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There is still zero logic in that scene.

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Al-x wrote:

If the MCU wants to give attention to Moon Knight, have him in a scene like this where he can manipulate the hammer, like the Vision picked up the hammer, same with Cap and so on.

It’d be kind of a cheap way of making a new hero seem important though. And it devalues the significance of the hammer each time it happens.

I’d rather they just concentrate on making Moon Knight an interesting and compelling character in his own right, rather than feeling like they have to define him in relation to all the other characters.

And I think there’s plenty of potential for them to do that.

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This whole MK thing made me think of Legion… you guys remember Legion? Long time, huh? Depressing… u_u

Anyways, point being, while it looks pretty interesting and different from the usual MCU fare, more in line with the Netflix stuff, somehow I doubt they’ll go too dark & gritty on this one, because Disney, sooooo… I dunno, I’m not gonna get my hopes up for something even remotely close to Legion.

Also, now I want to re-watch Legion… good think I kept a copy of the show on my back up drive

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https://www.disneyplusinformer.com/legion-seasons-1-3-coming-to-disney-uk-ire/

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Al-x wrote:

You say that but…

…but it’s true?

I understand the reason for the scene from a storytelling sense. I also think there is no logic to it from an in-universe point of view. It#s really bad writing to force a story outcome the writer wants that doesn’t arise naturally from the setting or characters.

Steve Rogers picking up Mjolnir built on years of groundwork defining Steve as a selfless warrior for justice. And we know the hammer can be picked up by one who is “worthy”. When Steve picks it up, it’s easy for us all to accept it as being right because we *know* the character, we know he’s worthy, so we believe 100%.

In the Moon Knight scene, we are told, out of nowhere: oldest rock in the universe so that means it’s part of the moon because… just because, ok? Shut up.

It’s nowhere near an equivalent situation.

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DavidM wrote:

I understand the reason for the scene from a storytelling sense. I also think there is no logic to it from an in-universe point of view. It#s really bad writing to force a story outcome the writer wants that doesn’t arise naturally from the setting or characters.

Steve Rogers picking up Mjolnir built on years of groundwork defining Steve as a selfless warrior for justice. And we know the hammer can be picked up by one who is “worthy”. When Steve picks it up, it’s easy for us all to accept it as being right because we *know* the character, we know he’s worthy, so we believe 100%.

I am glad you understand it from the storytelling sense. Keep in mind that the MCU audience are not entirely comic readers, so a scene like that would stand out to them, seeing him as a hero with some power in relation to the other heroes on the team.
Something like Magneto turning around the hammer around would make the audience raise their eyebrows.

If you complain about that, then you would also complain about a lot of other writers who make someone a threat way more than usually are portrayed. Yet some readers would see something similar and be in all this awe as to how resourceful the writer is in discovering a new aspect of the power and characterization.

Maybe this Moon Knight with Thor scene was a little forced, but how about Sue Storm making the iris invisible and blinding the enemy? Was that a stretch? You just want to pick and choose what “makes sense” to you as the reader and that is your right.

What I was getting at, was a scene like that in the MCU would make Moon Knight stand out to the non comic audience. Maybe not the fanboy, but the majority of the MCU audience.

Al-x wrote:

You just want to pick and choose what “makes sense” to you as the reader and that is your right.

I cannot deny that. Comics are full of shaky logic, but we know when something “feels” right.

So, imagine this: if Moon Knight had said, “Your hammer is made of uru, and as you know uru was created by the same god of the moon who grants my powers,” I might (I’m not promising ) have gone along with that explanation. It’s still pulled out of nowhere, but I can see logic in the idea.

But he says (paraphrasing), it’s a relic of the big bang, and that makes it a moon rock. Even by comic book science, you have to admit that sounds pretty stupid.

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Al-x wrote:

What I was getting at, was a scene like that in the MCU would make Moon Knight stand out to the non comic audience.

Yeah, they’d all go “huh, that seems stupid”.

