his. Emulate, sure, but don't try to become him.
That said, Walker struck me as a good man put in an impossible situation, and cracked under the stress. He was essentially given the costume and shield, told "You're Captain America now" and was expected to go out and fight super-soldiers virtually alone. He did not appear to have any Stark Industries equipment (aside from the shield), no Wakanda tech. No Avengers backing him up, no SHIELD agents (you will note that most of the time, Steve was leading a team. Even in WWII he had his Howling Commandos) And of course, until the end he wasn't a super soldier either. I found myself thinking Sam and Bucky were being real asshats given how coldly they rebuffed his offers to team up.
And yes, his killing of that Flag Smasher was wrong, and REALLY bad optics. But it was also an understandable reaction. A very "human" one. He was a mere mortal put in a superhero's role, and expected to be perfect at it. He had just seen his best friend die. The ONLY person who stood by him in all this, his only backup and emotional support brutally murdered because they were put in a situation they were woefully ill-equipped to deal with. Again, wrong, but understandable.
I mean, compare it to in Civil War when Tony discovered that Bucky had killed his parents. HE did his very best to kill him, and would have succeeded without Steve's intervention (and Tony still bet the hell out of both of them)
In the final episode, I was kinda hoping Walker would succeed in rescuing the the truck. Would have made a great moment of redemption for him. He gave up his pursuit of vengeance to try and save the hostages. That should really count for something.
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Post by Vortex13 on Apr 29, 2021 20:09:13 GMT
Honestly, after watching several episodes of and then reading the synopsis for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I am feeling that these Disney+ shows really aren't for me; and neither will the wider MCU if they follow suit with the how this show went. The show was way too preachy and forced with the political messaging, all of which ran contrary to the nature of the setting just to squeeze in current political talking points. Like those scenes that (very unsubtly) said how systematically racist the police were in profiling Sam or in how minorities were mistreated when he was denied a loan from the bank, or in how the US government hid the fact that there was a black super soldier in WWII. Not only is this an unnecessarily agressive injection of real world politics into what was marketed as an entertainment piece of super hero media, but it also flies directly in the face of the MCU's version of the world has been through.
You're telling me, that in a universe were not only things like an alien invasion of New York City, an attempted robot uprising in Eastern Europe, as well as a litteral snapping out of existence of half of the world's population for five years by a crazed alien tyrant that petty things like racism based on human skin color still exists? Is this version of the human race in the MCU so incredibly stupid that despite an outside context problem staring them in the face on at least three seperate occasions, that despite the vast public evidence of intelligent (and more often then not violent) life on other planets that we are still affected by tribalisms and prejudices based on melatonin levels in our epidermis?
Because if that is the case then Thanos should have won because no species that stupid should be allowed to live.
But it's all about politicing, I mean if the show's writers really weren't trying to shoe-horn in racial identity politics into this project then they could have easily used human animosity against the setting's aliens to explain that. How is it that human prejudices against, say a group of Skrulls for example, could not accomplish the exact same thing without being flagrantly political or mirroring news talking points?
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Post by Iakus on Apr 29, 2021 20:34:31 GMT
Honestly, after watching several episodes of and then reading the synopsis for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I am feeling that these Disney+ shows really aren't for me; and neither will the wider MCU if they follow suit with the how this show went. The show was way too preachy and forced with the political messaging, all of which ran contrary to the nature of the setting just to squeeze in current political talking points. Like those scenes that (very unsubtly) said how systematically racist the police were in profiling Sam or in how minorities were mistreated when he was denied a loan from the bank, or in how the US government hid the fact that there was a black super soldier in WWII. Not only is this an unnecessarily agressive injection of real world politics into what was marketed as an entertainment piece of super hero media, but it also flies directly in the face of the MCU's version of the world has been through.
You're telling me, that in a universe were not only things like an alien invasion of New York City, an attempted robot uprising in Eastern Europe, as well as a litteral snapping out of existence of half of the world's population for five years by a crazed alien tyrant that petty things like racism based on human skin color still exists? Is this version of the human race in the MCU so incredibly stupid that despite an outside context problem staring them in the face on at least three seperate occasions, that despite the vast public evidence of intelligent (and more often then not violent) life on other planets that we are still affected by tribalisms and prejudices based on melatonin levels in our epidermis?
Because if that is the case then Thanos should have won because no species that stupid should be allowed to live.
