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I'm hyped for MK too, but the bar is set incredibly low. The first one was dumb fun, but Annihilation was literally an unfinished workprint where the studio said "eh, good enough, why spend more money?" and theatrically released it with 100% placeholder VFX.
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Ccs posted:It’s just nonstop quips though. I know that’s a tenant of the mcu cause Whedon and all but real people don’t actually talk like this. Well yeah that's why they are super.
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I'd be more disappointed if MK ended up being good. If ever there's a series where the budget should not under any circumstances exceed $2m, its Mortal Kombat. I marathoned Wondavision yesterday, enjoyed it at the time, and I've already forgotten 2/3rds of it. So, if nothing else, it's in line with the rest of the MCU.
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Pastamania posted:I'd be more disappointed if MK ended up being good. If ever there's a series where the budget should not under any circumstances exceed $2m, its Mortal Kombat. You saw the TV series, then? I wouldn't be shocked if the entire budget for 20 episodes didn't exceed $2m.
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Ccs posted:https://twitter.com/falconandwinter/status/1370426863970091009 Hi, I'm here to inform you Bucky is really, really popular in MCU fandom and I can assure you 99% of those comments are legit. Because he's very popular, and Sam-and-Bucky as a duo are definitely coasting along nicely on that popularity.
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cyclical posted:Hi, I'm here to inform you Bucky is really, really popular in MCU fandom Truly one of the great mysteries of our time
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sticklefifer posted:I'm hyped for MK too, but the bar is set incredibly low. The first one was dumb fun, but Annihilation was literally an unfinished workprint where the studio said "eh, good enough, why spend more money?" and theatrically released it with 100% placeholder VFX. No CGI would've saved Too bad you. Will die.
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cyclical posted:Hi, I'm here to inform you Bucky is really, really popular in MCU fandom and I can assure you 99% of those comments are legit. Because he's very popular, and Sam-and-Bucky as a duo are definitely coasting along nicely on that popularity. Something Awful tends to be very cynical, for good and bad. Sometimes people here forget what is popular among average people.
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Ccs posted:https://twitter.com/falconandwinter/status/1370426863970091009 Im seeing journalistic propaganda that is like "Wandavision might have been disappointing, but Falcon is gonna be amazing " which is just lol
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Perhaps we should judge the show based on the actual episode that hasn’t been released yet instead of small teaser clips presented without context and impressions from easily excitable Twitter randos?
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As a guy who bitched long and loud about the ending of Wandavision, Wandavision was Cool and Good. I would like FATWS to be Cool and Good too.
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Mar 14, 2021 21:39
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I have a wild prediction that the show will be entertaining, maybe hint at some deeper story beats but ultimately play it safe because it's a very popular IP and Disney won't take major risks.
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Mar 14, 2021 21:41
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Daduzi posted:Truly one of the great mysteries of our time Sebastian Stan is hot. Mystery solved.
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Desperado Bones posted:Sebastian Stan is hot. Yeah, that's the mystery. I mean, sure, you might notice him at the local 7-11 but in the MCU? He's half a Chris at best.
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I noticed when watching Winter Soldier recently that he does look a lot like young Mark Hamill and he even had a scream toward the end of the movie that was uncannily similar to Luke's "that's not true, that's impossible" and now I get all the wishcasting I've seen Star Wars fans clamoring for.
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cyclical posted:Hi, I'm here to inform you Bucky is really, really popular in MCU fandom and I can assure you 99% of those comments are legit. Because he's very popular, and Sam-and-Bucky as a duo are definitely coasting along nicely on that popularity. Huh. I mean he seems like a nice guy and he’s got quite a jaw but... Anyway I liked the captain America films a lot so i hope this is fun, it just feels like they’re missing a big star or a big hook. WandaVision has the big hook, Loki has the big star, this has.... Anyway I hope I’ll be pleasantly surprised.
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Daduzi posted:Yeah, that's the mystery. I mean, sure, you might notice him at the local 7-11 but in the MCU? He's half a Chris at best. Which Chris? Hunky Chris? Hunkier Chris? Bad Chris? or not-MCU but still considered hot by some Chris? Doctor Nutt posted:I noticed when watching Winter Soldier recently that he does look a lot like young Mark Hamill and he even had a scream toward the end of the movie that was uncannily similar to Luke's "that's not true, that's impossible" and now I get all the wishcasting I've seen Star Wars fans clamoring for. Yeah, he gives a lot of young Mark Hamill vibes. Would be fun if he was given a role like that.
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Noted hunk Mark Hamill.
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Desperado Bones posted:Which Chris? Yes
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The first episode will tell us what the hook is, hopefully. And if it doesn’t, then it’s probably not a great limited series!
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Doctor Nutt posted:I noticed when watching Winter Soldier recently that he does look a lot like young Mark Hamill and he even had a scream toward the end of the movie that was uncannily similar to Luke's "that's not true, that's impossible" and now I get all the wishcasting I've seen Star Wars fans clamoring for. Hamill himself is aware of how munch Stan looks like him https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1029047420771069952?s=20
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I have a wild prediction that the show will be entertaining, maybe hint at some deeper story beats but ultimately play it safe because it's a very popular IP and Disney won't take major risks. This applies to every MCU and Star Wars show; being part of Disney is both a blessing and a curse.
