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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
Now I'm seeing add for superheroes I never heard of in my life; Black Adam? I think they are starting to run out of characters to base movies on and are scraping the bottom of that barrel, but then again I was never a comic book person. Hopefully this era of nothing but crappy CGI superhero movies is coming to an end. | ||
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| Thank you Very little  |
You'd have thought the Avengers Endgame would have been the end... | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
Black Adam is a nemesis of Captain Marvel (aka, Shazam). They look nearly identical except for their color schemes. Be prepared for a future crossover between the character Shazam, played by Zachary Levi, and Black Adam, played by Dwayne Johnson. There might be a Superman cameo in there, too. "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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I,too, am tired of them for the most part. I will see Black Adam when it comes to Redbox, as Dwayne Johnson is such a likable guy no matter what roll he plays in my opinion. As fas as the others, the last Thor movie is a joke,saw it with my young son. | |||
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I gave up on them years ago, the collateral damage bothered me, guess I have watched The Incredibles too much, (supers in trouble for Collateral damage) yet I heard a movie guy giving a review on talk radio not to long ago that was saying that the Super Hero movies do so well due to the current climate (social, political, etc) and were a good escape, whatever, most have sucked to me https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven! |
I read from several sources that the primary reason we have this overload of superhero movies is: CHINA The Chicom govt is very restrictive as far as allowing movies with too much politics and nudity/sex and violence but these movies are palatable for them with minimal to zero nudity/sex and cartoon violence. I guess when the Chinese finally tire of these movies is when they stop. | |||
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I suspect it’s more when they stop making tons of money. That’s really what the studios care about, not any particular country. I’ve been pretty much done since Avengers Endgame. Even that series was getting tiresome, and the main reason I saw it was because I had already invested the time in all of the previous movies and wanted it to end. Since Endgame, all I’ve seen is the new Thor movie, and that only because I really enjoyed Thor Ragnorok, but the new movie movie has now killed any desire to see more Thor movies. I’ll watch Black Adam, mostly because of Dwayne Johnson. | |||
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They're after my Lucky Charms! |
Not to mention SuperHero movies sell toys to kids and collectors. I would like to say all the good actors/writers/ect are on streaming services now, but House of the Dragon and Rings of Power proved me wrong there. Plus studios want that guarantee that they will profit from a movie. And franchises with built in fans are an easy way to make it happen. The only time I see the studio backing something risky is if it is some preachy, Oscar bait that pushes a leftist ideology. Lord, your ocean is so very large and my divos are so very f****d-up Dirt Sailors Unite! | |||
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MCU has a lot more in store. At San Diego Comic Con, they announced Phase 6 will include Fantastic Four, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, and Avengers: Secret Wars. | |||
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The last two Marvel releases, Thor LT, and the Dr. Strange film did not make near the money Disney had anticipated so it’s a clear signal to them many have had enough. Not enough of SuperHo because I think that desire will be never ending amongst children, and grown men who have not grown up. It’s a sign that bad movies are just bad movies and people are really tired of the virtue signaling. That Black Widow film bombed as well at least to what they were expecting. All throughout this land blasting of this content I thought only a few films were good enough to be stand alone solid films. The first Thor film, because it was directed by Kenneth. He’s a thespian, and knows what he is doing. His film on his native Ireland and his youth was extremely well reviewed and received last year. I also thought the first Dr. Strange was really good as well. And I liked Black Panther sans the Michael B. Jordan casting as I thought he was awful in that but Bozeman did extremely well and thought the production was solid. Then of course the Nolan trilogy, which was the best I have ever seen in this genre. Then all time the Keaton Batman films were good in their day, the original Blade and the first little X Men Trilogy. The rest of them? That first Ironman when Jon was running shit was decent. I thought all the Captain Americas were subpar. Same for all these recent Spider-Man films, all cringe awful. Avengers the same, garbage, just CGI fests. I cannot stand Ryan Reynolds so didn’t care for his stuff either. Guardians, the first one was decent, the 2nd