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Probably less than 10%.

2 minutes ago, @therealsilvermane said:

Yeah, they're Marvel Studos posters, exclusive to D23, but they're not official teaser movie posters that go out to theaters. This is concept art by Andy Park, the main conceptual artist for the MCU, and Andy Park has never illustrated an official MCU movie theatrical release poster.

That doesn't change anything.

Those posters do suck.

10 minutes ago, comics4all said:

I'm ok with EP because he is a good villain but if he can come back then why can't everyone else....

Plus it completely ruins ROTJ, but I guess they already did they with TFA & TLJ! 

Some people think he may be a Palpatine clone. Whatever, they'll have to have convincing reasons for his life away, and return.

I don't think TFA hurts ROTJ at all. TLJ basically ruined everything tho.

5 minutes ago, mattn792 said:

 

A fleet battle is better than a slow-pace ship chase.

Didn't you see RJ's great vision from that side quest? The rich pay for the endless Star War!

Palpatine would have to be the greatest expectation being subverted. No idea how they're gonna do it, but feeling optimistic right now.

Just now, comics4all said:

I will be happy if they have Anakin as a ghost come back & say he hates sand!

13 minutes ago, comics4all said:

Sadly i think there is another starkiller like base! Did you see that big red laser beam strike? It will be so trite if they have yet another death star type thing! 

Anyway, I like that they finally have them all together instead of always separated!

I love seeing Carrie Fisher too! I hope they have a good ending for her

I think that they are going to put that weapon on all of the Star Destroyers instead. It looked like a smallish beam.

12 minutes ago, mattn792 said:

This here, and the fact that Abrams made everyone seem "human" again in TFA (unlike the wooden CGI mess that was I-III) is what gives me hope for #9.  But as I alluded to before, his tendency for derivation is something to remain very cautious of.  I give TFA a pass because the Star Wars franchise was desperately in need of a movie that would make Star Wars enjoyable again.  It was the safe route, and it proved very effective. 

At this point though, the franchise should be moving past safe.  Unfortunately, since The Last Jedi was so horrid, I worry it will cause Abrams to go that route once more.  

How many elements can he borrow from ROTJ tho? There's no one to save from a Jabba type character and place. Are they going to reconstruct a new Starkiller Base? I really hope not lol. Freaking 3 of those things have been destroyed by rebels in the last 50 years. Even if they do, I think there's no way they keep a shield on a planet full of furball creatures. They already disposed of the Emperor like character (Snoke). Obviously the Emperor himself is back tho.

I'm not sure that there's much to worry about. I would definitely like something that ACTUALLY subverts my expectations, rather than they constant grasp at that idea in TLJ that failed miserably. I can't believe its only 4 months away.

12 minutes ago, Bosco685 said:

I read some article recently thinking The Eternals are gods and therefore these will be the makers of everything Marvel. Isn't the Marvel pecking order something like:

1. Celestials
2. One-Above-All (Jack Kirby?)
3. The Living Tribunal
4. The Gods (I get confused sometimes if it is the Asgardians or Olympians as more powerful)
5. Eternals

1. The One Above All
2. The Living Tribunal
3. Eternity/Infinity
4. Galactus
5. Celestials
6. Eternals
7. Gods

When it comes to Olympians vs Asgardians, I think the Olympians are overall more powerful, but Odin himself trumps all Olympians.

5 minutes ago, @therealsilvermane said:

That’s it? Going with the ol’ “ you’re an insufficiently_thoughtful_person” retort? Okay then...

There isn't anything else to say about what you've submitted. It simply deluded, misinformed, nonsense.

3 minutes ago, @therealsilvermane said:

Besides you and maybe ten other people, the rest of the world didn’t care if an Ant-Man movie came out or not. Wasp was also an original member and the world wasn’t clamoring for her close-up, either.

Not every superhero story has to be about a hero finding redemption. Sure, a lot of Stan Lee’s early origin stories  were about a-holes who became heroes  like Iron Man or Spider-Man or Thor or Dr Strange. But the Fantastic Four had no such redemption element. Neither did Hulk, really. Black Panther was about revenge. Carol Danvers, with her character beginnings all over the place since she wasn’t originally conceived as a superhero, is an interesting case and I imagine was a task to turn into an origin movie since there wasn’t really a well laid out comic book version to simply adapt. The filmmakers of Captain Marvel improved upon that comic book version and made a brilliant choice, take Carol’s messy comic book origin and turn it into a story about a woman with amnesia who must find herself, which is actually what 1978 Ms Marvel #1 did to explain the 10 year story gap since 1969.

You don’t like Captain Marvel. That’s cool. I feel bad for you then (not really), because especially with Spidey going back to Sony, Ms. Danvers is only about to be the face of the MCU going forward. 

Notice how she’s in almost all Marvel advertising lately?

