Coming Soon.......The movie thread

I just looked at the upcoming schedule again. There's just so, so much. You throw in the Sony Spiderman stuff, and you are going to need an org chart to keep it all straight.

 

The golden age of comic book movies continues I guess.

 

I mean, as long as they are well done and can carry the overriding story arc between them, then I've got no problem with it. But I'm afraid they may be doing too much.

 

For me personally, they were always doing a bit more than I cared about but I don't think I am the target audience. This is Disney 101. Crank out broadly appealing intellectual property that has an indefinite shelf life. Kids will be watching this stuff on streaming services for the foreseeable future.

 

I like them, but I've always liked this kind of stuff even if I wasn't a comic book nerd growing up. Heck, I'm the guy who sat down to watch the next to last episode of a cartoon series with my son last night because I've enjoyed it so much.

 

I think what is neat about these movies is they are fairly simple plot wise but still have elements of "doing the right thing even when it isn't convenient," of reasonable differences and working through them, of adapting to change, sacrifice, unintended consequences and responsibility... there are some good lessons wrapped up in these stories for kids to be exposed to. Far worse things to be consuming or making. The juxtaposition of captain America and iron man as people is honestly brilliant stuff.

 

They’re a good access point. I never read a comic book and don’t ever plan to but these are easier to get into for me and don’t require as much effort

 

The MCU is much better at using the source material to make a good movie rather than letting it dictate the movie. Casting Ben Kingsley in a re-imagined Mandarin is so brilliant it is staggering. Completely diffuses a racially offensive comic character by making a direct reference to an actor who has been criticized for being cast in Asian roles. Genius.

 

Trevor Slattery is also kind of hilarious

 

Ya, they navigated it so well. Didn't pretend like it didn't happen, but made it social commentary without being overtly cringy or "woke."

 

They did a great job with that

 

My only gripe with the MCU is I'll probably never get to see Captain America and Wolverine fighting nazis in World War II together

 

They'll reboot it all at some point and then you might.

 

Well, the new Thor trailer has me more excited than I was previously.

 

"YOU FLICKED TOO HARD, DAMMIT!"

 

Looks like Natalie Portman has been in the gym

 

I though Maverick was solid. On a scale of 0 (being terrible) to the original (being a 10), I give it an 8.

 

Also, I laughed

 

Saw Top Gun over the weekend. Solid movie, I thought the whole escape thing at the end was a bit over the top, but pretty good overall.

My one thing I can't figure out is why Maverick and Rooster were always flying alone. Was there any explanation as to why that I didn't catch? It seemed every other pilot had someone with them in this movie and the last (other than instructors) unless I'm forgetting someone.

 

In the last movie, they were in F-14's which have a pilot and a RIO (Radar-intercept officer). I haven't seen this movie, but they are in F/A-18's which are single-seaters (A and C variants) except for the trainer variants (B and D).