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[TMNTSSB4]

I will say it again though. Shazam! is what Thor: Ragnarok should had been in terms of not taking things seriously especially in terms of humor and it worked given it was meant to be a take on Golden Age superheroes.

Look Chief...this ain’t it

Spoiler: a rant with a spoiler attached

WHY THE **** ARE THEY MAKING SPINOFF PREQUELS OF ALL THINGS

Agent Carter and stuff like that doesn't count for me. That's not a prequel, that's just filling in the gaps of the time periods we're missing out on. But all of these upcoming films and prequels coming up in a time period before the events of other films; what is possibly crucial that is missing to conlude the Infinity Saga? Everything just has damn near been cancelled at this point, and Disney+ is taking forever to even form.

You still get to have a Ghost Rider show..so it’s a win

 

[Will]

You still get to have a Ghost Rider show..so it’s a win

listen

listen

it aint johnny blaze, so i dont care

robbie reyes can rev up his ghost dodge all he wants but i wont give a damn

 

[Arcanir]

Thor Ragnarok was one of Marvel's best movies, IMO.

Anyone who prefers Thor or The Dark World over Ragnarok is just allergic to having a good time.

Well, I guess I'm allergic.

 

[staindgrey]

Ehhhh, I dunno. Every DC character is a Mary Sue, Yami Yugi esque, can't lose at anything, type character. Flash is CERTAINLY included.

I could go without a Flash movie. But seeing the arc that Magneto finally finds his lost children when he finds Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch and tries to convince them over to his side only to have one choose him and the other choose their Avenger's Family and causing Avengers vs. X-Men to break out is something I would absolutely be day one for.

Dude.

Dude.

Get the **** out of here with that ****. The Flash is a ****ing tragic character. He's created alternate timelines in which he lived just to see his dead mom again, only to have to let her go in order to restore order to the multiverse. He's had to watch her die multiple times when he was too slow to save her, and finally had to kill a man to stop it from happening again. He's failed to save his wife from the same fate against the same villain. He's become death incarnate and isolated himself from everyone he knew to save them from dying at the mere touch of him. He's ****ing broken the DC multiverse. Twice.

And that's just Barry Allen. Don't get me started on Wally West, Bart, Iris II or any of the others.

"Mary Sue can't lose at anything". Bite me.

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

I will say that Thor 1 is a brilliant movie. It is. But the Thor Comic Book fan in me wanted so much more smashy smashy hammer action and we instead got a Shakespearian love story.

It's still a great movie, and I adore it for that, and I love Kenith Branagh, but DAMN Ragnarok is just so much damn fun. It's just as appropriately ridiculous as Jack Kirby's version of the character and his world and I ****ing LOVE that. Ragnarok adheres more to comics than the other two and that's actually surprising because almost none of it takes place on Asgard.

 

[Will]

He's ****ing broken the DC multiverse. Twice.

See? Mary Sue. He's so broken he **** ups everyone's reading experience.

 

[Shroob]

Mod fight Mod fight Mod fight

 

[Idon]

Mod fight Mod fight Mod fight

Ban each other so we can live in a modless wasteland.

 

[Shroob]

Ban each other so we can live in a modless wasteland.

Bold of you to assume this thread isn't already a modless wasteland.

 

[Hinata]

Dude.

Dude.

Get the **** out of here with that ****. The Flash is a ****ing tragic character. He's created alternate timelines in which he lived just to see his dead mom again, only to have to let her go in order to restore order to the multiverse. He's had to watch her die multiple times when he was too slow to save her, and finally had to kill a man to stop it from happening again. He's failed to save his wife from the same fate against the same villain. He's become death incarnate and isolated himself from everyone he knew to save them from dying at the mere touch of him. He's ****ing broken the DC multiverse. Twice.

And that's just Barry Allen. Don't get me started on Wally West, Bart, Iris II or any of the others.

"Mary Sue can't lose at anything". Bite me.

ten characters

 

[osby]

Hot take: Quicksilver=Flash<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Shulk with Speed Art

 

[KarneraMythos]

Ban each other so we can live in a modless wasteland.

But then the Admins would take over and-

Oh, wait...

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

Dude.

Dude.

Get the **** out of here with that ****. The Flash is a ****ing tragic character. He's created alternate timelines in which he lived just to see his dead mom again, only to have to let her go in order to restore order to the multiverse. He's had to watch her die multiple times when he was too slow to save her, and finally had to kill a man to stop it from happening again. He's failed to save his wife from the same fate against the same villain. He's become death incarnate and isolated himself from everyone he knew to save them from dying at the mere touch of him. He's ****ing broken the DC multiverse. Twice.

