It's also weird how heavily they rely on the guy shooting beams out of his eyes in the trailers, Cyclops did that for many X-Men movies so it's not like some unique new power previously unexplored in these movies.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
I mean I've got a ticket for next Thursday night, I'll see what happens. If it's a botch, it's a botch.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 October 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
Captain Marvel got mediocre reviews and was... fine, really
Not sure about the cast in this - Gemma Chan, Jon Snow and The Bodyguard all together is kind of a potential charisma-free zone.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 29 October 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
Hard to believe this isn’t a critical darling.
Who cares about the Rotten Tomatoes score I came here for Angelina Jolie being badass #Eternals pic.twitter.com/6zfJVveN3Q— Marvel HD+ (@MarvelHDgifs) October 28, 2021
― papal hotwife (milo z), Saturday, 30 October 2021 23:43 (two years ago) link
Pains me to say as a booster for the director but it just looks bad? Self important, snarky, uninteresting casting, hokey design, not much interest or connection with Kirby at all.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:26 (two years ago) link
For all the mucking about Snyder’s already done, I still think there’s a fun fourth world pic to be made but the eternals, sans FF connection, is a concept in search of a purpose
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
And I suddenly realize I have been confusing the eternals and the inhumans. Why do the eternals? They are a retread of a retread of a retread!
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 31 October 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link
Yeah me too. I’ve been reading Marvel all my life, and I’m not entirely sure who the Eternals are.
― juristic person (morrisp), Sunday, 31 October 2021 01:15 (two years ago) link
Inhumans TV show was a flop IIRC, might as well try some different IP.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 31 October 2021 01:16 (two years ago) link
Inhumans show was scandalously bad
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 31 October 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
never saw it. but those characters have preordained space and relationships within the marvel universe as ordained by saint kirby
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
Our relatively brief thread vivisection
MARVEL TV HAIRVERSE ASSEMBLE: Inhumans
The key piece linked was this
https://gizmodo.com/everything-that-happened-in-inhumans-for-those-of-you-1820404960
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
Thanking U, Ned, that is some time saved.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 31 October 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
uh
Karnak happens upon a weed farm and gets into a quick and extremely clunky romance with one of the weed farmers, after which said weed farmer’s partner betrays her, siccing some of their buyers on her for reasons that are barely even contemplated, let alone explained to the audience. Gorgon reunites with Karnak after leaving his bros behind, they beat up the drug dealers, and Karnak’s new lover also leaves so the two can go join the rest of their family.
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 31 October 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
Such art
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 31 October 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
Just read a mostly positive but still, in the end, negative review of "Eternals" that basically boiled down to "it would have made a great TV show."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 November 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZFQFf_Vb0Hw/hqdefault.jpg
So cool they got Carson into the MCU.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 3 November 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
Black Bolt killing his parents was amazingly funny
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Thursday, 4 November 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
I went into that clip thinking "they're hyping this, it can't actually be that funny" but readers, I was wrong
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Thursday, 4 November 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
I love the 60s-70s comics Black Bolt so much and my god the Black Bolt on the show was just nothing, the deadest of fish
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 4 November 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
so did anyone see the Eternals yet or not?
― akm, Saturday, 6 November 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
I did. it's...aight. v much an exposition flick, not much more
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 November 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
do the effects look better on the big screen than they did in the released clips or should I just wait for this to hit streaming
― akm, Saturday, 6 November 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
Marvel: Expositions 'n' Explosions!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 6 November 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
xpost just watcch it streaming
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 November 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
thanks! that saves me probably $100 since going a movie here means taking the whole family, nothing worse than shelling out that much cash and having it be mediocre
― akm, Saturday, 6 November 2021 22:04 (two years ago) link
It's also like 2 hrs 40 mins.
We got there at 940, left at 12:30 am
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 6 November 2021 22:22 (two years ago) link
How many stingers were there?
