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abduleez1:
Lol, Oyaskii don chop ban...

At least no be only me.... E go touch everybody.

Maaaannn... Shey you dey see am 😩😩..

And i wrote a very long epistle and i carefully vetted it, and i still got banned and funny enough i don't even know why. This site is unnecessarily censored to the barest minimum, it's so insane!

This site has been around long enough to have the kind of World traction that Reddit has for real, but it lacks vision.

That's why i just stay away these days, because what's the use of been on here without contributing for fear of been banned 😔

Baddestguyp:
Anytime I watch a superhero movie and they talk about the multiverse I just cringe and roll my eyes

Still the worst concept to ever be introduced in that genre.
I can still enjoy the movie if the story and characters are good.

But still a terrible worst concept. I have a feeling that it's one of the things that killed the Superhero comics

Only time I didn't cringe was in Everything Everywhere All at Once...and it wasn't even a superhero movie

List 5 SuperHero movies from the last twenty years that doesn't involve some kind of "Multiverse lore". Infact about 60% of "Superheroes" are from other verses. I don't know if you read comics but the very soul of it is the "multiverse", so it has always been a concept in CBM, only that it's been overused and writing abysmally these days.

RE:What is a Woman? 20222

if you let one in, you got to let the others in to balance the scale, but can the boat contain all without capsizing?

This docu has been heavily censored ever since it came out last year, i was lucky enough to lay my hands on it, and E.musky okayed it to be uploaded on Twitter last week and i got to see it again.

Matt walsh who did the interview spoke from a very religious and moral standpoint, and he landed some clear and rationale points, some queer folk he interviewed also spoke some "truth" that could be construed as rationale thought.

I may never fully understand the choices people make or are seemly born with, but I'm glad these choices gives them solace and relief in a world riddled with unspeakable evil and uncertainties, as long as these choices aren't breaking any fundamental human rights , so criminalization people for these choices is a No No, and African countries where the English common law is what is been practiced shouldn't be enshrined this into thier constitution, at least middle eastern countries criminalizing the Queer folks are doing so because they practice a religious law and are relatively stable enough not to need assistance from west, unlike Africa who needs Western aid, for the basic of necessities, they have no moral,social or economic high ground to be doing such.

Nigeria is a deeply religious irreligious state, There is this faux sense of morality card we play here that makes absolutely no sense to me, because there's no act of unspeakable evil or debauchery that is not in vogue here, so there's absolutely no moral right hand to play here against these folks.

Having stated that, Nigeria is still a "conservative" Nation. Extreme poverty, low level of exposure and religious fanaticism is a bad mix in accepting a new "alien" idealogy, and so the queer community might wait little while for this inclusivity they crave. i mean, the perceived "hate" is less these days, i have seen people openly saying they are a member of that community in this Lagos without repercussions, they even hold open meet and greets now.

Finally, The major fear of this inclusivity most people in this clime fear, which is also my fear also is that once one part of the community is accepted, other perversity that is straying towards borderline insanity and mental illness will want to jump on the ride of acceptance too., I mean, As open minded as i am there's no logical basis that you will tell me that you identify as a "cat" or a grown man saying he's identifying as a 6 year old girl, all in the name of been queer that i will t take such fellow serious. This is a major problem now in western clime, everybody wants acceptance, not matter how despicable it is, if you don't, you are quickly cancelled and termed an enemy of the community.

The docu is a good watch tho, gives a clear perspective on the subject matter

B+.

Rome had me in strings at this scene, he is going straight to hell 😂😂😂.

The prod team made a bold and tide shifting writing decision this season but they stuck to thier gun, and delivered a masterpiece.

A truly Goat Show, that knew when to take a bow when the ovation was loudest. 💯🌟.

Ps..I pity the people dragging the Emmy for outstanding lead next year with the three leads😩

"Spiderman-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" 2023

This might be the best sequel in the CBM sub-genre...No, Scratch that...The best Sequel across all genre verses!"

When i saw GOTG Vol 3 last month, i thought i couldn't find another as good as it was in a while, nay in less than a month. This completely blew me away and without doubt one of the best movie experiences ever. The euphoria of just seeing this beauty was the best high ever, so lucid, so trippy, so so Good, even Walter White can't cook a high this good!

