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taranoire:

philosopherking1887:

taranoire:

taranoire:

Tbh I think the overall critical and audience reaction to infinity war is going to be “??????? What the fuck”
65% rt score

Like it seems…….not only tone deaf given the current state of mind everyone has. But completely misunderands why people like Marvel movies. No one wants their faves’ send off to be a gratuitously depressing end that spits in the face of all the struggles they endured before it.
No one wants to see that.

All the unnecessarily dark and destructive shit is why people DON’T like the DC movies. Not a good role model, Marvel.

all i’m saying is…….there’s a reason thor: ragnarok, black panther, and guardians of the galaxy have done so fucking well 

Well, I actually think Thor: Ragnarok misfired by overdoing it on both the humor and the casual murder (especially in combination). But I thought Iron Man (1 and 3), the Avengers films, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Black Panther, in their different ways, all managed to strike the right balance between humor, pathos, and concern for avoiding collateral damage.

captain-ak84:

captainsteviegracerogers:

captain-ak84:

Never-before-seen footage of the Hulk attacking Loki:

Steve first confronts the Winter Soldier:

Wakanda, watching the world go bat**** crazy, and remaining an isolationist country:

Sam Wilson, any time he’s in a car with Bucky Barnes:

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My mom says I’m funny

Tony Stark after Wanda messes with his mind

Shuri, developing the world’s most advanced technology like a boss:

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Thor gets a haircut:

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philosopherking1887:

ororosmunroe:

(T’Challa finally sits down with Erik to figure out anime)

T’Challa: So where is this Piccolo that you’re were talking about? You said he was black?

Erik (not paying attention to TChalla): There he go right there.

T’Challa (looks at the screen): I don’t… I don’t see..?

Erik: Man he right there! How can you not see it?

T’Challa (confusion mounts): Is he invisible right now???

Erik (annoyed, he gets up and points): Right here Nigga! Damn!

T’Challa: B-but he’s green? Cousin, I don’t understand.

Erik: He’s green but he black. How is that so hard?

T’Challa: ???????

(It was that moment T’Challa knew he would never understand anime)

OK I don’t know what’s going on here but I’m just sad that Erik had to die so we’ll never get any bonding and mutual education moments like this. They didn’t grow up together, but Erik could have been the Loki to T’Challa’s Thor (and no, I don’t ship them at this point, so ignore those implications): angry, troubled, in need of rehabilitation and a LOT of serious family discussions, but with his heart mostly in the right place and the possibility of making a positive difference. In fact, he could have been a recurring anti-villain like Loki. It could have taken a while for T’Challa to bring him into the fold. They could have spent a lot of time exploring the complexities of his story. It just really feels like a wasted opportunity.

#mcu#black panther#black panther spoilers#yes this#i have been feelin this all along#oooh but you know what#whay if he really isn’t dead?#what if he just lost consciousness and t’challa hauled ass to shuri’s lab?#imagine that conversation#so yeah erik is currently in cryo or smt while t’challa figures out what the fuck to do next (from @pennie-dreadful)

You know, that occurred to me last night after writing this comment. That would be a very Loki-esque move on Marvel’s part. I don’t know whether we should take the fact that they’ve done it before as evidence that they might do it again or as decreasing the likelihood (because they don’t want to become predictable).

From Entertainment Weekly’s interview with Kevin Feige:

One criticism you’ve gotten is when somebody dies in a Marvel movie, they tend to come back in some way. If it happens, will it be for real this time?
Yes. I mean, I could always list off the characters that we’ve killed in our movies that haven’t come back, but the big ones, which I know they’re looking at …? [Pause.] I would just say, yes. People need to be careful what they wish for.

Loki is so, so dead. I just hope he’ll have a chance to do some cool stuff before he dies. And that he’ll die doing something epic.

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philosopherking1887:

littlewomanly1:

starkked:

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR [2018] Promo Posters

whaaaaa wheres mah LOKI!!

Oh no… is this more evidence that Loki is the one who’s going to be toast within the first 5 minutes?

