Morrigan2575 February 25, 2019 Share February 25, 2019 Black Panther has won 2 Oscars (so far), Best Costume and Best Set Design. Both were well earned. 1 Link to comment
starri February 25, 2019 Share February 25, 2019 There were several audible YAAAAAAAASH's from my living room following those wins. Especially especially for Ruth Carter. 2 Link to comment
Lantern7 February 25, 2019 Share February 25, 2019 On 2/23/2019 at 12:25 PM, VCRTracking said: Synopsis: The heartbreaking story of a white arms dealer who is tragically killed after getting mixed up in the political struggles of an African nation It's funny for many reasons . . . like how Klaue only had the one arm. I can't see Black Panther getting the bigger awards. It'll have to "settle" for the highest-grossing film of 2018 in the U.S., and perhaps the MCU movie with the biggest impact. 2 Link to comment
Katsullivan February 27, 2019 Share February 27, 2019 On 2/24/2019 at 9:36 PM, Lantern7 said: It's funny for many reasons . . . like how Klaue only had the one arm. I am ashamed to admit that it took me a minute to get this. :D 1 Link to comment
xaxat April 2, 2019 Share April 2, 2019 Tongue in cheek, obviously, but written by a real military historian. Military Lessons Learned from the Battle of Wakanda Quote The world is blessed that Steve Rogers never made it past captain. The Battle of Wakanda in Avengers: Infinity War is a master class in how not to use an infantry battalion. However, from his failure, we can extract some fundamental lessons: 1 2 1 Link to comment
Raja April 2, 2019 Share April 2, 2019 28 minutes ago, xaxat said: Tongue in cheek, obviously, but written by a real military historian. Military Lessons Learned from the Battle of Wakanda I blamed the king myself after watching the battle with a veteran's eyes 1 Link to comment
Kel Varnsen April 2, 2019 Share April 2, 2019 3 hours ago, Raja said: I blamed the king myself after watching the battle with a veteran's eyes I saw that earlier. Considering they had combat aircraft (and rhinos) in Black Panther why not use them. Then again the helicarrier in Avengers was full of fighter jets but they never thought to use them to help fight the Chautari, even though those flying slug things moved really slowly. Link to comment
Perfect Xero April 2, 2019 Share April 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Kel Varnsen said: I saw that earlier. Considering they had combat aircraft (and rhinos) in Black Panther why not use them. Then again the helicarrier in Avengers was full of fighter jets but they never thought to use them to help fight the Chautari, even though those flying slug things moved really slowly. This is pretty true to the comics, where Steve is supposed to be a tactical genius, but most of his tactics are just hitting people until they fall down and refusing to give up combined with a superhuman ability to inspire people to fight on his side. 1 1 Link to comment
Raja April 2, 2019 Share April 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Kel Varnsen said: I saw that earlier. Considering they had combat aircraft (and rhinos) in Black Panther why not use them. Then again the helicarrier in Avengers was full of fighter jets but they never thought to use them to help fight the Chautari, even though those flying slug things moved really slowly. For the Avengers I can head canon that after Loki's attack and the Hulk's rampage the carrier wasn't mission capable. It took all they had for the quinjet with the Avengers and the two F-35s that the SHIELD/Hydra to get airborne. As for Wakanda it was like the big kid never having to learn to fight. If their technology failed to stop the enemy an experienced army would take them easily 1 Link to comment
xaxat April 5, 2019 Share April 5, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 4:32 PM, Kel Varnsen said: I saw that earlier. Considering they had combat aircraft (and rhinos) in Black Panther why not use them. Then again the helicarrier in Avengers was full of fighter jets but they never thought to use them to help fight the Chautari, even though those flying slug things moved really slowly. They didn't even need Wakandan or SHIELD tech to change the tide. Good old American close air support in the form of a A-10 squadron or a couple of C-130 Spectres would have been a hell of a lot more effective than War Machine and Falcon. 2 Link to comment
Raja April 5, 2019 Share April 5, 2019 (edited) On 4/2/2019 at 3:02 PM, Perfect Xero said: This is pretty true to the comics, where Steve is supposed to be a tactical genius, but most of his tactics are just hitting people until they fall down and refusing to give up combined with a superhuman ability to inspire people to fight on his side. Of course Captain Rogers was a WWII veteran but only the Red Skull was available to make Captain America sweat. I was wondering where the "skill" was acquired in his fight against Batroc. However leading a special forces squad should be right up his alley, even if his and the Howling Commandos support units didn't have the accuracy we have today. At least King T'Challa had to prepare his entire life for the day his father died and the potential martial challenge came. So the Black Panther would have reason to single combat skills along with his technology. Edited April 5, 2019 by Raja Link to comment