Into the Spider-Verse (2019) set a very high standard back then, and some animations after then like "Mitchell and the Machines" tried to copy the template albeit with less perfection, this took all the good things that made the first part good, added some spice and made it even better.

Visually and Colorfully stunning, made for a truly immersive journey, it literally felt like one was right inside the comic book, page by page, going through it, all in real time.

The story was the recent "multi-versal trope" that CBM have been flirting a little bit too much these days but this was so on brand and good. The writing was of the finest quality, The characters were much more than the first part, but were well paid off with brilliant arcs. They also fiddled brilliantly with little easters eggs that has become part of the Spider Man brand across all media, including the "3 Spiderman pointing at each other meme". Brilliant brilliant stuff.

The OST was okay, but the predecessor set such a huge standard in that department and this couldn't beat it. I mean "Sunflower" is basically a GOAT OST. One of the very very best in cinema music history.

Probably the only snag is that, it ended on a nasty nasty Cliff Hanger, that will continue in "Spiderman: Beyond the Spider-Verse" that painfully releases next year, I mean left to me i would have wanted it to release next Friday 😩😩. The thought that one of this goodness still exist beyond is a good thought to have whilst we wait.

The Tinubu economy looks like it's gonna be a real pain in the ass 😩, if not i would have loved to see this like 3 times more, it was really that good..an easy easy A+ 💯👍.

majesticguy:
Is this CamRip ?

No.

SOZINN:
If the requirements is creating a perfect profitable CBM trilogy then let Christopher Nolan come take over the MCU. Let's not overwork Mr Gunn. 😁

lol I think Christopher Nolan has a more diverse view and style of movies, and he isn't all that vested in CBM.

Calibrator:
Which platform did you watch from?

IPTV.

Nickshrapnel:
This movie made the GOTG second best trilogy in the MCU for me.

Mannn..Iswear....A perfect trilogy.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3. (2023)


A perfect ode to peak MCU, devoid of any multiversal and quantumania madness!

This was everything i wanted it to be and much, much more, The most emotional rush i have felt for an MCU flick since Infinity War and Endgame whilst simultaneously being the funniest MCU flick ever.

My only fear was the writing of Gomora into this after the events of "Infinity war" (2018), and they quickly put those fears to a firm rest with some of the best CBM writing i have seen, it was too perfect.

It totally knocks all the rubbish MCU has been feeding us post Endgame...Nice casting, some great addition to an already great cast with a side surprise of a lovely Sylvester Stallone cameo,Perfect cinematography, delightful editing , incredible character design, not under duress VFX ( Yes, Antman and the quantum bla bla, I'm talking to you!), marvelous fight scenes and stupendously funny dialogues that the GOTG brand is well known for. The cherry on top was the soundtrack, I mean they had Florence+the machine "Dog Days are Over" playing at the end, and if you see the movie, you would know why that track was perfection for the narrative they were trying to tell.


James Gunn! You beautiful beautiful man 😍!, It's like he told Kevin Feige and his minions to leave the room, that he got this. He is an austute CBM maker, from the movie, you can see that he cares for each and every of these comic book characters and knows just the right mojo to bring them to live action. Left to me, i would say he should head both MCU and DCU together, he can! but Kevin Feige is stubborn.

It feels like the end for me, i don't think i care what MCU does next seeing this as I can't see them topping this in a long while.

But in the meantime, DCU is in good hands.


One of my most anticipated movie of the year and it didn't disappoint.....A solid, never been so sure...A+

NaijaMemes:
It was mentioned in the movie and even explained lightly in an exposition.

However, the explanation was already clear from the last Avengers movie.

Her fate wasn't exactly clear in the last Avengers movie and I remember the Writers of "Endgame" at comicon 2019, saying they left her character "open" in the least logical way possible so that James Gunn could make this GOTG V3. We know it was the 2014 version of her that didn't know Peter Quill or the rest of the gang, that we saw in "End-game" and that was the only excerpt we got if i could remember.

I know there's no way i am pressing you further on this without entering spoiler territory so thanks 👍

NaijaMemes:
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3

RATING 9.5/10.

Marvel is back! This movie is a bittersweet one. But everything in the movie is great. It conveys love, happiness, sadness, loss and growth very well.

The use of classic hit music to convey moods was a nice touch.

The fight scenes were very creative.

All the main characters got some character development.


DC watch out!

