The Marvels is the First Movie to Ever Have a Woman In It (Quick Review)

The Possum tells you about the new MCU movie, The Marvels.

[@PossumReviews]

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[@commentingisdangerous7530]

my only complaint is that this video wasn't longer. i could listen to you eviscerate this movie for at least an hour.

[@Ramdileo_sys]

At 4:17... "I just want to see it.. because I figured it'd be an easy monetized KZbin video" ..+.. and yet is the best review dude 😁​...+.... How the rest forgot to mention such an important subplot like the cats vomiting people??!! 🤢​🤢​🤮​🤮​🤦‍♀​🤦‍♀​🤦‍♀​🤦‍♀​......+....... Or Nick Fury doing something sooo important like babysitting the girls cats.. while they go cosplay some ridiculous "Loser Generation made up" superheroines 🤦‍♀​🤦‍♀​🤦‍♀​...+....

[@Tarnthewarrior]

Anyone else miss Dr Shane? Not hating just nostalgic

[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

In 4 Weeks It's Christmas. Can you please review Elf Bowling the Movie? It would make Sense because you allready review Doom, Doom Annihilation, 1993 Super Mario and Mortal Kombat 2021. It would be hilarious.

[@Hulk_Hoagie_Bread_Master]

Legitimately didn’t know this movie was made till you made this video

[@613harbinger316]

"A movie making a ton of money at the box office is proof that it's good" Yep. That's why The Transformers sits right alongside The Godfather.

[@Channeleven2345789]

Eh, bad example. Batman and Robin is a better example than Transformers of a shit movie doing good at the box office

[@CThyran]

To be fair the *first* Transformers movie wasn't complete crap, no Casablanca but still.

[@613harbinger316]

@@CThyran LOL, I agree. How about the Transformers franchise vs. Godfather franchise. Seriously, there's no end to the examples one could call upon to illustrate the original point.

[@ECKohns]

Transformers is better than Marvel.

[@wifine1951]

Transformers is better than Marcel. CGI, action, soundtrack 😻

[@finesse1125]

And here I thought Jennifer Lawrence was the first woman in an action movie literally ever.

[@tonyh1847]

I thought she was the first woman to breathe oxygen?

[@glorbog]

I was gonna comment how "i thought the 2016 Ghostbusters movie was the first movie to have women in it ever". But it was the first "comedy" to have women in it ever... My bad 😶

[@OrangeAveng3r]

Really? I was told its Rachel Zegler.

[@glorbog]

@@LTNetjak don't bring that garbage in our marvel discussion

[@ikmor]

​​@@glorbog Don't bring that garbage up in our garbage discussion!

[@Ebi.Adonkie]

That theater shot showing the empty hall was absolutely crazy

[@unimpartialobserver]

Plenty of those for the first Captain Marvel movie, too. It's almost like the numbers haven't been honest for a long time.

[@frankieb9444]

Went to see Maverick a month after it released and it was almost full (smaller viewing)

[@plumaDshinigami]

Remember, Capt. Marvel is a hero... after killing a planet full of living people.

[@electricbayonet2]

And remember, Carol has no responsibility for provoking the peaceful, innocent Skrull into trying to exterminate mankind. That’s all on Nick Fury, the unpowered human, and not Carol, the superhuman that can travel through space at the speed of light and apparently ditched the Skrull to go decapitate the Kree government and start a bloody civil war.

[@jg3000]

That comes up in The Marvels. She fixes that by saving the remaining Kree.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

​@@jg3000You CAN'T be THAT stupid?

[@chrishill9197]

Like Saiyan Saga Vegeta and Omni-Man did lmfao. 😂

[@junaugust2705]

wait what ? how did that happen ? i don't watch marvel

[@simonsimons1252]

It's so brave of them to make the first movie to ever feature a female character every year.

[@saeedbarari2207]

next unlockable achievement be the first to feature a black gay female every 6 months for 24 months in a row.

[@homerhat420]

It made less than Five nights at Freddys. Good job Marvel.

[@insertnamehere5809]

A movie made with a pittance & made with love for the fans & the IP.

[@theblackswordsman5039]

When the five nights at Freddy’s movie does better at the box office than an average marvel movie you know you screwed up.

[@DavidBerger-g2h]

FNAF movie was what Fans expected literally but his mess is nothing than shallow Wole Capitalism

[@homerhat420]

@user-jv9xb5wz5c My kid was excited for it, I haven't seen it yet, but the animatronics look better than any boring cgi garbage in the Marvels

[@missplayer30]

Actually, it did less than Hunger Games prequel. The movie that apparently people were rooting to fail just because of an actress and barely made back its budget.

[@SonofTiamat]

"I have a dream: that someday, every movie will have a sassy girl boss" _Martin Luther Kang Jr.

[@SpaceDuckQuack]

We wuz kangz

[@SonofTiamat]

​@@SpaceDuckQuackDAS RITE!!!

[@amadeusagripino6862]

​@@SonofTiamat ayo hol up

[@lilmoeszyslak4810]

Shiettt!!!!

[@carl7810]

SAY IT LOUD SISTA! 💅🏿

[@NasrAllah9988]

To have 3 women in it* Because Cruella was the first one to have a woman in it

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Cruella was a solid movie. It was just HEAVILY flawed.

[@SonofTiamat]

​@@jeremyusreevu237Its biggest flaw is it exists

[@Breakaway-ic5gj]

@@jeremyusreevu237 If it was HEAVILY flawed, then that means it wasn't very solid

[@blunderingfool]

​@@jeremyusreevu237Cruella's name is literally based off the word "Cruel". She is (As a character) not a good person and certainly didn't need a pre-redemption movie. Keep in mind, she drowns kittens and wanted to skin puppies for a fur coat.

