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[@NatalieGoldReacts]

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[@theryanreynoldsfan3674]

Fun Fact: Star Lord is Celestial well a Celestial-Human Hybrid

[@theryanreynoldsfan3674]

The Mysterious Man was Blade

[@gothnate]

Thanos was an Eternal with Deviant genes. Kit plays one version of a character named Black Knight. The voice at the end was Blade.

[@mithrandir404]

That voice sounded like the watcher

[@domaqueyt4196]

@@mithrandir404 I can tell you who it is if you want

[@stevenlockwood8902]

One of my favorite aspects was that Druig and Makkaris relationship wasn’t in the script. It was put it after the amazing chemistry between the two actors

[@santa1563]

came to the comments to see if someone had already said this lol. I absolutely *loved* their chemistry. it just came off way more meaningful and authentic than any of the other relationships. it’s unfortunate that they’re semi-background characters though.

[@silvergameplay7580]

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[@TDhexada]

it really is the best part of the movie and i stand by that forever.

[@MasterZeus94]

"Is he related to King Arthur?" Actually, yes. Dane's ancestor was Sir Percival of the Knights of the Round Table, Arthur's cousin. In the comics, Dane wields the cursed Ebony Blade (Sprite and Thena mentioned it and Excalibur) and operates under the name 'Black Knight'.

[@sowde3645]

And for a time the Black Knight was actually leader of the avengers

[@X_Juice_X]

I knew he was related to someone of the round table with King Arthur, but I didn’t know that Sir Percival and King Arthur were cousins.

[@Delboy0]

The Black Knight in the Marvel comics Anti-hero who can be good or bad that it seems Kit Harrington will be playing this character in future films. But the introduction of Black Knight means there are now Vampires in the MCU and the voice you hear in that scene is actor Mahershala Ali who has been cast to play Blade the Vampire killer in the MCU. And because the Ebony Blade is now in the MCU, it also means Excalibur will soon be in the MCU and this was carried by the character Brian Braddock who is Captain Britain. So with Black Knight, Blade and Captain Britain you have 3 new 'British' Marvel heroes in the MCU. In comic Blade was British, but because African American actors can't do British accents, he has been American in movies.

[@joshuaholland5279]

@@Delboy0 oh I was thinking Kit and Blade could start the midnight suns/sons idk

[@andrewft31]

@@Delboy0 and if they introduce Brian they have to introduce his sister Psylocke

[@Delarissa]

I really got the feeling that Thena was dealing with some sort of PTSD from the memories she had of previous worlds dying to the point where it was breaking her mind causing confusion, lashing out, fear, etc. The part where Gilgamesh says the Deviant attack triggered her was a big giveaway for this too.

[@IkhwanFahmi]

And the last cut scenes make me thing that thanos was having the same PTSD too

[@jaypenhypenjay3654]

One of the reasons why they're not just "a robot"

[@Orion_TheyThem]

That's....... that's exactly what it is???? It's literally mentioned in the comics. 🙃

[@Orion_TheyThem]

@@jaypenhypenjay3654 they're not "robots." They're synthetic beings. This simply means they're not made using an egg and a sperm. They still have emotions and feelings lol.

[@jaypenhypenjay3654]

@@Orion_TheyThem that's literally whst i said

[@ruzapaluza]

Makkari and Druig were never meant to be linked at all, but Chloe saw the immediate chemistry between Lauren Ridloff and Barry Keoghan and tweaked the script to incorporate their relationship. And now hilariously Druig and Makkari have now become fan-favorites...just goes to show what an incredible job those two are doing

[@BaileyBearden4]

I'm so infatuated with both this movie and people's reactions after watching it. I know the story in the film itself isn't as good as something like Captain America Civil War or Iron Man, but there's something about this movie that continues to draw me in after watching it. Maybe it's because it's been so divisive. Also this film has some of the best cinematography I've seen in a long time. Chloé Zhao is truly the director to beat at the moment shot wise

[@fridarios101]

Druig and Makkari did in two scenes what Sersi and Ikaris where supposed to do throughout the entire movie.

[@eggnotegg]

actual perfect comment

[@adamvialpando106]

Yeah, Sersi and Dane had better chemistry.

[@donkeydarko77]

Yeah, chemistry is everything...and Gemma Chan/Richard Madden didn't have it.

[@Aggelostououranou]

Drukkari supremacy. We need more of them asap

[@JaySewani]

@@donkeydarko77 idk why they didn't have became they are friends for years now even Dane and Sersi had more chemistry Also Ikaris and Thena also had little bit of chemistry i saw

[@kenny240]

Kingo leaving was because he refused to fight his family. Any of them. Regardless of the stakes, it wasn’t worth it to him to choose between fighting one group of his family or another group of his family. He had so much love for all of them that he’d rather sit on the sidelines and let whatever happens, happen. Anything, even death, is better than destroying your loved ones, regardless of their faults or poor choices.

[@orlandoawilliams799]

Absolutely. I'm glad he stayed true to himself and stayed away, instead of doing that showing up at the ladt minute to turn the tide of battle trope.

[@ChristopherPayneMUA]

Also, from his perspective he could live with the outcome either way. If the emergence was stopped, Earth would survive and he would continue to enjoy it. If the emergence happened, the will of their god would have been fulfilled.

[@Tremain]

He literally said he agrees with Ikaris though.

[@jonasquinn7977]

@@Tremain He agrees with Ikaris that they don’t necessarily have the right to kill a Celestial and prevent the trillions of lives that they would create but at the same time he refuses to fight his family over it and loves humanity and wants them to survive

[@DDuffy143]

Damn bro.. that had some serious feels. Nice wording!

[@thomasmartyn65]

The sword at the end is the Ebony Blade, the Sword of Black Knight (goes into King Arthur/Captain Britain etc) Also Stan Lee didn’t write ALL of these stories, he created a lot of the main characters, Hulk, Thor, Ironman, Spider-Man etc and wrote a lot of comics but a lot of the comics that the films are based on he didn’t write. For example, the Infinity Gauntlet (the story of Infinity War film was based on) was written in 1991 by Jim Starlin.

[@moldyzucchinis3251]

The eternals/celestials in particular were Jack Kirby’s creation and a damn good one at that

[@noaheast7600]

@@moldyzucchinis3251 and that was Kirby ripping himself off. He created the Eternals after DCs fourth world (aka Darkseid etc) and DC cancelled his run early due to laughing sales. So he went back to Marvel and created the Eternals etc.

[@bradanders]

Stan Lee CO-created a lof the main characters.

[@melvyncollins7305]

Absolutely, it does get a bit tiring when people think Stan was the be all and end all of Marvel.

[@williamwatson4354]

@@melvyncollins7305 The majority of early Marvel was due to Stan, Jack and Steve Ditko. Once you get to the 70's its a whole other story.