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Sunday, 7 November 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
2. One mid one post
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 November 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
please spoil them
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 7 November 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
I heard there were ... three?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:10 (two years ago) link
There are two
I really enjoyed this but I also like all of the Marvel movies so grain of salt
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:17 (two years ago) link
Starfox (Eros) shows up in the first. Sersei's boyfriend inherits the Ebony Blade from his ancestors. The voice of Blade (Mashershala Ali) asks him if he's ready for that
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link
Angelina Jolie is extremely bad-ass in a relatively minor supporting role and Brian Tyree Henry ruled
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:21 (two years ago) link
I told the friend next to me that Tyree Henry was outacting everyone on screen. Which isn't to say everyone else is bad but he's always my favorite in every movie or tv show ep he appears in (esp ATL)
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Sunday, 7 November 2021 03:25 (two years ago) link
lol did you see Godzilla vs Kong? Then again, it's quite possible he was the best thing about that movie, too, I can't remember.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 November 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
they're linking blade to the eternals? uhhhhh that sounds like a marriage of convenience rather than considered continuity
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 7 November 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
blade and black knight have continuity by both being british (and thus part of MI-13 in the comics)
― gospodin simmel, Sunday, 7 November 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXhKzY0BKwY
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 7 November 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
The reports I've heard back from friends and their kids have been remarkably consistent. "Fine" and "boring" are the two most common takeaways. Most say it'll be ok on TV, one claims it wouldn't have even made a good TV series. All suggest it's pretty inconsequential, and one suspects it was Disney hedging their bets with another superpower team before they acquired Fox/X-Men, which made it moot. Given how over-stuffed the upcoming films seem, The Eternals (and Black Widow) seem even more like like Covid-era stopgaps, which I suspect Disney has leaned into. Those other upcoming movies keep getting delayed and moved around, not just because of Covid and injury but I suspect because of re-writes and re-shoots to shoehorn in a bunch of stuff to make up for lost time.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 November 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
See the movie fans are calling "Fine", "boring", and "better than spending time with my kids but only slightly"
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 November 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
I'm assuming Mahersalah is not voicing Blade as British.
― chap, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 13:47 (two years ago) link
My friend said he says so little, off-screen, it's hard to discern an accent, if one is there. His theory is that he's offscreen because they're going to introduce his OG outfit:
https://www.denofgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/blade_evolution_debut.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
There's going to be a big twist at the end of this MCU cycle where they reveal there actually are no humans on earth, just superheroes, supervillains, gods and monsters. And then they'll shift to an entirely new Earth and introduce the Fantastic Four and start over.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 14:03 (two years ago) link
Well, that happened.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 11 November 2021 20:25 (two years ago) link
I have mixed feelings.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 11 November 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
Anyone else see the news story that Letitia Wright, whose current injury has delayed Black Panther 2, may have some trouble getting back to the States under current guidelines if she continues to refuse the vaccine?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/hollywood-studio-projects-get-stricter-about-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-1235045153/
Logistical challenges await for studios that are working with stars who haven’t gotten the shot. Disney’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star Letitia Wright — who portrays the lead Shuri, the sister of Black Panther T’Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman) — is not vaccinated, sources say. After sustaining an on-set injury in August, the Guyanese-born British actress went home to London.Now, a return to the U.S. for a possible shoot in Atlanta, where Wakanda Forever is based, could be an issue. On Nov. 8, the CDC implemented rules that require all non-immigrant, non-citizen air travelers to the U.S. be fully vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination status before boarding a plane. Wright is not a U.S. citizen. Disney declined to comment.
Now, a return to the U.S. for a possible shoot in Atlanta, where Wakanda Forever is based, could be an issue. On Nov. 8, the CDC implemented rules that require all non-immigrant, non-citizen air travelers to the U.S. be fully vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination status before boarding a plane. Wright is not a U.S. citizen. Disney declined to comment.
They should honestly just consider replacing her (and likely are considering it, should it come to that). If they can film a sequel to Black Panther after the death of the titular character's iconic portrayer, if Disney can fire Gina Carano for being an asshat, if filming has been delayed several months already, they can probably pretty easily go forward with someone else. As someone else pointed out, people love the character.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 November 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Will add to the chorus of voices saying Eternals was... fine. I thought it has some great visuals and production (esp the costumes!) and the cast was good. Watchable, but it really felt kinda like unnecessary filler in the end, like Captain Marvel. (I found Shang-Chi and Black Widow to be much better standalone stories.) Even if the Celestials become a Big Thing in Marvel Phase 5, this is one you can safely wait until it's on streaming in three months.
(Iron Man 2 still safely the worst film in the MCU.)
― Nhex, Friday, 12 November 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
so now Kit Harrington has been on a tv show with a Cersei, and in a movie with a Sersi
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Friday, 12 November 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link