[@bowldawg4394]

Movie saw the “singing killed my grandma, okay?” line and took notes 😂

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

The Marvels: Three answers to a question nobody asked.

[@OrangeAveng3r]

Dude Nick Fury has been worthless since the 2nd Captain America movie. Samuel L Jackson shows up, says something mildly cool then fucks off to cash his check.

[@sodaspeak3437]

Then he temporarily got replaced by Dr. Strange only to then be replaced by Wong because B Cumberbatch was too busy and expensive while B Wong was more available.

[@thegamingprozone1941]

You need to keep both eyes on the prize USE YOUR BLACK GIRL MAGIC 😂😂😂😂😂

[@zmbdog]

A woman in a film? What next? Women driving? Pshaw

[@insertnamehere5809]

Next, they'll be wanting to vote

[@punishedmatteson7108]

​@@insertnamehere5809welp, there goes the country 😢

[@nerychristian]

Pretty soon women will be pushing to be allowed to leave their homes without their husbands permission

[@sarge-T.O.]

Say it again..... pshaw! lol

[@BoleDaPole]

Not if they live in an Islamic caliphate, not allowing women to leave the home without a man's permission since 900 A.D

[@aubreymorgan9763]

The 2015 Fantastic Four movie made more money than this movie. Let that sink in

[@Wavedashnoir]

😂😂😂😂

[@nerychristian]

The original Fantastic Four movies were pretty underrated

[@kanefindlay2549]

Ah fan4stic what a terrible movie like that power ranger film

[@pentapox9665]

When they complain that an incel boycott is causing the low returns...Why would that matter? Are incels the target demographic? Were incels the type of viewer you were expecting to come see this movie? Do these people ever think before they write these ridiculous statements?

[@grandmagunsales2125]

Clearly this person didn't. Flag as self harm and delete

[@1r0zz]

It’s from a western comic, of course incels are the main demographic?

[@MAKERMDT]

Does Disney keep forgetting that Brie Larson said that Captain Marvel isn't for men? But yet they blame men for not going to see the movie? Colour me confused

[@Cypherwraith001]

There's something to be said for universal appeal. This is like when the director of "Bros" said that the movie failed because "Straight people didn't show up to support it". Well, duh. If you market exclusively to a demographic, you don't get to complain when other demographics don't notice.

[@hebanker3372]

She said that for a Wrinkle in Time, which is equally cringe.

[@TotallyNotSnowman]

Doesn't seem like women came to see it either. If they market it for women, wouldn't it be women's fault that it flopped so badly? Nah, it has to be sexist men.

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

Logical consistency and Wokeness are mutually exclusive.

[@blankadams3120]

I just realized: That's not how Quantum Entanglement works... if two atoms are entangled, it just means they start to mirror each other... like, if one starts to spin in one direction, the other one will start spinning in the same direction. No matter how much distance there is between them... they don't trade places...

[@markiangooley]

The whole multiverse thing is also swiped from physics. But swiping a term doesn’t mean that you know what it means or that you can even cobble up something analogous to it.

[@cacomeatballmarinara2014]

You say that like anyone writing cares about any part of the phenomenon other than “it Quantum so smart”

[@camiloardilavillegas6482]

Finally someone says it; this is basic Bioshock people!

[@YTHomer]

I like how Possum gave the same title to Cruella.

[@glorbog]

Its not a lie tho

[@HECKproductions]

well it IS the first time that it is the 485546734th time that it is the first time that a movie has an women

[@miothan]

"But i guess shes an idiot" sounds on point.

[@Ramsey276one]

XD

[@ibbyseed]

I used to be the biggest marvel fan man. I still remember going to see the the first avengers movie. After years of build up since the first iron man movie and hulk. A lot of people that love marvel didn’t jump on the bandwagon until after the avengers. marvel was such a different thing back then. such a sad thing

[@woldemunster9244]

Maybe should have read the comics, the MCU was a "meh" from the start. Hugh Jackman as Wolverine? fuck that.

[@skiburc2252]

​@woldemunster9244 who cares if it's not perfectly accurate to the comics or whatever, I doubt it'd ever have measured up to the comics but it doesn't really have to because it is movies its just completely different

[@Wavedashnoir]

​@@woldemunster9244stfu the comics aren't much better rn 😂

[@NERV287]

@@woldemunster9244 they were never gonna portray him as short, hollywood is full of short guys that could play the role just fine but hollywood makes them stand on boxes and wear platform shoes so they dont look shorter than their female costars.

[@GreenGimmick]

Trash then, trash now. Only now more people are pushing back against it

[@pamhenrichs5106]

Wasn't the first Captain Marvel also sold as a really important movie to watch to understand Endgame? I remember friends telling me that so lots of people went to watch that movie on my country.

[@Thesilentdemise]

Yeah I only watched it because everyone said it was relevant to endgame

[@thomasjefferson2676]

Sorry to hear that

[@wifine1951]

It was pure marketing.

[@tomkerruish2982]

Yes. Right at the end of Infinity War, Nick Fury (as he's disintegrating) activates a pager to signal Captain Marvel.

[@hmm8445]

IDC I swear there hasn't been a single marvel movie that sorta liked

[@oblivionfan345Tony]

The Marvel game with Kamala Khan definitely confirmed that giant realistic hands look disgusting and weird.

[@Joev.]

Thanks for going to see this cinematic masterpiece Possum. Maybe they should have had the Goblin and Suburban Sasquatch as villins. It might have sold the humor better for them.

