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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Mar 27, 2024 16:18:00 GMT -5
Deadpool literally retconned Juggernaut into something better. That's a bullet dodged. This is another f***ing MCU thing that's hurting the brand. The budgets to these things are overinflated and you've got someone going, "Hey remember the terrible Juggernaut from one of the worst X-Men movies? Let's throw him $100k for two days of work for a joke that'll get a couple of chuckles." Get your f***ing heads together. Can't blame them for trying, half of the f***ing hype for this movie is based on "I wonder how many Fox characters show up and what wacky comments Wade will have for them!". People got excited for an Elektra sighting for god sakes, of course Marvel is gonna reach out to as many people as possible for cameos. They're absolutely trying to replicate the No Way Home hype. I'm sure there will be more "leaks" about cameos before the movie drops Hell, even comments like this saying "I was asked but said no" is gonna help hype the movie.
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Post by cosmo on Mar 27, 2024 20:17:19 GMT -5
Deadpool literally retconned Juggernaut into something better. That's a bullet dodged. This is another f***ing MCU thing that's hurting the brand. The budgets to these things are overinflated and you've got someone going, "Hey remember the terrible Juggernaut from one of the worst X-Men movies? Let's throw him $100k for two days of work for a joke that'll get a couple of chuckles." Get your f***ing heads together. Can't blame them for trying, half of the f***ing hype for this movie is based on "I wonder how many Fox characters show up and what wacky comments Wade will have for them!". People got excited for an Elektra sighting for god sakes, of course Marvel is gonna reach out to as many people as possible for cameos. They're absolutely trying to replicate the No Way Home hype. I'm sure there will be more "leaks" about cameos before the movie drops Hell, even comments like this saying "I was asked but said no" is gonna help hype the movie.
At this point, I wonder if they're gonna try to deepfake Stan Lee into the movie.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Mar 27, 2024 20:19:26 GMT -5
Can't blame them for trying, half of the f***ing hype for this movie is based on "I wonder how many Fox characters show up and what wacky comments Wade will have for them!". People got excited for an Elektra sighting for god sakes, of course Marvel is gonna reach out to as many people as possible for cameos. They're absolutely trying to replicate the No Way Home hype. I'm sure there will be more "leaks" about cameos before the movie drops Hell, even comments like this saying "I was asked but said no" is gonna help hype the movie.
At this point, I wonder if they're gonna try to deepfake Stan Lee into the movie.
Am I mistaken or did Marvel actually sign a deal with Stan’s estate that allows them to do that? Maybe I’m just stoned and completely out to lunch, but I’d swear that’s a thing
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Post by Savage Gambino on Mar 28, 2024 18:57:25 GMT -5
Can't blame them for trying, half of the f***ing hype for this movie is based on "I wonder how many Fox characters show up and what wacky comments Wade will have for them!". People got excited for an Elektra sighting for god sakes, of course Marvel is gonna reach out to as many people as possible for cameos. They're absolutely trying to replicate the No Way Home hype. I'm sure there will be more "leaks" about cameos before the movie drops Hell, even comments like this saying "I was asked but said no" is gonna help hype the movie. At this point, I wonder if they're gonna try to deepfake Stan Lee into the movie.
I would love to believe they're more ethical about the use of deepfakes than their Distinguished Competition (or, for that matter, their brother company under Disney, Lucasfilm), but Marvel Entertainment wasn't exactly a paragon of virtue even before they were acquired by the Walt Disney Corporation. I really hope the restraint they showed with the late Chadwick Boseman in Wakanda Forever isn't a one time thing.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 28, 2024 19:03:23 GMT -5
Am I mistaken or did Marvel actually sign a deal with Stan’s estate that allows them to do that? Maybe I’m just stoned and completely out to lunch, but I’d swear that’s a thing This is Stan Lee we're talking about. Knowing him he probably had it written into his will that Marvel keeps putting him in movies in perpetuity.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Mar 28, 2024 19:10:24 GMT -5
At this point, I wonder if they're gonna try to deepfake Stan Lee into the movie.