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Gaspard Ulliel, French Actor and Moon Knight Co-Star, Dead at 37

Todd wrote:

Gaspard Ulliel, French Actor and Moon Knight Co-Star, Dead at 37

That is jaw dropping. A ski accident. And he leaves behind a six year old and his gf.

You just don’t know from one day to the next.

Dave wrote:

Yeah, they’d all go “huh, that seems stupid”.

You conveniently left out the next sentence of quote: Maybe not the fanboy, but the majority of the MCU audience.

I think general audiences are also able to tell when a story is stupid, not just super-fans.

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I’ve been reading a chunk of Aaron’s Avengers run where that appears. It’s quite fun but rather part of the recent trend of ‘let’s get wacky, Batman on a dragon, ghost rider on a mammoth’ style comics. Full of meta style thought balloons etc.

I’ll be honest I’ve had enough of it really, I know at the heart of them superhero comics are silly to the core but they work better with the pretence that they aren’t or you go full comedy like She-Hulk or Deadpool at times.

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10 Actors Who Should Be The Next Wolverine, According To Reddit

https://screenrant.com/actors-next-wolverine-reddit/

Only Marvel? Is that his way of saying DC movies are going the Way of the Western?

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It looks like Hawkeye has a Ben Affleck trick arrow ready to fire at whatever they’re all looking at.  Good Will Hunting crossover?

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I’ve been treating cinema like that for a good 15 years… so what’s new?

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I think he’s mostly correct, he’s just using ‘Marvel’ as they are probably the tentpole at the moment but it includes any films that provide big action spectacle. Jurassic World or Fast and Furious or whatever. As Jon says it is something that is hardly new and part of it is a growing reliance on box office outside north America, comedy or very ‘talky’ films don’t translate as well as big action. That’s true in either direction, foreign films that do well in English speaking markets tend to be the same, horror, martial arts etc.

I say mostly because I know in the UK at least, and partly here where they have events like French film week, digital distribution (which we like to seem more complex than it is, which is transferring a file to a hard drive across the internet) has made things easier for indie cinemas who show a much broader range of stuff than the multiplex. It is the mid budget market that is being left out I think unless they can strike a streaming deal.

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Although, to be fair, a lot of people just like going to the theaters as an activity, so Affleck is not correct in that sense, because there’s always gonna be comedies, horror flicks, chick-flicks, etc… They certainly won’t make massive amounts of money though, but they will be there nonetheless, since nothing stops them from doing so, and as many blockbusters as we have per year these days, there are still not enough to blanket theaters all year long, so there’s still ample room for plenty of other movies.

But yeah, I think most people will go for big spectacle over low budget dramas, because why wouldn’t they? You can watch anything at home, but the big spectacle movies benefit A LOT more from the theater setup and people still want those experiences, but in any case, it’s nothing new and it’s nothing to be alarmed about tbh, it’s been going on for a while and movies have been doing better than ever (except for the covid period of course).

DavidM wrote:

Only Marvel? Is that his way of saying DC movies are going the Way of the Western?

In fairness that would represent an upward trajectory for DC.

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Todd

Jon wrote:

They certainly won’t make massive amounts of money though, but they will be there nonetheless, since nothing stops them from doing so, and as many blockbusters as we have per year these days, there are still not enough to blanket theaters all year long, so there’s still ample room for plenty of other movies.

It’s been more evident recently but there is an element of ‘same as it ever was’ in truth. I worked in a cinema in the late 80s and 90% of the films would mean they’d break even at best. It was always 2 or 3 films a year that drove them into profit. I remember each year that the boss would say it was say Fatal Attraction or Top Gun or Batman that kept him in business.

It’s why that article recently that said the author wasn’t a huge fan of “No Way Home” but celebrated its box office was spot on. The industry has always needed those hits, if I go back 35 years Full Metal Jacket needed Three Men and a Baby to keep business going and allow it screen space.

The difference these days being that something like Fatal Attraction would do minimal box office business but could become a brief sensation as a Netflix show.

Also, now we need a Full Metal Jacket meets Three Men And A Baby movie.