But it's all about politicing, I mean if the show's writers really weren't trying to shoe-horn in racial identity politics into this project then they could have easily used human animosity against the setting's aliens to explain that. How is it that human prejudices against, say a group of Skrulls for example, could not accomplish the exact same thing without being flagrantly political or mirroring news talking points?
Plus it's innacurate Sam's final speech “I’m a Black man wearing the stars and stripes—what don’t I understand?” Is Rhodes a joke to you?
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Post by Vortex13 on Apr 29, 2021 21:26:17 GMT
Honestly, after watching several episodes of and then reading the synopsis for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I am feeling that these Disney+ shows really aren't for me; and neither will the wider MCU if they follow suit with the how this show went. The show was way too preachy and forced with the political messaging, all of which ran contrary to the nature of the setting just to squeeze in current political talking points. Like those scenes that (very unsubtly) said how systematically racist the police were in profiling Sam or in how minorities were mistreated when he was denied a loan from the bank, or in how the US government hid the fact that there was a black super soldier in WWII. Not only is this an unnecessarily agressive injection of real world politics into what was marketed as an entertainment piece of super hero media, but it also flies directly in the face of the MCU's version of the world has been through.
You're telling me, that in a universe were not only things like an alien invasion of New York City, an attempted robot uprising in Eastern Europe, as well as a litteral snapping out of existence of half of the world's population for five years by a crazed alien tyrant that petty things like racism based on human skin color still exists? Is this version of the human race in the MCU so incredibly stupid that despite an outside context problem staring them in the face on at least three seperate occasions, that despite the vast public evidence of intelligent (and more often then not violent) life on other planets that we are still affected by tribalisms and prejudices based on melatonin levels in our epidermis?
Because if that is the case then Thanos should have won because no species that stupid should be allowed to live.
But it's all about politicing, I mean if the show's writers really weren't trying to shoe-horn in racial identity politics into this project then they could have easily used human animosity against the setting's aliens to explain that. How is it that human prejudices against, say a group of Skrulls for example, could not accomplish the exact same thing without being flagrantly political or mirroring news talking points?
Plus it's innacurate Sam's final speech “I’m a Black man wearing the stars and stripes—what don’t I understand?” Is Rhodes a joke to you? Agreed about this as well as the attempted villainizing of New-Cap you posted about. I was especially disappointed in Falcon's "Do Better" conversation with the Senator. Really Sam? You make an emotionally charged statement in regards to something that should be approached logically and instead of offering your input on what should be done you just say "Do Better"?
I'm sure that sage advise would have really motivated the Avengers to beat Thanos the first time they fought him.
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Post by Iakus on Apr 29, 2021 21:43:52 GMT
Also, is it just me, or was the vita-ray component of the super-soldier procedure completely forgotten about? In the MCU, Banner got Hulk-ed trying to research if gamma rays could hav ebeen the mysterious "vita rays" for the process.
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Post by Noxluxe on May 2, 2021 6:03:13 GMT
Just finished, Falcon and the WInter soldier. Unpopular take: didn't hate John Walker. In fact, felt a great deal of sympathy for him: First, let me be clear: he was not worthy of carrying on as Captain America. But then, Steve Rogers was a unique individual who crafted the identity. I don't think ANYONE, including Sam or Bucky, should be wearing the name. They have their own identities and don't need his. Emulate, sure, but don't try to become him.
That said, Walker struck me as a good man put in an impossible situation, and cracked under the stress. He was essentially given the costume and shield, told "You're Captain America now" and was expected to go out and fight super-soldiers virtually alone. He did not appear to have any Stark Industries equipment (aside from the shield), no Wakanda tech. No Avengers backing him up, no SHIELD agents (you will note that most of the time, Steve was leading a team. Even in WWII he had his Howling Commandos) And of course, until the end he wasn't a super soldier either. I found myself thinking Sam and Bucky were being real asshats given how coldly they rebuffed his offers to team up.
And yes, his killing of that Flag Smasher was wrong, and REALLY bad optics. But it was also an understandable reaction. A very "human" one. He was a mere mortal put in a superhero's role, and expected to be perfect at it. He had just seen his best friend die. The ONLY person who stood by him in all this, his only backup and emotional support brutally murdered because they were put in a situation they were woefully ill-equipped to deal with. Again, wrong, but understandable.
