The TV series already established that in the original animated Aladdin canon.
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They even shot that 10 minute cameo before filming for Captain Marvel started. And If i remember correctly, they didnāt tell her who she was playing for that cameo.
I just finished watching Captain Marvel and I liked it. It was pretty solid. And Iām not really a fan of these Marvel movies.
The problem I have with a lot of them is that its just been a bunch of origin stories which have been VERY loosely connected to a handful of I guess ācoreā movies. And then they tack on a throwaway villain and doomsday plot, so that our origin hero has something to do now. But by the time they get to that, there isnāt enough time to do it justice and to also really have fun with this characterās powers.
I really wish they hadnāt done that. Origin stories for everyone. The general population knows the origins of the main marvel characters. and the ones we donāt-----its probably not that important. What is really interesting about these characters is that they are super. I wanna see what sort of āsuperā story telling is possible. Yeah, it might be nice if they had personalities and emotions, too. But Marvel didnāt really go forth with that, for most of them. Even Captain America, who has a pretty lengthy and compelling story leading up to getting his powers----is then curtailed to being that meathead from the past who doesnāt know anything so lets joke about it. It was a really weird decision.
Its all (the characters in these movies) turned into mostly just a couple of different shades of jokes and sarcasm. Only dialing up some emotion as a scene demands Regardless of what their origin story otherwise showed of them. And really-----I donāt think most people are truly wanting to see the realistic, psychologically busted versions of these characters in bright muted color power suits. Especially in this more cartooney/comic bookish flavor.
So I did appreciate Captain Marvel for just being a hot head who wants to get stuff done. And they sort of did her origin in half reverse. So we got to the cool stuff right away and then back pedaled for a minute to be like ok yeah she got hit with a blast of engergy which you already knew or could have guessed and even if you guessed wrong, close enough.
And it is cool to finally see some cool female hero characters. They donāt have to be the best movies, overall. But if they are doing cool stuff and it doesnāt feel held back somehow (like, hereās the part where we hit the brakes and remind you that sheās a girl and that somehow means we canāt keep things cranked to 11 for the whole time), then Iām having a good time. They have even done that shit within the Marvel movies previous to this. In Ant-Man, Evangeline Lilly, who played Kate from Lost (see: a badass, hateful, no remorse motherfucker; whom I will never disassociate from Evangeline) stands around with her arms folded for nearly all of the movie. And is constantly told that her ideas are dumb.
Atomic Blonde is a pretty crappy movie anytime we arenāt watching a fight scene. But, those fight scenes are fuckin great and they really let Charlize sell the hell out of it. Captain Marvel did similar, in a Marvel style. When that Scroll shrieked at her and she shrieked back before pummeling him: I knew I was gonna like this movie fairly well. And they kept that part of the characterization pretty consistent. Later scenes reminded me of any number of hot headed action dudes and there was also a big helping of: Hey you know how girls are always treated like they are weak or should always look for direction on how to act? NO!
And yeah, scene to scene, the power levels and the stakes are all over the place. But, what stayed consistent is that Captain Marvel got to do a bunch of cool shit which the audience would probably think to do. And looks great and cool the whole time. Even her mohawk headgear suit which has zero explanation but hey its awesome, so what!?!
The bar scene where she sees memories of past Carol (overlaid on the environment) included her in front of a SFII arcade cab, and it happens so fast I actually entertained this same nerdass nitpick:
In Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers ends up in the local Panchoās Bar while trying to figure out some things about her past that keep messing with her mind. As she walks through the bar, sheās hit with a swarm of memories in front of her, including one quick shot of her celebrating after winning a round on the Street Fighter II arcade game. However, thereās a problem with that.
The Street Fighter II arcade cabinet wasnāt released until 1991, two years after Carol Danvers was believed to be dead. So by the time Street Fighter II was released, Carol would have already been part of Starforce and therefore unable to play the game in the years before then. In fact, the cabinet shown in Captain Marvel is Street Fighter II: Champion Edition , which wasnāt released until 1992.
Which isnāt the case really, digging it up she appears to be playing uhā¦something I canāt identify
FLIGHT****2000 ??? fitting in any case
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Internet people hated on her and this movie so hard 
Its a pinball machine!
http://www.chitku.my/Stern+Flight+2000+Pinball+Machine+Restored+New+Playfield+Movie+Prop+LEDs-1252436.html
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Yāall I really wanted to talk about The Old Man With A Gun instead. The opening shot is a real neat bank I have stared at for 30 years!
what did you plan to do that you stared at it 30 years?
guess that you needed some geezer to tell you how to do these things, hotshotā¦ j/k, i absolutely loved Redford in this. It looked like he had a great time doing that final hurrah to end his acting career, and it was a nice touch to focus on the people in this movie.
basically, the most relaxed and chilling heist movie of all time?
Yeah, sounds right.
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if it aināt in a movie, itās aināt canon
The TV series canon is the only Aladdin canon that matters
Nobody kicks Mechanicles to the curb on my watch
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not only is the Aladdin TV show not canon, the Hercules TV show isnāt canon either
and that means they never crossed over
all of it
a lie
(I think all the Stitch TV shows are canon but then we have to get into an argument if the Stitch anime thatās never been seen in the west is canon and well, no)
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mozenrah was the inspiration for mqny a beginners first necromancer in dnd
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Today I saw the trailer for some new Joker origin story movie that is an extremely obvious homage to Scorseseās NYC period?? Like, what if we remade The King of Comedy, except Rupert Pupkin is the Joker? Weird shit, hollywood is mutating.
Are we gonna have like a 70ās New Hollywood style renaissance of experimental mainstream cinema, except all the weirdo mid-budget art films are gonna have to shoehorn in a comic book character?
Whatever, Iām still not gonna go see them. Until they remake The Conversation, starring Howard the Duck.
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itās definitely āWhat if King of Comedy and Taxi Driver were the same movie, and also Batman EU contentā
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Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid except the Tick & Arthur
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Iām impressed that they shoved an even dumber human plot in King of the Monsters than what was in '14 because some idiot really wants a goddamn monster cinematic universe but thatās okay because I like that Godzilla is still portrayed as a grumpy old man who just wants to sleep but we keep doing shit by accident that wakes him up and then heās gotta go grab his bat
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best movie of 2019 so far, isnāt it?
For Holly blockbustin types I think Iāve enjoyed Alita the most.
Yo I heard about The Wandering Earthās reception but am trying to see if chinese cinemaās āCrazy Alienā is worth a watch
it was reminiscent of āAtlantic rimā
Back in Japan had more Plane Movies.
Dragon Ball Broly was fucking sweet. Those fight scenes were incredible and giving everyone pathos and dumb jokes and Goku is Chaotic Evil.
Aquaman AKA Ocean Master was cool as well for being a bunch of green screen nonsense. Outside of the four movies that are also inside it, itās basically a kungfu movie where One Weird Trick will win. And Aquamanās brother is totally in the right except all the pollution is from energy problems and if yāall had an infinite energy solution shouldnāt you fucking share it?
Also guess Superman and Bats were busy cleaning up all the humanlife and destruction on every costal city in the world?
Gotta Maintain the ancient monarchy. But give me a film about those crab men.
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they are not doing this but there will apparently be a movie entirely about those deep sea demon people for some reason