I would love to believe they're more ethical about the use of deepfakes than their Distinguished Competition (or, for that matter, their brother company under Disney, Lucasfilm), but Marvel Entertainment wasn't exactly a paragon of virtue even before they were acquired by the Walt Disney Corporation. I really hope the restraint they showed with the late Chadwick Boseman in Wakanda Forever isn't a one time thing. Look, I'm not saying it should be a regularly accepted practice by Marvel, Disney, or really any movie production company, but I fully believe that Stan Lee is the kind of person who would've loved to be deepfaked into movies long after his death. He was a carny and a showman and this would've been right up his alley.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Mar 29, 2024 8:16:56 GMT -5
Am I mistaken or did Marvel actually sign a deal with Stan’s estate that allows them to do that? Maybe I’m just stoned and completely out to lunch, but I’d swear that’s a thing This is Stan Lee we're talking about. Knowing him he probably had it written into his will that Marvel keeps putting him in movies in perpetuity. I thought he recorded a ton of videos that could be edited into cameos for just about any film.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 29, 2024 8:35:15 GMT -5
I thought he recorded a ton of videos that could be edited into cameos for just about any film. That was the rumour, but the fact that none have surfaced since his death would suggest otherwise. Also, according to Al Jean, official policy is Stan's cameos ended when he died:
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Mar 30, 2024 9:11:01 GMT -5
Honestly I think the cameos should have ended with the Captain Marvel one anyway. there was just something touching about it.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 30, 2024 9:24:59 GMT -5
Honestly I think the cameos should have ended with the Captain Marvel one anyway. there was just something touching about it. That was a really nice one, if world-breaking one, given his Mallrats role.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 10, 2024 18:13:21 GMT -5
Official art from CinemaCon. {Spoiler} Honestly, yeah I think never using the Wolverine mask before was the right call.
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Apr 10, 2024 18:24:05 GMT -5
Deadpool literally retconned Juggernaut into something better. That's a bullet dodged. This is another f***ing MCU thing that's hurting the brand. The budgets to these things are overinflated and you've got someone going, "Hey remember the terrible Juggernaut from one of the worst X-Men movies? Let's throw him $100k for two days of work for a joke that'll get a couple of chuckles." Get your f***ing heads together. But the memes, bro! The memes! How'd "We Live In A Society" work out for the Distinguished Competition? /It didn't even make the final cut of the Snyder Cut.
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Post by Soultastic on Apr 10, 2024 18:26:43 GMT -5
But the memes, bro! The memes! How'd "We Live In A Society" work out for the Distinguished Competition? /It didn't even make the final cut of the Snyder Cut. It snuck in Joker's speech against Robert De Niro tho.
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Post by cosmo on Apr 10, 2024 18:41:00 GMT -5
But the memes, bro! The memes! How'd "We Live In A Society" work out for the Distinguished Competition? /It didn't even make the final cut of the Snyder Cut.
I was actually referencing...
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Apr 10, 2024 18:43:04 GMT -5
How'd "We Live In A Society" work out for the Distinguished Competition? /It didn't even make the final cut of the Snyder Cut. I was actually referencing...
True enough. I was thinking of another example where memeing doesn't make the movie work (if I may add a bit of destrucity here). Funny tidbit: I learned about the Juggernaut meme AFTER seeing X3!
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 10, 2024 18:46:08 GMT -5
Funny tidbit: I learned about the Juggernaut meme AFTER seeing X3! I didn't learn about it until last year.
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Post by cosmo on Apr 10, 2024 19:33:53 GMT -5
Funny tidbit: I learned about the Juggernaut meme AFTER seeing X3!
Same, honestly.
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Post by uewfigfed on Apr 10, 2024 20:29:24 GMT -5
Funny tidbit: I learned about the Juggernaut meme AFTER seeing X3!
Same, honestly.
Ahhh th beauty of the early days of the internet lol Newgrounds, Napster, all that madness
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 12, 2024 11:01:55 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Apr 12, 2024 11:03:21 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} Would the family of four happen to be Fantastic?
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