T'Challa: The Black Panther Appreciation 2021

[Morgoth]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/12-y...black-panther/
It seems like John Ridley will take T'Challa's ongoing after Coates will finish his run.

[chief12d]

Jakarra as a Logia type vibranium mutate is a really good idea. Making him the father of Kwezi is inspired. It makes him a huge physical threat while also allowing him to maintain a human form if need be. Don’t know if I want Kwezi as T’Challa’s protege though, but I do think he should be used more. Maybe have him join the HZ and pop up every now and then? The question for Jakarra then becomes what’s his motivation for being a villain?

Having him want the throne is a bit boring IMO. Maybe position him as the head of the Hyena Clan? An aimless prince with a sadistic streak using exiled Wakandans to steal and murder for a little bit of money? T’Challa can be worried about Hyena Clan tech (which is obviously derivative of Wakandan tech) falling into the wrong hands. Or he can try to stop the Hyena Clan from giving Wakanda a bad name and giving the outside world a reason to invade his kingdom.

[KingNomarch]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/12-y...black-panther/
It seems like John Ridley will take T'Challa's ongoing after Coates will finish his run.

I'll wait until a more reliable source reports this. Bleeding Cool doesn't have the best track record. Last time their sources said Marvel was going to relaunch the Coatsverse again. But Ridley does seem like a likely candidate.

[BlackClaw]

I'll wait until a more reliable source reports this. Bleeding Cool doesn't have the best track record. Last time their sources said Marvel was going to relaunch the Coatsverse again. But Ridley does seem like a likely candidate.

Assuming this is true, I’m going to have to wait for an interview to see how he views T’Challa specifically. No need to get burned by yet another celebrity writer. Though at the very least, Ridley has prior experience writing comics.

[Lord Morph]

Getting closer...



damnit Disney, I need to know, pull hte bandaid already

If this turns out to be a film about "Wakanda". Who is going to be the central character? What is the focal point? Are we just gonna follow multiple characters around as they prepare to take on some dangerous outside force? sounds boring.

Kids definitely won't care for it if it doesn't have anyone kicking butt in a cool Panther costume.

[chief12d]

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/12-y...black-panther/
It seems like John Ridley will take T'Challa's ongoing after Coates will finish his run.

Why not I guess lol. Assuming this is true. He’s not a bad writer by any means and while I still find his work on Batman underwhelming I’m convinced he’ll bring a strong voice to T’Challa as the LEAD of his own book while adding something new to the landscape of the mythos. His pacing is decent and as has been discussed before, his Batman has been really focused on establishing his new character. That won’t be the an issue with T’Challa since he’s a known quantity so I expect even better pacing and stronger direction. He can hit the ground running with T’Challa if he takes the right approach and respects the character.

Hopefully they got Narcisse on deck for any spin-off minis so he can build his resume and take over eventually. But yea, this is a strong choice on paper and one I’m cautiously optimistic about, but as always I question what is his starting point going to be? Will he still be dealing with Coates’ space Wakanda, mutants, and democracy, or are we getting a soft reboot to reflect the stuff being done with T’Challa in other books? All the stuff I said before is null and void if interviews make this relaunch seem like a successor to Coates and a continuation of the themes that dominated his run. Celebrity writers have a pretty shitty record with T’Challa so Ridley’s gonna need to really say the right things before I’m a supporter. But this is much better than what I was expecting.

[MindofShadow]

I think if they set the movie during the blip it'll pull you in. Then when we hear of the "Up" type beginning focusing on what T'Challa meant you'd give in and check it out

I did say the Blip will result in me going. Techincally T'challa is still "alive" in that story. Technically.

and gives me hope for BPIII.

But honestly, I don't think it is filmed during the Blip. Title seems off for that.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/12-y...black-panther/
It seems like John Ridley will take T'Challa's ongoing after Coates will finish his run.

I don't know who this is....

John Ridley is best known as the screenwriter of Twelve Years A Slave

Jakarra as a Logia type vibranium mutate is a really good idea. Making him the father of Kwezi is inspired. It makes him a huge physical threat while also allowing him to maintain a human form if need be. Don’t know if I want Kwezi as T’Challa’s protege though, but I do think he should be used more. Maybe have him join the HZ and pop up every now and then? The question for Jakarra then becomes what’s his motivation for being a villain?

Having him want the throne is a bit boring IMO. Maybe position him as the head of the Hyena Clan? An aimless prince with a sadistic streak using exiled Wakandans to steal and murder for a little bit of money? T’Challa can be worried about Hyena Clan tech (which is obviously derivative of Wakandan tech) falling into the wrong hands. Or he can try to stop the Hyena Clan from giving Wakanda a bad name and giving the outside world a reason to invade his kingdom.

I prefer any villain at this point doens't want the throne and doesn't watch vibranium. Give me something different.

So yeah... Jakarra just causing mayham just to be a dick works for me lol

[BlackClaw]

I did say the Blip will result in me going. Techincally T'challa is still "alive" in that story. Technically.

and gives me hope for BPIII.

But honestly, I don't think it is filmed during the Blip. Title seems off for that.



I don't know who this is....

