Marvel Cinematic Universe

[huecoffs02]

AKA, Simu Liu continues to be an ungrateful little shit for the opportunities given him.

Simu Liu unironically going like:

"Oh you're saying this era of cinema is shit? Well I am asian superhero."

 

[starborn427614]

Guardians Holiday Special was a nice palate cleanser to Phase 4 in the same vein that Werewolf by Night was.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Simu Liu unironically going like:

"Oh you're saying this era of cinema is shit? Well I am asian superhero."

and he invented asian guys starring in movies when he starred as captain kung fu

 

[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

Speaking of Simu Liu, did you all know that he was a redditor before, & was on r/aznidentity? His whole reddit account is somewhere between based & peak chinkcel.

Simu Liu's Alleged Old Reddit Account Is Why You Should Never Post

Marvel’s Shang-Chi and rising star Simu Liu has become one of the latest examples of why you should periodically delete old social media posts. Last week fans began sharing screenshots of Reddit comments the actor allegedly made years before he was well known.

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For those who don't know what r/aznidentity is, or why it's laughable to be there:

WMAF / AMWF

"WMAF / AMWF" are the acronyms for "White Male Asian Female / Asian Male White Female" and both indicate a specific type of interracial couple, but with contrasting genders. While their main purpose is to identify and name the types of couples in a quicker and easier way, different groups of...

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[Stab You in the Back]

Guardians Holiday Special was a nice palate cleanser to Phase 4 in the same vein that Werewolf by Night was.

The Guardians special is a weird beast.

On the one hand, I appreciate that the spent a decent chunk of change on a throwaway Christmas special.

On the other hand, a lot of it felt like they were just padding the runtime with random scenes of Mantis twerking at a gay club or letting Kevin Bacon sing for 10 minutes. Like most streaming shows, it would've been a lot better at the 20 minutes they would've had on broadcast tv rather than the bloated 35 minutes it ended up being.

There is one funny joke in the special (you'll know it when you see it). Sadly, a lot of the "humor" felt like improv. I also didn't like that they made Mantis so bitchy, which, upon reflection, may be a result of the improv. The special once again raises the ugly specter of continuity. That being, why doesn't anybody recognize two of the people who literally brought four billion people back to life, including many of their friends and loved ones? Half the issues in the special would be resolved by one person being like, "oh hey, those are two of the heroes who helped Tony Stark bring my son back to life. Let's see what they want and if we can help them!"

 

[starborn427614]

The Guardians special is a weird beast.

On the one hand, I appreciate that the spent a decent chunk of change on a throwaway Christmas special.

On the other hand, a lot of it felt like they were just padding the runtime with random scenes of Mantis twerking at a gay club or letting Kevin Bacon sing for 10 minutes. Like most streaming shows, it would've been a lot better at the 20 minutes they would've had on broadcast tv rather than the bloated 35 minutes it ended up being.

There is one funny joke in the special (you'll know it when you see it). Sadly, a lot of the "humor" felt like improv. I also didn't like that they made Mantis so bitchy, which, upon reflection, may be a result of the improv. The special once again raises the ugly specter of continuity. That being, why doesn't anybody recognize two of the people who literally brought four billion people back to life, including many of their friends and loved ones? Half the issues in the special would be resolved by one person being like, "oh hey, those are two of the heroes who helped Tony Stark bring my son back to life. Let's see what they want and if we can help them!"

I think, going by Ms. Marvel and the Avengercon bit, there is knowledge of the Guardians in regards to the Blip, but they're extremely overshadowed by the Avengers. That and the whole China theater area is filled with cosplayers already. Might have fooled less Kamala-tier autistic people.

 

[Tor Lugosi]

I probably would've liked the GotG Holiday Special more if it were 30 minutes and focused more on the family aspect they bring up, rather than the goofy slap stick stuff.

 

[starborn427614]

I probably would've liked the GotG Holiday Special more if it were 30 minutes and focused more on the family aspect they bring up, rather than the goofy slap stick stuff.

The family stuff was the strongest aspect yeah. I feel every Christmas special (MCU or otherwise) is contractually obligated to have antics to balance out the saccharine parts. 'Tis the season and all that.

 

[Tor Lugosi]

Speaking of the family stuff, was Ego being Mantis' father ever brought up or hinted at before? I never really read their relationship as 'father and daughter' in GotG 2.

 

[starborn427614]

Speaking of the family stuff, was Ego being Mantis' father ever brought up or hinted at before? I never really read their relationship as 'father and daughter' in GotG 2.

You can apparently see a female character who looks like Mantis when Ego's going through his fuck-parade bit with Peter later in the second film. He told her that he found her as an egg, but the reality was that he sensed her powers and just allowed her to live (unlike the rest of his spawn). They actually took some episodes off D+ prior to the special dropping that spoiled the twist, but I wasn't aware of their connection before now either. It's one of those things that feels like a retcon when it kind of, sort of isn't.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

Shocking. Wakanda Forever will be banned in China. Who could have seen this happen?