[@happyninja42]

The thing I really liked about this film, was how the main protagonist, was essentially a pacifist. She was a caregiver, and provider. Not a warrior. And they point that the reason she was the one to lead them, was she had the most compassion, and empathy for the people of Earth. I dunno, I just, liked seeing a main hero, who wasn't the main hero because of their ability to kick ass, but because of their ability to care for others.

[@chiamakaabara2584]

Thats a lovely point

[@taylorhall1988]

Yes, and honestly, this is why I love this movie and am so sad when I see people hate on it. They think a hero needs to be all bad***, they don’t even think that compassion can be a good quality for a hero

[@happyninja42]

@@taylorhall1988 yeah, it's one of the things i liked about the first Aquaman movie too. How the final "fight" isn't really one. He shows up and is like "Bro! You're doing all this 'cause you think the land dwellers killed mom! Well she's right here! Let's stop this killing over literally nothing!" and the villain agrees! He's like "oh....well....shit....I feel bad now." and surrenders.

[@eggnotegg]

The Eternals were actually created by Jack Kirby (who also created Thor, Captain America, and The Silver Surfer) not Stan Lee. They actually gave credit to him at the beginning of the movie.

[@TheCell111]

And most marvel stories were not written by stan,but alot were written by stan and kirby in early marvel,but not later marvel.

[@eggnotegg]

@@TheCell111 Yeah most of the characters that are credited as Stan's were as equally created by jack. It sucks that he's been overshadowed.

[@PantsuMaster]

@@eggnotegg Cause he died way too early and Stan Lee has become the face of marvel ever since. Understandable in the age of social media.

[@silvergameplay7580]

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[@randomnoob2031]

Well, i guess that kinda explains why i don't like any of thosw characters haha

[@CptPatrik]

Hinestly I really enjoyed this movie. I know many people didn't care for it, but I liked it and I'm looking forward to Eternals 2

[@chinmaygyamlani]

It's not in the works currently

[@TessaxMusic95]

Same!!!!

[@dekekeke]

Same :)

[@StopReadingMyNameOrElse]

@@chinmaygyamlani Definitely a one and done. It didn't get nearly enough hype as it should, but that doesn't mean they can't bring back characters in other movies. They pushed a lot of the release dates back because of the Strange 2 reshoots, so I seriously doubt there's any room for Eternals 2 with every other upcoming confirmed thing.

[@ihatetheheat4524]

For me I love the concept but as for the execution it's alright

[@Tremain]

I personally liked that a character actually said "I agree with the bad guy but not enough to kill my friends" and just peaced out, that is a very interesting and realistic choice. Also the fact that it could be argued that the good guys were wrong, after all celestials create new worlds and STARS preventing the eventual heat death of the entire universe. That said this whole thing felt like a DC movie in that they tell you that you're supposed to care about this people and their relationships but it does nothing to actually get us to care.

[@kennethsmith6367]

Perfect wrap up. Also helped my figure out what my problem with even the DC movies I like has been. THANKS!!!

[@kayearcher8407]

Hahahah should've read the comments first, I just posted that and you got to it 7 hours before me hahaha.

[@Nergalsama01]

Agreed. Kingo stuck to his guns, even though he knew what it could mean.

[@marcreid8978]

I agree with your assessment it makes sense, but how are we sure that Arishem was telling them the whole truth? Or the truth that all for that matter, maybe he was just telling them what he needed to tell them to get them to comply.

[@Tremain]

@@marcreid8978 Well we don't know if he was lying or not, but i think the fact that he is letting them justify their decision instead of just destroying them at the end is a good sign.

[@DarthLoki]

1) Thanos was an Eternal. He wanted to stop the Celestials and that's why he had his mission. 2) The Uni-Mind at the end was caused by the emergence. The Eternals connected to Tiamut and that led to the increased power boost. 3) Kitt Harrington is going to play as a hero called "The Black Knight". That sword was the Ebony Blade and it was forged by Merlin. This is his family secret. 4) It was MESSED UP hearing Kitt Harrington and Richard Madden both saying "I love you Sersi."

[@lisamarieligreci-newton7804]

LOL every time Kit Harrington talked about his 'complicated family history' I was like...well, yeah, you got that right!

[@silvergameplay7580]

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[@nairagar7338]

?? I don't get the number 4, how is that messed up??

[@nowthisisjen]

@@nairagar7338 GoT

[@dennislopez1272]

He was actually part Eternal and Deviant in the comics. That's why this movie makes no sense and is terrible.

[@007mjv]

Dane's line about his family tree being complicated stems from his ancestral connections to historical figures who weilded the Ebony Blade which is cursed. That's why he hesitated to open up the box. The voice is setting up another character who will be joining the MCU soon. It has been speculated that the voice sounded like that of Merershala Ali who is signed up to play Blade in an upcoming film.

[@User1far]

Actually it's no longer speculated. It was confirmed that it was Blade at the end of the movie.

[@valentinruiz3828]

The director of this film (Chloe Zhao), confirmed in an interview that the voice heard in the post-credits scene is that of the actor (Oscar winner) Mahershala Ali, who was confirmed by Marvel as the actor who will play " Blade" (the vampire hunter).

[@extremepower5765]

@@jonmercano1138 I wish I had that superpower 🤭

[@CraftsWithCrafts]

@@jonmercano1138 > You're thinking Snipes/Blade...LOL

[@jonmercano1138]

@@CraftsWithCrafts He said it himself, “Blade don’t pay no god damn taxes” 🤣 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIqoZJJmqpxob7s

[@omniframe8612]

@@jonmercano1138 Wesley Snipes and Mahershala ali are two different people.

[@jonmercano1138]

@@omn8612 i know

[@arnav_gupta_1004]

Hey Natalie Gemma chan is the 1st actress To play two roles in Marvel universe 1st she was - Minn erva ( blue lady ) in Captain MARVEL And now she is Sersi

[@tharukaepaarachchi814]

I just love the fact that Natalie doesn't know anything about Kit Harrington's character at the beginning and yelling "don't die ,don't die"😂

[@Lo_Key90]

I was really suprised how much I liked this movie. The negative reception it got when it released in theaters was wild. I expected some straight up donkey dookie but what I got was a pretty enjoyable film with some cool visuals, fun action sequences, new concepts & some neat characters.

[@Helldog6]

Yeah, I don't get it either. Like it has obvious problems and I'm not going to act like its some perfect movie, but it doesn't do anything worse than the average marvel movie IMO. It has some of the most genuinely breathtaking scenery in the MCU, and has probably *the* best *scaling* as far as size I have ever seen in any movie, not just in MCU. Like that visual with the Celestial (blanking on the spelling of his name, Asherim?) looking over the Earth is fucking incredible. I'm so worried that if the Celestials ever appear in Marvel again that it will fail to capture the scope like this movie did.