[@elcamello1980]

Only if they can finally answer one of humanity's greatest mysteries: why did the goblin turn on the stove? If not, count me out.

[@Joev.]

@@elcamello1980 I fear humanity will never know why. Only the Possum can get to the bottom of this mystery.

[@theblackflame4002]

I used to own a comic book store(2001-2009) and I'm pretty good with knowing my comics from the 30's up until maybe ten years ago when I gave up on them, but who the F is 'Dar-Ben? Like who the hell is this guy? They're trying to build towards some big Thanos like event but Kang proved a bust and no one even knows who this fool is. I hope for the sake of Stan Lee's legacy, they stop making these disasters.

[@PaladinHD]

The Goblin turned the stove on which led to the sun dying

[@doublem6884]

From the hundreds of favorite books I read growing up, I only remember a few of the authors names and even then, I learned their names for school related purposes. The authors could’ve been Hindu, gay, black, liquid, pescatarian or one-legged for all I knew. Literally the only thing I cared about was the story and how much I enjoyed it and I find it hard to believe that that wouldn’t be the case for most people. If my book didn’t do well after I published it, I wouldn’t say, “oh! It’s because I’m a dwarf woman!” That’s stupid. These people are stupid. So saying something got

[@MephiticMiasma]

I knew authors' names so I could find more books they wrote if I liked it.

[@Quetzietse]

But you are not a dwarf woman, you are an owl.

[@BadMarriageKawagoe]

Is your comment cutting off short a dwarf joke or...

[@613harbinger316]

This is a case of people being _trained_ to see the world a certain way. Which is why those who believe in or encourage these types of power politics are so adamant about having control over what gets taught to kids - to normalize this mindset and lay down a foundation that makes it easier to sway a voting public. Freedom, especially freedom of thought, is not high on their list of values if it's there at all. Reminds me of Possum's 'everything is political' rant from the Ghostbusters 2016 review.

[@Quetzietse]

@@613harbinger316 You are talking about Republicans and the Religious Right I assume?

[@Burns_RED]

Breaking those glass ceilings AGAIN with every single movie these days 😂

[@Ramsey276one]

Is there any Glass Ceiling left by now??

[@Burns_RED]

@@Ramsey276one No. Not even in my lifetime.

[@AscendantStoic]

The question is who is gonna clean up all that broken glass 😅

[@ECKohns]

And yet the MCU has STILL not given us a Gamer Stuperhero. No representation for the most oppressed group of all!

[@Ramsey276one]

@@ECKohns Screentime? Or was that a DC thing?? They're both being so horrible I can't tell them apart...

[@obiejerusalem8587]

This has always happened throughout the history of cinema. There's a genre that is successful, so movies are released under said genre (westerns, space exploration, slashers, etc). Until the biggest and most expensive movie flops, look at the 1963 version of Cleopatra, or 1980 movie Heaven's Gate.

[@BurgerWyister20]

Right on the mark. Genre fatigue is settling in for superhero movies. It isn't just Marvel either. Every DC movie since Black Adam flopped, Ant man 3 flopped, and the marvels is doing abysmally. Guardians 3 and spider verse 2 were the only two successful ones this year. What are your bets on what will replace superhero movies once they're gone? I'd say video game based movies will, considering that Mario made a billion dollars and the FNAF movie is surpassing the marvels.

[@dragonandavatarfan8865]

@@BurgerWyister20 Either video game or anime adaptations, hell maybe both since hollywood realized that their days are numbered and they quickly need to find the next succesful genre they can milk for another decade.

[@BurgerWyister20]

@@dragonandavatarfan8865 I've also heard people suggest that sci-fi movies will have a comeback judging by the success of dune and avatar 2. Video game movies will seriously need to step it up if they're going to take over.

[@DONKEYKONG260]

I get that but superhero movies that came out after this one did way better. Genre fatigue isn't why this movie flopped. It flopped because it's actually garbage

[@GrubSlime]

The funniest thing about all this. Is pretty much everyone that reviewed this film had said the Villian should have used uninhabited planets to recover their homeworld. Why do writers for disney and marvel not think logically anymore?

[@marsinvader9078]

Because they're ai

[@theonlyMoancore]

Because they don't think they're paid enough to, hell at this rate I'd be surprised if they got paid at all!

[@dyloniusofsparta]

Char-act-er arc? More like a flatline, Captain Marvel, the hero with the power to make everyone yawn simultaneously, whilst sucking all the air out of the room. A character so popular, the comic writers put her in a coma for two decades, and gave her powers to someone more interesting, The Incredible Captain Marvel.

[@MephiticMiasma]

Rogue FTW

[@613harbinger316]

On the Evil Overlord list there's one where the Overlord regularly hires a charismatic "hero" to show up in the local village, foment revolution and lead a doomed uprising against the Overlord. That way when an actual hero shows up, no one will believe or follow him. Captain Marvel is the hired "hero".

[@tarrker]

I love the idea of a $47 million grossing film being a failure. That's just insane to me. Makes me wonder how much they spent on the more beloved films in the series. Because atmosphere, solid narrative and, well written characters are what make for a good film. Not how much money is spent on it. Which you'd think an industry giant like Disney would know but, here we are. x_x

[@NYUMIR]

You’d think they know but they just don’t. THEY JUST DON’T 🤦🏾‍♀️ Disney is really bad these days

[@theblackflame4002]

Seriously the costs of these things are through the roof, especially with all the reshoots. They should know that in this day and age, most people are not going to the theater and even for good movies the numbers are not going to be what they used to. so you'd think they'd try to curb the budget.

