I think if marvel told JA to write the BP book and focus on what he is having the character do In the subplots (specifically the Superhuman arms race) and focus in on those characteristics... We would have a phenomenal run from him. Hell if Marvel just told the next team it's time to elevate T'Challa, we could get something great with the right writer
Coolger tossed out the argument that guys like Tommy Sotomayor have said in the past and got death threats over it. On the grounds slavery was a choice.
Jump in the ocean or be a slave.
How many times have society propped up guys like that? Look at Joker, Venom, Harley, Vadar and even Scarface.So now in the sequel we potentially have an anti-hero covered in marks used to keep track of kills as the male hero for black kids. Unless its just a dahlia scene which (again) who would need to speak to him outside of Tchalla?
What is Mafia 3 about a black guy killing racist white folks and taking over (depending on what ending you choose).
Who do you expect to be T'Challa's final opponent in this Phoenix Force tournament?
Actually I interpret it as Killmonger's last FU.
Wakanda did nothing during slavery and other atrocities. As misguided as it was to die for that reason it also illustrates the post traumatic slave syndrome.
Coogler actually had another in the movie for him, but it was deleted.
During an interview with Cinemablend, Black Panther editor Michael Shawver revealed that Killmonger's final line was different, and that it caused problems for T'Challa's story. So Coogler cut the line and added an extra scene in reshoots, changing the film's ending for the better.
"With reshoots Ryan wanted to do a new ending, and it's a whole bigger thing with the scene where Killmonger dies." Shawver began. "What we shot originally, and in the script, was Killmonger saying 'It's beautiful, but what are you going to do for everybody in the world who can't see this?' And it was great. It was powerful, it was awesome, but it was problematic for a few reasons. One, we realized that just as a character, for the journey of T'Challa, he can't get the answer to the movie and what he needs to do from the villain - like straight-up exactly what he needs. And that's kind of what was happening. Secondly, it was a great performance, and [Michael B. Jordan] brought it, and it was painful to watch because you kind of don't want this guy to die, but it didn't fit his character."
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Killmonger's line is correct if you ignore that a) not everyone thinks death is preferable to slavery and b) many slaves did not willingly jump off the ship but were thrown off.
His line didn't do anything for T'Challa. It was just to express his mindset. Not every line of dialogue is supposed to move the plot forward or develop the main character.
Dying is easy. Living is hard.
We're not still here because of the people who took the "honorable death." We're here because of the strong. The ones who took what life threw at them and stood.
300 years ago we had our faiths, languages, cultures and families destroyed were shipped, essentially to another planet like fucking cattle. Cattle who could be raped and murdered and mutilated AT WILL. The people who stood up to that, ANYWAY, who rebelled, who survived, who beat this nation into step with the line it claims to follow, that's who WE are. That's WHAT we are.
Astronauts. Invented JAZZ. President. Vice President. Attorney General. Secretary of Defense. Dominant in sports, in the arts, in fashion. Stellar in medicine, science and invention.
In only a century we went from uneducated underclass to RUNNING this ****. THAT is us. And they fought us at every single step. They're STILL fighting us. Name another subculture what built itself from less than zero into what we are now. I'll wait. You won't find one. Nowhere on this planet or in its history. Nowhere.
Screw Killmonger's whiney ass. He missed the damned point and he got what he deserved.
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Abd I am just hoping, PRAYING, that T'Challa can finally beat his ass down like he so utterly deserves.
Redjack: ^^^
Killmongers ass:
Seriously people need to remember, Erik killed himself so he didn't have to deal with the consequences of his so called "liberation of Black people" because he didn't actually care. He was mad at the World. That last line is powerful but it also showcases his own self righteousness is surrounded by pride and ego. He wouldn't admit he was wrong and that if he really wanted to help he could do so in life and not death, but it was to try and stick it to T'Challa. Erik didn't die heroically or honorably, he took the cowardly route to rid himself of accountability and responsibility