An appropriate thread where we can discuss all about it: whether it be Cannon, MCU, MPQ, Bobbleheads, Lunchboxes, Pop art, whatevs
Be it known that spoilers may abound in wild abandon.
So once the movie opens: Beware.
If you haven’t read the recent trades: Caution!
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I have always loved King T’challa. He’s poised and dignified, He speaks reason and wise council to when characters skip their back story to drive the current narrative drama. He anchors the story telling in realism. I love that he passes on joining the Illuminati. I think he mostly, mostly avoids tokenism while being usually the lone dark face on the page. Perhaps because he is African rather than American he avoids some of the cringe that Luke Cage could sometimes be. I think Te Nehisi Coates is one of the best writers of any media (read his Atlantic pieces on reparations), I hope he continues in the current run. I sometimes feel like it’s just the laziest that him and Storm did their thing but I get it;there’s enough mutual interests and the whole Olympic village hook-up and all that. What are your favorite arcs? Which panels and covers do you think are noteworthy?
Movie:
Opens 02/16/18 (US)
MPQ:
Agree with AlexisTPF about Shuri for this version, I mean that’s kinda the whole point of “Variants”, don’t just give a different costume .Totally missed opportunity to tie into the movie Marvel. But I’m really glad we didn’t pull a parker and end up with another 5 gambit food. I think of the 4* as “the pink panther” even though its purple. Matching shields sounds like a fun new game. I like his powers! Who are you going to pair him with? Best 3* combos?
FunkoPop: angry mask all the way.
Just saw this on a TShirt the other day.
Going to be a while before I’ll be able to check out the movie, so I want to get in here early and say if you’re interested in reading any comics about Black Panther do yourself a favor and check out Christopher Priest’s run. It’s THE modern run for the character. Nuanced and deep, but still kick*** and funny at times.
That said, Priest himself who has already seen the movie states that the Panther in it is categorically NOT his version and that he believes that fans of his run might actually be disappointed if they were expecting that going in.
I’m not at all familiar with the character outside of the Civil War movie and just kind of generally knowing he exists. I felt he was really under served by his appearance in Civil War (as discussed in a different thread), but everything I’ve seen coming out of the Black Panther solo film looks rad to me. The art direction is so good, I’m really looking forward to picking up an art book for it.
Yeah. I saw that and it bummed me out on the movie a bit, but it makes sense. Preist’s wrote a seasoned king with a lot on his plate. The movie should be about a younger king still learning the ropes and all that comes with the crown. Maybe we’ll get there in the inevitable sequels.
That said, I still think his run is the best and hope the movie makes more people check it out.
I don’t think he would admit it but I think Priest had a lot of fun playing with “What if Black Panther was Batman without the emotional baggage” during his run, at least in the sense of his interaction with other MU characters. Personally, as a stallwalt Avengers fan that run still kind’a stings a bit but it did make a lot of sense.
Movie opens February 14 here, but as i like a quiet movie theatre i’ll probably wait a couple of weeks before viewing it. Hope the movie gets reviewed on its merit though.
Just saw it; I thought it was a very solid film. It’s more of a character-based film, with plenty of moral and ethical questions thrown in. Plus Killmonger is one of the better villains in MCU history. On its own, it wipes the floor with any DC film; I’ll be watching it again on Thurs, and I’m looking forward to anything I might have missed during the first showing. However, MCU films will always also be judged - deservedly or not - in comparison to all the other MCU films (that’s 10 years’ worth of stuff) and with the overall MCU storyline. In that regard, BP might not be what some people expect. But I reiterate: take it out of the MCU canon, and it is a very solid piece on its own, around the level of Wonder Woman (imo).
I just got back from seeing it, and really liked it. I saw a bunch of parallels with the Thor movies, not surprisingly really. My main takeaway was that I absolutely cannot wait for Shuri to show up in the game. Pow!
Also, as a huge Bucky fangirl, the final post credits scene just had me squeeing
Okay, story wise, awesome, Klaue is hilarious. My one complaint and I’d like to hear from those that saw it, the final fight felt too cgi. I was really invested in the participants, but the bouncing around felt like a let down. To clarify, I mean the one on one on the tracks, not the stuff above, that stuff rocked! I would have liked a more visceral hand to hand that looked more like the fight in the new mission impossible trailer. That looks vicious. Agree disagree? Why?
I liked the movie. There were some parts that needed some work, but overall good.
There was one part however that made everyone laugh out loud. And it wasn’t from the original movie itself. The sub translator translated the Ancestral Plane as the Ancestral Airplane.. twice.
