We'll see. Latest rumor is that it might actually just end up being unused footage from Civil War filming.
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We'll see. Latest rumor is that it might actually just end up being unused footage from Civil War filming.
https://deadline.com/2019/09/marvel...d-dead-canceled-hulu-gabriel-luna-1202744645/
Boy, the castration of Marvel TV seems to get worse with every passing day. Now, Hulu has ended up dropping their upcoming Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider series due to creative differences with Marvel TV on the direction of the series. However, somewhat weirdly, the much less anticipated Helstrom series is apparently still on, at least for now. This is such a shame and big disappointment, as I was SUPER excited to see Gabriel Luna return as Ghost Rider since I absolutely LOVED him playing the character on Agents of Shield. In fact, he is a top 10 MCU favorite character for me. So, for those keeping tabs, with AOS on the verge of its final season, that will soon leave Marvel TV with only its Cloak and Dagger, Runaways, and Helstrom series left on their docket. In the meantime, Marvel Studios seemingly can't add enough new upcoming shows. Lastly, its worth noting that there have been very low-level rumors of Marvel Studios wanting to produce a Ghost Rider movie, so one has to wonder if this has anything to due with the matters either.
Boy, the castration of Marvel TV seems to get worse with every passing day. Now, Hulu has ended up dropping their upcoming Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider series due to creative differences with Marvel TV on the direction of the series. However, somewhat weirdly, the much less anticipated Helstrom series is apparently still on, at least for now. This is such a shame and big disappointment, as I was SUPER excited to see Gabriel Luna return as Ghost Rider since I absolutely LOVED him playing the character on Agents of Shield. In fact, he is a top 10 MCU favorite character for me. So, for those keeping tabs, with AOS on the verge of its final season, that will soon leave Marvel TV with only its Cloak and Dagger, Runaways, and Helstrom series left on their docket. In the meantime, Marvel Studios seemingly can't add enough new upcoming shows. Lastly, its worth noting that there have been very low-level rumors of Marvel Studios wanting to produce a Ghost Rider movie, so one has to wonder if this has anything to due with the matters either.
https://deadline.com/2019/09/sony-w...o-to-appear-in-future-marvel-pics-1202746497/
BOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!! In a surprising turn in events, Spidey is officially back in the MCU for a Spider-Man 3 movie and a different MCU movie, at least. Spidey now back in the MCU and Feige producing a Star Wars movie. Man, this week has made a drastic turn for the better.
BOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!! In a surprising turn in events, Spidey is officially back in the MCU for a Spider-Man 3 movie and a different MCU movie, at least. Spidey now back in the MCU and Feige producing a Star Wars movie. Man, this week has made a drastic turn for the better.
https://deadline.com/2019/09/jon-wa...third-spider-man-homecoming-movie-1202746782/
Now that a Sony-Marvel deal is done, apparently Jon Watts is now in final talks to direct the 3rd Spidey Film.
Now that a Sony-Marvel deal is done, apparently Jon Watts is now in final talks to direct the 3rd Spidey Film.
https://deadline.com/2019/09/jon-wa...third-spider-man-homecoming-movie-1202746782/
Some new details here on the deal where Deadline is reporting that for some of the sole Sony Spidey universe films like Venom 2 and Sinister Six, that there will be a "call and answer" between the two companies on how to coordinate the universe. Details on that are still early.
Also, with that, this is the first time I've heard Sinister Six for sure being a thing on the docket in ages. The last time I remember it officially being mentioned as a project was back in the Amazing Spider-Man days with that Spidey Universe, not this one. Now, that doesn't mean there hasn't been plenty of speculation and a clear path set up by the prior movies for it to eventually happen, but I haven't heard it actually mentioned. Even with it being mentioned, I find it interesting it is part of the list of sole Sony Spidey spin-offs and not a joint project. Anyway, I'm sure we'll eventually hear more on this entire news front soon as details continue to trickle out.
Some new details here on the deal where Deadline is reporting that for some of the sole Sony Spidey universe films like Venom 2 and Sinister Six, that there will be a "call and answer" between the two companies on how to coordinate the universe. Details on that are still early.