C’mon, Marvel, after the Hall H stunt in 2013 you’ve got to know how much of a fan favorite (read: cash cow) Loki is. I know Taika Waititi seemed intent on spiting Loki’s fans, but I thought Kevin Feige was more savvy than that… especially if it’s true that Loki was originally supposed to die for real in The Dark World and that was changed, either because of intervention from the higher-ups or due to reactions from test audiences. (Does anyone have a source on that, btw?)  I mean, Feige even referred to Thor 1, The Avengers, and Thor 2 as “a Loki trilogy” (as I discovered when I was trying to find a source for the tidbit that Loki was supposed to actually die in TDW).

Don’t blow this for us, Feige.

At this point, I’m kind of resigned to the fact that Marvel is going to waste the Loki potential completely. They let Taika make Loki into a crackfic caricature of himself in Ragnarok, so I’m not sure what’s going to happen next.

I had my hope with Feige and DeEspacito, but it’s dwindling now, especially with the hardcore promo for new MCU characters being pushed down our throats.

Black Panther was the only movie that didn’t do the hardcore movie verse linking promo that MCU movies have been doing lately. And that only happened because of the immense pressure on the movie to perform as an individual film and do well, given the sensitive subject it was handling.

I’m choosing to remain cautiously hopeful. But then, that was my attitude in advance of Ragnarok and we all saw how that turned out…

I’m not bothered by the fact that they’re promoting new characters. They can’t keep the original actors on the hook forever, and they’re making an effort to make the new slate more diverse, which is to be encouraged. But Ragnarok was definitely not the way to handle bringing in more diversity. You don’t have to unceremoniously boot 2 significant white female characters in order to introduce a WOC (unless there’s a quota for women with speaking parts…); and hiring a director of color is good in principle, but maybe they could have found one who wasn’t contemptuous of the franchise and the main characters he was dealing with. Maybe they should have asked Guillermo del Toro…? That would have been awesome. And we know from Hellboy that he doesn’t sneer at superhero movies.

littlewomanly1:

starkked:

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR [2018] Promo Posters

whaaaaa wheres mah LOKI!!

Oh no… is this more evidence that Loki is the one who’s going to be toast within the first 5 minutes?

C’mon, Marvel, after the Hall H stunt in 2013 you’ve got to know how much of a fan favorite (read: cash cow) Loki is. I know Taika Waititi seemed intent on spiting Loki’s fans, but I thought Kevin Feige was more savvy than that… especially if it’s true that Loki was originally supposed to die for real in The Dark World and that was changed, either because of intervention from the higher-ups or due to reactions from test audiences. (Does anyone have a source on that, btw?)  I mean, Feige even referred to Thor 1, The Avengers, and Thor 2 as “a Loki trilogy” (as I discovered when I was trying to find a source for the tidbit that Loki was supposed to actually die in TDW).

Don’t blow this for us, Feige.

What do you think would be worse for Loki, death or more movies directed by TW for him (because after Ragnarok’s success Marvel will keep him on the Thor movies.)

Wait, are there even going to be more Thor movies? I thought a trilogy was all each of the major heroes get, and then they’ll be replaced by a new roster. (I kind of hope for more cameos in other heroes’ films, especially from RDJ, but I know it’s open season in Infinity War…)

Loki’s character was not completely massacred in Ragnarok (though it often seemed like TW was trying his damnedest), and it’s possible that TW could be convinced that it’s a good idea not to alienate Loki’s fans…? I don’t know, maybe if he directed another movie it wouldn’t be the worst thing for Loki. Thor’s character suffered more lasting damage, I think, and I blame CH equally. As a general point, though, I’d rather have a character I love die an emotionally satisfying death than suffer slow character assassination by indifferent or hostile writers, directors, etc. I just don’t really trust Markus & McFeely (the IW screenwriters) or the Russo brothers, either. I’d rather have Joss Whedon still writing (yeah, yeah, give it a rest, Tumblr) – though after how he killed Wash in Serenity, maybe not…