Deadpulse Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 44 minutes ago, D82 said: The dragon isn't Fing Fang Foom though, right? Not even remotely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 3 hours ago, D82 said: So I really enjoyed it. The dragon isn't Fing Fang Foom though, right? Correct, not Fing Fang Foom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 13 hours ago, Deadpulse said: My thoughts mirror @TecmoSuperJoe, might be a link to the Eternals or Celestials. Another theory I heard was that the rings might actually be from the future and have something to do with Kang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 4 hours ago, TecmoSuperJoe said: Another theory I heard was that the rings might actually be from the future and have something to do with Kang. That seems like a bit of a reach, but I get the impulse to tie everything back to Kang. He has thus far, post Endgame, been presented as the big bad who will persist through this phase at the very least. He has been tied to multiverse and time travel, which makes it easy to plug him in virtually anywhere in the MCU. However, while this mindset made sense in the Infinity Saga where it all ties to the stones and Thanos, that Saga was MUCH more streamlined IMO. We get the 2-3 stand alone movies and then a team up. This Saga is much more all over the place with the intro to the Disney+ series. I think they have the capability to be much more weaving and intricate and push things in less of a straight line. Just an opinion though. I also don't think Kang ends up being the final boss like Thanos was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_shadows Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 17 hours ago, Deadpulse said: That seems like a bit of a reach, but I get the impulse to tie everything back to Kang. He has thus far, post Endgame, been presented as the big bad who will persist through this phase at the very least. He has been tied to multiverse and time travel, which makes it easy to plug him in virtually anywhere in the MCU. However, while this mindset made sense in the Infinity Saga where it all ties to the stones and Thanos, that Saga was MUCH more streamlined IMO. We get the 2-3 stand alone movies and then a team up. This Saga is much more all over the place with the intro to the Disney+ series. I think they have the capability to be much more weaving and intricate and push things in less of a straight line. Just an opinion though. I also don't think Kang ends up being the final boss like Thanos was. A lot of speculation the beacon was alluding to Galactus... But idk... It almost feels too early to do Galactus... You can't really step it up from there when it comes to big bads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Prince Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Really enjoyed the movie, thought I would hate awkwafina in this but she did a good job. I’m also on the side that thinks the rings have something to do with the eternally. There was a line in the movie that seemed to reference them, but I can’t remember it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 7 hours ago, rob_shadows said: A lot of speculation the beacon was alluding to Galactus... But idk... It almost feels too early to do Galactus... You can't really step it up from there when it comes to big bads. Doctor Doom He had literally ripped apart the multiverse and stitched it back together with him positioned as a God King making Sue Storm his wife and her kids with Reed HIS kids. Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 22 hours ago, Deadpulse said: Doctor Doom He had literally ripped apart the multiverse and stitched it back together with him positioned as a God King making Sue Storm his wife and her kids with Reed HIS kids. I hope they finally give us Doom done right, he deserves his own show/film honestly. So much to him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Oh this was dynamite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Fan made. Would be cool, but I'm guessing we won't see Danny Rand for a long, long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 All in all, it was pretty good. I agree with whoever said that the movie was a little heavy on the building out the setting and side characters more so than building up Shang Chi, but he at least had something of a heroes journey and transformation, even before he got the 10 rings. I thought Simu Lui did a solid job with the material given to him. The story was a little clunky being so flashback heavy and he went from San Fran to Macau to ancient hidden living forest to Ta Lo rather quickly. I was nervous that the comedy with Akwafina would be forced and awkward, but that was actually one of the better parts of the movie. I actually loved them tying the fake Mandarin back into the story and using him as a living Macguffin, I think it was a good use of a divisive part of the MCU's past and tying things in logically that makes this great sprawling epic tie into itself yet again. I wish we could have had the great protector and the evil soul sucker thingy fleshed out a little more, I thought that was terribly rushed and took away a lot of the impact it could have had. The design on both was great, but the story telling behind it not as much. I love love love how they seem to be using Wong as the modern era Coulson of the MCU. That guy who can tie everyone together and make the proper connections to essentially reform the Avengers when the time comes and have it actually make sense within the story. I'm very curious as to what he is doing with Abomination, as he seems as if he is mentoring him. I put this in the good, but not quite great tier of the MCU, somewhere in the nebulous middle ground that are all very good movies. B+ MCU Rankings Captain America: The Winter Soldier Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: End Game The Avengers Captain America: Civil War Doctor Strange Iron Man Thor: Ragnarok Guardians of the Galaxy WandaVision Captain America: The First Avenger Avengers: Age of Ultron Ant-Man Spider-Man: Homecoming Loki Ant-Man and the Wasp Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 Spider-Man: Far From Home Thor Black Widow The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Iron Man 2 Black Panther Iron Man 3 Captain Marvel The Incredible Hulk Thor: The Dark World 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nex_Gen Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Thoroughly enjoyed it. Choreography was off the walls and very authentic. Got a little too mystical for me in the end, but that's trying really hard to find something to complain about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 I think my biggest problem with the movie was them building Wen Wu as the villain throughout and then at the end "Oh hey, here is an evil soul sucking monster that will destroy the universe and our great protector just happens to be sleeping at the bottom of the lake that Shang Chi just got punched into by happenstance" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Bristow Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Assuming those 10 rings are going to tie into the Celestials somehow. That's probably who's being called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 1 hour ago, THE DUKE said: I think my biggest problem with the movie was them building Wen Wu as the villain throughout and then at the end "Oh hey, here is an evil soul sucking monster that will destroy the universe and our great protector just happens to be sleeping at the bottom of the lake that Shang Chi just got punched into by happenstance" It allowed the villain to be complex thought, which was nice. I think if they had alluded to him being influenced by some other force earlier it wouldve been better. Or hell talk about it during the million flashbacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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