Scott Lang in
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP (2018)
Yes, yes, yes, yes! I'm gonna call you Ant-onio Banderas! You're a badass! Yes! No, no, no! Ant-onio!
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Quantamania!
Quantamania reminded me of the best parts of Flash Gordon. Easy, Breezy, fun, flashy. That probably explains the reviews.
Also...
HER
Actress/Fitness Model Katy O'Brien finally gets a full role (She had a very small part as an imperial officer in Season 2 of The Mandalorian and criminally did NOT get into a fistfight with Gina Carano's character) and gets to show off her gains.
So, I say see it for some lighthearted fun.
Also, a race of Class-II Kardashev-scale ants. It is both hilarious and terrifying.
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Getting Rid of the Sokovia Accords
In the DisneyPlus streaming series, “SHE-HULK: ATTORNEY AT LAW”, the MCU finally got rid of the problematic Sokovia Accords when attorney Matt Murdock aka Daredevil revealed the Accords had finally been repealed. Considering my six-year criticism of how the MCU had introduced this legislation in “CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR” (one of my least favorite MCU films), utilized it in productions like “AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.”, “ANT-MAN & THE WASP”, “THE AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR”, “WANDAVISION” and “THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER”; I was very happy to learn this about the Accords’ fate.
However . . . I find myself questioning Disney and Marvel Films’ latest decision regarding the Sokovia Accords. I have problems with its repeal or eradication. I have a problem with how Disney/Marvel Films got rid of it - via a throwaway line. For years, MCU showrunner Kevin Feige tried to tell us that there were two sides to the Sokovia Accords. I had called bullshit to that idea due to my belief that the Accords violated the U.S. Constitutional and the constitutional rights of enhanced people overall and not just the Avengers.
I had hoped that the MCU would get rid of the Accords by exploring the issue of how the Accords violated the rights of many. But the franchise never did this. Instead, the MCU rid itself of the Accords with a quick line - one that would enable the franchise to avoid discussing how WRONG the Accords were in the first place. All I can say is . . . Feige and the Disney suits are a bunch of cowards.
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Cassie has such rose-tinted glasses for Scott. It's beautiful.
Scott's criminal past is complicated. It's not easily defined as wholly bad or wholly good. He went to prison to retaliate against a corporation for screwing its customers. Which. Like. Good for him; Sucks he went to prison over it.
Then he got out of prison and got into bed with the Pyms, who hired him to pull a heist. This culminated not only in the unimaginable bombing of a major corporation but also in Cassie being targeted for retaliation by one of the dangerous men in Scott's criminal life.
Then, after impressing the Falcon by successfully robbing the Avengers, Scott went back to prison for helping legendary Hydra assassin the Winter Soldier evade legal pursuit. Also known as helping goddamn Captain America preserve the life and freedom of an innocent man.
And now he's violating house arrest because the Pyms have zero regard for Scott's precarious legal situation.
This is all messy and cannot easily be sorted into the "good" or "bad" box. Scott lives a legally and ethically complicated life.
But all Cassie sees is, "My daddy is a superhero who helps people, and that is the greatest role model I could ever have." Her interpretation of the past two films is wildly mistaken and yet bears a nugget of truth. Meanwhile, her unyielding belief in it, her complete and unshakable faith in her father, legitimately pushes Scott to be a better person than he would be otherwise.
Is it really any surprise that this little girl grew up to be the woman we got to know in Quantumania? Cassie doesn't really understand Scott, but her rose-tinted caricature of him as the superest of heroes serves as an inspiration to them both.
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