Captain Marvel - Literally, from "her" to "hero"

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Are you actually going to watch this flick?

  • No

    Votes: 74 17.0%
  • Fuck, no

    Votes: 177 40.7%
  • Not in cinemas

    Votes: 81 18.6%
  • Yes

    Votes: 40 9.2%
  • (((Yes)))

    Votes: 20 4.6%
  • Twitter told me I must, I can't say no, you white-cis-sexist-oppresive scum!

    Votes: 43 9.9%

  • Total voters
    435
who is this sexism? Is he the new villain?

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Is the sexism suppose to be when Carol is not accepted in the intergalactic group because she is female or maybe because she is a human female? If it is the latter, it is like they took that one subplot of the Green Lantern movie and made it worst.
 
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I was gonna say all of this would be worth it if the cat ends up being the Red Lanturn one, but I forgot that’s DC.
 
As much of a dead horse as it is, what sealed the deal with me was Brie doing what amounts to "selfies at grandpa's funeral" levels of disrepect in a deleted instagram post. Keep in mind that the movie that will have "IN MEMORY OF STAN LEE" will star an actress that used his death as an excuse for compliment fishing. That is an insult if I ever saw one.

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The truly stunning thing about that image isn't the narcissism, but what a bad photo of herself she chose to post.

Poorly made up
Framed exactly to catch what a bizarre rectangle her head makes (complete with giant fivehead)
Hair disheveled (not the sexy way)
I know that's gotta be some shitty filter, but it just looks like she's covered in dandruff flakes
Above all, wearing an outfit that makes me wonder if the first thing she did when she left her chair was the Slav Squat

What was she thinking?
 
The truly stunning thing about that image isn't the narcissism, but what a bad photo of herself she chose to post.

Poorly made up
Framed exactly to catch what a bizarre rectangle her head makes (complete with giant fivehead)
Hair disheveled (not the sexy way)
I know that's gotta be some shitty filter, but it just looks like she's covered in dandruff flakes
Above all, wearing an outfit that makes me wonder if the first thing she did when she left her chair was the Slav Squat

What was she thinking?
They really should save the Stan Lee credit for the Infinity War sequel instead as a big finale. It's not just me being petty (?) about that incident, Stan had no part in the creation of Carol Danvers and certainly not her Captain Marvel incarnation unlike many characters that will be featured in Infinity War's sequel. The main connection between him and a Carol Danvers movie would just be the "Marvel" label.
 
I mean, Disney has the money. They can see the reaction of the people. They are self aware how this dumb actress is literally shooing people away from giving them money.
Why don't they go the Han Solo route, cancel the movie, and remake it with a better script and cast?
(Not that Han Solo was a success)

Also, it's pretty obvious that this movie is not going to break records commercially. And I can already see it is going to be played out as how we live in a sexist society, how men really hate women etc.
Most people in the world are not even familiar with Captain Marvel, as they are with Wonder Woman and Catwoman for example, and they don't even care.
Not that the first Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk movies failed too compared to the success of the Avengers movies.
But that was a different time, when people didn't take superhero movies serious.
 
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I mean, Disney has the money. They can see the reaction of the people. They are self aware how this dumb actress is literally shooing people away from giving them money.
Why don't they go the Han Solo route, cancel the movie, and remake it with a better script and cast?
It's much too late to do that. The movie is already completed, If Disney was smart, they'd force Brie to apologize and tell the bitch to shut the fuck up about politics. (They should tell all their employees to shut the fuck up about politics IMHO.) But Disney is not smart.
 
I don't know if I'm alone, but isn't it too early to make predictions about this film's financial future?

The movie may not break a billion like Black Panther did, but I do think that it will make a decent profit.

That said, I do think that superhero genre as a whole may start to decline after "Endgame". Every jumping on point creates a jumping off point as well.
 
I don't know if I'm alone, but isn't it too early to make predictions about this film's financial future?

The movie may not break a billion like Black Panther did, but I do think that it will make a decent profit.
Probably so. And despite the annoying wokeness, it probably won't be the worst superhero movie ever made.

That said, I do think that superhero genre as a whole may start to decline after "Endgame". Every jumping on point creates a jumping off point as well.
People keep saying this, and I have no idea what they mean. There's all this talk about things moving in trends like capeshit, fantasy, scifi, etc, which is maybe true with regards to what the most visibly popular trend in film is. But at a certain point, there have been adaptations to film/tv of superhero properties almost as long as there have been film/tv.

There have certainly been more superhero films per year since the MCU started, and you can expect that to decline a bit after Endgame, but that's really it, just a bit. Before Iron Man 1 you had Toby Macguire Spidermens and Jackman/Stewart Xmens (and for better or for worse they are still releasing films that tie into the first one today) before that, you had 90s batman and Blade films.

You've got Nolan bat, which only partly overlaps the MCU on the timeline.
And all of that without mentioning modern DC films.

Meanwhile, it's not like scifi has been missing this whole time, from one-offs like Interstellar, Inception, Arrival, etc to Star Wars and Alien and Terminator (again, for better or for worse). Yeah, there will be less, but I do not forsee some long gap of five or even two years with no superhero films.
 
Probably so. And despite the annoying wokeness, it probably won't be the worst superhero movie ever made.