[@mayhemmacy1566]

regardless, it probably did well in China.

[@nendymion]

@@mayhemmacy1566 It really didn't do well in China, on opening weekend it made only 11 Million which dropped to 1.2 Million on week 2. Now to be fair 11 Million was the highest number non-domestic while every other country that isn't the U.S. was somewhere around 1 million on opening weekend. The thing is though the movie needs to make somewhere around 1.2 Billion in order to break even and as of right now at week three the movie has only grossed $167 million worldwide. This thing has absolutely no way of making it's budget back and will probably go down as one of the biggest bombs in who knows how long.

[@timmybee3669]

47 million has been a flop for many years…

[@targetdreamer257]

Here is one for ya. My mom was not a comic fan but over the years she kinda became one. At first by osmosis because I would watch MCU movies it wasn’t until somewhere around the Winter Soldier she actively wanted to watch them. Also she rarely goes to the theater to watch anything but she needed to see Black Panther on the big screen. Then Infinity Wars and she got hyped. In fact it took 5 or 6 weeks because it was always sold out. Wasn’t interested in the sandwiched Captain Marvel. But End Game? She was HYPED! HYPED! Side note I have been getting comic t-shirts for my birthday for years prior. Finally it was End Game time. It was mom that wanted to “dress” up. We donned our tees; Captain Marvel (mom), X-men (dad), and Hydra (me). I still have the picture of the three of us striking Heroic or Villainous poses. She actually asked some rando to take the picture. Also also it took two months to finally get seating, because End Game was sold out for those two months. Fast forward to two Thursdays ago and we needed to vacate the house because they were spraying. We went to see the Marvels. Mom played her crossword puzzle game on her phone the entire time. I think she looked up like 5 times. Quite honestly we should have waited the 1 hour and half to watch Trolls Band Together.

[@BadMarriageKawagoe]

Jesus fucking Oof. Didn't know it was that bad.

[@brickhouse2265]

Whole family of dorks

[@drdiabeetus4419]

I just had a thought. If the narrative of "The movie only failed cause people are sexist/racist/homophobic" was actually true... wouldn't that just be a tacit admission that studios SHOULDN'T be making that kind of movie? It's basically just saying "It failed because the subject matter was not popular enough for the mainstream" but in a more inflammatory way.

[@chriswhite2151]

So following that logic a step further, the fact they did make this movie is evidence that they are trying to change that thinking, and they put that above making a profit. So they can all be proud that they sacrificed a billion dollars to prove a point. Unfortunately the quality and popularity of the movie proves the opposite point.

[@vladpiranha]

A) People will have a hard time caring about movies unless they can see themselves represented on screen. B) White men need to see movies about diverse women or they're evil. Fucking pick one, Disney.

[@MGS-lore-enthusiast]

​@@chriswhite2151ok blue hair

[@chriswhite2151]

@@MGS-lore-enthusiast enjoy a live centipede

[@failurenotsorry6600]

yeah, its strange really.

[@arcas8423]

Did any of these actors, writers or directors see Alien back in 1979? I think there was a heroine in that movie.

[@kaykutcher2103]

Or Filibus from 1915. Honestly, how is it our fault they didn't do their homework? There are plenty of good female lead franchises from the "sexist" past they're trying so hard to make up for; Blondie, Torchy Blane, Maisie, I have all day Hollywood, try me!

[@Mr.Corinthians]

@@kaykutcher2103 They wouldn't listen to you even if you gave them a sheet of paper a mile long disproving them. From the 1985 interview with Yuri Bezmenov on the "Four steps for ideological subversion". “As I mentioned before, exposure to true information does not matter anymore,” said Bezmenov. “A person who was demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell nothing to him. Even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents, with pictures; even if I take him by force to the Soviet Union and show him [a] concentration camp, he will refuse to believe it, until he [receives] a kick in his fan-bottom. When a military boot crashes his balls then he will understand. But not before that. That’s the [tragedy] of the situation of demoralization.” It’s hard not to see in that the state of many modern Americans. We have become a society of polarized tribes, with some people flat out rejecting facts in favor of narratives and opinions.

[@Mr.Corinthians]

@@kaykutcher2103 I should have added this for context. Step one of the "Four steps for ideological subversion". (Yuri Bezmenov, 1985) Demoralization - this is a process which can take about 15-30 years to perform (a generation). *During this stage, the moral fibre and integrity of the country is put into question, thereby creating doubt in the minds of the people. To do so, manipulation of the media and academia is required to influence young people.* As the younger generation embraces new values, such as Marxism and Leninism, the older generation slowly loses control simply through attrition. *Again, true facts no longer matter during this stage, but rather creating perceptions are of paramount importance.* Eliminating American exceptionalism, fundamental change of national identity, structural deconstruction of foundational principles, elimination of religion. *Embedding a new societal design upon the psyche of generations through ideological academia, peer pressure by elites upon academics and society to convince that prior values were inherently flawed, racist, prejudiced etc.* National identity is diluted with aspersions toward historical references. National History is re-written, re-defined, and molded to fit the new intended behavioral model and create the new values.

[@Senumunu]

shut up already. you always quote the same movie to seek approval of people that hate you.

[@Lonewolf-ei5yv]

I also heard that in the "captain Marvel" movie, people buying 100 tickets, and they didn't show up. I haven't confirmed this.

[@Ramsey276one]

CAN YOU BLAME THEM?! XD

[@ThieflyChap]

The "villain" is so... not intimidating. She looks like she'd barely get by as the villain's sidekick. She doesn't look threatening at all.