John Ridley is best known as the screenwriter of Twelve Years A Slave

Being the writer of a slave movie is eyebrow raising but like I said, he at least has experience writing comics and his Batman run seems good enough. And yeah, blip or bust. Lmao.

[Digifiend]

If this turns out to be a film about "Wakanda". Who is going to be the central character? What is the focal point? Are we just gonna follow multiple characters around as they prepare to take on some dangerous outside force? sounds boring.

Kids definitely won't care for it if it doesn't have anyone kicking butt in a cool Panther costume.

Probably Shuri. She was BP in the comics at one point.

[Ekie]

I think I'm at that stage where I don't foresee anything good for BP fans and by BP fans I mean fans of T'Challa. I'm just waiting for the disastrous news regarding the premise for BP2, waiting for a disappointing announcement regarding the new writing team for the comics and I have minus figures of hope when it comes to a BP related game. My anger, pessimism and bitterness is at a point where I think I'm actually laughing at how insane and ridiculously unfortunate things are for BP fans. This is literally the stuff of living through a nightmare as a fan. Lol f***

Don't worry man we got an expansion pack coming later in the year for that Avengers game. The game might not be all that great but it's still going to be super fun to play with black panther in that type of setting

[4sake Baned]

Jakarra as a Logia type vibranium mutate is a really good idea. Making him the father of Kwezi is inspired. It makes him a huge physical threat while also allowing him to maintain a human form if need be. Don’t know if I want Kwezi as T’Challa’s protege though, but I do think he should be used more. Maybe have him join the HZ and pop up every now and then? The question for Jakarra then becomes what’s his motivation for being a villain?

Having him want the throne is a bit boring IMO. Maybe position him as the head of the Hyena Clan? An aimless prince with a sadistic streak using exiled Wakandans to steal and murder for a little bit of money? T’Challa can be worried about Hyena Clan tech (which is obviously derivative of Wakandan tech) falling into the wrong hands. Or he can try to stop the Hyena Clan from giving Wakanda a bad name and giving the outside world a reason to invade his kingdom.

My idea for him similar to what ur saying He the super powered head of Hyena tribe he more about chaos, anarchy, money & etc.. He’s like a evil pirate mercenary with his own small army made of evil Wakandan exiles & other.. For KD I just feel the sidekick/Protégé role need to be fill just like the Love interest role need to filled.. So we don’t get any more O / Mainfold or worse like situations in near future. KD or no one else for that matter should ever take over for BP it more so have the spot in myths solidified before some random unfans right recon a lame character in the spot or randomo who don’t fit the role like MAC & Kate Bishop love interests into being BP/Shuri fam. You tell the story rightly with KD so when some unfan writer want to make case for there’s marvel & etc will
Maybe hesitate to tell a similar story again. And even if they do atleast we have one cool fam mix & one wack instead of just one wack.

[Ekie]

I think it's stupid that the animation they are doing (what if) is tied to trying to use the MCU Actors instead of getting VA to do it. It's like you said, cartoon animation can do a comic adaption waaaay easier and given Disney Budget? You could do some INSANE animation for these characters. Shows like one punch man, Hunter x hunter level animation. Could you imagine SWaD with that type of Budget? I want to see Nyami motherships, prowlers, the panthertron we were supposed to get in AoW, the the sheathes, and the hand of Bast from Redjacks KIB.

Well Kevin feige has full control of both TV and movies at Marvel. So animation is screwed too

[Ezyo1000]

Jakarra as a Logia type vibranium mutate is a really good idea. Making him the father of Kwezi is inspired. It makes him a huge physical threat while also allowing him to maintain a human form if need be. Don’t know if I want Kwezi as T’Challa’s protege though, but I do think he should be used more. Maybe have him join the HZ and pop up every now and then? The question for Jakarra then becomes what’s his motivation for being a villain?

Having him want the throne is a bit boring IMO. Maybe position him as the head of the Hyena Clan? An aimless prince with a sadistic streak using exiled Wakandans to steal and murder for a little bit of money? T’Challa can be worried about Hyena Clan tech (which is obviously derivative of Wakandan tech) falling into the wrong hands. Or he can try to stop the Hyena Clan from giving Wakanda a bad name and giving the outside world a reason to invade his kingdom.

I would leave Hudlins WitBP version, he survives the T'Chaka assassination though in critical condition considering some of the debris connected and pierced his skull, using a new form of vibranium medical procedure, using liquid vibranium, Which had a reaction to jakkara causing the mutantion, it healed him but had adverse effects not known. His near death experience and the loss of his father and subsequent lifesaving treatment causes him to have a obsession with human evolution as he finds himself to be a superior version of Wakanda and the next step in human evolution, he takes over the hyena clan and they start trying to replicate jakkaras transformation using Wakanda tech. Which clashes with T'Challa as they also have started to use Wakandans for their experiment's

[Ekie]

Assuming this is true, I’m going to have to wait for an interview to see how he views T’Challa specifically. No need to get burned by yet another celebrity writer. Though at the very least, Ridley has prior experience writing comics.

I don't know much about him. What's his work like?

[Ekie]

Probably Shuri. She was BP in the comics at one point.

Shuri in the comics doesn't exist in the MCU. One is a talented fighter the other is the polar opposite