The Eternals and Shang Chi - The Weekly Planet Podcast

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This week it's our absolute honor and privilege to review not one but two Marvel movies, both Shang Chi and The Eternals. Plus there's some many news in this extra long episode, thanks for the listening!
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36:42 Shang Chi Review (spoilers 44:39 to 56:15)
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[@TheHebrewHand]

Mason exasperatedly trying to tell us about the differences between the comic Eternals and movie Eternals feels like he’s taking us through his own personal conspiracy wall and it’s great

[@pr0t34n]

Wherein James forgets that his rating system only has two values: Best Movie Ever and Worst Movie Ever

[@LORDUnLuCkY13]

I'll definitely watch Shang-Chi again. Can't see myself sitting through Eternals a second time.

[@niallgaffney2475]

“Ladies and gentlemen, for your warm-up fight, here’s a gamma monster versus a firecrack wizard. And now for THE MAIN EVENT!!! Two regular people!”

[@robertdelossantos5844]

Even the people in the MCU want proper martial arts fight over the same old MCU “brawl”

[@geordaneplays]

that ends very quickly and without much flare. LMAO

[@alexx5064]

this channel gets me through this slog called life. thanks guys.

[@PittsburghSonido]

Keep slogging on, mate. 😃

[@Samael_Morningstar666]

I want someone to count how many many times a BMW appears in Shang Chi and make a video of how many show up. (All jokes aside I really loved Shang Chi and it might be one of my favorite MCU movies)

[@connorbradbury3872]

Cinemasins will take care of this

[@Mindfuck36]

It's pretty mediocre imo, could have been sooooo much better

[@vibhor1211]

What was your favourite parts of the movie, all the celestial size plot holes?

[@evergreent]

Phastos says "that's how we always survive" not "I wonder how". Druig can't put him to sleep because Ikaris attacks. The unimind works in the end because of the connection (between the eternals and tiamut) created when the emergence starts.

[@mahoutsuguy863]

Point taken but I think he says both things and the boys mixed em up. Like he explains "that's how we always survive" and then said thst he always wondered how

[@Beaze17]

46:28 there weren't a bunch of major cameos but in the tournament there was also a black widow and one of the extremis guys from Iron man 3

[@heinricheverson]

The females in the end credit scene also look like black widows that joined Xi Lings new 10 rings.

[@eastvandb]

I'm on 'The Eternals' train, too. I was happy to hang out with them for 2 and half hours and wasn't bored for a second. I dragged a friend along who's not particularly into MCU movies and she adored it. I do wish they hadn't killed off the evolving Deviant, 'cause I think that was one of the most intriguing threads, but otherwise, it's quite startling how different my experience of the movie was from our boys here. But that's also what I love about this channel. I can completely disagree with them sometimes and still feel utterly amiable.

[@joewalker-hardwick8812]

Interesting you're friend liked it too as I've been dragging my dad to mcu movies for a while and he thinks most of them are just fine but he really loved this one too! Honestly for me this was easily my favourite marvel film since endgame too

[@eastvandb]

@@joewalker-hardwick8812 That is interesting!

[@famousdex1782]

They don’t like it because they have a concept of what the marvel world is like and they see how little this makes sense

[@freshavocado4755]

@@famousdex1782 nah it makes perfect sense

[@TheNDofUO]

I think this would have been amazing if it was 2 films. Give us time to explore the deviants and through that the Eternals true origin then another to prevent the emergence of the celestial. Through this we have more time to get to know our characters so the the deaths and betrayals actually hurt

[@dsorpqxh]

The martial arts def peaks in first half of Shang-chi but I think the fight with the rings between him and his dad was one of my fav in the MCU. They are some of the most creative weapons we have seen in these movies, him and his dad despite using the same weapons are able to express wildly different fighting styles.

[@rubaiyat300]

I kinda wish it had been two movies. one grounded and ends with a more "normal" fighting tournament style thing where Shang wins using his mothers fighting techniques vs his father who has to bust out the rings (and thus acknowledge Shang Chi beat him fairly in combat) and then we go to magic land. I think that place was an even bigger departure than say visiting Wakanda and we got introduced to Black Panther in another movie first so we could spend time on his homeland his friends and the villain. This was just a bit muddled.

