...Ah, PC, the only thing that doesn't realize it's a self-parody at this point.

Yeah because that's not a racist stereotype at all.:rolleyes

So it's racist to have a white superhero with magic Asian martial arts prowess because it's the Mighty Whitey trope and he should be made Asian so it won't be racist, but it's also racist to have an Asian superhero with magic Asian martial arts prowess?

Why do I also feel that if Marvel cast Iron Fist into the dustbin of history on the premise that such a racist idea should be better left forgotten, these same people complaining would also complain about that being a racist denial of historical racism only racists would do even though at this point that seems like what they want?

If the race thing is such a big deal why does the comic still exist or why was he made into a cartoon character? I don't see why the problem if its appeared in the past with no controversy.

THAT'S what I've been saying.

I mean how can you white wash a character that's white to begin with?

Because everything is racist or sexist or some other category of offense nowadays. Captain America is a jingoistic symbol of American imperialism, Black Widow is sexist because the term "black widow" is negative and applies to females exclusively, Thor is offensive to Norse Pagans for how it misrepresents their theology etc.

Hell, people freaked out about Doctor Strange whitewashing the Ancient One, despite them doing that because the original Tibetan dude from the comics wasn't going to do well in the big moneymaking Chinese market because China doesn't like it when you treat Tibet as a thing that exists, and heaven for bid that a company doesn't want to piss off its consumer base! And even if China not liking it when people talk about Tibet wasn't an issue, I'm sure there would be people who were complaining about a mystical magical elderly Asian dude giving superpowers being a racist caricature. People seem to just want to be offended nowadays so that they can have an imaginary dragon to slay.

That's pretty much it, right there.

Doesn't sound like the lack of a costume is the problem.

Personally I just hope it's better than the back half of Daredevil season 2. I feel that set a pretty low bar to clear.

Personally I don't care Asian ninjas and such are cool I just think it's funny the guys screaming "white washing" want a racial stereotype.

Guarantee you if Danny was recast as Asian though some of these same people would be crying racism.

And if Danny was recast as Asian die-hard fans would be screaming that they changed the race of the character. They'd be screaming "You ruined my childhood!", or some stupid shit.

I always thought Danny was half-Asian anyway.

But then I've never actually read Iron Fist.

Holy shit someone else who found DD Season 2 to be quite less enjoyable *high-fives*
But yeah, this is bad. MCU's first outright bad thing? Don't like that idea, and on the race comment. My theory is that Iron Fist simply isn't as well-known, otherwise there wouldn't be as many complaints. Granted, there are people who just look for reasons to whine, but there were people who threw hissy fits that Black Panther would have nearly an entirely black cast and that the school kids in Homecoming would be a mix of races like in actual high schools

...Doesn't Black Panther take place in Africa?

Yes. Again, there are absolute morons who whine about anything, even if it reveals they're not good people

Honestly, I'm not too concerned.
Look up reviews for literally any MCU film. You'll find someone who basically says "It's if Tommy Wiseau decided to make a super hero flick."
Every work has it's dissenters. Hell, I just finished a conversation with someone who thinks Jessica Jones is the absolute worst Marvel series.

I'll give it a fair shake before I go into it filled with dread. It's possible it's bad, but it's also possible that people don't know what they're talking about.

Like with anyone who praises Decade, am I right? ;)

Watchu talking about? Matrixbeast loves Decade and would happily rewatch it

Your signature says so!

They'll never find your bodies.

Yeesh, it's not like I insulted Chocobo's or anything

Considering watching the 90's X-Men show as I've finally gotten enough interest in that franchise

In fairness, I really liked all of the Punisher stuff way more than I expected to, given my dislike for the character. Pretty much everything that involved Elektra and the Hand was a complete mess, though.

Again, the exact same as me

Same. Wasn't a fan of DD season 2 at all save for the Punisher arc, and even that involved having to suffer through Karen Page.