People keep saying this, and I have no idea what they mean. There's all this talk about things moving in trends like capeshit, fantasy, scifi, etc, which is maybe true with regards to what the most visibly popular trend in film is. But at a certain point, there have been adaptations to film/tv of superhero properties almost as long as there have been film/tv.

There have certainly been more superhero films per year since the MCU started, and you can expect that to decline a bit after Endgame, but that's really it, just a bit. Before Iron Man 1 you had Toby Macguire Spidermens and Jackman/Stewart Xmens (and for better or for worse they are still releasing films that tie into the first one today) before that, you had 90s batman and Blade films.

You've got Nolan bat, which only partly overlaps the MCU on the timeline.
And all of that without mentioning modern DC films.

Meanwhile, it's not like scifi has been missing this whole time, from one-offs like Interstellar, Inception, Arrival, etc to Star Wars and Alien and Terminator (again, for better or for worse). Yeah, there will be less, but I do not forsee some long gap of five or even two years with no superhero films.

Decline due to a natural loss of interest in the MCU, which would be bad for the genre in general.

Not an outright halting of superhero movies. Sure your not trying to be contrarian? Sure people say this all the time, but Endgame is sorta a definitive end to many of the MCU's leading stars. And Captain Marvel looks boring.
 
Sure your not trying to be contrarian? Sure people say this all the time, but Endgame is sorta a definitive end to many of the MCU's leading stars. And Captain Marvel looks boring.
I'm just saying that the concern over post-Endgame is realistically going to be self-contained to the MCU (even then, Spiderman will probably have legs, maybe a few other sub-properties will draw interest to guarantee a trilogy).

Overall, interest in particular superheroes has always waxed and waned. A situation like RDJ playing Iron Man for 12 years is rare in the history of film. When he and his costars leave, it's really just back to the status quo. I'm not seeing how that's "bad for the genre in general".

If anything, if the execs chasing the superhero dollar WERE (:optimistic:) to let these franchises rest for at least five years, we might even get a shot at some adaptations that aren't completely pozzed (:optimistic:).
 
I'm just saying that the concern over post-Endgame is realistically going to be self-contained to the MCU (even then, Spiderman will probably have legs, maybe a few other sub-properties will draw interest to guarantee a trilogy).

Overall, interest in particular superheroes has always waxed and waned. A situation like RDJ playing Iron Man for 12 years is rare in the history of film. When he and his costars leave, it's really just back to the status quo. I'm not seeing how that's "bad for the genre in general".

If anything, if the execs chasing the superhero dollar WERE (:optimistic:) to let these franchises rest for at least five years, we might even get a shot at some adaptations that aren't completely pozzed (:optimistic:).

Yeah well that's more like reality ^^

I think these movies are probably gonna get real shit after Endgame anyhow.
 
I'm just saying that the concern over post-Endgame is realistically going to be self-contained to the MCU (even then, Spiderman will probably have legs, maybe a few other sub-properties will draw interest to guarantee a trilogy).

Overall, interest in particular superheroes has always waxed and waned. A situation like RDJ playing Iron Man for 12 years is rare in the history of film. When he and his costars leave, it's really just back to the status quo. I'm not seeing how that's "bad for the genre in general".

If anything, if the execs chasing the superhero dollar WERE (:optimistic:) to let these franchises rest for at least five years, we might even get a shot at some adaptations that aren't completely pozzed (:optimistic:).
It used to be we got 1 or 2 superhero movies a year. For the past few years we’ve been getting 4-5. I mean we’ve gotten 21 MCU movies in the past 10-11 years, DC is pumping them out just as hard now, and every year you have someone trying to bring an indie character into the limelight or someone making an animated film like BH6 or Spider-Verse. That’s not even mentioning the increase in TV shows and straight-to-DVD material. I predict over the next 5-10 years the numbers will slowly fall back down again until we get a solid 2 in-theater movies a year. No, the genre isn’t going to be dead, but it won’t be at the height of its popularity anymore.
 
Decline due to a natural loss of interest in the MCU, which would be bad for the genre in general.

Not an outright halting of superhero movies. Sure your not trying to be contrarian? Sure people say this all the time, but Endgame is sorta a definitive end to many of the MCU's leading stars. And Captain Marvel looks boring.
It would take a Heaven's Gate-like flop to tank the genre. I'm curious to see where the 2020s lie for superhero films place in pop culture.
 
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Wasn't there some explanation floating around that people are jumping the gun on this and what's really going on is theaters haven't sorted out what they'd be playing that particular week?
That seems to be the case, but we can only be sure when it's the actual premiere. If nearly 100% of the studios in cinemas worldwide run Captain Marvel by then, that's when we should really be surprised.
 
Wasn't there some explanation floating around that people are jumping the gun on this and what's really going on is theaters haven't sorted out what they'd be playing that particular week?

Just checked my nearest cinema in bongstan every screen (one IMAX screen 3 normal) is is playing nothing but Captain Marvel on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday. (Tuesday has one screening of a live event but nothing else.) It's not until Thursday that other films are scheduled but from the times it's clear they're still dedicating 3 screens to captain marvel.

I could understand the IMAX screen playing it all day for a couple of days but this looks suspect to me TBH.

Edit: They have online booking open for every screening so highly unlikely they're planing on changing slot.
 
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