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I quite liked it, probably in part because expectations were lowered.

it’s true we did not get to know most of the characters that well, due to the sheer number, but I liked most of them. It really wasn’t that different from a war movie in that regard — you get to know the troops, who are kind of stick types— just enough to care a bit whether they survive.

That brings up the next point, in that you really didn’t know who, if anyone, was “safe.” That’s very unusual for a Marvel film. Of course, the mechanism is built into the story that any of them could come back story.

I liked as well that characters chose sides in ways that were not expected, but for me the reasons worked well enough. Even more unexpected that one character decided not to fight at all. Nothing was “automatic” in that regard.

It defied the Marvel formula, for the most part. And it seemed to me to be making a pretty ballsy political statement as well, but I’ll avoid saying more as I’m sure some will especially dislike that.

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Uncle Retrospective, njerry

I bought a house earlier this year and have fallen terribly behind on monthly books. I still needed to get through Sword of X. Kind of doubt I’ll bother, after this news.

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Rocket, lorcan_nagle

<p style=”text-align: right;”>That’s  cool, where’s it from? Overall I like it but there’s a kind of rag-tag “droopiness” that feels droopier because of the elongated shield.</p>

I wish Netflix wasn’t so gung-ho on the “dump” model. I’d just gotten around to watching the first couple episodes and liked it enough that I would have watched one here and there for the next couple weeks. Nope, now of course I won’t bother.

Been quite a few shows canceled before I could watch them a couple months later. True, I did not feel compelled to watch 8 episodes in a weekend. But the novelty of doing that was worn off. Expecting me to do so kind of defeats their whole idea of watching on my own schedule.

Their library is vast but stuffed with stuff I won’t start because I know it ends prematurely.

From the comments it sounds like the show had plenty of other problems but I think the release model was one of them. I also think it encourages (on some level) the padding. So many Netflix shows have like treading water for 45 minutes, just to get to a cliffhanger, and repeat.

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Bruce, garjones, Ben

I think the multiverse stuff will just be an excuse to shift Spidey out of the MCU and into the Sony-verse. With an an in-story explanation that could leave the door open for another crossover.

Pete approaches Dr. Strange for help hiding his identity. Magical nonsense happens, a quick jaunt through the multiverse, and in the end Peter gets his wish but finds himself in a similar world with no Avengers.

Yeah, MM refers to the guy’s “love sausage” when they first spot him on the security cam.

So the Fox movies are starting to show up in the Marvel section of Disney+. Trank’s FF is there now, with several X-Men films and Story’s FF coming later this summer.

I’m a bit surprised— I might have put them on Hulu to avoid confusion. At the very least, put them in a separate sub-category from the MCU films. It’s confusing (and as far as Trank’s FF) reflects poorly on Marvel’s quality control (I know, I know, some would argue Marvel’s done that to themselves a few times).

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Todd

Upgrade! Aside from a couple trippy sequences, I thought the first film looked a bit pedestrian. Raimi’s sensibility that would be perfect for this.

Don’t suppose he could bring Elfman  along as well?

I would have said Bale seems too serious to fit the the tone they’re using for Thor these days, but you remind me I did not see Vice.

So, who would he play? Balder? Dario Agger?

I cant think of many major Thor characters that have not been used (assuming he is not the Enchantress).