Also, with that, this is the first time I've heard Sinister Six for sure being a thing on the docket in ages. The last time I remember it officially being mentioned as a project was back in the Amazing Spider-Man days with that Spidey Universe, not this one. Now, that doesn't mean there hasn't been plenty of speculation and a clear path set up by the prior movies for it to eventually happen, but I haven't heard it actually mentioned. Even with it being mentioned, I find it interesting it is part of the list of sole Sony Spidey spin-offs and not a joint project. Anyway, I'm sure we'll eventually hear more on this entire news front soon as details continue to trickle out.
(Non-Spoiler Review) So, I finally got to and finished Agents of Shield Season 6 on Netflix, so here goes on my usual review I do for everything MCU related. Overall, I really enjoyed this season, but didn't love it. I've been very vocal on here about my affection for AOS and really especially loved the past couple seasons, so with that, I thought this season ended up taking a bit of a step backwards. The script, characters, and storytelling was all overall pretty solid, but I can't say it had the emotional wham and flare the previous two seasons had.
Also, there was a couple big cosmetic details which really bugged me throughout, which I'm not quite sure I ever got over. For one, this was really the first major season which pretty much completely ignored what was going on in the rest of the MCU. There was literally zero tie-ins to Endgame, which is especially strange considering the previous season tied directly into Infinity War. While one can make a shaky argument that S6 really exists in a now separate timeline due to the time travel of S5, even that is chalk full of holes. I'm a canon junkie. I'll admit that, so the wonkiness, lack of communication, and drifting apart between Marvel TV and Marvel Studios just plain bothers me. Secondly, the last big ringing noise in my ear throughout the series I couldn't shake was how fast and loose AOS in general is starting to play with both time travel and galaxy travel/teleportation devices. There has been enough history in the MCU for both of these things to establish some pretty solid galaxy-wide ground rules, and AOS has been playing so fast and loose with both, to the point where they they are turning into plot devices for the show to make them do whatever they want to fit into their story at the time. The Arrowverse is the absolute worst with this, and I'd hate to see the MCU become the same. At its core, this is another canon problem. The faster and looser you play with stuff like this, the more future plot holes you create when pretty much anything feels possible at any time. Then, when everything is possible, you lose your depth and weight to anything. It really is a big problem.
With all that said, Agents of Shield Season 6 is still a pretty decent series worth checking out, as long as you can handle the super annoying ringing of the two big items listed above. Maybe they will explain both away in future season, maybe not.
Next up, I'm moving on to the new Dark Crystal series on Netflix, which means I'll have a short hiatus from Superhero content. However, after that, I FINALLY plan on getting around to Jessica Jones S3, which is way overdue. Look for me to also follow-up this review soon with my updated MCU and Superhero TV rankings to include AOS S6.
For those of you who have already seen AOS S6, please chime in with your thoughts. I'd love to hear them.
Also, there was a couple big cosmetic details which really bugged me throughout, which I'm not quite sure I ever got over. For one, this was really the first major season which pretty much completely ignored what was going on in the rest of the MCU. There was literally zero tie-ins to Endgame, which is especially strange considering the previous season tied directly into Infinity War. While one can make a shaky argument that S6 really exists in a now separate timeline due to the time travel of S5, even that is chalk full of holes. I'm a canon junkie. I'll admit that, so the wonkiness, lack of communication, and drifting apart between Marvel TV and Marvel Studios just plain bothers me. Secondly, the last big ringing noise in my ear throughout the series I couldn't shake was how fast and loose AOS in general is starting to play with both time travel and galaxy travel/teleportation devices. There has been enough history in the MCU for both of these things to establish some pretty solid galaxy-wide ground rules, and AOS has been playing so fast and loose with both, to the point where they they are turning into plot devices for the show to make them do whatever they want to fit into their story at the time. The Arrowverse is the absolute worst with this, and I'd hate to see the MCU become the same. At its core, this is another canon problem. The faster and looser you play with stuff like this, the more future plot holes you create when pretty much anything feels possible at any time. Then, when everything is possible, you lose your depth and weight to anything. It really is a big problem.
With all that said, Agents of Shield Season 6 is still a pretty decent series worth checking out, as long as you can handle the super annoying ringing of the two big items listed above. Maybe they will explain both away in future season, maybe not.
Next up, I'm moving on to the new Dark Crystal series on Netflix, which means I'll have a short hiatus from Superhero content. However, after that, I FINALLY plan on getting around to Jessica Jones S3, which is way overdue. Look for me to also follow-up this review soon with my updated MCU and Superhero TV rankings to include AOS S6.
