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  1. Heather_Sinclair
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    Marvel Cinematic Universe General Thread

    Dude, I'm not getting all pedantic about the issue. Marvel is one of the productions companies. It's using an MCU character. So, I'm putting it in the mix with all of them, just like Venom, Deadpool, AoS, Defenders, and whoever else is a part of the Marvel universe over the last decade.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Mar 5, 2023 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    I would agree with you if they didn't bring in Vulture as an end credits scene. I claim it as MCU because of that. They allowed it, even though it was stupid as shit and made absolutely no sense. It isn't, because it failed. If it was a hit, they'd be claiming it. They can't take it back, just claim it as AU like AoS, Defenders, etc.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Mar 5, 2023 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    Eternals - Pretty but far too many cringe moments for me Shang-Chi - Pretty, but far too many cringe moments for me Doctor Strange - Promising and neat in a lot of ways, but damn were there some major problems. America Chavez... ugh. Spidey - I liked it about as much as the other Spideys. Wakanda Shur-eva - Shuri didn't have the chops to go solo. Namor and his people worst villains since Darren Cross. Riri... ugh. Black Widow - ... it was... a popcorn movie, and ultimately useless....
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Mar 5, 2023 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  4. Heather_Sinclair
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    Comic Moon Knight beat the living shit out of everyone that crosses him… brutally. I assume that’s what they’re referring too. Lots of violence
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Feb 12, 2022 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    If it was just a few years back, then it's quite possible. I haven't followed the titles since the very beginning of Marvel Knights. I just did a quick look at the Bendis 2018 series. Looks like Marc's brain has taken a vacation into lala land with half a dozen superhero personalities? I'm surprised this was actually a thing. Nope, sorry. Not interested. Hopefully, they don't go down that road. Though I would like to see him hunting Dracula down for the money he owes him. That would be...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Jan 19, 2022 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    In my youth, I was a gigantic Moon Knight fan and followed his two main series, Moon Knight & Fist of Khonshu, before he went off to Marvel Knights. This... is not following any of the storylines of the comics... with the sole exception of Marc Specter having different identities (personalities). I don't know how I feel about that. The regular Marvel cast just had some updated changes to get more with the times and debuff them to more realistic powers... for the most part. This is...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Jan 18, 2022 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    I've got no issue with Hemsworth's likability. He's always had it on the personal side, but not on the movie chops side. It took him three movies to finally find his niche. They took him too seriously in the first two, and the stories weren't really all that great. Still entertaining, just not a good as I know they are capable of doing. And he's not exactly anchor material for the entire phase of movies. He's the muscle, the comedy, and the space-magic angle. Maybe they'll do something else...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Nov 30, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    I read an interview somewhat recently where he said (about his acting career), "If I'm still doing this (Spider-Man) when I'm 30 then something has gone wrong." It had something to do with taking over RDJ's mantle as the anchor of the MCU. So, ha-ha. Honestly, Marvel desperately needs him at the moment, until it has a chance to have someone just as loved as an actor and character. There's really nobody right now, in their current cast, that beats him. So Marvel probably throwing massive...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Nov 30, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  9. Heather_Sinclair
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    I followed about 10-15 titles on average. Then within a year it was up to 30, not counting the mini and maxi-series popping up left and right. Keep in mind the prices double or triple for Annual issues, then you had the special event crosses, and purchasing back issues to complete sets. When I hit the $50 dollar limit a month for current subscriptions alone I said fuck it, I quit. These days it's 3-5 dollars for a single issue. If anything stops me from following the MCU it'll be this,...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Jul 20, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    Earlier I noted that I wondered why they decided to make it the first movie of Phase 4, and that something about it needed to be needed in the future for it to be placed there. Well, I was wrong. Absolutely nothing was included that needs to be for the next phase. It should have been inserted in directly after Civil War. The only thing that makes any note for the future was the post-credit scene which will again have little to nothing to do with Phase 4, but with one of the Disney+ shows....