I mean, compare it to in Civil War when Tony discovered that Bucky had killed his parents. HE did his very best to kill him, and would have succeeded without Steve's intervention (and Tony still bet the hell out of both of them)
In the final episode, I was kinda hoping Walker would succeed in rescuing the the truck. Would have made a great moment of redemption for him. He gave up his pursuit of vengeance to try and save the hostages. That should really count for something. Even more unpopular take: I don't just have sympathy for Walker, I think he comes out of the series looking better than any other character. I don't see how he "snapped under the pressure" at all. So far as I can tell he's a proven and decorated honest-to-god war hero who was thrown under the bus by other 'heroes' acting like butthurt schoolchildren after he saved their lives and an insanely hypocritical government and public who pretend that the death of a terrorist in combat is suddenly a great crime as soon as it breaks out unto a public street and is caught on camera.
He's supposedly earned the Medal of Honor three times over, meaning he's more deserving of the Captain America mantle than Steve was when he was selected for the experiment just for being a brave little guy, and he seems to go into it with the right humility and the right spirit, and generally does a stellar job.
Then he's disrespected by his comrades because they don't like that he's trying to step into their old friend's shoes after they abdicated the responsibility themselves, are running their own illegal "free agent" anti-terrorist operation and refuse to trust him even after he saved their lives, and is assaulted with lethal force and intent by crazy spear-wielding invading foreigners when he tries to touch one on the shoulder in friendship while they just stand around and watch.
Then he's betrayed by way more morally compromised heroes who have absolutely killed without mercy in the line of duty before right after his friend and partner is killed, is maligned and misrepresented in the press and humiliated and discarded by the government he dedicated his life to simply because he was actually seen doing his job. And because surprise, one person physically killing another with a melee weapon is an ugly and uncomfortable thing to watch. Who would have thought.
...And then, with his reputation and career unfairly in ruins, he still shows up to the final fight and legitimately saves the day, leaving the main villain to others and dropping his own shield no matter how much it means to him in order to protect civilians, and doesn't take one iota of credit for it, exactly like Steve Rogers would have done.
In contrast, Bucky and Falcon are acting like ineffectual morons and amateurs throughout most of the series compared to their usual characterization, show seriously skewed priorities when it comes to allies, enemies and civilians being hurt and in danger again and again, and Falcon in particular demonstrates that he's completely unfit to be a soldier, let alone a hero. The show is practically a character assassination of him on the same order as Luke Skywalker's in The Last Jedi.
I wasn't a huge fan of either Bucky, Falcon or Captain America going into it, but the way things that happen on the screen are twisted around and distorted and misrepresented by the writers themselves to serve their plot and by the media surrounding these fandoms to make vacuous points about politics and social and economic issues is frankly getting disturbing.
On the plus side, I'm now a fan of the U.S. Agent. Except he earns that goddamn shield so thoroughly over the course of the show that it's honestly crazy that Sam thinks he's worthy in comparison.
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Post by Iakus on May 2, 2021 17:29:34 GMT
Just finished, Falcon and the WInter soldier. Unpopular take: didn't hate John Walker. In fact, felt a great deal of sympathy for him: First, let me be clear: he was not worthy of carrying on as Captain America. But then, Steve Rogers was a unique individual who crafted the identity. I don't think ANYONE, including Sam or Bucky, should be wearing the name. They have their own identities and don't need his. Emulate, sure, but don't try to become him.
That said, Walker struck me as a good man put in an impossible situation, and cracked under the stress. He was essentially given the costume and shield, told "You're Captain America now" and was expected to go out and fight super-soldiers virtually alone. He did not appear to have any Stark Industries equipment (aside from the shield), no Wakanda tech. No Avengers backing him up, no SHIELD agents (you will note that most of the time, Steve was leading a team. Even in WWII he had his Howling Commandos) And of course, until the end he wasn't a super soldier either. I found myself thinking Sam and Bucky were being real asshats given how coldly they rebuffed his offers to team up.
And yes, his killing of that Flag Smasher was wrong, and REALLY bad optics. But it was also an understandable reaction. A very "human" one. He was a mere mortal put in a superhero's role, and expected to be perfect at it. He had just seen his best friend die. The ONLY person who stood by him in all this, his only backup and emotional support brutally murdered because they were put in a situation they were woefully ill-equipped to deal with. Again, wrong, but understandable.
