Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3 (Movie Lineup Through 2019)

[Johnny Unusual]

I feel like even amongst Marvel fans, Eternals is an outlier.  It feels like they decided on that when they realized they f-ed up Inhumans by making it a bad TV show.  HOW DARE YOU WASTE THE CINEMATIC POTENTIAL OF A GIANT TELEPORTING BULLDOG WITH A TUNING FORK ON HIS HEAD.

But I'm still excited for jacked Kumail Nanjiani and one of Jack Kirby's 70s era properties.  As good as he was at creating most of the Marvel Universe in the silver age, his bronze age work is so wonderfully wacked out with big cosmic ideas so here's hoping the filmmakers go nuts with some over the top crazy ideas.  I mean, in the wake of Guardians, I feel like there's very few ideas that are too out there for the audiences anymore.

[Pastor of Muppets]

I saw Doctor Strange 2 last night.  Good movie.  It was a "busy" movie I would say.  Like, a lot of sensory overload.  Just kind of a lot of things to take in visually, and not a lot of breaks.  Many twists and surprised too.

Big spoilers ahead (hence the spoiler tags).

People in the audience cheered when

Reed Richards showed up.  Then cheered even louder when Professor Xavier rolled out.  I was just like "awwww  yeah".

The trailers and plot synopsis on IMDB are interesting in how they relate to the actual movie.  I don't want to give anything away.  It'll make more sense if you see the movie.

I was surprised that Scarlet Witch was the villain.  I'm still not sure what to make of that though.  She was definitely a complex villain.

The general theme of the movie is this idea of having godlike powers but still being limited in what you can accomplish with them.  It explores this idea of how different people would deal with that, and how destructive it can be to deal with it in the wrong way.

[Darth Geek]

Can we please get a Wong spinoff show? About the day to day weird shit he has to deal with as the Sorcerer Supreme.

[Darth Geek]

Um...Christian Bale as Gor The God Butcher looks like the lovechild of Voldemort and Observer.

[Pastor of Muppets]

Looking forward to Thor 4.  Very curious how Jane ended up as a superheroine and how Mjollnir was apparently repaired.

[Pak-Man]

So about that Ms. Marvel finale...


They said the M-Word! (Give or take a suffix!)

So as the legend goes, back when Ms. Marvel was introduced, the edict had been handed down to Marvel to start downplaying mutants and replace them with Inhumans, because Sony still owned the X-Men and any Mutants they added to the roster would then get to star in a movie made by the competition, so because of this, Kamala ended up an Inhuman instead of a mutant.

The move never worked, by the way, and although they have their fans, just about every Marvel fan would rather read about an X-Man than an Inhuman.

But now that mutants are back with the Disney/Marvel/Star Wars Conglomerate, they're making her a mutant, as was always the intention and at the same time, making it clear that it doesn't matter much. "It would just be another label" was a great line.

I really, really dug Ms. Marvel and hope the lower (but by no means low!) viewership doesn't mean this will be the only season we get.

[goflyblind]

i like the reveals in both of these (02:39 in she hulk, 01:15 & 01:46 in wakanda forever), were they known ahead of time?

[k1]

episide 1 of She-Hulk was lots of fun.  Ive heard theres a nod to the Ed Norton Hulk in episode 2 about Banner being different but havent watched it just yet because life has gotten nuts this past week with work schedules

[Pastor of Muppets]

She-Hulk is kinda stupid.  It feels like it's trying too hard to be whimsical.  And it all kind of feels like Ally McBeal with superheroes.  And it does the law stuff really badly. 

I don't remember there being any jokes or anything about Banner's appearance changing.

[The Lurker]

Yeah, She-Hulk is naturally quite jokey.

[Pak-Man]

Yeah, She-Hulk was doing the Deadpool thing before there was Deadpool. This show absolutely has the appropriate tone for a She-Hulk series.

I don't remember there being any jokes or anything about Banner's appearance changing.

"I'm like a whole different person now. Literally."

[Pastor of Muppets]

Well okay.  If it's staying true to the tone of the original source material, I can't fault it for that.  It's just not my cup of tea I guess.