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[George Oscar Bluth II]

The salt will flow on release day. Oh, how it will flow.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Blade was great and I actually adore Spawn but I'm a knucklehead and I mostly love it for Leguizamo.

lmao Steel tho; c'mon with Catwoman

Leguizamo..how good was he? Honestly the only redeemable thing about that horrible "movie."

 

[Ahasverus]

Did we retcon Blade out of existance to praise Marvel now?

 

[Mudcrab]

Its not just that Wakanda is the most technologically advanced nation, wealthy and influential. It's also that it only remained that way because it never let the West meddle in its affairs. They were suspicious and isolationist and they were right to be.

Did we retcon Blade out of existance to praise Marvel now?

Is that what you got out of the OP? Blade is very different from Black Panther in a number of important ways.

 

[jon bones]

Did we retcon Blade out of existance now?

Did you read the OP or do you just think they're the same because they're both black?

u both have Black Panther avatars who do I trust

Check yer PM box.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The salt will floe on release day.

 

[akira28]

It's possible the reaction to the movie could be more entertaining/illuminating than the movie itself, and that's taking into account the possibility the movie WILL be well made.

yasss I will live like I was born and raised in Pop-GAF. I want to put that mjolnir on that first dude's chest and be like "lift it".

 

[TheWarrior]

Were they? I've always thought they were cult classics with horror fans, like the Resident Evil movies.

Pretty sure the first one made triple its budget.

 

[Sojgat]

Well if you find Hudlin's arc, you should burn it.

I don't know what I'll do if he ends up directing the movie.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Damn it, I thought I edited fast enough!

 

[Femmeworth]

I don't trust Marvel to not make this as safe as possible.

Edit: That said, I'm more interested in this than Captain Marvel at this point.

 

[Cream]

And all the girlfriends will tremble and shake in their seats during the inevitable shirtless scenes, throwing panties at the screen.

 

[akira28]

I don't trust Marvel to not make this as safe as possible.

Someone needs to tell them how....lucrative a revolution can be to the one who owns the means of production.

 

[BLACKLAC]

Can't wait for Civil War and Black Panther! Can't fucking wait!

Do other Marvel films have themes and subtext? I was under the impression they tried to play it as safe as possible.

When it comes to current real world themes and subtext, Iron Man 1 (war profiteering), Iron Man 3 (ptsd to a lesser extent) and Winter Soldier has the strongest themes and subtexts successfully realized in the genre.

 

[HK-47]

Someone needs to tell them how....lucrative a revolution can be to the one who owns the means of production.

Not as lucrative as playing it safe. Not when its brought you all of the dough.

 

[Rastafarian42]

Let the salt come I welcome it so glad Marvel pulled the trigger got this thing of the ground running.

 

[Ahasverus]

Is that what you got out of the OP? Blade is very different from Black Panther in a number of important ways.

It will be important, but not gamechanger IMO. Advanced black kingdoms and kings have already been seen in Hollywood, Blade already gave us the "black but being black is not its most important caracteristic" protagonist. We don't even know anything about how they're going to portray him. I don't see the news here really.

Edit: I retracted this statement. Put down the pitchforks, I come in piece.

 

[Brakke]

Leguizamo..how good was he? Honestly the only redeemable thing about that horrible "movie."

I can't get enough of that guy. I wen to see John Wick almost exclusively because I heard Leguizamo has a bit part in it. Turns out that's a great flick.

 

[Valhelm]

Pretty sure the first one made triple its budget.

It did, sixteen years ago.

 

[Kwixotik]

It's wierd how it took this long to get another Black superhero film when we got a shit ton of them in the late 90s/early 2000s. Blade, Spawn, Steel, Catwoman.

I'm pretty sure everyone has forgotten all of those except Blade though.

 

[akira28]

Not as lucrative as playing it safe. Not when its brought you all of the dough.

They have so many minority characters, they kick open the door, they can print money with their Power Man and Iron Fist tv series.

It will be important, but not gamechanger IMO. Advanced black kingdoms and kings have already been seen in Hollywood,

I think I want to see this film, which one was it? The Scorpion King was a damn scorpion, man.

