More like two, since I wouldn't consider a Black Widow spin-off a "new property".
But lots of chances to introduce new characters and significant twists to the MCU (female Thor, Ms Marvel, to name just a few), so I don't think it's all that bleak.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 May 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
xpfyi, you're in the MCU thread
― rob, Monday, 3 May 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
broadly, every movie since The Incredible Hulk has been a sequel
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Monday, 3 May 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
also—do correct me if I'm wrong here, I'm no expert—but aren't the "new characters and significant twists" all taken from pre-existing comics storylines?
― rob, Monday, 3 May 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
As far as what's been (un)officially announced, yes.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 3 May 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
Is the new Loki series based on a comic?
― rob, Monday, 3 May 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
There have been Loki comics but the plotline of the show looks like its own thing, built around his new status in the MCU.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Monday, 3 May 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
phew, almost forgot to vote
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 3 May 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
I just watched episode 3 of F&WS, and what I found distracting to the point of ruining my enjoyment was the fact that Madripoor is supposed to be "In the Indonesian islands", yet every character was wearing like knee length trenchcoats and black leather onesies the whole time.
― chap, Saturday, 8 May 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
One was wearing a fur coat! In Indonesia!
― chap, Saturday, 8 May 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
I mean if we're talking about wearing something 'cool-looking' in a climate not suited for it, that ship sailed a loooong time ago:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ncd4b5d_cM0/maxresdefault.jpg
But Roz's statements upthread (or was it Twitter?) about the whole choppiness of the Madripoor depiction are worth noting.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 May 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
for the non-Marvel Zombies among you, Madripoor in the comics dates back to Claremont's mutant runs (most heavily in Wolverine's first solo book in the 90's) and was basically a blend of Caniff's "yellow peril" piers of Asian iniquity, Casablanca, Jabba's Palace and Blade Runner's LA. They probably shouldn't have gone to the well for this as source material in the first place as it is impossibly outdated and inherently problematic.
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 8 May 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
That video did the trick of getting me hyped to see these in the theater.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch)
man if they've convinced Old Lunch to finally get excited for a Marvel movie...
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 8 May 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
I am amused that thanks to Coronavirus, Phase 4 will feature a few years with 4 films, much as the previous phases had 1-, 2- and 3-film years.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 8 May 2021 22:12 (two years ago) link
xpost The key part of my comment was the 'in the theater' bit, ya wiseacre.
― Slime Goobody (Old Lunch), Sunday, 9 May 2021 03:08 (two years ago) link
I didn’t know you’ve been waiting for TV until now!
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 9 May 2021 04:50 (two years ago) link
Oh my gawwwwd, it's like talking to Drax (a character featured in such films as Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2).
― Slime Goobody (Old Lunch), Sunday, 9 May 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
Can I axe you people something? Why is Spider-man even called Spider-man? I get that he was bit by a radioactive spider, but his only powers or features that have anything to do with spiders (the web shooters) also have nothing to do with being bit, they're just tech devices that anyone could use. But his other powers - like sticking to walls, his so-called "spider-sense" (aka a heightened nervous response, agility, strength, etc. - are not unique to spiders. Whereas some of the things that *are* unique to spiders, like eight legs, or sucking the life out of prey, or poison or whatever, are *not* powers he has. I mean, Ant-man can shrink to the size of an ant and talk to ants, the Falcon has wings, Dr. Oc has multiple arms, Rhino dresses like a rhino, and so on, they're all pretty literal minded. But Spider-man? It's a pretty confusing moniker. They should probably change it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 May 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
Josh.
― Nhex, Monday, 10 May 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
why isn't Ant-Man called Gecko-Man at moments when he has only shrunk to the size of a gecko
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 10 May 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
Maybe he's just been different sizes of geckos all along. Also, he can't stick to things like geckos.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 May 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
But, like, if Ant-Man developed tech that let him stick to things, then sure, he could be Gecko-Man.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Gordon_Gekko.jpg/220px-Gordon_Gekko.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 May 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
― Nhex, Monday, May 10, 2021 2:47 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
I lolled.
