Tony was going to die, Strange was going to pick up that aspect of the mantle for the next phases.
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Tony was going to die, Strange was going to pick up that aspect of the mantle for the next phases.
I don't think the point is to "dismiss" Phase One, just to use it to offer a sense of perspective -- that something doesn't have to be 100 percent flawless and brilliant in order to be worthwhile, that something isn't a failure just because some parts of it are less memorable than others.
The MCU has become more broad, we have political thriller with Falcon and Winter Soldier, sit-com with She-Hulk, YA with Ms. Marvel, 40s/50s horror with Werewolf By Night, etc. Not everything will appeal to everybody as is the case with comic books as well.
DC has escaped this to some extent by not having everything in the actual DCEU. Would Snyder fans take to the shenanigans of Doom Patrol, would fans of The Flash and Stargirl find Titans appealing, Peacemaker fans and Batwoman and so on. Some will of course but I don't think the DC offerings have universal appeal to all fans.
Not to say a show can't be bad on its own terms and maybe be a bad comedy but I think simply being a comedy or whatever isn't necessarily a failure in and of itself.
It happens to be my favorite. I'm still salty that Star-Spangled Man wasn't even nominated for best original song.
Nope.
I hope this is a joke.
Why? It was a great song
If we're going to do that, Save The City (I Can Do This All Day) needs to be nominated for an emmy.
It's not any less ludicrous than "Blame Canada".
No, I'm serious. There were only 2 nominees that year, "Man or Muppet" and "Real in Rio" (Muppets won). Even if you don't personally enjoy the musical style, you have to admit it was skillfully written to match the period perfectly.
Fine by me!
Those who think Marvel is getting too comedic are unlikely to be impressed by the rumour that Sasha Baron Cohen may be joining the MCU https://deadline.com/2022/10/sacha-baron-cohen-mcu-ironheart-mephisto-marvel-disney-plus-1235147636/
Wholeheartedly disagree--it was the one and only Hulk production of the MCU where the Banner/Hulk characters were treated not as an add-on in films driven by / largely about other characters, but they were closer to the spirit of the Stevenson-eqsue, dual-identity tragedy established in the Silver Age Hulk comics.
Agreed.
Still one of the best MCU films--where a character was not merely a puppet bounced around to get from one endless set-up to another, or a walking quip machine. He was in his own world, and while having connections to other films (just to establish a universe) is acceptable (as long as most of the film is not one lone Easter Egg / tease), it was not what made the solo outing work.
..and that's not good. The only sound, non-cartoonish (and easy to revisit) entries from phase one were the 1st Hulk and Captain America films, with Thor coming in a somewhat distant third place.
Most of its output has suffered from the factory conveyor belt syndrome; it does not matter that the skin--the trappings are different, there's still a sameness and predictability.
But it was never on the level of what is seen in some of the films, where quips are fired off with the rapidity of a 4th of July skyrocket show.
Agreed.
Beh, this is Michael Keaton-as-Batman all over again. A comedian we already know is talented who will be good.
I have no problem with comedy. I just don't like Mr. Cohen's style of comedy so this news is less than thrilling.
I wasn't reading comics in the 80s due to being too young, but even as a kid I hated things written for kids. All I could see were plot holes and ridiculous plots.
He is a good enough actor to give us anything that could be required of him. If they require him to act like Borat, then I will be disappointed, but there is no indication of that being the case.
Stan wasn't "writing for kids". He wrote comics that kids enjoyed, but also found an audience in college aged people. Stan reinvented the way comics sounded and the themes they explored. He paved for what happened in the 70s and 80s. The people who wrote books in those decades literally studied at his feet.
He's a good actor and I doubt he'll be writing much.