Was the writing good enough to properly explain how Gamora is back in this after the events of "Avengers: Infinity war 2018" ?

The way they hyped that "Noma" Character in the first 2 episodes ehn, on the scale of that Serbian cannibalistic drug Lord Milan or Filipe Lobos from the original "Power". I don't think the Character has lived up to the hype, they had better have something seriously cooking in the last 2 episodes.

abduleez1:
Brooo, you just mentioned almost all of my most anticipated films of the year, except Rebel Moon. Still anticipating it but not in my top list. A trailer or two might change my mind

. You dey beef my mans Egbon Zack Snyder? 😄😄. The man dey gbà sometimes but he his one of my faves so i am always up for anything he has out

I honestly thought I was the only one anticipating "Barbie".. People go collect premium shock.

I dey anticipate am die but i no dey too loud am for obvious reasons 👀👀👀😂 plus Greta Gerwig is an accomplished filmmaker, i have personally really enjoyed her last 2 flicks.

Yep, saw some peeps saying the poster is @ss. 😭

The first poster was far far better..after a "nuclear bomb blow up without CGI" probably there wasn't enough money left in the Budget to hire a proper graphics guy for the poster lol

abduleez1:
I kinda slightly underestimated this movie, but it's looking like something that's definitely gonna make some splash at the box office despite the loud criticisms about it.

Disney read the room, and did a massive last big marketing push for the movie and i think casting Halle Bailey as Ariel was a masterstroke considering the "over zealous" hysteria for cultural representation in Blockbuster flicks these days, a "black mermaid" will certainly drive numbers in a particular demography. I personally don't see it as the kind of flick i would like to see at the Cinemas, so i will be waiting for it to sail like my fellow brothers's in arm, but i believe the flick will do decent numbers at the BO.

abduleez1:
😎😎

People are bashing this poster seriously 😂...but by the by, i know my man CN has seriously cooked with this one can't wait. With GOTG Vol 3 already out, my most anticipated movies for the rest of the year is this, "Dune part two", "The Killers", "Barbie", "Rebel Moon", "The Flash" and "killers of the flower moon" 🎬.

Ikillbrokehoes:
As far as this treacherous, vile and manipulative liar is still in Aquaman 2, I ain't going to the cinema to watch the movie. sorry Jason mamoa.


Also any Pirates of the Caribbean movie without JD, I ain't watching it, we should all boycott it.

The filming for "Aquaman 2" ended around December 2021/January 2022. The Heard Vs Depp trial was from April 2022 to June 2022. So the film clearly preceded the trial in which she was found guilty. So what should DC had done? cancel a movie they had used millions for film? digitally removing her scenes, mind you, she's one of the main cast and this would not only cost money, it would mean the entire script had to be rewritten. So what exactly would you have suggested to happen?

Pirate of the Caribbean 6 doesn't even have any life yet not to talk of Depp been dropped has the previous one didn't fair well critically.

Let me crave your indulgence, are you going to see "The Flash" movie?

abduleez1:
Wow.... HBOMax has already turned a profit!! 🤯🤯

Oyaskii remember few months ago when we were discussing profitability of the streaming services. Damn, Big Zas has done wonders. I knew the platform was heading to profitability with its low losses ( around $250mn) then in comparison to rivals. Now in just a quarter, man has turned it around.
Zas is a magician. You can love him or hate him, man knows his ambitious and goes for it. 😯😲

Wow...lol, maybe i was too quick to bash their upcoming merger. They might be cooking something tantalizing 🍽️

NaijaMemes:
Stop hyping trash. The movie is a C- at best.

It was a bit funny. But so many dry jokes. Akwafina is an average to poor actor. The movie was predictable. The internal logic was terrible. Cliche villain talking too much instead of instantly killing the good guys.

Calm your tits. The movie ticked all the boxes of what i was expecting, seeing it. Far better than the other trash i have had to sieve through this year alone. If you went in expecting some oscar best picture level flick, then that's on you.

abduleez1:
The man range wide gon.... That's why I'm so sure he's gonna cook as DC's head.

Iswear. I mean, this man is handling "Superman: Legacy", i couldn't be more pleased.

CBM range>>>>> James Gunn is such flex.

Renfield 2023

I'm the prince of Wallachia!

This is probably the most funniest flick i have seen this year. Absolutely bonkers, delightful gore, extremely well choreographed fight scenes and ridiculously funny to a fault.

