archer Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: It might not come across that way, but I didn't intend to. I understand irksome, though. Writing is now a chore for me rather than the effortless joy it was for decades. So I consider the time I'm able to write to be precious since I have so little of it compared to the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 6 hours ago, megaplayboy said: Just saw it yesterday. Generally liked it. A few thoughts: --didn't think CM too overpowered, I put her on par with Thor, so she's the WW to his Superman I expect that will be what we see going forward. I don't think she faced anything remotely close to Thanos (much less Thanos with 6 Infinity Stones) in her movie. What did we see her do that was more impressive than Thor's entrance in Wakanda in Infinity War? She would have had to take the opponents down one, or at best a few, at a time from what I saw in her movie. Unless... whoever though the Flerken was a good idea writes Endgame. Then Carol will likely swoop in and be completely ineffectual, as will the rest of the Avengers, other than as a distraction so the Flerken can tear Thanos' head off with one claw swipe, then curl up and lick itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 7 hours ago, slikmar said: Tahiti - It's a wonderful place. I thought it was a magical place. Pariah and Bazza 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 It sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Whoa, Endgame comes out in a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Yep. 3 hours apperently apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 If the movie is as tedious as this thread has become, I'll probably skip it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Wait, NOW we're not allowed to be tedious!?! There goes my other 10%. So much for me. Peace out, y'all. RDU Neil, massey, slikmar and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Can't find the DC Shazam thread. https://uproxx.com/hitfix/shazam-review/2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 4 hours ago, Bazza said: Can't find the DC Shazam thread. https://uproxx.com/hitfix/shazam-review/2/ I think it may be all contained in the DC movies thread. I just looked and couldn't find it either. Also, whoever wrote that doesn't know the difference between a copyright and a trademark, but that doesn't change the fact that Captain Marvel now has to go by Shazam! Which makes introductions difficult, I could imagine. "Hi, I'm . . ." scribbles name furiously so he doesn't turn back into Billy Batson . . . other person backs away slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 My understanding is that Captain Marvel can still go by his name in the comic, they just can't have the title of the book be that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 So we've all been smacked over the head countless times with the "most powerful character in the MCU" declaration, and by the end of her movie she did take out Kree warships without breaking much of a sweat, but I feel that Captain Marvel is really just a blunt instrument, so to speak. She's great when all you need is raw destructive power, but if the problem at hand requires guile or subterfuge or emotional manipulation or just plain out-thinking the opponent, then your biggest, bluntest instrument isn't going to get the job done. I suspect that the writers of Endgame will find a situation that suits her, where the good guys really need a living photon canon, but will leave the solving of "the Thanos problem" to characters with much more subtlety and finesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 That would be Tony then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 "I have a plan. Attack." Where's the finesse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 "Dormammu! I've come to bargain!" But that can't be. He's dead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDU Neil Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 5:12 PM, archer said: If Fury had put the cat down and been fighting an alien and Goose had swallowed four aliens while Fury's back was turned, that could have been a great comedic moment. Fury would have had a "what the hell happened" look on his face when he turned around then glanced down at Goose who was casually licking his paw and pretending that nothing odd had happened. THIS! I mean... MCU movies have been this smart in the past. They've had writers who understood that even a small measure of subtlety and misdirection can turn something simplistic into something resonant. You can take a scene and layer it... the surface layer of what is happening, the 4th wall layer of what the audience sees that the characters don't, the subtext layer of what it thematically represents... hell the inuendo or double meaning layer, where a joke for the kids means something else for the adults... whatever... there are so many ways good writers can create depth in a film... ... and Capt. Marvel hand none of them. It existed entirely in the literal surface layer. This is what I meant by "dumbed down". archer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 Guile, subterfuge and emotional manipulation sounds very Black Widowish. Vanguard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 I think Nebula is still gonna have to get her hands on the gauntlet for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted March 24, 2019 Report Share Posted March 24, 2019 With the Reality stone she could get back all the parts Thanos removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 6:30 PM, archer said: Her Flerken's name was Chewie. The other known Flerken's name was Goose. The MCU people more likely to run into Star Wars infringement problems than run into Top Gun infringement problems. Just because Disney owns both Star Wars and the MCU doesn't necessarily mean that the two sections of the company play nice with each other. I suspect it had much more to do with the name Goose fitting in better with the whole test pilot thing. wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 Saw CM for the second time. Perhaps it's because I was looking out for it, but I don't think Brie's performance was wooden so much as subtle. She's quietly competent and confident without crossing the line into actual arrogance. What I still didn't get was that the film wasn't funny. The jokes were there, but the timing or delivery is just off. I can't put my finger on it. Still a good film, but like some other films, I felt there were wasted opportunities. Anyway, people in the audience cheered when the screen flashed "CM will return in Endgame". Armory, drunkonduty, Jagged and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagged Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 On 3/23/2019 at 7:44 PM, Old Man said: Nick Fury keeps a flerken as a pet! Or does the flerkin keep Fury as a pet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 More importantly, where has the flerken been since Fury first popped up in Iron Man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 Now we know who will defeat Thanos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Greywind said: More importantly, where has the flerken been since Fury first popped up in Iron Man? That probably depends on how long flerkens live. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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