[@anthonycates269]

I really enjoyed Eternals. I especially liked the fight between Mekkari and Ikaris. Mekkari might be one of my favorite live-action heroes with super speed. There’s a great video from Nando v. Movies about how “slow motion speedsters are great, but overdone,” and I agree. Fast-paced and tense super speed scenes are soooooo much better and I really liked what they did with it. I only wish there was more of it throughout the movie

[@dicedude1071]

I didn't enjoy the movie on the whole, but I share your opinion on Mekkari. I find her speed sequences extremely satisfying and I wish she hadn't been the last eternal introduced in the modern day. I felt my brain come back to life when she started slamming into Ikaris. Plus, the explanation for her deafness being because of the sonic booms may not be in the movie, but it's rad.

[@BobBob-hi9tt]

Same I liked the movie and thought that fight was the best part

[@Montasir125]

The action was pretty generic overall, but Mekkari's Action scenes were pretty good. & the scene of Icarus flying through the forest looked pretty good too.

[@jaustill237]

it seemed to me, that they chose the wrong characters to focus on. Should have been Mekkari and say Druig.

[@jianpanglam570]

Hey! Call me crazy, but Eternals to me has a great quality of rewatchability (watched it again last week) and it feels super fresh compared to all marvel movies post endgame that, yeah, Eternals is my fav marvel movie besides the Spider-Man movies post endgame. Even more than GotG3..

[@jeynarl]

So I forgot about eternals until a couple weeks ago when it showed up on disney+. Wow yeah, definitely felt every one of those 2.75 hours. After discussing the movie with a buddy, the consensus we came to was that maybe eternals would have worked better as a weekly TV show. The movie felt weird how every couple hours we’d suddenly catch up with the next eternal that we hadn’t seen since the Aztecs/conquistador scene. Also during the movie I was googling who was who in the movie to see what other stuff all the guys were in, and I was thoroughly confused as we got closer and closer to the end of the film why google decided to list Harry Styles as first cast name. Then the movie ended and I forgot about Harry, and then he showed up in the PCS. Cool. Do a barrel roll.

[@xavmanisdabestest]

If eternals was a series instead of inhumans this could be an easy 10/10 i loved everything they did (some of the humor was forced but i appreciate their wasn't much of it) just wish they had more time for every character but i left the cinema genuinely loving a majority of it.

[@koki84ji7]

You loved the wooden characters like Jolie and harrington

[@wesleywelch6090]

this was the first thing I thought when I saw Eternals, that this would be much better as a series... with more time to explore each character and all the backstory throughout history

[@IsaacPurpleguy]

While watching Eternals, I felt like it could have benefitted from a part 1 of some kind. Like another movie that takes time to explore the characters more during their time on Earth. The several flashbacks during the movie offered this perspective but in bite sized portions to a point where I think a movie going through their lives could have approached that aspect with greater depth and gravity.

[@Alex-uk1qx]

The James, Maso, and Claire ruin the "Australian Podcast Awards" Universe

[@JordanSedai]

I agree that there were quite a few plot conveniences (deviants becoming active, Sersi’s powerup, uni-mind happening with emergence right after they discovered it, etc.). And they definitely should have explained why Sersi’s powers had an upgrade. But to address a concern at around 1:26:30, the uni-mind doesn’t take all of their infinite cosmic energy from their being, therefore losing their powers forever afterwards; that doesn’t really even make sense - to lose infinite energy (not that having infinite energy does either). After watching the movie a second time, I understand what Phastos meant when he described them joining together in the uni-mind: think of each Eternal as a battery of infinite energy but limited output. Each Eternal outputs some (a minimal amount) of their energy just to keep their body operating, but then they must output an increased amount of power to use their powers. However, due to there being a limit to how much power they can output (an arbitrary but still limited amount), the effects of their powers are limited (i.e. they can only transmute a certain amount of material, charge a blast at a certain speed, control a certain number of minds (or at least limited by their level of intelligence), cast a certain number of illusions (that last one doesn’t really need to have a limit though), etc.). So the idea is to siphon the power output of every Eternal into one so that they can amplify the effects of one of their powers. But the infinite well of energy within each Eternal is not actually drained, it’s just the output that is drained and relocated. I think them basically shifting to a state of stasis also indicated that even the energy being used for their basic bodily functions are being siphoned to the person in charge of the uni-mind.

