Marvel Thread (Movies, Comics, etc)

Postby **nocera** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:20 am

Yes. Listen, I know I’m the guy that hates things but man do I hate She-Hulk.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:24 am

I thought it was a six episode season. Nope, we are blessed with 9 episodes.

Postby **NAN** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:29 am

So between this and finishing up the Walking dead, I'm going to have a pooh fall of TV watching.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:33 am

I thought it was a six episode season. Nope, we are blessed with 9 episodes.

Listen, if the writers thought 9 episodes was needed, then so be it.

Postby **meecrofilm** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:43 am

I dunno, seems fine to me, there are some laughs, that's all I'm here for.

Postby **Kane** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:44 am

Yinz do realize it's basically billed as a sitcom, right?

Postby **skullman80** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:47 am

So between this and finishing up the Walking dead, I'm going to have a pooh fall of TV watching.

New season of Handmaid's Tale drops in like a week I think.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:52 am

I thought it was a six episode season. Nope, we are blessed with 9 episodes.
Listen, if the writers thought 9 episodes was needed, then so be it.

These writers haven’t earned that respect.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:53 am

Yinz do realize it's basically billed as a sitcom, right?

So not only is it as inconsequential as every other Marvel series, it’s also deliberately cheesy?

Postby **nocera** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:54 am

I dunno, seems fine to me, there are some laughs, that's all I'm here for.

One of my problems with phase 4 Marvel is nearly every character is a buffoon and the laughs are more important than the story.

Postby **Beveridge** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:26 am

It's almost as if the target audience doesn't have time for a story.

Postby **NAN** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:53 am

I dunno, seems fine to me, there are some laughs, that's all I'm here for.
One of my problems with phase 4 Marvel is nearly every character is a buffoon and the laughs are more important than the story.

Yep, agree with this. I mean I know they tried to have the laughs in there for the other phases/movies/shows, but it's now going over the top.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:54 am

I accept that I’m not the target audience. I don’t accept that the target audience doesn’t care about story or that its flaws should be ignored because of its audience. I also wasn’t the target audience for Ms Marvel and I really liked that show. It had a clear POV, a story it wanted to tell, and a strong emotional core. She-Hulk has none of that.

Postby **meecrofilm** » Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:04 pm

I dunno, seems fine to me, there are some laughs, that's all I'm here for.
One of my problems with phase 4 Marvel is nearly every character is a buffoon and the laughs are more important than the story.

I get that -- I guess I can get the criticism of "did they really need to make this?" but as is, tonally it's quite faithful to the comics in that the laughs are quite literally more important than the story. So again in that respect, I have no problem knowing what I'm getting into.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Thu Sep 08, 2022 9:31 pm

OK, maybe it was our discussion in here today, or more Wong(ers), but I genuinely enjoyed this latest episode.

Madisynn was a lot of fun. My teenagers liked her as well.

Postby **meecrofilm** » Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:04 am

Did not expect a Billy Walsh sighting, that's for sure.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:56 am

I knew he looked familiar...just couldn't place him.

Postby **meecrofilm** » Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:05 am

It was bugging me like mad but finally clicked during the courtroom scene.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:03 am

Thor: Love and Thunder

Postby **nocera** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:11 pm

I don’t know what the **** this is but I’m in.

Postby **NTP66** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:13 pm

Thor: Love and Thunder

Absolute **** trash. Bottom of the barrel MCU fodder that belongs with Thor 2 and The Incredible Hulk. A waste of an incredible actor and a narrative that's nothing more than poorly conceived comedy skits tied together through through narrative stupidity. All of the excellence of the engaging, charismatic, and funny Thor that Ragnarok finally gave us and endured through Infinity War and Endgame turned into an absolute buffoon. Dumber and more oblivious than ever.

One of the biggest problems for Phase 4 MCU has been the absence of engaging characters and capable actors. No Way Home managed to avoid this for obvious reasons, but RDJ and Chris Evans are gone and their characters with them. Thor is the last remaining original character and Chris Hemsworth is a more than capable actor. Who knows how many outings as Thor he actually has left, but this one was wasted on low stakes stupidity.

My daughter wants to watch this tonight, so here we go.

Postby **NTP66** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:03 pm

Christ that was awful.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:12 pm

Christ that was awful.

Postby **nocera** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:16 pm

OK, maybe it was our discussion in here today, or more Wong(ers), but I genuinely enjoyed this latest episode.

Madisynn was a lot of fun. My teenagers liked her as well.

My opinion hasn’t changed unfortunately. Nearly halfway through the season and we still don’t have an actual antagonist.

Side note: was the image super dark for anybody else? It might be my HDR settings but no other content looks this dark.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:24 pm

Christ that was awful.

My wife said it felt like a parody movie written but someone who isn't funny.