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Marvel Movies & TV: Phase 17
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R-rated Kraven The Hunter film, anyone?
https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-spinoff-kraven-the-hunter-r-rating/
I still can’t believe this movie is actually coming out. Who knows what they’re thinking with it.
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They just need to get ahead of the curve and include the catchphrase “It’s Kraving time, motherfuckers”
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They just need to get ahead of the curve and include the catchphrase “It’s Kraving time, motherfuckers”
“I’m Kraven blood, motherfuckers!”
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An R-rated movie about an animal lover? Hmm.
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Needs to have a Kra-Van.
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Margot Robbie Eyed for Massive Marvel Superhero Role (Rumor)
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So Spider-man will be played by a fictional asian-american girl?
YES!!! Damn woke Hollywood liberals ruining comic books again!
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Okay, so the idea is basically that Spider-Man is now an old hand, so to speak, and Kamala is in the role of the dumb kid being mentored.
Way to go in putting this into a headline that will rile up the “fans” as much as possible. Wow. Because clearly, there’s only room for one kid in the Marvel Universe, and if that kid isn’t white and male, the fan community doesn’t have any choice but bring out the torches and pitchforks, do they?
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Way to go in putting this into a headline that will rile up the “fans” as much as possible.
Almost as if they deliberately chose an inflammatory headline
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Way to go in putting this into a headline that will rile up the “fans” as much as possible.
Almost as if they deliberately chose an inflammatory headline
Well if this kind of thing is going to start happening more regularly then the internet is really going to go downhill.
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Way to go in putting this into a headline that will rile up the “fans” as much as possible.
Almost as if they deliberately chose an inflammatory headline
Kind of like this: Polling Indicates Intense Audience Dislike For The Marvels After The Brie Larson Movie’s Trailer
The “poll” in question is from a Twitter poll they created which had a total of 344 votes. But yeah, spicy headline or whatever…
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RIP Ray Stevenson:
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It’s JR, so take with a grain of salt:
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Harrison Ford when asked if he will transform into the Red Hulk during #CaptainAmericaBraveNewWorld
“What is a Red Hulk?”
(https://t.co/Nag37e21L3) pic.twitter.com/BLbZ4IDJOD
— Geek Vibes Nation (@GeekVibesNation) June 13, 2023
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Maybe it is just me but the prospect of dragging out this multiverse nonsense until 2027 sounds utterly exhausting.
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Maybe it is just me but the prospect of dragging out this multiverse nonsense until 2027 sounds utterly exhausting.
That’s peanuts compared to dragging Avatar out until 2031.
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A lot of these delays were inevitable with the WGA strike and studios unwillingness to just pay writers fairly. Also, I’m sure Disney is happy enough to push out the Kang movies in case they have to recast. But it’s also pretty crazy to me that by the time Marvel Studios gets around to an actual X-Men movie it’ll have been nearly a decade, if not more, since their Fox purchase.
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Well, that looks spectacularly bad.
It does look awful. I mean Venom was pretty bad but also a lot of fun so maybe it could hit that level.
Someone on Twitter pointed out that the origin in that trailer is actually Catman’s from DC.
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The timing for the Kraven movie is interesting and I’m presuming not accidental, as Kraven is one of the main bad guys in the new Spidey PS5 game that’s coming out in October too. Maybe they’re hoping for a boost from that.
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I did not see that coming…
Jennifer Garner returning as Elektra in Deadpool 3 – Hollywood Reporter
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I always thought Jennifer Garner might have made a better Jean Grey than Elektra.
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I did not see that coming…
Jennifer Garner returning as Elektra in Deadpool 3 – Hollywood Reporter
Interesting. I could see Deadpool going through some of the less well-loved Marvel canon – Nic Cage Ghost Rider, Affleck DD, stuff like that.
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I did not see that coming…
Jennifer Garner returning as Elektra in Deadpool 3 – Hollywood Reporter
My hot take is that I actually quite enjoy that Electra film. It’s dumb fun in the same way Venom and Morbius were.
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Well, time to get Evanescence back on the playlist I suppose.
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Well, time to get Evanescence back on the playlist I suppose.
Your mistake was ever taking them off.
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First look at Wolverine and Deadpool in ‘DEADPOOL 3’. pic.twitter.com/VH8p17WqMP
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) July 10, 2023
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Now get ready for the movie to spend it’s whole runtime constantly making fun of it🙄.
Oh I’m sure they’d never do that in an X-Men movie.
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Well… there you go, was that so fuckin difficult???
Still no mask, but the body looks great. I would’ve gone with the brown one they showed at the end of 2 tho… brown suit needs more love =P
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If they give him a mask it must be the original one with the whiskers around the mouth.
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Hoo-boy:
Hey @WGAWest let's make sure @DisneyStudios & @MarvelStudios pays the writers network residuals!
Despite significantly rewriting all episodes, & the WGA mandating I receive writing credit on 3 eps… I was only paid a weekly rate & never paid script fees. https://t.co/tSG0L4lEqk— A.C. Bradley (@TheAshBradley) July 15, 2023
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Yeah, looks like fun.