[@nicolasmontes7207]

We deserve a Dracula Untold CoG for when Morbius comes out

[@Doug_Hannon]

I'm surprised so many critics are down on Eternals. I loved it. Not a perfect movie by any means, but it had a scope in its visuals and emotions that really drew me in. I appreciated the change of pace it gave to the MCU. In some ways it felt more like an HBO show than an MCU movie. 8.5/10 for me.

[@freshavocado4755]

9/10 for me I loved it too dude. Saw it with my family and we all loved it. I really don’t know why people are so tough on it

[@juice17776]

It’s boring :(

[@jarvisjames]

I think The Eternals is underrated. The story is great, it made me laugh, kingo was hilarious and it was emotional. I think it had a more mature tone but I'm here for it, the same way the Harry potter films became more mature I'm down for that with sprinkles of more fun films like guardians.

[@whashappenin8173]

I think its main issue was trying to fit too much in. Too many character and backstory, the mutant deviant was completely worthless as well. If it was just a tv show with a 4-6 hour runtime it would be much better. That being said I still enjoyed it.

[@jarvisjames]

@@whashappenin8173 I completely disagree, to me, the storytelling was great and I don't even feel it dragged at any part.. the mutant deviant was just a decoy basically yeah but still overall I was really happy with it

[@mr.dr0bot731]

It had a mature tone because of the bad sex scene? Lol stop

[@jarvisjames]

@@mr.dr0bot731 although you wrote that as a question it seems like you made an assumption about my answer. I don't even consider that a sex scene, I don't think it's worth discussing, but I do feel it has a more mature tone than say a Spider-Man, venom, Thor Ragnarok, guardians.. in my opinion black widow had quite a mature tone especially the beginning. By mature I mean harder to hold a child's attention and more serious as opposed to explicit. This is just my opinion though.

[@famousdex1782]

Great story? They forced sprites whole character. You know she could’ve lived the life she wanted if she would’ve done it sooner, right? It was normal for people to get married at 15 back then, also people were much shorter back then too. Literally all the problems she had, all the jealousy that grew from watching humans could’ve only been done for the new age. But that’s compared to the thousand of years she’s been alive and experienced the rise of humanity. Also, if they’re not allowed to meddle with humanity unless it’s a deviant so that they can grow, why do they do everything else for them? Phastos was basically creating every new invention for them and even created the nuclear bomb for the humans world war.

[@Nerwrax15]

No one had any idea Phase One of the MCU was gonna lead to Thanos and the Infinity Stones. There really isn't any rush to say "THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THE NEXT 3 PHASES", let them just build up to it like they have done before.

[@AJeziorski1967]

Gotta say, I thought Trevor Slattery was one of the best things about 'Iron Man 3' - I saw that movie cold and the reveal made me laugh out loud. I also never took it literally when Guy Pearce's character said "I AM the Mandarin!" at the end of the movie - I thought he was just bragging about having moulded Trevor into this scary fake terrorist and in no way saw this as any kind of sacrilege. I also enjoyed the version of the character we get in 'Shang-Chi', but I'm really glad that they included Trevor in the story.

[@skilledwarman]

I feel like Eternals should've been 2 movies. One movie focused on the return of the Deviants and why they can steal powers now (they really never explained that...), and the sequel should've been that other big antagonist/plot point

[@averythesuperhero]

I totally agree. The movie really suffered from trying to do too much at once and not balancing it properly. Kro especially pissed me off, because I think that it could have been interesting to see more of the dichotomy between a being that evolves against beings that don't, and that his philosophy could have set up the second movie much better. But he literally only had like 5 minutes of screentime as a sentient being and I don't think they ever even said his name in the movie

[@hollandscottthomas]

@@averythesuperhero Oooooh, that's an interesting take and I'd like to see that!

[@JordanSedai]

I’m pretty sure the deviants could have always stolen powers from the Eternals and “evolved” because of those powers, but they never had the chance to before because they were effectively extinct until Tiamat was about to emerge, and they were never able to kill an Eternal before because there were always together and therefore couldn’t be bested. So basically, when Ikaris fed Ajak to the deviants, it was a massive evolutionary development that gave them a conscience and all of her memories, and that pushed them to focus on the other eternals. However, I agree that they could have focused on the deviants more and explicitly explaining some of this; also, seeing their evolution happening earlier in history. There are a few things throughout the novie that would have benefited from a slight increase in focus. But after watching it a second time, I was able to understand what they were going for and what was actually happening much more, which took away some issues I had initially.

