So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold. Certainly a different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
Avon wrote (2021-02-04):
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
not really. I enjoyed Watchmen (but that's DC, all the same to me)
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold. Certainly a different format to most Marvel efforts in th
MCU.
I saw it in my new TV shows feed and decided to give it a try. I haven't start watching yet.
Hmm been marvel for over 35yrs... :) Unfortunately no disney here, so I canna see a thing now :/
Spec
I am not much of a Watchmen (movie) fan
Arelor wrote (2021-02-04):
I am not much of a Watchmen (movie) fan
I was referring to the TV series. I only saw the trailer of the movie, didn't like it too much.
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold.
Certainly a
different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold. Certainly
a different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
I've been into Marvel since I was a kid. WandaVision is
interesting, It's got my attention enough to keep coming
back each week.
But isn't it very unlike MCU? ..meaning, not much superhero
action and powers? I was reading up about WV a little bit and
it sounds like a story about ex-superheroes trying *not* to use
their superpowers.
I've been into Marvel since I was a kid. WandaVision is
interesting, It's got my attention enough to keep coming
back each week.
But isn't it very unlike MCU? ..meaning, not much superhero
action and powers? I was reading up about WV a little bit and
it sounds like a story about ex-superheroes trying *not* to use
their superpowers.
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold.
Certainly a
different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
But isn't it very unlike MCU? ..meaning, not much superhero
action and powers? I was reading up about WV a little bit and
it sounds like a story about ex-superheroes trying *not* to use
their superpowers.
What I mean is, you are not missing that much. I suggest you to hold to the memories of the golden ages instead of longing for
the new stuff :-)
It is a different tone from what the movies have been. But it seems to
be an adaptation of a pretty big story line from the comics. And from what I understand, it will tie in or lead into the next Dr Strange movie.
What I mean is, you are not missing that much. I suggest you to hold to the memories of the golden ages instead of longing for
the new stuff :-)
I think I'm so far behind the times now, it'd take me the next 30 years to catch up.... per se, when did Cap get killed off??? I also managed to miss whatever happened between Cap and Diamondback. ;) Thats a long time ago now.. I think one of the last Iron Man editions I have is from Armour Wars...
I enjoy most of the movies enough... haven't spotted a series yet.. I no longer have the folding stuff to go out and buy the power cosmics anymore either.. :/
Spec
Spectre wrote to Barmed <=-
She has a "break" from reality ergo "wandavision" and is lead back to reality by Agatha, who apparently appears in said series at some point.
I liked the movies until they started becoming clear Disney material.
I liked the movies until they started becoming clear Disney material.
I wonder how I'd feel about Disney if I didn't detest them for how they helped bastardize copyright law.
Probably still not great, but I'd feel a lot better if the original Star Wars series (and _all_ the older Disney movies) wer
in the public domain.
Arelor wrote to Adept <=-
It is a long term plan from them in order to squeeze old IP
periodicaly. Basically, they release a very old movie as if it was new,
so people consumes it as if it was a novelty, and then lock it up in
the vault for 20 years until everybody has forgotten it exists. Then
they re-release it as if it was new again.
Arelor wrote to Adept <=-
It is a long term plan from them in order to squeeze old IP
periodicaly. Basically, they release a very old movie as if it was new,
so people consumes it as if it was a novelty, and then lock it up in
the vault for 20 years until everybody has forgotten it exists. Then
they re-release it as if it was new again.
I wonder how I'd feel about Disney if I didn't detest them for how they helped bastardize copyright law.
Arelor wrote to Adept <=-
It is a long term plan from them in order to squeeze old IP periodicaly. Basically, they release a very old movie as if it was new, so people consumes it as if it was a novelty, and then lock it up in the vault for 20 years until everybody has forgotten it exists. Then they re-release it as if it was new again.
Hence the use of "Steamboat Willie" in their little studio ads?
... The three is online.
Are you aware of "The Disney Vault?"
Are you aware of "The Disney Vault?"
The Disney Vault is dead. As of August 2019, it's no longer a strategy used by the company. Every movie ever is now available on Disney+ or on DVD/BluRay thru the Disney Signature collection.
Avon wrote to All <=-
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold.
Certainly a different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
Spectre wrote to Avon <=-
Hmm been marvel for over 35yrs... :) Unfortunately no disney here, so
I canna see a thing now :/
Ogg wrote to Barmed <=-
Hello Barmed!
