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'Marvel's What If...?' Adds More Veteran MCU Actors To Its List
With the first episode of What If...? having made its debut, MCU fans are expectantly waiting for their next dose of comic book inspired, super hero action. The animated, alternate reality stories from the MCU are a look into events that could have greatly changed the fate of Earth-199999, also known as the Sacred Timeline. Considering the events of WandaVision and Loki, alternate events, multiple timelines, and variants have never been more important in the MCU.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Geeks
Best Marvel Characters Created For The MCU
The vast majority of characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) can trace their roots back to Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby and the other talented writers and artists who created the comic series. While there were liberties taken with the characters, events, powers, and factions of the Marvel universe, it is undeniable that Kevin Feige and his team have made an exceptional adaptation of the comics to the big screen. Here, we will be going over the best characters that are original to the MCU, how they compliment the comic characters in the films, and what their potential is in Phase 4 of the MCU. Needless to say, there will be massive SPOILERS ahead.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Geeks
5 MCU Trailers That Revealed Very Little About The Film/Show
While the next eagerly awaited entry in the MCU will be What If..?, hitting Disney Plus on August 11, and the next planned theatrical release will be Shang Chi and the Legend of The Ten Rings, out in September, perhaps the most eagerly awaited piece of MCU content at the moment is the trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home.
By Kristy Anderson5 years ago in Geeks
'Marvel Zombies' Is Coming To TV Via 'What If...?'
With the release of Disney+, Disney announced that they would be doing many spin-off series based on their different franchises from the Disney Princesses to Pixar/Disney Animation, to Star Wars and Marvel, just to name a few. In the past few months, numerous series have been announced and released on Disney+. Fans were excited to see the trailer for What If...? during the broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics. What If…? is a Marvel spin-off series written from stories and ideas from the comics rather than the movies. One particular storyline will follow the comics very closely.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Geeks
Why Tobey Maguire Is The Best Spider-Man
Over the last two decades, three actors have wall-crawled into the role of Spider-Man on the big screen. Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland have all played the character well, with each actor bringing something unique to the hero that sets them apart from the others. As such, many fans have their own personal favorites out of the three. Holland has the benefit of being the most recent, and he’s tied into the MCU, so he had a great foundation to build off of. And however infamous his duology, many fans have sided with Garfield for his more unique spin on the web slinger. Then we have the one who started it all, Tobey Maguire, who, in my humble opinion, is the most faithful and earnest portrayal of Spider-Man.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Geeks
When Kevin Feige Almost Quit Marvel
The question of diversity in all forms of media has really hit the forefront in recent years, with more people questioning why there isn’t more of it in literature, film, TV, etc. But then you have the other end, and there are still some people in the media industry don’t see that anything needs changed. Hopefully, the discussion of diversity, and those pushing for it, will outvote those who don’t believe anything needs to be changed. Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios President, is one of those who believes that changes need to be made to make the media industry, and particularly the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), more diverse in their characters and headlined movies and shows.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Geeks
Fun Facts You May Not Know About Moon Knight
Marvel has been around for a long time. Since they opened their doors in the 1940s, the company has released innumerable comics featuring a seemingly limitless roster. With so many to choose from you may not being familiar with some of their more obscure properties. Those forgotten heroes may not be shelved for much longer, however. The ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe has breathed new life into otherwise unknown characters. With the franchise now in its fourth phase, even more of these individuals are going to start to show up.
By Culture Slate5 years ago in Geeks
Crossing The Threshold: Fans Have Noticed An Interesting Detail Potentially Linking The 'Loki' And 'WandaVision' Finales
The MCU was changed forever in the season one finale of Loki, with Sylvie's murder of He-Who-Remains resulting in the rebirth of the Multiverse. Officially, the Loki series is set between Avengers: Endgame and WandaVision, however there has been some speculation that, since Loki takes place mostly outside of time, there may be some overlap of events in WandaVision and Loki.
By Kristy Anderson5 years ago in Geeks
Blood, Sweat, and Tears
Superheroes seem to cry a lot nowadays, don’t they? How refreshing is that, right? No, I’m not being sarcastic; I am actually thrilled with the trend of superheroes (and super-powered characters in general) showing more vulnerability in media lately. When they get hurt, you can see the pain in their eyes. When they’re lonely, sad, unsure, they don’t always approach those situations with the stiff upper lip they used to. This seems like a new trend, but…is it, really? Or have we, as the audience, just been given permission to let our heroes’ weaker moments sit with us longer?
By Michaela Calabrese5 years ago in Geeks
Spotlight: Shang Chi
With the Master of Kung Fu, Shang Chi coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and being a lesser known character, it is time to look into his character and who exactly he is. In fact, despite being regarded as one of the top hand to hand fighters in Marvel Comics, he is also one of the least popular characters. More then likely, after September that will quickly change as the trailer Marvel had realized of his upcoming movie looks like it breaks the typical Marvel Studios mold and may end up being one of the more unique films in their ongoing catalog. In the 70's, Marvel created the character largely out of the boom in popularity of kung fu films and more importantly Bruce Lee. At the time, Marvel had the rights to the character of Fu Manchu and made Shang Chi his son. Fu Manchu would hold his son in his Honan Retreat where he would be rigorously trained in both the mental and marital arts by Manchu's most trusted senseis and the end result pleased him. Fu Manchu even goes on to tell his son that his intellect and skill rivals the best of the outside world and more importantly, he is a living weapon. More or less, he became a much more annoying version of Netflix' Iron Fist who constantly felt a need to tell his enemies that he is, "Shang Chi, the son of Fu Manchu." He is then given the task of killing an evil man known as Doctor Petrie. Shang Chi felt that over the course of studying various philosophies have shown him that killing is an act only to be abhorred, but he felt that his father was an honorable and truthful man so he set out to do so only to find that Doctor Petrie was an old feeble man. Ultimately, his training in obedience to his masters took over and despite his best intentions, he killed the weakened Petrie.
By Nick Cavuoti5 years ago in Geeks
Loki: Easter Eggs And Important Moments In Episode 6, 'For All Time, Always'
After an action-packed fifth episode, Loki's sixth episode, and first season finale, gave us a few of the answers we've been waiting for, while also raising a lot of new questions. It is now very easy to see why Loki was touted as the Disney Plus series destined to have the greatest impact on the wider MCU.
By Kristy Anderson5 years ago in Geeks
Loki episode 6, season finale review
After the six-week jolly ride with the TVA and Lokis, we fans have reached the end of the first season of Loki, and turns out it's not like the other Disney+ series released this year, but only much better and more interesting! In this article, I will be giving my honest review on the sixth episode of Loki and why I believe the Loki series can change the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever.
By Jevmar Hex5 years ago in Geeks