[@silvergameplay7580]

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[@jarlhenrik]

I love the diverse cast in this. The actor who plays Gilgamesh is credited as "Don Lee" but is actually called Ma Dong-seok, and played the badass husband character in Train to Busan. You know, the one that fought zombies by punching them. Standout actor of this movie for me, loved his performance

[@ztlabraptor211]

I love that it feels natural too. A lot of people have qualms with forced diversity and shoehorning it in in a way that takes away from lore/character, but it makes perfect sense here to have these guardians of all of humanity represent... well, all of humanity

[@MichaelGMunz]

He was incredible in Train to Busan (and was my favorite part of Eternals).

[@jarlhenrik]

@@ztlabraptor211 And also they are literally made, not evolved or gentrified in any other way. So there's no "lore" excuse for an all-white cast, for example. The one thing that kind of clashes with ideas here is that Arishem apparently made them into what is a modern day mix of etnicities, which they have stayed as since their creation. While at the time they were inserted on earth I doubt their respective etnicities had evolved yet. Buuut that's very nitpicky and frankly I don't care :p

[@hirvale]

@@ztlabraptor211 Except that once you find out that the celestials forge the eternals to be exactly how they are, it makes no sense why they made one of them to be deaf/mute. It only hinders her ability to quickly communicate and coordinate with her teammates and it's not like she needs the disability to blend into some tribe of like-abled people. That's where the justified diversity falls apart

[@ztlabraptor211]

@@hirvale that one has a logical explanation. Every time she uses her powers she creates sonic booms which are deafening. To change that would be to change basic biology which is something they didn’t do for any of the eternals. They all still have human anatomy, just with super abilities

[@sagespaceghost2413]

This movie is the most "Un-Marvel" thing the MCU has done and I really enjoy it because it felt fresh. I'm glad Celestials were introduced in a movie that felt like this one did.

[@shortstuff780]

Celestial actually was introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy But I agree, I loved this movie top 6MCU

[@xYayy]

What do you mean un-marvel? Because the movie doesnt have spiderman or captain america in it? Confusion is real

[@sagespaceghost2413]

@@xYayy This movie didn't have the typical Marvel formula and I appreciate that.

[@paulelroy6650]

in what way. it felt the same shit just done worse

[@DDuffy143]

@@sagespaceghost2413 Yeah, 100% agree.. A fresh totally different type of threat and vibe.

[@samuelvillarreal3733]

Natalie, you're struggling to have everything you want, while the world tries to make you choose

[@Edge439]

I understood that reference

[@4thpeverell142]

@@Edge439 *Exasperated eye roll*

[@Trejohnsmith]

@@4thpeverell142 the Tony Stark eye roll

[@4thpeverell142]

@@Trejohnsmith my point exactly

[@Midv1322]

The mysterious voice at the end was Mahershela Ali as The character Blade. Kitts character Dane is Black Knight. He’s a superhero with a magic sword. Since they are connecting him to blade I assume they will have him lean into the supernatural more going forward.

[@내이름을맞춰봐-w7o]

The reason why Sersi hadn't turned the deviants into something else before is because, as she mentioned before to Dane, she can't turn living things into something else. That's why they were all surprised when Sersi turned a deviant into a tree.

[@therealneal3034]

My favorite thing about this movie is that Richard Madden and Kit Harrington both had to say “I love you, Sersi” at least once.

[@richierich7229]

Lmao

[@hectorminator]

Stan Lee didn't have anything to do with the Eternals comic characters, they were fully created by Jack "the King" Kirby, written and drawn by him, and first debuted in 1976. Although Stan Lee had a hand in co-creating a TON of Marvel characters, he mostly stopped writing in the early seventies and Jack Kirby went to DC Comics to work on some of his creations like the New Gods, but then came back to Marvel to keep working on ideas that interested him, stuff like "ancient aliens" and we saw a lot of that in the Eternals movie! = )

[@devinhajjari815]

And this movie is also significantly inspired by Neil Gaiman’s Eternals run

[@hectorminator]

@@devinhajjari815 Yes! With art by the incredible John Romita Jr.! My favorite Eternals comic I've read so far.

[@valentinruiz3828]

in the comics, Dane Whitman (Kit Harington's character) is the third character to bear the name of the black knight. there may be people who saw me say the same thing in other reactions to this movie. I do it so that people who don't read comics know some things

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

Also, people have said that the off-screen voice is the actor playing the new Blade, Mahershala Ali

[@moldyzucchinis3251]

@@TorIverWilhelmsen Yes that is blade and with moon knight on the horizon as well some believe the Midnight Sons team could be coming to the MCU

[@Wico90YT]

It's funny she thought he was related to King Arthur, since they showed Excalibur earlier, and the original Black Knight was in his court.

[@becauseimbatman1391]

@@TorIverWilhelmsen It's not just "people" that said so. The director of Eternals, Chloe Zhao, confirmed it to be Mahershala Ali's voice

[@drakocarrion]

@@TorIverWilhelmsen That has been confirmed

[@zumedusa]

Dane with the Ebony Blade at the end will became Black Knight and the voice at the end was Mahershala Ali's Blade. In the comic, they both will team up with Moon Knight (next Marvel Disney+ series).

[@psythe6095]

The ending was blade who will be played by mahershala ali, talking about the ebony blade which is the sword of the black knight. Dane will become the black knight in succession of his uncle

[@MakingSomeTea]

Honestly enjoyed this movie a lot. Looking forward to see how they interact with the rest of the MCU.

[@jinsauditore]

I agree, which really makes me wonder why a lot of people don’t like it

[@kingsavage3458]

Movie was horrible

[@MakingSomeTea]

@@kingsavage3458 why do you think that tho? Everyone’s saying they hate it but no ones actually giving real reasons why they hate it

[@towkirshuvo97]

@@kingsavage3458 That's what your mind is. Not the movie. Movie was PERFECT💖💖💖💖💖💖. It's totally in my TOP favorites of all time alongside Endgame, Infinity War, and the first Iron Man film.

[@towkirshuvo97]

I cannot wait to see them interact with the Avengers 💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@owencooper7008]

I Personally love this film, I just love the mythology, ideas and concepts around it and I think that all 10 eternals where amazingly characterised, Thena is a badass warrior queen, Kingo is hilarious, Phastos is interesting, Druig and Makkari are adorable together and are my new OTP and I was even able to sympathise with both Ikaris and Sprite despite not agreeing with them. Anyway, love from England 🇬🇧❤

[@paulh.9937]

I personally don't understand why theres so much negative criticism about this movie caus I loved it. I thought it was fantastic. By far one of the better marvel movies

[@iainsteele5737]

@@paulh.9937 was such a superficial slice of all the characters that i didn’t invest in any of them, the chemistry in that romance was abysmally bad, icarus was the only character with any nuance.

