Sex Panther said:

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TCTTS said:

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Honestly, I still kind of wish the new X-Men universe could be completely separate from the MCU... That, and after all the wild and crazy stuff we've been through in the MCU, I can't see anyone in that universe giving a sh*t that there are mutants now as well, in the ways the franchise needs mutants to be discriminated against.

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This is what I have never understood about the X-Men being involved in the MCU or Marvel universe in general. The allegory of people being afraid of other people who are different obviously makes a ton of sense... but why would that even matter to people in this world?


"OMG that guy heals fast and that guy shoots lasers out of his eyes! ...quick someone call the guy who has spider powers... or the magic wizard... or the guy who shrinks and talks to ants... or the sentient robot with a space crystal in his forehead... or the god from outer space Norway... or the super-powered soldier that our government created and controls... that's someone we can trust"

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How that has been handled in the comics is that people like Hulk, Spider-Man, Captain America got their powers through accidents or experiments and therefore are more accepted by general public. The public has sympathy for these accidents. But people born with powers are viewed as the next evolution of the human race and are feared and hated because of it. It doesn't always line up with the racism allegory of X-Men, but it still mostly works.

Couldn't they also have it where the first mutants to show themselves are the baddies…like terrorist level baddies and no one's heard of them up until that point??? Maybe they do something awful and the whole public groups all mutants as bad based on the actions of a few???

Still works

Apparently the showrunner of the X-men 97 revival (already renewed for another season) got canned with the release just a few weeks away.

Marvel Studios has fired ‘X-MEN 97’ creator Beau DeMayo.

The show premieres next week.

(Source: https://t.co/DkLrfTXbrl) pic.twitter.com/MTCsUmYsdn

— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) March 12, 2024

This is the same guy who accused writers on the Witcher of hating the source material after getting fired from that show, and was accused of being abusive by another writer on the project.

He apparently was abusive when he was working on The Witcher show as well. pic.twitter.com/A5KpNRQ6HV

— Benn (@BennParrish) March 12, 2024

Whelp….the little experiment that couldn't is still chugging along at the pace of non-invisible Drax eating a zarg-nut….but looks like domestic is still going to stay under 50 million in the US….

Madam Web is currently at $42,726,009 domestically….

Worldwide total is $96,726,009 but interestingly it's stopped the international total at an even $54 million….so wondering if they're giving it the same treatment the marvels got when they reported they'd stop reporting the international revenue…..

bluefire579 said:

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Apparently the showrunner of the X-men 97 revival (already renewed for another season) got canned with the release just a few weeks away.

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Canned without warning, social media scrubbed immediately - yeah, he did something BAD.

Some scuttlebutt on Reddit that DeMayo had a non-explicit OnlyFans account but was using it was using it to pull a Coach Fran and give people insider information on his projects in exchange for money, thus breaking his NDA. The OF and his Insta account both deactivated.

Claude! said:

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The Porkchop Express said:

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Some scuttlebutt on Reddit that DeMayo had a non-explicit OnlyFans account but was using it was using it to pull a Coach Fran and give people insider information on his projects in exchange for money, thus breaking his NDA. The OF and his Insta account both deactivated.

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The only thing that would make it funnier is if he had an explicit OF account to provide insider information. The only way to learn that Apocalypse makes a surprise appearance in episode 3 is to view a picture of DeMay's taint.

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How many people saw the last first one? Like 5oo?

Deadpool & Wolverine hits theaters on July 26.

Comic-Con is July 25-28.

Pre-Covid, the big Hall H panels were always that Saturday afternoon.

This year, Marvel needs to go all out that weekend, with Deadpool & Wolverine setting up/teasing the new direction to come, and then that same Saturday they need to bring back the Hall H panel and officially announce their 2026 & 2027 slate (seeing as we already know what 2025 has in store).

Especially with DC likely not doing Comic-Con this year (Gunn says he'll still be shooting Superman), Marvel could own that weekend in the biggest way, and really get fans excited about the brand again...

- Show the first footage of Captain America: New World Order.

- Show the first footage of Thunderbolts.

- Bring out of the Fantastic Four cast (they start shooting late summer).

- Bring out Mahershala Ali to announce the official start of Blade (said to start shooting later this year).

- Bring out the Daredevil cast to talk Reborn.

- And then bring out everyone else involved with everything else to come over 2026 & 2027 (Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, etc).

... all while Deadpool & Wolverine is cleaning up at the box office that weekend.

It just feels like the perfect opportunity to put so much speculation to rest, bury things like an Eternals sequels (by omission), finally solidify the upcoming slate, with both Covid and the strikes now fully in the rearview, and really set a new tone going forward.

Would be so fun.

Average?

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Terrible? I could be convinced of this.

Straight into my veins. Great to see the best Gambit and Bishop back in action.

I've tried to watch the Eternals twice. I've fallen asleep both times.