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Jul 19, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  11. Heather_Sinclair
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    Nah. I'm not one to poke at a company for being successful in business. The only horrible decision I think they've really made over the last decade is putting Kennedy in charge of Star Wars, but that's for a different thread. Kevin Feige is Marvel's golden goose that has yet to disappoint, but there's always a first time for everything. I've been hopeful for Phase 4, but there are a lot of movies listed that I have serious doubts about. I also had doubts about Guardians of the Galaxy when...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, May 26, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    Huh? It seems a pretty straight forward plot. They're eternal. They've lived pretty much through the history of the MCU-Earth's world and nudged it developmentally in certain ways. Now they have to get involved in a big way, because of.... something, likely the upcoming Big Bad of Phase 4 & 5 Kang the Conqueror (as hinted at by the rumor mill media.) Seeing as I never read the Eternals comics, I'm not using much side knowledge a lot of people have going into whichever film they're going...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, May 25, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    Regarding 4: "Feige himself noted that, “The three live-action movies all did pretty poorly, and no one liked the cartoon show with the robot, or the cartoon show without the robot. Frankly, I don’t even know if anyone likes the comics. Our accountants even sent me a memo that said “it is fiscally irresponsible to invest in this property” but we’re going to plug millions of dollars into it anyway because we’re Marvel and I need to know if that genie wish I made for everlasting success was...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, May 4, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    As long as Sony has absolutely nothing to do with the creative development, or casting, then it's a winner.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, May 4, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    I can see them around the boardroom: "Okay, Covid really fucked our pacing up. Someone make me a damn trailer that reminds people what we did. Remind all the naysayers out there that in the end we kicked ass all over the place. Put Stan in there somewhere, make it inspirational, and then give it a big "Marvel Theme Song" ending to show that we're still going to be kicking ass. I want'em ready to jump in their damn cars and race to the theater."
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, May 3, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    Yeah, I remember them saying something about that. I guess technically it was right, but if you wanted a more nuanced take on the MCU then you'd have to follow AoS at bare minimum, and the webisodes if you wanted even more. All the rest wasn't needed for background. I find that all the rest (Jessica Jones, et.al in total) is too much, but nice to fill in the space between movies.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Apr 29, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    There's a media problem here. There's only so much they can stick in a 2-2.5 hour movie, so they relied on all the other mediums to do the more defined work for them, at least when it was all considered canon. So, there was actually a lot of ground work involved. It was just cheaper to do it off the big screen for the most part. The MCU isn't something you can simply watch the movies and hope you get everything. And it wasn't regulating the Avengers so much as enhanced people in general....
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Apr 27, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    At the end of Avengers there was a scene where they were showing different news stations and interviews of people on the street as well as talking heads doing their thing. One of the talking heads was complaining about all the damage the Avengers did and who should be held accountable. That was the first instance. Agents of Shield: There were a few episodes where the same thing happens as well as throw away one or two liners from the agents themselves. Not to mention the fallout from the...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Apr 26, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    In relation to the "not in a vacuum"... If you aren't following all the side stories: web episodes, comics, shows, and whatever other thing they've thrown out there, you never saw the build up to the Accords that started initially at the end of Avengers. It's literally been years in the making. They just named it after their latest debacle. Christine Everheart (the girl Tony boned and tossed aside in the original Iron Man movie) was the one that pushed hard on her TV show, always trying to...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Apr 26, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  20. Heather_Sinclair
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    The only canon now are the movies and the current Disney+ shows. All the rest have been declared non-canon.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Apr 5, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  21. Heather_Sinclair
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    I read it yesterday. One of those Google articles. An interview with Tom Holland. Maybe Screen Rant. I don't remember/
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Feb 13, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  22. Heather_Sinclair
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    This was just recently debunked.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Feb 13, 2021 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  23. Heather_Sinclair
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    Like I said, "arguably". There's points for and against. My point was, I doubt there would be much, if any, outrage for the Morales-direction in the event Tom H. dies. Tom's got a rabid fanbase. I don't think it would go over very well if they simply replaced him in the Homecoming series. I think that's why they voted not to replace Boseman... or did they. I've read conflicting reports. They definitely have said they weren't going the CGI route. That's doesn't leave a lot of options:...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 12, 2020 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  24. Heather_Sinclair
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    That's almost exactly what happened in the comics. The only thing they'd have to do is either have his death off screen or have someone dressed in a spidey suit die in some heroic way. *poof* Introduce Miles' origin movie. Hypothetically, with Tom H. dead, I don't think people would mind at all having him replaced with a new character, who is arguably more popular these days, rather than a new actor.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 12, 2020 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  25. Heather_Sinclair
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    In other news: I willfully admit I was wrong but hopeful when I said Endgame wasn't going strong enough to beat out Avatar as #1. The declining numbers, week after week, told the story. It looked as if it would take another month at the theaters in order to make up the difference, and that probably wasn't going to happen. Well, Endgame is indeed #1 now. I'm glad I was wrong. Avatar is annoying.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Jul 21, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  26. Heather_Sinclair
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    ^ This. Cap took the hammer back in time, along with all the stones, so the past would remain the same. How he got it to Asgard is still in question, but the only thing left to Valkyrie was the title of King... Queen... whatever.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Jul 21, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  27. Heather_Sinclair
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    Since when? Did something get retconned?
