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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Feb 26, 2023 17:30:30 GMT -5
They should have saved Modok until they were ready to give him the kind of reinvention they did to Arnim Zola. I think the Eternals, Inhumans and so on have illustrated that not every Kirby idea is going to work on the big screen.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Feb 26, 2023 19:57:49 GMT -5
The crackhead bear having a big impact here. I enjoyed Cocaine Bear much more than Ant-Man So did I, and I would categorize Cocaine Bear as “ok”. Ant-Man was just a gigantic miss for me.
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Post by burdette25159 on Feb 26, 2023 23:07:41 GMT -5
It's looking to have a worse second week drop than Batman v Superman. Oof. The crackhead bear having a big impact here. Creed 3 will finish Ant man off next weekend
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Post by Savage Gambino on Feb 27, 2023 0:42:00 GMT -5
The crackhead bear having a big impact here. Creed 3 will finish Ant man off next weekend As an aside, shoutout to Jonathan Majors for having two back to back number one movies in America in less than a month. 2023 is undeniably going to be his year.
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Post by lucas_lee on Feb 27, 2023 8:46:06 GMT -5
I thought it wasn't bad Jonathan Majors and Phifer were the best parts of the movie. I do think they could've saved Kangs first appearance somewhere else and not on Antman maybe MODOK shouldve been the villian for the whole movie and then Kang gets teased.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 27, 2023 10:21:42 GMT -5
Knowing capitalism, that just means the companies will outsource the VFX to countries where worker protections are even worse or practically nonexistent. There's a reason like, for example, anime animators don't unionize(EVEN THOUGH THEY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD), the production committees will just move more and more of the animation workload to China and Vietnam, which have even lower animator wages than Japan's. Really in general I kind of expect a total collapse of the anime scene within the next couple of years because right now seemingly everything is having major production issues. The whole industry's reaching a breaking point of its current production model at its current pace just becoming flat out unsustainable.
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Post by lucas_lee on Feb 27, 2023 12:33:35 GMT -5
There's a reason like, for example, anime animators don't unionize(EVEN THOUGH THEY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD), the production committees will just move more and more of the animation workload to China and Vietnam, which have even lower animator wages than Japan's. Really in general I kind of expect a total collapse of the anime scene within the next couple of years because right now seemingly everything is having major production issues. The whole industry's reaching a breaking point of its current production model at its current pace just becoming flat out unsustainable. Also on the VA side as well. The anime industry is notoriously scummy when paying the VA the money they deserve and they're anti-union and blackball people from getting jobs if they try to unionize. A lot of VAs are getting fed up being treated like trash.
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Post by Cyno on Feb 27, 2023 14:38:36 GMT -5
Really in general I kind of expect a total collapse of the anime scene within the next couple of years because right now seemingly everything is having major production issues. The whole industry's reaching a breaking point of its current production model at its current pace just becoming flat out unsustainable. Also on the VA side as well. The anime industry is notoriously scummy when paying the VA the money they deserve and they're anti-union and blackball people from getting jobs if they try to unionize. A lot of VAs are getting fed up being treated like trash. A lot of stuff in the Japanese entertainment industry is really scummy in how they treat actors in general. Like the whole talent agency model needs to die already.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 5, 2023 15:12:05 GMT -5
Do wonder what this movie's box office and critical performance are going to be meaning for the MCU going forward and how they might reconfigure things. At this point it seems quite likely it's not going to manage to reach how much the second movie made in its run, despite having a far stronger opening, and that does seem like a problem when this was marketed pretty heavily, didn't have much competition, and was clearly meant as the big launching off point for Kang as the next big rallying point villain.
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Mar 6, 2023 1:31:15 GMT -5
Yes, but what is the cultural impact of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania? At this point, gotta change that "is" to a "was."
