Topic: The Marvel Thread

@LN78 Oh, you're going to love it, I'm sure! You'll find yourself screaming "Oscar snub!" throughout, it's that good

@JohnnyShoulder Might be a different thing, but last I read was that they more or less confirmed that they are not moving forward with sequels to Eternals, Marvels or Ant-Man. As I understood it, none of those were in active development, apart from maybe Eternals 2, which Feige wanted to make. Would make sense that they've at least started thinking about what a sequel there could be, but probably not much more than that.

@LN78 I'm familiar with the phenomenon
Got Dune 2 pre-ordered as well, but I can't find Andor anywhere that ships to Norway (all the locals are sold out). Well, not true, Amazon UK has it, but that is a last resort for me. Previous pre-orders of limited editions has led to me missing out due to the fact that Amazon would sit on the order until long after release date only to inform me that "whoopsies, didn't get enough stock, sorry" and by then it was impossible to get elsewhere... of course, thinking about it now, it is already impossible for me to get elsewhere, so I really have nothing to lose by placing an order. Excuse me a moment while I go shopping

Just got back from Deadpool & Wolverine and, ye gods, that was "Gratuitous Cameo: The Movie"! I'm shocked by the amount of quite inspired cameos that has managed to go unspoiled and I was very surprised by a couple of them. I'm sure the Internet Spoiler Machine (tm) is already in full swing, but I will still refrain from greasing those gears and keep the specifics to myself.
Oh, yeah, I also found it very, very, very funny and after having just seen Deadpool and Deadpool 2, I think I can say with some certainty that this one is my favourite (in spite of me not being a fan of the decision to bring Hugh Jackman back as Wolverine). I can't be sure, though, so I better go see it again (this will be the first time ever that I've gone back for seconds on a Marvel movie in the theatres)

@FuriousMachine spoilers are what worry me most. The movie comes out in Kuwait exactly tomorrow at the 25th. Well it’s already the 25th but we have one of the earlier timezones so whatever. Actually it’s quite ironic our time zone is so early but we get movies so late. Anyways Deadpool is the last hero movie franchise I’ve cared for due to its detachment from the MCU. At least the first two movies so I’m quite hyped for this, and I’ve generally been a fan of the character some time before the ps3 game was even a thing (although it’s surprisingly tricky to nail down a significant Deadpool “thing” before that. He’s a surprisingly young character history-wise)

@Yousef- Yeah, dodging spoilers for high profile releases like this is tiresome; hope you'll make it to the cinemas in time to avoid the brunt of it
And while Deadpool now officially is a part of the MCU, this one stays mostly "MCU adjacent" (though they are having a lot of fun with the multiverse thing).
I believe Deadpool debuted in the comics in 1990 or 1991, so he's one of the younger mainstays of Marvel, absolutely. He debuted at a time when I had a window where I'd "outgrown" comics (I grew back into them again ) so I've never had much attachment to him outside the movies (I played the game, briefly, but it drowned in all the other releases at the time, for me).
I do love the movies, though

Just got home from Deadpool & Wolverine - up there with Winter Soldier and Endgame as the elite marvel movies for me (for different reasons or course).

@FuriousMachine huh, we got interesting contrasting perspectives then. To start thing off, I actually didn’t get the sense 7th gen was packed. But that’s mainly on my end because there weren’t that many genres I was into so I felt it was pretty dry. What didn’t help was my lack of literacy in English, I didn’t become self-taught and fluent in English until a much latter point in my life and as such rpgs were out of the question for me.

As for the comics, this is an interesting. I’m actually well aware of people who fell out of love with comics since the 90s and can see how Deadpool back represented things they resented. There’s people who probably still see him as the antithesis to everything they like. Me personally? It took me a little longer to stop following comics. I was already well acquainted and had my brain too marinated in Deadpool stuff to hate him. To this day, he actually remains one of the guys I’d eat up anything he cooks.

Also yeah it’s interesting how young he is for how big he is. I believe the biggest “recent” hero (in terms of how recent they are) is likely Kamala Khan, a character I’m also quite invested in.

@Yousef- Yeah, I think you may be right. I assume they introduce new characters quite regularly, but I don't think anyone after Kamala Khan hit it quite so big as she did. Brilliant character; I really love her (and Iman Vellani does such a great job portraying her)

And me not reading comics in the 90s had nothing to do with the comics themselves, I was just at "that age" where superhero comics weren't "cool" enough. So I'm pretty sure I would have loved Deadpool back then, if I'd known he existed

I was worried about Doctor Doom in the MCU not being Romani. I should have been worried about a lot more than just that.

@nessisonett ominous, now I’m really curious what’s going on.

@LN78 why am I not surprised.

@LN78 yup! Marvel could announce avengers 7 starring Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, Shrek and Godzilla and I might still find a way to yawn.

@nessisonett @LN78 @Yousef- I actually thought you were joking 🤦‍♂️ no other talented unknown ready to breakthrough in a career defining role then? Ah well silly me

@AgentCooper in the world of Hollywood? Never!

@LN78 Almost definitely, It reeks of desperation and creative bankruptcy.

WTF?! That is one of the worst casting decisions I've ever heard.... I'm firmly in denial...

@FuriousMachine it is sadly all real, my friend. And im still in denial.

Was just about to see if anyone had seen the RDJ announcement and it seems I'm late to the party. Utterly bizarre decision. I'll admit I'm curious to know how they plan to make it work. Odd it's for an Avengers movie also, thought they were making a Fantastic Four film which the character is more closely associated with.

@BearsEatBeets Yeah, Galactus is reportedly the main villain for the Fantastic Four movie, which is also a "period piece" (set in the 60's in a reality different than ours, apparently). I would not be surprised if there's a Doom cameo or setup there or something, though. It was also confirmed that the FF (along with the Thunderbolts) will appear in the Avengers movies, so that's likely the connection..
How much of all this is smoke and mirrors or subject to change, I don't know. All I know is that I'm excited about The Thunderbolts* and vary about the rest of it.

Regarding RDJ as Doom.... Honestly, what the hell is happening at Marvel?

Under most normal circumstances, even if I do not agree with a specific casting choice, I can usually 'objectively' appreciate why such a decision has been made.... but this is borderline absurd, not to mention remarkably confusing.

Is RDJ the result of Marvel's "smash glass in case of emergency" plan??

IMO, they either should have stuck with the Kang narrative and re-cast (would have been challenging, but do-able... especially as appearance differences can be explained away with Multiversal logic.) OR followed through in a better casting choice for Doom.

This might be unpopular, but I was really hoping they would bring back Julian McMahon - who played Doom in the 2 early F4 films. Julian McMahon's work in 'NIP/TUCK' was fantastic, and genuinely think he is a solid enough actor. The fanfare would welcomed the return of a familiar face also.
(Or as a runner up, the actor who plays Jaime Lannister - can't remember his name - but he would have been excellent)

The more I think about RDJ coming back as Doom, the weirder it seems....

On a plus-note, good to see the Russo boys back at the helm