Marvel Cinematic Universe

[Randall]

I watched Qantumania for the first time last night. Whoo boy, their earlier successes really went to their heads. Someone needs to recognize when things go off the rails and say, "No, that's a terrible idea." It wasn't all bad, of course, and there are far worse films out there, but if only they'd at least kept that awful and stupid version of MODOK out of it, it could have been so much better.

Turning Ant Man and The Wasp into a Star Wars film wasn't necessarily a bad idea, but it suffered from being a bad Star Wars movie. Too much emphasis on effects, not enough on all the characters being introduced. Also, too much quipping. Do we need wall-to-wall quips? And I didn't need the hints of the past love life of Michelle Pfeiffer and Bill Murray. Yech.

[Ben]

QUANTUMANIA

That was the one neat thing they did in that whole movie.

[Randall]

Spider-Man: No Way Home Extended Version coming to Netflix!

I really wish that I liked NWH more. I don't see a longer version saving it, but I hope it at least has more of what I did like - multiple Peter scenes.

[Ben]

Ha! We just lost that from 'Flix here. Not being a slave to the comics as much, I adored NWH as just a great film and nostalgically fun and well-made movie experience.

You get around ten minutes of new stuff, half of which seems deleted for a reason (a school chatshow bit with Betty Brant, which drags), but then there's a bit more JJ, and just one extra scene with talk between the Spideys, though that’s all it is, just talk, which delves into more of what was in there anyway, even if it is funny.

Nothing earth-shattering or movie-changing, though the end credit Dr Strange tease is swapped for another Betty bit, which is nicer than an ad for the ultimately lame next movie.

Would still like this cut on disc!

[James]

Popcorn bucket reveal for Deadpool & Wolverine movie

[gaastra]

Back in the sonyverse.

[Ben]

…until they meet Tom Holland in the next trilogy…

Fun to see Spirit in there at 2:49…