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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
It does make sense, somewhat. Marvel is getting increasingly more interested in doing cosmic stuff in the MCU, and one of their previous main cosmic heroes - Thor - just had his final movie. So they may be interested in introducing a new one so that Guardians' Space Opera focus isn't the only one.
edited 4th Apr '18 7:51:24 PM by KnownUnknown
How space opera are the Eternals?
I'm barely familiar with them
The Titans are apparently Eternals. As is bomber jacket Sersi
Forever liveblogging the AvengersNever heard of the Eternals. Wonder if Boyega will be one of them (is there a reasonably well known hero from the group?)
Which reminds me, I was pondering if Boyega might be Hyperion (the non-evil version),possibly combined with The Sentry, as it struck me that besides not looking like Superman, so making that a bit less obvious, he could use an American accent for his Clark Kent-like civilian identity (I'm assuming Hyperion has one?) and then a British accent as Hyperion.
Edit- Also on the Supermanish front, I was also pondering John Jameson (which of course would mean an African-American Jonah- I suggest Keith David). He's a decently important Spider-Man character and also has broader Marvel connections, including to Captain American and She Hulk (who I hope they introduce) and he can also work for cosmic plotlines.
edited 4th Apr '18 8:32:17 PM by Hodor2
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They're not space opera. From what I know of them, they're more akin to the New Gods, but more Earth centric. Ancient godlike defenders of Earth so ancient and influential that the actual gods are their peers, with ties to the Celestials and rife with encounters with the rest of Marvel's
edited 4th Apr '18 8:59:34 PM by KnownUnknown
I'm curious about Ant-Man And The Wasp, because I don't know how it's going to relate to Infinity War or Avengers 4 and I don't know whether it's set between the two Avengers films or between Civil War and Infinity War. Obviously, Captain Marvel is set in the 90s and relates to Avengers 3 and 4 in that it sets up Captain Marvel, but how important Ant-Man And The Wasp is going to be is a mystery to me.
Agents of Shield is fine. Ever since the Winter Solider reveal (yes, back in the first season) I've enjoyed it.
Hell, I think I'm one of the few people who enjoyed it even before that.
Though I imagine most people don't believe it's still as bad as that first half of the first season anymore.
One Strip! One Strip!The first parts pre-Winter Soldier weren't as good but they gave us some idea of what Normal looks like for SHIELD so it could be torn down, burned down, and sank into a swamp
Forever liveblogging the AvengersIt ebbs and flows. It got pretty good after the Winter Soldier reveal but they lost me again once they started shilling the Inhumans. Then I came back for Ghost Rider and dropped off again once he left.
Exact opposite for me. Phase 3 is probably my favorite thus far.
edited 5th Apr '18 6:01:32 PM by comicwriter
Everyone's "stare worriedly in an offscreen direction" game has accelerated, to seemingly nobody staring at the same thing!
edited 5th Apr '18 9:51:47 PM by Tuckerscreator
Bucky looks like King Richard on that poster, and it's somehow endlessly hilarious to me.

Of the things I expected Eternals weren't
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