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Jul 21, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  28. Heather_Sinclair
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    For the last six months, on the MCU wiki, Angelina Jolie has been listed as playing Sersi, and when I checked a few minutes ago, she's suddenly not listed anymore. Guess that fell through. Not that I'd be up for her in the role, but: 1. She's too old for the role. 2. The way she looks today, she'd play a better Mr. Bones in the DCEU.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Jul 21, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  29. Heather_Sinclair
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    In the comics, Fury whispers something to Thor and "suddenly" Thor becomes unworthy to wield the hammer. Then a little later some blonde chick picks it up and becomes THOR!!!!!1! Yes, she becomes Thor. Thor is no longer Thor. Thor becomes The Odinson!!!!!1! While it's even later revealed Jane is THOR!!!!!! And Jane has cancer. The thing that is keeping her going is being THOR!!!! Pointing out that Thor is Thor's first name and not a title is sexist, so don't do that. Pointing out that...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Jul 21, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  30. Heather_Sinclair
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    People have been saying "Marvel Fatigue" literally for years, but still they keep going, still breaking records, still etc. If there is a choice between Marvel blockbuster or "Oscar" movie, or random Horror movie, or yet another RomCom with the same tired plots, or random SJW movie, I'll still pick Marvel every time. I go to get entertained and Marvel hasn't failed me yet.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, May 6, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  31. Heather_Sinclair
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    Totally makes sense. After spending 3 hours watching the movie, your bladder is already on the verge of exploding. No need to torture the audience.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Apr 24, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  32. Heather_Sinclair
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    ... are you saying that it's because he's black and I'm racist... that I can't tell them apart? ;) You're right though. It was Falcon I was thinking of.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Mar 15, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    I'm wondering why Don Cheadle is on the poster at all. He was snapped. Everyone else survived IW.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Mar 14, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  34. Heather_Sinclair
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    Fantasy. Utter fantasy. That Holy Grail does not exist.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Mar 9, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  35. Heather_Sinclair
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    Well presales beat out Wonder Woman, and opening day sales are trending to 130-150 million for the weekend. That makes it # 2 only to Black Panther at 201 million, which in turn is projected to be #7 in MCU for ticket sales overall. I don't know how accurate they can be for final numbers. A lot of that money will have to be people going back for another viewing. With the middling reviews I seen and heard (word of mouth) I don't know if that'll happen.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Mar 9, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    Regarding the Rotten Tomatoes stuff: I read an industry article a couple of weeks back talking about this. They said projections indicated that CM was expected to make money and audience attendance on par with Black Panther, at first. As with BP, dorks came out and rated it down on Rotten Tomatoes in protest for one reason or another. So, numbers dropped a little. Then Brie Larson started doing talk shows touting CM as a feminist movie, etc.. The numbers tanked on par with some of the...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Mar 6, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  37. Heather_Sinclair
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    Regarding Disney's buyout of X-Men: Okay... I can kinda see this. [IMG]
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Feb 12, 2019 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    "Most powerful superhero" was the quote, not "character." Thanos, with the Stones, is much more powerful. We could nitpick all day about power categories and versus arguments, but it comes down to how it will be portrayed in the next two movies. CM might very well earn it or it my be a "Women Power" thing where she defeats Thanos with the awesomeness of her Binary-powered uterus. We won't know until the movies actually come out. Shoehorning her into a DEX is ridiculous when you have...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 5, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  39. Heather_Sinclair
