Cheadle helped Secret Invasion. Really, he was one of the best things in the last couple of episodes.
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But if the stories that came out about his history after the first accusations, there's a pretty decent chance he could get himself in trouble again. Even if the case is thrown out, Marvel would probably still be better off distancing themselves from him. They have almost no choice but to recast and keep going with the character, if they got rid of Kang they'd have to completely change their plans for the overall arc of the next 2 phases and I just can't see them doing that.
Is it really that much of a hassle? They've done it multiple times. As far as I can tell, Majors isn't in any MCU production that's currently filming; he's in Loki season 2, which is presumably completed, and the next things he's been announced for are the two Avengers films that are only in pre-production or development. So nothing's stopping them from replacing him going forward.
Well you raise an interesting side point - what if you put together a multi-film narrative but the public isn't buying what you are selling?
I don't know when Kang's next film appearance is but what if that is a dud as well?
Now that does not mean you change everything but do you hold course or deemphasize the importance?
That's a different question from the feasibility of recasting an actor, though. A studio would probably retool story plans if several movies bombed, but as long as the issue is a single actor's scandal, that's independent of the storyline, so recasting is a far simpler course. Different problems call for different solutions.
I thought Thanos was a joke. Well, I thought his Plan to kill off half of the universe for the sake of the environment was a joke, especially since it wasn’t going to work in the long run, as others had pointed out. And I thought it was badly written - like the Sokovia Accords. Thanos switch from a "compelling" villain to a one-note one in the second half of "Endgame" didn't seem to help his portrayal in the end.
Thanos was a poorly constructed character who is often defended with the "mad" excuse. Then, there's the nature of the Infinity Stones and how it can reverse death, yet has other limitations never considered by anyone using them. Oh, well. In the end, the Thanos "saga" was pointless spectacle even more senseless than Starlin's original version (i.e., a poor Darkseid knock-off).
The Sokovia Accords. SMH. Anyone in that Avengers conference room could have ended the conversation by reminding Ross that he was in no position to chair or enforce restrictions on enhanced beings after his direct participation in the Abomination affair, which caused a number of civilian deaths (there's no doubt Banner informed the Avengers about that). Hell, Rogers was still trusted enough (at that point) to have to world's ear, where he could have addressed the accords and expose Ross (possibly calling Ross's and his government's participation into question), but the plot (if you can call it that) needed an artificial handcuff on the MCU's own continuity in order to slap together the first stage of the Rogers / Stark conflict.
But hey, Spidey-Lad made his MCU debut (also for no logical in-universe reason), so it was all good.
The Sokovia Accords. SMH. Anyone in that Avengers conference room could have ended the conversation by reminding Ross that he was in no position to chair or enforce restrictions on enhanced beings after his direct participation in the Abomination affair, which caused a number of civilian deaths (there's no doubt Banner informed the Avengers about that). Hell, Rogers was still trusted enough (at that point) to have to world's ear, where he could have addressed the accords and expose Ross (possibly calling Ross's and his government's participation into question), but the plot (if you can call it that) needed an artificial handcuff on the MCU's own continuity in order to slap together the first stage of the Rogers / Stark conflict.
But hey, Spidey-Lad made his MCU debut (also for no logical in-universe reason), so it was all good.
Actually, the response there is, "Can anyone in the Avengers give a compelling reason why the rest of the world should give them absolute total law enforcement powers across the globe after the whole Ultron thing?"
I'm comfortable with the Avengers being illegal rebels doing cool edgy rebellious things.
But I have yet to hear any argument that what they should do should be legal.
Exactly:two events where no one complained about "unauthorized" action against a threat taking place. Ross and his government cronies were completely unprepared for an alien invasion, and had no clue Hydra had become a part of SHIELD since the 40s. That's two more examples that a sensible screenwriter would have added as Rogers' counter to Ross, which could not be argued...but you know...the MCU had to jump to that toothless conflict bit.
Isn't that pretty much what happened with the DCEU? They were pretty quick to dump the whole arc Snyder had been working on the moment BvS wasn't as successful as they hoped and he backed out of JL.
I doubt the MCU creative team would be as quick to just dump a storyline, they'd probably just try and tweak and adjust things based on what people's reactions were.
Content gap. Don't know why.He "backed out of" JL... right!
In other news ABC is showing Ms.Marvel right now, for whatever reason.
Blonsky injected himself with the Gamma Blood that caused his final transformation without Ross' approval, so Ross had room and political power enough to evade culpability.
Thanos is no more poorly constructed than Magneto, who thought killing off all of Humanity in X2 wouldn't hurt Mutants.
I don't think the DCEU was ever as well-planned as the MCU. Feige has a clear vision and knows how to manage it well, while the decision-making behind the DCEU has been erratic and poorly judged, as well as frequently changing hands. The best phase of the DCEU was when they stopped trying to have a master plan and just let each film be its own thing.
All of this reminds me. Has there been any update on the Tenoch Huerta fiasco? At least Marvel didn't have as much riding on Namor as they do on Kang.