The switching-places thing should actually make for some good moments if they use it right. You know, all kinds of Oh-we-have-to-change-places-because-you-can-defeat-the-villain/solve-the-situation-by-doing-your-thing. If that’s clever and fast-paced enough, it could be pretty neat.
Doesn’t seem like much of a plot. Random villain out for revenge. Not that you neccessarily need more.
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I would have appreciated Loki season one more if, at any point, the supposed master manipulating god of mischief had done something clever, or unexpected, or anything at all except follow other people around and doing whatever they told him to do.
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Matt Smith was reportedly offered the role of Reed Richards in ‘FANTASTIC FOUR’ prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike.
It is unknown if he accepted or not.
(via @DanielRPK) pic.twitter.com/UDE7cGcDiJ
— One Take News (@OneTakeNews) August 1, 2023
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I think the general response to MCU movies has been pretty lukewarm for a while now. Outside of occasional big successes like No Way Home I think that both financially and critically Marvel has been in a bit of a rut since the covid interruption.
The movies have mostly been average-to-poor, the TV shows have mostly failed to impress despite the early hype (and in some ways have complicated the overall picture unnecessarily for casual audiences), and then they’ve had additional problems outside their control like the Jonathan Majors scandal.
To me it feels like a mixture of we-can-do-no-wrong overconfidence in the wake of Endgame, a lack of direction (that’s been compounded by weak writing and moving away from tried and tested comics ideas into more original territory that often hasn’t worked) and simply pumping out too much material and spreading the quality too thin.
I think a rest or a break or a reboot would help Marvel to regroup and come back in a more measured fashion with movies that feel like an event again. It’s difficult to capture that feeling when every week seems to bring a new instalment of (mostly pretty weak) new MCU content.
If Secret Wars turns out to be a big cosmic reset storyline, as rumoured, then it might not be the worst thing in the world as it could offer a chance to fix some of their mistakes and clear the decks a bit.
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When the MCU first debuted, there was nothing like it before. Its newness was a huge draw. We were finally getting “superheroes done right”. Hell, they were able to turn Guardians of the Galaxy, a book, into a globally recognized franchise. Unfortunately, they are now struggling creatively as people are used to the formula and want something different.
I agree with the first part of this paragraph, but have two comments regarding the rest of it:
1. Judging from many of the complaints I’ve read here and from other sources, I’m not convinced that fans “want something different.” When the various Disney+ series presented different formats and tones, such as MS. MARVEL’s ethnic teen girl POV or the “break the fourth wall” comedy focus of SHE-HULK, there were endless complaints that (or so it seems to me) basically came down to “it’s not what I expect from the MCU!”
2. It’s important to remember that the “superheroes done right” new formula worked for over 10 years and three Phases. The problem now isn’t so much being used to the formula, as it is tossing aside what made that formula work and just churning out poorly-written, poorly-directed product that sacrifice the attention to detail and the “human scale” that made us love most of the earlier films.
I think what makes GOTG3 work, compared to The Eternals, Dr. Strange 2, or Ant-Man 3, is that instead of having to save the planet or the univers or the multi-verse, the Guardians were just trying to save their teammate. The MCU needs to focus more on those personal stories than on the NEXT BIG THREAT.
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One of the things that separates Phases 1-3 and Phase 4 onwards is a clear structure.
When it was just films, each one moved the plot along a bit, so the order was clear. Phase 4 onwards went with chronology going in all directions and then threw TV series into the mix. I’m sure someone has worked it all out but I haven’t and don’t intend to.
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One of the things that separates Phases 1-3 and Phase 4 onwards is a clear structure.
When it was just films, each one moved the plot along a bit, so the order was clear. Phase 4 onwards went with chronology going in all directions and then threw TV series into the mix. I’m sure someone has worked it all out but I haven’t and don’t intend to.
With the Infinity Saga, each movie pretty much stood on its own with cameos and crossovers that showed it was a shared universe. The Thanos-related bits were more easter egg in nature or stingers at the end. GotG Vol. 1 was the most overt Thanos appearance prior to Infinity War and Endgame.
They seem to have a plan with Kang as the big bad this time. It seems this time, they are being more overt with the plan. Hell, when they announce Phases 4-6, they laid those cards on the table right then and there. And when they did, you saw the characters involved and the crowd went… mild. To be honest, there wasn’t a lot to get super excited about. It all looked B-squad, at best.
I know I’ve said it before but I truly think this is a huge factor: the completion of the Infinity Saga with Endgame (technically Phase 3 ended with Spider-Man: Far From Home) was a jumping off point for a lot of people. There are 23 movies in Phases 1-3. I can see people saying they need a break and/or are ready to move onto something else. Then next thing you now, the Multiverse Saga is announced! There are 17 movies in this one, but you also have several television series that are part of it as well! That is a fucking lot! Doing it once is one thing, but again may have been a bit much so soon after the last saga.
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That aspect you bring up Todd: First time around it is cool, second time is less so. Marvel seem blind to this.
Then there’s what Jerry mentions – the comics event swirl that has, in most cases, bored a good few of us. Do I like comics as a medium? Yes, corporate superheroes? Not so much.
I think it’s also showing up how much material they burnt through across those 20-odd films. There’ll always be more but how much of it is good? That’s a question with a very variable answer.
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