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Mar 6, 2023 2:36:37 GMT -5
Just forget the Ant-Man and start utilizing Kathryn Newton in a feature role as a new sexy super-heroine.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 6, 2023 3:34:42 GMT -5
Do wonder what this movie's box office and critical performance are going to be meaning for the MCU going forward and how they might reconfigure things. At this point it seems quite likely it's not going to manage to reach how much the second movie made in its run, despite having a far stronger opening, and that does seem like a problem when this was marketed pretty heavily, didn't have much competition, and was clearly meant as the big launching off point for Kang as the next big rallying point villain. Guardians 3 is gonna be the big one for MCU's test. While I enjoyed Ant-Man, Phase 4 has one massive problem, there's no main hero. Right now it looks like Kang is the main character, and he's the villain. They haven't been able to replicate Tony and Steve as the mains. For 3 Phases, the main characters of the MCU were Tony and Steve, with Thor just below them. We went on the journey with them, got invested in their characters. Now, the main character is looking to be the villain.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 6, 2023 4:00:54 GMT -5
While I enjoyed Ant-Man, Phase 4 has one massive problem, there's no main hero. Right now it looks like Kang is the main character, and he's the villain. They haven't been able to replicate Tony and Steve as the mains. For 3 Phases, the main characters of the MCU were Tony and Steve, with Thor just below them. We went on the journey with them, got invested in their characters. Now, the main character is looking to be the villain. That's definitely a big issue. Thor is still around, but with Hemsworth's health-related break from acting it's not looking like he'll be back soon and isn't likely to stick around much longer anyway. T'Challa would have absolutely been the face of the MCU going forward, but real life put an end to that. In all likelihood they're going to lean heavily on Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and Sam Wilson.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Mar 6, 2023 9:11:55 GMT -5
While I enjoyed Ant-Man, Phase 4 has one massive problem, there's no main hero. Right now it looks like Kang is the main character, and he's the villain. They haven't been able to replicate Tony and Steve as the mains. For 3 Phases, the main characters of the MCU were Tony and Steve, with Thor just below them. We went on the journey with them, got invested in their characters. Now, the main character is looking to be the villain. That's definitely a big issue. Thor is still around, but with Hemsworth's health-related break from acting it's not looking like he'll be back soon and isn't likely to stick around much longer anyway. T'Challa would have absolutely been the face of the MCU going forward, but real life put an end to that. In all likelihood they're going to lean heavily on Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and Sam Wilson. Wasn't the original plan for the next "big three" to be Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, and Black Panther anyway? If Marvels proves to be successful enough, they should still have two of the three as main characters. I'm still looking forward to SamCap in Captain America 4, and Scott fighting one Kang variant could give him a just under leading role much like his role in the Endgame heist.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 6, 2023 11:34:32 GMT -5
Wasn't the original plan for the next "big three" to be Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, and Black Panther anyway? If Marvels proves to be successful enough, they should still have two of the three as main characters. I'm still looking forward to SamCap in Captain America 4, and Scott fighting one Kang variant could give him a just under leading role much like his role in the Endgame heist. That's always been the assumption, though there's never been anything from official or unofficial sources to say that would be the case.
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Post by salz4life on Mar 6, 2023 11:39:38 GMT -5
Do wonder what this movie's box office and critical performance are going to be meaning for the MCU going forward and how they might reconfigure things. At this point it seems quite likely it's not going to manage to reach how much the second movie made in its run, despite having a far stronger opening, and that does seem like a problem when this was marketed pretty heavily, didn't have much competition, and was clearly meant as the big launching off point for Kang as the next big rallying point villain. Guardians 3 is gonna be the big one for MCU's test. While I enjoyed Ant-Man, Phase 4 has one massive problem, there's no main hero. Right now it looks like Kang is the main character, and he's the villain. They haven't been able to replicate Tony and Steve as the mains. For 3 Phases, the main characters of the MCU were Tony and Steve, with Thor just below them. We went on the journey with them, got invested in their characters. Now, the main character is looking to be the villain. Never really thought about that, but you are 100% right. Other than Dr. Strange (maybe), the MCU really doesn't have a go-to hero right now. Spider-Man, in theory, could be but he is awfully young and as of now a sort of unknown commodity. Thor has always been kind of a loner type in that he does what he wants and wasn't really a leader type. They don't have a "Franchise Hero" for the OVERALL story right now. IMO, they have the "Franchise Heel" in Kang.
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Post by salz4life on Mar 6, 2023 11:41:03 GMT -5
That's definitely a big issue. Thor is still around, but with Hemsworth's health-related break from acting it's not looking like he'll be back soon and isn't likely to stick around much longer anyway. T'Challa would have absolutely been the face of the MCU going forward, but real life put an end to that. In all likelihood they're going to lean heavily on Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and Sam Wilson. Wasn't the original plan for the next "big three" to be Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, and Black Panther anyway? If Marvels proves to be successful enough, they should still have two of the three as main characters. I'm still looking forward to SamCap in Captain America 4, and Scott fighting one Kang variant could give him a just under leading role much like his role in the Endgame heist. Definitely think Captain Marvel can be, but unfortunately Brie Larson is a polarizing figure and I don't think she will ever be universally accepted. I like her, but I can see why others don't.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 6, 2023 11:42:08 GMT -5
I can see the point on the no central hero thing but I'm not really sure if that's what it is? I dunno, maybe it is for broader folks, but while my interest in the MCU has checked way the hell out for the time being I don't think it's one that since I've really never especially cared about Captain America and found Iron Man pretty much universally unlikable after 2 so I don't think the lack of figures like them is really what the issue is for me.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Mar 13, 2023 16:33:19 GMT -5
Disney has unleashed the lawyer hounds and are working to get Reddit to help them get the identity of whoever released the QuantuMania script.
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Post by ace on Mar 13, 2023 16:37:58 GMT -5
Disney has unleashed the lawyer hounds and are working to get Reddit to help them get the identity of whoever released the QuantuMania script. Wish they’d have unleashed some writer hounds to fix it up first instead
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