Looks at least borderline interesting; even if 18th-century England or outlaws aren’t really my cup of tea, stories of women with unusual lives can be intriguing. Here there is also a hint of magic in the shape of a spirit called Billy (Billy? really, though?!?) that seems to grant Nell her extraordinary powers.
Other than the trailer, so far I’ve only the Frock Flicks post on the series to judge by. Have you seen Renegade Nell? What did you think—is it worth seeing?
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(I guess the asterisk is a thing? At least it is appended to the name not just on YouTube but also in IMDB.)
First thought: huh? I had thought a version of the Fantastic Four was coming next. I must’ve gotten my notes mixed up, or missed an update somewhere. Second thought: Thunderbolts? Huh? This says absolutely nothing to me. At least I can recognize most of the MCU characters in the trailer: from Black Widow, there’s Yelena Belova (faux-sister to Natasha Romanoff), the Red Guardian, and the Taskmaster (Dreykov’s daughter Antonia), then Ava / Ghost (from Ant-Man and the Wasp) plus Bucky Barnes.
I kinda love how at the 1:05 mark when the building explodes, Yelena just matter-of-factly turns and starts walking calmly away, almost a bored look on her face. Or maybe it’s a here-we-go-again face? Anyway. Also, that Bucky had his metal arm in the dishwasher.
It’s hard to grasp what’s supposed to go on other than these bad guys who are not necessarily bad guys entirely through faults of their own perhaps now trying to be good-ish guys are being hunted by even more bad guys? Maybe?
I don’t care for the character Valentina Allegra de Fontaine—the corporate suit lady towards the end (earlier seen in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Black Widow, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)—so I’m miffed we’ll see more of her. Meh.
Otherwise, this trailer has a little of the same feel I get from the early MCU ensemble stories. If we’re really lucky, the movie might capture some of the same magic.
At this writing, Thunderbolts* is set to release on May 02, 2025.
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I have to say that I’m not wowed. It’s very pretty to look at, beautifully cinematic, even breathtaking at times. However, it really doesn’t seem to be a movie for me.
We’re not in the 80s or 90s anymore, when just about any SFFnal movie was sure to get my eyeballs simply by existing. Then, for a while during and after the aughts, handsome effects and CGI often got me to see a movie I wouldn’t necessarily have seen at the theater otherwise. Now we have reached a saturation point. For a good long while I have just not been able to be bothered about seeing a new release at the theater unless there’s something special about it, or a movie hits a very particular interest of mine.
(I will certainly not take the trouble, if trailers merely make a movie look like a whole bunch of men doing man-things and relegates women to the sidelines. It’s one thing to place your story in a society where minorities aren’t formally given recognition by the society, but there’s a huge difference between writing or filming those minorities in a dismissive way and a respectful way. I found Oppenheimer, for example, a wonderful example of the latter.)
Even reading that Megalopolis is loosely based on Roman history (the Catilinarian Conspiracy in 63 BCE involving an aristocrat attempting to overthrow the Republic) didn’t make it more interesting to me. Granted, the time stop gimmick is slightly interesting, but I confess that it, too, lost its appeal by the end of the trailer.
It is a shame I won’t see more of Nathalie Emmanuel, whose work in the Fast & Furious franchise and in Game of Thrones I’ve liked. Perhaps I’ll find Megalopolis in the library, if it’s ever imported to Finland. At this writing it doesn’t look like it, but we’ll see.
Megalopolis opens on September 27, 2024.
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Obviously the story somehow weaves in shifts in global power—there are a lot of Asian faces, but not many specifics at this stage—and the Red Hulk. The latter is completely unfamiliar to me, so it should be interesting to see how Marvel is able to introduce us non-comic readers to the character. (As far as I can tell, their track record so far is hit or miss.)
I am looking forward to learning what (beside wings!) Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson brings to Captain America the character and the franchise. It’s been quite a while since we properly saw him in action. Looks very cool so far!
At this writing, BNW is expected to release on February 14, 2025.
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“I sense this is only a small part of a larger plan. Some sort of shift to tip the scales.” Now, that sounds interesting—is it a nod to some sort of a loooong-time change in the force whose end we see acted out in the three movie trilogies? I have no idea.
Perhaps more interesting to me is the whodunnit portion of the story, however. I wish a little more about that was included in the trailers.
Sadly, it’s quite short. I’d be happy to have a much longer piece to whet my appetite.
Joonas Suotamo is still listed at IMDB for SW:TA, but unfortunately only for two episodes. Maybe that’s why I haven’t spotted him in either trailer. Looking forward to seeing more of him.
