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That's exactly what it is. There's a specific thread to talk about this stuff, so maybe you all could move this conversation there? Leave this thread for the discussion of Ironheart as we were asked to do.

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Looking forward to this! I really enjoy Del Toro's films. Loved Hellboy! Oscar Isaac is a great casting choice.

Not sure I can put my finger on it, but something still seems off to me with the latest trailer. I don't mind injecting some humor into Superman, especially coming off the brooding Snyderverse version. I'm just hoping that pendulum doesn't swing too far in the opposite direction towards the campy end. One thing I'm excited to see is Milly Alcock as Supergirl. She was excellent on HoTD and perfect casting as Supergirl IMO. Very much looking forward to what she does with the role.

What is or isn't clutter is subjective. The overwhelming majority of threads on this or any other web forums I frequent are irrelevant noise to me. I don't need any new tools for myself. I can simply avoid clicking into any topics that don't interest me or just scroll past them, subscribe to threads I am interested in, etc. There are many ways of avoiding content you don't want to read. Topics don't stay on the first page forever. They eventually disappear as new threads are started.

No, it really hasn't. The controls still work just fine. Any topics you find to be noise or not worth reading are easily avoided and easily scrolled past.

No need for a new feature to hide entire topics. Exercise some self control and don't click on topics you know you aren't interested in. You don't need to click stuff.

No worries. The chef is just a chef. The point was I can see from the menu (the trailer) that the ingredients aren't to my liking and that I'm allowed to discuss that. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

You keep wanting to suggest that every post I make is negative. That isn't true. I can link you to many I've made over the years on the forums if you would like some examples. I don't expect anyone from Disney or Marvel or in any way related to the content they produce to ever read a single word I post here, and I never suggested otherwise. Same thing here.

To be honest, no I'm not going to watch it. I'm clarifying why, which we are allowed to do here. I can read a menu and see that I don't like the ingredients. I don't need to taste the dish to know it doesn't appeal to my liking, and I'm absolutely allowed to let the chef know if a dish doesn't taste good. I'm thinking out lout about what I think might improve the story for me. If you disagree, great! Go right ahead. I don't have expectations for this series. I don't expect Riri to have any funding. All I said was it seems strange that someone of her gifts wouldn't have anyone interested in backing her. Athletes and exceptional students get free rides at universities. I know people who have had private companies and government agencies pay for their doctorate degrees in exchange for a work agreement. I understand that may or may not be what her character wants, but that makes her come across as a little arrogant to me. It just seems odd is all. This has already been done multiple times over already in the MCU. For me personally, I'd like to see something different.

Are you saying that Riri Williams isn't trustworthy? Shuri and the Wakandan's didn't have any trust issues working with her and giving her access to their super advanced tech and labs. The tech Wakanda produces is on par, if not superior to Stark tech. Seems perfectly reasonable that Riri Williams getting a reference from Shuri would be more than enough to land her a job at Stark Industries, especially if she showed off the suit she built. As for the "running against the grain"... the government already owns/has possession of the War Machine armor. Stark trusted Rhodey enough to let him keep the armor. Probably several versions of it too. Who is maintaining the War Machine armor then if no one in the government/military is allowed to touch it? Somebody in the Air Force must be servicing and maintaining it if it's no one from Stark Industries. Yes, the clip was from 2010, and in the clip Stark specifically mentions that the closest competition was 10 or more years away at that time from making a successful copy. Here it is 15 years later and now there's competition. Also, the government was keenly interested in the Iron Man tech and wanted Tony to turn it over. Now they aren't interested in it anymore? They just dropped because reasons? They wanted the Iron Man armor, but won't want the Riri Williams Ironheart armor? I'm sure they will. I don't think it makes sense that she wouldn't have anyone backing her or wanting someone of her genius and talent working for them, if not for the prestige alone. Such as? Well, the trailer keeps telling us how brilliant she is and what a genius she is. She's building her own version of the Iron Man armor. Seems to me she's got a matching Stark level intellect. That alone would make her very valuable and desirable to a whole lot of people. Eh, maybe. Why would she need to own it? And someone of her talents can't negotiate property rights?

That much is clear. I don't think referencing a brief scene from Iron Man 2 is "complex background lore baggage". They could do it as part of the title intro to set up the story, like they did with showing the accident that created the Hulk in The Incredible Hulk. A lot, if not most, of the build up for Thanos was done in short post-credit scenes. All they'd need to do is have one or two lines of dialogue to refer back to that Senate hearing scene in the story and that's the tie in. No need to elaborate on it more. The rest is a 100% self contained standalone story.

Why would they abandon something that's worked so well for them? World building a shared universe that was creating the story of the forming of the Avengers is something the MCU is hailed for and other studios have been desperately trying to replicate.

That's weird to me too. Stark was saying in Iron Man 2 that the rest of the world was 10 years or so from being able to create armor like Iron Man. That's a thread that could be picked up for her story, and I think she's perfect to pair up with Rhodey to set this in the Armor Wars story line. With Stark dead, she's the only one with the brains and the talent to carry on what Stark had done. Would make perfect sense for her to be working with Rhodey keeping the War Machine armor running while improving upon the technology.

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Only thing I didn't care for was the Bat symbol. It was too big and in most shots looked like a black rectangle on the chest. I get they were going for The Dark Knight Returns vibe with it, but I agree it looked off in that respect. I rather liked what they did with the material with the thought that its a garment that Kryptonians would wear in everyday life. I also like how they incorporated Kryptonian script into the costume. I thought that was a nice touch. It looked very cool on Supergirl in the Flash too. She was the best thing about that movie.

I liked the costumes in the Snyder films. I had initially thought Superman would look weird without the trunks, but it turned out really well I think. The suit looked a lot better as time went on in BvS and Justice League. Man of Steel was nice, but too dark I think. I'm still not sold on this latest version, but who knows maybe it will be fine.

Rumor has it Sasha Baren Cohen is going to be Mephisto, and the Hood here is being controlled by him. Not sure if that's real or not though, so take it as a rumor.

Yes. These reviewers you're referring to here have a different opinion than you do, but they're "shitty, formulaic grifters" in your own words.

Oh the irony isn't lost on me at all. It's always someone else with a different opinion than you who is the "shitty, formulaic grifter." What you're saying about reviewers like Nerdrotic and Critical Drinker isn't true either. It would be true if they never posted a positive review of anything ever. They have posted many positive reviews on films and TV shows over the years, so them having an opinion on critical and financial flops and why those projects were failures doesn't make them a "shitty, formulaic grifter." If you had watched any of their content, you'd also see they're not hoping these projects fail. Like everyone else, they'd like for these to be good films with a good story and well rounded, fleshed out characters. You might have a different opinion than they do on how to go about doing that, and that's perfectly fine. You're certainly welcome to your opinion just as much as they are welcome to theirs. ^100%

I'll stick with "No thanks" 🤣

Fair enough. I didn't care for the dark and brooding Superman in the Snyder films either.

I'm hopeful people will eventually stop whinging over others having a different opinion or worldview than they do. I'm also hopeful someday people will stop trying to blame "social media hacks" for "poisoning the public perception" for shit movies flopping at the box office. Whether or not this movie will be a hit or flop isn't known at this point. I'd like to give it the benefit of the doubt, but I do have my reservations. James Gunn has done some good work before, so the movie may be great. Then again, given the propensity Hollywood has to produce overly preachy content, the concern @PeregrineFalcon has is legit. Remember, it's not the message, it's the delivery.

It's cancellation announcement.

Official trailer I don't have a good feeling about this.