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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
We don't really have a top limit for Monica yet but extrapolation from her comic self makes me wonder how many threats there could be in a film where she's teamed up with someone who physically overpowered freaking Thanos and wrecks whole fleets single-handed.
(I love Kamala as a character but she is WAY down the other end of the power scale so her contribution seems unlikely to be a physical one given the discrepancy in power.)
Edited by jakobitis on May 4th 2021 at 1:02:29 PM
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."Meanwhile the Supreme Intelligence at one point decided the best thing to do with the Kree was blow them all up and start over.
I know a lot of people don't like him but I absolutely loved Ronan the Accuser in GotG. He's a pure-grade Classic Villain, so simple in his righteous zeal that he comes across like a Psychopathic Manchild, and Lee Pace sells the absolute shit out of it, and it will never stop bumming me out that he's dead.
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I think he did that more than once
It’s enough to almost make you feel bad for the Kree, except they’re almost all assholes
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI actually think Kamala and Monica explicitly being in the plot makes Mystique and Rogue more likely, tbh.
Plotwise, it makes sense. Kamala and Monica are less experienced and unproven in the superhero field, unsure of their full power as of yet, each inspired to a degree by Carol. But then, they face a threat who steals Carol's power and lifeforce, leaving her out of commission while they have to face a threat with just as much power as Carol by themselves. Add that to a splash of From Nobody to Nightmare: maybe the story gears us up for thinking some big invasion is going to be the big issue, but then that gets taken care of and instead this megalomaniacal mercenary and her abused daughter are the real major threat instead.
Much like my previous Rogue and Mystique idea, I'd axe the bit about Carol being in the coma (the climax should be Carol emotionally appealing to Rogue and convincing her to ditch Mystique, getting her powers back and using them to stop whatever Mystique is up to), but a Parasite-style story makes sense for an ensemble.
Edited by KnownUnknown on May 4th 2021 at 7:06:14 AM
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I was just thinking that. Plus, Kamala being at the lower end of power levels means that she can fight Mystique personally, solving one of the problems with that pitch, which was that Mystique herself deserves a fight scene or two but she's so much weaker than Carol that it was hard to justify giving her one.
If Carol comes back at the end and helps stop Rogue with Monica, that gives Kamala to opportunity to fight Mystique herself, and that would be an interesting match-up since Kamala is a powerful but inexperienced teenager while Mystique is weaker but a much better fighter and the plot centers around her abusing a teenager.
Have the movie end with Kamala and Rogue being best friends.
Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on May 4th 2021 at 7:19:06 AM
I guess it makes more sense than Kamala being opposite characters that could challenge Binary and Carol directly, like say, Count Nefaria or Supremor androids.
Although they could do what the Avengers game tried to do and have Kamala fight giant Kree Sentry robots, even if they were blatantly Sentinel expies there.
Edited by Beatman1 on May 4th 2021 at 10:28:29 AM

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Edited by Nightwire on May 3rd 2021 at 10:37:22 AM