I’m starting to get the feeling that Kevin Feige is hearing all the criticisms going towards the MCU and, although he’s not acknowledging it in interviews, he’s silently addressing them as the franchise moves forward. What I mean by that is:
1) “MCU villains are lame and one-dimensional” -> Phase 3 and 4 villains are now widely praised, especially Killmonger, Thanos, Wenwu, and Zemo
2) “MCU is not cinema” -> hires Academy Award-winning director Chloe Zhao to take on Eternals. Also, he allows her to make this slow-burn, epic high fantasy that goes against typical superhero fare. Clearly, Marvel is aiming for the side of film circles that heap praise on “Dune” and Christopher Nolan movies.
3) “Avengers: Age of Ultron was not good in hindsight” -> WandaVision and What If…? are made to improve on AOU’s plot points
4) “I don’t understand the time travel mechanics in Endgame” -> Loki and What If…? are made to provide a better understanding of time in the MCU (don’t even start with me, the time travel stuff is understandable based on what I’ve seen)
5) “MCU hates Asian people, look what they did with Ancient One and Mandarin” -> corrects the Mandarin plot point by fixing Ben Kingsley’s version and introducing a proper version of the character, makes a whole movie dedicated to Asians/Asian-American, creates Eternals with multiple Asian leads
6) “Hawkeye is not funny and chaotic like how he is in the comics” -> literally makes a whole series that’s based primarily on the Matt Fraction run, the one that everyone praises
7) “MCU is not diverse” -> just all of Phase 4 (and most of Phase 3)
There are other criticisms, but those are the ones that came to mind.
and i absolutely love that it was the “kiss of death” that’s poetic and tragic and beautiful 10/10
This is such an amazing piece of work, and contains such an important message!!!
I really urge you to watch this, its so powerful and Sacha is amazing!
I’ve just always been disappointed that the only distinct physical trait of kalashtars is being thin and symmetrical, so now you can use this handy chart to roll your own sleep paralysis demon.
Did we get a Agathario origin story? No. Will we get one in the future? Maybe. Will we see them both again? Definitely (Rio hates the idea of ghosts and will definitely pursue Agatha). Did we get assurance that Agatha is going to be a bigger part of the MCU? Hell yeah. Did we all sob like babies at Nicky’s history? Yes.
WAS THAT ONE HELL OF A KISS?
FUCK YEAH.
It wasn’t perfect, but it was damn good. I am so excited to see these stories played out further.
I also have all the fuel I need for so much fanfiction.
Just when I thought I was done crying about them
Agatha: You can ask me your questions. Aloud.
Billy: Okay, then, where’s Rio?
Agatha: Not that question.
What Billy is probably thinking: wow Agatha is still really touchy about Rio when newsflash, we can all tell that you used to date.
What Agatha is probably thinking: I still feel guilty about killing Alice so I don’t want to think or talk about Rio reaping her soul right now as we speak.
What Rio is probably thinking: WOW I can’t BELIEVE my GOOD FRIEND LILIA didn’t recognize me after all of the QUALITY TIME we’ve spent together. I’m going to put on my WORK CLOTHES and let her know of her IMMINENT DEATH.
When you actually have to do the job you applied for after lying about how capable and great you are on your résumé