ThaOGDreamWeaver

There's not many trailers make me go "oooh, what the hell is this?"

The OG Thunderbolts comic is my favourite arc, bar none, and while I like this movie, it has almost zero to do with that series. The movie is a team-up movie like any other. The only thread that comes from the OG comic is the idea that Very Bad People can do good things - and not necessarily because they want to be better. Some like the glory. Some want to fit in. Some have dark hidden motives an' all that. I would quite like it if Marvel Animation did an "Original Thunderbolts" movie/series with Zemo's crew.

Rocket From The Crypt - He’s A Chef

I've always enjoyed these, not least for Daniel Craig's wonderfully strange suthun-fried accents: but also a bit of old-school sleuthing. Knives Out didn't cheat either on the mystery, which I very much liked: Glass Onion did, but enjoyed it anyway. (Though I prefer the Poker Face series for the actual setup and solve. And while I'm aware a lot of this board might consider this sacrilege, I wish they'd given Thursday Murder Club's material and cast to Johnson instead of blasted Chris Columbus.) Yet again we have an all-star cast: Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, hot-priest-but-not-playing-one-here Andrew Scott... ...but giving the most work to The Crown's Josh O'Connor as Benoît's self-imposed, probably unwanted Watson.

Contessa Elaintina Veritaespettacolare di Fontaine is introduced at the end of F&TWS, recruiting John Walker as USAgent: then picks up Yelena in the post-cred of Black Widow. She’s introduced as the CIA’s new Director in Wakanda Forever - and also Everett Ross’s ex.

...what D said. (And I woulda done if it hadn't been for that meddling mobile site...) And while I would have loved that, it risked turning the Supergirl movie into the Lobo show. As it is, the original Woman of Tomorrow arc still borrows a core theme from that particular Western (and I prefer the Coen Brothers remake, with Jeff and lil' Hailee.) Kara is approached by young orphan Ruthye. She persuades Kara to help find Krem Of The Yellow Hills, who murdered her father for not laughing at a joke. (Sheesh. Some people just can't handle a tough crowd.) Lobo doesn't appear in the original comic, but I can think of ways of working him in. Not as heavily as the LaBoeuf role, more for colour, humour and a.... call it a "casual antagonist". Someone who pops up to cause issues, either for fun or because they're pursuing similar goals - but isn't the Final Boss. I've seen a couple - and these days, I'm never sure if anything's real or an AI fake. This one's from Reddit: what does your forum-sense tell you? Makeup's a little more Dragula-era Rob Zombie to my eye, and the motorbike looks like an old Norton in WW2 camo drab - but maybe they had it kicking about on the lot, Momoa liked it and they'll dial in the 'Hog later.

By the way… in case no-one’s mentioned it, you get to continue the discussion in 2027. There’s quite a lot going on in the book arc to choose from - but if they borrow from the 2020 animated movie, we’d be getting a whole lotta Lobo.

I see your Walker, and raise you the Muppet's Pepe... ...as Grand Admiral Prawn.

Starting a new thread for the upcoming movie. Stuff we know so far: The movie is instead of a planned Mando series 4, which was delayed by strikes. Filming wrapped in December and has been in post-prod ever since. Pedro is back, obviously, as is The Baby. The Adelphi X-Wing patrol squadron we've seen are back, with the addition of one Sigourney Weaver as Commander Ward. The Bear's Jeremy Allen White swaps chef's whites for a CGI slug body as Rotta The Hutt... ...and journeyman Brit actor Jonny Coyne (Gotham, OUAT:W) returns as an Imperial remnant warlord from the end of S3. And, then of course, there's this karabastin' guy. Steve Blum returns as Zeb, and also provided facial captures. Though I'm hoping that's an unfinished render or pre-vis,, badly scaled, or the site I nabbed this "official" shot from has been fooled by AI. (And could we please turn down the lens flares, Dave? You're not JJ Abrams.) Not yet confirmed as returning: Giancarlo, Katee, Amy Sedaris... or Lizzo. Probably. Wild speculation: Given Rotta's in it and now a wealthy crimelord in his own right, and Dave's fondness for bringing back fan favourites... ...a certain no-longer-dead ex-Sith who kidnapped him might make her first live-action appearance too. If this ties up threads from Ahsoka S2, as was rumoured for Mando S4, the Rebels crew and Brainy Smurf might show up as well. However, filming only kicked off in April, so there'd be a lot of post-prod and polish to get it out in time. Official drop date is May 22nd 2026 - not the same date, but same weekend as the original's US release in 1977. Because nerd pride. What do we think? PS: there is a lot of AI garbage out there of varying quality, both from the usual internet Jawas trying to earn clicks and the odd ardent fan.

And now: some acting. It’s not quite as spectacular as Chris Reeves’, but still… John Oliver hamsternerd into self-confident cape is quite the shift.

No, but it’s very much on the Hero & Villain Culture spectrum. (Think the Polar Shift tip missions, Skrulls, insane conspiracy theorists who may or may not have a point…)

After critical success with Poor Things (and for an arthouse movie, some solid box office numbers too), Yorgos Lanthinos teams up with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons again for another bug-out mad adventure... Spoilerzzzz...