[@favoritemustard3542]

Naw, you know she hard with that gangsta grill! 😬

[@ThieflyChap]

@@favoritemustard3542 Hmmm, yes, her gnashers are really.... threatening...

[@favoritemustard3542]

@@ThieflyChap ...& that's about it lol

[@lunaderacine]

The Winter Soldier and Civil War were peak MCU for me. Nothing from them has been as great since.

[@Dan_theSandwichman]

I think The Avengers was peak MCU.

[@HECKproductions]

so its one of those "iF yOu DoNt LiKe It YoUrE'r aN mYsOgYnIsT" movies glad we are getting more of those they are what seperates us from the barbarians

[@cartooncritique6625]

I love how they try and use that lame excuse of "Men don't like strong female characters" when a little over a decade ago "My Little Pony" (a series intended for little girls) ended up becoming a cultural phenomenon large in part due to how many men wound up falling in love with it (and I don't just mean little boys I mean grown-ass MEN)!

[@butteryfriedwizard2219]

This movie really makes me miss dinosaurs

[@pgbrown12084]

I dont have a problem with diversity in movies. What i have a problem with is the grossly overt cynicism from Hollywood. Slapping in a gay person to pander to one group, but then cutting that character in its entirety when it goes to China. If its that easy to cut a character, WHY ARE THEY IN THE MOVIE!!? Just make movies with well written characters and stories and prople will watch it. Gender, race, sexuality are all surface level traits and do not define an individual. Why is this so hard Disney?

[@tobiasbayer4866]

Im 100% convinced that doing bad representation is part of their Marketing strategy by now. Not because of the people that want it, but because they know it will get people talking when they put in yet another bland minority character.

[@Duothimir]

I kinda wish Miles could have more of his own villains instead of having to take Peter's sloppy seconds. Prowler was neat, but aside from him we have uh....

[@Mr.Corinthians]

The reason they cut those things out for China is because China is already a Communist country. The "diversity, equity and inclusion" propaganda is just a means to create division as part of the demoralization and destabilization process of ideological subversion. Steps one and two of the "Four steps for ideological subversion". (Yuri Bezmenov, Former KGB Propaganda Agent, 1985) Demoralization - this is a process which can take about 15-30 years to perform (a generation). *During this stage, the moral fibre and integrity of the country is put into question, thereby creating doubt in the minds of the people. To do so, manipulation of the media and academia is required to influence young people.* As the younger generation embraces new values, such as Marxism and Leninism, the older generation slowly loses control simply through attrition. *Again, true facts no longer matter during this stage, but rather creating perceptions are of paramount importance.* ---This is why they always use the excuse of "sexism, racism, homophobia" for their failures. You could point out that Barbie and Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse succeeded while having female and "minority" leads, but they will ignore that just to stick to the narrative. Eliminating American exceptionalism, fundamental change of national identity, *structural deconstruction of foundational principles, elimination of religion. Embedding a new societal design upon the psyche of generations through ideological academia, peer pressure by elites upon academics and society to convince that prior values were inherently flawed, racist, prejudiced etc. National identity is diluted with aspersions toward historical references. National History is re-written, re-defined, and molded to fit the new intended behavioral model and create the new values.* Communism and Religion Abolished - all religious and metaphysics is rejected. Engels and Lenin agreed that religion was a drug or “spiritual booze” and must be combated. *To them, atheism put into practice meant a “forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.”* Destabilization - the purpose of this step is to change the status quo, particularly the country's economy, foreign relations, and defense systems. *The intent is to create a massive government permeating society and becoming intrusive in the lives of its citizens. This can take from two to five years to perform, again with the active support of academia pushing youth in this direction. Here, entitlements and benefits are promised to the populace to encourage their support.* Basically, they are bribing the people to accept their programs. Bezmenov claims after this stage is completed, the naive college professors are no longer needed and since they will undoubtedly protest government policies when they discover the truth, they will be disposed of quickly. He cites examples of this occurring in Nicaragua, Grenada, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. ---Who is gaining entitlements and benefits, anyways? Is it not the so-called "oppressed minority"? Why do some people keep failing upwards despite failing over and over again? Is it because they are qualified for the work they do? Or is it because they check off certain intersectionality/ESG boxes? What happens when the majority of the population has finally had enough of a small, vocal minority being given special benefits while they (the majority) are told how evil they are? Does it gain sympathy for the "oppressed" group? And does it make people want to support the people/corporations who promote the minority, or will the majority also become resentful of the them as well? *“[T]he useful idiots, the leftists who are idealistically believing in the beauty of the Soviet socialist or Communist or whatever system,* when they get disillusioned, they become the worst enemies. That’s why my KGB instructors specifically made the point: never bother with leftists. Forget about these political prostitutes. *Aim higher.* [...] They serve a purpose only at the stage of destabilization of a nation. *For example, your leftists in the United States: all these professors and all these beautiful civil rights defenders. They are instrumental in the process of the subversion only to destabilize a nation. When their job is completed, they are not needed any more. They know too much.* Some of them, when they get disillusioned, when they see that Marxist-Leninists come to power-obviously they get offended-they think that they will come to power. That will never happen, of course. *They will be lined up against the wall and shot.”* Reverse psychology is a technique involving the assertion of a belief or behavior that is opposite to the one desired, with the expectation that this approach will encourage the subject of the persuasion to do what is actually desired. So the pendulum swings, now violently, now slowly; and every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival. William Ralph Inge "Democracy and the Future" The Atlantic Monthly (March 1922) The current atheistic, Liberal Marxist institution is preparing the way for their most hated rivals, Ultra-Orthodox Religious Conservative fascists, to come to power. What is the “7 Mountains Mandate” (Dominionism/Dominion Theology)? Supposedly there are 7 “mountains” of global society-Arts and Entertainment, Education, Economy, Family, Government and Military, Media and Religion. (Note: The US voting machines are called “Dominion”.) According to this false teaching, by conquering these 7 “mountains”, the Kingdom of God will be established. Step 3 of the four steps for ideological subversion. Crisis - this is a major step lasting up to six weeks and *involves a revolutionary change of power.* This is where a cataclysmic event (civil war, invasion) upsets and divides the country thereby creating panic among the citizens. Recent examples include the 2011 upheavals in the Middle East, most notably Egypt and Libya. *To Americans, symptoms would include circumventing the Constitution* and altering the checks and balances of government, and possibly martial law. Creation of economic, financial, and national security crisis. Also includes social crisis and breakdown of previous self-evident restrictions on moral behavior. Cloward Piven approach to overloading the system, more takers than producers. The crisis produces benevolent leaders who will promise to deliver things to meet people's needs (Hope and Change) through social and economic justice. False illusions that the situation is under control if strategic directions are followed. (Bailouts, regulations of industry and so forth). Liberals are being used to create social and financial instability so that Conservatives can offer the solutions to our problems. This will lead to becoming a full fledged fascist regime that must be dealt with by Communists who then offer the solution to the problem of fascism led by "Christians" and Capitalists---Eliminate all of them.

