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Marvel's Inhumans/Inhumass/Inhumazz: Review Thread.
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hodayathink
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The problem with this specifically is that they made the agreement with IMAX so that it could fit into IMAX's dead period (there generally aren't new release IMAX movies between the middle/end of August and the middle/end of September to early October), and Game of Thrones did pretty well for them in what I believe was a similar slot. So once they made the agreement last year, they needed the whole thing to be done by right now. And you have to get lucky (or, more than likely, really expensive) to get a good showrunner who is willing to completely build a show up from nothing in that short of a time period.
I have no idea, but based on the trailers he seems to be giving the worst performance out of all the other actors in this. His garbled accent is absolutely atrocious.
7 PM ET supposedly. So exactly in 3 hours lol.
Father_Brain
Banned
Imagine if they had struck a deal for the same period next year. We might actually have ended up with something halfway decent.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I'm pretty positive they locked on Buck long before the IMAX deal.
Father_Brain
Banned
The "IMAX deal" is how the show exists in the first place. The show's existence and the IMAX partnership were announced together three weeks or so before Buck as showrunner.
DarkJediKnight
Member
You weren't joking...
NYC not looking too hot lol...opening night:
What are you talking about? The crowds are UGE! UGEST crowd ever!!
Can we please not let this air and just quietly cancel it?
Marvel had to have known almost every step of the way this was going to be absolute dogshit and they're just letting happen.
Jesus. This is just sad to watch unfold as an Inhumans fan. Like witnessing a slow motion bullet slowly making it's way to my heart across several months, I can only watch in horror.
Marvel had to have known almost every step of the way this was going to be absolute dogshit and they're just letting happen.
Jesus. This is just sad to watch unfold as an Inhumans fan. Like witnessing a slow motion bullet slowly making it's way to my heart across several months, I can only watch in horror.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
This has more IMAX showtimes than any IMAX movie and it's still gonna bomb hard.
It sucks that so many of Kirby's characters (the FF, Inhumans) have gotten the shaft. Really hope DC will end up doing something great with the New Gods.
When I saw Where the Wild Things Are in IMAX, I was the only person in there. It was pretty awesome, haha.
hodayathink
Member
I've had a couple instances where I was the only person in a movie theater, and they were great (and that's even though one of them was Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle).
Oh, don't get me wrong...I'm not ragging on anyone who happens to enjoy going to the movies by themselves (I do it all the time!), just making fun of the strangely depressing image of an Inhumans fan who'd wind up going to see the imax premiere of this show and finding themselves the only one in the theatre.
spyroflame0487
Member
Probably back when it was announced, IMAX was completely blowing their load; could you imagine having a huge franchise, potentially something like Guardians of the Galaxy on your hands? You'd add as many showings and seatings as possible. Fans will be climbing over each other in the seats to get a sneak peek at this new series.
And then..it turns out to be a dud.
I don't think anyone is really going to lose out (IMAX gets to show something in a dead period, Ike gets his InHumans, Marvel gets some bargaining chips to say "hey, we really shouldn't have separate divisions for movies and shows"
Hopefully this'll pave the way to unifying the MCU, and maybe Marvel will try to force something else our way in the comics/movies since Inhumans can't be the stand ins for mutants and the X-Men any more.
Father_Brain
Banned
uh, who do you mean by "Marvel" in this scenario? Does anyone there actually want to reunify the Perlmutter and Feige divisions?
I mean, that literally just ended and Defenders was good.
Iron First was bad. This looks to be bad. But that's not really a streak when AoS and Defenders are happening around the same time.
Thankfully, we'll likely never see Buck involved with the MCU again. I think Marvel TV will be fine going forward.
In a dream scenario, Marvel/Disney will look at Inhumans and say, "Okay, the TV side can be good for us. We know it has some of the most acclaimed stuff in the MCU. Let's not let Inhumans happen again. Let's put more control of the TV side under the movie division."
Perhaps that means forcing Perlmutter out of the TV side. Perhaps that means getting a Feige-type person to be the person who sits in the middle of the divisions, making sure everything works together and that we don't end up with an Inhumans situation again.