But isn't it very unlike MCU? ..meaning, not much superhero
action and powers? I was reading up about WV a little bit and
it sounds like a story about ex-superheroes trying *not* to use
their superpowers.
Joacim Melin wrote to Avon <=-
I have tried to get into the Marvel stuff since my sons really like it. But I just can't. I liked the first Iron Man movie, I thought that Guardians of the Galaxy was pretty entertaining but part from that it's just a mess. I watched all The Avengers movies back to back over a
weekend and I had to phone a friend to ask why Captain America is angry
at Thor or whover it was and was told that I had to see another movie
to understand that, and so on. I understand the MCU is connected and
you really have to get into it 100% to understand it but maybe I'm just too old, too boring or.. something... it's not for me.
The Disney Vault is dead. As of August 2019, it's no longer a
strategy used by the company. Every movie ever is now available on
Disney+ or on DVD/BluRay thru the Disney Signature collection.
Except, perhaps, "Song of the South."
The Disney Vault is dead. As of August 2019, it's no longer a
strategy used by the company. Every movie ever is now available on
Disney+ or on DVD/BluRay thru the Disney Signature collection.
Except, perhaps, "Song of the South."
Correct that film never existed as far as they are concerned. I hear they are even recasting the animatronics in Splash
Mountain to remove the repurposed Song of the South characters they used to save money during the original build.
Bob Roberts
I'm a DC guy as far as the comics, but LOVE the Marvel movies!
Arelor wrote to Bob Roberts <=-
Correct that film never existed as far as they are concerned. I hear they
are even recasting the animatronics in Splash
Mountain to remove the repurposed Song of the South characters they used to
save money during the original build.
Bob Roberts
Which is funny, because I have heard some Disney thematic park as a
Song of the South film that is very, very popular.
I should go download that film before they obliterate it from
collective memory :-)
Spectre wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
I'm a DC guy as far as the comics, but LOVE the Marvel movies!
I say Marvel and 35 years, but my very first job was circulation in a
News Agency, fancy way of being the junior marking and returning magazines. In which one of the perks was to stack away one of every
comic that came through the door and read the lot during breaks. :)
Ahh those were the days...
I became somewhat one eyed a bit later... Used to rather 2000AD as
well, until they kept recycling the stories. :/
DId you hear about what they did to Gina Carano? :-(
Arelor wrote to Bob Roberts <=-
Correct that film never existed as far as they are concerned. I hear the
are even recasting the animatronics in Splash
Mountain to remove the repurposed Song of the South characters they used
save money during the original build.
Bob Roberts
Which is funny, because I have heard some Disney thematic park as a Song of the South film that is very, very popular.
I should go download that film before they obliterate it from collective memory :-)
DId you hear about what they did to Gina Carano? :-(
... Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.
...I was reading up about WV a little bit and it sounds
like a story about ex-superheroes trying *not* to use
their superpowers.
Don't read ABOUT it - watch it! :-)
Used to rather 2000AD as
Sorry - I don't understand the reference...
DId you hear about what they did to Gina Carano? :-(I'm sure she'll be wildly successful as a propaganda host on Newsmax.
Yep, she's already picked up by Sharpio and crew.I actually know Ben Shapiro's lawyer and I suggested that they hired her and wola. Its a small world.
Yep, she's already picked up by Sharpio and crew.I actually know Ben Shapiro's lawyer and I suggested that they hired her and wola. Its a small world.
2000AD is/was an english comic magazine. It used to serialise 4/5
different titles into the one cover. Home to such luminaries as
Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, The VC's, ABC Warriors and so forth.
Here it had a kind of alternative feel to it, not sure what they call
them, but it was a larger page format.. on newsprint... mostly black
and white. In the end they were repeating past stories all the time,
and ended up somewhat mainstream by the original stalwarts.
But isn't it very unlike MCU? ..meaning, not much
superhero action and powers? I was reading up about WV a
little bit and it sounds like a story about ex-superheroes
trying *not* to use their superpowers.
How's that compare to the S.H.I.E.L.D. series, then? I mean,
usage of superpowers.
I know very little about either one,
...so it's more of wondering if it's more of a format/budget
difference.
But isn't it very unlike MCU? ..meaning, not much
superhero action and powers? I was reading up about WV a
little bit and it sounds like a story about ex-superheroes
trying *not* to use their superpowers.
