Marvels' Eternals Discussion - Spoiler Warning

[TREK_GOD_1]

The Eternals' original '76-'78 published run had limited appeal (similar to its 1985 miniseries follow-up), and even after being fully merged with the superhero side of Marvel, it did not generate Spider-Man-like interest / sales due to its kind of concept--something some of the reviewers have touched on in so many words. With that in mind, if this film has a low key reception (post credits reveal included), some have no need to attack reviews as if a MCU film needs to be a hit. Either one enjoys it, or they do not.

 

[theenglish]

I, for one, am looking forward to seeing something a little different coming from Marvel for a change. Sure, I may not like it, but I am more than willing to give it a chance.

 

[Q2UnME]

I'll watch it when it hits Disney+ ....

 

[YLu]

Saw it tonight. While walking out of the theater, I overheard the folks in front of me discussing it. One said they absolutely loved it, the other that they had no idea what was happening. I think a lot of people are going to fall into one of those two camps.

I'd call it a really ambitious movie in terms of how much content it tries to pack in, with only partial successful at actually executing it.

And this isn't a complaint because what they went with *did* work in its own right, but almost every major change from the comics' Eternals lore was one that made them less interesting, conceptually.

 

[Nightowl1701]

And this isn't a complaint because what they went with *did* work in its own right, but almost every major change from the comics' Eternals lore was one that made them less interesting, conceptually.

So - as a complete newcomer to this - would reading the original 70's Eternals comics be helpful in any way, before/after the movie (if it all)?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Late, I know, but I've posted the spoiler review thread.

 

[YLu]

So - as a complete newcomer to this - would reading the original 70's Eternals comics be helpful in any way, before/after the movie (if it all)?

You should read them just because they're dang good comics (well, depending on how much you have a taste for Kirby's idiosyncratic writing style). But no, I don't think it would help with enjoying the movie. If anything, it's better to go in blind.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Disney is refusing to cut same-sex scenes, bucking censors in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar. Eternals won't be released in any of those countries except for UAE.

Curiously, no mention of China or Russia (the latter of which cut the group therapy scene in Endgame).

 

[thribs]

It was pretty good. Very transformers like at the end with the Unicron comparisons. Kit’s character was good. The way he just accepted everything. I appreciate they had him meet Icarus. For the GoT fans out there.

 

[Velocity]

If Eternals was compared to ZSJL, then that's high consideration of its plot.

They were possibly referring to the movie having a pretty long run time.
I saw the movie today and my son and I were both checking our watches a lot. Then there were the mid-credit and post-credit scenes.

 

[thribs]

Was this the first MCU movie to reference DC Comics? There were two references in this.
They used to be pretty common back in the day in Marvel comics. Probably due to how more in the zeitgeist Superman and Batman are.

 

[theenglish]

DC movies reference Marvel a lot--why shouldn't the reverse be true?

 

[thribs]

DC movies reference Marvel a lot--why shouldn't the reverse be true?

Not really. DC Comics don’t really reference Marvel in the comics I’ve read. Maybe the recent ones they have started to

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

So - as a complete newcomer to this - would reading the original 70's Eternals comics be helpful in any way, before/after the movie (if it all)?

I would say no; the original Eternals comic is very far removed from this film--probably more than any MCU movie in relation to its "source" up to this point.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Not really. DC Comics don’t really reference Marvel in the comics I’ve read. Maybe the recent ones they have started to

I recall one reference from a book back in the 60s. Batman calling Spider-man a newcomer or something.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I recall one reference from a book back in the 60s. Batman calling Spider-man a newcomer or something.

http://comicscommentary.blogspot.com/2007/08/certain-web-spinning-peter-come-lately.html?m=1

 

[StCoop]

Mustn't offend China. Even though they see our biggest flicks before we can.

It was banned from release in China long ago since Chloe Zhao is persona non grata there.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Probably, though live copies of issue #1 are suddenly being sold for $500 or more at used bookstores, among other places. I remember when it came out it was a one-year flop nobody bothered to collect. The story might have worked, but Marvels' '70s Kirby art seemed overly blocky to me, and even the women had bulky chins.

"Live copies"?????
I own the entire run, bought when it came out.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Live copies as opposed to digital or non-original versions.

What an odd turn of phrase. Print seems more accurate. Why would something made from pulped trees be called "live"?
Who would by a digital copy at a bookstore?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Who said they ever did? What a bizarre concept.

No one. But the qualifier "live" seemed to imply it.