[@holdwhatdoor7629]

Agree that it would have had a lot more room for character development by making it 2 movies so that we have more invested in the characters. They could really have made Ikaris' turn/reveal carry a lot more weight. The ideas of the movie weren't terrible, just the fact that it wasn't developed and felt rushed. Kind of had that feeling of the last season of GoT where I don't think the main plot points were necessarily bad, they just were rushed and didn't allow for the characters to develop in a way that felt natural or compelling.

[@axel132]

Yes, this would fix alot.

[@linknlog]

I erupted in laughter when you started singing the Dylan song because I had just started humming it to myself about a second beforehand. Amazing.

[@PseudoFiction]

James, you bring a separate radio to the drive-in so you aren't using your car battery

[@XxXasparXxX]

How is that Chris Pratt voices everyone but didn’t voice Star Lord in the GoTG game?

[@awesomeperson531]

Because the game isn’t a MCU product and isn’t set in or connected to the movies

[@robertfrost8264]

Money.

[@XxXasparXxX]

@@robertfrost8264 the lack of you mean :D

[@mateuszmakowski9974]

i guess his payment would be big chunk of entire game budget

[@whateverreally1347]

also didn't voice Star Lord in What If ?

[@NidorinoAlliance]

I feel like Eternals really fails to live up to the big ideas of Jack Kirby’s cosmic universe, in some of its visuals and fights and powers (even if I do like the artistic direction of a lot of the Celestial tech). But it engaged me in a way that I didn’t expect, which was to focus on the thematic side of his cosmic universe. Exploring how these immortal beings would adapt to their lives. I agree that the action is a bit plain but I also think it wasn’t really about its big action moments. I did really enjoy it, despite the Marvel-ness holding back their characters at this point (when characters would drop their quips and references to other movies as seemingly the only way Marvel can make characters relate to each other in their connected universe anymore).

[@kingfield99]

No pod-love for series 3 of 'What we do in the shadows?' It's consistently the funniest thing on TV and is building a really fun, rude, silly and gruesome world.

[@majinmoke]

Best Eternals moment: the Pink Floyd opening song “time” (which is a melancholy tune)

[@chrissadler6459]

I disagree, that soundtrack is wonky and didn't fit the movie

[@majinmoke]

@@chrissadler6459 didn't fit at all, I'm just a huge Pink Floyd fan

[@Joeyaphotographer]

My day significantly improves when u upload

[@Amouroso]

It’s no longer the scariest time of year. And I’m not talking about tax season

[@bradfork6853]

Fin Fang Foom AND the big evil demon thing from Shang-Chi (Dweller-in-Darkness) also both showed up as bosses in the new Guardians of the Galaxy videogame. It was awesome.

[@joshigroeschen7418]

i also turn of notifications for literally everything but some people. its def the way to go, very more relax

[@dicedude1071]

1:41:01 I always love whenever James sounds this frustrated

[@Immafuggin182]

The voice at the end was 100% Mahershala Ali in the Black Knight scene. Very excited to see him as Blade!

[@stevenmcloughlin3148]

I watched the Eternals while super hungover and all the sad sacks in the movie seemed really relatable to me at the time. Loved it, best movie ever. Bonus points for a marvel super hero with a real Irish accent.

[@koylar]

i’ll let all my friends and strangers i see to never take advice or opinions from you

[@stevenmcloughlin3148]

@@koylar I'd say it's safe to say that there are way more strangers in your life then friends but you go ahead and let them know.

[@famousdex1782]

@@stevenmcloughlin3148 “there are way more strangers in your life than friends” you thought that was smart, huh? Well it wasn’t. We all have more strangers in our life than friends. You ever go to a movie? All those strangers are in that moment in your life and odds are you probably don’t know half of the people at a theater. Ever been to a mall? Ever been to a concert?

[@famousdex1782]

@@stevenmcloughlin3148 btw, he’s not wrong about your trash opinion.