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Agreed something like Fatal Attraction would no longer have that impact and that is that kind of mid budget movie that is falling away. Business-wise though there isn’t a huge difference in the reliance on tentpole movies.

This might be of interest regarding the MCU

5 Actors Leaving the MCU (and 5 Who Still Have Their Contracts)

Not really, it’s just pointless speculation. If the actors and the studio want to make more of anything they’ll just sign a new contract (as they have done several times before). That’s far from ‘leaving the MCU’.

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Winston Duke getting hefty raise for expanded ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ role

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JRCarter wrote:

On Grace, has there been a bandwagon you won’t jump on?😒.

Remember all the images of T’Challa  walking into the sunset/heaven when Boseman died?. Now it’s all “fuck that, we want out comic book character on screen!.”…The whole thing seems in bad taste to me.

Nah, lots of people thought he should be recast from the begining…

Speaking of variants though, wasn’t there a Killmonger BP variant in on of the What If episodes?? Because that’s a pretty smart way to go moving forward, if you ask me… unless he survived off-screen at the end of the first BP, that could work too I guess…

Killing off Killmonger is a creative choice that still baffles me. Aside from Michael B Jordan just being a great talent in general, they created such a great foil who could have been utilitized in plenty of ways going forward. But instead Coogler/Marvel fell into the worst of comic book movie pitfalls by killing off the villain unnecessarily.

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Chris D wrote:

Killing off Killmonger is a creative choice that still baffles me. Aside from Michael B Jordan just being a great talent in general, they created such a great foil who could have been utilitized in plenty of ways going forward. But instead Coogler/Marvel fell into the worst of comic book movie pitfalls by killing off the villain unnecessarily.

I think one of the worst habits in superhero movies is killing off the villain. A lot times, you have great actors giving compelling performances. In comics, heroes are known for their incredible rogues gallery and sometimes, as a change up, different heroes will fight those villains. The movies go through villains like they’re eating snacks. I really appreciated Spider-Man: Homecoming for NOT killing off the Vulture. (Mysterio, a master of illusion, could have faked his death and could easily be brought back.)

Killmonger and Shang-Chi’s dad were great villains with so much potential that they could have been fantastic adversaries in the greater MCU. I’m sure they could go the comic book route and say the villains faked their death or somehow cheated it.

The MCU has a great stable of heroes. Now they just need to develop a recurring cadre of villains.

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Something there is 0 % chance of in either super hero cinematic universe is a movie where the greates villains team up to take out the greatest heroes. The greatest villains are too dead to join up.

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The establishing of the multiverse can help with bringing back different versions of deceased characters, at least. But yeah, I’ve just always hated how so many superhero movies just up and kill off the villains.

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Todd wrote:

I think one of the worst habits in superhero movies is killing off the villain.

I touched on it somewhere else but I remember watching Batman (1989) and being a comic reader was really shocked they killed Joker at the end. It was a real WTF moment but basically set a precedent most superhero movies followed after that. It’s part of No Way Home that most of the Spider-Man antagonists were dead.

That was not coming from a ‘heroes never kill’ morality as in most cases they made the deaths incidental rather than direct but rather a waste of a great character.

 

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I asked before if these mythologies on the Universe and origins contradict each other in the MCU.

Then I saw this:

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The presence of contradictory creation myths is one of the most true-to-life points of the MCU.  But how are the MCU Scientologists doing?

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It’s the MCU atheists I feel sorry for.

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Just wait until the MCU evolutionists have mutants to contend with.

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Todd

saga wrote:

Just wait until the MCU evolutionists have mutants to contend with.

Is this spoilers for any future marvel film featuring the origin story of High Evolutionary?

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Todd

In GOTG2, Ego is a Celestial, so his “mythology” and that of the Eternals is the same.

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Has Ego ever been classified in the comics’ mythology? He’s obviously not a Celestial, but is he an Elder? Or something unique?

njerry wrote:

In GOTG2, Ego is a Celestial, so his “mythology” and that of the Eternals is the same.

