[Movies] MCU: Phase 5 - To Kang or Not to Kang
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Me too. He sounds like a gentle giant and not like a hulking gruff guy. They probably didn't show Mr. Fantastic's power for a good reason.
Optimistic for this one. I don't know if I will actually see it in a theater though. Hope the story matches all the style.
Marvel Denies Using AI in ‘Fantastic Four’ Poster Following Social Media Backlash
I still call bullshit.
www.thewrap.com
I still call bullshit.
Marvel Denies Using AI in 'Fantastic Four' Poster Following Social Media Backlash
In response to a wave of backlash this morning, Marvel has denied the use of AI in the creation of a new "Fantastic Four: First Steps" poster.
www.thewrap.com
I'd expect a "we outsourced this and trusted the artist not to use AI, but then they did and we didn't care enough to notice! We'll work with better people in the future because we don't believe in using AI like this!" to come out pretty soon, followed by the same thing happening again in a year or two when they expect less pushback.
Companies can't help themselves, they see a chance to save a tiny fraction of a percent on the marketing budget and they have to test the waters to see how bad the pushback will be.
Companies can't help themselves, they see a chance to save a tiny fraction of a percent on the marketing budget and they have to test the waters to see how bad the pushback will be.
...and let's not even go into what they did to Luke Cage.
--Patrick
(Ha ha AI amrite? But also implying that AI was trained on all the back catalogue issues...)
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Either way it's a pretty terrible poster. I would rather people think an AI did it if I had actually made it.Marvel Denies Using AI in ‘Fantastic Four’ Poster Following Social Media Backlash
I still call bullshit.
Marvel Denies Using AI in 'Fantastic Four' Poster Following Social Media Backlash
In response to a wave of backlash this morning, Marvel has denied the use of AI in the creation of a new "Fantastic Four: First Steps" poster.
So Disney will realize it's not worth the backlash of using AI to save some money, or they will just start hiring better artists who don't have copy/paste as hot keys.
That guy's literally just 1 haircut away from our man Aisss... sucka.
As cool as this looks, I can't help but feel like Ghost and Taskmaster are just there to fill out the roster to six people instead of 4. They don't really fit.
Taskmaster's only been in a few shots in the trailers and marketing, she's definitely dying early. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if she never takes off her mask and they just have a random stuntwoman play the part. Saves them having to pay Olga Kurylenko.
Ghost has shown up in more of the film but yeah she's been rather quiet too. This might indicate she's dying early too, or it might mean she has a part to play but the trailers don't want to reveal it. For example, maybe she's turned by the villain at some point.
Anyway, so far this looks like it's Yelena's movie to carry, and I'm sure Florence will do a fine job.
Ghost has shown up in more of the film but yeah she's been rather quiet too. This might indicate she's dying early too, or it might mean she has a part to play but the trailers don't want to reveal it. For example, maybe she's turned by the villain at some point.
Anyway, so far this looks like it's Yelena's movie to carry, and I'm sure Florence will do a fine job.
I had not watched a single trailer or read anything about this before now. As a rule I usually avoid even trailers for spoilers. But I wasn't even thinking about this one so I decided to watch.
Ya, ok, I'm excited now and will be watching this. Also maybe not in theatres, but will be watching.
Ya, ok, I'm excited now and will be watching this. Also maybe not in theatres, but will be watching.
Might be up my alley. But I loathe the people that love his politics.
The new Captain America movie is pretty mid. It has some good moments but tries really hard, but fails, to capture the intrigue that Winter Soldier had, even stealing some beats and plot points. I wish I didn’t go in knowing a few things to see if I could work out a few of the twists on my own. Surprisingly the studio was not very secretive about the film or who would be in it.
FYI there is a single teaser at the end of the film, but you’d be fine to skip it. It features no surprise characters or plot points that you don’t already know are already in the works.
FYI there is a single teaser at the end of the film, but you’d be fine to skip it. It features no surprise characters or plot points that you don’t already know are already in the works.
I just saw it. It’s good, not great. Definitely entertaining for people who are into the MCU. It has its flaws, though, and anyone who hates the MCU or is tired of it probably won’t have as good of a time. Also, I would say Falcon and the Winter Soldier is required watching beforehand. If you haven’t seen that series there will be many “Huh?” moments for you.
It’s good. Just lower your expectations a bit. Better than Thor: The Dark World but not as good as, say, Doctor Strange.
Full disclosure: I am a big MCU fan, so consider my positive review within that context.
It’s good. Just lower your expectations a bit. Better than Thor: The Dark World but not as good as, say, Doctor Strange.
Full disclosure: I am a big MCU fan, so consider my positive review within that context.
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I don’t think watching the show is that necessary. The character Isiah is first seen in the show, but his introduction to the new Falcon in the film pretty much sums it all up. Not in as satisfying a way, but it does sum it up. Same with some elements from other MCU films that carry over into this film. There is enough to remind you what happened so you don’t need all the details.
I was also thinking about Sam’s comfort with the role of Captain America hardly being addressed until the 3rd act, which they can get away with because it was the premise of the whole show.
Plus, Isaiah’s intro and exposition dump is lousy and rushed. It’s only excusable if you’ve watched the show.