[@MrJagermeister]

Re: Eternals (SPOILERS), I thought that the characters of Druigh (Barry Keoghan) and Thena (Angelina Jolie) had the two most interesting mental states and chosen actions, and I was twice faked out thinking that they would become the villain of the film. I didn’t have any attachment to the evolving creature thing, but I was really interested in the idea of someone angry at a God making the decisions and forcing people to play along, who then controls everyone with his mind and forces them to do the same. Or her character, who knows what’s going on and just wants to end it for everyone. Kinda wish they had gone that route with either one of them in the end.

[@nicdennis]

29:29 Who else thought, “I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO!” ?

[@c4llm3m0d]

Remember folks if James, Claire and Maso win/ruin the Australian Podcast Awards they all have to have a delicious celebratory cup of steaming hot Bovril, as is tradition.

[@johntonssen7231]

Bovril is ozzy? We have it here in Europe. We have marmite too but not Vegemite

[@CoreyHart13]

One of the best episodes in awhile 👌

[@NidorinoAlliance]

I feel like the Deviants were pretty well-explained. That they can harm Eternals but Ajak acted as the one healer of the group, in the opening. So they were always able to counteract it. And that they consume and adapt through the life they eat on earth, which is why they looked like earth’s predators. So when they absorbed an Eternal’s life, it gave them a taste of that sentience that the Celestials gave the Eternals. And it was also now able to heal itself using Ajak’s powers. I’m realising this sounds like nonsense.

[@vsauce4678]

Glenn Howerton would be amazing in the MCU so funny and entertaining to watch.

[@ryanbompane3959]

I quite liked eternals. It had some glaring issues, but I thought it was pretty cool. I would even say I liked it the most out of any of the other marvel movies this year.

[@FiggityJones]

Personally I really enjoyed the movie but I totally felt some pretty off moments where I could understand why people might dislike this. But I had a grand ol’ time and I want more still :D **Spoilers beyond this point** I really liked the celestials and how the earth was a big eggy and I like that the earth now has a big new water feature

[@chrismdh]

I love you guys so much!!

[@themikereda]

Saw it the other day, can't wait to see it again. To me, this Marvel's Dune. Sure, it's long and slow and kind of a bummer. But I loved the characters, I loved the expanded Marvel lore, I love what it means for the future of the MCU.

[@BobBallVO]

How you didn’t make it to the “They’re going to pivot to Bee-roll production”, I’ll never know.

[@BigPlayG93]

I honestly thought eternals was my favorite marvel movie this year.

[@CriticsCupofficial]

Out of the 3 this year possibly Shang Chi a little bit more

[@BigPlayG93]

@@CriticsCupofficial I get that. I liked them all but there's something about eternals that feels exciting to me. I'm counting the days until it's on Disney plus.

[@stealintomorrow]

Maseau that wedding sounds amazing!

[@sXe94core]

I’m blown away by the love of Shang chi, and hate for eternals. I don’t understand.

[@chaos_wtch7437]

I didn’t get what was so confusing about the sphere getting transferred to Sersi? Ajak chose her to lead and when she was near, the sphere transferred itself. Unless I’m missing something 🤔?

[@averythesuperhero]

The thing I don't get is WHY did Ajak choose Sersi? They really didn't develop Ajak's character enough I feel like, and it seems her only real purpose in the movie is to die and move the plot forward as a result

[@chaos_wtch7437]

@@averythesuperhero I think it’s cuz Sersi was supposed to love humanity more than the other Eternals. She’s shown spending time with them more than with the other Eternals and tbf, her and Phastos were actually the only ones living amongst humans. And I don’t think Phastos would want to lead, which makes Sersi the best choice to side with humanity and stop the Emergence.

[@hollandscottthomas]

@@averythesuperhero I'd say it's a combination of her relationship to Ikaris and her empathy/love for humans.

[@whateverreally1347]

What doesn't make sense is why Ikaris took Sersi to Ajak, where she could get the sphere. If he just killed the Deviants when he found them, and killed Ajak or chucked her into space, the Emergence was inevitable.

[@houseofleaves126]

Wow I was wondering where the Shang chi review was but this is cool

[@slibbs2869]

The thought of Dennis going around DENNIS systeming people across the galaxy is fucking hilarious😂

[@johnpotts8308]

Just because Donkeykong was still at school doesn't mean he wouldn't have to wear a tie. Maybe he had a school uniform that required him to wear one (I'm not sure what age you need to go to school at in Donkeykong world, or whether the same regulations apply to anthropomorphic giant gorillas).