I should correct my post to say “In GOTG2, Ego claims to be a Celestial…” We have no reason to assume he was being truthful, given how many other lies he tells and given the size of his…uh…ego.

Ego is a Celestial in the same way that ST:TNG  Q is sorta kinda part of the Q Continuum. More of an honorary member.

More relevant, though, I do feel that the focus on the Cosmic Marvel bullcrap is not going to pay dividends. Any of us that have grown up on Marvel and DC stories, we know that the Cosmic storylines – like the Shi’ar in X-Men or the Hive in X-Men or Secret Wars and all that – is really just a side-quest. The serious setting for superheroes is on Earth and often in a city.

Marvel is not another Star Wars or Star Trek, but the MCU is rapidly becoming more space opera than superhero story. I mean, with the Thor stories, GOTG, Captain Marvel, the last two Avengers movies and Eternals, we’re getting a lot of space and aliens like this is an adaptation of Discovery Channel’s Ancient Aliens more than anything Stan Lee or even Jack Kirby imagined. And now we got a multiverse to deal with too. At this point, I start to miss the simplicity of the first Iron Man.

I don’t know how they get back down to earth – it needs to be more than a television series – but that’s where Marvel really works. Not in magic, or space, or alternate dimensions, but on the street.

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Anonymous wrote:

Ego is a Celestial in the same way that ST:TNG  Q is sorta kinda part of the Q Continuum. More of an honorary member.

More relevant, though, I do feel that the focus on the Cosmic Marvel bullcrap is not going to pay dividends. Any of us that have grown up on Marvel and DC stories, we know that the Cosmic storylines – like the Shi’ar in X-Men or the Hive in X-Men or Secret Wars and all that – is really just a side-quest. The serious setting for superheroes is on Earth and often in a city.

Marvel is not another Star Wars or Star Trek, but the MCU is rapidly becoming more space opera than superhero story. I mean, with the Thor stories, GOTG, Captain Marvel, the last two Avengers movies and Eternals, we’re getting a lot of space and aliens like this is an adaptation of Discovery Channel’s Ancient Aliens more than anything Stan Lee or even Jack Kirby imagined. And now we got a multiverse to deal with too. At this point, I start to miss the simplicity of the first Iron Man.

I don’t know how they get back down to earth – it needs to be more than a television series – but that’s where Marvel really works. Not in magic, or space, or alternate dimensions, but on the street.

I think that will be the TV series on Disney+. I loved Hawkeye and a big part of that because it was so street-level and low stakes compared to the movies.

The movies, due to budget and revenue potential, will have to be high stakes and blockbuster in scope.

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Here’s Why Disney+ Needs to Bring a Classic Marvel Show Back

Without reading the article, I’m going to assume it’s advocating for re-runs of The Incredible Hulk.

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DavidM wrote:

Without reading the article, I’m going to assume it’s advocating for re-runs of The Incredible Hulk.

At least The Incredible Hulk has the vintage to be considered a “classic”; the Netflix Daredevil series isn’t even 7 years old, which hardly qualifies it for the adjective “classic”.

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That begs the question. If I seek out The Incredible Hulk (which I absolutely LOVED as a kid), would I still appreciate it today?

Some things hold up, and some do not. Scared to ruin good memories.

Not saying that you won’t like it, but Kenneth Johnson has a list on his website of every reason David Banner became the Hulk, and… well…

https://www.kennethjohnson.us/hulkoutlist

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‘Madame Web’: Dakota Johnson Tapped To Play First Female Superhero In Sony Pictures’ Universe Of Marvel Characters

Following the massive success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Sony is looking to to expand on its universe of Marvel characters as sources tell Deadline that Dakota Johnson is in talks to star in the studio’s Madame Web movie. S.J. Clarkson is on board to direct the pic. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay.

In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange.

Either way, getting a female-driven property in Sony’s universe of Marvel characters has always been a top priority for studio brass given the long list of strong female characters that appear in these comics throughout the years. Sony execs have taken their time in figuring out who would land the title role, meeting with a number of A-listers. In the last two months, the list has been cut down, with Johnson gaining front-runner status right before the holiday.