[@Eidlones]

@@iainsteele5737 Also, the actual story wasn't plotted out well. Like with the one Deviant that was evolving. The story sets it up as them being the main antagonist, but very little actual time is spent on him, so when it's revealed he's not the actual antagonist of the movie, what time they did spend on him, felt pointless. Just a way to point you away from the betrayal that's going to come, since if there was no primary antagonist, the audience would see it coming.

[@lordofninjas1]

To answer some of the questions, Dane had the Ebony Blade, it's basically a dark Excalibur that gives magical resistance/immunity and can cut through basically anything but at the cost of gaining bloodlust and lost sanity, it comes from back in Medieval times with his ancestor Percival from Arthurian legends (often called Percy of Scandia in the comics). the voice at the end of his credits scene is the voice of Mahershala Ali portraying the character of Blade, a half-human half-vampire vampire hunter. Blade has movies that were made prior to the MCU existing with Wesley Snipes in the title role and Marvel confirmed a few years back that Mahershala will also be getting his own Blade movie at some point. As far as the MCU goes, you currently have Hawkeye and No Way Home left to watch, then you'll be caught up on Phase 4 until Moon Knight in March and Multiverse of Madness in May. I would highly recommend watching the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies before watching No Way Home if you haven't already, I won't say much more other than the trailer shows that some of the villains from those movies show up in No Way Home. As far as other stuff to watch in the MCU I'd recommend the non-Disney+ shows, there's 11 (arguably 12) of them with 28 seasons between them, they are Agents of Shield, Agent Carter, Inhumans, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders, Punisher, Runaways, and Cloak & Dagger. Some would argue they aren't necessarily required viewing, but Marvel does seem to be using at least some of those characters again, so it would be helpful to better understand who those characters are and everything. At the very least watch Agent Carter, as it's Peggy's show that takes place after Captain America 1, and the 6 Netflix shows (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders, and Punisher) as Marvel has pulled characters from those already, and will likely continue to do so, that cuts you down from 28 seasons to 15. I'd also recommend the 3 Fantastic Four movies, if only because you're almost done with the X-Men movies and because Marvel has announced that they are making a Fantastic Four movie. Most agree the 3 Fantastic Four movies aren't exactly the best movies, but they'll at least give you an idea of who the characters are and everything for the upcoming movie.

[@scientifreak5]

Hello there fellow comic nerd

[@jonjohns8145]

We don't talk about Iron fist .. 😉

[@lordofninjas1]

@@FenixTheSnolx well, their all Canon, but those are the only ones that are really relevant for what's going on right now.

[@lordofninjas1]

@@scientifreak5 as Obi-Wan says "Hello there"

[@lordofninjas1]

@@FenixTheSnolx in your opinion they aren't, but from what I've seen there's nothing that has decanonized any of them.

[@bonaparte6431]

what i like is that ajak coming to the realization about Earth being special isn't singling Earth out as the best, but acknowledging that many other planets probably had different forms of intelligent or dominant life; plus we find out at the end that there are other eternals across the universe that came to a similar impass.

[@cmnslcf]

Dane Whitman is the descendant of The Black Knight. The Ebony Blade was carved from a meteor, and enchanted by the wizard Merlin for Sir Percy of Scandia, the first Black Knight. Due to all the blood that Sir Percy shed with the blade, it acquired a curse. Anyone who uses it will increasingly succumb to the violence the sword brings out, which is why the Ebony Blade's case had "Death Is His Reward" inscribed on it. The voice that you heard in the last end-credit scene is that of Blade (Mahershala Ali), who knows the history of the Ebony Blade.

[@djlow9915]

Eternals is a movie you need to watch for yourself. Ignore all the negativity directed at this film and just watch it. I really enjoyed it, and watching along with Natalie with her love of characters made me enjoy it even more. An underrated modern day adventure. Thanks for your fantastic reaction Nat 💛

[@KostisPat257]

Chloe Zhao has said in interviews that she had full creative control and Marvel/Disney allowed her to try and experiment with whatever she wanted. This is the only Marvel film where almost all the sets were real and the lightning was natural, not artificial. They actually built the entire Domo and the entire city of Babylon and Technotitlan and so on, and used very few green screens. As for the end, the voice belonged to Blade, the vampire hunter, whose solo movie starts filming this summer.

[@KingOfBeasts1258]

that’s tuff, she got that much creative freedom just to make a mediocre movie that didn’t know what it wanted to be

[@Sif3r]

@@KingOfBeasts1258 it was quite clear it was an origin movie.

[@stevesteiner7220]

​@Stefan Hendriks lmao, it will win oscars...sure. A comic book movie has to be really, really good to get that. And stop assuming you know who's in the minority and who's not. You have no way of knowing that...

[@paulelroy6650]

tell me then why did the film look like shit. and no film with a budget like that will leave the control to the director.

[@Sif3r]

@@paulelroy6650 did you watch it on a fucking VHS or something?

[@BigGil103]

In the last post credits scene, the mysterious voice saying “Are you sure about that, Mr. Whitman?”, according to IMDb, is Mahershala Ali as Blade the vampire hunter 🔥🔥

[@danielstauning-haargaard5889]

There is a theory that Dr Strange actually saw the emergence during Infinity War, and that was why the Snap needed to happen.

[@cesar-lv2cb]

what's funny is i watched the movie expecting of hating druig, rlly thought he's gonna be the bad guy betraying his family or something, who would've thought he's gonna be my favorite 💀💀

[@vasectomy_]

SAME! i think he was originally supposed to be the villain because sersi and him were almost love interests

[@scoobers90]

I'm a street-level superhero fan (Daredevil, Batman, Green Arrow, etc), so bigger scale stuff doesn't usually work for me, but I enjoyed this one. Well-acted, well shot, effects looked really good.

[@marzh5278]

I actually really enjoyed this movie and I watched some of the deleted scenes and there are a few that o wish made the final cut

[@devinsingleton5242]

Totally agree with your thoughts, that's why a lot of people thought it should have been broken into a Disney Plus series like WandaVision, Loki, What If, etc. I personally would have been down for keeping it as a movie but making it longer; a 3-4 hour version like the Snyder Cut of Justice League, because again like what you said at the end. We were TOLD about a lot of relationships but not 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 shown, or at least there were moments I wasn't sold on it or invested to much. Plus I wanted to see more Makkari! (I love speedster characters, she seems so interesting!) And definitely Kingo! (Kumail Nanjiani worked so hard to get this figure, could have shown it off a bit more! )

[@vasectomy_]

makkari’s speedster scenes were definitely my favorite out of quicksilver and flash, the “slow motion” scenes for other speedsters is so overdone. her scenes were insanely cool to watch.