The two-episode opener for SW:TA premiers on June 4, 2024.
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Deadpool isn’t one of my favorite superheroes; the stories tend to be too explicitly violent, and the humor is about half and half hit or miss for me. I’m therefore not really following any DP news, so the fact that the third DP movie is called Deadpool & Wolverine was, well, news to me. It also made me perk up my ears, so to speak—Hugh Jackman’s performance as the mutant superhero that goes snikt was fabulous and got me to care about the character more than I otherwise would have.
The first trailer for DP&W was released last month:
Looks like the violence isn’t going to be any less gory this time either (even if the trailer itself was relatively clean as DP movies go). The bratty humor is also still there, as you’d expect—gotta keep the fans happy and the character consistent, right? But what I can’t yet figure out is how they’ll interweave the X-Men and DP.
It’s always a joy to see Morena Baccarin and Hugh Jackman. According to IMDB, however, Patrick Stewart will make an appearance, presumably as Professor Xavier, as will Jennifer Garner as Elektra. Whoa. I’ve mixed feeling about Matthew Macfadyen on the basis of past productions of his, so we’ll see what he makes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
It should also be interesting to see how, exactly, is Marvel going to untangle (if at all?) their multiverse mess, which certainly hasn’t gotten easier with Jonathan Majors being dropped from the role of Kang. DP&W might actually hold my interest longer than the previous DPs. Here’s hoping!
At this writing, the movie is set to release on July 26, 2024.
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“This isn’t about good or bad. It’s about power… and who is allowed to use it.”
Sounds intriguing. Apparently, however, SW:TA takes place towards the end of the High Republic era, well before The Phantom Menace. That’s completely new to me. Not all new-to-me settings in the Star Wars tv series have been winners, IMO, so whether SW:TA will work for me or not is still very much in the air.
Also, I’ve never been interested in the Sith, and it sounds like the Sith will feature heavily in the series. (Not that I’ve watched much outside the movie trilogies anyway.) However, it looks SW:TA just might provide a more refreshing backstory than a vague ‘they want power and that makes them evil’ handwave. (And I’m sure I’m grossly misrepresenting some SW writers’ thoughts here, but that’s what the Sith appear to this non-superfan.)
What worries me to some extent is they seem to have cast another woman of color as the main antagonist. (Compare to Inquisitor Reva in Obi-Wan Kenobi.) The last thing we need is more typecasting.
(Speaking of negatives: I’ve looked very little into the series and have already seen quite a bit of waah-waahing about too many wimmen starring or whatnot. Look, m’dudes: my money is green, too. If the production is good and shows people like me as active characters and people in their own right, I will pay to see it, and so will many others. Di$ney will love our money just as much as yours.)
One source of joy is that we get to see Carrie-Anne Moss and my countryman Joonas Suotamo in the series, too. 🙂
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Wow, trailer three’s music deviates quite strongly from the other two. (Too much ululation in the others?) Other than that, it’s clear we have a war coming—as those who’ve read the books know—and the Bene Gesserit looks to have a larger role. The emperor (Christopher Walken) also makes an appearance, but it isn’t clear how much we’ll be seeing him.
I did also notice how strongly the Fremen-eye blue stands out in the otherwise very sepia-toned environment. And is it just me, or have the Harkonnen gone even more monochrome than in Part One?
At this writing, the release date is set to March 1, 2024.
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Otherwise, from this trailer, it’s difficult to tell whether there’s much more than your usual ‘find problem, hit to solve’ solutions all too prevalent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Dar-Benn both looks and sounds corny, but that could be a case of trailers always lying.
It’s already certain there will be from some excellent dialogue between Kamala Khan, Monica Rambeau, and Carol Danvers; I’m so ready for that. And even more space kittens….?!?
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Wow, ok. Yes, more of Fury, Hill, Rhodes, and Ross! I’ll also enjoy seeing Ben Mendelsohn, I’ve never seen him do a role poorly. The new characters played by Olivia Colman and Emilia Clarke look interesting, if the tiny glimpses can be trusted.
Not sure how entertained I can be by a series that focuses on high-stakes power struggles and war—it may well be a little too close for comfort right now. (I.e., when Finland’s neighboring country is waging war against their sovereign neighbor, with behind-the-scenes high-stakes power struggles that very well might affect European if not world history.)
If nothing else, I will probably try at least the first episode to see how well it’s written. The acting should be fine.
Secret Invasion releases for streaming on June 21, 2023.
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