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    If you want to look at it that way then Dr. Strange is the DEX since he found the only way to win was to give Thanos the Time stone. Yes, CM will only have one movie under her belt. So does he. In fact, a lot of the characters are. I looked at the possible Phase Four movies and it's not looking good. Eternals- What? I mean What? Why? Shang-Chi- Master of Kung Fu Because we need actual Kung-Fu in the MCU? Black Widow - Missed the timing by a mile. This should have already been a thing in...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 4, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    MCU Thor has trouble with Hulk. Thanos easily beat Hulk without using the Power stone. In Agents of SHIELD, Sif handles a Kree agent in hand to hand. Weapons is a different question. Ronan the Accuser (Kree), with his Universal Weapon is pretty powerful. Even without the Power stone attached, but still has trouble against the likes of the Nova Corps. Thanos annihilated the Nova Corps. In fact the MCU Nova Corps suck balls compared to the Comic version. So Kree < Thanos I'm thinking...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 4, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  41. Heather_Sinclair
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    Odds are that all the original Avengers are going to be faded out a great deal. They've already fulfilled their contracts and will most likely cameo in the future at times. So, they need a new powerhouse or two to fill those positions. I'm not overly annoyed by the substitutes, just as long as they don't disrespect the original characters like they did with Shuri to Tony & Bruce. And as long as they don't SJW the entire team.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 4, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  42. Heather_Sinclair
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    1. There was a statement given out months ago that said CM would be the most powerful hero in the MCU. While she's pretty powerful in the comics, she's upper-mid-tier in comparison to the really heavy hitters. 2. I'm assuming the helmet or the suit is capable of producing an environmental shield capable of traveling short distances in space, under water, etc. 3. The glowy eye thing CM does is usually indicative of her Binary powers in comics. That jumps her up there in the high tier...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 4, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    At the moment I'm treating this like the first iffy trailer of Logan. Trailers do not make the movie. Given that, I've always wondered why they went with Captain Marvel. Making her the "strongest being in the MCU". Sorry, but no. Comic canon has loads of characters that can hand her her ass on a platter. They have hyped her far too much for far too long. If this movie is anything less than the best MCU movie then it'll be a disappointment. And I can't see how they can do that with a...
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Sep 20, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    Coulson with hair! Fury with hair and both eyes! Hearsay! She looks good. Skrulls look good. Crossing fingers.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Sep 18, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  45. Heather_Sinclair
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    Shaquille O'neal - Steel 1997 Blade - 1998 Tobar Mayo (Abar- The First Black Superman) - 1977 Blankman - 1994 Meteor Man - 1993 Spawn 1997 I think Black Panther is Waaaay down the line for FIRST BLACK MAIN CHARACTER!!!!!!111 Even if we're talking "serious rendition" attempt of a comic book character, Spawn has everyone beat.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Feb 11, 2018 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  46. Heather_Sinclair
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    Noted. The future of the MCU. IGN Interview: So, not so much rebooting as moving on in a different direction.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 15, 2017 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
  47. Heather_Sinclair
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    People have been saying this since the original Avengers movie, thinking that the MCU peaked right then at the time. But it still seems to be moving right along. While I don't expect every single movie to be blockbuster wonderfulness, I do expect them to adapt to the times and make it interesting enough to keep watching.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 15, 2017 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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    That could be one way to have a DCU movie make a decent profit, cross it with the MCU. ;) All Disney needs to do is buy DC next.
    Post by: Heather_Sinclair, Dec 14, 2017 in forum: Movies, Music and TV shows
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