On the one hand, Sony has a vested interest in making sure MADAME WEB doesn’t suck. On the other hand, you could have said the same thing about MORBIUS. And on the gripping hand: is the era of the superhero movie over, anyway? – Because if it is, it’s all gonna crash in slow-motion and that’s going to be fascinating to watch.
#commissionearned
Short version: it’s good, the finale was good, now STOP.
Continue reading My mini-review of LOKI, Season 2.…then I don’t know what is.
The original was neat, creepy, and I enjoyed it being in black and white. That was part of the fun. This? This is sad.
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…I get the feeling that Marvel just doesn’t have the same reserves of interesting and gotta-watch that it used to have. It’s drained its creative batteries to dangerous levels, wasted too much of its juices on poorly-chosen projects, and generally run out of steam. The fires are guttering; and when they’re finally out, they’re out.
On the bright side: if this first episode is any indication, they’ve decided to use up whatever’s left for LOKI, Season 2. Because where has this Marvel been? This episode was solid! I’m ready again to catch each new one as it comes out! It’s horrible that this is now high praise for a MCU project!
Ach, how the mighty have fallen.
When it comes to SECRET INVASION, I apparently chose… wisely. Honest Trailers wasn’t even overtly cruel. Then again, why bother?
I didn’t finish SECRET INASION – heck, I barely started it – and that’s a bad sign for Marvel. I mean, I’m sure they’re not panicking over my specific disappointment, but what if I’m just representative of the trend? That being said, the new season of LOKI looks pretty sweet. Let’s see if it holds up.
Very possibly. And I won’t lie; I’ll miss the ride, if it’s over. It was fun*. They are claiming that THE MARVELS is supposed to be silly, though. That might be enough.
*My opinion on what they should have done, post-ENDGAME, would have been: dial it all back. One MCU movie a year, low-stakes that stuff, and used Disney+ to prepare the way for the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. Oh, and THOR: LOVE AND ROCKETS should have been a TV show, too.
I know, I know. I still laughed a couple of times while watching THE MARVELS trailer. At appropriate points, too. Consider this just one of my charming little quirks.
I still like the MCU Marvel shows, sorry. Especially when they’ve got the paranoia up to eleven. CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER remains my favorite MCU flick for that reason. So I expect that I’ll be watching SECRET INVASION when it comes out in June.
Selectively because there’s a bunch of half-empty articles out there on the subject:
Continue reading ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA has a selectively bad $120M opening.Director Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania certainly didn’t disappoint in its domestic box debut, with the film flying to a four-day opening of $120 million, one of the best showings ever for the Presidents Day holiday and by far the biggest start for Marvel’s low-key franchise.
Yet the third installment of the Paul Rudd-Evangeline Lilly series is still a cautionary win for Marvel Studios and Disney, which are at a critical juncture as Marvel kicks off Phase 5, and conquering hero Bob Iger returns as Walt Disney Co. CEO. With a 47 percent rating, the film is tied with Eternals (2021) for Marvel’s lowest Rotten Tomatoes score, and perhaps more telling, it earned a B CinemaScore from audiences, one of the few Marvel titles to do so.