Not a fan? I personally liked her, though her original comic version was absolute trash from what I heard so you're probably reminded of that

What? I can't agree at all. DD's second season was amazing, just as good as Luke Cage (I know someone here hated that one too) and way better than the first. I thought the second half was great because they didn't try to drag out one storyline for 13 episodes like they did with Season 1 (and boy was S1 so damn slow at times), but rather had two storylines going on. We had the Matt and Elektra story and the Punisher/Karen story. It was great. They actually gave Karen a purpose instead of just being the token "I'm scared of everything brecause I'm a helpless female character that gets shaken up by everything" that she was in the comics.

Nah, I'm pretty unfamiliar with the comic version to be honest :lol

I liked her a lot in season one, but not so much after that.

Yeah, I agree that DD season 2 didn't have the same punch(ha) that Season 1 did.

Between Punisher's story and Elektra's, along with setting up for Defenders it was trying to juggle way too much and didn't have the cohesive storyline that Season 1 did.

If I'd have to rate the Netflix shows I'd probably go:

1: DD Season 1
2: Luke Cage
3: DD Season 2
4: Jessica Jones

Yeah, I didn't particularly care for Jessica Jones either...but I am making my way through the netflix shows so my opinion might change.

Domino has been cast for the Deadpool sequel: Zazie Beets, who I am completely unfamiliar with. No big surprise there, I'm unfamiliar with most of the cast for the Inhumans show, too.

http://shuangxi-in-spring.com/Images/ZBDOMINO.jpg

Source: ComingSoon.net

She's one of Cable's partners.
I hope we actually do get Cable.

Oh, I'm familiar with the character, just not the actress. I probably should have been more clear. I think Cable is a definite at this point, from what I've seen. It's just down to the casting, or possibly just announcing it at this point.

Seen Winter Solider about 4 times now and I'm still not sick of it.

Suffice to say, it's easy the best Marvel movie to date.

Ah, okay.
I'm just sick of people taking the end credits scene at the end of the first film at face value considering, at how large of a risk this film was, Fox would guarantee the director a sequel before they got the numbers in.

It's a good one. So far, though, Civil War and Guardians are the films I can come back to over and over~

Oh, I agree. I generally take a lot of that stuff with a grain of salt. But all of the reports coming out are stating the script is being written around Cable's appearance and the casting is one of the rumored points of contention that caused the original director to back out of the sequel. Also, noted X-Men film hack writer Simon Kinberg stated X-Force is moving forward around Deadpool and Cable. There's a lot of smoke than the usual rumors seem to generate. Mind you, I'm not much of a Cable fan but the first Deadpool won me over so I'm trying to keep an open mind.

First photos from the filming of Inhumans have surfaced.

The Black Bolt costume is kinda uninspired but that CGI stand-in prop can only be LOCKJAW! :D

http://www.outerplaces.com/science-f...nclude-lockjaw

for those unfamiliar, Lockjaw is a magic dog the size of a VW bus who can teleport people when they hug him.

He is awesome.


http://i68.tinypic.com/a0uj5e.jpg

They're including Lockjaw? That's awesome~

Are there any "What If" stories where it looks at "What if Wolverine had a trauma-free childhood and grew up into a relatively normal guy who just so happens to have retractable bone claws?"

Not that I know of. But I imagine he would have those stickers on his shirt that says 'hello my name is Jimmy' and be less of a brooding lone wolf. I would like to see it though if it exists now that you mention it.

Well, for Marvel, a mutant living a carefree life seems to be quite the exception. So once someone spotted his bone claws, I'm pretty certain he'd be ostracized because the marvel universe is full of assholes.

And that the X-men's storyline and concept make literally no sense as part of a larger Marvel universe.

I mean, come on, you got freaking Norse gods running around, how weird is a guy with some weird calcium deposits at that point?

Oh yeah. That's because it was like THe Dark Knight in that it went above and beyond being just a comic book movie. It is not only the best MCU movie to date, but the best movie based on a Marvel comic period. I doubt anything will top it for the next decade.