[@tobiasbayer4866]

@@Mr.Corinthians Interesting....... I just have a single question: Who is orchestrating all of this? Who are the "they" that you talk about? The way that you are wording this implies that it isnt a natural process and that someone is pulling the strings. So who is it?

[@mcexistant664]

@@tobiasbayer4866 Oh yeah that's just Mr. They, he's my neighbor.

[@samroe4294]

"You didn't see The Marvels because it had a black female director." Me: "That movie had a director?"

[@jeremyallen5974]

I called this shit back when this 'cinematic universe' was still in its infancy. They should've kept the same writers throughout instead of hiring different mooks for each entry. Which, to the uninitiated, is a kiss of death because there won't be any consistency to the story because the revolving door of writers will inevitably lead to contradictions and heel turns Which was why Infinity Bore spent its runtime trying to act like the genocidal alien warlord was in the right when his plan was no different than something a braindead middle schooler would come up with to solve the 'overpopulation problem'

[@ViperChief117]

Pretty sure these individuals have forgotten that Alien and Terminator already existed before the MCU? lol

[@Bluepenguin28]

or Tomb Raider

[@Mr.Corinthians]

I think it's funny how they forget the first black female action star, Pam Grier, was making movies in the 1970's before Linda Hamilton or Sigourney Weaver became household names.

[@unimpartialobserver]

And everyone else has forgotten everything that existed before Alien and Terminator.

[@maryhassellpetty670]

Bruh the people that say because the director is black people aren’t watching it are so dumb. I’ve seen 3 video essays before this one about this movie and how bad it is and until now I didn’t know that.

[@tristanmurphy1171]

But more importantly, why did the goblin turn on the stove?

[@nerychristian]

Because he wanted to make popcorn

[@RealityCheck6969]

While watching the movie I had 2 things in my mind constantly: “this is stupid” and “this is so embarrassing”. And no, I haven’t paid for it. There is no way I give a cent to Disney.

[@sharpester7277]

At this stage in the game, Disney sitcom writing won't be what saves the MCU. It will take a total creative overhaul, a five to eight year break, and a total reboot.

[@SonofTiamat]

Please, no more reboots

[@Breakaway-ic5gj]

Why don't we just let it end and pretend nothing happened after Endgame?

[@jimmyseaver3647]

@@Breakaway-ic5gj Honestly, Endgame should've been the end of it. If one wanted to explore the aftermath, I'm sure someone could've whipped up some more comics or at least written a fanfic.

[@theblackflame4002]

Also writers who are allowed to be creative and not pressed into the woke box, and get back to respecting the source material. Carol Danvers back in the late seventies up until recently in the comics was a great character, so was she hulk for that matter. They just pollute everything with their lazy writing and woke agenda

[@smithgdwg]

@@Breakaway-ic5gjOr maybe pretend nothing happened after Infinity War.

[@faeembrugh]

When he started talking about the kittens swallowing people scene, I really wondered if I was actually hearing things correctly..

[@markiangooley]

I’m sure that one or more of the writers would like one of her cats to swallow her alive and intact so that she can snuggle up inside it…

[@Ramsey276one]

12:15 o_0 W T A F ?!?

[@JohnWilliamNowak]

It's like that vulva rocket video. You don't know if they're kidding or not, because the world is indeed that stupid.

[@CommanderViviax]

I did too. I felt like throwing up and cringed so hard it hurt when I heard it. I was like. Did I just hear that. Am I hallucinating something horrible?! I stopped the video. Started it again. Then he kept going and I realized he really said that.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

Monica Rambo is the first female Marvel who was replaced now deceased Mar'vel who was a male in the comics long before Carol Danvers was created.

[@amadeusagripino6862]

Monica Rambo from First Blood?

[@that_deadeyegamer7920]

Carol became Ms Marvel in 1977, a few years before the original Mar-vell even died. I believe she was killed off though as well and was brought back in the 2010s but I could be mistaken on that

[@amadeusagripino6862]

@@that_deadeyegamer7920 after Rogue drained her powers in an Avengers annual issue, she went through an amount of reformulations and even was part of the Starjammers, the space pirates band led by Cyclops father, at some point. This character never had a life of her own.