I mean, compare it to in Civil War when Tony discovered that Bucky had killed his parents. HE did his very best to kill him, and would have succeeded without Steve's intervention (and Tony still bet the hell out of both of them)
In the final episode, I was kinda hoping Walker would succeed in rescuing the the truck. Would have made a great moment of redemption for him. He gave up his pursuit of vengeance to try and save the hostages. That should really count for something. Even more unpopular take: I don't just have sympathy for Walker, I think he comes out of the series looking better than any other character. I don't see how he "snapped under the pressure" at all. So far as I can tell he's a proven and decorated honest-to-god war hero who was thrown under the bus by other 'heroes' acting like butthurt schoolchildren after he saved their lives and an insanely hypocritical government and public who pretend that the death of a terrorist in combat is suddenly a great crime as soon as it breaks out unto a public street and is caught on camera.
He's supposedly earned the Medal of Honor three times over, meaning he's more deserving of the Captain America mantle than Steve was when he was selected for the experiment just for being a brave little guy, and he seems to go into it with the right humility and the right spirit, and generally does a stellar job.
Then he's disrespected by his comrades because they don't like that he's trying to step into their old friend's shoes after they abdicated the responsibility themselves, are running their own illegal "free agent" anti-terrorist operation and refuse to trust him even after he saved their lives, and is assaulted with lethal force and intent by crazy spear-wielding invading foreigners when he tries to touch one on the shoulder in friendship while they just stand around and watch.
Then he's betrayed by way more morally compromised heroes who have absolutely killed without mercy in the line of duty before right after his friend and partner is killed, is maligned and misrepresented in the press and humiliated and discarded by the government he dedicated his life to simply because he was actually seen doing his job. And because surprise, one person physically killing another with a melee weapon is an ugly and uncomfortable thing to watch. Who would have thought.
...And then, with his reputation and career unfairly in ruins, he still shows up to the final fight and legitimately saves the day, leaving the main villain to others and dropping his own shield no matter how much it means to him in order to protect civilians, and doesn't take one iota of credit for it, exactly like Steve Rogers would have done.
In contrast, Bucky and Falcon are acting like ineffectual morons and amateurs throughout most of the series compared to their usual characterization, show seriously skewed priorities when it comes to allies, enemies and civilians being hurt and in danger again and again, and Falcon in particular demonstrates that he's completely unfit to be a soldier, let alone a hero. The show is practically a character assassination of him on the same order as Luke Skywalker's in The Last Jedi.
I wasn't a huge fan of either Bucky, Falcon or Captain America going into it, but the way things that happen on the screen are twisted around and distorted and misrepresented by the writers themselves to serve their plot and by the media surrounding these fandoms to make vacuous points about politics and social and economic issues is frankly getting disturbing.
On the plus side, I'm now a fan of the U.S. Agent. Except he earns that goddamn shield so thoroughly over the course of the show that it's honestly crazy that Sam thinks he's worthy in comparison. I was referring to later in the series, when he started lashing out in anger. Though tbh, that could also have been a reaction to the super soldier serum as well.
I did find it a nice touch when asked if he's ever jumped on a grenade before (like Steve) it turns out that, yes he has done it before!
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Post by Noxluxe on May 2, 2021 18:48:49 GMT
I was referring to later in the series, when he started lashing out in anger. Though tbh, that could also have been a reaction to the super soldier serum as well.
I did find it a nice touch when asked if he's ever jumped on a grenade before (like Steve) it turns out that, yes he has done it before! The super serum, or the fact that he's been hung out to dry as some kind of monster by the country he's bled and fought for for years just because people are stupid, or that the people he's hunting and fighting are still the ones who killed Lamar. I certainly can't blame him for being very, very angry and frustrated and fighting them with everything he's got. To me it just reads like he's unraveling a little bit from the confident, eager, clean-cut attitude he started out with, which would make sense considering. By the end he seems way more relaxed and together.
Rewatching his later fights, I also think he comes off as slightly more unhinged because Steve Rogers specifically had that 40's gentleman soldier exterior, and testosterone bomb special forces dudes just aren't bred like that anymore, so seeing a 'modern' guy without those inhibitions grunting and roaring and letting loose while he's fighting tooth and nail wearing that suit causes some extra dissonance even if he's perfectly in control.
...Aaaand rewatching his earlier fights, I'm just getting more and more annoyed. He's so awesome on the buses, and Sam and Bucky are making these dumb faces like they're being forced to sit next to the unpopular kid in class. It's ridiculous. These are supposed to be grown men and trained and experienced soldiers themselves, right?