Nicolas Hoult is an arch-type satirical aficionado and he doesn't pass up the opportunity to be as pale as a Ghost, from Warm Bodies, to Mad Max:Fury Road to this. He plays the titular character, as a life long servant of the Impaler, looking to find his humanity and end his servitude. Nicolas Cage was perfect as "Dracula", a glorious casting, man has finally paid off his[i] debts[/i] and he's allowed comfy roles like this.

A satire giving but still maintained the common trope in Vampire lore like "they have to be invited in" in the tiniest but unmissable detail, the dialogues were good, perfectly weighted, cynical when they needed to be and serious and morally challenging when they needed to be also. Advertised as "Horror" but it's very comical and witty nature will enable the greatest hater of gore to stomach it and revel in this satirical paradise.

A total delight and an easy, easy recommendation.

B+.

SOZINN:
Cut the bûllshit oga. Why the fûck would marvel rely on AI to write and rewrite scripts? Is it that they are short on cash or that the fuckîng planet has run out of creative writers for them to hire? To the extent that movies with already scheduled dates might suffer a drawback?? Like? The MCU hasn't been moving before AI?
If not for politics and "who you know" or "who knows you" bûllshit 90% of Hollywood blockbusters won't be a fuckîng joke. Don't even go there.

Your thought process for this reply is all over the place so i doubt if you fully comprehend my post.

I am not saying AI is actively writing movie scripts now or for Marvel for that matter, i am simply saying the considerable delay in coming up with a script because it had to be rewritten 33 times is egging movie studios towards A.I use for script writing in the future, which the Writers Guild are not having and so they want to nip it early, hence the strike.

At bolded, I didn't say "A.I" was gonna cause the delay for upcoming MCU movies, rather it's the effect of the strike since most of these project are still at a writing stage.

Nickshrapnel:
The WGA went on strike for a different reason, I’m still not sure AI can take job of creatives.

You did see my SS right? AI use is definitely part of litigation. Also see an exceprt from "Variety". I have seen what AI can do first hand, so whether AI can take the job of creatives, is up for an interesting debate.

I remember a few weeks back when we had the discourse here about the impact of AI on Hollywood and some people were of the opinion that the impact will be minimal but here we are today.

The Writers Guild current striking demands include the total exclusion of AI from movie process but the studios seems not to be having it. For context"Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness" was rewritten 33 times before they found the script that the studio liked, thereby delaying filming, Insider sources are saying these studios feel, the movie process could move quite faster with use of AI.

MCU is set to be the biggest victim of this strike as most of thier project from late 2024 to 2026 are still at the writing stage hence expected delay and possible shift on their scheduled release dates.

To put things in perspective, the WGA strike of 07/08 had quite an impact on scripted television. Shows with scheduled 22 episodes were cut to 10 or even 6 episodes, so if this current strike lingers on, there might be delay in new episodes on shows currently airing or the seasons are cut short early.

abduleez1:
MCU sponsored beauty.... 🤩😁

Between this and that Modok from Ant-Man Q, i don't know which is worse 😩😩. MCU fell off, it's so sad to see.

abduleez1:
I don't really consider Tenet a bomb. If that movie made $365mn at the very heat and middle of the pandemic when no blockbuster film didn't even dare to release in that period till March 2021 when WB tested out Godzilla vs Kong. Imagine what it would have made if it released in 2021.

If it's budget wasn't ballooned to $200mn then it means that film might possibly be profitably despite the pandemic.

Flamemignon1:
Wasn't Tenet a bomb because of the pandemic?

The Pandemic was an underlying factor, but their were other factors why the movie seemingly failed.

The movie opened in the theatre around September of 2020 when the COVID pandemic was at a downward pike and metric projections was pointing towards a favorable release, as it will be the only big title playing at that time hence affording it multiple screen time as it would normally have so WB okayed the release.

But the movie tanking can be split into two chief culprit.

The meta-physics entropy rigmarole was a tad above the what was normally expected of a CN flick and so it became all too confusing for early movie goers and critics alike, and thus discouraging eager fans who where willing to brave catching the virus to go see it.

The muffled sound mix style employed by Nolan for the sound editing was a total misfire as People could not make up the dialogues expecially in a cinema screening room with no subtitles thus further alienating potential people willing to see it.

