Today is a Special Day
Not only is today Veteran's Day in the US, but it's also the day that I, the Lord Scorpion, was birthed onto this planet! Let the confetti rain & the rum flow!
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@hayhor @Lord_Scorpion34 Shan chi was a good marvel film. Ive watched a lot of Chinese films, fly by wire etc, over the years and enjoy them. Aspects of them were foremost in the film but it was a just a bit twee and a bit bit too American marveled.
Looking forward to the graphics in externals but getting a bit tired of marvel world. Star trek discovery coming back soon 😃
Loved that there are a lot action scenes in Shang Chi. They went with the Thanos Infinity War style of having the main story about the villain and not the protagonist. Only downside of the film is that I still hate Awkwafina and all her films since she just plays as herself.
- @Cheese9Man But Ryan Reynolds & The Rock just play themselves in every movie too 😂😂😂. And you could probably say the same for Kevin Hart. I don't mind her. Only seen like 3 things with her in it. It's nice to see a funny Asian female actor & Asians getting more roles in Hollywood.
I will say Eternals was the 1st movie that felt more Disney than Marvel. There's also a unnecessary love scene especially since it just raises more questions later on in the film lol. - @Lord_Scorpion34 Ryan Reynolds just plays as deadpool in all of his movies even as Pikachu. LOL! I guess some people just watch these films just for the actor and not the actual movie. I'm interested in Eternals since it's divisive film for a lot of people because of said questionable decisions. Will still watch it though since I'm in too deep to the MCU. lol.
@Cheese9Man have you seen Hardcore Henry. It's a great ride and was very innovative for its time and a great story.
- @OldTreeCreeper Is that the FPS action movie? I'll check it out!
- @Cheese9Man Yes there were some questionable decisions made lol. And one actor didn't look comfortable doing one of those decisions on screen lol.
@Cheese9Man wrote:Loved that there are a lot action scenes in Shang Chi. They went with the Thanos Infinity War style of having the main story about the villain and not the protagonist. Only downside of the film is that I still hate Awkwafina and all her films since she just plays as herself.
Ok I finally saw it & its pretty good! I'd say it was still more about the main character. And Awkwafina wasn't bad in this one. Definitely a little more serious than other movies. But I need them to confirm if she's dude's girlfriend or not lol. I thought the special effects could be better. Def not as good as Eternals there. I also still don't like how they did the Mandarin & that Iron Man never got to face his main comic nemesis in the MCU. It's just another example of how Hollywood caters to China to make money.
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It's just another example of how Hollywood caters to China to make money.This! LOL! I saw rumors that true reason why they didn’t make the Mandarin Chinese in Iron man 3 was to avoid insulting the CCP having a Chinese villain. I guess it’s okay now as long as the protagonist is also Chinese. They’re even putting Chinese actors awkwardly in some hollywood movies now just to get some of that Chinese money. 🤷♂️
- @Cheese9Man They did the same with some of the Transformers movies. It's glaringly obvious which movies they do it with, especially if they plan to release the film in China. The Olympics they did it in 2008 when Taiwan had to compete under the name Chinese Taipei & had to fly a different flag as well.