And that's just Barry Allen. Don't get me started on Wally West, Bart, Iris II or any of the others.

"Mary Sue can't lose at anything". Bite me.

I'm just saying that a character can be tragic and still be rather boring. Tragedy doesn't mark complexity. Moral ambiguity isn't really a problem for Barry. He does the RIGHT thing no matter what. They can come up with these overpowered reasons as to why he's tragic and broken but it always comes down to the fact that he was always "doing the right thing"

I had this same problem with Captain America up until Winter Soldier for real. I don't know ALL that much about The Flash but from what I have seen, I wasn't super impressed, not meaning to sound dismissive here but when the only characters to have moral ambiguity is Batman and The Watchmen, I feel like the characters can get stale rather fast.

Plus, I really REALLY don't like The Flash show. Don't like it. At all.

 

[Will]

Y'know, I've wondered what an open-world RPG would be like in the Dragon Ball artstyle and world. Call it some neat **** like Project Z. I always wanted to make that type of game someday, it's games like Spider-Man 2018 that inspire you. I mean, it's not like anyone would-

why they always gotta steal my ideas

 

[Alternis]

I'm just saying that a character can be tragic and still be rather boring. Tragedy doesn't mark complexity. Moral ambiguity isn't really a problem for Barry. He does the RIGHT thing no matter what. They can come up with these overpowered reasons as to why he's tragic and broken but it always comes down to the fact that he was always "doing the right thing"

I had this same problem with Captain America up until Winter Soldier for real. I don't know ALL that much about The Flash but from what I have seen, I wasn't super impressed, not meaning to sound dismissive here but when the only characters to have moral ambiguity is Batman and The Watchmen, I feel like the characters can get stale rather fast.

Plus, I really REALLY don't like The Flash show. Don't like it. At all.

Kind of random, but check out the Justice League animated series, if you can. It's a great show overall, but the Flash is specifically really fun there.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

TFW advanced tickets are already available for Secret Life of Pets 2 but aren't for Godzilla: King of the Monsters despite the former coming out a few weeks later after the latter.

 

[Idon]

Kind of random, but check out the Justice League animated series, if you can. It's a great show overall, but the Flash is specifically really fun there.

"Finally, the Flash's real identity...
I have no idea who this is."

 

[staindgrey]

I'm just saying that a character can be tragic and still be rather boring. Tragedy doesn't mark complexity. Moral ambiguity isn't really a problem for Barry. He does the RIGHT thing no matter what. They can come up with these overpowered reasons as to why he's tragic and broken but it always comes down to the fact that he was always "doing the right thing"

I had this same problem with Captain America up until Winter Soldier for real. I don't know ALL that much about The Flash but from what I have seen, I wasn't super impressed, not meaning to sound dismissive here but when the only characters to have moral ambiguity is Batman and The Watchmen, I feel like the characters can get stale rather fast.

Plus, I really REALLY don't like The Flash show. Don't like it. At all.

So my last post was hyperbole but for real dude, you need to read more DC comics if that's what you legitimately think.

Barry is absolutely a "do the right thing" golden age relic, in the same line as Superman and Captain America. That's part of what made him possibly the best part of the Injustice comics. But the rest of the Justice League is just as broken and awful as any of the Avengers. Hal Jordan in particular is a total ****head. But sticking specifically to The Flash, Wally West is darker, ****tier and morally ambiguous as all hell. His entire story revolves around hero envy and mentally not feeling that he's ever matched Barry, even after he's proven to have already gone many times faster. The simple rivalry between the Allens and the Thawnes spanning multiple generations and time travel is ****ed up all on its own.

Anyone can have a negative opinion of The Flash but it should be based on something that actually applies to the characters.

"Finally, the Flash's real identity...
I have no idea who this is."

The best line Lex Luthor's VA ever recorded.
EDIT: **** I'm tired that wasn't Lex's VA, duh. That was Wally's.

 

[KarneraMythos]

Y'know, I've wondered what an open-world RPG would be like in the Dragon Ball artstyle and world. Call it some neat **** like Project Z. I always wanted to make that type of game someday, it's games like Spider-Man 2018 that inspire you. I mean, it's not like anyone would-

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why they always gotta steal my ideas

Is that a lightbulb he threw across the wall? If so, subtle...

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

So my last post was hyperbole but for real dude, you need to read more DC comics if that's what you legitimately think.

Barry is absolutely a "do the right thing" golden age relic, in the same line as Superman and Captain America. That's part of what made him possibly the best part of the Injustice comics. But the rest of the Justice League is just as broken and awful as any of the Avengers. Hal Jordan in particular is a total ****head. But sticking specifically to The Flash, Wally West is darker, ****tier and morally ambiguous as all hell. His entire story revolves around hero envy and mentally not feeling that he's ever matched Barry, even after he's proven to have already gone many times faster. The simple rivalry between the Allens and the Thawnes spanning multiple generations and time travel is ****ed up all on its own.