[@ultraokletsgo]

Book of Boba Fett Timestamp is off fyi, should be 30:23

[@andrebrown1835]

Wow to add a dash of Wolverine origins would fix it that's some funny stuff :)

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

It's probably building to Galactus mini boss like Ultron, then into the Beyonder doing a variant of new and old Secret War.

[@brandondavis3431]

There is a side fight during the tournament scene which shows an escaped red room black widow fighting and iron man 2 extremis soldier

[@MrArudark]

1:50:51 IT'S BRILLIANT!

[@Montasir125]

Cercei had more chemistry with Jon Snow, who was on screen for 5 mins, than with Rob Stark & they had at least 15-20 mins together.

[@jaustill237]

Yes, it wasn't at all believable le that she would be conflicted about which to choose.

[@FreshMetal80]

To answer the question about "what movie is a thing that is better than the original thing" here's my answer: Event Horizon is a better Doom movie than the actual Doom movie.

[@somebuddyX]

I wouldn't say it's better but Supreme was a really good distillation of the Golden, Silver and Modern age Superman mythos in one cracking story.

[@DimaJeydar]

Finally watched the Eternals and… I really liked! I think they managed to create this ages-spanning grandiose epic story. After hearing all the stuff about it, I’m really surprised I actually loved the movie.

[@LibertyBridgeProductions]

At the end of Zombieland double tap Bill bury is making Garfield 3 and is depressed when the zombie outbreak happens. He is relived he doesn’t have to make it.

[@robbieclark7828]

I liked the part in Eternals where I mentioned to my girlfriend that I liked Gilgamesh the most, and then he promptly died.

[@milou66]

Cable cars are not the same as the trams you are thinking of, probably. They are pulled along by cables under the street instead of getting electrical power from above.

[@Serjohn]

any link to the podcasts they are talking about

[@rawcollings]

All of 'em linked in the description : )

[@heinricheverson]

I liked the eternals as in I liked the characters and the powers displayed and I'm hopeful for their future appearances. This movie should have been a series though, with each episode following a different eternal with nice action beats and less flaccid talking. I hope that with the sequel they don't just talk to the celestial and that they just kill it in a big spectacle of lights and explosions.

[@IAmMightyMike]

They should have had Patton Oswalt play Eros and Harry Styles play the troll 😂

[@exzyyd392]

I guess you both kind of just forgot about Dormammu

[@averythesuperhero]

I mean, the MCU has too lol

[@exzyyd392]

@@averythesuperhero Well he can't threaten Earth, which is where the only person that can fight him is, so at the moment there's nothing for him to really do

[@chazblank2717]

I think Hulk showing up as Banner was probably related to the global health crisis more so than anything else… that said, in-universe, as far as the wider galaxy is concerned Hulk is a famous gladiator. Makes sense to me that if Banner had to do some off-world sciencing he’d need to keep a low profile.

[@brandondavis3431]

That’s awesome you guys got out of quarantine and finally got to see Shang chi and then Eternals back to back marvel releases!

[@jarvisjames]

I agree about the power scaling thing, it's hard to gauge how powerful they are

[@Nerwrax15]

As i took it, It went Gligamesh cause he obviously was the strongest, than Ikaris because despite not being as super strong he's still extremely durable, then Thena cause she's just really skilled. Everyone else couldn't really get into a physical beatdown with the deviants.

[@jarvisjames]

@@Nerwrax15 I don't mean in regards to eachother and the deviants because how do we guage the deviants strength ? I mean in comparison to people we already know like Thor or something.

[@freshavocado4755]

@@jarvisjames that would be hard cause you’d need a direct statement or strength feats. In the movie though they look like their strength varies between them. The bigger the deviant the stronger, they go by wildlife rules I guess.

[@jarvisjames]

@@freshavocado4755 even a statement wouldn't be enough, people lie and have different opinions, I guess we'll see how they fight alongside other MCU characters

[@freshavocado4755]

@@jarvisjames yeah that’s true but what would any of the eternals outside of ikarus need to lie for? If phastos or thena made a statement of exactly how strong the strongest deviants were I’d believe it.

[@peanutbutter7721]

Book of boba fett time code is at 30 minutes not 20, the description has a typo.

