Yeah, that design is rough. Honestly, I think the MCU Taskmaster looks fine, except for the mask. I was hoping it would at least look more skull-like. Hell, they actually make paintball masks that look like skulls.
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YES, the mask is the main problem, it looked too PLAIN for Taskmaster. My friend told me he was "The guy with the skull mask" but I could barely register it as a skull.
Pausing the video at 1:27 it looks like he has a hood. It's just not up.
I think it is a hood too, but it could be a quiver?
figmentPez
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There's been concept art for the movie shown.
So, yes, it's a hood.
So, yes, it's a hood.
Maybe it's a very... shallow quiver, filled with very small rocks?
...ok fine, it's probably a hood.
--Patrick
Now you've given me the mental image of Taskmaster using a slingshot.
Nah, he just throws the rocks by hand.
"Ow! Quit it!...Ow!...OW! Are you sure you're not called 'Jerkmaster'?!".
figmentPez
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Saw this fanart:
And now I want an MCU holiday episode. "How the Guardians of the Galaxy SavedChristmas <Alien holiday Quill can't pronounce>", or something like that.
And now I want an MCU holiday episode. "How the Guardians of the Galaxy Saved
"I am Groot."
"Whaddya mean it's humiliating? You look great!"
"I am Groot."
"Quit your whining, just hold still while I get the camera."
"I am Groooooot."
"I don't know, how long does it take to grab a camera? I mean, I'm pretty sure I know where I left it..."
"I am GROOT."
"Well suck it up kiddo, you're the designated tree for The Xandarian Gathering Holiday this year."
"I... AM... GROOOOOOOOT!!"
"Fine, fine, you big baby. We'll put the decorations on someone else who can stand still and just let us drape lights and trinkets on 'em. Hey Drax, c'mere!"
"Whaddya mean it's humiliating? You look great!"
"I am Groot."
"Quit your whining, just hold still while I get the camera."
"I am Groooooot."
"I don't know, how long does it take to grab a camera? I mean, I'm pretty sure I know where I left it..."
"I am GROOT."
"Well suck it up kiddo, you're the designated tree for The Xandarian Gathering Holiday this year."
"I... AM... GROOOOOOOOT!!"
"Fine, fine, you big baby. We'll put the decorations on someone else who can stand still and just let us drape lights and trinkets on 'em. Hey Drax, c'mere!"
There are 2, or at least they used to be on Netflix. One was with the Avengers, and the other one was just Rocket and Groot. Li'l Z used to like watching them.Saw this fanart:
And now I want an MCU holiday episode. "How the Guardians of the Galaxy SavedChristmas<Alien holiday Quill can't pronounce>", or something like that.
figmentPez
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More holiday shennanigans: Agent Ross (Martin Freeman), working very hard on setting up Kwanzaa decorations, only to be told, very politely, by T'challa that they don't celebrate Kwanzaa in Wakanda, and then Shuri busting in and taking a bunch of selfies with the decorations, talking about "White boy bullshit", "He's a little confused but he's got the spirit", and smiling the whole time because it's a nice gesture but laughing because it's so wrong.
figmentPez
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Please tell me that another member of Monty Python has already roasted Terry Gilliam for his shit take on Black Panther.
Terry Gilliam on 'Black Panther': 'I Think the People Who Made It Have Never Been to Africa'
""I hated Black Panther. It makes me crazy. It gives young black kids the idea that this is something to believe in. Bullshit. It’s utter bullshit."... “They went and got some stylist for some African pattern fabrics and things. But I just I hated that movie, partly because the media were going on about the importance of bullshit."
Terry Gilliam on 'Black Panther': 'I Think the People Who Made It Have Never Been to Africa'
""I hated Black Panther. It makes me crazy. It gives young black kids the idea that this is something to believe in. Bullshit. It’s utter bullshit."... “They went and got some stylist for some African pattern fabrics and things. But I just I hated that movie, partly because the media were going on about the importance of bullshit."
So... he can’t have a differing opinion about a movie?
figmentPez
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I'm bothered by the racist overtones he used to condemn the movie, and it's creators.
That was my reaction as well. It appears that his biggest criticism of Black Panther is the idea of an advanced African nation, and that it’s a fantasy that could never happen in the real world. I’m sure he meant well, but he came off as a complete racist to me.
Meanwhile his depiction of a dystopian nation in which an HVAC repairman who fixes the crumbling machinery of the city and disappears like Spider-man, and is the leader of resistance against a tyrannical regime, is totally fine.
Ruth E. Carter, the costume designer for Black Panther, did a lot of research into different cultural motifs from the numerous cultures in Africa, to represent the ancient culture of Wakanda as unspoiled by Colonialism. She explains her research process here: https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-02-21/looking-marvel-ous-designing-costumes-black-panther
Terry Gilliam is piece of shit. He's repeatedly said stupid shit about #MeToo, and whined that "You can't have a comedy troupe of six white Oxbridge lads anymore, you need one of this and one of that to be acceptable. I'm supposed to be ashamed of being a white male, so I tell people I'm a black lesbian now."
He's not quite Morrissey or Eric Clapton racist, but he's up there.
I had no idea what you were talking about, so I did some research. And now I’m just a mix of sad and angry.
FTFY
Dave
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This actually looks really decent. A whole movie about the origin story of a villain and a deep tease into the Sinister Six.
Members of the Sinister Six (in whatever form it has taken as there were several):
Members of the Sinister Six (in whatever form it has taken as there were several):
- Vulture - MCU
- Doc Oc - Sam Raimi
- Mysterio - MCU
- Electro - Garfield
- Sandman - Raimi
- Shocker - MCU
- Venom - Raimi
In the MCU they already have Vulture, Shocker, and *sigh* the Tinkerer for sure. They have hinted at Prowler and Scorpion. Morbius could be a villain, though I suspect he will be played much more as an anti-hero and wouldn't fit the Sinister Six very well. Same goes for Venom. And the tease for Carnage at the end of Venom doesn't matter, since he would NOT work with others and would never join the SS. They just need those and some combination of Electro, Rhino, Kraven, Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, Sandman, and/or Lizard. That's not counting the c-list villains they could use.
Mysterio could have worked if he weren't dead.