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on May 2, 2021 19:01:48 GMT
I did find it a nice touch when asked if he's ever jumped on a grenade before (like Steve) it turns out that, yes he has done it before! Four times! He has this special lining in his helmet, and...
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on May 2, 2021 19:07:26 GMT
Between Zemo and John Walker/US Agent compared to Scarlett Witch, I think I’m definitely going to be Team Dark Avengers over Avengers when that eventually happens.
Especially if some other characters people theorize return and join the roster, like I love the idea of Vulture returning as a member.
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Post by Iakus on May 2, 2021 19:54:35 GMT
I did find it a nice touch when asked if he's ever jumped on a grenade before (like Steve) it turns out that, yes he has done it before! Four times! He has this special lining in his helmet, and... More and more I'm thinking I'd rather watch a USAgent series than a second season of Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
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Post by Noxluxe on May 2, 2021 20:23:42 GMT
More and more I'm thinking I'd rather watch a USAgent series than a second season of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I don't know, the way Falcon and the Winter Soldier is written, John Walker ending up being such a great character with such a strong arc seems almost accidental more than anything. I'd be wary of the same writers trying to make an even bigger deal of what they clearly thought he was all about and just ruining him. But yeah, if they announced the US Agent series and kept the pseudopolitical fuckery to a minimum then that could be awesome. Him teaming up with Zemo would be worth watching too. And if Marvel ended up remembering that they once wrote stories for adults, maybe we could even have Jon Bernthal back as The Punisher. How badass would that crossover not be?
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Post by Iakus on May 2, 2021 21:18:20 GMT
More and more I'm thinking I'd rather watch a USAgent series than a second season of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I don't know, the way Falcon and the Winter Soldier is written, John Walker ending up being such a great character with such a strong arc seems almost accidental more than anything. I'd be wary of the same writers trying to make an even bigger deal of what they clearly thought he was all about and just ruining him. But yeah, if they announced the US Agent series and kept the pseudopolitical fuckery to a minimum then that could be awesome. Him teaming up with Zemo would be worth watching too. And if Marvel ended up remembering that they once wrote stories for adults, maybe we could even have Jon Bernthal back as The Punisher. How badass would that crossover not be? Well, rumor has it Punisher, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Kingpin are all planned to return to the MCU, with the same actos.
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on May 3, 2021 23:59:25 GMT
Nice to see actual footage from The Eternals, finally, and I'm pleased that Kamala and Monica will apparently be joining Carol on the big screen!
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Post by Noxluxe on May 5, 2021 21:25:44 GMT
It looks vaguely fun? Haven't been able to get excited for a Loki TV show since it was first announced. Marvel's writing has pretty much been shit since Infinity War, and after Wandavision I just don't see it being able to bear another weird-ass concept out.
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Post by Iakus on May 5, 2021 23:33:07 GMT
It looks vaguely fun? Haven't been able to get excited for a Loki TV show since it was first announced. Marvel's writing has pretty much been shit since Infinity War, and after Wandavision I just don't see it being able to bear another weird-ass concept out. From what I understand it will be loosely based on his Agent of Asgard storyline in the comics.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on May 6, 2021 1:40:51 GMT
After Loki what show are they doing? I have no interest in this, even less than WandaVision since I actually liked Wanda (until that show) while never liked Loki.
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Post by Andraste_Reborn on May 6, 2021 2:40:23 GMT
After Loki what show are they doing? I have no interest in this, even less than WandaVision since I actually liked Wanda (until that show) while never liked Loki. We're getting the animated What If ...? next, plus Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye some time later this year. Then Moon Knight and She-Hulk in 2022. Secret Invasion, Ironheart, Armor Wars and I Am Groot are all planned but there aren't even vague release dates for those yet.
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Post by Iakus on May 6, 2021 3:36:28 GMT
After Loki what show are they doing? I have no interest in this, even less than WandaVision since I actually liked Wanda (until that show) while never liked Loki. We're getting the animated What If ...? next, plus Ms. Marvel and Hawkeye some time later this year. Then Moon Knight and She-Hulk in 2022. Secret Invasion, Ironheart, Armor Wars and I Am Groot are all planned but there aren't even vague release dates for those yet. Also Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday special in December 2022 Also some sort of Wakanda-based series Echo series as well (she will be introduced in Hawkeye) Secret Invasion is also supposed to be Nick Fury-centric, as an fyi.
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