#marvel cinematic univeres

[littlebugs]

t’challa: i am your king, long may I reign!

shuri: well I didn’t vote for you!

okoye: you don’t vote for kings.

shuri: well how’d t’challa become king then?

okoye: t'challa of the Lake, his arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that he, t'challa, was to carry Excalibur. that is why he is your king.

shuri: listen. strange people lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

[nazrigar]

“Hello Peter”

DOCTOR OCTOPUS! YES!

Hyped for December!

[katoo-art]

I realized I really like characters that suppress their emotions one way or another and have powers linked to said emotions

[random-jot]

We Built This City

We Built This City

We Built This City

We Built This City On

DRAGON BOONES

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It Chapter 2, and The Importance of Patience in Modern Horror Cinema

“For 27 years, I’ve dreamt of you. I’ve craved you. I’ve missed you!” We saw the release of the final trailer for IT Chapter 2 last week, and Pennywise’s words really struck a chord with me. This is a story about a monster who sleeps for 27 years, reappears amidst a great tragedy in the town of Derry, Maine and brutally feeds on the town’s children. They then return to the sewers to sleep, hungry as they might be, satisfied knowing that in another 27 years there will be a new batch of children to devour. Until they come in contact with The Loser’s Club, there is no sense of urgency for them, there is no rush. There is only patience. Much like the patience film making siblings Andres and Barbara Muschietti have displayed putting what is considered to be one of Stephen King’s most ambitious works onto the big screen. It’s that patience that helped IT Chapter 1 and will likely help the upcoming sequel.

Many of us grew up watching the original IT miniseries, released on TV in 1990. That miniseries was broken up into two parts in which we followed the Loser’s Club through their encounters with Pennywise The Dancing Clown (Tim Curry) as children, and their eventual return to Derry, Maine as adults. It is interesting to note that the series was split into two parts for the sake of time, not to separate the story of them as children and the one taking place 27 years later. After all, each part ran for about 2 hours with commercial time. This format stuck fairly close to Stephen King’s novel IT, released in 1986. At the time, this was King’s longest and most ambitious work and the constant bouncing between time periods was part of that. On the page, it was fairly easy to follow these time jumps and it certainly flowed nicely, keeping you engaged through out. However, when put on the screen, the story of the adult Losers Club paled in comparison to that of their childhood experiences.

IT 2017 spent much of its time in gestation, awaiting the day it would be unleashed upon audiences. In fact, the beginning stages of the production date back as far as 2009. Originally, the film was to be directed by Cary Fukunaga of True Detective fame, and would star Will Poulter (And his god damn eye brows, here we go again), of this year’s Midsommar, as the titular boogie man. The script underwent a number of rewrites as the director wished to update the story and inject some bits of his own childhood. The studio was pushing for a more conventional horror movie while Fukunaga wanted to venture out of the box of horror and dip into much of the same art horror style that was on display in season 1 of True Detective. Eventually, both Fukunaga and Poulter would leave the project.

Enter the film making duo of Andres and Barabara Muschietti. The siblings were known for their 2013 effort Mama, with Andres, or Andy, acting as director and writer and his sister Barbara sitting in the producer’s chair. After taking over for Fukunaga and rewriting his script, they set about making sure the studio was clear that this would once again be a two part project. Fukunaga had floated the idea initially, as it would allow ample time to dive into each character’s backstory and traumas, while also separating the time lines. With this laid out, the Muschietti’s were on a mission to find their Loser’s Club and Pennywise. Bill Skarsgård would take over for Poulter, and the Losers Club would be rounded out by Jaden Martell (Bill Denbrough), Finn Wolfhard (Richie Tozier), Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie Kaspbrak), Chosen Jacobs (Mike Hanlon), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben Hanscom), Sofia Lillis (Beverley Marsh), and finally Wyatt Oleff (Stan Uris).

With such a large ensemble cast of child actors, the Muschiettis knew they would need to work on building a team dynamic, allowing the actors time to build actual friendships and camaraderie that would come across on screen as genuinely as possible. As shown during special features on the Blu-Ray and digital release, the Loser’s Club took part in a summer camp of sorts, getting to know one another while also getting into the mindset of 1980s children. The time spent laying the ground work helped to create a dynamic between the Losers that is certainly one of the film’s highlights, harkening back to movies like Stand By Me and The Goonies, as well as Netflix’s Stranger Things, which had premiered in the summer of 2016. We were seeing friends rallying together on screen because most of the cast was, and still are, friends off screen as well.

