Captain Marvel [chat]

So It Goes

Trailer is out for next year's Captain Marvel and I think it looks dope

https://youtu.be/Z1BCujX3pw8


Who run the world?

Girls!

VishNub

I will not tolerate this mod abuse of the democratic system that always picks chanus

Zilla360

Nerdy strong women inherit the Earth.

Powerpuppies

Max frequency, EM

SniperGuy

I'm stealing this from Bogart in the MCU thread since it fits the theme of this chat now

https://twitter.com/Russo_Brothers/status/1042411495072645120

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! There's a Mary and a Harry and 4 As and it maybe spells out ENDGAME?
Who is that in the chair?
Is there literally nothing in the picture and they're just fucking with us?

Styrofoam Sammich

Mary Jane and a bold Harry Potter cross over in Avengers 4: END GAME confirmed.

Burnage

Honestly the clearest letters in that look like E A A E to me

Avengers Eternal?

SniperGuy

Waffles suggested we go bug Tom Holland about it since he's extremely likely to spill the beans and I laughed.

Probably won't work though, I think they stopped telling him things.

japan

Evening

https://twitter.com/mrlizard13/status/1042441139830370304?s=19

SniperGuy

I like that scottish twitter types in their accent

jungleroomx

SniperGuy wrote: »

I'm stealing this from Bogart in the MCU thread since it fits the theme of this chat now

https://twitter.com/Russo_Brothers/status/1042411495072645120

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?! There's a Mary and a Harry and 4 As and it maybe spells out ENDGAME?
Who is that in the chair?
Is there literally nothing in the picture and they're just fucking with us?

Like I said in the MCU thread

BeNarwhal

The ladder says MBSE on it

Which strikes me as the initials of a production company, but still! :P

Elldren

SniperGuy wrote: »

I like that scottish twitter types in their accent

I'll have you know it is in fact its own language

Eddy

I thought the CM trailer was muddled and didn't tell me anything about the character or her powers, it seemed completely reliant on the Marvel brand

Also the elderly woman being hit is like, lol and not in a good way

Trace

Astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of Earth orbiting the nearby star 40 Eridani — precisely where Star Trek character Spock’s home planet Vulcan supposedly lies.

holy shiiiiit

Shazkar Shadowstorm

@feral gonna give this DHM a test drive

As someone with low alcohol tolerance who doesn’t feel great from drinking a lot but enjoys the taste and activity mayhaps this will be a good thing

japan

Elldren wrote: »

SniperGuy wrote: »

I like that scottish twitter types in their accent

I'll have you know it is in fact its own language

Here is a man in a tweed jacket from the Scots Language Society to explain at great length

OnTheLastCastle

The Captain Marvel trailer looked CGI-y and disconnected from actual stakes and action. It looked like a DC movie trailer. I did not like it. I would sum it up as "Oh look, she's glowing! And her hands are glowing! Her face looks strained because of the glowing!"

SniperGuy

Eddy wrote: »

I thought the CM trailer was muddled and didn't tell me anything about the character or her powers, it seemed completely reliant on the Marvel brand

Also the elderly woman being hit is like, lol and not in a good way

Elderly woman being hit is hilarious and clearly on purpose to drive speculation and meme press.

Also totally a Skrull.

Elldren

Trace wrote: »

Astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of Earth orbiting the nearby star 40 Eridani — precisely where Star Trek character Spock’s home planet Vulcan supposedly lies.

holy shiiiiit

I mean now they have to name it that

Echo

Aioua wrote: »

musings about MtG:

has there ever been a popular format where you were limited to certain numbers of card rarities in a deck?

like I know about pauper (all commons) but something that was like 4x rare, 16x uncommon?

are there any TCGs with the rules set up for this?

I feel like that would make an interesting design space and help clamp back a bit on prices going sky high

Gwent does that, I think.

jungleroomx

OMG



Native Hawaiians dgaf

Burnage

Also, love life update #1423

Went to couples therapy today, we're both asked for our medical histories and my wife reels off her list of mental health conditions

Therapist pushes up her glasses and replies "Well, that is certainly a... challenging combination"

Which probably wasn't a great thing for her to say, but God damn did it feel relieving to hear a neutral third party say it out loud

OnTheLastCastle

Echo wrote: »

Aioua wrote: »

musings about MtG:

has there ever been a popular format where you were limited to certain numbers of card rarities in a deck?

like I know about pauper (all commons) but something that was like 4x rare, 16x uncommon?

are there any TCGs with the rules set up for this?

I feel like that would make an interesting design space and help clamp back a bit on prices going sky high

Gwent does that, I think.

Gwent does indeed only allow you 4 gold cards and six silver cards. Or did, dunno if they changed it.