[@abramrexjoaquin7513]

There's alot of deleted scenes due to time constraints but all of it are conversationals. If they left it in it would be atleast 3 to 4hour movie and would still be as great. Ofcourse box office releases has time constraints. But the deleted scenes are in KZbin uploaded already. Just needs to surf the net

[@gaborkiss650]

It’s the biggest creative mistake I’ve seen Feige make since the MCU started. Definitely should have been a 6-8 episode D+ series.

[@Lanosrep]

God I would've hated for this to be split up into a Disney+ show. We would have ended up with 6 forced cliffhangers and poor pacing. Hell at least it fits the requirement of all 5 Disney+ shows having a secret villain show up at the end

[@gaborkiss650]

@@Lanosrep Yeah, it was much better to have zero character development and rushed/senseless storylines.

[@HyperAB]

the second end credit scene was dane revealing that he is the black knight and the mysterious man was marshala ali's Blade character. they were a part of a team together in the comics!

[@wolfofthewest8019]

Dane Whitman is a descendant of the original Black Knight, and that sword is the Ebony Blade, Exalibur's evil twin. It's a cursed magical sword that gives Dane superpowers, but it does slowly corrupt the wielder and requires incredible willpower to control.

[@danielruiz8259]

The first time i saw the movie, the pace bother me, it feels like it was kinda long but at the same time, it needed more time for the characters, it was visually stunning that's for sure. But in my rewatch, ithe pace didn't bother me, i enjoyed more the characters and i got so many details and hints, for example: The intro text is a lie, it what the eternals believe, the movie has a lot of rewatch value.

[@Thed538dhsk]

Kinda same, I saw lots of problems with it on first watch but on rewatch the elements I did like somehow outshined the initial problems I saw and I really like it now

[@misterkite]

It had too many pointless plots. The talking deviant could be completely cut out of the movie and not affect a thing.

[@jasutin_desu]

@@misterkite then you're cutting out the reason why they're on Earth in the first place. 💀

[@misterkite]

@@jasutin_desu That's explained by the celestial.

[@Rosstafa]

SPOILERS- The voice speaking to Dane was Blade (previously played by Wesley Snipes, this time by Mahershala Ali). Dane is a character known as the Black Knight in the comics, who wields a cursed weapon called the Ebony Blade. Definitely agree the movie wasn't perfect but I thought it was fun and did a commendable job and balancing so many characters with such a lot of world building.

[@tuliotoscano]

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[@endless013]

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[@Rosstafa]

@@endless013 added a spoiler warning

[@DDuffy143]

Is it just me or was the intro with the Pink Floyd song Time on perfect beat, making this one of the coolest Marvel intros we've seen?

[@jamesbranch23]

Interesting note. In the comics Thena and Thanos are first Cousins. The mysterious Voice was a Vampire Hunter named Blade.

[@technopirate304]

@32:05, In the comics each Celestial is defined by a name followed by a function like Eson The Searcher or Gammenon the Gatherer. Arishem's full name is Arishem The Judge. So the way they ended the movie dovetails with his position in the comics.The Celestials basically go from planet to planet seeding life. Sometime much much later Arishem comes back and does an assessment of that planet's progress. If Arishem doesn't like what he sees, he literally gives a thumbs down on the planet. The Celestial Exitar the Executioner (who is ten or more times bigger than other Celestials) arrives to wipe out the entire biosphere and they start over. So it will be interesting to see where that judgement storyline goes in the next movie.

[@shortstuff780]

Easily one of my top 6 favorite MCU movies. Very unique, and different. And god I loved the way they handle the speedsters, and I loved how scary Ashrams design was. Plus, damn... Those end credits scenes are great world building. We got BLADE!!!

[@hobbes6392]

Every comic written by Stan Lee is a very very generous statement. Eternals is Jack Kirby’s baby, Stan was not sole creator of everything you’ve seen, hell x-men flopped and got canceled when he was writing it Marvel is collaborative and every character you’ve seen is thanks to multiple writers and artists, but yeah Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were basically the ones to build the bedrock and a good portion of the A-list marvel characters

[@zachkinkead14]

Yep, Eternals exists because Jack read Chariots of the Gods one too many times. Stan had nothing to to with it.

[@eggnotegg]

I've always liked Jack Kirby more than Stan Lee and i'm glad that this movie finally made people recognize the legend's existence.

[@telocity]

Well the comics deal with universe uber beings in different ways depending on who was doing the comics, so it changes over the decades. There are the "watchers" "celestials" "Grandmaster," "Collector", and "Phoenix Force" There is a unknown number of Elder beings in Marvels multi-verse There are also abstract entities like "Eternity", "Infinity," "Death," and "Oblivion" there is also the "Tribunal" entity and references to even higher being. Many were shown in the "Infinity stones" series of comic books with Thanos.

[@Kidapollo92]

Druig (Barry Keoghan) is an Eternal who can control other sentient beings, a power he primarily uses to control humans and stop them from fighting as he sees fit. His inspiration may have come from the Greek deity Dolos. Dolos is a minor deity known for being a spirit of mischief and trickery capable of deceiving others into following his will and even tricking the other gods. While Dolos isn’t known to control minds, his trickery and skilled manipulation make it likely that he was at least partially the inspiration for the movie’s version of Druig.

[@juliocesarg.r.1238]

Barry's acting when Spain was at war with the Aztec people, I don't know if it's the accent or what but I really felt it...

[@laurafletcher5711]

The sword (Ebony Blade) is the evil version of Excalibur--apparently, it curses the wielder if they draw blood with it.

[@cesar-lv2cb]

i understand how other people didn't like it the way i did, but the hate it's getting is just... too much

[@miguelstpierreplante]

I agree 👍

[@jonathanfoster4202]

Like captain marvel imo. Both had worse movies that received much less hate

[@KelpyG.]

I do agree it was pretty slow in the beginning but not the worst i still have never watched a single thor movie except ragnarok

[@MarioDarnadi]

bruh this movie is like Justice league of MCU movies. It sucks

[@lokithecat7225]

It's getting Hate? Oh, right, Social Media is full of Asshats that demand you bow to their Opinions.