[@that_deadeyegamer7920]

@@amadeusagripino6862 Carol Danvers has gone through many iterations of trying to make a character of her own though lmfao. I'm not defending her character necessarily but they tried to make her an original character and shitty writers just made it impossible.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

@@amadeusagripino6862 LOL, No. I just couldn't spell her last name. Not even the algorithm can spell it out. I have to Google it.

[@mr.fancypants666]

Diversity is not necessarily a bad thing. What Disney does is tokenism . They set up these characters to fail. Other than being diverse they have minimal development. I still don't know why the villian doesn't look Kree.

[@sreed8570]

The bad bitch wants to steal air from other planets? Really?? Cue Mell Brookes and Spaceballs,, now that was a real movie.

[@Bluepenguin28]

since the writer stole the plot from Space Balls, one would think she knows what is a good movie looks like but here we are 😂😂

[@applescruff1969]

As a person who works at a theatre, I can indeed confirm that the theatre's been completely empty for most nights.

[@ab-gail]

0:42 Dang. John Carter was a better movie too.

[@secondarycontainment4727]

Bre Larson said that she doesn't care what I think because of my skin color, age, and gender. She said her movies aren't made for me. So, I gave her what she wanted. None of my money. Also, I'm sick of Disney's WOKE agenda. They get none of my money too.

[@Wavedashnoir]

Y'all really highjacked the word woke 😂

[@gjtrue]

@@Wavedashnoir It really has become an overused buzzword

[@ikmor]

​@@gjtrue Yes, turned into anything but what it's about.

[@Wavedashnoir]

@@gjtrue i liked it better when only black people used it 💀

[@RantingRamsay]

​@@ikmorIt's no worse off now than it was originally...

[@skiburc2252]

I actually cannot believe he was the ONLY person in the cinema

[@613harbinger316]

I have no intention of seeing the movie, but seeing the actual footage of the empty theater, even while the movie was playing, makes me feel kind of sad for it. Or maybe it's more like pity.

[@spongerobert]

@@613harbinger316 I also felt a bit sad/pity but then I remembered that I'm a racist and misogynist for not seeing the movie and that perked me right up. I haven't even pirated any of the MCU trash recently. My time is worthless but it's still worth more than this trash.

[@WarioWareFan01010]

SCREW THE MARVELS. LETS GO PLAY PIZZA TOWER!!!

[@SonofTiamat]

Punch Club is a very fun game

[@kyotheman69]

other issue is people think when comes to gross what movie makes all of it goes to disney, it doesn't domestic its only 55-60% they take in, over seas its like 45%, china its only 25% they take in, people forget they need to pay theaters to show the movie...

[@forner1900]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for reviewing this. Epic take as always. I'm sorry it was so painful. Thanks for taking one for the team.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

I totally can't wait to see Disney make an a female Avengers movie. Kevin Feigi said that he wanted the vast majority of MCU superheroes to be female eventually.

[@theblackswordsman5039]

Fuck Hollywood

[@dannysmi7162]

That’s great, but did he decide to actually write good characters? If not, definitely not going to help, unless they get naked or something, but still probably not.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

@awhellnah__ What's that? ESG?

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

Ok, how is it not sexist to be fine with movies with every single main character being a guy, but not the reverse?

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

​@@dannysmi7162Chris Hemsworth getting stripped naked = bad and woke Women getting stripped naked = good apparently Why can't both be bad?

[@muffinvapes]

Why did the goblin turn on the stove

[@Bucketus.Lord.of.Buckets]

We appreciate your sacrifice watching this stuff

[@GreatFox42]

I saw a comment elsewhere that compared this movie to the WNBA. Because the audience it was geared towards didn't show up, guilt-shame the men for not supporting it. I'm also getting really, _really_ sick of these hacks that think they are _owed_ success for what they are or their crappy messaging. The product quality means nothing, nor does the audience's desire. We all exist for them and their ego, not that their movie exists to entertain us.

[@A_ghost_leviathan]

Wondering why the goblin turned on the stove is infinitely more entertaining than the entirety of The Marvels.

[@tommern84]

I dont know why John Carter is getting so much hate and flopped like it did.. I have seen it a few times,and it is a legit enjoyable, entertaining and charming movie. It is multiple times better that almost every shitty movies that has been spewed out the last 10 Years

[@_--JohnVK--_]

I entirely agree. I also like & enjoy that movie for what it is. I watch it every once in a while, with a bag of popcorn, and I enjoy every minute of it.

[@tommern84]

@@_--JohnVK--_ yes! It is a great movie to rewach every now and then. Good thing I'm not the only one that thinks that 😊 and you just gave me an idea for what I will do this evening! Thank you

[@kapitankapital6580]

The reason why the characters can't argue and split up is because they need Kid Marvel and Black Marvel to weigh Captain Marvel down, or else she could literally solve the entire plot in 30 seconds. They've created this stupidly OP character and are only now realising why that's a bad thing because she literally has no stakes.

[@Vastafari34]

I LOVE when you review more modern and more "main stream" movies , they always do really well as far as view counts too. Now I would just LOVE it if you reviewed Adam Sandler's piece of garbage "Grown Ups".

[@hartianx1698]

Especially Grown Ups 2.

[@armyofuno8196]

I'd rather watch both grown-ups then any marvel movie.

[@theblackswordsman5039]

I’m so happy that the movie bombed, this means that Disney’s downfall is inevitable.

[@favoritemustard3542]

Every time you say _KAMALA_ it's a jumpscare.