It's evident that you don't know anything about Marvel Comics or real Marvel fans. I would suggest seeking discussion about a topic that you actually understand.

7 hours ago, comics4all said:

They should take a page of of Avengers Endgame's book on how to end a saga in a satisfying way!

Yes.

This teaser thing reminded me of the "To the End" trailer Marvel did a week (?) before Endgame. It got me super-hyped.

I also thought that Endgame was almost the perfect end to Phases 1-3.

I liked Force Awakens a lot, and I love Abrams's visual style. I'm really hoping that he gives us a great payoff.

To be honest, I wasn't that hyped until this new trailer. Probably too caught up emotionally with MCU. That trailer gave me chills at times.

11 hours ago, Xenosmilus said:

Normally I would agree with you (like Star Trek for example) but in this case I think The Eternals is more about setting up the future of the MCU.  A backstory movie to set a foundation so we will understand the movies that will be set in the present and future.  I think this is the logic of the movie so I am excite for it.  The Eternals will be filled with Easter Eggs I am willing to bet too!!!

Why didn't it impact the MCU before 2023, then? Prequels and retconning typically ruins stuff. Like Solo. It made a bunch of stupid stuff up that didn't add to the mythos of Han. In fact, it made Star Wars worse for me.

16 hours ago, Bosco685 said:

Oh boy! 

16 hours ago, @therealsilvermane said:

There is one good Superman movie and it came out in 1978.

Looks like you are wrong again.

16 hours ago, @therealsilvermane said:

And I count Captain Marvel amongst my favorite MCU movies, but we all have different likes and viewpoints, don't we?

In the last few MCU movies in particular, the past has been an important element for each movie. In Ant-Man, Hank Pym's flashback scenes play in to the movie's sequel as well as opening up the solution to beating Thanos in Endgame, the Quantum Realm. In Black Panther, the sins of T'Chaka's past as seen in the movie's opening play in to the entire plot of the movie. In Ragnarok, the skeletons of Odin's past come back in the form of Hela. 

Slowly and surely, the MCU has been using the past to open up the future. Eternals will introduce not only new characters, but the future of the MCU, as stated by Kevin Feige. It will also not take place in one time. Though I do think there will be scenes that take place in the present, perhaps at the beginning or the end, the movie as a whole will span a millennia. This is a storytelling technique (a story that uses a trace through history as its backdrop) that was used effectively in movies like Highlander, the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Forrest Gump, Big Fish, etc.

The MCU keeps giving us different looks and that's one important way its movies will continue to stay relevant.

So, you admit that you're incorrect then, regarding Ant-Man? He's was an original Avenger. It seems like you simply don't know the history of Marvel Comics. That's probably why you like Danvers. Didn't seem to please people who actually like comics and characters who have redemption/hero stories.

You seem to misunderstand the difference between flashbacks and prequels. History defines everything. Swimming in circles doesn't get you to the end of the line. You keep referencing other movies like it has anything to do with the MCU. Can you stay on topic and make sense plz?

22 minutes ago, @therealsilvermane said:

Well as long as it's a good story, the movie will be enjoyable. As for anticipation, the MCU seems to do well whether people want a movie or not. Nobody asked for Guardians of the Galaxy or Ant-Man, yet Marvel Studios made good movies so we all fell in love with those franchises (within a franchise) anyway. As for movies taking place in the past, a few MCU movies already have taken place in the past ie Captain America and Captain Marvel. While each of those movies had their own stories, there was also enough stuff in there to set up for future movies ie the Tesseract, the Red Skull, Kree and Skrull races, etc. Especially post-Endgame where our heroes traveled to the past, history is now an appropriately minable source for future MCU movies.

That's not always the case.

And I definitely wanted to see an Ant-Man movie.

Captain America was Phase 1. Captain Marvel wasn't good.

2 minutes ago, @therealsilvermane said:

Look at it this way. Does every good movie that comes out take place in the present or the future? We can all enjoy a movie that takes place in the past as long as it's a well told story. There have been good Westerns. There have been good war movies ie Dunkirk or Saving Private Ryan. There have been good historical epics ie Lord of the Rings. Highlander is arguably an effective sci-fi movie that takes place throughout history while also taking place in the present. Maybe that would help your anticipation level if you think of it like that.

I don't see how any of this is relevant to the MCU, though.

I don't care about the happenings of the past in this franchise, story-wise.

Holy Moses.

Am I the only one hating the idea of prequels and retconning everything?

I want to see what's going on in the MCU now (and the future). I really have no interest in anything that happened before 2023 anymore.

This makes no sense.

Man of Steel is by far the best Superman movie.

I remember how disappointed I was when I saw Superman Returns.

A 10 gem mint is perfect, right? So, a comic has to be literally perfect to qualify for a 10 gem.

9.9 would be allowed 1 tiny defect.

Whichever one you like better.