Kel Varnsen April 5, 2019 Share April 5, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Raja said: Of course Captain Rogers was a WWII veteran but only the Red Skull was available to make Captain America sweat. I was wondering where the "skill" was acquired in his fight against Batroc. However leading a special forces squad should be right up his alley, even if his and the Howling Commandos support units didn't have the accuracy we have today. I looked it up and the MCU timeline says 2 years between Avengers and Winter Soldier, so probably longer that Cap was defrosted. He seems like a guy who constantly wants to learn and improve himself (the pop culture list would also suggest that). So 2 years to improve your fighting skill doesn't seem like much of a stretch, especially when your body is already at peak human performance. Plus it is not like he has a regular day job that would take away from his training. I also read somewhere how in Avengers Cap is riding in a Quinjet and someone else is flying but in Civil War (or was it Age of Ultron) he can fly a Quinjet. This also backs up that Cap keeps improving himself. Edited April 5, 2019 by Kel Varnsen 4 Link to comment
xaxat December 19, 2019 Share December 19, 2019 It's official! US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner. Quote A USDA spokesperson said the Kingdom of Wakanda was added to the list by accident during a staff test. The department's online tariff tracker hosted a detailed list of goods the two nations apparently traded, including ducks, donkeys and dairy cows. Note that vibranium is not on the list. 11 Link to comment
Dandesun December 19, 2019 Share December 19, 2019 1 hour ago, xaxat said: It's official! US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner. Note that vibranium is not on the list. Wakanda wouldn't trade in vibranium, we all know that. In regards to the other... are we importing the ducks? Were we losing our duck population? Or did they just migrate? 1 Link to comment
Raja December 19, 2019 Share December 19, 2019 We lost Tony Stark, something is needed for the next alien invasion and to cover Wakanda's flanks. Link to comment
Anduin December 19, 2019 Share December 19, 2019 I noticed that the thread right above this was Cats. The two biggest feline-themed movies of this decade. Have say, Coogler or Boseman spoken about Cats? Link to comment
Bruinsfan December 20, 2019 Share December 20, 2019 18 hours ago, Raja said: We lost Tony Stark, something is needed for the next alien invasion and to cover Wakanda's flanks. I'd suggest geese rather than ducks for that. 1 Link to comment
Lantern7 July 16, 2020 Share July 16, 2020 Does this cross a line? I don't think so . . . but I am weird. 1 1 Link to comment
galaxygirl76 August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 For the umpteenth time, fuck cancer 🙁 12 Link to comment
Scarlett45 August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, BetterButter said: 4 minutes ago, galaxygirl76 said: For the umpteenth time, fuck cancer 🙁 Just now, starri said: And fuck 2020. I came to share. So sad. That’s so young omg. Did they finish the second Black Panther film? Link to comment
MsNewsradio August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Scarlett45 said: I came to share. So sad. That’s so young omg. Did they finish the second Black Panther film? I don't believe they were to start filming the second film until 2021. I can't believe it. Heartbroken for his family and friends. Link to comment
truthaboutluv August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, MsNewsradio said: I don't believe they were to start filming the second film until 2021. And you know, I always thought it was odd that they scheduled filming so late, especially considering how hugely successful the film was and all the momentum it had. I wonder now if they had to work around Chadwick's health. It's crazy but I remember especially during last year's Oscars thinking how small he looked, especially since he'd been in an action film but I didn't think anything of it. Because I didn't think he looked sickly per se, just very thin. 3 Link to comment
SnoGirl August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 Holy shit. I can’t believe it. This is so sad. 4 Link to comment
GHScorpiosRule August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, BetterButter said: What? What? Just...I have no words. 5 Link to comment
Guest August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 26 minutes ago, BetterButter said: I’m in disbelief. So shocking and tragic. 5 minutes ago, truthaboutluv said: And you know, I always thought it was odd that they scheduled filming so late, especially considering how hugely successful the film was and all the momentum it had. I wonder now if they had to work around Chadwick's health. I remember last year there were rumors that he wanted out of his Marvel contract. Now I wonder if someone heard about a contingency plan and jumped to the wrong conclusion. Link to comment
