you're not saying anything i disagree with
― Yours in Sorrow, A Schoolboy: (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 22 July 2021 23:56 (two years ago) link
I felt like the exposition went on a bit long and I also felt like he was hamming it up and got a bit tired of it, but I did get the feeling that what he was saying was not bullshit, which was possibly why they had it go on so long, so the viewer wasn't left questioning whether he was lying or not.
― akm, Friday, 23 July 2021 02:07 (two years ago) link
that’s fair
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 23 July 2021 07:30 (two years ago) link
I think the show did a good job revealing Loki at his most humbled. Is it in the first episode where he recognizes he might be dealing with the greatest power he's ever known? The Sylvie Loki, on the other hand, is not humbled by the circumstances at all, through time and temperament, which is an early (if still obvious) sign that they are not at all the same. So it makes sense (to me) that Loki would just sit and listen, out of curiosity and awe, to what this lunatic is talking about, and ultimately believe him. And of course Sylvie was never going to chill, no matter what Kang said. That's why I was fine with an episode of mostly exposition; our Loki has been us, the viewer, for much of the show, and he wants to know what's going on, too. And as far as exposition dumps go this was a better ending imo than WandaVision (also lots of villain monologuing) and Falcon (don't even remember the villain). Loki's got an audience with God, more or less, so he's all ears.
I do think the show should have done a better job developing Sylvie, but talky or no by the end I really had no idea what either Loki would decided to do. And given how important Kang will apparently be going forward I think they (the show) really needed to explain him to the layman.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 July 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
Our said told us that his camp counselor had a "strange conversation" with the kids (we were like - uh oh)... it turned out he had detailed some theory where if you watch these recent three Marvel series simultaneously, key moments onscreen will "sync up" with each other (we were relieved - oh, he's just a super nerd).
― Low FODMAP* Snack Ideas (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
(*Our son told us...)
― Low FODMAP* Snack Ideas (morrisp), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
Pink Floyd tech still relevant
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
who would even do this
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
Loki wasn’t an anti-TVA ideologue, having doubts about the wisdom of destroying it all isn’t out of character.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
There's these scenes in the Wandavision & Loki finales that sync up apparently (SPOILERS obvs if you've not seen them):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub3jCFh5W2Y
― groovypanda, Thursday, 29 July 2021 07:12 (two years ago) link
Not buying it at all. You could a random 30 seconds of Cheers and match it up that well with Loki.
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:22 (two years ago) link
could *take*
Yeah but the point is it's not random - those two scenes above align if you start both finales at the same time
― groovypanda, Thursday, 29 July 2021 12:10 (two years ago) link
Loki director:
It was definitely coincidental on our side. We were in post basically when WandaVision went on television, so I think it is probably coincidental. I wouldn't want to shut down any theories though, it's kind of fun.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 July 2021 12:28 (two years ago) link
In other words, she finally confirmed Mephisto!
C'mon people:
https://heroichollywood.com/kate-herron-responds-loki-wandavision-theory/
The fan theory has blown up over the last week, with fans speculating how this direct comparison between the two shows ties into the larger plans for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In an interview with SUPES, Loki director Kate Herron was asked her thoughts on the theory and if there was some validity to it. However, like most theories, Herron confirmed that it was merely coincidental.“Interesting. It was definitely coincidental on our side. We were in post [production] basically when WandaVision went on television, so I think it is probably coincidental. I wouldn’t want to shut down any theories though, it’s kind of fun.”
“Interesting. It was definitely coincidental on our side. We were in post [production] basically when WandaVision went on television, so I think it is probably coincidental. I wouldn’t want to shut down any theories though, it’s kind of fun.”
― Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Rob Thomas (PBKR), Thursday, 29 July 2021 12:31 (two years ago) link
damn, xp to Josh
amusing spin on the "all Marvel stuff ends the same" critique
― rob, Thursday, 29 July 2021 12:47 (two years ago) link
Scarlett Johansson, star of the latest Marvel movie “Black Widow,” filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Disney, alleging her contract was breached when the media giant released the film on its Disney+ streaming service at the same time as its theatrical debut.Ms. Johansson said in the suit that her agreement with Disney’s Marvel Entertainment guaranteed an exclusive theatrical release, and her salary was based in large part on the box-office performance of the film.“Disney intentionally induced Marvel’s breach of the agreement, without justification, in order to prevent Ms. Johansson from realizing the full benefit of her bargain with Marvel,” the suit said.Disney couldn’t be reached immediately for comment.
Ms. Johansson said in the suit that her agreement with Disney’s Marvel Entertainment guaranteed an exclusive theatrical release, and her salary was based in large part on the box-office performance of the film.
“Disney intentionally induced Marvel’s breach of the agreement, without justification, in order to prevent Ms. Johansson from realizing the full benefit of her bargain with Marvel,” the suit said.
Disney couldn’t be reached immediately for comment.