Anyone can have a negative opinion of The Flash but it should be based on something that actually applies to the characters.


The best line Lex Luthor's VA ever recorded.

That's fair.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Were all here talking about superhero films yet y'all sleeping on Brightburn.

Granted that's more of a supervillain film.

 

[KarneraMythos]

Were all here talking about superhero films yet y'all sleeping on Brightburn.

Granted I'd say that's more of a supervillain film.

Brightburn is literally Superboy Prime in film form.

 

[Z25]

If we’re talking marvel.

I gotta say remy from ratatouille wielding the infinity gauntlet and turn Thanos into his signature dish was a pretty bold move. Who would have thought someone so small and unexpected could save the universe and it not be ant man!

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Brightburn is literally Superboy Prime in film form.

Or Ultraman (Superman's evil counterpart from a parallel universe).

What sets Brightburn apart is unlike other versions of evil Supermen here he's supposedly always been evil from birth.

 

[Hinata]

If we’re talking marvel.

I gotta say remy from ratatouille wielding the infinity gauntlet and turn Thanos into his signature dish was a pretty bold move. Who would have thought someone so small and unexpected could save the universe and it not be ant man!

Spoiler: Actual Endgame Spoilers

Remy was the rat that got Scott out of the Quantum Realm.

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

I do think Scarlet Witch is about to become a BIG deal post Phase 4 MCU. I imagine she'll be the explanation of the X-Men. Which COULD MAYBE open up the possibility for Quicksilver to return... eh?

 

[Zinith]

I wish I had the energy to get back into the MCU, but fatigue really hit me hard in 2017...

 

[Idon]

I do think Scarlet Witch is about to become a BIG deal post Phase 4 MCU. I imagine she'll be the explanation of the X-Men. Which COULD MAYBE open up the possibility for Quicksilver to return... eh?

Yeah let me poke a few holes in that theory.

And Quicksilver.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

I wish I had the energy to get back into the MCU, but fatigue really hit me hard in 2017...

Brightburn should be for you then if you want a change for once in the superhero film genre.

 

[staindgrey]

I do think Scarlet Witch is about to become a BIG deal post Phase 4 MCU. I imagine she'll be the explanation of the X-Men. Which COULD MAYBE open up the possibility for Quicksilver to return... eh?

I've been giving it thought and I'm starting to wonder if--

So I just wrote a long Endgame spoiler then backspaced it all out of existence. Just know that I'm been giving it thought.

 

[Idon]

Brightburn should be for you then if you want a change for once in the superhero film genre.

Sounds like it's more in the horror genre than anything else.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Sounds like it's more in the horror genre than anything else.

Yes but a take on the superhero genre granted as said its more of a supervillain film.

 

[Shroob]

Just finished a back to back playthrough of Lisa the Painful and Lisa the Joyful.


That was fantastic.

 

[staindgrey]

I wish I had the energy to get back into the MCU, but fatigue really hit me hard in 2017...

Probably all that chocolate cake you've been eating.

 

[osby]

I do think Scarlet Witch is about to become a BIG deal post Phase 4 MCU. I imagine she'll be the explanation of the X-Men. Which COULD MAYBE open up the possibility for Quicksilver to return... eh?

I'm all for Wanda getting more screen time but I'd rather not movies making her a living reboot continuity changer like they did for a long time in comics.

Also while I dig the design, movie-Quicksilver never did anything much to make me invested in his character for long term.

 

[allison]

I wish I had the energy to get back into the MCU, but fatigue really hit me hard in 2017...

yeah same. the only recent marvel movie i really loved was spiderverse, which is very loudly NOT part of the mcu

 

[Zinith]

Probably all that chocolate cake you've been eating.

Yes, but only after the 1500th slice...

In one week not a smart move...

 

[Michael the Spikester]

I'm honestly really hoping given how recently its been making a comeback and revival since the 50s especially last year with The Meg and Rampage that giant monsters becomes the next big thing after superheroes.

 

[Zinith]

I'm honestly really hoping given how recently its been making a comeback and revival since the 50s especially last year with The Meg and Rampage that giant monsters becomes the next big thing after superheroes.

Yoob's Inside Story coming in 2025

 

[Deleted member]

I asked this a few days ago and I would like to ask this again with better phrasing, If I were interested in reading Marvel Comics where should I start?

I am mostly interested in Stories about or that involve Doctor Strange or any of the Characters that may come into the MCU later like the X-Men/Fantastic Four.