The Superhero Cinematic Civil War of Tomorrow Thread - Part 62

[Shinobi Shaw]

Speaking of Cavill, I still find it interesting that not a peep has been heard about live action Voltron.

 

[kguillou]

I mean look at this totally non click baity article

‘Tron: Ares’ Overtakes Christopher Nolan’s $200 Million Sci-Fi Experiment at Box Office

Despite passing some sci-fi classics at the box office, Tron: Ares is still on track to be a major flop. The film has struggled domestically & abroad.

collider.com

 

[Kane52630]

Im actually shocked Collider is still around after it basically imploded years ago. Lol

Perri Nemiroff is single-handedly keeping it alive.

Her Ladies Night interviews are the only thing worth checking out.

 

[Drizzle]

Speaking of Cavill, I still find it interesting that not a peep has been heard about live action Voltron.

Didn't he break his leg or something and is out of commission for 6-8 business months?

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Didn't he break his leg or something and is out of commission for 6-8 business months?

He sure did.

Screwing up the Highlander reboot's production

 

[Venom 1988]

A wee bit late but just saw Weapons for the first time last night. I thought it was pretty good, Aunt Gladys is pretty dang creepy and that ending....lol

 

[Lily Adler]

Didn't he break his leg or something and is out of commission for 6-8 business months?

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Drizzle]

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[Still Wynning]

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Is there a particular meaning or association I’m just not getting, or is this just another one of those random, nonsensical internet things?

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Is there a particular meaning or association I’m just not getting, or is this just another one of those random, nonsensical internet things?

Thank you for saying it because I’m lost.

 

[Drizzle]

Is there a particular meaning or association I’m just not getting, or is this just another one of those random, nonsensical internet things?

Thank you for saying it because I’m lost.

I consider myself to be fairly versed in internet meme slang but I don't understand 67 at all. Every time I look up the explanation I instantly forget about it because it's so nonsensical.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I consider myself to be fairly versed in internet meme slang but I don't understand 67 at all. Every time I look up the explanation I instantly forget about it because it's so nonsensical.

Oh goodness.

Well they all can’t be 69, which is pretty self explanatory

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Every few weeks in this thread:

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Every few weeks in this thread:

Spoiler

To me, my PBU!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Spoiler

To me, my PBU!

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You used that specific gif just to hurt me.

 

[Lily Adler]

I consider myself to be fairly versed in internet meme slang but I don't understand 67 at all. Every time I look up the explanation I instantly forget about it because it's so nonsensical.

6-7 (meme) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The fact that it has a Wikipedia page.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

This conversation is making me feel like I am 67 years old.

 

[Still Wynning]

This conversation is making me feel like I am 67 years old.

With my current physical issues, I already do feel like I actually am 67 years old, so imagine how it makes me feel.

 

[Sithborg]

So, concerning Nia Dacosta and The Marvels, there was this article from about two weeks ago:


That doesn’t sound like the words of someone completely spurned, thrown under the bus and has burned bridges. So, either what was reported previously was way overblown (which has happened before), or it’s a much more complicated situation. And, doing a bit of googling, though Feige does place the blame on The Marvels’ failure for people not watching WandaVision and Ms. Marvel, it does mention that Bob Iger specifically was the one who threw Dacosta under the bus.

If I had to guess, after Bob Iger made those comments, sometime in the past Feige had a talk with him about it and then spoke with Dacosta and tried to play peacemaker or work put some sort of deal and smooth things over because he actually liked working with her, didn’t want to burn that bridge and still needed her for a future project or projects.

Look, I’m not saying Kevin Feige is a saint or hasn’t made some boneheaded decisions as of late, but I think in this case he was just trying to make the best of a bad situation. I’ve worked at places where I have been around in instances where the person at the top did or said something that negatively affected an employee and a middle man had to talk the manager or whomever down so that the employee could continue working with the company, for pragmatic reasons and because they were a great person to be around and to work with.

In cases like this, it’s not always as simple as it initially seems.

Dropping by for a visit does not negate what clearly went down. But sure, Feige is all powerful to the MCU when it is something you like, and powerless when it is something you don't, like his history of caving to censorship.

Speaking of Cavill, I still find it interesting that not a peep has been heard about live action Voltron.

Which reminds me, news popped up that I have new reasons to go after Evans. Congrats to Alba, though.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Couldn't that argument also work the other way? "He is the anti-Christ and to blame for everything I don't like, and he deserves no credit for the things that I like, and or successful". Neither argument has any nuance.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Couldn't that argument also work the other way? "He is the anti-Christ and to blame for everything I don't like, and he deserves no credit for the things that are good or successful". Neither argument has any nuance.

Here's the thing, Feige is one who loves to take credit and push blame onto others. Even as he's the one who tells us about these retreats he goes on to plan out a decade of the MCU and then obviously shows up with no plan.

 

[Sithborg]

Couldn't that argument also work the other way? "He is the anti-Christ and to blame for everything I don't like, and he deserves no credit for the things that I like, and or successful". Neither argument has any nuance.

To be fair, it helps that there is not a whole lot about the MCU that I have liked for a while. And also to be fair, a good chunk of time that it would be fair not to totally blame on him, because he didn't focus on the MCU.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Feige is essentially the Head Coach of the MCU. Unlike most films where the director would be, Marvel is setup in a way where he is the Head Coach running the show. And with that, Head Coach gets all the blame when things go bad and all the credit when it's going well. Marvel's issue is that things haven't been going nearly as well as they once were. Hence less people giving him the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

BTW, tonight is Devil’s Night.



Time to rewatch one of the greatest CBMs of all time. Been listening to the soundtrack on my way to work, still slaps.