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News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 10:06 am

None of the GotG have a counter to that powerset (aside from Cosmo). Which would be interesting

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:21 pm

Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special has dropped on D+.

The big take from it is Go-Bots are officially canon in the MCU (and are responsible for the death of Drax's cousin) plus Batman/Bruce Wayne are also mentioned.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Sat Nov 26, 2022 10:13 pm

Burn wrote:Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special has dropped on D+.

The big take from it is Go-Bots are officially canon in the MCU (and are responsible for the death of Drax's cousin) plus Batman/Bruce Wayne are also mentioned.

Actually the big take is that Mantis is Quills sister.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:22 am

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 1:06 pm

There seems to be a sense of finality to this film. Even just from the trailer. I wouldn't be surprised if the after credits scene simply debuts Marvel's best space character to fill the void...

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 1:14 pm

I can understand the finality, what with James Gunn now doing Feige's job but with DC, I doubt the actors will be up for more roles.

Given the new (old) Disney boss I have to wonder if there will be changes to how Marvel are doing things, movie and TV wise :-?

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 12:40 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:There seems to be a sense of finality to this film. Even just from the trailer. I wouldn't be surprised if the after credits scene simply debuts Marvel's best space character to fill the void...

You think he's the best? Based on what qualifications? Marvel has a lot of good space characters. That guy's boss, for example.

And who is considered a "space character?" Someone who spends the majority of her/his time there? What about someone who came from another planet but spends a lot of time on Earth?

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 11:13 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:You think he's the best? Based on what qualifications? Marvel has a lot of good space characters. That guy's boss, for example.

And who is considered a "space character?" Someone who spends the majority of her/his time there? What about someone who came from another planet but spends a lot of time on Earth?

That's a surprising amount of questions? I didn't think SS was that obscure??
Anyway, I suppose I should have stipulated best heroic space character. He is Marvel's equivalent to Superman (That isn't one of the direct homages). Galactus is beyond good and evil. Norrin Radd, isn't.

'Cosmic Marvel' is it's own subgenre of the Marvel Universe. All the space-based characters are listed and categorised, feats and all. Should you wish to google.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed Dec 07, 2022 4:09 am

It's not about obscurity. I was asking what makes him "the best" to you? You threw that out there like it's a consensus among Marvel fans that he is, as opposed to it being your opinion.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Wed Dec 07, 2022 2:52 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:It's not about obscurity. I was asking what makes him "the best" to you? You threw that out there like it's a consensus among Marvel fans that he is, as opposed to it being your opinion.

No, that's just how you weirdly chose to read it. There was no generalising prefix to anything I said. I'm not one of those self-conceited types that think I speak for anyone but myself.
That said, as a fan of villains and general outliers. My tastes rarely align with pop culture consensus.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Dec 08, 2022 7:55 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:It's not about obscurity. I was asking what makes him "the best" to you? You threw that out there like it's a consensus among Marvel fans that he is, as opposed to it being your opinion.

No, that's just how you weirdly chose to read it. There was no generalising prefix to anything I said.

Yes, you did. You plainly stated "the best Marvel space character" as if it was accepted fact.

I'm not one of those self-conceited types that think I speak for anyone but myself.

Then you should probably qualify your statements with a phrase such as "I think" or "In my opinion" as opposed to how I mentioned above.

So would you care to answer the question, or do we just leave this at our grammatical disagreement?

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:45 am

An interesting quote from Tumblr

The argument for changing Magneto’s ethnic and cultural background in order to make his experiences/perspective more “modern” is just wrong. That idea treats anti-semitism like a solved problem when it absolutely is not. All anti-semitism did not end when WWII did. Magneto bears relevance to this day, and there are plenty of ways comics have explained away his age. The MCU can certainly do the same. You cannot have Magneto without him being Jewish. You cannot have Magneto without him being a survivor.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:47 pm

The character’s first official foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Deadpool 3 is arriving in theaters on May 3, 2024, and a new sneak peek image has been shared this week.

Hugh Jackman will be back as Wolverine one more time in Deadpool 3, reprising the role he had allegedly played for the final time in Logan back in 2017.

He’s of course starring alongside Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool.

Reynolds has taken to social media to share the above first look image this morning, featuring Deadpool and Wolverine side-by-side. It’s a still from the upcoming Deadpool 3, and the most notable thing about the image is that it features Jackman fully suited up in the classic yellow/black Wolverine costume that fans have been dying to see him step inside of.

Link

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:08 pm

Hype!

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 3:42 pm

Hopefully has a mask. I'm a bit sick of superhero films skimping on the masks to show off the actors faces. They aren't who the fans are watching the film for...

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 7:30 pm

Actually looks really sharp!

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:52 pm

So has anyone else been watching Secret Invasion? The last episode dropped today and I've gotta, aside from Samuel L Jackson and Olivia Colman. This is probably the worst MCU show to date? Even She-Hulk picked up a little in the last few episodes.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:51 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:So has anyone else been watching Secret Invasion? The last episode dropped today and I've gotta, aside from Samuel L Jackson and Olivia Colman. This is probably the worst MCU show to date? Even She-Hulk picked up a little in the last few episodes.

I've read about it, but not watched, and kinda glad I haven't, seeing as how it assassinated Rhodey's character and Maria Hill

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:53 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote: and kinda glad I haven't, seeing as how it assassinated Rhodey's character

Since you haven't seen it. Without spoilers, I can confirm that isn't the case.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:59 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote: and kinda glad I haven't, seeing as how it assassinated Rhodey's character

Since you haven't seen it. Without spoilers, I can confirm that isn't the case.

I can assure you, having read about the finale today and the implications of such, it has. Maybe not his personality, but the character yes, if that makes sense

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:00 pm

He hasn't been in the show until being rescued in the finale.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:07 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:He hasn't been in the show until being rescued in the finale.

But, the implication is that he was replaced during/immediately after the events of Civil War.

Meaning, Infinity war/Endgame Rhodey was not Rhodey, and that erases a lot of important things for him in the timeline. And makes a lot of things much more questionable.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:14 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:He hasn't been in the show until being rescued in the finale.

But, the implication is that he was replaced during/immediately after the events of Civil War.

Meaning, Infinity war/Endgame Rhodey was not Rhodey, and that erases a lot of important things for him in the timeline. And makes a lot of things much more questionable.

Oh I get what you mean now. I've seen a lot of discourse on character assassination based on out of context scenes from the show. I must admit the dialogue is strange in that part. Almost like it was added in post-production akin to "Duke woke up from his coma" from GI Joe The Movie. There is enough wiggle room for interpretation wherein they could be referring to his absence purely covering the events of the show, the MCU in general post-Blip. Or Earlier.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:55 am

It was a bit of a snooze fest. Perhaps it ended with a set up for The Marvels? Hard to tell.

Unless stuff happens down the line it was a pretty pointless series.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:38 pm

The thing I don't understand is that the MCU has done an Espionage Thriller before. I still think The Winter Soldier is one of their strongest films. Yet this show would indicate someone who has never attempted the genre before. Given all the tropes and clichés used throughout. Plus the complete lack of tension to any of the stakes the show talks about.