In magic, no, EXCEPT Vintage where certain cards are restricted to 1 per deck maximum. @Aioua

OnTheLastCastle

Burnage wrote: »

Also, love life update #1423

Went to couples therapy today, we're both asked for our medical histories and my wife reels off her list of mental health conditions

Therapist pushes up her glasses and replies "Well, that is certainly a... challenging combination"

Which probably wasn't a great thing for her to say, but God damn did it feel relieving to hear a neutral third party say it out loud

Multiple diagnosed personality disorders? That's quite a lot.

aioua

OnTheLastCastle wrote: »

The Captain Marvel trailer looked CGI-y and disconnected from actual stakes and action. It looked like a DC movie trailer. I did not like it. I would sum it up as "Oh look, she's glowing! And her hands are glowing! Her face looks strained because of the glowing!"

yeah, like, as a dude who's never read the comics I'm not sure what I'm supposed to care about here

ok Captain Marvel is an alien with some memory problems, that's... not exactly a fresh plot
also it's like 90's! 90's! 90's! which to me just says "not connected to the current metaplot"
as far as what her powers are it seems to be... generic superhuman?
oh and I guess we made sam jackson look young

Krathoon

People assume the old lady Marvel punches is a Skrull.

Krathoon

Cracked tends to be more depressing than funny.
https://youtu.be/7UGraFUuQjA

OnTheLastCastle

She's a deadite. This is a crossover to Army of Darkness as a prelude to Ash vs. the Marvel Zombies, duh.

Get on my level, fake fanbois and fangurls.

Eddy

SniperGuy wrote: »

Eddy wrote: »

I thought the CM trailer was muddled and didn't tell me anything about the character or her powers, it seemed completely reliant on the Marvel brand

Also the elderly woman being hit is like, lol and not in a good way

Elderly woman being hit is hilarious and clearly on purpose to drive speculation and meme press.

Also totally a Skrull.

Yes these are all obvious things about the scene; it just felt dumb to me

Not to mention the entire Skrull fiasco is something I didn't want to see cross over from comics, along with resurrection, because of how cheap cloning is to a story, but I guess we're all beholden to what a cabal of nerds decided back in the 70s for the next twenty years of blockbuster movies

Kana

Most of the Marvel trailers have been good about explaining the movies own particular voice and personality. Capt marvel doesn't really seem like it does that, and that concerns me a bit.

OnTheLastCastle

Now can you spot the Howard the Duck cameo because Howard will have an outsized role in fending off the Marvel Zombies on Earth 616.

Styrofoam Sammich

https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/1042458451312603136?s=19

HerrCron

Maybe Carol Danvers just hates old people.

As well she should.

SniperGuy

Eddy wrote: »

SniperGuy wrote: »

Eddy wrote: »

I thought the CM trailer was muddled and didn't tell me anything about the character or her powers, it seemed completely reliant on the Marvel brand

Also the elderly woman being hit is like, lol and not in a good way

Elderly woman being hit is hilarious and clearly on purpose to drive speculation and meme press.

Also totally a Skrull.

Yes these are all obvious things about the scene; it just felt dumb to me

Not to mention the entire Skrull fiasco is something I didn't want to see cross over from comics, along with resurrection, because of how cheap cloning is to a story, but I guess we're all beholden to what a cabal of nerds decided back in the 70s for the next twenty years of blockbuster movies

I found the skrull

Blameless Cleric

I am very excited for Captain marvel but also am sad it is a prequel aaaand I agree that the trailer is really bad

However I will fight for the right for women to be leads in generisuperhero films

jungleroomx

I feel like this is the same discussion that occurs every single time a teaser for any movie comes out, and it's never been accurate, so I'll just roll with it.

BeNarwhal

Burnage wrote: »

Also, love life update #1423

Went to couples therapy today, we're both asked for our medical histories and my wife reels off her list of mental health conditions

Therapist pushes up her glasses and replies "Well, that is certainly a... challenging combination"

Which probably wasn't a great thing for her to say, but God damn did it feel relieving to hear a neutral third party say it out loud

:bro:

When I was with Nargirl, I attended a fair number of counseling sessions with her. She was diagnosed with both Oppositional Defiance Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. And there was no way to tip-toe around it - that WAS a challenging combination, and everyone involved needed to be aware that it was a challenging combination!

Powerpuppies

They already do mistaken identity stuff in agents of shield

I bet it's handled more shallowly in the movies >:[

Eddy

jungleroomx wrote: »

I feel like this is the same discussion that occurs every single time a teaser for any movie comes out, so I'll just roll with it.

Marvel has done a good job with their trailers (and this is a trailer, not a teaser) so as Kana said, it's concerning that they don't seem to have a discernible tone or theme or even an obvious story hook

I know a little about CM and right now it just looks like a cheap Green Lantern DC cgi-fest

aioua

for the first minute I mostly wondering about who owns the Blockbuster brand now and how that negotiation went. "Hey we'll give you you $40 and a best buy gift card for the rights to use Blockbuster in our movie. Say no I dare you."