[@lisamarieligreci-newton7804]

Your remark about 'tell don't show' is definitely one of my main issues with it - I really didn't buy the relationship with Sersei and Ikarus OR Sprite. I also think they kind of shuffled Kingo off a bit, and also there could have been way more with the Deviant who was gaining sapience (especially since they both had cause to rebel against the Celestials). It was a good movie but I think it was just a bit over ambitious with how many characters the tried to shove in. I agree that Druigg and Makari had about a million times more chemistry in minute of screentime they had. I also kinda felt that Arishem should have been more angry about them killing a Celestial (and whatever happened there should have already destroyed the earth). Honestly, I kind of wonder why he even told them the plan anyway since he could have just not told them anything. Maybe it just never occurred to them that they would rebel. But I also kind of roll my eye at the tropes of a)human civilization/progress = aliens, and also b)Earth/humans are just so special. Like you said, I'm sure people loved and created on other worlds. I get that their reasoning was that seeing them beat off Thanos made them rethink things, but it's not like other planets weren't involved in that (or had their own amazing feats against all hope). So the movie was a bit of a mixed bag for me - I liked it, it was fun to re-watch on the reaction, but a few things dragged it down.

[@aakashsaini2526]

Just to let you know this movie is the perfect representation of everything Chloe Zhao wanted. She has revealed in several interviews that she got full creative freedom to do whatever the hell she wanted. Now it may seem like a company like disney might be very controlling of the directors (which is probably true for other disney movies) but fortunately Marvel Studios under Kevin Feige is very well known to be very respectful of the directors and actors working for them.

[@danielruiz8259]

James Gunn has told that Marvel let him to his thing and the only directions he go was: -Explain the infinity stones -Introduce Thanos.

[@rl8259]

Yeah which was a mistake Marvel should have more control if this gets a sequel

[@brentsealy9623]

-"to do whatever the hell she wanted" That's the problem. -"very respectful of the directors and actors" Just not the source material apparently. I'm so tired of these tokenized, race swapped and gender swapped characters.

[@iEditStuf]

Edgar Wright never got that control with Antman which is one of the biggest shames of the MCU :(

[@crepperwlp]

@@rl8259 I hope there's a sequel with Chloe and with the same freedom. I love the concepts, it's one of the best MCU movies imo. EASILY the best Marvel title intro. Didn't knew I needed Pink Floyd with Marvel until Chloe made me need that. LOL

[@tnm1697]

The voice is Mahershala Ali (he played Aaron Davis in Spiderverse) and is slotted to play Blade the Vampire Hunter in the MCU Dane’s family is the owner of the Ebony Blade. A magical cursed sword that gives the user power but at the price of their mind, morals, or in most cases both

[@DTNNooby]

at the bollywood set, it cracks me up when they look at everybody outside and there's just a mocap guy holding a prop deviant head

[@TheBongReyes]

I liked the Eternals. I’d agree it isn’t a top 10 MCU movie for me but I understand that the Eternals ushers in bee story arcs for the MCU. I thought First Avenger was ok but after the journey of the MCU. The movie is much better after knowing what it leads to. Same as with The Dark World. This type of movie watching where the pay off might be years away isn’t for everyone. But it’s great for me.

[@walterroux291]

I'm definitely ready and excited for more Cosmic Marvel stories, the bigger picture to the Marvelverse, not just humans. The marvel universe has some really interesting judeo christian ties to mythology from its inception from it's writers, as well as we see here in the eternals other mythologies like Gilgamesh or Icarus or Thena. I know for Thor Love and Thunder we're going to be seeing whole pantheons of gods with Gorr the God Butcher going on a tirade against all gods. I know we're going to see Zeus and some other Olympian gods enter the fray.

[@ssicamon1927]

Curse your profile picture... 🤣

[@walterroux291]

@@ssicamon1927 whose? Mine or Cz?

[@ssicamon1927]

@@walterroux291 @CZseventyfive pfp, lol! I thought it was something on my screen and kept wiping my phone. 😅

[@TheHeroOfMobius]

Another fun fact about this movie and GoT is that they share a music composer, Ramin Djawadi, one of my personal favourites.

[@DToomer]

Been waiting for this one. I honestly don’t understand the “hate” this film got. Is it one of Marvel’s best? No, but it’s definitely not the worst.

[@AnuarAzar]

Are you familiar with the comics? This movie doesn't do the source material justice, but yeah it's just a bland movie

[@SamWh1t3]

@@AnuarAzar I love it

[@AnuarAzar]

@@SamWh1t3 glad you love it

[@Thed538dhsk]

I understand the problems with it I feel it was Chloe Zhao having trouble directing a bug budget block buster during covid restrictions. In the amazon scene shots feel kinda flat. I think the shots they probably had before covid feel the most dynamic and shits during covid being filmed feel smaller and awkward

[@Thed538dhsk]

@@AnuarAzar Maybe but it has massive Neil geiman and Kirby influences but almost no one knows the source material. Its very very niche basically being Kirby's passion project for a while. I don't think holding people in a bad light for not reading the comics works with eternals. Its not like a spiderman or batman comics its eternals. I think even guardians was more well known than eternals even before both had films

[@Kidapollo92]

we have a character who is not one of the Eternals but one of the Deviants they fought. Kro was one of the primary antagonists of the movie, an evolved Deviant who steadily grew stronger as he drained powers from the Eternals. Kro is based on Chronos, one of the Greek Titans and the father of many gods, including Zeus. Chronos famously ate his children out of fear of them rising against him. Kro is rather the opposite, feeding on the Eternals to empower himself and his Deviant family

[@MarvelX42]

Dane Whitman is the modern Black Knight. The sword is the Ebony Blade, it is cursed, can cut through nearly anything, can deflect magic and corrupts its user.

[@leeking6939]

I feel like people hate the whole world building type of movies so it made this movie get a lot of hate which it didn't deserve. I however think eternals should have been a series because some of the characters just looked plain and lacked relatability.

[@BasicBodThor]

True, but I also recognize it's hard to get this type of a cast for an ongoing series

[@Malysari]

I disagree, I think they just failed to execute the world building aspect of the movie very well. They needed to spend more time with the world building to make us truly care about each character and understand their motivations and actions. When Druig finally broke, or Phastos finally broke, it was understandable, but we (the audience) didn't really feel it as much as we should have. It would have been a lot more impactful if they spent the time to tell those stories in a richer way.

[@dontreadmyprofilepicture8817]

It's not really world building, it's our history and world with a superhero spin, not much "building" go on with that, Shang Chi has world building, it's constantly explaining and exposition dumping and people loved it, Eternals problems stem from character development entirely, it gives us ideas and themes but doesn't explore them even slightly, like it would've been nice to see Druig's cope with not interfering over the centuries of war or how Phastos dealt with his creations being used for total genocide, none of that is expanded on and it skips right past all of that development so we're left with wooden characters and cliché final battle moments instead of actual interesting plot development.

