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‘The Fantastic Four’: Julia Garner Joins Marvel Studios Movie As A Shalla-Bal Version Of Silver Surfer
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
The herald before Norrin Radd... Frankie Raye
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
You know there have been female Heralds before, right?
gothmog
Gold Member
Yeah, which means they can then actually develop a real Silver Surfer movie with Norrin. I consider this all good news.
chromhound
Member
Trogdor1123
Member
Wait, is this silver surfer or a different herald? If it is silver surfer it will never forgive marvel. I won’t watch another one of their movies and will cancel Disney. Silver surfer is my all time favorite character. I’ve literally waited years for him to be done right…
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I'm surprised they casted a white woman tbh
badblue
Member
You know everyone that hears "Silver Surfer" is going to think Norrin Radd, right?
It doesn't really matter but it seems needlessly confusing for people that only know Silver Surfer in passing. No one knows who Shalla Bal is.
mitch1971
Member
Yeah. One of the best actors in it I would say.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Truly a victory for chrome women everywhere.
bitbydeath
Member
I think she would have made a better Rogue with her Ozark accent.
LordCBH
Member
No way they’re gonna turn a non-cracka silver. If they hired a non-whitey for it, you’d at best get some silver metallic streaks in the non-white skin.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Reizo Ryuu
Member
So what, this is the earth x version of silver surfer? Why tho?
And norrin was also the silver surfer there, what a strange decision.
And norrin was also the silver surfer there, what a strange decision.
Lambogenie
Member
What, did we run out of silver people? Rude.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Gold Member
Heart_Attack
Member
Of course they had to fuck things up.
FunkMiller
Member
For anyone trying to excuse this latest piece of lame brainery from Disney… do you truly think they’ve gone with this casting because they really want to have a different herald from Norrin Radd? That they were just desperate to make sure there was a different Silver Surfer from the only one anyone knows or cares about?
…or is it purely being done for ideological and political reasons, with no actual creative thought behind it?
Honestly, I can’t believe people are still apologising for, and accepting, Disney’s complete and utter lack of creativity.
…or is it purely being done for ideological and political reasons, with no actual creative thought behind it?
Honestly, I can’t believe people are still apologising for, and accepting, Disney’s complete and utter lack of creativity.
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MonkD
Member
Didn't Norrin and Galactus share their first appearance?
nush
Member
Marvel almost NEVER hired a current A list actor. The leads were all unknowns or B- actors at best. They got some "past their prime" A listers in support roles for sure. They turned actors INTO A listers, at least for a while, though most of that is fading.as well.
Do agree with tour second paragraph, 100%.
Outpost #31
Member
We'll see i guess
I would have preferred they went the traditional route but I'll remain optimistic.
I think she's a great actress though
I would have preferred they went the traditional route but I'll remain optimistic.
I think she's a great actress though
ReBurn
Gold Member
Shalla-Bal was only a silver surfer in the Earth-9997 universe. I wonder which universe this movie is set in? If it's Earth-9997 then Franklin Richards is Galactus because that's who made her a silver surfer alongside Norrin Radd. If she was just pulled from there then that's kinda lame, but plausible.
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Kacho
Member
This is the reaction the vast majority of people have to this news. That’s why there’s a handful of defenders saying “ackshually there was a girl surfer” as if anyone cares.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
The first picture is iceman, not surfer.
Fuck your childhood.
StueyDuck
Member
They did initially. Rdj and Edward Norton were both definitely A-list actors. Even if they've had their own issues. Chris Evans wasn't legendary status but he was still pretty well known at that point.
The only one really of the original first few movies who was a wildcard was Chris Hemsworth.
From phase 2 they definitely went more to b list/tv actors to head up movies
RDJ was NOT an A lister at that time. He was a HUGE gamble and Faverau had to fight hard to keep him. Norton was critically acclaimed, but not on the level of Schwarzeneggar, Cruise, Will Smith, Stallone, Deniro, or what would traditionally be an "A lister". I'd say the DC films cast far more popular actors with Affleck, Pine, Gadot, etc, or the Xmen films with Stewart, Mccellan, J Law, and Berry.
These days we don't really have classic movie stars so I'm not sure anyone is A List anymore, but for the MCU it was always the support cast with Hopkins, Jeff Bridges, Redford, and Douglas and the like who were the established major actors but kinda in their twilight career. That's a better choice, I think. Cast the lead as the most charismatic fit (and they CRUSHED IT with all the Chris', RDJ, etc) and surround them with known talent. Lately the MCU doesn't seem able to do this nearly as well as in phase 1-2.
clarky
Gold Member
*Ice person my man, lets not go upsetting anyone please.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
I dunno about that, I didn't really know who rdj was before iron man, I guess I had seen him in a scanner darkly, but really nothing else.
Reizo Ryuu
Member
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
They should’ve got Lizzo omg she’s sooooooo beautiful
clarky
Gold Member
No nipples is a telling sign here. Casting could go either way.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
She’s great in Ozark.
I personally don’t know shit about Marvel so don’t care which version of any character they use.
I personally don’t know shit about Marvel so don’t care which version of any character they use.
clarky
Gold Member
Dude won best Actor* before going off the rails, he might not have been at his peak when cast as Iron man but he was definitely A list, whatever that means.
Edit* Got nominated but still was very well know before going off the rails.
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StueyDuck
Member
RDJ was a huge risk cause of his addiction issues, but he was definitely considered A-list, some of it was nepotism for sure but he was always considered Hollywood royalty.
I'd also argue the type of A-lister you refer to died off in the early 2000s, we've never had actors/actresses reach that status since really. and you can't have 60-year-old men running around as 30-year-old cap, it was just never gonna happen.