Sakura12 August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 I just heard about Chadwick Boseman. I can't believe it. I didn't even know he had Cancer. 4 Link to comment
emma675 August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 This one breaks my heart, he was so young. Fuck cancer. 1 Link to comment
Jenniferbug August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 I'm really struggling with this news. He was such a role model for so many people, especially kids. 10 Link to comment
Spartan Girl August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 Horrible horrible horrible WAKANDA FOREVER 9 Link to comment
Cobalt Stargazer August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 18 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said: Horrible horrible horrible WAKANDA FOREVER I don't even know what to say, except what a garbage year this has been. 1 Link to comment
thuganomics85 August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 Holy shit! This was one of the times I literally didn't believe it when it first popped up on my feed and at first thought "Well, this is some weird fake... wait, what?!" when I read it. This is just so tragic. Even before he rightfully gain fame for this film, I remember him popping up in various shows I watched and also getting a kick out of him barely suppressing a grin during the hilariously ridiculous Gods of Egypt film with Gerard Butler. It's tragic no matter what, but watching him finally get his big break and be in the spotlight after working so hard is just so crushing. Going to have to process this some more, but until then, joining the chorus to fuck both cancer and this hell scape that the year 2020 has apparently become. 12 Link to comment
Popular Post starri August 29, 2020 Popular Post Share August 29, 2020 I'm glad she shared that story. 29 Link to comment
Shannon L. August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Dani said: I’m in disbelief. So shocking and tragic. I remember last year there were rumors that he wanted out of his Marvel contract. Now I wonder if someone heard about a contingency plan and jumped to the wrong conclusion. I was thinking this morning that someone at Marvel had to know. I can't imagine that they'd have written a whole film knowing that the lead was battling cancer. I heard last night that the Black Panther comic had more than one Black Panther and that at one time it was Shuri? I makes me wonder if they have a script in mind with another character taking the lead, just in case. This one is hitting me hard, too. He was so young, so beautiful, so talented and seemed so nice (and by all accounts he was). What a great loss. 10 Link to comment
Kel Varnsen August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Shannon L. said: I was thinking this morning that someone at Marvel had to know. I can't imagine that they'd have written a whole film knowing that the lead was battling cancer. I imagine they would have had to know. Infinity War and Endgame were shot at the same time and after he was diagnosed. Those movies would have been insured for a ridiculous amount, so I think they would have need to have known if an actor playing a major character was sick. 9 Link to comment
Scarlett45 August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Kel Varnsen said: I imagine they would have had to know. Infinity War and Endgame were shot at the same time and after he was diagnosed. Those movies would have been insured for a ridiculous amount, so I think they would have need to have known if an actor playing a major character was sick. Yes. Every principal actor has to have a physical from a doctor in order to insure the movie. The higher ups knew but he didn’t want it public (understandable). Given he was diagnosed 4yrs ago he may have been in remission during filming. Link to comment
truthaboutluv August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 (edited) One thing about the pandemic is that it's allowed many celebrities to be all but invisible the last few months. Because of this, many were able to miss how physically ill Chadwick had gotten, including myself. But I saw an old post from April I think, on another board last night, after the news came, where Chadwick did an IG post talking about Jackie Robinson . And yeah, had I seen that post back then, the news would not have been as shocking. Many of the comments in that post were just hoping he was losing weight for a role, because they didn't want to believe that he likely could have been very ill. Edited August 29, 2020 by truthaboutluv Link to comment
blueray August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 I was shocked and really sad when I heard :(. Maybe Disney did know he was sick in hindsight. It seemed odd that they would wait so long to do a sequel for Blackpanther when it was a such a hit. Maybe they were hoping he'll be better by the sequel :(. A possibly also explaining his few scenes overall in Infinity war/endgame. That being said it's also possible they didn't, as it's private information. 1 Link to comment