 

[Parallax]

It will be important, but not gamechanger IMO. Advanced black kingdoms and kings have already been seen in Hollywood, Blade already gave us the "black but being black is not its most important caracteristic" protagonist. We don't even know anything about how they're going to portray him. I don't see the news here really.

Advanced black kingdoms? i think i missed something.

 

[User 73706]

How mad would people get if BP eventually managed to pick up Thor's hammer?

 

[Manmademan]

Advanced black kingdoms? i think i missed something.

outside of Zmunda I'm drawing a blank

 

[HK-47]

Advanced black kingdoms? i think i missed something.

I cant go on Netflix with out fending off the advanced black kingdoms. Just give me a medieval christian kingdom set in Europe, please!

 

[Earendil]

I don't know if Black Panther is going to be a game changer, but the presentation of a reality in which Black people never needed white people, and in fact, have succeeded them in almost every imaginable way is going to touch people in parts of their brain they didn't even know could fire synapses. It's gonna be those parts of the brain that get them in trouble without even really understanding the hows & whys of it.

Maybe I'm just weird, but I don't understand the mentality of why this would offend people so much. I guess I just really don't understand racism, and the whole idea just pisses me off.

 

[freethought]

Can't wait for Civil War and Black Panther! Can't fucking wait!



When it comes to current real world themes and subtext, Iron Man 1 (war profiteering), Iron Man 3 (ptsd to a lesser extent) and Winter Soldier has the strongest themes and subtexts successfully realized in the genre.

Out of all superhero films or just Marvel?

Also, forgive my ignorance but didn't Wakanda get hit by a meteor of some wonder element that enabled this technological revolution? And didn't they not so much pursue an isolationist policy as literally hide their country? And you expect Marvel to use this as a jumping off point for some savage attack on US race relations?

Marvel who got rid of the Nazis from World War II for fear of offending...who, Nazis?

 

[Ahasverus]

I think I want to see this film, which one was it? The Scorpion King was a damn scorpion, man.

Advanced black kingdoms? i think i missed something.

Well not advanced in the sense of being futuristic, but in the sense of being functional.

Winter Soldier has the strongest themes and subtexts successfully realized in the genre.

Come on.

What are Black Panher villains btw? Are they deep or are they "racially charged" (which would be interesting)?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

I think I want to see this film, which one was it? The Scorpion King was a damn scorpion, man.

Coming to America..duh.

 

[jon bones]

It will be important, but not gamechanger IMO. Advanced black kingdoms and kings have already been seen in Hollywood, Blade already gave us the "black but being black is not its most important caracteristic" protagonist. We don't even know anything about how they're going to portray him. I don't see the news here really.

not only are you wrong, but a 2 second check of your post history is very telling RE: your attitude towards Marvel movie threads vs. DC threads

fanboyism is boring yawwnnn

 

[Ovid]

One successful movie isn't going to erase racism.

Stop being negative.

Rocky erased communism in the Soviet Union.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Rocky erased communism in the Soviet Union.

You tell em!!!

 

[Slayven]

Well not advanced in the sense of being futuristic, but in the sense of being functional.


Come on.

What are Black Panher villains btw? Are they deep or are they "racially charged" (which would be interesting)?

Ulysses Klaw attempted to exploit Wakanda for it resources......where have I heard that story before?

 

[akira28]

Coming to America..duh.

0_________0

ahaversus is our very first legit Black Panther hater.

 

[TruHero]

Movie will be at least good, if not outright great. Just like every other MCU movie. I'm excited for it.

I remember the DC crowd being so happy that they could pound their chests over the "diversity" card over Marvel. It was cute.

I am pleased.

Black Panther is going to make people freak the fuck out, and I am going to savor every delicious tear.

Hmm...I'm now salivating for the dumbass tweets and racist thinkpieces this movie will incite

Possible? The fallout from this will be more entertaining than anything Marvel Studios could possibly churn out.

guilty and defensive as fuck. when they lash out, he puts them in the armbar of the Gods.

So are you guys excited for the movie? Or just at the thought of it making your political opponents angry?

Did we retcon Blade out of existance to praise Marvel now?