[@leeking6939]

@@dontreadmyprofilepicture8817 I still think they did some world building. Introducing a whole new specie of life in this universe and also introducing the celestials makes it world building. The problem is they didn't have enough time to expand that whole concept and of course that also affected character development. That's why I said a 9 episode series would have probably done it well. As you said druig and phastos have compelling stories which we didn't get to explore because of the time limit. I recently watched the cuts of the movie and it's such a shame most of it could not get to the big screens because they were so good and me connect with the characters more than some scenes in the movie did.

[@FranciscoRamirez-nb4uu]

I read someone saying that maybe the movie will be better if all the flashbacks happen in the beginning and not during the movie, and sometimes I think that will make sense. For example you have Druig saying Phastos gave up on humanity, next you see the Flashback to understand that, but literally the next thing you see is him with a family and Sersi saying didn't you give up on humanity? Or something like that. It's like the movie itself downplayed the flashback from 5 sec before a bit.

[@johnirving5949]

Yay! Been waiting on this one, I enjoyed Eternals, hoping you do too!

[@lungboy8980]

The only real hint that Sprite loved Ikaris was when we saw the shot of Sersi and him and getting married, it panned to the other Eternals and everyone was happy except for her. And that was pretty much it lol

[@bromanvt]

Haven't read all the comments, but the voice talking to Kit at the end is Marshala Ali (sp), who is playing Blade in upcoming films

[@CptPatrik]

Dane is Black Knight in the comics so they're giving him the sword for the next movie. As for the mysterious voice, it's probably Blade, who'll have his own movie soon

[@jdog9420]

I haven’t ready any of the comics. But I must say I’m pretty stoked for this. Can’t wait for a darker MCU, with DSitMoM, Morbius, Moon Knight, Blade and as you say Black Knight.

[@vancloudx1]

The voice was blade, it was there way to hint him since as you mentioned blade has his movie soon

[@mr.moviemafia]

I just watched this movie last night, and while I understand WHY a lot of people don’t vibe with this movie because it’s super weird and different for the MCU, I totally loved it! I loved the more serious, mature tone, style, and direction

[@Saje3D]

Yes… this feels like the first MCU property not specifically intended to entertain children as well as adults.

[@mr.moviemafia]

@Floating Heads Media I don't entirely agree with the severity of that criticism, but I can see what you mean. There are WAY more characters being introduced at once than normal and the amount of time we spend with each (and its pacing) can suffer, but I also found them interesting and didn't mind the slowness at times.

[@Jdubayou]

Watching reactions to this movie make me realize why so many critics disliked this movie. Some people are just incapable of thinking logically without emotion I guess. Your reactions to all of Druig's and Ikaris' actions confirm that for me.

[@CorwinMagnus]

Maybe other people just see the movie for what it is: poor...

[@Liwet.]

In the 2nd after-credits scene, the voice you heard belongs to the same person that is supposed to play as Blade. Kitt Harrington's character and Blade have stories involving them both.

[@DTNNooby]

the voice at the end credit scene is Mahershala Ali as Blade. he mentioned it in a recent actors roundtable.

[@Jenazad.]

I personally feel this one would do better as a series first since they introduce too many characters at once for the audience to connect with.

[@AnuarAzar]

They're not taking any chances after inhumans

[@DavidLender]

Totally what I said when I saw it at the theater.

[@olimpiano8760]

There could be many reasons why they didn't make a show out of these characters... i mean, im sure it would be SOOO different if it had turned out to be a show! Probably no Chloe Zhao, the story would not be this big, the special effects wound't be that great. And they wound't present these characters and this big of a cosmic mythology in a TV show! It reaches more people in the cinemas.

[@jackdonohue7893]

I totally disagreed. I thought every character was very well developed’

[@luisg3235]

It's a slow burn also it's a lot of mythology for the movie length that hurts it but it's acted very well and has really good allegories.

[@cruelhours]

the best mcu movie cinematography vise !!

[@EchanteDante]

+Natalie Gold Dane Whitman is one of the many who have taken the mantle of “The Black Knight”. This isn’t a spoiler considering it was in some of the press material prior to the release of this movie. But apparently they changed a lot and cut his part wayyyyy wayyyy down which is unfortunate because he was one of thee only characters I actually I don’t know cared about instead of being told “you should care about this character see look they smiled at a human once”. ALSO the director and Kevin Fiege confirmed that the mysterious man’s voice we hear in the last post credits scene with Kit Harrington’s Dane Whitman character…that voice is none other than the incredible actor Mahershala Ali WHO WAS RECENTLY CAST AS *BLADE* 🧛🏿‍♂️🦇🩸🗡. Which has me extremely excited!! Imagine Kit Harrington becoming the black knight fighting monsters alongside Blade, Moonknight, Werewolf By Night (a character who is going to be featured in an upcoming Marvel HALLOWEEN Special for Disney+). It would be so much fun!

[@Mid_Youth_Crisis]

Druig and Makkari are my absolute favorite thing from this movie. I have a Druig tshirt and my gf has a Makkari tshirt too

[@MrTrick-vi7oc]

Dane’s secret is that he is the “Black Knight” It’s kind of like a family curse. The sword he was looking at is the “Ebony Blade” and it corrupts its user the more that it is used. Think of it like the ring from Lord of the rings…. Lol

[@neomoscoso10]

So, we GOT Kit Harrington (Jon Smow ---> Dane Whitman), Richard Madden (Robb Stark ---> Ikaris), Ramin Djawadi (music composer) and a character named Sersi (the other one is spelled Cersei). The GOT connection is strong with this one. And I truly enjoyed it.

[@rastiga9196]

Almost all are Greek Demi-Gods. I'm surprised and not at the same time they didn't include Ariadne!

[@adamherrick6077]

I loved watching your reactions, and share your hope that we get a proper sequel; this truly was a beautiful chapter both in the sense of the MCU and as it’s own story. I share the opinion that this movie always needed a follow up and these characters are meant for multiple appearances; it’s the only true way to really naturally get us so invested in 10+ new faces.

[@MerryMarvelite]

I'm sure Thanos having an obnoxiously sexy and charming younger brother had absolutely nothing to do with his sunny disposition.

[@Alari24]

The second end credit scene the mysterious voice is Blade. Yes that vampire slayer Blade.

[@filipjecz]

I enjoyed how... different the movie was. It's not your mindless, cookie-cutter MCU formula where good guys are good and pretty and awesome and they have to defeat evil because evil needs to be vanquished. MCU for some time experimented with different themes, different storytelling ways but to this moment they were trapped in that hero frame. This movie was free of it and - while I do agree that it should've been a D+ series because as a movie it was a long ass exposition dump] it shined because of it. So many accents on characters and their struggles, so many negations to your usual superhero formula. From Makkari being deaf, to Ikaris being torn between his sense of duty and devotion towards his fellow eternals, Sprite and the toll of being portrayed as constantly young, Phastos and the burden of his knowledge and how destructive it can be... it's a different superhero world. It's a world filled with awesomeness sure but also with struggles, fears, sadness which in a way makes it more relatable. And the whole story is told in such intimate way.... aaah. I understand the critique of this movie and I agree with it, but it's a shame it wasn't recognized more. And I agree that now that we've done with the introduction aspect of this movie, a sequel can truly shine in many aspects. Lets just hope we'll get one.