For those of you who have already seen AOS S6, please chime in with your thoughts. I'd love to hear them.
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After posting my Agents of Shield: Season 6 Review above, the following is my updated MCU rankings to include it:
- Avengers: Engame - The perfect culmination of 10 years of storytelling helped along by an amazing script, which gave fans everything they could have ever wanted and more
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Thought this movie had the best drama and best writing and story line of all the movies. Its action sequences were probably only second to Civil War as well.
- The Avengers – Iconic way to pull everything together with the best villain in the MCU. The final battle was so epic and unlike anything we had ever seen up until that point.
- Captain America: Civil War - Most fun movie, produced the best action sequences, had some of the best character moments, and showcased the best balancing act of so many characters. Biggest weakness was having a very good, but not amazing story.
- Avengers: Infinity War - Amazing put together culmination of all the movies and characters so far. While it suffered at times from that weight, maybe Marvel's best villain help to pull everything together.
- Daredevil: Season 3 - Tremendous long-form storytelling with two amazing villains and the perfect crescendo ending. One of the best seasons of television in all of TV.
- Iron Man – Epic way to start the Universe with an unbelievable star for a headliner. Never got into the Iron Monger villain though.
- Guardians of the Galaxy – Best space epic since the original Star Wars movies. Also was probably the funniest movie of the MCU so far. Had a fairly generic villain though.
- The Punisher: Season 1 - Very complete Marvel series with great pacing, great story, superb casting, and amazing acting. Ben Barnes as Billy Russo is now one of my favorite actors and one of the best Marvel villains. Very stand-alone series with not enough crossovers.
- Daredevil: Season 2 - The introduction of Punisher in Season 2 was what truly made this season great and better than Season 2. Had a few pacing issues, but overall, the series improved all the characters within it from Season 1. Didn't love Elektra stuff.
- Spider-Man: Homecoming - Amazing casting on this movie with Tom Holland being the best Spider-Man yet. Also featured one of the greatest villains in the MCU in Michael Keaton, with one of the best scenes and best twists.
- Agents of Shield: Season 5 - Overall good season wrapped up by spectacular ending, which tied together all the character arcs as good as any series out there. Sticking the landing is what ranks this season so high.
- Daredevil: Season 1 – Loved the street-level and darker tone of this show. Also contains probably the second best villain in the MCU. Being on Netflix is a great way to remove all the normal problems of making a TV show for network viewing.
- Ant-Man - Had super-low expectations, but walked away pleasantly surprised. Yet another weak villain, but contained some great comedy with some great actors. Paul Rudd won me over as a fan.
- Captain America: The First Avenger – Epic first-half of the movie with Cap’s origin story, but believe it or not, I found Red Skull a little underdeveloped. Loved the WWII time period aspect of this one.
- Black Panther - Very good movie with great characters, superb character development, a good story arc, and a top 3 Marvel villain. However, its biggest downfall is some very poor action and CGI work.
- Agents of Shield: Season 4 - Awesome season with a very good two-part story line. Ghost Rider was movie quality all around (casting, acting, visuals, story) and fit perfectly into the story. Tons of fun with a lot of great emotion.
- Thor: Ragnarok - While I still find this movie to be a bit too much of a Taika Waititi film and not enough an MCU film, I've grown to like this movie more over time. Yes, it does go too comedy heavy, but I appreciate Marvel trying something new.
- Spider-Man: Far From Home - Fun unique movie with an amazing cast and lots of twists. While Mysterio was well-acted and fun, his start-end motivations fell short a bit.
- Ant-Man and the Wasp - Fun, hilarious smaller-stakes movie that is truly enjoyable to watch. However, the villains are forgettable and I found myself wishing for more emotional depth. Not quite as good as the first one.
- Luke Cage: Season 2 - Awesome season with lots of emotional depth, great story-telling, superb multi-dimensional villains and improved action. It also greatly improved upon many so-so characters from S1.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Huge on the laughs, fun and heart, but a little mediocre on the story and substance. Also, went a little overboard at times where things got a bit campy. Characters were more fun than story.
- Jessica Jones: Season 1- Series filled with great actors, great drama, and one of the best villains in the MCU (Kilgrave). Series suffered most from having 3-4 too many episodes, poor pacing, and not enough ties to the overall MCU.
