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Good article on why Black Panther could be a game changer for Superhero films.
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Gordon Shumway
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lol..geezuz.
Namor was a genocidal maniac by that point; and a whipped, and desperate bitter old fool.
crimsonspider89
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Part of the Black Panther ensemble. Black Panther is the ruler of Wakanda. Also suit is laced with Vibranium so helps protect him in combat.
NipplesAndToes23
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Well I meant is there a particular Priest comic? I know in comics you have a bunch of trades and graphic novels.
Nah, Namor was waaaayyyyy past fuckboy status. Even Doom's sidekick was laughing at him
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Black Panther The Client 2001
He just did what needed to be done. Black Panther couldn't even pull the trigger.
This right here is why Black Panther is my most anticipated Marvel film right now. I hope Marvel plays Wakanda exactly as you describe, because the meltdowns will be glorious.
He needed to suck Thanos' dick in an attempt to level Wakanda?
BadAss2961
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It's a Marvel movie. After it releases, I won't be surprised at all when we've completely forgotten the idea that its content could be the slightest bit innovative or controversial. I'd expect Wakanda to be about as memorably detailed as Asgard, maybe even taking a backseat to somewhere else.
evilromero
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I'm pretty excited about this one as BP is all kinda of badass. I'm just hoping they can successfully weave him into the Avengers arc without feeling shoehorned in and disingenuous.
jhmtehgamr20xx
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You're an extreme kind of guy, it seems like.
Don't think the movie will be too controversial b/c its about a black superhero. It's not super-common but it's not unprecedented, or do people forget about Hancock, Blade, Spawn etc? It'll be more controversial if it's actually a crap film which I doubt, I mean the bar isn't too high. Marvel mostly does popcorn fodder (don't mean that in a bad way). A few steps up from Transformers but in the same ballpark.
Marvel won't want to ruin their streak of wins by jeopardizing one film, especially this one. Backlash would be huge and conspiracy theorists would never shut up.
NipplesAndToes23
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How is Blade a superhero when he kills without mercy? There are other movies where we have people doing the same thing but we don't call them superhero movies. Why is Blade special?
Dusk Soldier
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They weren't scared to cast a black person to play the human torch.(A white character)...
Xerxes isn't black? The persians looked frightening and powerful.
To be honest, while it was the movie that first came to mind and the one I had in mind while writing my post, upon closer thinking I can't seem to think a really positive portrayal of a Black King and/or Kingdom. So I retract my comment and hope BP fixes that.
That I'm human and am wrong haha.
hammertomb
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Black panther can get lost.
Subpar Spatula
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I hope Black Panther is good. I just have a feeling it will fall prey to the MCU trappings.
Gordon Shumway
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Come oooooon
I think he's beautiful
Holy fuuuuuuu.... Doesn't he act in some telenovelas? Mindblown. The make up makes him look like black,I stand by my defense
^^ thank the old gods I didn't need to say it.
The trappings of critical and financial success?
So you are willfully ignorant on this topic?
I hope Black Panther is good. I just have a feeling it will fall prey to the MCU trappings.
The trappings of critical and financial success?
The make up makes him look like black,I stand by my defense
So you are willfully ignorant on this topic?
yes.
edit: but just think if a lot more people are wrong like you, and think "oh, there have been movies with positive portrayals of African kingdoms, this is no big deal" in addition to the ones who think "oh who needs this crap anyway?" that there is a lot of resistance to getting something like that even close to made.
Subpar Spatula
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Generic and a stepping stone.
Gordon Shumway
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Ahasverus..geezuz, man lol.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Will they give him a wise-cracking white sidekick?
Or will they have a rookie white journalist following him around as he's just an all-around badass? What if Black Panther is a found-footage/mockumentary type joint.
Or will they have a rookie white journalist following him around as he's just an all-around badass? What if Black Panther is a found-footage/mockumentary type joint.
BadAss2961
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King Jaffe Joffer says hello from his royal palace in Zamunda.
I agree that the actor isn't black, but the caracter looks black imo, going only by looks and not arguing semantics, and not trying to offend black culture and stuff. I want to do no harm.
I better run to Popgaf hahaha
I thought Captain America would be his sidekick.
Generic in what way?
And while you see a stepping stone I see a story about a character in a much larger world full of interesting characters.
Gordon Shumway
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This guy gets it lol..
That's the outside of fox news and the GOP headquarters
BOTH. As a non-white and non-american is like watch a freakshow everytime one of those right wing nuts spews it's bullshit.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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youre in a super hero comic book movie thread where we are talking about super hero comic book movies and how it might affect the media and bitter people on twitter.... This is not the "comics will change the world" thread.
did you take a wrong turn somewhere?
Gordon Shumway
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Subpar Spatula
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Generic as in all the heroes so far as essentially the same person. I don't know the difference between Star Lord and Captain America. What about Thor and Captain America? Sure, they're from different places but their personalities are the same: awkward, lovable, charismatic, charming. None of these characters have any real faults. The only ones that seem to have any aren't really explored. Tony gets the most exposure and they swept Bruce Banner under the big green and mean rug. Not to mention each movie follows the same formula. I just hope after Ultron and the inevitable shake-up the heroes will be different.
Why does every hero need to be funny to the audience? Because it works. It works on audiences and laughter allows you to forget legit issues because it was fun. This also makes the heroes the same. You can be from Asgard, USA, WW2 era, a big green monster, but you're still the same. I think the only "heroes" that are different are Black Widow and Hawk Eye but they never did anything with those two.
Stepping stones are OK in certain situations. If every movie is a stepping stone then you're just waiting for the big pay off but it will never arrive. What happens after Infinity Wars? Oh right... more Marvel movies. This, even if you don't notice it, lowers the quality of each film.
The article seems to be referencing to other character traits, like power and social importance.
i'm gonna post what i wrote in the BCT if that's cool.
nice, i didn't know anything about black panther, ( not into comics really ) now i want to see the film now. hope they do that description justice.
with good reason, 300 is fucking racist.
Gordon Shumway
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It's been mentioned..
No reason to get all uppity in hurr. If the movie is done well and the character(s) are interesting, it will be a success. The hero's background will mean jack if the movie is a turd.
Read through the first 10-20 posts again and see what people were talking about.
Are you saying black and white characters should be written differently?
DonasaurusRex
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bullshit and you know it, Thor loves humanity cause of his mama....and smangin on jane foster for a while...but that was nothin compared to Zephyr.
The Golden Age Broxton OK shit is too recent to define the character.
Angelus Errare
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You're conveniently ignoring the whole Cabal part and the enjoyment of killing people thereafter...
Or alternatively the fact he sunk Wakanda when had the Phoenix force.
Or alternatively having Thanos and goons destroy Wakanda again.
But yea T'Challa's the asshole tho lol.
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