Meanwhile, if "Black Widow" proved a box office disappointment, I can only imagine what's in store for "Shang-Chi" in a month or so.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
I don’t think Black Widow was a disappointment when you factor in the D+ money. She just doesn’t get a cut of the streaming revenue.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
Comparing any movie's box office to "normal" right now is pointless and stupid. That said, good for her.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 July 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
gal gadot and patti jenkins both got $10m in lieu of their cut of the box office when ww1984 went to hbo max, good for scarjo for going after her money imo
― you are like a scampicane, there's calm in your fries (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 29 July 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
lmao stop supporting these ghouls
Disney gives a "no merit whatsoever" response to Johansson's pay lawsuit and calls it "sad and distressing in its callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global effects of the COVID-19 pandemic."— Brooks Barnes (@brooksbarnesNYT) July 29, 2021
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 29 July 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
jesus, get your money ScarJo
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 July 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
oh shit they're trying to guilt trip her out of money?!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 July 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
lmao at the mouse taking the high road
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 July 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
yeah, that's... quite the statement, lol
it's cool that she apparently has an email from Disney's chief counsel saying - “We understand that should the plan change, we would need to discuss this with you and come to an understanding as the deal is based on a series of (very large) box office bonuses.”
― Low FODMAP* Snack Ideas (morrisp), Thursday, 29 July 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
Not paying royalties due to authors they don’t care about makes a certain evil kind of sense but fucking with their headline stars is an incredible move. “We own it all what the fuck you gonna do?”
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Friday, 30 July 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
But Covid.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 July 2021 01:06 (two years ago) link
when someone says you breached a contract and you start talking about global pandemics you 100% breached that contract https://t.co/eXhc1Jz6OF— Law Boy, Esq. (@The_Law_Boy) July 29, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 July 2021 02:52 (two years ago) link
More shocked they didn't pay her off ahead of time (ala the Warner / HBOMax / WW84 deal mentioned). Disney clearly in the wrong here, but they've got the legal team to keep it in the courts forever.
― Nhex, Friday, 30 July 2021 03:41 (two years ago) link
One thing regarding Loki and the MCU multiverse that I was wondering about the other day:
In Infinity War, Doc Strange scanned millions of futures to see the one way to win.This set off a series of events which inadvertantly caused Loki to get his hands on the Space Stone/Tesseract in the past.Which led to the events in Loki's own show.Which led to the aforementioned millions of futures actually being able to exist.
My head hurts.
― Valentijn, Friday, 30 July 2021 09:43 (two years ago) link
it’d be funnier if each future he saw had TVD fixing things so that the Avengers win each time.
"I went forward in time, to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.""How many did you see?""14,000,605.""How many did we win?""Every single one of them.”
― scanner darkly, Friday, 30 July 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
Finally saw "Black Widow." Count me among those that think this was actually one of the better Marvel movies. Certainly one of the most violent, that's for sure. At times it creeped into black comedy body horror territory.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 31 July 2021 20:53 (two years ago) link
that's a cool way to die
― Nhex, Saturday, 31 July 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
I’m now imagining Strange being like “we win in all of them but Tony is SUCH a dick…”
― Karl Havoc (DJP), Saturday, 31 July 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
BTW, to be even more team ScarJo, this movie really did feel to me like, if not for the pandemic and all attendant bullshit, it could have been a much bigger deal at the box office.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 31 July 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
Want to read J. Hoberman’s recent writeup about Stan Lee bios.
― Two Severins Clash (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 31 July 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
I enjoyed the first episode of "What If ...?" Kind of like watching a Marvel movie at twice the speed.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 August 2021 02:13 (two years ago) link
BTW, occurred to me mid episode that this would be an easy way to "introduce" the X-Men or Fantastic Four, if they wanted to.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 August 2021 02:15 (two years ago) link
I liked What If! The animation style was weird and off-putting for five minutes and then I got used to it and liked it. I think it works better for someone like my kid who's memorized every beat of every movie. But I felt it had more of the spirit of the comic than I'd expected.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 13 August 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
i really loved it!(bc I have memorized every beat of the first Cap movie lol)
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 August 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
I liked it a lot, and I appreciated that the creative team really seemed to relish animating someone beating the living shit out of Nazis.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 14 August 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
Thought last week's episode was ok but this week's was brilliant.
Loved all the "good" Thanos scenes
― groovypanda, Thursday, 19 August 2021 07:08 (two years ago) link
is there a list of the full series in terms of episodes or is there intentionally not. Only seeing the first 2 episodes plot outlined so far.Would be good to know what is coming and how long the series is.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 19 August 2021 08:58 (two years ago) link
Nine episodes I think (and the same for season two)
― groovypanda, Thursday, 19 August 2021 09:08 (two years ago) link
loved everything about the second episode. RIP Boseman fuck
― g simmel, Thursday, 19 August 2021 10:14 (two years ago) link
something about this just seems...off
"When you love something, you protect it." Watch the brand-new trailer for Marvel Studios' #Eternals. Arriving in theaters November 5. pic.twitter.com/ClywAG421i— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) August 19, 2021
― Number None, Thursday, 19 August 2021 10:32 (two years ago) link
haven't seen the trailer because of spoilers and because I seem to dislike all of them. but usually they are all same-ish? how are the eternals off?
― g simmel, Thursday, 19 August 2021 11:30 (two years ago) link
Wait, Jon Snow's in this too? I thought it was just the other beardy one
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 19 August 2021 12:40 (two years ago) link