gobler
Sr Member
Oh I can all but guarantee you will not see a hint of the alcoholic in this Disney version. Look at Tony Stark. Once Disney acquired Marvel they dropped his heavy drinking and womanizing completely.
Captain Marvel
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Being rather “anti-SJW” myself I understand where you might be coming from, but I’m willing to give CM a chance to stand or die on its own merit. Whatever Brie Larson has said publicly she’s not the writer, director or producer of this movie.
For me it really depends on if this film leans on its apparent empowerment message more than it wants to be a good story that's well told. I think that has yet to be established. If I didn't have the existing faith in the MCU I might be in the same camp with you. Ghostbusters 2016 being directed by Feig with that cast and their collective public statements was a little more predictable where that film was heading.
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Snikt
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Yeah that definitely makes sense, the snap was on a way bigger scale, so youre totally right about that. For some reason I kinda forgot the snap affected all reality, not just Earth. Duh. There goes my nerd cred.
firesprite
Master Member
And that's fine. Tony is still interesting even without the alcoholism because of the depths of his hubris.
As I and others have said, Marvel knows how to deliver these characters and keep them compelling. I think they have earned some trust and faith after 20+ movies.
firesprite
Master Member
Well, as has been said, I will wait and see what is in the movie, not in the reviews. Because, frankly? Reviewers aren't always the most observant of people.
I’m going to break out my grumpy old man routine here...
In my day comic book movies were just escapist fun that were just meant to make money and remove us from the cold harsh reality that was our daily lives for a couple of hours.
We didn’t go to see Chris Reeve as “Superman” and question the political motivation of the actor, director, writer, or studio, or what group was supposed to be empowered by the main character, or excluded by the main character. We just wanted to be convinced that a man could fly via acceptable front projection and limited blue screen work accompanied by a spectacular John Williams soundtrack.
It was mindless entertainment and fun that was classified as Grade B / Non-Oscar contender material with A-List actors and a big budget. Comic book movies being expected to change the world and being nominated for Best Picture? Phooey!
We learned NOTHING, stood in line for hours to grease the wheels of capitalism, and stuffed our faces with popcorn!
That’s the way that it was and we LIKED it!
In my day comic book movies were just escapist fun that were just meant to make money and remove us from the cold harsh reality that was our daily lives for a couple of hours.
We didn’t go to see Chris Reeve as “Superman” and question the political motivation of the actor, director, writer, or studio, or what group was supposed to be empowered by the main character, or excluded by the main character. We just wanted to be convinced that a man could fly via acceptable front projection and limited blue screen work accompanied by a spectacular John Williams soundtrack.
It was mindless entertainment and fun that was classified as Grade B / Non-Oscar contender material with A-List actors and a big budget. Comic book movies being expected to change the world and being nominated for Best Picture? Phooey!
We learned NOTHING, stood in line for hours to grease the wheels of capitalism, and stuffed our faces with popcorn!
That’s the way that it was and we LIKED it!
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I’m going to break out my grumpy old man routine here...
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In my day comic book movies were just escapist fun that were just meant to make money and remove us from the cold harsh reality that was our daily lives for a couple of hours.
We didn’t go to see Chris Reeves as “Superman” and question the political motivation of the actor, director, writer, or studio, or what group was supposed to be empowered by the main character, or excluded by the main character. We just wanted to be convinced that a man could fly via acceptable front projection and limited blue screen work accompanied by a spectacular John Williams soundtrack.
It was mindless entertainment and fun that was classified as Grade B / Non-Oscar contender material with a big budget! Comic book movies being expected to change the world and being nominated for Best Picture? Balderdash!
We learned NOTHING, stood in line for hours to grease the wheels of capitalism, and stuffed our faces with popcorn!
That’s the way that it was and we LIKED it!
I couldnt agree LESS, I always had a hotdog rather than popcorn.
But Remembering an old style Cinema with dark red carpet on the Opera house style stairs and when I got to the top a cardboard cutout of Christopher Reeves as Superman very nearly made me wet myself with glee. Well I was very very young.
THEMS WERE THE DAYS.
Richard Baker
Sr Member
A totally different movie experience back then...
Not sure if it has been mentioned here or not but wasn't there was a 50-50 chance Captain Marvel disappeared during the big snap?
I would guess she survived - otherwise the Infinity War stinger would have been pointless, no?
firesprite
Master Member
And I'm sure AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALL of those negative reviews were from people who'd actually seen the movie. If they did, then the fact that in the first 12 hours of the movie's release, it had over 60k reviews (for contrast the Avengers had 53k over its entire theatrical run), then the box office on Captain Marvel should be a far cry from the bomb that those reviewers are decrying it as....
gobler
Sr Member
Oh, I can bet that there is a good chunk of BS reviews. But I find it had to believe that nearly 54,000 people colluded to leave bad reviews. My Cousin saw it last night and left a review. He's been a Marvel fan of the comics as well as the MCU for decades. That's how I read some CM comics. His was a legitimate review and it was nuked. He gave it a 3 star and was not to harsh but still; gone.
There is no organized group to hammer films, just fans who have had enough of SJW crap shoved down thier throats. Just give people fun and well made films.
There is no organized group to hammer films, just fans who have had enough of SJW crap shoved down thier throats. Just give people fun and well made films.
firesprite
Master Member
Actually... you're wrong... as a google search would show, but that's fine. I'm sorry your cousin's review was nuked, but that doesn't mean all of them were legit.
Then you don't know the power of places like 4chan and what a few internet trolls can do with modern tech. You're right that there most likely was not 54K people who submitted bogus reviews. It was most likely just a few running bot scripts to submit fake reviews. And to combat that RT most likely ran its own automated script to cull those reviews. Your cousin's review most likely just got flagged because it probably contained certain keywords or phrases that it was looking for.
So, all the negative reviews were posted by this good fellow?
firesprite
Master Member
Probably not all of them. No movie is going to be everyone's cup of tea, but when there have been active, virulent attacks against a movie before it even opens, it's worth treating the negative reactions with a great big grain of salt.