It's been really rough for the DC crowd to not have a movie in 2yrs

 

[Ahasverus]

not only are you wrong, but a 2 second check of your post history is very telling RE: your attitude towards Marvel movie threads vs. DC threads

fanboyism is boring yawwnnn

More like Marvel fanboys attitude. I'd give praise where praise is due (except gotg haha, I hate that movie even though I know people love it). But the marvel over praise is tiring and kinda amusing.

It's been really rough for the DC crowd to not have a movie in 2yrs

Thankfully us in the interesting movie crowd got plenty, incluiding Winter Soldier and DOFP last year,

 

[akira28]

So are you guys excited for the movie? Or just at the thought of it making your political opponents angry?

shouldn't both be exciting?

I will see the movie then go on a rampant one man riot and arson spree. watch the news.

 

[Frog-fu]

I'm really glad Marvel cast Chadwick Boseman. He's going to kill it.

 

[jon bones]

So are you guys excited for the movie? Or just at the thought of it making your political opponents angry?

i don't know what's dumber, that i wouldn't be excited for a Black Panther movie or viewing racists as "political opponents"?

More like Marvel fanboys attitude. I'd give praise where praise is due (except gotg haha, I hate that movie even though I know people love it). But the marvel over praise is tiring and kinda amusing.

the only thing that's amusing is your hilariously transparent fanboyism in every Marvel thread. even in threads that aren't about MCU:

(in FF trailer thread)

I'm tired of the Mravel monopoly, even if it's not their intention, every studio jumping to have the new GoTG reminds me of all gaming studios sacrificing artistic integrity to make their own CoD.

Fox makes good movies. DC makes good movies. Marvel makes good movies. leave the childish fanboyism on the playground, b.

 

[Parallax]

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ahaversus is our very first legit Black Panther hater.

Id have To check how widespread avengers 40 was before id make that claim.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

i don't know what's dumber, that i wouldn't be excited for a Black Panther movie or viewing racists as "political opponents"?

Do you duel them? What party you rep? lol..

 

[Slayven]

More like Marvel fanboys attitude. I'd give praise where praise is due (except gotg haha, I hate that movie even though I know people love it). But the marvel over praise is tiring and kinda amusing.


Thankfully us in the interesting movie crowd got plenty, incluiding Winter Soldier and DOFP last year,

we editing quotes now?

 

[BLACKLAC]

Out of all superhero films or just Marvel?

All of Superhero films.


I'm an Obama supporter and some of that stuff bit.

Moviebob sums it up perfectly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeQaRgFt0tg

 

[Chie Satonaka]

i don't know what's dumber, that i wouldn't be excited for a Black Panther movie or viewing racists as "political opponents"?

Cause, you know.

People freaking the fuck out about black people in film or black centric movies is summed up better by "politics" than it is by the evil R word, a word that's not justifiable by some folks unless the accused are caught in full Klan regalia.

The movie is going to be fantastic (I hope), the salt will be entertaining. If Thor/Annie/Hunger Games are any indication, Twitter is going to be a wild, wild ride next year.

 

[akira28]

I feel people are really overestimating how much guilt people will feel over this. The backlash is gonna be for decidedly different reasons.

people. I'm not talking about people though, I'm talking about persons.

I am not expecting kumbaya and heartfelt apologies for being assholes. I am expecting someone to flame out, and be entertaining as fuck when they do it.

 

[Ahasverus]

we editing quotes now?

I answered something to you. It go deleted. Have no idea why. I was asking you how deep are Ulysses motivations as I'd love for a film to paralel the invasors to the american colonialism.
Edit: lol, quotes got confused. Sorry.

Ulysses Klaw attempted to exploit Wakanda for it resources......where have I heard that story before?

 

[The Silver]

When is Dr.Doom going to come back to Marvel and take over Wakanda?

 

[Manmademan]

When is Dr.Doom going to come back to Marvel and take over Wakanda?

There is no Wakanda to take over at present.

 

[El Topo]

Stop being negative.

Rocky erased communism in the Soviet Union.

That was David Hasselhoff and you know it.

 

[DominoKid]

yeah don't get your hopes up Slay.