Even with a re-cinematic run in March of 2021, when all the troubles of the pandemic had rolled away, the movie still couldn't make any head way.

My context been, if the movie released say last year without brother COVID hanging around, i fear it would had still tank at the box office, cuz take poll here about people's opinion on the movie, and i bet you, 9/10 would say they didn't know what the hell was going on for the entire run time.

Now why I wouldn't call it CN best work, might even be his most mixed critically reviewed movie yet, i fkk with what he was trying to do with the concept and loved the movie, took me some try, but i eventually got around to understanding the movie, the replay value for me tho is next to zero except I'm calling for a migraine.

He has to deliver with Oppenheimer, and i trust he will.

abduleez1:
Lol, everywhere for loud. But James Cameron and Snyder no be mate at all for movie production. James has proven his quality and he's a visionary. Anything man does now won't be questioned much apart from talk like has "Cameron lost his touch".
Same can't be said of Snyder cos when has he had the touch. He's almost always mixed with one controversy or the other.

All directors have a few movie flops in their belt even the most successful ones. Cameron's own might be treated as such. I mean Steven Spielberg has been bagging financial flops back to back in recent years and he's still considered an all time "Great".
It's only Chris Nolan I'm beginning to wonder if he's ever had a flop since he rose to the top. I'm not talking of early days o.

2020 was a horrid year because of a certain "COVID-19 Pandemic" but "Tenet" was a box office bomb.

abduleez1:
I no wan talk much about this Citadel issue till I watch am but what I know with the premiere series in the franchise tanking this hard with audiences and critics I'm hardly seeing how the planned offshoots will flourish. Especially with the fact that it's an idea hatched from scratch and not one with a built in audience we see with adaptations. So with it being this bad or forgettable to audiences Amazon will simply just be wasting their resources on what will be eventually cancelled.
Although, the studio has lots of deep pockets so they hardly feel hitches like this. The problem is when it starts to become widespread with their flagship when you put LOTR: RoP to mind, things starts to get shaky.

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They definitely have the moneybag to spend and go all out for a show or series, but with a poor script and concept, they would just be burning money. LOTR and RoP not so stellar ratings has proven so.

Anyways, why na come dey put my Queen Gal Gadot for this mission. Person dey her own jejely dey collect stray bullet for her birthday o. 😭😭😭 Seeing Priyanka Chopra headlining the show sef truly didn't make me take it seriously. Na cos of Richard Madden and the Russo's make me wan watch

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Today na Mama Birthday? 😩😂 Make she no vex 😄. Priyanka Chopra made me stop watching "Quantico" that year with her medicore acting, and she hasn't picked up any serious role since then. She and Gal Gadot are extremely fine women tbh 🙌, but thier acting is a no no.

Baddestguyp:
#copied

The Structure of Citadel

From the beginning, Citadel was conceived to be a series with innovative and global storytelling. There is set to be five core shows, each revolving around a different country and telling the story of different cultures. The mothership Citadel series is expected to take place in America, while the other four take place in India, Italy, Spain, and Mexico.

What could make the overall narrative difficult for viewers to consume is that everything about the shows will be adjusted for their native audience. The Indian show will be geared towards Indians, meaning that the characters in the show will be speaking in Hindi. The Italian show, meanwhile, will be purely in Italian. Spain and Mexico will, unsurprisingly, be aimed at Spanish-speaking viewers.

The series is meant to be an experiment for Amazon, who are interested in seeing whether audiences will follow the shows to new countries and languages just to keep up the story. With characters traveling between spinoffs, their full stories will be inaccessible without paying attention to the narratives of other series. As an experimental TV first series, Citadel could very well change the way that television is produced going forward.

The ideal of a "global series" is a grand and novel idea but the root been this one released this weekend is DOA, and so i fear for the rest of the show or even the planned regional spin offs.

The show rating is tanking in ratings by the second is no suprise at all because 2 episodes in and i have already lost interest.

Lazy dialogue coupled with abysmal and clichéd plot is a bad mix plus the cherry on top is that Priyanka Chopra as one of the main cast is a red flag. She can't act to save her life, she and Gal Gadot are simply vibing on beauty tax rather than actual acting talent.

myami:
You and german titles. I've you see Enemy at the gates?

Not yet, but i have it cooking but the mixed to low ratings is putting off. Is it not good on the subject matter?