How's that compare to the S.H.I.E.L.D. series, then? I mean,
usage of superpowers.
I don't know about SHIELD.
I know very little about either one,
Me neither.
...so it's more of wondering if it's more of a format/budget difference.
I've read somewhere that at least one of the previous movies in
the MCU series is required to fully understand the WV
characters.
FUN FACT - My first BBS was called "Strontium 90" and my sysop handle
was "Dredd" back in the day. Later became "Johnny Alpha" -- the star
of Strontium Dog -- then just shortened it to "Alpha" currently.
Arelor wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
DId you hear about what they did to Gina Carano? :-(
Yes, I heard to what they did to Gina Carano.
Se got a role in an action flick with E. Murphy prety much the next
day. I think the Disney people shot themselves in their foot more than
in Gina's.
Ogg wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
...I was reading up about WV a little bit and it sounds
like a story about ex-superheroes trying *not* to use
their superpowers.
Don't read ABOUT it - watch it! :-)
Lately I seem to like to know what I would be in for. I notice
that people generate wiki pages for TV shows. I check those
out, and read some plot lines. If something appeals to me or
makes me curious, *then* maybe I'll consider investing my time
to find the show for offline viewing.
So far, I haven't been compelled to bother with WandaVision. It
almost sounds like the movie Jim Carrey was in: The Truman Show.
I liked that one.
I guess I'm not much into characters that pretend to have super
powers. I *did* watch the series Heroes, and enjoyed watching
that unfold week by week though.
Spectre wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
Used to rather 2000AD as
Sorry - I don't understand the reference...
2000AD is/was an english comic magazine. It used to serialise 4/5 different titles into the one cover. Home to such luminaries as Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, The VC's, ABC Warriors and so forth. Here it had
a kind of alternative feel to it, not sure what they call them, but it
was a larger page format.. on newsprint... mostly black and white. In
the end they were repeating past stories all the time, and ended up somewhat mainstream by the original stalwarts.
Barmed wrote to Ogg <=-
You can't really compare WandaVision to other Marvel TV shows that came before, even S.H.I.E.L.D. While Shield did have ties to the movies when
it started, Marvel split their TV and Movie properties apart.
Now, going forward, it's all one big happy world.
The main characters, od course, are direct from the Avengers films,
there are several supporting characters that were in supporting roles
in other Marvel films. So knowing who they are without knowing the MCU can be a challenge, but I donpt think it really hurts anything not
knowing their history.
As far as the format, while yes, it is different from the style of the films, It does fit rather well as a means for the Comic book stoey line that it seems to be drawing heavily from.
I just think it's bad when 'free speech' isn't...
Alpha wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
I just think it's bad when 'free speech' isn't...
Nah, it's still free. Non-government entities are free to fire you if
they agree with the shit you say. Just as consumers are free to punish companies, by not buying their shit, visting their parks,
subscribing to their streaming channels, etc., for said firing of
people. If it hurts their bottom line, companies will stop doing that.
If not, well, that's just capitalism
Avon wrote to All <=-
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold.
Certainly a different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
Yep! Been getting into WandaVision since the start, but also
this week starting watching the MCU from the beginnin, in order.
First time to see Incredible Hulk (2008) - very much enjoyed it!
Up to Iron Man 3 now...
Avon wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
On 18 Feb 2021 at 07:40p, Jimmy Anderson pondered and said...
Yep! Been getting into WandaVision since the start, but also
this week starting watching the MCU from the beginnin, in order.
First time to see Incredible Hulk (2008) - very much enjoyed it!
Up to Iron Man 3 now...
Once you watch the movies some of the stuff in Wandavision will make
more sense :) Yeah I'm enjoying it too :)
Question is, will they connect Wanda to Magneto (in the comics, she's his daughter)...
Spectre wrote to Barmed <=-
She has a "break" from reality ergo "wandavision" and is lead back to reality by Agatha, who apparently appears in said series at some poin
Spoilers...
I suspect they will, just like the glimpses of Vision dead and Wanda's 'brother' (noted as recast) with bullet holes in him. They are both in
the
Halloween episode before she expanded the 'bubble'.adding the circus/
The Anges bit was sort of telegraphed, but I liked it... And more imporantly -- MEPHISTO IS COMING!! He's basically Satan of the Marvel universe. This show keeps getting better and better!
