BadOlCatSylvester

Yeah, this has been a very disappointing thread so far. I expected three times the page count, decades-long walls of text and at least half of this forum suspended or banned. My excitement for the Aquaman 2 weekend thread has definitely been tempered now.

There are rumours of a trailer being released next week, and with the movie already being filmed as well as the strikes no longer being an issue, it'll most likely make it to its current date. But I do agree with your general sentiment. Next year being very light on major cape fare can, if both sides play their cards right, lead to a strong rebound for them in 2025.

It still blows my mind that both the Loki finale and The Marvels hail from the same studio and were released on the exact same day. They are, in every way, polar opposites of each other. One is a beautiful, tragic tale with a crystal clear and consistent vision, stellar direction, intelligent writing, gorgeous cinematography, top of the line acting, and lovable characters that one can get strongly attached to and want to see achieve peace and happiness. The other is a Frankensteinian abomination with a wildly inconsistent vision, shoddy direction, cringeworthy writing, bland cinematography, weird acting, and one-dimensional characters who one most likely won't care all that much about. One of them is among the best moments of the franchise, while the other is its worst movie to date. The conflict of order and chaos which Loki explored is, ironically enough, a perfect representation of Marvel today.

For all her faults with the sequel trilogy, Kathleen Kennedy's decision to mostly reserve Star Wars for TV was a smart one in hindsight, especially seeing as their colleagues over at Marvel tried to go overdrive after their finale and are now paying dearly for it. As inconsistent as the Star Wars series have been, even the worst of them don't cause anywhere near the major blows and discourse Marvel's misfires do. She's likely having a lot of second thoughts about that movie lineup they announced earlier in the year now. Hopefully she'll wait for the right, the best pitch possible to bring Star Wars back to the big screen so that it can be a behemoth once more.

They'll be needing any they can get after all these duds diluting the genre. If anything, Gunn should be less cocky and more modest until a few movies in, when his universe is a true hit. Never get complacent like Marvel has become.

I'm not sure why they're specifying Disney, since this'll be opening lower than even the movies not distributed by Disney, including the previous low point Hulk 2008.

Mark my words: She'll be Kang's first kill in the cold open of Kang Dynasty. Marvel gets to dispose of some baggage, Brie no longer has to deal with any more rabid fandoms and Kang regains credibility in the eyes of fans as he kills a near-godlike being. Everyone wins.

Well, I just came out of The Marvels... And it was an utter mess from beginning to end, just as bad as people like Dan Murrell are saying it is. A Frankensteinian abomination created by duct-taping four different movies together. It's hastily edited, poorly paced, and just overall a mostly hollow husk where the emotional beats don't land at all. Iman and Teyonnah both co-carried this movie and prevented it from being unwatchable like She-Hulk and Secret Invasion. And admittedly it occassionally looked pretty cool. Unfortunately Brie wasn't all that much better here than she was in the first film, and the villain was by far the worst in the franchise, and among the worst in the genre. Easily the worst movie in the franchise for me, below Quantumania as that one at least had tons of promise, which this one never had much of. It's genuinely depressing to see a universe I love reach these lows. Being released right after the Loki finale, which is its polar opposite in every way, makes the sting extra painful. I sincerely hope Deadpool 3 will mark the beginning of a new, better era next year.

I have a hunch they'll skip Comic-Con next year. Deadpool 3's new date is very close to that anyway, and with all the drama they should lay low next year. I also think these delays won't be the last. Fantastic Four could get pushed off to 2026.

I hope we find out who'll be doing the reshoots soon. Will they stick with the original crew like with The Marvels, or are they going to bring new guys in like what they just did with Daredevil?

👏I👏FUCKING👏 CALLED 👏 IT Almost half a year of reshoots sounds pretty brutal, and almost Josstice-tier. But hey, if it actually fixes the movie, then so be it. This is the good thing about The Marvels bombing. It will be the wakeup call Marvel needs to get back on track. Focusing solely on Deadpool 3 for next year and otherwise laying low until this movie in 2025 is the smartest decision they've made in a while. Hoping for the best!

The damage done to the Marvel brand would hurt it for sure, but it'd still likely have done around Age of Ultron numbers, which would've been great too.

I can see the goofiness give the audience Love and Thunder flashbacks and causing them to recoil on a level not seen since Batman v Superman. It already had a disadvantage there when they finalized 2 out of the 3 leads to be women of color, as movies starring them tend to take a hit in those territories.

Are we seriously using the "soy" buzzword used by the reactionaries unironically? What the hell am I reading? A Nerdrotic comment section?

That trailer being as vague as it was about the release window indicates Sony are weighing their options.

Well, blow me down! Hollywood actually made peace instead of letting their holiday go to waste. Hopefully the guild got what they needed and wanted and won't need to strike again anytime soon.

I have a hunch Brave New World is going to go through some very extensive reshoots once the actors' strike ends, as it was hastily filmed during the initial writers' strike. As I've said before, the likes of Blade, Thunderbolts and/or Armor Wars could be canned entirely since they aren't filming.

Well, they have two weeks left to sort this out. Otherwise this is lasting into next year.

At least we have the Loki finale the day before.

It's already Rotten

Weird trailer, but otherwise it has a lot of potential. If it can avoid the nostalgia pitfalls the last movie fell into then this could be a win for the brand.