The film division has had a dud before too. The Dark World is ridiculed on a regular basis. It feels like Marvel has tried to keep things fresh and that they made an effort to avoid a TDW-type movie again. Hopefully they apply that to the TV division as well.
Just_myles
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Man. Agree to disagree on that one. Randomly insert Ghost Rider and LMDs... doesn't translate well for me. So nah.
I don't share the opinion but going by GAF Daredevil S2, Luke Cage, Iron Fist & Defenders were all shit. This is where the "bad streak" talk comes from.
hodayathink
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I don't think so. Feige has never shown any interested in working on the TV division even when they were co-operating more (i.e. AoS season 1), so it's not like he'd take control of both. You'd basically be asking for Loeb to pull a Feige and report directly to ABC/Disney's TV division, which might be a small improvement but there's still a lot of people who don't have much faith in Loeb.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
Banned
So if this makes them money, they can keep pumping them out.
Defenders was okay. Just okay. And even that might be slightly generous considering the anticipation for Defenders to finally happen.
Maybe Ghost Rider was "random" (Dunno the issue with that when it isn't uncommon for a new season of a show to dole out a brand new threat), but the LMD arc was eased into a way that made total sense considering the antagonist involved.
Pretty much. Even DD S2, which was overall solid (thanks to the Punisher) suffered a lot due to the pacing and Hand nonsense. Then Luke Cage's 2nd half. The entirety of Iron Fist. And Defenders is frankly hard to love unless you're very much forgiving due to the fact that our heroes have finally met one another.
It was touted at the beginning as Game of Thrones in space, and he fell for it.
Hot take: Daredevil S1 is just as good (or bad depending on your opinion) as the rest of Netflix's Marvel output. People just praise it because it was the first one out of the gate and it was really exciting at the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/31/marvel-the-inhumans-the-tv-disaster-of-year
The Guardian: "Marvel's The Inhumans: destined to be the TV disaster of the year"
Ouch.
EDIT: not a review. My bad.
The Guardian: "Marvel's The Inhumans: destined to be the TV disaster of the year"
Ouch.
EDIT: not a review. My bad.
I'm not understanding this at all. How is it "random?" They were both introduced naturally and built up over time, especially the LMD arc which was the complete opposite of "random."
What exactly do you want?
To be fair, it easily could have been. There is no reason why Inhumans couldn't have been Game of Thrones in space.
And then Buck happened.
Father_Brain
Banned
Did you read the article? It's not a review, just an article discussing how bad the marketing and general buzz have been.
Luke Cage (second half mainly), Iron Fist, and the Defenders were all mediocre at best, and now we get this. Shield S4 is the only one I'm behind on, but seems to be praised universally.
Not sure that's a review so much as a general summary of the show and how it's appeared in the marketing.
SchrodingerC
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FtLoG Marvel, do not go 3 for3 with Scott Buck, it's not worth it.
FtLoG Marvel, do not go 3 for3 with Scott Buck, it's not worth it.
Poor GRIMES
Banned
My local IMAX theater has 2 showings tomorrow. 14 people going in total so far!
I disagree with Luke and Defenders. I loved the majority of Luke Cage. Had no issues with the second half.
But yes, absolutely watch Shield S4. Immediately.
Father_Brain
Banned
Given the production schedule, it was probably fucked even before Buck came on board. Not that he didn't likely manage to make it even worse.
Why do you watch 4 long seasons, which amounts to like 88 episodes, of a show you not only don't like, but actually find terrible?
(I think AoS is the best superhero tv show with a significant margin, in particular season 2 and 4 gave us 44 episodes of very strong material in my opinion).
My man.
Season 2 was one of the best things in the MCU and season 4 managed to top it.
It's a bit silly to be like, "Marvel, I know you have this acclaimed show that critics and fans love. But I'm telling you, you need to let it go. Because I don't like it."
Norwegian Rudo
Member
I don't think it's fair to place the blame entirely on Buck. Sure, he's shit, but Marvel are the ones who decided cheap and fast were more important than quality.
Did you stop during season 1?