[@ActiveSufi]

TWO HOUR EPISODE? :D

[@logan-vq3dm]

i didnt even realize that, bruce was human so he can turn it off maybe? in the she hulk trailer he is in the hulk form so idk its definitely new since he would have been in his human form in end game if he could be in it

[@Triforcefilms]

Would love to hear your take on the new Netflix show "Arcane". I don't care for League of Legends, but dang... that show is a great videogame adaptation.

[@ALEXANDERATTACK]

I'm also weirdly interested to know if they watched this?

[@mr.dr0bot731]

Chris Pratt will now be voicing you viewer. That's right....you.

[@make.and.believe]

1:40:00 - It seems to me we're building towards Kang. He's certainly as high a threat level as Thanos if not greater.

[@pubfamily7515]

Watching it in 3D made a huge difference in my experience. I found it hugely enjoyable. Best movie ever, easily.

[@StatAvg]

Stoked to say, is in fact... Blade

[@runthejudes]

this is the first i'm hearing of glenn howerton nearly being star-lord and honestly my day is ruined because i would kill to see that

[@ItsChappening]

For the argument "is Ikaris stronger?" He is shown beating deviants on his own to the eternals fighting one with multiple members at the same time and he handles them way easier then them using combo moves

[@squirreland]

...I just want James to put the heart next to my comment...

[@PirateJacques79]

The best Walt Disney cartoon is actually 'The Secret of NIMH' by Don Bluth. (a thing better than the thing)

[@jeynarl]

1:51:00 Me: KZbin-> iron man 2 Justin hammer dance scene

[@Lukkilikka]

indiana jones originated from james bond but even as they were making raiders they(spielberg especially) intentionally wanted to move away from the original inspiration. the biggest example probably is how the movie originally ends with an action scene that leads to the island exploding but it turned into the ark opening scene. I like Indiana Jones more and those movies are... offspring of bond but they also have plenty of other influences and also indy as a character is different that idk if even really comparing bond and indy is useful

[@louisvictor3473]

1:03:00 ish, that is the issue I have with MCU's Thor and the Asgardians tbh (and by extension Hercules and the Olympians). Thor had literally this schtick on himself (which the comics did manage to also kill in brand synergy waves or whatever, sigh), being himself originally a being literally an immortal out of this world and dimension and his people being likewise grander than life, yet also having lived as a mortal he is out of place in both worlds. That is why Stan made the deities speak weird English, like in an old book of legend, because they are beings of legend, while Thor himself in his Donald Blake form would speak regular 'Murican. There is an excellent graphic novel that digs into that sorta thing so well, "Thor: I, whom the gods would destroy". All about that clash of the mudane and the grater than life immortal shite. But you know what the "Problem" is? It is not a lowest common denominator type of shite, it is not for everyone. So instead of Thor 1 on steroids' (still made almost 3X its budget just on box office), they want to make it "more accessible", more lowest common denominator... which unironically turn them into generic mehness, and all without Taika Watiti's humor to at least make it mudane, but at least funny enough for enough people.

[@BennyOkay]

1:37:35 his super power could be The Implication!

[@alanlally6450]

Do you guys reckon Arishem's judgement is going to be sending Galactus to devour Earth? Setting up the next Avengers movie.

[@Sabakryou]

Matt Smith could have been Son of Mortis !! :0000

[@liamgonzalez6223]

There was someone with extremis and a black widow in shang chi

[@tincano-beans2114]

The kick of a real gun, blanks obviously, is always worth it imo. Actors are so bad at pretend recoil.

[@nerdyoutube7847]

Just learned that nick is mason’s first name after watching this channel for like 5 years

[@migsmalone9391]

One of the widows from the red room was in the tournament…not a big reveal but a reveal nonetheless DO CONTAGION!!!!!!

[@chadhankins6835]

Maso for the win!! It WAS Blade

[@sandrasim46]

imo the story could have only focused on like four eternals at most, sisterhood of the traveling pants style

[@largepurplemonkey]

They didn't do the 'What we reading' theme! Is this the end of the Westworld streak??

[@SaulGMV]

You should ask Wil to help you out with wrecking the podcasts awards just like he did with the loggies.

[@dirkkrid3231]

Congrats to Mason for the wedding thing. I guess?

[@BeamSplashX]

they need to save glenn howerton and the rest of the always sunny crew for a fantastic four movie