Sony is coming off a hot streak with Venom: Let There Be Carnage making more than $500 million worldwide, while Spider-Man: No Way Home has become the biggest film of 2021 with $1.7 billion in worldwide sales.

As for Johnson, she has had quite the year starting with her acclaimed role in Netflix’s The Lost Daughter. Her Sundance film Cha Cha Real Smooth sold to Apple for $15 million after premiering at the festival. She can be seen next in Persuasion.

Clarkson is currently directing and executive producing the adaptation of bestselling novel Anatomy of a Scandal. She directed an episode of Jesse Armstrong’s Emmy-winning series Succession and directed and executive produced the miniseries Collateral, starring Carey Mulligan. She was also lead director and executive producer on Marvel’s The Defenders and Jessica Jones.

Here’s Why People Are Unhappy With Dakota Johnson’s Potential Casting As Madame Web In “Spider-Man”

And for Spider-Man they cast some guy who has never even been bitten by a spider in his life!

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Christ we’re onto our 75th first female/POC character by now, each one adding a new caveat.

DC to feature first ever female superhero (with a nut allergy)!

Marvel to feature first ever left handed female superhero!

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Todd wrote:

In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains.

And yet I’m still more interested in this than in Morbius.

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garjones wrote:

Christ we’re onto our 75th first female/POC character by now, each one adding a new caveat.

DC to feature first ever female superhero (with a nut allergy)!

Marvel to feature first ever left handed female superhero!

DC celebrates first black Nazi sympathiser to Justice League 2.

Marvel adds first ever on-screen hispanic cannibal paraplegic to the MCU.

Netflix adds first female lead with two penises to the roster.

#wokemeupbeforeyougogo

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Still waiting on a Scottish superhero being introduced to the MCU. No, Ikaris and Nebula do not count.

Perhaps recasting the role of Black Panther could do the trick. Give us Mc’Challa.

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saga wrote:

Still waiting on a Scottish superhero being introduced to the MCU.

Maybe they could just call it the McU.

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saga wrote:

Mc’Challa

Tie in with McDonalds and it’ll sell a billion Happy Meals. Easy.

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And yet I’m still more interested in this than in Morbius.

I recently re-read the original Morbius appearance in the comics. It didn’t make me excited for the movie.

It’s Roy Thomas, and Gil Kane, in 1971, three facts that should make this the greatest comic in history.

And it’s “meh”.

 

I know Morbius best from the 90s Spider-Man cartoon where they butchered the character by not allowing him to a) bite people or b) drink blood. Which obviously makes for a pretty toothless vampire character.

Instead he sucked “plasma” out of people using these weird sucky things on his hands.

I’ve always found him pretty goofy as a result.

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That poor bastard is going to need some extra-sensitive hand sanitiser to get around town these days.

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Honestly, it’d have been better not to use him at all. Especially with Fox’s notoriously stringent BS&P.

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Hmmm…

I saw this the other day. It is a hypothetical, but it sounds interesting. What if the other half of the heroes remained on Thanos’ snap and it was Cap, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Stark, etc. who were dusted away?

The Change.org petition “Recast T’Challa To Honor Chadwick Boseman In the Black Panther Franchise” is close to 60,000 signatures:

https://chng.it/ZrRYrvX8V4

Will you stop posting this stuff when the movie (which, I will again add, is already filmed) comes out?

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In case of any misconception:

#RecastTChalla is NOT calling for an immediate recast.

#RecastTChalla is NOT preventing anyone else from taking up the mantle of Black Panther.

#RecastTChalla is asking Marvel Studios NOT to use the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman as a plot device in their fictional storytelling.

#RecastTChalla is asking for the portrayal of T’Challa to be allowed to continue in the MCU.

JRCarter wrote:

In case of any misconception: #RecastTChalla is NOT calling for an immediate recast.

Then maybe they could have chosen a better hashtag.

