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Geez, are they that out of ideas at Disney or that desperate for cash.  They are going to 4 of these a year.  

He-man rocked…. We need more Dolph…

heheh…. So, Picard is going back in time to make sure everything is woke, and people know how horrible and unjust they are?   Haha…. At least that’s a fantasy that’s aligned with Woke Picard.

52 minutes ago, technoblue said:

The zombies fell flat for me, but I did like how this episode started and how it was revealed that things in this “what if” world went sideways. 

I agree.  I think I realize the problem here.  The What if here is based entirely on the narrower scope of the MCU.  For all the development that Disney put in place, it doesn’t come anywhere close to equating to the decades of comic history when What If came out first in the comics, and the series is also quite narrow in scope relatively speaking.  No FF, no x-men, very limited Spider-Man (seriously, what can you do with Vulture or Mysterio outside of movie setting, no Electro, Green goblin, Gwen Stacy, Doc Ock, etc) heck, most of the MCU is based on a single overriding theme of cameos and massive crossovers.

5 hours ago, TangledThorns said:

That's because the episode ends right there. Outside episode 4 it would be interesting to see what happens next, especially in episode 3 with just Captain America and Marvel as the Avengers team (couple?), lol.

I think of this series as what Strange saw in Infinity War.  Just different points in time.  The last couple has been kinda dark.  We have to see what they come up with next.

On 9/5/2021 at 6:17 PM, Kanedas Bike said:

Surprised to see this thread so quiet, went to see Shang-Chi earlier today and thought it was absolutely fantastic. Easily in my top 3-5 MCU films behind Endgame, The Winter Soldier.

Even Awkwafina who I find to be generally annoying in everything I've seen her in didn't bother me. Don't get me wrong, she was still very much Awkwafina, but her character was relatively likable and the movie did not suffer at all from her being in it. Hell, I even rooted for her in a few instances.

The first two thirds of this movie were just really, really good. The third act was good too but the climax went full Marvel with the CGI - something that felt extraneous when compared to the rest of the movie. A minor critique at best.

Great action/fight choreography, strong emotional arcs, GREAT cameos, good humor, solid soundtrack and it left me wanting more.

If I can find the time I want to see this in the theatre again.

-b.

You are far kinder than I am on this movie.  All I can say is one word:  Awfulfina.  Marvel needs to get rid of these useless characters.  The movie had some good points, but they needed to not have Awfulfina, I really don’t dig the connections to the US, as she is obviously a shitty attempt to form some kind of connection to second or third generation Chinese kids who are basically clueless about China.

As the Critical Drinker would say, there were definitely a few moments where the Craig Bond seem to have stepped out of his lane, thank God we have a strong cast of female characters to keep him in check.

Just can’t get excited about this movie, no matter how many excellent HK actors and actresses they put in there.   Mainly because they put Awkwafina in this movie, or as I’d like to call her Awfulfina or Awkwardfina, take your pick, having her in there just drags the movie down, not if they have Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and Donnie Yuen would they be able to balance out her awfulness.

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3 hours ago, Thom said:

Exectra..?

But they can use JLo, I think she is in the Eternals or something, right?  Still Marvel.

On 8/25/2021 at 2:09 PM, Thom said:

Can Elektra come along for the ride?

No, they got divorced, Matt doesn’t like the ex anymore.  🤪

30 minutes ago, Dynaman said:

I don't think I have ever owned a NERF gun, that will change.

 

When the facehuggers come for you, you will wish you had one of those bad boys to keep them at bay.

It makes you wonder though, how much of the series would be periodic continuities of prior episodes.  I think at least one or two issues of What If was a continuity of prior issues.

All things considered, I was ok with this particular episode.  The truth is, the squad wasn’t going to all of a sudden go and kill a ship full of imps.

it's a shame that Musashi and Yamato were done in by carrier aircraft.  It was just a fitting end to the battleship era considering how the Pacific was mostly carrier and submarine wars.

But it would've been a grander end to the battleship era to see Musashi and Yamato duke it out with Ching Lee's New Jersey and Iowa.  While the latter was more likely to have won due to better speed and fire control, the former could've gotten lucky.  Instead the end was the Surigao straits with Olendorf's ghosts of the deep killing the older Fuso and Yamashiro in a ridiculous six v two fight.

One obvious question is how did Gamilas fall so far so fast that their homework’s is actually threatened.  Gatlantis wasn’t shown to be focused on Gamilas at all.   And what the heck happened to the Gamilas type Andromeda carriers, they are back to triple deckers again?  
 

yes, three years have passed…. What the heck was Desslar doing for three years?

9 hours ago, azrael said:

Thoughts.

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I don’t think Crosshairs will make it out of this season or that character won’t be sticking around with the squad. His squad abandoned him and his attempt to convert them to the dark side didn’t work. The Empire decided to write him off now. I just don’t see his character sticking around as a permanent fixture.

 

I would like to be surprised though.  I agree, but I think if they manage to surprise us on this, it would make for some very awkward moments later on, and potentially fun.  Interesting though, at this rate, there will now have to be retconn'ed in a network of clones who are turning against the empire.

On 8/5/2021 at 5:46 AM, Thom said:

Oh man, that is too disturbingly funny!

Not nearly as funny as the fact that if she then went on with Kylo, it's basically... well, the image is disturbing to say the least.

15 hours ago, peter said:

OK, hang on, let's see if I can make any sense of this

Palp is Annie's daddy.

Palp is Luke and Leia's grandpa

Pal is also Rey's grandpa

So is Rey Kylo's aunt or cousin? 

And who is Rey's uncle-daddy again?  That guy who got about 5 seconds screen time in that last movie right? 

 

Yes, so, the granddaughter, and the great grandson (meaning the auntie and the nephew) decided to get together.  This is disturbing in all kinds of ways.  Trust Lucas and Disney to come up with something twisted like that.  Just when you thought the Oedipal complex couldn't be worse, Disney takes it one step further.  Good job, mouse.

You can imagine if this was South Park, that Mickey Mouse is now bad mouthing Black Widow in front of the troops and sending out his goons to make an example out of her.

Boohooo.  A fight between overpaid actress and a greedy corporation.  Can’t say I care about either… hope they both lose.

Bet none of them involves Natasha Romanov though... Bad ScarJo, suing the mouse.

And despite it not being a good movie, ScarJo is suing Disney.  Yayyy, now we have some real fireworks.

And by the way, ScarJo, Romanov is staying dead, no matter how many other universes there are, she has died in every alternate reality possible.  B

Hahahaha. I just saw this thread, and the so called trailer.  They should just make a show called Star Trek: crap, or Star Trek: we have no clue what we are doing.  At least it would be honest.

paramount + indeed, they should call it Paramount - for all the money they are dumping.

The problem is that this is a joke of an origin story.  GI Joe and Cobra shouldn’t even be in here.  They screwed the original interpretation.

I am fine with Snake talking, hopefully he isn’t jabbering away all the time.

So... Sukhoi is a Russian company, right?  Checkmate is a Russian aircraft...  this unveiling is in Russia...

So, why the heck is all of the market material in English.   I mean is one of the target customer the USAF?

2 hours ago, Thom said:

He could be deceptive in a good way...

I liked it. A little let down by the ending though

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I liked season finales to be all buttoned up, rather than cliffhangers. I don't want to have to wait half a year for the continuation.

 

You mean like some of the Cobra Kai endings we have gotten?

Gotta admit, felt a little let down.