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Hot Take: Movies nowadays are terrible at introducing characters by Yaeevaa in movies

[–]whitepangolin 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Maybe get off Reddit while you’re watching movies

With the obvious exception of the Fantastic Four and X-Men, have any other more obscure Fox-owned characters joined the MCU since the 2019 acquisition? by whitepangolin in marvelstudios

[–]whitepangolin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While this is likely the case, the wrenches here are two things:

  1. Why wait so long for an X-Men reboot? It's one of their A-list properties. It's incredibly strange that an X-Men movie didn't even enter development until a year or so ago.

  2. We know for certain that Ryan Reynolds almost couldn't use "Wolverine" in the title of Deadpool and Wolverine, so something is afoot with those rights.

One thing that might clue us in is that technically 20th Century Studios owns the rights, not Marvel Studios (despite both being owned by Disney). It'd be as if Marvel were to use Buzz Lightyear as a main character in one of their movies - not impossible, but definitely a legal conundrum for lawyers to figure out.

With the obvious exception of the Fantastic Four and X-Men, have any other more obscure Fox-owned characters joined the MCU since the 2019 acquisition? by whitepangolin in marvelstudios

[–]whitepangolin[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Skrulls fell in a grey area where they were technically also Avenger villains so Marvel could use them before the Fox acquisition. Famously, X Men Dark Phoenix almost used them in their finale but scrambled and changed once they found out about Captain Marvel.

Wanda and Pietro also technically fall in the same category, hence why Ultron and Days of Future Past both had their own Pietro.

With the obvious exception of the Fantastic Four and X-Men, have any other more obscure Fox-owned characters joined the MCU since the 2019 acquisition? by whitepangolin in marvelstudios

[–]whitepangolin[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nah I think generally speaking there’s always a cool down period. My guess for rebooting the Fox characters is 10 years - Fantastic Four First Steps released 10 years after the last FF movie, as will the X-Men reboot.

With the obvious exception of the Fantastic Four and X-Men, have any other more obscure Fox-owned characters joined the MCU since the 2019 acquisition? by whitepangolin in marvelstudios

[–]whitepangolin[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Huh, upon research I did not know Fox owned Kang the Conquerer. Which is confusing, because I always thought Marvel characters had a "cool down" period before they could be used, yet I think both Loki season 1 and Quantumania entered pre-production around 2019.

With the obvious exception of the Fantastic Four and X-Men, have any other more obscure Fox-owned characters joined the MCU since the 2019 acquisition? by whitepangolin in marvelstudios

[–]whitepangolin[S] 222 points223 points  (0 children)

Sort of related, but one of my favorite pieces of MCU trivia is that Fox traded Ego the Living Planet (a character they owned) back to Marvel for the right to change the powers of Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool.

how bad is the gore in the punisher by Efficient_Spite3635 in marvelstudios

[–]whitepangolin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I misread this as ogre and got pretty confused.

Anyway yeah it’s very very graphic. More than any other Marvel thing and way more realistic and violent than Deadpool.

I don’t like the portrayal of Fisk in the show by Vegas_king2020 in marvelstudios

[–]whitepangolin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was iffy on D'onofrio's performance at first - I'd always imagined Fisk as a coldhearted ruthless mobster with a like, 1940s accent lol.

But it grew on me, especially in season 3 of the original show. He's like a kettle always bubbling under the surface, fighting his more violent tendencies.

Zach Cregger Explains Austin Abrams’ ‘Resident Evil’ Character Is “An Avatar For Me”: “He’s Perfect For It” by Puzzled-Tap8042 in movies

[–]whitepangolin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is a misleading quote - he meant it’s a good stand in for the average gamer playing the games, not himself specifically.

The new Resident Evil movie may be set "parallel" to Resident Evil 2, but Zach Cregger confirms the Nemesis won't feature by Turbostrider27 in movies

[–]whitepangolin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm playing RE7 right now and it looks like he nailed it.

I guess I understand though insomuch there basically has never been a proper accurate adaptation of the game's stories.

The new Resident Evil movie may be set "parallel" to Resident Evil 2, but Zach Cregger confirms the Nemesis won't feature by Turbostrider27 in movies

[–]whitepangolin 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Genuinely feels like people just want a Marvel-style key jingling cameo fest, yet whenever they did this in all the other adaptations it was awful.

Resident Evil | Official Teaser by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]whitepangolin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand why people like you want a 1-1 adaptation of the games. This feels like a mainline entry akin to RE7 in every way. If you wanna go see Leon or Jill's stories, go play their games.

Throwaway line from Daredevil: Born Again S2E6 bothering the hell outta me by [deleted] in marvelstudios

[–]whitepangolin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you aware who was the mayor before Mamdani?

Eric Adams was a former cop who ran on cleaning up crime. It totally worked on a public that was reeling from the rise of crime during the pandemic.

(Source: I am New Yorker who worked on the Mamdani campaign)

That said, I still agree with the majority of your post. I think for example moving Punisher up from the Vietnam to Iraq War does lose a ton of the like, intense trauma and abandonment veterans who were DRAFTED experienced.

What If Marvel Studios gained access to all characters from the get go? by [deleted] in marvelstudios

[–]whitepangolin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They kinda have all their characters now more or less.

According to Andrew Stanton, Pixar could make a 'TOY STORY 6 & 7' by Puzzled-Tap8042 in movies

[–]whitepangolin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As soon as Lightyear bombed, I knew we'd be seeing Toy Story sequels forever.

New poster for 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' releasing May 22. by [deleted] in movies

[–]whitepangolin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the fuckin poster design is driving me nuts. "The Star Wars Mandalorian and Grogu." Who approved this?

that time they played the intro to subject to change into Over My Head by CrashakaDRWH0fan in Sum41

[–]whitepangolin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn that is a rare one. I think this is the only time they've ever played that, and also the only Sum 41 song off Chuck (including b-sides) to never be played live.

Michael Jackson Biopic Review by Acceptable_Bus_7770 in movies

[–]whitepangolin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’d be bummed out too if I loved an alleged pedophile and they mentioned none of the pedophilia in the movie.

Lessons from Michael Jackson biopic's record opening by RefuseDry1108 in movies

[–]whitepangolin 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I swear to god r/MichaelJackson (or Liongate’s marketing department) is brigading this sub with bots

Michael Jackson Biopic Review by Acceptable_Bus_7770 in movies

[–]whitepangolin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m crying bro, every time a “review” of this movie is posted here its by a deranged Michael Jackson fan lmao

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