awful. Ant boy, awful. Hulk, awful sans Jennifer. The first Suicide Squad was ok, and I happened to like Leto’s portrayal of Joker, unlike many. Leto to me is one of the best actors around but these clowns can even waste his talent in that Vampire film that released this year. I guess my point is there have been just a few films in this genre that I thought were solid films. The rest are lowest common denominator children films that they make a certain way for dubbing in Chinese and every other language. Disney does not set out to make great films. Instead they make them by calculation with bean counters in charge. I agree with Scorsese what they make is not cinema. It’s powder puff popcorn garbage and until Kennedy is pushed out fuck that whole company and their product. I only rent their films because I have a monthly plan I pay for anyways and there is little coming out. This latest Thor was the worst POS I’ve seen out of that company. Campy, bad story, bad everything. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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| Little ray of sunshine  |
I generally don't care for these movies, but I will probably watch Black Adam because of Johnson. I won't expect cinematic greatness, but I hope it is watchable. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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great analysis, FWIW, and I have mentioned it in the past, I really like the last Superman movie, Henry Cavil was great in the role, Amy Adams ok as Lois, etc etc, but as good as I think they did, the collateral damage was way too much, and that one soured me on most of the rest https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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There’s just one leeeeedle problem with this theory. The last SIX Marvel movies have not been approved by CCP censors and have not even been released in China. | |||
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| They're after my Lucky Charms! |
If you really want to see how bad the MCU has slipped, watch She-Hulk. They tried to make it a weekly sit-com set in the super hero universe. And it sucks. Lord, your ocean is so very large and my divos are so very f****d-up Dirt Sailors Unite! | |||
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| Never miss an opportunity to be Batman!  |
Totally agree.......but then Marvel came out with the Werewolf By Night special presentation which I thought was fantastic! Amazing what they can accomplish by just telling a story (compared to "The Narrative") that is true to the original material, and having characters with good effects. | |||
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I've been an avid watcher of these movies for years. I was the guy showing up at the theater at midnight opening night for each new release. I'd re-watch the older ones in prep for new releases. I watched the TV shows that filled in some of the gaps. Ever since Disney took the helm... it's been downhill. The last one I saw in theaters was Shang-Chi. When Dr. Strange came out "eh... I"ll wait til it's out of the theater to see it". When Thor LT came out, it actually caught me by surprise (because my level of "give-a-shit" was gone). Disney ruined a perfectly good franchise. Black Adam (being DC) is immune to the Disney shananigans. However DC has a history of making mediocre movies. We'll see how it goes I guess... This is where my signature goes. | |||
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Balaam's Ass |
I'm starting to tire of them myself. It would be one thing if they stayed closer to the source metrical but that would be too much like right  God bless America...and no one else | |||
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Yeah, that M14 video guy... |
Marvel went downhill real fast after Stan Lee died. He was the last of the old guard keeping the woke nonsense and nudity out of Marvel. You'll notice the first movie made after he died had the first openly gay character (one of the Russo bros in the Captain America therapy scene). You'll also notice that profanity increased exponentially and I think Thor L&T was the first to have nudity I sort of have and haven't watched She-Hulk. I haven't watched it on my D- account, but I've seen enough bad reviews that I've basically seen the whole series through their content. I actually cancelled my D- subscription last week and sent them a scathing comment telling them I no longer consider Disney content safe for children and families. I told them they ruined Marvel and Star Wars. I gave a few other reasons and told them to F-off. I enjoyed most of Marvel phase 1-3, but they lost me completely in phase 4. I liked Iron Man 1, Guardians 1, Thor 1-3, the first to CA's and the first Avengers. The rest was fairly entertaining filler. Tony. Owner, TonyBen, LLC, Type-07 FFL www.tonybenm14.com (Site under construction). e-mail: tonyben@tonybenm14.com | |||
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Be prepared for loud noise and recoil |
I think they’ll go the way of the western genre. “Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.” – James Madison "Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." - Robert Louis Stevenson | |||
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