I think watch the Rabbit... Senior Scratchy is to be reckoned with :)
On 05 Feb 2021, Alpha said the following...
Question is, will they connect Wanda to Magneto (in the comics, she's daughter)...
I suspect they will, just like the glimpses of Vision dead and Wanda's 'brother' (noted as recast) with bullet holes in him. They are both in
the Halloween episode before she expanded the 'bubble'.adding the circus/
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I think watch the Rabbit... Senior Scratchy is to be reckoned with :)
Ha, Old Scratch himself! Brilliant.
Very interesting. apparenly they are setting things up for the new Dr.Strange movie and the new spider-man movie. Also falcon and winter soldger are suppose to be coming out on march 16th i think...
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold. Certainly
a different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold.Certainly
a different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
Alpha wrote to All <=-
I caught Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiere last night... Could be interesting. Def. more of a straight up Marvel approach, action, adventure, villians, etc. Wasn't looking forward to it that much--but
def. will stick around. Cool to see a post-End Game world, beyond Far
From Home.
their loved ones weren't coming back and moved on, and so on. Definitely not traditional Marvel material.
SirRonmit wrote to Avon <=-
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold. Certainly
a different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
I watched the series. I like to watch all the shows/movies, but I'm no where a dedicated fan as one would be. I grew up with Superman,
Spiderman, WonderWoman shows on TV back then.
Alpha wrote to All <=-
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold.Certainly
a different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
I caught Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiere last night... Could be interesting. Def. more of a straight up Marvel approach, action, adventure, villians, etc. Wasn't looking forward to it that much--but
def. will stick around. Cool to see a post-End Game world, beyond Far
From Home.
In another comic movie world, I started watching the Justice League
Snyder Cut. It's over four hours long and is 4x3 instead of widescreen, which is odd. Artistic choice, apparently. Watching one hour at a time, LOL. First impressions, it's slightly more coherent than the theatrical cut, but it's still pretty boring...
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Alpha <=-
Alpha wrote to All <=-
I caught Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiere last night... Could be interesting. Def. more of a straight up Marvel approach, action, adventure, villians, etc. Wasn't looking forward to it that much--but
def. will stick around. Cool to see a post-End Game world, beyond Far
From Home.
There's a lot of content you could cover about the snap - how people
got along dealing with grief and lack of closure, how they kept civilization going, and how they dealt with having 50% of the
population coming back. Wondering who's doing their job now, seeing
some people who assumed their loved ones weren't coming back and moved
on, and so on. Definitely not traditional Marvel material.
Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
their loved ones weren't coming back and moved on, and so on. Definitely not traditional Marvel material.
What's traditional Marvel material?
I remember reading X-Men comics as a kid, and the whole premise of
mutants being different, to be feared, and so on, and the fallout from
all these various issues seemed to be pretty central to many of the
story arcs.
But it's not like I was reading them during the Stan Lee / Jack Kirby creating new superheroes phase.
And, certainly, superhero cartoons and movies tended to not have a
whole lot of depth until fairly recently.
loved ones weren't coming back and moved on, and so on. Definitely not traditional Marvel material.
I think he meant traditional MCU material. :-)
Always been more of a DC guy when it comes to comics (Flash and Green Lantern, espescially). I did read some Spider-Man as a kid, during the
Very true. They were always aimed at 'kids' (SuperFriends) - even the Superman Movie from 1978 wasn't as dark as today, but I think it still holds up!
Jimmy Anderson wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
I also think it's interesting that this is TWO shows they've called it
the BLIP. Also an interesting term for what happened...
Jimmy Anderson wrote to Adept <=-
their loved ones weren't coming back and moved on, and so on. Definitely not traditional Marvel material.
What's traditional Marvel material?
I think he meant traditional MCU material. :-)
I also think it's interesting that this is TWO shows they've called
it the BLIP. Also an interesting term for what happened...
Good point, when the Avengers referred to "The Snap", alluding to the motion Thanos made. I suppose the public wouldn't know specifics.
Adept wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
I think he meant traditional MCU material. :-)
Sure, but even there... The Avengers Civil War movie was basically
about conflicting types of philosophy. And Iron Man probably took off because of how he's a fairly complex character, where he's a bit of an antihero.
On the other hand, I thought there was a fair amount of depth to
Powerpuff Girls, so maybe I just have a different scale?
Still, I've tended to be more dismissive toward super early things, because it does get to be very black-and-white, superhero-punches-Nazis sort of deals.
