I… don’t have an opinion, actually. I don’t have any knowledge of Milana Vayntrub as an actress, so she might be good. She might be bad. She doesn’t look much like Doreen from the comics, though:
🚨 Marvel's #NewWarriors has cast it's Squirrel Girl- Milana Vayntrub! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/3Mvc0GIH3O
— Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) July 10, 2017
It’s an interesting question: apparently Tom Holland is under the impression that there’s going to be a trilogy of standalone Spider-Man movies. Certainly there’s going to be a sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming, because that’s already been agreed to. And Spider-man will be in Avengers: Infinity War, because that’s already been agreed to, too. But Holland was specifically talking about a third Spider-Man standalone, which has not been agreed to. As we all know by now, Spidey’s in the MCU as the result of some extremely intricate negotiations between two media conglomerates who both had something to gain by working together (Disney got to put Spider-Man in a flick, Sony got the same with regard to Iron Man, and probably some other MCU earners). As that article notes, if they want to continue this, there’s got to be a new deal.
I suspect that there will be a new deal, actually. But that’s only if Spider-Man: Homecoming is a blockbuster. If it is, then sharing the toys is in everybody’s long-term business interests. Sony makes money off of Marvel intellectual properties in a way that doesn’t make them feel like they’re making the universe slightly worse, Disney gets access to Spider-Man merchandising revenue streams without having to be even a little bit illegal, oh, yeah, the fans get to see Spidey and Cap and Thor hang out, and everybody is happy.
If Spider-Man: Homecoming doesn’t tank. If it does, well, that’s why they call it an experiment. Just business, boychik.
Well, this looks promising.
Hopefully, they won’t feel a need for any kind of real origin story in Black Panther. I mean, we all saw Civil War, right? Further exposition would be, methinks, largely unnecessary. Particularly since that was the movie that sold many of us on a Black Panther movie in the first place.
I love the colors and the aesthetic. They wanted to get the old-school Marvel look, and I think they succeeded. I don’t mind the snark, given that Ant-Man was a movie that recognized the basic absurdity of its premise and decided to go have fun with it. This looks entertaining, but not particularly deep. I like having that, every so often.
Definitely part of the X-Men universe: at one point somebody says that they don’t even know if the X-Men or the Brotherhood even exist anymore. …You and me both, friend. You and me both.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTzW9rMcbzk
But The Gifted might not be bad! There’s often a disconnect between a studio’s movies and its television series. Just because Fox can’t consistently catch fire with its Marvel cinematic properties doesn’t mean that the TV shows will automatically suck. I think. I hope. Let’s be optimistic about it.
Well, the days when Marvel/Disney could laugh maniacally and turn obscure comic book intellectual properties into endless streams of cash have certainly come to a middle: “Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios‘ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opened to an estimated $145 million in 4,347 domestic theaters this weekend, an average of $33,368 per location. …Combined with the domestic gross, the estimated global weekend of $269 million contributes to a global overall sum of $428 million after 13 days of play.” There’s a reason why they made sure to note that there was going to be a third movie; the Mouse already knew that this one was going to be a monster. Call it science, call it art, call it arcane powers granted through a sorcerous pact made with supernatural forces, but the writing was literally on the wall for this one. Continue reading The REAL test of this fully operational movie studio will be Thor: Ragnarok.
I was reminded of it by Constant Reader BigGator5, so I went and watched the Cloak and Dagger trailer a couple of times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5hrFVQiGyk
The problem is: I’ve never read the comics. I mean, I grok the basic concept behind the characters, but without reading them I dunno whether this is a faithful adaptation of the original. Has Marvel gotten this one right? Or at least right enough for TV? It’s going to be on Freeform** in 2018, after all.
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*I think that we can all agree that Marvel is at its best when it’s not trying to change the core identity of its comic book characters, yes?
**According to Wikipedia, this network has a fascinating journey through the wilds of cable networks. Started off as a CBN satellite feed, became the Family Channel, segued into first Fox Family, then ABC Family, and is now Freeform and targeting millennials. Imagine being the janitor who worked through all those paradigm changes…
Well, it appears that my days of declining to purchase any Marvel comic that isn’t Squirrel Girl are certainly coming to a middle:
Yesterday, Bleeding reported on Marvel’s plan to get comic shop employees to wear Hydra shirts to promote Secret Empire. It’s part of Marvel’s overall “Hydra Takeover” marketing gimmick that has been as well-received on social media as, well, as Secret Empire itself. For some reason, one we can’t quite put our finger on, people are uncomfortable with this. Hmm. What could it be?
Continue reading I see a Hydra shirt on a comic book store clerk, I walk right back out the door*.
I personally thought that it was fine. Nice setup, reasonable amount of action, not too much in the way of inexplicable behavior. I’ll likely be alternating Iron Fist and Agents of SHIELD for the next couple of weeks or so. Marvel’s TV shows are pretty good for the treadmill, honestly.
Got tipped to this in the comments section by Constant Reader acat. Too early to tell how good/bad it’s going to be, yet. Maybe it’ll be OK?
Marvel is expanding its relationship with Freeform and getting into the comedy space.
In a competitive situation with other cable and streaming outlets bidding, the younger-skewing Disney-owned cable network has handed out a straight-to-series order for New Warriors, the comic book powerhouse’s first 30-minute live-action comedy. Cougar Town and Scrubs alum Kevin Biegel is near a deal to pen the script and serve as showrunner on the comedy.
New Warriors is definitely going to have Squirrel Girl in it, and she’s being described as a ‘natural leader.’ That kind of implies that she’ll be running the team. Also: Freeform’s executives sound like they’re kind of pumped to have gotten this show, specifically. I’d rather that they tried to get the character right, and failed, than if they didn’t try at all. Continue reading Squirrel Girl getting TV show: “New Warriors.”
