The Middle Geeks Episode 59: ‘The Marvels’ Review
Maryam and Isa once again join us to review the latest installment in Kamala Khan’s journey in the MCU, The Marvels.
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NOC Review: ‘The Marvels’ is a Light and Breezy Blast
It seems these days I start out every MCU review with some comments about how we’re in an era where “the death of Marvel” is prominently in the zeitgeist. And sure, a damning article from Variety and some online chatter, along with some lukewarm or worse receptions for certain projects here and there would have you think such a thing is imminent. Perhaps it’s true. Or perhaps it’s audience or critical cynicism at its worst.
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How ‘The Marvels’ and Spider-Man Held Me Together: A Quantum-Entangled Timeline
Don’t! You tell me to smile!
The Beastie Boys, “Intergalactic”
You stick around I’ll make it worth your while!
The last five years have not even been fooling around.
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Marvel Studios Sneakily Drops a TON of Movie Announcements
Kevin Feige, you sly dawg! Earlier today Marvel Studios dropped a very inspiring video commemorating our return to the movies. And as wonderful as it was to see footage from our favorite films within the MCU legacy, they rewarded everyone who watched it with a truckload of very cool updates about their slate coming between now and 2023. Before we break down what all of it means, watch the video first and get hyped:
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Maria Rambeau and My Fear for Black Girls in Space
In which I wish I could have Monica Rambeau’s fearlessness when it comes to Black women characters in sci-fi, but I’ve been burned twice before.
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‘Captain Marvel’ Goes Higher Further and Faster For the MCU
Sorry to burst your bubble, haters, but Captain Marvel is really good.
With all the controversy surrounding Captain Marvel, created by internet trolls, it was refreshing to watch the film and see how wrong they were about it. Captain Marvel has been labeled a feminist film, and it is, but it does so without dragging men down. Instead, the film focuses on women empowerment, sisterhood, and friendships.
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‘Captain Marvel’ First Look and Setting Up the Future of the MCU
UPDATE (9/18/18): The Captain Marvel trailer is here!
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We Do Not Need a Wonder Woman Movie
We don’t need a Wonder Woman movie. Yeah, I said it.
I can scarcely imagine a worse waste of digital celluloid: flying spears thrown from thin, gangly limbs, a star-spangled miniskirt threatening wardrobe malfunctions for two and a quarter hours, unblemished ivory skin strained under gold and platinum body armor, practicality be damned. Wonder Woman the movie — fangirl nirvana, fanboy nightmare. Whenever people discuss the needless parade of White Anglo-Saxon Protestants who populate superhero movies’ starring roles, part of me appreciates their boredom with the obnoxious identity politics at play; what was The Avengers but a classic fraternity bro-down with human growth hormone, outdated mythology and colorful titanium tossed in for kicks?
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