Though "dismissive" does not mean "bad" -- I enjoy old-time radio programs, and a lot of those are about discovering literal Nazis in
order to have something nasty happen to them.
Always been more of a DC guy when it comes to comics (Flash and Green Lantern, espescially). I did read some Spider-Man as a kid, during the
Yeah, I was always more of a Marvel gal, but I think it was mostly that
I read a lot of X-Men-sphere comics.
I know I read some Green Arrow, but I think I mostly just went from
X-Men to independents. So, e.g., I read a significant portion of
CrossGen comics while they existed.
Not that I read much in the way of comics or graphic novels, now, even
if I have purchased a couple in German in the hopes that it'll be more engaging to read as I struggle through it.
Very true. They were always aimed at 'kids' (SuperFriends) - even the Superman Movie from 1978 wasn't as dark as today, but I think it still holds up!
Superman and Batman do seem to be the exceptions on comics making it elsewhere, until the Marvel Cinematic Universe showed up. Though the
older Batman movies do look... silly.
And I'm still entertained at how my mom was not allowed to watch Batman growing up because it was too violent.
I think societal standards on violence have changed a bit over time.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
Jimmy Anderson wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
I also think it's interesting that this is TWO shows they've called it
the BLIP. Also an interesting term for what happened...
Good point, when the Avengers referred to "The Snap", alluding to the motion Thanos made. I suppose the public wouldn't know specifics.
Imagine how the government would deal with it - some closeted
conspiracy freaks thinking it was political, others using the
opportunity to sieze control - I'd think the world people returned to would be dramatically different.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
Yes, thank you for the clarification. I loved the back stories in the comics, but with movies as the medium, sometimes the stories get lost
in the visuals.
I loved the "normal humans coming to terms with power and
responsibility" comic stories, like the original Spider-Man and Nova comics - the human side of being suddenly different, having a secret
life, and having responsibilities that no one else can understand is a great way to add depth to a story about a person in a cape.
Alpha wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
"It came pretty fast. We always referred to it as the Blip, and then
the public started referring to it as the Snap. We think it's funny
when high school kids (Spider-Man: Far From Home) just call this
horrific, universe-changing event the Blip. We've narrowed it down to
The Snap is when everybody disappeared at the end of Infinity War. The Blip is when everybody returned at the end of Endgame, and that is how
we have narrowed in on the definitions."
Makes sense in an MCU sort of way :)
Adept wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
Superman and Batman do seem to be the exceptions on comics making it elsewhere, until the Marvel Cinematic Universe showed up. Though the
older Batman movies do look... silly.
And I'm still entertained at how my mom was not allowed to watch Batman growing up because it was too violent.
So who here is into Marvel stuff?
I've been watching this one on Disney+ and enjoying it unfold.Certainly
a different format to most Marvel efforts in the MCU.
I caught Falcon and the Winter Soldier premiere last night... Could be interesting. Def. more of a straight up Marvel approach, action, adventure, villians, etc. Wasn't looking forward to it that much--but
def. will stick around. Cool to see a post-End Game world, beyond Far
From Home.
In another comic movie world, I started watching the Justice League
Snyder Cut. It's over four hours long and is 4x3 instead of widescreen, which is odd. Artistic choice, apparently. Watching one hour at a time, LOL. First impressions, it's slightly more coherent than the theatrical cut, but it's still pretty boring...
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WandaVision was nice except the last two episodes which i think had to be finished real fast. Don't know, but the ending was a little fuzzy.
Falcon & Winter Soldier was an amazing first episode.
Really looking forward to see the second one tonight.
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WandaVision was nice except the last two episodes which i think had to be finished real fast. Don't know, but the ending was a little fuzzy.
Falcon & Winter Soldier was an amazing first episode.
Really looking forward to see the second one tonight.
gcubebuddy wrote to Alpha <=-
I saw the first Falcon & winter soldger show. i though it was awesome! espically the opening fight scene. I have high hopes for the show.
goto_KCM wrote to gcubebuddy <=-
WandaVision was nice except the last two episodes which i think had to
be finished real fast. Don't know, but the ending was a little fuzzy.
Falcon & Winter Soldier was an amazing first episode.
Really looking forward to see the second one tonight.
Oh yes, the new Cap looks so, so, not a hero :-).
Looking forward to see more of Bucky.
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