[@TheWeeJet]

im 90% sure the reason it got bad reviwes was it never followed the MCU formula. and it sucks because we finally get a movie that does not follow it just like everyone has been asking for and everyone is hating it because its not enough like other marvel movies...

[@annalevy4888]

I really, really enjoyed that movie. It's probably one of my favorite in the MCU. I actually got more attached to these characters than for Sam, Vision, Hawkeye, War Machine and others in the movies they first appeared (I'm talking before the tv shows on Disney +). Here, at the end of the movie, it feels like you learnt at least one important thing about each character, about their personality. I don't understand how people couldn't care about these characters when for the first time they all feel really human (even if they're not ahah). So many interesting themes are developed: love, family, mental illness, second chances, loyalty, beliefs, betrayal, helplessness,... It's a love letter to our planet, to humanity and to these human feelings. Moreover, the relationships between the characters are in my opinion pretty well developed. It's not like one big family in which everyone has the same relationship. You can see that some characters are closer than others, that some characters resent other characters,.... For a 2 hour movie with this huge cast....I think they did pretty good.

[@markdaza8425]

Earlier in the movie, Sprite named dropped a sword called the Ebony Blade. That scene when Dane opened the chest, that’s the actual Ebony Blade. One specific detail I know from the comics is that the sword itself has a curse in which it feeds off your dark personalities. Eventually, just like in the comics, Dane will become the Black Knight.

[@Lagartofero]

Hey Nat. The voice in the last postcredit scene is that of Mahershala Ali, who will be playing Blade the vampire in the mcu

[@ll7868]

Also, they could have teased mutants by having En Sabah Nur do a cameo in an end credit flashback to ancient Egypt. Apocalypse in the MCU would be amazing.

[@leehatann5854]

I actually re-watched Eternals this afternoon before seeing you had a reaction here. When I saw it at the cinema I wasn't really that captivated but on second viewing it was better. I think my main issue was that with Phase 1 of the MCU we had stand alone films which introduced you to the characters and gave them some history before bringing them all together as an ensemble in Avengers. With this film we were given too many new characters all at once and there wasn't enough time to get to know them all properly. Also I hope Harry Styles acting gets better for the future of his character because from the small scene he had it just seemed like Harry playing himself.

[@rtozier2011]

This movie would have been way easier to relate to if the Eternals had been limited to just Sersi, Sprite, Ikaris and the man with the husband. I don't remember or care about any of the others from the one showing I saw in November. I also think Kit Harington's role should have been bigger. I'd have cared about Sersi more if her relationship had been like Thor's with Jane Foster.

[@nosedive616]

are you familiar with Eros’ powers and personality? cuz Harry Styles is a pretty good fit in that aspect lol

[@joshuaholland5279]

@@nosedive616 and they’re making a she hulk show soooo that could be bad

[@nosedive616]

@@joshuaholland5279 “could be bad” based off what exactly?

[@joshuaholland5279]

@@nosedive616 because starfox uses his powers to have sex with unwilling women in the comics including she hulk

[@christoperwallace6197]

Kingo wasn't feeling hopeless. He straight up agreed with Ikaris, but refused to harm the other Eternals. So he sat it out.

[@ot7biasedmashups]

I really enjoyed this movie but I think it would have worked better as a short series. There's a ton of stuff that got cut out because of the runtime and it's unfortunate. I still really like to re-watch Eternals tho. Edit: to be fair, judging by the sales not many people actually watched Eternals in the theaters. And now you can easily watch it on a TV so in my opinion it would have easily worked as a series. Loki also gets very cinematic.

[@thedoctor4327]

The one reason I disagree with you is the Celestials. Their scale wouldn’t have worked as well on a small screen

[@Thed538dhsk]

I disagree. Its too cinematic for a series imo. I think it just needed better editing

[@TheBrandonMinich]

I think this movie is the best example of should’ve been a show there’s too much history to tell in a 2 hour movie

[@JerryAlmonte]

The mysterious man in the 2nd post credit scene is Mahershala Ali, he is playing Blade in the MCU, who was played back in the day by Wesley Snipes

[@liaistotallyfine]

The writers: "Oh they're gonna love this romance! Married couple, can never be together because of their different views! So romantic!" All of us: "MAKKARI AND DRUIG!"

[@IanJenn356094]

Thena and Gilgamesh never had a romantic relationship. Their relationship is that of the mentally handicapped patient and the loyal caretaker. It's a great relationship to see on screen, since you rarely ever see it in movies. Caretakers of those who can't help themselves are an unsung hero that need more representation.

[@Waytothedawn63]

The fact that the biggest criticism most people levy towards this movie is that they wanted *more* of the characters to 'believe' their relationships to me is just indicative of how overblown the problems are. Sure, it has those problems that prevent it from reaching it's full potential, but the characters on an individual level are well done and extremely likable overall, and the plot IMO is great. Being unable to flesh out that many relationships is inherently a flaw of the movie medium, and why many people think it should've been a series instead.

[@AzaMinis]

Naw. Nat is totally right. This was a giant exposition bomb, and they "told" us stuff rather than having it "show" organically. The characters were flat and one-note, and we weren't given any reason to actually care about most of them. Ultimately, the only things that were really exciting in this movie were the aspects that set up for further MCU movies.

[@Waytothedawn63]

@@AzaMinis I never even said she was really wrong. I don't think the criticism means the same to everyone, but most of us can admit it's there. Perhaps I should've watched more of her review portion, I admit I'm a click-awayer, but it didn't feel like that despite the criticism she held of the movie, that her distaste was as strong as you are suggesting.

[@coollayo]

The mysterious voice at the end with Kit Harrington is the voice of Blade, a vampire hunter who also happens to be half vampire and played by Mahershala Ali. He’s getting his own movie soon so hopefully we see more Kit Harrington/Dane Whitman in it learning to be the Black Knight.

[@suditii]

it was mahershala ali's voice in the post credit scene with dane. he plays the character blade.

[@chuckskeeter]

I like Eternals because it's a tribute to Classic Cinema. Longer runtime, more dialogue than action, an emphasis on the limitations of a setting, and my favorite part, allowing the viewer to use their imagination to fill in the blanks. I also enjoyed the "slice of the life" documentary type of story about getting the uni-mind back together. Save all the extra stuff for a series that can co exist with this because the only Marvel director to win an Osacar was always meant to make FILM!