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Thor 4 Casting Reveals Surprising Black Panther Crossover

https://thedirect.com/article/thor-4-black-panther-casting-crossover

JRCarter wrote:

The Change.org petition “Recast T’Challa To Honor Chadwick Boseman In the Black Panther Franchise” is close to 60,000 signatures:

https://chng.it/ZrRYrvX8V4

So, 0.05% of the people who saw the first movie?

Wow, yeah, really big support there.

Apparently the Marvel Netflix shows are going to be leaving Netflix at the end of this month.

https://www.cbr.com/daredevil-punisher-marvel-shows-leaving-netflix/

Wonder if they’ll show up on Disney+.

Pretty much have to.  A good amount of stuff has moved from Netflix to Disney+.

These were billed as Netflix original shows, which is why I’m a little surprised they’re moving. Having said that, the terms of the original deal woth Marvel were never public so maybe there was always an element of rights expiry and reversion involved.

Dave wrote:

These were billed as Netflix original shows, which is why I’m a little surprised they’re moving. Having said that, the terms of the original deal woth Marvel were never public so maybe there was always an element of rights expiry and reversion involved.

A bunch of early Netflix Originals stuff has started disappearing, like some of their stand-up specials.

And in other countries, a lot of shows that are most definitily NOT Netflix originals are billed as such… so yeah, that doesn’t seem to mean much.

I do wonder if they’ll have to keep the netflix logo even in D+ or hulu, since they were produced by netflix after all.

It’ll be amusing when Disney+ takes up all these shows except Iron Fist.

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Oh they’ll take everything… they might not put it on streaming though, but they’ll sure as shit take everything they can.

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It’ll be amusing when Disney+ takes up all these shows except Iron Fist.

Even funnier when no one notices IF is missing.

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If anything, they might redo Iron Fist and maybe put him in the Shang Chi storyline.

Which reminds me:

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Patrick Stewart, right?

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When that new Multiverse trailer hit, immediately all over YouTube, Twitter, etc. had all these freeze frame stills and theories.
Was that Xavier’s voice?
Was that panel that the handcuffed Strange was facing the Illuminati?
I don’t know.

There will be surprises..

Nuff said

paul f wrote:

Patrick Stewart, right?

That looks unbelieavably cool. I’m looking forward to that more than The Batman at this point!

Anonymous wrote:

Patrick Stewart, right?

I am pretty sure it was.

If they are going to plunge into the X-Men multiverse, I SOOO want Dan Stevens to return as Legion. In the last episode of the series, he created a new timeline so we can see the All New, All Different Legion.

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Todd wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Patrick Stewart, right?

I am pretty sure it was.

If they are going to plunge into the X-Men multiverse, I SOOO want Dan Stevens to return as Legion. In the last episode of the series, he created a new timeline so we can see the All New, All Different Legion.

Yes please.

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Do we seriously need spoilers for a trailer? We are all guessing at this point, until/unless these guesses are officially confirmed.

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Moon Knight Images

When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.

https://dmedmedia.disney.com/disney-plus/moon-knight/images

I missed the last Spider-Man movie because getting to the cinema was such an arse last year. But I know Dr. Strange was in it, so do you think I will have to see it in order to understand the next Dr. Strange movie?

DavidM wrote:

I missed the last Spider-Man movie because getting to the cinema was such an arse last year. But I know Dr. Strange was in it, so do you think I will have to see it in order to understand the next Dr. Strange movie?

Probably not – not least because the Spidey movie was originally planned to come out after the Strange sequel until they switched things around. Although I imagine there will have been a bit of tweaking to smooth that out.

Anyway, usually the MCU films are good at recapping anything you need to know within the movie itself. Although seeing the Spidey movie on home release (or at least reading a plot summary) might be a good idea if you want the full context, as Strange features quite heavily in it.

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I’d also expect the Spidey movie to be available for home viewing before the Doctor Strange movie is out in May.

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That’s what I meant. I think Spidey is out pretty soon so there should be a couple of months to catch up.

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