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If DC is going to do a full reboot, I hope they make Wally West the main Flash again.
He does, but slower. There've been middle-aged versions of Superman in the comics and shows. Back in the day, when the Justice Society was re-introduced as being from "Earth 2", the Golden Age heroes were made out to be middle-aged, including Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman. The Earth-2 Superman was often characterized visually with "salt n' pepper" hair, or a little grey at the temples, to distinguish him from the Earth-1 Superman, who was 2-3 decades younger (unlike The Flash or Green Lantern, the Silver Age Superman had pretty much the same costume as the Golden Age Superman). In the current CW show Superman & Lois, Clark and Lois have been married for years and have two teenaged sons. The actor who plays dad Clark is only 35 irl, several years younger than the actress who plays mom Lois, and only 14 & 16 years older than the actors who play his sons (and he has a bit of a 'baby-face' too, which makes him look even a little younger than that).Cavill is cool, but maybe he was getting a bit old for the role - I suppose Superman doesn't age in the comics?
I'm avoiding the trailers now that I'm locked in. Looking forward to this one. (Although I think I was pretty stoked about Multiverse of Madness around this time last year, so... )New Quantumania trailer. If you've seen the spoiler from an upcoming Funko Pop you'll notice a quick appearance of M.O.D.O.K.
Inspired by the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Richard Pace and Troy Nixey, BATMAN: THE DOOM THAT CAME TO GOTHAM is a 1920s-based tale that finds explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashing an ancient evil, expediting his return to Gotham City after a two-decade hiatus. The logic/science-driven Batman must battle Lovecraftian supernatural forces threatening the sheer existence of Gotham, along the way being aided and confronted by reimagined versions of his well-known allies and enemies, including Green Arrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face, James Gordon and Bruce’s beloved wards. Prepare for a mystical, often terrifying Batman adventure unlike any other.
I'm glad the MCU didn't try to immediately replicate the success of the Infinity Saga. I feel that Galactus, specifically, would be too much, too soon. Kang might also be, but it seems like we're pot-committed now, so I'm just going to cross my fingers. Jonathan Majors is great casting, so that's promising.After Marvel Phase IV, which was underwhelming IMO at best, I am not hopeful for Phase V. Especially as it revolves around Kang & the Multiverse, a character & a concept I have never liked.
After they bought Fox, they had a pretty obvious "next Thanos" lined up: Galactus. They already introduced Celestials - just make him a Celestial. He doesn't even need to start off by threatening Earth - they could have multiple post-credits scenes where: the Kree, the new Skrull homeworld Captain Marvel found (offscreen even), Fury, Nova Corps (& introduce Nova) - they talk about it happening, & maybe we get a glimpse of Galactus, like we did with Thanos. Maybe start by having him eat Thanos's "retirement planet" (attracted to it by the 2nd Gauntlet use? then later Earth, 'cause of the 1st Gauntlet use?) or even just have him eat Titan in a post-credit scene so no one is even affected but we already know about it.
Then, introduce the Fantastic Four. Then mutants here & there in more post-credit scenes (you can do both - existing movies have two post-credit scenes often). It seems so easy. But they fumbled the ball & wasted nearly 3 years on... bleh, I don't even know & now I don't trust them anymore. Phase IV was so... mundane, & just useless*, & didn't move the overall story of the world forward, which should have been the focus, IMO. Start, sure slowly, but at least start moving the momentum forward to the Next Big Event. And if it's Kang? I just don't care. Galactus >>>>> Kang.
*except for Yelena - I Yelena
I'm avoiding the trailers now that I'm locked in. Looking forward to this one. (Although I think I was pretty stoked about Multiverse of Madness around this time last year, so... )
Wow, this has been a really bad year for the MCU. I was going back over my lists of movies & shows I've seen, trying to put together a top-5 or top-10, and I think the only MCU project from 2022 that even gets into my Top 20 is going to be She-Hulk, which I think is somewhere around 16-18 in my list of shows this year.
But of course I'm a mark, so I'm still looking forward to some of the stuff they've got lined up for 2023. They really do need to get it together, though.
Yes, it was fine. Parts of it were good, even. I thought that was the one that was going to move the larger story forward, following up on what Loki and No Way Home started, and it didn't. Right now, we seem to have 3 different versions of the multiverse coexisting in the MCU, and I want/need those to be tied together somehow. I'm both hopeful that Quantumania will do that and nervous that it won't.Multiverse of Madness was fine, c'mon.
You didn't miss anything.I only watched one episode of Moon Knight, and gave up. I wasn't intrigued by what I saw, but I can't render a final verdict on it.
Close enough. It's part of Phase IV.No Way Home - Now I know this technically came out Xmas 2021, so its technically not a 2022 film, but... it may as well have been a 2022 film, since it came out at the very end of the year... and it was awesome... so I'm counting it.
I think I mentioned this before, but I finally finished watching the What If series a while ago and I wish I had watched it before watching Multiverse of Madness, because, while I agree with you that MoM didn't do enough to tie into Loki, the references to the concepts and characters of What If were undeniable. No Way Home is similarly enhanced by having seen Spiderverse, along with all the prior Spidey reboots, of course...Yes, it was fine. Parts of it were good, even. I thought that was the one that was going to move the larger story forward, following up on what Loki and No Way Home started, and it didn't. Right now, we seem to have 3 different versions of the multiverse coexisting in the MCU, and I want/need those to be tied together somehow. I'm both hopeful that Quantumania will do that and nervous that it won't.
I think I'm looking forward to this one. But there's a lot of disbelief that needs to be suspended.Billy Batson is back -
As with all superhero filmsI think I'm looking forward to this one. But there's a lot of disbelief that needs to be suspended.
That song is dope BTW. I was curious enough to look up the translation... pretty standard "We da best" ensemble rap stuff, but the beat is fi-yah.No, wait, you missed this song, which I think is pretty cool: "El Melouk" by Ahmed Saad, w/ 3enba and Double Zuksh.
There, now you're all caught up on Moon Knight.
I remember enjoying the first one, so I'll probably watch this eventually. Whether I see it in a theater will probably be an impulsive decision on the day.Billy Batson is back -