Jazzy24 August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 I’m so heartbroken about this. My first exposure to Chadwick wasn’t Black Panther, I always followed his work and loved him. I was so happy when he was casted as T’Challa/Black Panther and I loved his movie and appearances in the MCU. He seemed like such a great person. I’m really depressed from this news cause even though I know that time is so fleeting and nothing is promised to us. I thought we had more time to see his craft expend. I thought we would see more of those roles he made iconic 😞 I remember him looking really thin and people did assume that it was for a role. People also made horrible comments about his weight and how he was looking. A lot of people have said this and it should continue to be said, but we never know what people are going through. We can’t possibly imagine the battles they are fighting. So I hope people remember that. This one hurts so much. I’m trying to at least take comfort that after 4yrs that he gets to rest from one hard fought battle. He also left an amazing legacy behind and so many people love him. 10 Link to comment
Spartan Girl August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 People on social media don't want him to be recast. I think that's fair: just have Shuri or Okoye take over the Black Panther persona. Or odds are they just do a new male male character for the movie. Either way, Black Panther 2 had better be dedicated to Chadwick. 9 Link to comment
Shannon L. August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 21 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said: People on social media don't want him to be recast. I think that's fair: just have Shuri or Okoye take over the Black Panther persona. Or odds are they just do a new male male character for the movie. Either way, Black Panther 2 had better be dedicated to Chadwick. I think that's fair, too. They had to have had a contingency plan for the script, just in case. I wouldn't mind either of those women taking over as BP. Also, and I hesitate to bring this up because I know some people are sick of him, but Bucky does have ties to Wakanda now and was called White Wolf, so I could see him being a supporting character (NOT a lead, but having few scenes more than just a cameo). Christ, it hurts just thinking about this. He was so damn good (I was shocked to hear he was 43! I was thinking early to mid 30s at the most). 1 Link to comment
Raja August 29, 2020 Share August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Spartan Girl said: People on social media don't want him to be recast. I think that's fair: just have Shuri or Okoye take over the Black Panther persona. Or odds are they just do a new male male character for the movie. Either way, Black Panther 2 had better be dedicated to Chadwick. I think that since the source material has the little sister take over his roles unless the a actress isn't up to the role that would be the story told. 1 Link to comment
MrsRafaelBarba August 30, 2020 Share August 30, 2020 Sadly I wasn't surprised, still a gut punch nonetheless. Chadwick silently battled Cancer, while filming BP, IW and Endgame. It will be a long time before I watch.BP again, it will definitely hit different when I do. Rest Well Chadwick, you will truly be missed. Link to comment
magdalene August 30, 2020 Share August 30, 2020 Words cannot express how much I want this year to be over. News like this makes me believe 2020 is truly cursed. Link to comment
Morrigan2575 August 30, 2020 Share August 30, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Spartan Girl said: People on social media don't want him to be recast. I think that's fair: just have Shuri or Okoye take over the Black Panther persona. Or odds are they just do a new male male character for the movie. Either way, Black Panther 2 had better be dedicated to Chadwick. Or M'Baku. They already changed him from a Villain to Hero, they could make him BP. I agree though, no T'Challa recast that was Chadwick's role, he owned it. Edited August 30, 2020 by Morrigan2575 4 Link to comment
Kel Varnsen August 30, 2020 Share August 30, 2020 22 minutes ago, Morrigan2575 said: I agree though, no T'Challa recast that was Chadwick's role, he owned it. I think I would be ok with a recast, given a decent amount of time. I think in general with the whole MCU shared universe getting bigger and bigger Marvel needs to come up with kind of a continuity plan either for when things like these happen or when people just don't want to play the characters any more. I mean it is one thing to have a shared universe in the comics where the characters can live forever and have our aged about 14 years since 1961. But it is a bit harder to do in movies where people age and sadly die. Plus there are so many great T'Challa stories left to tell. Sure Boseman was amazing, but there are other amazing actors out there. 2 Link to comment
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