- Iron Man 2 – Many will mock me, but I really enjoyed this movie and actually enjoyed it more than Iron Man 3. Make fun of me all you want, but I thought Whiplash was alright. I think this movie gets unfairly criticized.
- Doctor Strange - This was a Marvel formulaic origin story with some ground-breaking visual effects, a mediocre villain, an innovative ending, and some great characters. However, its biggest problem was probably how they introduced magic and the limiting weird rules around it.
- Avengers: Age of Ultron – Fun movie, but suffered from too much CGI action, too many characters, and too many storylines.
- Iron Man 3 – Just never really got into this one, and it probably had something to do with the big Mandarin villain twist. Also never really liked Killian either. Again, I surprisingly like Iron Man 2 better
- Thor– Don’t know what it is, but I just never got into this storyline or villains as much as the others. However, it is growing on me over time and I now like this more than Thor: The Dark World
- Captain Marvel - Decent origin story that fit well into MCU canon, but lacked the charisma, vulnerabilities, and charm I wanted from its main character
- Agent Carter: Season 1 – Loved the period timepiece aspect of this. Great show with good movie tie-ins.
- Luke Cage: Season 1 - Loved the music angle, Cottonmouth was great, loved the first 4 episodes. However, after the big twist, the second half of the season really went downhill.
- Thor: The Dark World – Criticize me if you will, but I liked this movie more than probably most, but after re-watching it recently, it did fall some in my rankings.
- Runaways: Season 2 - Much improved from S1 with more action, more suspense, better budget, and better writing. Still suffers from some weak-link child actors.
- Agents of Shield: Season 2 – Liked the less cheese and more serious tone than the first season. Also, loved the Inhuman’s storyline. Used to hate Skye, but now don’t mind her.
- The Incredible Hulk – Good movie, but not great. Never liked Norton for the role or the look they gave Hulk, so I was glad when the switch was made and they remade the Hulk's appearance.
- Agents of Shield: Season 6 - Decent story, acting and villains, but lacked from no tie-ins to Endgame or MCU canon at all
- Iron Fist: Season 2 - Good. Much better story, acting, villains and fighting than S1, but still suffers greatly from Finn Jones being miscast as Iron Fist
- Jessica Jones: Season 2 - Had some great character moments that draw you in as well as some decent pacing, but overall struggles mightily from being a really slow burn. Didn't love villain.
- Cloak and Dagger: Season 1 - Slower at times, but also very good at times. Overall, this was a good season that just didn't stick the landing. Loved how they developed Cloak and Daggers powers.
- Cloak and Dagger: Season 2 - More consistent than S1, but with lower highs. Villain was just alright, but the effects and action for Cloak were spectacular.
- The Punisher: Season 2 - Amazing amped-up action sequences throughout (some of best in the MCU), but weighed down by poor writing and dialogue of certain characters.
- Runways: Season 1 - Had a good tone as well as some good character work throughout. However, the series lacked action, didn't have great action for what it had, and didn't really stick the landing.
- Agents of Shield: Season 1 – Struggled hardcore in the first half-dozen episodes, but then finally picked up when Winter Soldier story line set in and the cheese started to fade. Overall, ended up decent.
- Agents of Shield: Season 3 - Was VERY up and down throughout. There was times I really liked what they were doing, whereas other times I didn't. Overall, the series got a little tired, too many forced fistfights, and still too high on the cheese factor.
- The Defenders: Season 1: Started out alright including a great hallway fight scene, but then everything fell apart from there, mostly dragged down by Iron Fist being Iron Fist, poor storytelling, and really poor dialogue.
- Agent Carter: Season 2 - Great actors and characters combined with a poor stand-alone story, which lacked substance and true stakes to the MCU
- Iron Fist: Season 1 - Terrible casting/acting for Danny Rand, boring story, poor fight sequences, and too low a budget resulted in Marvel TVs first major dud. Back half of season was better than front half.
- Inhumans - Garbage TV show. Bad acting, costumes, sets, directing, characterizations, special effects, and storytelling. This TV show was made fast and cheap as a money-grab and it shows.
