That's my problem with the Kang stuff is that they handled it so bad out of the gate. It was one of the villains I was looking forward to seeing. Avengers EMH did it far better.
Love is for souls, not bodies.
https://us.yahoo.com/entertainment/t...160803372.html
Taika Waititi revealed on a new episode of the “SmartLess” podcast that he had no interest in joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a director. The filmmaker has directed two MCU movies: 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok,” which is widely considered one of the best Marvel movies, and 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which is one of the franchise’s most polarizing. The Oscar winner said he originally accepted the “Ragnarok” gig for money, as he had just had his second child.
“You know what? I had no interest in doing one of those films,” Waititi said. “It wasn’t on my plan for my career as an auteur. But I was poor and I’d just had a second child, and I thought, ‘You know what, this would be a great opportunity to feed these children.'”All I will say is, this explains why Thor: L&T came out the way it was.“And ‘Thor,’ let’s face it — it was probably the least popular franchise,” he continued. “I never read ‘Thor’ comics as a kid. That was the comic I’d pick up and be like ‘Ugh.’ And then I did some research on it, and I read one ‘Thor’ comic or 18 pages, or however long they are. I was still baffled by this character.”
When asked if Marvel executives were scared to bring him in, Waititi answered: “I think there was no place left for them to go with that. I thought, ‘Well, they’ve called me in, this is really the bottom of the barrel.”
“Thor: Ragnarok” ended up earning critical acclaim and $853 million at the worldwide box office. “Love and Thunder” topped out at a still-strong $760 million worldwide. Waititi recently told Business Insider that he will most likely not return to direct another “Thor” movie because his slate is booked for the next six or so years.
“I know that I won’t be involved,” he said about “Thor 5” directing duties. “I’m going to concentrate on these other films that I’ve signed on for … But I love Marvel, I love working with them. I love Chris.”
“I would never feel like they are cheating on me,” Waititi added, noting he’d have no ill will if Marvel goes ahead and hires another writer-director for a fifth “Thor” movie. “We’re in an open relationship, and it’s like if they want to see other people, I’m happy for that. I’d still get back into bed with them one day.”
I don't like Thor: Ragnarok but I don't think there's anything shocking about what Waititi is saying. He's not saying (granted I haven't heard the whole podcast) he didn't try to make a good movie. He's saying he had no interest in Thor and they gave him the job because they were desperate for a new take on the franchise, so they bought his pitch for a more comedic, less comics-traditional take on Thor.
And it worked, it was a hit.
Unfortunately it only worked once, as he found when he tried to repeat the formula of Ragnarok.
I’m quite curious if Taika chose to adapt Jane’s Thor arc and the God Butcher arc, or if those were both mandated by Marvel. I think directly adapting great stories is what lead to the downfall of L&T, because in Taika’s attempts to add his own flair it ended up detracting from what was already great source material.
The shit way he treated the Warriors 3, the missed opportunity to introduce Volstagg's children with all those kids in L&T... Yeah, not surprised to learn he didn't care about the Thor universe.
Bringing back the old, killing the young: that's the Marvel way
I don't care what Waititi says Thor Ragnarok is STILL one of my top three MCU movie and I attribute it more on him riffing off a script he had to follow than him having full control in Thor Love and Thunder.
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Not a fan of Waldron, so gonna skip Kang Dynasty.
Love is for souls, not bodies.
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"Never assign to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity or ignorance."
"Great stories will always return to their original forms"
"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable." James Baldwin