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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I think once the deal has gone through, four per year might be possible, but for now I think they will jump to permanently three per year. This is not just about the audience, it is also about resources. I am ready to bet that the visible flaws in the CGI for Black Panther was the result of Marvel's top team being busy with Infinity war.
It makes clear W’Kabi's motivation more clear. In particular about Wakanda place in the world. Like, early in the movie he talked about conquering and what not, but here it makes clear it is about national pride. He feels humiliated about having to hide, which I don't think was evident in the final movie. It also solidify stuff that wasn't very well establish in the movie, like his relationship with Okoye.
I think it makes him look unreasonable and willfully ignorant. He supports Killmonger over T'Challa because T'Challa failed to capture Klaue (and Killmonger succeeded), but Klaue only escaped from T'Challa because Killmonger rescued him from prison. And when Okoye starts to point that out, W'Kabi cuts her off and ignores her.
edited 1st May '18 8:29:52 PM by Galadriel
That line that he would've been just as mad if T'Challa handed Klaue over to the CIA or the UN is what clinches him as unsympathetic, imo. It makes it clear that he was largely fixated on getting payback on Klaue - not justice - and decided T'Challa needed to die and be replaced because he wouldn't drop everything he needed to do in order to deliver W'Kabi his personal satisfaction and vengeance.
It exposes his motivations as largely personal and resentful, no matter what lofty ideologies he uses to justify them.
Just like Killmonger himself, but I preferred W'Kabi as the villain-supporter-we're-supposed-to-understand to Killmonger's lying ideologue, and I suppose Coogler did too given that this scene didn't make the final cut.
edited 1st May '18 9:31:53 PM by KnownUnknown
So yeah, I finally saw Infinity War tonight. Already touched upon it in the designated thread but basically, it was fantastic. Delivered on most of what I hoped it would. Had me seriously shocked and on the verge of tears at points. I don't think I've felt this strongly about one of these movies since Got G 2.
On my wave, passing oooooooonNew Black Panther deleted scene
, where T’challa and Zuri reminisce on deceased king and father T’chaka.
edited 2nd May '18 2:26:11 PM by Tuckerscreator
Would any of the Americans here really have been satisfied if Obama had caight bin Laden and then handed him over to the UN or the ICC? W'Kabi's desire for his country to have legal jurisdiction over someone who attacked them is hardly unusual.
I think he's unreasonable for plenty of reasons, but not that one.

Marvel could probably move to four films a year now. One each quarter. We're seeing now that infinity war is causing a boost of people seing Black Panther in theatres. Four films a year would allow you to have them all overlap in that way. And they're suddenly going to be seeing a lot less competition from Fox and Warner Brother's (for different reasons)
Fox tends to have, what, two super heroe films a year? I guess Marvel could jump from a 3 to 5 annual slate, but I'm not sure if studios can expand that quickly.
Though a five film annual slate makes diverse properties more likely. With room for fifteen films in a phase you could give everyone a spin off and introduce the F4, and the X-Men, and give some Mutants solo films.
Though with that many films, you'd probably want a second team up franchise in addition to the Avengers. Perhaps a cosmic Annialators, with Carol, Nova, some of the Guardians and some of the F4 supporting casts.