BNW positives and negatives:
Anyone over the age of 60 rode this movie hard. Carl Lumby deserves a lot of mention for his work and Harrison Ford, finger and all, are in fighting form.
Action scenes are inventive enough. The hand to hand combat suffers from trying to Out-Winter Soldier Winter Soldier and failing miserably, but the wing suits show a lot of interesting thinking, particularly into the last conflict where they really try to turn Sam into Xmens Archangel.
Sam’s interplay with most characters is pretty good. They’re trying to make his character as a talker not a fighter and I’m okay with that, and it even gets lampshaded a bit by the villain.
The two female supporting characters were terrible. Temu brand Black Widow was horrible. Like ‘please stop, get off the screen, you are stinking up the place’ terrible. I don’t know if it’s the fact she’s 5’ nothing, has the fact of a meerkat, or has no physical/emotional presence, but casting her was a very rare casting miss. The President’s other security officer and Sam’s contact on the inside was similarly weak but not as terrible. I’d love to see a Bat Seraph free copy because I think that would be a better movie in general. As a character, just a steaming pile which is a shame because I don’t think it’s the actresses fault necessarily. She’s in the wrong movie, period.
The director also stunk up the place with really mediocre direction. Likes to rotate the camera upside down as an aesthetic choice no less than 3 times. Talking heads speak off screen 2/3 of the way on the wrong side of the screen repeatedly. Parallel scenes bounce back and forth with no real reason. And I think they Left the temp soundtrack in there.
And the writing was just not smart. No tension, no drama other than leaning on better actors to carry a scene.
I enjoyed it, but I’m glad to see a change in direction with Thunderbolts where they actually put someone with talent in charge.
Anyone over the age of 60 rode this movie hard. Carl Lumby deserves a lot of mention for his work and Harrison Ford, finger and all, are in fighting form.
Action scenes are inventive enough. The hand to hand combat suffers from trying to Out-Winter Soldier Winter Soldier and failing miserably, but the wing suits show a lot of interesting thinking, particularly into the last conflict where they really try to turn Sam into Xmens Archangel.
Sam’s interplay with most characters is pretty good. They’re trying to make his character as a talker not a fighter and I’m okay with that, and it even gets lampshaded a bit by the villain.
The two female supporting characters were terrible. Temu brand Black Widow was horrible. Like ‘please stop, get off the screen, you are stinking up the place’ terrible. I don’t know if it’s the fact she’s 5’ nothing, has the fact of a meerkat, or has no physical/emotional presence, but casting her was a very rare casting miss. The President’s other security officer and Sam’s contact on the inside was similarly weak but not as terrible. I’d love to see a Bat Seraph free copy because I think that would be a better movie in general. As a character, just a steaming pile which is a shame because I don’t think it’s the actresses fault necessarily. She’s in the wrong movie, period.
The director also stunk up the place with really mediocre direction. Likes to rotate the camera upside down as an aesthetic choice no less than 3 times. Talking heads speak off screen 2/3 of the way on the wrong side of the screen repeatedly. Parallel scenes bounce back and forth with no real reason. And I think they Left the temp soundtrack in there.
And the writing was just not smart. No tension, no drama other than leaning on better actors to carry a scene.
I enjoyed it, but I’m glad to see a change in direction with Thunderbolts where they actually put someone with talent in charge.
I haven't seen the movie (probably won't see it in theaters), but regarding the Bat-Seraph character, I wonder if she was originally written to have a different role in the movie, but then... uh... current ongoing world events happened, so they couldn't do what they had originally planned, for whatever reason. But they also couldn't drop the character because they'd already announced she'd be in the movie. So they rewrote her part to become what it is now.
Reportedly, she was supposed to have a lot more scenes until the Israel/Palestine situation escalated (to put it mildly).
Later in the movie, her jacket clearly covers a shiny superhero outfit, but shnever takes off the jacket. And she's largest absent during that scene, despite suiting up with everyone else.
Daredevil: Born Again, episode 1
I'm too tired to watch the second episode tonight, but I did watch this.
The first 15 minutes are phenomenal. Seeing Daredevil run and swing across rooftops with these effects is almost exactly what I always wanted to see.
The rest of the episode is...good, but not great. The directing and editing feels...off. I can't put my finger on it. Reportedly, a lot of this was reshot from scratch after having several episodes completed. So this felt...kind of piecemeal? I can't really describe how it felt. Some scenes felt slow and yet heavily cut at the same time.
The actors all do a great job, and I'm so goddamn happy to see Charlie Cox back, especially.
So yeah, first 15 minutes were top-notch. The rest was solid enough.
I'm too tired to watch the second episode tonight, but I did watch this.
The first 15 minutes are phenomenal. Seeing Daredevil run and swing across rooftops with these effects is almost exactly what I always wanted to see.
The rest of the episode is...good, but not great. The directing and editing feels...off. I can't put my finger on it. Reportedly, a lot of this was reshot from scratch after having several episodes completed. So this felt...kind of piecemeal? I can't really describe how it felt. Some scenes felt slow and yet heavily cut at the same time.
The actors all do a great job, and I'm so goddamn happy to see Charlie Cox back, especially.
So yeah, first 15 minutes were top-notch. The rest was solid enough.
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Spoilers for Agatha All Along, Secret Invasion, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Multiverse of Madness, possibly more I missed.
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