As another follow-up, here is my updated Superhero TV rankings to also include Agents of Shield: Season 6:
- Daredevil (Season 3)
- The Punisher (Season 1)
- The Flash (Season 1)
- Daredevil (Season 2)
- Agents of Shield (Season 5)
- Daredevil (Season 1)
- Agents of Shield (Season 4)
- Arrow (Season 2)
- Luke Cage (Season 2)
- Arrow (Season 1)
- Jessica Jones (Season 1)
- Supergirl (Season 4)
- Arrow (Season 5)
- The Flash (Season 2)
- Agent Carter (Season 1)
- Supergirl (Season 1)
- Luke Cage (Season 1)
- Runaways (Season 2)
- Agents of Shield (Season 2)
- Agents of Shield (Season 6)
- The Gifted (Season 2)
- The Gifted (Season 1)
- Supergirl (Season 2)
- The Tick (Season 1)
- Iron Fist (Season 2)
- Arrow (Season 6)
- The Flash (Season 4)
- Legion (Season 1)
- Jessica Jones (Season 2)
- Krypton (Season 1)
- Powerless (Season 1)
- Cloak and Dagger (Season 1)
- Cloak and Dagger (Season 2)
- The Punisher (Season 2)
- Runaways (Season 1)
- Gotham (Season 1)
- The Flash (Season 3)
- Agents of Shield (Season 1)
- Agents of Shield (Season 3)
- The Defenders (Season 1)
- Agent Carter (Season 2)
- The Flash (Season 5)
- Supergirl (Season 3)
- Legion (Season 2)
- Gotham (Season 2)
- Iron Fist (Season 1)
- Constantine (Season 1)
- The Tick (Season 2)
- Arrow (Season 3)
- Arrow (Season 7)
- Arrow (Season 4)
- Legends of Tomorrow (Season 1)
- Black Lightning (Season 1)
- Black Lightning (Season 2)
- Legends of Tomorrow (Season 3)
- Legends of Tomorrow (Season 2)
- Legends of Tomorrow (Season 4)
- Inhumans (Season 1)
So all the internet fanboys losing their minds about spiderman were basically just overreacting? I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you.
Some Eternals set photos. Man, I know I've said on here before how Gemma Chan is probably my biggest Hollywood crush right now, but yeah......
https://screenrant.com/marvel-movies-tv-comics-split-2015-reasons/
This article has a bunch of details pulled from Disney CEO Bob Iger's new book about all the true reasons behind the split between Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Studios. Its almost crazy how candid Iger is with talking about the dispute and VERY interesting. While most of this stuff was rumored to be happening behind the scenes, it is very interesting getting a direct play-by-play practically from the man above all of it. Well worth a read.
This article has a bunch of details pulled from Disney CEO Bob Iger's new book about all the true reasons behind the split between Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Studios. Its almost crazy how candid Iger is with talking about the dispute and VERY interesting. While most of this stuff was rumored to be happening behind the scenes, it is very interesting getting a direct play-by-play practically from the man above all of it. Well worth a read.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...-1244688?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Here is a new update with further background on the Disney/Sony negotiations, which also talks about Tom Holland playing a key influence in getting the deal done
Here is a new update with further background on the Disney/Sony negotiations, which also talks about Tom Holland playing a key influence in getting the deal done
I don't know the Eternals story at all but I love this casting. She was awesome in Humans.
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/spid...back-to-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-a170917
Here are some well-said comments from Bob Iger talking about his discussions with Tom Holland over the Spidey Sony-Disney deal. I like the last part the best.
Here are some well-said comments from Bob Iger talking about his discussions with Tom Holland over the Spidey Sony-Disney deal. I like the last part the best.
https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/10/03/marvel-movies-not-cinema-martin-scorsese-the-irishman/
Martin Scorsese says that Marvel movies are not Cinema.... hmmm. I disagree, but would love to hear other's thoughts.
Martin Scorsese says that Marvel movies are not Cinema.... hmmm. I disagree, but would love to hear other's thoughts.
I get it where he's coming from: I wouldn't consider comicbook movies "cinema" either, just like I wouldn't consider Casino or Goodfellas as "blockbusters."
https://mcucosmic.com/2019/10/08/nova-is-set-for-his-mcu-debut/
The latest rumor is that Nova is set to make his movie premiere on the Phase 5 slate
The latest rumor is that Nova is set to make his movie premiere on the Phase 5 slate
