Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Now that Agents of Shield Season 7 is on Netflix, I've been finally working my way through the final season. I've made it through 8 of the 13 episodes so far. Just curious if anyone else has watched this season, and if so, what are your thoughts?
Final season was fine for what AOS turned into
after the whole future thing and the addition of Deke. What I liked best about the show was it's timeline compared to the movies. Once they basically went off on their own it just turned into a parody of a comic book.
I totally agree on the timeline thing. Clearly, they are trying to go back to tying back in to the MCU more, but its just so confusing now from when they started going off the rails on their own a couple seasons back.
Disney had an earnings call today:
gizmodo.com
Disney+ has over 73 million subscribers (as of early October)
Disney streaming services (Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+) have over 120 million subscribers world-wide
Executives were happy with the results from Mulans premium VOD release, so we should probably expect more premium releases in the future
It's Probably Safe to Expect More $30 Movies on Disney+
I mean, we've shown we're willing to pay up.
gizmodo.com
Chris Pratt will appear as Star Lord in Thor: Love and Thunder.
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Chris Pratt to Reprise Star-Lord Role in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
Chris Pratt joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson and director Taika Waititi in "Thor: Love and Thunder."
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Disney had an earnings call today:
Disney+ has over 73 million subscribers (as of early October)Disney streaming services (Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+) have over 120 million subscribers world-wideExecutives were happy with the results from Mulans premium VOD release, so we should probably expect more premium releases in the futureIt's Probably Safe to Expect More $30 Movies on Disney+
I mean, we've shown we're willing to pay up.
I wonder how much theaters are going to freak out about this?
We will likely see more deals like what occurred yesterday:
Universal Studios signed a multi-year deal with Cinemark theaters that guarantees their films will release in theaters for at least 17-days before moving to VOD. That 17-day theater exclusivity deal extends to 31-days if a film opens with more than $50 million.
Universal, Cinemark Announce Deal for Shortened Theatrical Window and VOD Releases - IGN
Universal and Cinemark have struck a deal that guarantees new releases screen in theaters for three weekends before going to VOD.
I really liked Hellstrom and its attempt to be Marvel Constantine. Made me miss the Constantine show that we didn't get enough of.
I think it would have been better if it had a slower burn. It went straight to the peak really quickly and I would have liked multiple seasons of just doing his job. But I guess that was nixed when Disney bought Marvel.
Good to get your take on it. Glad you liked it overall even though I didn't have the same experience. However, like I said in my review, at least there were times in the series I was pretty in to it and digging what was going on.
Seemed like they had to escalate quickly and couldn't build the show up like they would if they had 5 seasons. Felt rushed but I liked the characters.
I'm guessing you see WW 1984 on HBO Max around Christmastime. We'll get a good example then.
(Non-Spoiler Review) So, I finally checked out the Season 7 of Agents of Shield on Netflix, so here are my thoughts for anyone interested. Keep in mind that I'm a fairly big Agents of Shield fan in general, even though I both didn't love last season and also dislike how detached from the overall MCU timeline the show has become over the past couple seasons. Well, I'll start by saying that I didn't exactly see improvements on either front. I really wanted this show to go out with a big bang, but I can't say I got exactly what I wanted. Instead, I thought the series was a bit of a confusing, convoluted mess of time travel that seemed to change the rules of time travel with every new episode that passed. Then, I kept justifying the mess by reminding myself to wait for the end for everything to all come together into something that made sense, and unfortunately, it just didn't. I've even watched multiple videos afterwards explaining out the series and I've come to the conclusion that I understand it just fine, but rather that what they did just wasn't that good. In the end, I'd say it wasn't terrible and there were definitely episodes and things to like, but at best, I can't say it was much better than just so-so. I didn't even like some of the main character arcs and motivations, which at times seemed way off or came with zero explanation or lead-up, which this show in general has been pretty good at. Also (my one kind-of spoiler), for those hoping the show would eventually tie itself back into the greater MCU by the end, it just doesn't, even though that doesn't mean there isn't all the usual winks and nods throughout the season to the greater MCU which the show is known for.
Anyway those are my thoughts and while somewhat lackluster, I am still a bit sad to know that this is the very last new Marvel TV show I'll ever watch. While I am excited for the new direction Marvel Studios will be taking TV, which is the way I've wanted them to go with it all along, I've still got to give Marvel TV credit for giving us some really good TV shows in the meantime. Granted, there was some really bad ones too (Iron Fist, Inhumans), as well as some others everywhere throughout the middle, but those lows still don't negate the feeling of the highs (AOS, Daredevil, Punisher) that came here and there. Anyway, cheers to the past and cheers to the futures. I've got a lot of confidence in Feige to be a lot more consistent with what shows they produce from here forward, which by itself would be a welcome change.
Anyway those are my thoughts and while somewhat lackluster, I am still a bit sad to know that this is the very last new Marvel TV show I'll ever watch. While I am excited for the new direction Marvel Studios will be taking TV, which is the way I've wanted them to go with it all along, I've still got to give Marvel TV credit for giving us some really good TV shows in the meantime. Granted, there was some really bad ones too (Iron Fist, Inhumans), as well as some others everywhere throughout the middle, but those lows still don't negate the feeling of the highs (AOS, Daredevil, Punisher) that came here and there. Anyway, cheers to the past and cheers to the futures. I've got a lot of confidence in Feige to be a lot more consistent with what shows they produce from here forward, which by itself would be a welcome change.
I listen to the John Campea show and he has been saying that he has heard multiple insiders lately coming to him saying that Black Widow will come directly to streaming, and they are waiting to announce it at the Disney Investors Meeting on December 10th. While John even admits he can't put 100% faith in these particular sources, he does tend to think it is going to happen now. It's worth noting he was saying this right prior to the Wonder Woman going to both theaters and streaming news. I think Wonder Woman doing this only increases the odds Black Widow does the same thing, and I do hope Black Widow opts more for the duel model than just the streaming.
Since it's Disney, I would fully expect them to put it on Disney+ to increase subscription numbers, in addition to an additional cost for the movie itself. With that being said, I could see my wife and I paying extra for this movie on Disney+. We also already subscribe to Disney+.
Where I'm at right now with Wonder Woman is that I don't currently have HBOMax, so I'd have to pay $15 for a single month of the service to watch the movie, plus it won't be in 4K (important to me and HBO Max currently doesn't have 4K capacity). With that in mind, I'm leaning towards just going to the theaters to see with my daughter. Granted, my local theater is a Marcus Theater so that is also assuming they are willing to show the movie with it concurrently going streaming, which it never said in the press release which theaters were willing to go along with this as this move is a big deal for theaters and not particularly in a good way.
With Black Widow, which possibly will be offered in 4K on Disney+, and which I currently have a subscription (all new things are), if I've got to spend $30 in addition to see it, I'll still probably opt to see it in theaters if also offered there. If it is free for Disney+ subscribers, regardless of whether offered in theaters or not, I'll likely just watch it at home in its 4K glory at home for free. Don't get me wrong, I'm still one of those people who love going to the movie theater. However, at the same time, even I'm willing to pass up on the theater experience if my other option is for free at home in 4K.
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HBO Max has a 7 day free trial....
HBO max doesnt have a roku app but you can cast from android, and roku's update has home kit so you can share your screen from your iphone/ipad to the roku device, and get hbomax that way.
