MCU Thread (Spoilers inside)

Jaw said:
Yeah, that was more of an observation than a complaint, the scope of this whole thing is incredible. I can't think of anything else like it. I know Brandon Sanderson has a spreadsheet and an assistant responsible for keeping all the lore of the Cosmere straight. I can't imagine how the people in charge of MCU do it.
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I mean they have a huge reference in the comics. It's bound to get away from them multiple times. Keeping canon straight is always tough.

I do hope we get some more insular films soon. It looks like Thor Love and Thunder will have a healthy amount of bloat to it. But I'm here for it. I like the first teases of Gorr and the seriousness of that flexed with the humor and visuals that Taika is killing it with. Trailer slaps.

But I hope movies like Black Panther Wakanda forever and Guardians 3 set some stuff up, but also stay tight. Rumor is Guardians 3 is the end of this crew as Gunn indicated he's done as has Dave Bautista, Chris Pratt, etc.

What will be interesting is the inevitable reset that has to be coming soon. Like with X-Men and Fantastic 4 being involved now, and if they can play nice with Sony for Spiderman, Marvel could just reboot the whole MCU.
 
zitothebrave said:
Just got back from Doctor Strange. It's a quality film overall, hardly perfect but it's got a good number of references and callbacks. I think my favorite was Captain Carter, everyone lost their **** when John Krasinski showed up as Reed Richards, and Patrick Stewart as professor X.
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Watched it 2 weeks ago. Thought Krasinski as a Reed Richards was way out of place. He just doesn't fit that character, imo. Also seems weird that she can render Black Bolt and Reed Richards useless so easily, but has such a problem with Captain Carter.

Also, while I know it's a movie, why did they try using magic cannons to defeat her.... Does magic protect her a regular bullet to head? I kinda feel like it doesn't.
 
Jaw said:
It's expanding faster than I can keep up. We've probably seen 10 of the movies and none of the shows. It leaves some big gaps, like Wanda's kids.
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So far, the only shows that have really moved the big picture of the MCU plots along is WandaVision and Loki. Yes, the other shows introduced other new characters, but none of them seem likely to be large parts of the MCU going forward. Maybe Kingpin, but he seems like he'll be a recurring TV Series villain, rather than part of the bigger MCU.

The Loki series was pretty huge for the future of the MCU though. A lot will be built off of that.
 
Need to hunt down trailers but we have a switch to Phase 5 mid stream. Phase 4 seems to be ending with BP:WF and 5 starts with Ant-Man and Wasp.

Phase 5 will have Guardians 3, Blade, Captain America 4, Marvels, and supposedly closes outy with Thunderbotls. There's some questions about the Marvels.

Lots of TV shows, but I'm mainly here for Daredevil: Born Again.
 
Black Panther Wakanda Forever just proves that Ryan Coogler knows how to make a quality blockbuster.

This was a bit long for my liking. But he did a great job of crafting Shuri into being the character they needed her to be without too many leaps.

Some of the things I like.

First off I love when Marvel movies don't have the entire fate of the world at the balance. One could argue that if Wakanda didn't win then the world would have been in trouble. Though of course if the world gets too much in trouble, you have Thor, Hulk, etc. all who could come to the aid.

Secondly, the film does a great job of continuing to develop it's characters. I do miss Daniel Kaluya, but I get why he's not there.

Third, damn it was a smart choice to have her see Killmonger. It could have been her parents, but it made sense. I didn't think about it but yeah it made sense. And it was great. Michael B. Jordan of course killed it.

Lastly, Coogler killing off characters though. Lots of love with that.
 
The most recent secret wars story in the comics was started by doom so I'm guessing they are adapting that story

I feel like fiege and co backed the truck up for rdj
 
thewupk said:
The most recent secret wars story in the comics was started by doom so I'm guessing they are adapting that story

I feel like fiege and co backed the truck up for rdj
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They already have. Honestly they put a ton of money into the whole F4 crew. They're all stars. Pascal. Kirby, Quinn and Moss-Bachrach are all big.

I hope Marvel has learned it's lesson, jsut make huge tentpole films like 2-3 a year. It's a viable option for the return. Just make huge films.
 
Just got back from Deadpool x Wolverine

Honestly it was a fun movie and fitting hopefully finale to deadpool Saga.

I still think especially after seeing Dafne Keen back, that Laura as Wolverine in the MCU is the right call. I'ts gonna be hard as hell to recast Hugh Jackman, bringing a different wolverine is a way to stall that then you can reboot it later.
 
zitothebrave said:
Just got back from Deadpool x Wolverine

Honestly it was a fun movie and fitting hopefully finale to deadpool Saga.

I still think especially after seeing Dafne Keen back, that Laura as Wolverine in the MCU is the right call. I'ts gonna be hard as hell to recast Hugh Jackman, bringing a different wolverine is a way to stall that then you can reboot it later.
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Just got back from Cap America Brave New World, it's a solid film. Harrison ford was really good, Anthony Mackie was really good. I think it did a good job overall. New Characters did well too. I think the only gripe is the absense of a true villain will turn some people off, but it's kind of the point, the movie isn't about the villains, but the heroes. Giving different villains to bounce off Cap, be it a mastermind, a military specialist or a hulk.

My biggest gripe is that it felt like a teaser for future films. Be it X-Men with Adamantium, or Secret Wars in the end credits.
 
zitothebrave said:
Just got back from Cap America Brave New World, it's a solid film. Harrison ford was really good, Anthony Mackie was really good. I think it did a good job overall. New Characters did well too. I think the only gripe is the absense of a true villain will turn some people off, but it's kind of the point, the movie isn't about the villains, but the heroes. Giving different villains to bounce off Cap, be it a mastermind, a military specialist or a hulk.

My biggest gripe is that it felt like a teaser for future films. Be it X-Men with Adamantium, or Secret Wars in the end credits.
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Mackie and Ford were good but the movie was just meh to me. They teased Red Hulk in the trailer and he was only in it at the tail end and not even a main plot point. Would have been much better if that wasn't shown at all. But I understand why they did it. Nobody would have cared about Megamind as the villan. This was Captain America in name but it was really a Hulk sequel...without the Hulk.
 
thewupk said:
Mackie and Ford were good but the movie was just meh to me. They teased Red Hulk in the trailer and he was only in it at the tail end and not even a main plot point. Would have been much better if that wasn't shown at all. But I understand why they did it. Nobody would have cared about Megamind as the villan. This was Captain America in name but it was really a Hulk sequel...without the Hulk.
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I'm fine with less Red Hulk. Red Hulk isn't a villain Cap can handle over a long time. It also meant more screen time for Ford.

I do think there is a movie that exists that Hulk or She Hulk helps deal with Red Hulk. But I'm fine with where it wound up.
 
Only 3 episodes in, damn is Daredevil good. Charlie Cox is perfect Matt Murdoch, but Vincent D'Onofrio is Kingpin, he plays it with such a presence and gravitas that I feel like we took advantage when that show came out. Also I mean we have returning Jon Bernthal as Punisher. Like it is so many great actors actors getting to just dominate the scenes.
 
Finally saw the new Captain America movie and it had two main issues:

1) It is essentially a Hulk sequel that doesn’t earn its emotional climax it gives itself. Ross absolutely did not earn his ending with his actions in the film.

2) The Leader is just not that smart or cunning. It’s like watching the last season of The Boys if they understood intelligent people even less.
 
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