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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Avengers Assemble has slowly been getting better. Most of the time its frustratingly mediocre though. But I watch it anyway because I am a fool who keeps being sweet talked by candied promises
Forever liveblogging the AvengersSpeaking of EMH, earlier someone mentioned that Mar-Vell wouldn't be able to transfer his powers to Carol without some technobabble thing, but that's exactly what he did in that show.
It's always weird to me when people expect adaptations to work exactly by the rules of the comics.
"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."Well, Got G had a good start, I just wish the show would slow down once in a while and linger on an emotional moment. Whoever is behind it apparently thinks that the audience has zero attention span.
I asked about Perlmutter's influence because the shows feel like something a toy company would make up.
Civil War will apparently be the final Captain America movie
That's not new news... it's a year late.
the end of Steve Roggers as we know him from earth concludes before he passes on his legacy to everyone in the universe during his fight against thanos. I would be surprised if there is a captain America 4 saring Chris Evans, being another political thriller by the Roussos.
edited 30th Sep '15 1:16:25 PM by xbimpy
Given how much Disney seems to love intelligent TV cartoons these days I'm not surprised that they got sick of Loeb's approach and kicked him over to live-action. The same network that runs Gravity Falls, Phineas and Ferb and Wander Over Yonder should not be expecting children to have trouble with complexity.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.At least one of the shows mentioned has addressed this in-universe.
- 1ST ADULT: Hey, at least I'm not all keyed up to watch a kid's show.
- 2ND ADULT: I'll have you know that Duck-tective has a big mystery element! And a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads!
- KID: I don't get a lot of it, but I like animals in human situations.
edited 30th Sep '15 1:15:54 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.![]()
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I'm not saying Disney's not gonna air any lowest common denominator stuff, just that I can see why they wouldn't want that to be a blanket rule for an entire branch of their company.
edited 30th Sep '15 1:18:59 PM by Wackd
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.Action cartoons generally operate on a different premise than comedies since for the most part, all their profitability comes from merchandise sales (since they're way more expensive to produce).
Disney could give less than a fuck if you're stupid or poorly written so long as you're bringing in the dough.
On a certain level, it makes sense. Ratings are a deeply flawed measure by which to rate a show's profitability. Merchandising allows them a completely different metric that has more to do with what the audience as a whole is watching and less to do with what a handful of select individuals who make up a tiny sliver of the audience likes.
Problem is, it's still flawed, just in different ways.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Speaking of EMH, earlier someone mentioned that Mar-Vell wouldn't be able to transfer his powers to Carol without some technobabble thing, but that's exactly what he did in that show.
No, he protected her from an explosion and the explosion combined with his shield transfer his powers to hers. Much like her origin in, you know, the 616 universe.
http://screenrant.com/marvel-movies-tv-shows-crossover/
movies reference shows sooner than latter

So interesting aside
, apparently Captain Marvel was only going to be one of a slew of new heroes they wanted to debut near the end of Age of Ultron, but they all ended up getting cut for the same reason.