Mostly MCU Reviews
My articles from the week
First up for the week is my retro-review
of Guardians of the Galaxy. As this
point I’ve reviewed all the MCU movies, so I am going to review Big Hero 6
next (somehow I missed reviewing that) and then write “retro-reviews” of the
MCU movies I reviewed when they first came out.
After last week’s discussion of Tie-Ins,
this week I talked about how Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. can Tie-In with the upcoming movies. We already know at least one Thematic Tie-In
with Doctor Strange—Ghost Rider will bring the magic to the small screen—but
what other possibilities are there?
MCU News
Links to news articles and blog
posts about the MCU
Here is our first look at Yondu’s
new fin for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2:
I like it. It looks very comic book accurate.
That Hashtag Show
dropped the rumor that the Cotati (the race that created Mantis) will appear in
Thor: Ragnarok. Do you want to
see Guardians and Thor connect like this? Personally, I like the idea, as long as the
execution makes sense.
The title for episode four of Luke
Cage: “Step in the Arena.”
We now know of at least two
(three including the obvious one, Claire Temple) supporting characters who will
join the four heroes in The Defenders.
Eka Darville (Malcolm) confirmed that he would be in it a while back,
and now Elden Henson
is saying the same thing.
Jason O’Mara was cast as the new S.H.I.E.L.D. Director,
a comic book character whose roots go back to the 1940s. No news yet on who he’s playing, though. I won’t even bother trying to guess this time
around, considering that I wasn’t even close to accurate when trying to guess
the Constance Zimmer character last year!
Here
is the first official synopsis for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4:
In light of the Sokovia Accords, and with Hydra obliterated, S.H.I.E.L.D. has been legitimized again and no longer needs to operate in the shadows. Since the world presumes that Coulson is dead, the organization needed a new Director (Jason O’Mara) to be the face of the organization. Coulson finds himself back in the role as an agent and teamed with Mack (Henry Simmons), and together they are tasked with tracking down and confirming the presence of Enhanced people, aka Inhumans. They have been trying to track down and capture Daisy (Chloe Bennet), aka Quake, who has gone rogue in an attempt to atone for sins from the past. But with the world believing that Daisy is a dangerous outlaw who has taken down banks and bridges, the new Director has no qualms about taking her down for good. Agent May (Ming-Na Wen) is tasked with training specialist strike teams, and Fitz (Iain De Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) have taken a big step forward in their relationship. But with Simmons’ new promotion as Special Advisor to the Director in Science and Technology, Fitz, as well as her former team members, finds it hard to confide in or trust her since she’s now the Director’s confidant.
Robbie Reyes (Gabriel Luna) will roar into the lives of Agent Coulson and the team as a junkyard mechanic who can turn on a dime into the terrifying Ghost Rider. Will Robbie be a friend or foe to S.H.I.E.L.D. – as well as the world, itself? Meanwhile, Fitz discovers that socially awkward genius and friend Dr. Radcliffe (John Hannah) has started putting the finishing touches on a new, secret invention.
Marvel and ABC are currently
having discussions
about some MCU TV projects which could debut in the near future. Some are new ideas and some are old
idea. Unfortunately this doesn’t include
a second look at Marvel’s Most Wanted.
I am curious what else they have in mind, though.
News from Around Geekdom
Anything not related to the MCU
that I find interesting
Well, Suicide Squad comes
out this weekend, and most of the early reviews are negative. Some of the collected reviews are absolutely
scathing. Are you going to see it? I probably will see it at some point and write
my own review, but I have to admit that these negative reviews for DC movies
are starting to wear on me. With BvS,
there was definitely fire underneath all the smoke, though it was better than I
thought it would be. Maybe the same will
hold true with this one.
A live-action Star Wars TV
series is still a possibility
at ABC. I would love to see that!
Here
is some news about the new Star Trek series, Star Trek: Discovery. Apparently it will be set before The
Original Series.
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