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Shageletic posted:Im seeing journalistic propaganda that is like "Wandavision might have been disappointing, but Falcon is gonna be amazing " which is just lol That's not the established narrative, right? That Wandavision was disappointing? That would suck if so.
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Daduzi posted:That's not the established narrative, right? That Wandavision was disappointing? That would suck if so.   metacritic user reviews is like 6.8 but seems to be a lot of people who haaaated the sitcom style and wanted more trad MCU stylings, which, gently caress'em
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Daduzi posted:Yes  sebmojo posted:
Yeah, some people said it was "too emotional" thus boring and they just wanted to see people punching each other, and cities being destroyed and the whole big explosions and lasers...and I'm not loving kidding, that some comments I've seen floating around. So I guess F&WS will be what they are looking for?** **They are still gonna hate it lol
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It was the same in this thread early on, many people didn’t like the sitcom style and preferred more standard mcu.
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Personally, I didn't really care for the first couple of episodes. I think I liked episodes 4-8 a lot more than the others. Different strokes.
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All these people who hated it but still watched it the whole way through. Disney+ subs must be through the roof just for that show alone.
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live with fruit posted:Noted hunk Mark Hamill. Wasn't Hamill considered quite good looking before he had a motorcycle crash between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back? Also, The Falcon & The Winter Soldiers hook is, at least going in to the first episode, the chemistry between Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. The actual episode might reveal a narrative hook of some kind, which will probably center on the mystery of why the Flagsmashers are so strong, while building up Zemo and US Agent and generally thriller stuff similar to the Cap movies, but the real hook is going to be watching Mackie and Stan bouncing off each other for 6 episodes or whatever it is. If you don't like them then you probably won't enjoy the show regardless of what it is, and if you do you'll probably enjoy it regardless too.
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I guess people needed more beam clashes in those first couple eps, for some reason?? the biggest draw of this show is someone getting Marvel Money to do something ambitious/weird, so its wild that people just wanted a TV show version of a regular mcu movie. they're gonna keep making those
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tsob posted:Wasn't Hamill considered quite good looking before he had a motorcycle crash between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back? SW Mark and Harrison were the MCU Chris's of their day, yes. Also, I'm not up on all the Twitter humor so I'm left wondering about the (intentionally?) misspelled "Sebation" on the card. 
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Huh. I should probably watch the behind the scenes thing, but I would never have guessed that his head ear muff things were CGI. 
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Varinn posted:I guess people needed more beam clashes in those first couple eps, for some reason?? My personal favorite episode was the Halloween one. I didn't care for the sitcom parts of the humor, but I cared about the mystery and Vision finding things out. I also didn't care that much about the literal beam clashes at the end. Vision walking to the edge of town and finding people stuck in endless loops or just frozen was exactly what I wanted though, and it took way too many episodes to get there imo.
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I was surprised the Assembled didn't make a single mention of covid. There's a single shot near the end where every non-speaking character is wearing a mask (45:35), but all the shots before and after they have no masks. There's interviews where the creators talk about how they would've done that scene differently if not for shooting restrictions, and I want to know the story there! How late was that scene filmed? Did people have to get tested? Was the original idea for all the townspeople to dogpile onto Wanda, or just cough frequently? Unfortunately unlike say, the Frozen documentary, every single thing in the behind the scenes is positive. One would presume this is a project that never met a single creative or logistical challenge or disagreement. I loved seeing all the pre-CGI pics, though, and learning that they switched out all the decor for the town center scenes overnight to meet their schedule. 
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New stuff! https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1371245994130739205
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Is FATWS supposed to lead into any other upcoming movie? What other movies would these two possibly show up in? Black Panther 2?
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Daduzi posted:That's not the established narrative, right? That Wandavision was disappointing? That would suck if so. I don't know, but I've heard plenty of people in this thread and elsewhere claim that Disney "trolled" viewers by hinting at a popular character being around/doing anything important and then pulling the rug at the last second. Kind of seems like it shouldn't be surprising that people were rightfully disappointed that they took possibly the most boring route to "intentionally" irritate people. It reminds me of Schrodinger's Joke or whatever I heard it called. Someone says something not funny and/or offensive, and it will be simultaneously just a joke and not a joke depending on how people react to it.
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i'm hoping that tf&tws gives me a reason to care about either of them. i've never found falcon interesting at all, and bucky seems to be a nothing more than a macguffin to throw at captain america whenever some Plot is neededKittyEmpress posted:My personal favorite episode was the Halloween one. I didn't care for the sitcom parts of the humor, but I cared about the mystery and Vision finding things out. I also didn't care that much about the literal beam clashes at the end. Vision walking to the edge of town and finding people stuck in endless loops or just frozen was exactly what I wanted though, and it took way too many episodes to get there imo. yeah, same here. the first 3 eps were great if you liked the old-timey, gentle sitcom comedy, but imo the series was at its best around the middle
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Sivart13 posted:I was surprised the Assembled didn't make a single mention of covid. There's a single shot near the end where every non-speaking character is wearing a mask (45:35), but all the shots before and after they have no masks. Actually you can see plenty of people wearing masks all throughout the doc. I'm a little fuzzy on all of the production details, but according to interviews with the cast, all the exterior Westview scenes were shot in LA this past August. So not only were they dealing with covid, but also the big wildfires.
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