The efforts of all involved made for one of the biggest horror releases of 2017! Whether facing down bully Henry Bowers (Nicholas Hamilton) or Skarsgård as Pennywise (An absolute standout performance, honoring Curry’s performance while making the character very much his own, displaying great physicality and commitment to the role), the Loser’s Club managed to make us root for them every step of the way. Jaden Martell in particular elicited a heart wrenching performance in his portrayal of grief and guilt over the death of his brother Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott). The Muschiettis also showed patience and restraint with the marketing for their movie. They could have drowned us in images of Pennywise throughout the entire trailer, and though his image was posted everywhere by fans in the months leading up to the release, we got just enough to leave us wanting more. This isn’t always the case with big studio movies, which helps IT Chapter 1 in standing out.

Too often these days, we see a studio rush through their process to set up a sequel, or an extended universe, for a quick payoff. The DC Extended Univeres and Universal Studios’ Dark Universe are prime examples of putting the cart before the horse, trying to establish a shared universe the likes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They become too preoccupied with catching up that they forget to simply make good movies, ones that fans would care to see again and ones that would build to the exciting crossovers fans really love. Where Marvel’s MCU has been so successful is building a universe since 2008 with individual films on our main hero’s and then culminating in big cross over events, much like the way Chapter 1 spent time to get us excited for the return of these characters in Chapter 2.

All of these elements have now laid the groundwork for IT Chapter 2, hitting theaters September 6th*. By reworking the way the story is told, Chapter 1 handling the children in the 1980s and Chapter 2 showing them as adults in 2016, we were given enough time to care about the film’s large ensemble cast. We are invested in their story and we are even, at times, rooting for Pennywise. The patience and care with which this retelling has been handled is proof positive that even a big budget studio horror movie can work its pacing to leave us hungry for more. I’m just glad we didn’t have to wait 27 years to see the sequel come to light.

*The adult Loser’s Club will be portrayed by James Macavoy (Bill), Jessica Chastain (Bev), Bill Hader (Richie), James Ransone (Eddie), Isaiah Mustafa (Mike), Jay Ryan (Ben), and Andy Bean (Stan). Bill Skarsgård will reprise his role as Pennywise the Dancing Clown.

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i blv the comics have gotten slightly better since the last big dumb crossover thing, tldr the ultimate univere was destroyed and the sole survivor was miles, who now hangs out in core mcu nyc? but that was when bendis wrote the bit about miles being all 'i didn't want to be seen as the //black// spiderman, i just wanted to be spiderman' and just, bendis no - also miles was all over the last spiderman cartoon but that's not canon anymore bc of homecoming? disney? idk

GOD, for a single, blissful moment I had forgotten that comic entirely, but it came back now

I forgot mainly bc I think I was less mad at bendis at that time than rick remender for some x-men related bullshit, and I was just already burnt & feeling very, “this is why I stopped fucking with comics. this exact reason” so it didn’t fully register, and then shit eventually moved on to this like. nazi bullshit that is just wrapping up now, finally.

the current cartoon is specifically ultimate spider-man, though. like miles guest stars in it a lot, but it’s about as far removed from mcu & netflix mceu canon as you’re gonna get. peter parker is in a team with like danny rand, a nova corps kid, luke cage, and white tiger, and they go to high school together and train under nick fury. bendis has ofc written for the show lol bc of course he has. and ngl I’ve watched at least parts of every single spider-man cartoon, bc that is just... the nerdy-ass household I grew up in-- but ultimate spider-man tv is nigh on insufferable, so I’m not so much bothered that that’s not canon so much as it’s frustrating that miles morales being treated as an independent character who can lead stories on his own, in his own right, will never be canon within the cartoon, live action tv, or cinematic marvel franchise universe.

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FCBD Sketch: Marvel Superheroes

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Avengers: Endgame, Jeremy Renner rivela che i reshoot sono quasi finiti

Avengers: Endgame, Jeremy Renner rivela che i reshoot sono quasi finiti

Come ogni grande produzione che si possa definire tale, anche Avengers: Endgameè in fase di reshoot, quella sessione di riprese necessarie per sistemare alcune cose del film, che solitamente vengono fuori quando si inizia la fase del montaggio. E’ anche vero che sentir parlare di reshoot ora ci viene un piccolo infarto, calcolando che il film dovrebbe uscire il 24 aprile di quest’anno ci si…