 

[jspit2.0]

I don't think the MCU would have gotten to where it is today without talented and already famous actors stepping into the roles initially. RDJ, Chris Evans, and Chris Hemsworth helped bring those characters to life, and they're basically synonymous at this point. But that's clearly not the case with a lot of the newer characters, where I can barely remember the character's name and definitely don't know the actor playing them. As they keep scraping the bottom of the barrel for whatever D-list character they haven't put on film yet and keep burning through recognizable actors in one-off roles, this problem will only get worse.

That's another problem they keep having, where basically every villain character gets killed off for good in their first appearance. Not only does this mean they miss out on being able to use the character again in the future, it also means that the actor probably won't be coming back either, since they very rarely cast the same actor for two different roles. Possibly never, I honestly can't think of an example. They'll probably work around that with multiverse bullshit, but that's just a narrative crutch.

So yeah, I think Tarantino has it right in a way, people aren't really going to see movie stars, they're going to see the characters first and foremost. But the death of the movie star has been a thing for a lot longer than the MCU's existence.

People are dumb, these movies are dumb, and some things are astro turfed as fuck.

Rather than making this complex, it's best to boil it down to simple. Marvel had one movie. It was fun, it was simple, it was the same thing everyone else did; but Downey Jr. gave a nice performance.

That was really it.

Marvel has more or less been Michael Bay's Transformers or Fast and the Furious, except people who are higher brow in the media shill for them because Disney.

Congrats, you are on the same level as a Fast and Furious or Transformers fan if you like later Marvel movies. It's okay, everyone has a guilty pleasure.

 

[SmugAutist]

Shocking. Wakanda Forever will be banned in China. Who could have seen this happen?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mFYnjdYb1pk

Considering that China seems to be going in the direction of Cultural Revolution 2.0 under Xi Jinping, you can count on Western movies being allowed less and less over time. If your movie needs China to make a profit at this point, you might as well shelve it.

That said, Wakanda Forever is still doing fairly well at the box office and seems to have more legs than the Thor movie. I geniunely thought it would break a billion but it seems that isn't going to happen. It's wierd not seeing a Marvel movie crack over a billion in a year, and if Avatar 2 doesn't do it, Top Gun is going to run away with the prize. Probably the first year in recent times Disney isn't the top movie.

 

[Sergeant Major Buzzkill]

I'm listening to a song I haven't heard of in awhile and laughed at the line "African shooters I call them Wakanda" way harder than I should have...

 

[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

Lol, LMAO even. ROFL, if you may.

At least when other companies' random promo products are trying to be kinda cool & actually not bland.


Yes, those are indeed an Neon Genesis Evangelion hose holder & trash can.

But seriously, who even is this for? I'm talking about the Black Panther one, cause I'd actually like that Hose Holder.

 

[Strangolapreti]

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Yes, those are indeed an Neon Genesis Evangelion hose holder & trash can.

But seriously, who even is this for?

 

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Speaking of Simu Liu, did you all know that he was a redditor before, & was on r/aznidentity? His whole reddit account is somewhere between based & peak chinkcel.

Simu Liu's Alleged Old Reddit Account Is Why You Should Never Post

Marvel’s Shang-Chi and rising star Simu Liu has become one of the latest examples of why you should periodically delete old social media posts. Last week fans began sharing screenshots of Reddit comments the actor allegedly made years before he was well known.

gizmodo.com

For those who don't know what r/aznidentity is, or why it's laughable to be there:

WMAF / AMWF

"WMAF / AMWF" are the acronyms for "White Male Asian Female / Asian Male White Female" and both indicate a specific type of interracial couple, but with contrasting genders. While their main purpose is to identify and name the types of couples in a quicker and easier way, different groups of...

knowyourmeme.com

" In addition to making casually sexist remarks about women being inferior athletes to men, and inelegantly expressing disdain for extremism in a way that carried Islamophobic overtones,"

OH MY!!!! How extreme!

 

[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

" In addition to making casually sexist remarks about women being inferior athletes to men, and inelegantly expressing disdain for extremism in a way that carried Islamophobic overtones,"

OH MY!!!! How extreme!

It's as I said, he's somewhere between based & chinkcell.

 

[Strangolapreti]

If you take a way a dollar from Disney for each time they announced their first openly gay character, then they would've gone bankrupt

Also phase 4 proved how mysogenist they really are: not only they can put a female character into problems to struggle and overcome, but neither they can make them badass and powerful villains, it's always the old white men privileged enough to get the spot...

 

[Oilspill Battery]

They actually took some episodes off D+ prior to the special dropping that spoiled the twist, but I wasn't aware of their connection before now either. It's one of those things that feels like a retcon when it kind of, sort of isn't.

Wait, episodes of what? There's a guardians of the galaxy tv show?