He's Spider-Man because his spider-centric powers were triggered by a bite from a radioactive spider. For a more detailed explanation, consult the works of J. Michael Straczynski but don't say that you weren't warned. Once you come across the term 'spider totem' you might not be able to crawl back out of the rabbit hole.
― Slime Goobody (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 May 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
But he doesn't really have any spider-centric powers! He has kind of generic bug/insect powers, but the only really spider-y thing about him is the web slingers, and those did not come from the spider bite.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 May 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
Has there ever been a Spider-man that wrapped baddies up in webs and then drained the life out of them with their fangs? There should be.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 May 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
I think some of the movies actually had him generating webs from his body, from (I guess) glands on his wrists.
― DJI, Monday, 10 May 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
I mean, when you think about it, how "incredible" really is the Hulk after all? Wouldn't you say he's more "grotesque", in the "comically distorted" meaning?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 May 2021 20:45 (two years ago) link
Man-Spider is the guy you're looking for Josh
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/8/8f/Man-Spider.png
― Number None, Monday, 10 May 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
lol imagine if Man-Spider was a hero (assuming it wasn't)
xpost The Incredulous Hulk.
xxpost That does ring a bell, maybe in the Raimi movies?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 May 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
iron man is never seen pressing a shirt, wtf is goin on
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 May 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
The Raimi movies did make that valuable correction, yes (and also had an alarmed teenage Spidey learning about his body changing by uncontrollably jizzing white ropes of webbing all over his bedroom)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 10 May 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
The Thing is rarely seen as loving, and is far more frequently dour or violent
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 10 May 2021 20:57 (two years ago) link
Josh, look up "Spiders-Man"
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Monday, 10 May 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
is this now a w33d thread
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 May 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
w33d man & wasp
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Monday, 10 May 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
Stephen Strange continuing to refer to himself as a doctor is, at best, misleading
― Slime Goobody (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 May 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
black panther does not hunt prey nocturnally nor does he sleep in a tree wtf
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 May 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
Captain America reports to Major America
― rob, Monday, 10 May 2021 21:37 (two years ago) link
The Wasp is, in fact, Catholic
― rob, Monday, 10 May 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
Why is the Vision not just called the Five Senses, what, is his tongue broken
― Slime Goobody (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 May 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
Vizzie Gillespie
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 10 May 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
xpost are you (someone up there) suggesting that Dr Strange hasn't renewed his medical license, and should therefore be stripped of his title? I mean, he's a trained doctor! If someone asked for a doctor on a flight should he stay silent?!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 May 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link
Holy shit, Spiders-Man is incredible. If you think about it, that's kind of an instance of spiders being given the powers (shape?) of a *man*, the reverse Spider-Man.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 May 2021 22:35 (two years ago) link
Stephen is very proud of his Masters degree in the mystic arts iirc
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 10 May 2021 22:40 (two years ago) link
I thought Spiders-Man would be how Gruber says Spidermans.
― DJI, Monday, 10 May 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
His doctorate, surely. His dissertation was "Does Dormammu Shave? Grooming as an Indicator of Malevolence Among Demigod-Level Entities."
xp
― In my house are many Manchins (WmC), Monday, 10 May 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
why does he use the title Master of the Mystic Arts then? category fraud. tell the HFPA that we're cancelling next year's Agamotton Orbs ceremony.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 10 May 2021 23:27 (two years ago) link
yeah sorry wmc u walked into that one. says master of arts right there on the tin.
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Monday, 10 May 2021 23:53 (two years ago) link
So he spent all that time at medical school, but he stopped magic school when he got his masters? No doctorate in mystic arts?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 May 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
does a panther shit in the woods tho
https://i.imgur.com/3r8TMtp.jpg
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link