[@TheRook__if]

This is the first video you’re posted since I discovered you and man, your content is great, your sense of humor and skits always put a smile on my face. Please keep it up possum, you truly do find garbage.

[@Sjono]

“Any movie released between Infinity War abd Endgame would’ve made over a billion.” Ant-Man and The Wasp: “Well this is awkward.”

[@LyleVSXyle]

Quantumania makes Ant Man and The Wasp look stellar by comparison

[@lisaleonard9874]

It's always a better Friday when Possum uploads a new video 😊

[@lanterns_glow]

It's almost like they don't know how to write

[@nerychristian]

They didn't get learned ebonics in grammar school

[@Stroheim333]

Captain Marvel is so f*ckin' boring as a character, if she can be called a character at all, that it is totally natural that nobody cares. People needed to see the first movie to understand there is nothing else than a WOMAN in the role. Not even a sexy one.

[@allenomalley4014]

I wonder who watched Xenia Warrior Princess wouldn’t have been male fans of the genre

[@shanedoe3462]

Three women getting along is the most unbelievable thing about this movie. The Real Housewives of Orange County can't even do that for an hour each week.

[@revelon1952]

best reviewer on youtube

[@kingbash6466]

Considering how complacent not only Marvel but Disney as a whole have been with their output of mediocre sludge that gets defended by bootlicking virtue-signaling, dorks, I feel like this year should be a reminder that buying out the competition and over-saturating the market does not immediately lead to either good products or good will.

[@thomasjefferson2676]

Dude, the manipulations to their faces for your thumbnail is spot on. I’m so happy to know that I see things the way you do.

[@JubeiSenpai]

The first movie to star 3 piles of trash as its leads

[@amadeusagripino6862]

Is this like a personal attack or something?

[@pisacenere]

Now I can totally ignore every other The Marvels piece of media

[@pretikewl76]

We all knew this movie was going to bomb. People have gotten tired of it.

[@ericgarcia4745]

At this point Asylum films have better stories than Disney's marvel movies

[@michaeldavis2001]

Wow, Possum. This movie JUST came out. No time wasted. No f*cks given! How is Kamala Khan a Captain Marvel fan? She appeared on Earth during the nineties, then left to find a home for the Skrulls (she failed, apparently). Captain Marvel returned just in time to be punched off-planet by Thanos (who couldn't do that to Thor or Iron Man). She achieved NOTHING while on Earth. Yet, she has fans?

[@LyleVSXyle]

I wonder if the villain actress got the role as a favour since her fiancé is Tom Hiddleston.

[@taags]

That surprised me. She must have a great personality because she is very average looking.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

I can already see the angry trolls at r/saltierthanrkayt screencapping this video to whine about it in their little echochamber, without watching a second of it because "differing ideas are SCAWY!"

[@SonofTiamat]

"sHh, jUsT LeT pEoPLe EnJoY tHiNgS"

[@jeremyusreevu237]

​@SonofTiamat Unless those things are movie critics we don't like. Then shit all over them. But let US enjoy the things WE like.

[@RiseInAfterlife]

So I got curious as I've never heard about that place so I took a peak... Holy shit what absolute brainlets talking bullshit and being busy agreeing with each other while huffing their own farts.

[@Wavedashnoir]

Nobody told you to be here kiddo 😂😂😂

[@jeremyusreevu237]

@@Wavedashnoir Dude, I'm agreeing with the video.

[@Hope_spider]

yo aint that captain marvel, the first woman to do anything ever!!!!!!!

[@lonestoner8297]

Disney if they ever see this: "How dare this internet possum guy say our movie is garbage!!" He's a possum. He finds garbage. If you leave it laying around, he'll find it. Lol

[@printisdead1983]

This is what happens when you call quality control ,gatekeeping

[@AstorTrex]

No gatekeeping is stupid

[@Alexander59059]

Claiming this movie failed just because men didn’t watch it is indirectly saying that women can’t succeed without men. I don’t know why people insist on making it a competition anyway.

[@professorxaviour3649]

The avengers never learned to work with each other, they just all came together and fought the chitari because they had no choice! But iron man and cap America never resolved their issues and neither did hulk and thor! One scene they were fighting on the ship and the next scene they were all together fighting against the chitari in New York!!

[@davedsilva]

I hear Director Nia DaCosta was fired vs her claim of leaving before she for finished due to her confidence. She wasn’t invited to the cast and crew screening.

[@kyotheman69]

lol with the meme, when it comes to disney, they loving pushing "first woman" bs, this needs to stop, women have been in film and directed before....

[@sarlaccstapeworm990]

I absolutely love Possum!! He's so great at describing how bad modern movies SUCK!! 😆🤣👍

[@cyryc]

Gee, who'd have thought that adapting the characters and stories that destroyed the Marvel Comics division in 2010s would also destroy the Movies as well?

[@Bopperann]

Damn, that's some expensive garbage.

[@angelbarrios426]

13:09 hahaha, the movie is so awful that Possum was sick of it and wanted to end the review as quick as possible 😂.

[@Bthakilla4rilla]

"I cringed so hard it triggered my fight or flight response" is not something I ever thought I'd hear lol

[@KajenIII]

did they know they could be vomited up by the cats

[@ali32bit42]

oh my god.. the cat plot.. its basically V**re .. and the furry kind too.. did nobody double check that ?

[@F0wlPlay]

I mean, they said the movie wasn't for me, so I didn't go see it. 🤷‍♂️ What do you mean "catastrophic failing at the box office"?

[@shadowentity777]

4:09 damn he soloed the whole movie by himself