Originally Posted by Black Arbor (Post 845040)

Hasbro needs to fire whoever poses the figures for promo shots...

Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch (Post 845094)

Hardy has acting chops. Watch Bronson (08) and tell me otherwise.

Originally Posted by webz (Post 845096)

Really? I loved Venom. Thought it was a better movie than Black Panther, Infinity War, Endgame, or Joker.

Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 845115)

Yeah, not even close in my book. It's on Captain Marvel levels if I'm going to compare it to anything. It's better than Thor Dark World though.

It doesn't have the suspense Black Panther has. The excitement Infinity War provides. The epic feel of Endgame. Nor the social commentary of Joker. It's just a generic by the book comic book film that seems to be taking cues from Constantine. Only instead of the Spear of Destiny being passed along like an STD, it's a symbiote.

It also doesn't make sense to be in the MCU since there is no possible way for it to exist.



I can't stand Woody Allen. The guy has the acting range of cardboard and a monotonous annoying voice to go with it.

Originally Posted by Boy Blunder (Post 845127)

Venom was by no stretch a good movie, but I enjoyed the ever-loving hell out of it. I'm not going to try and compare it to other superhero films, because that's unfair to it, but taken on its own, it's a weirdly funny and oddly endearing (at least the romcom bits with Eddie and Venom) bit that was enough to convince us to buy it, when we've been hard-pressed just to finish buying the Phase Three films due to burnout.

I am looking forward to that movie Venom figure, and I have not looked forward to any non-Flash Venom figure since I started collecting this line.

Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 845134)

If you consider the MCU to be woke, then I prefer my super hero movies to be woke. The comics exist in a greater universe so should the movies. And Phase 3 was nearly perfect. Black Panther, Civil War, both Spider-Man films, and both Avenger films are second only to The Winter Soldier.

Carnage might be the only thing that gets me to see Venom 2 in theaters (I skipped the first one in theaters), but I am most certainly looking forward to Morbius. Morbius has been one of my favorite Marvel heroes since I first picked up Morbius #1 in 1992 and I have been waiting decades for him to get a movie. I was so excited when he was in the 90s Spider-Man cartoon even though they dumbed his down to hand suckers. I was also thrilled to death when they even gave him an action figure in that toyline despite not looking anything like his animated counterpart nor his comic book look. That's also why I read through the Omnibus that came out back in July in barely a month's time.

Originally Posted by omega145 (Post 845142)

Not a big fan of the emo goth type costume on Morbius

Originally Posted by omega145 (Post 845107)

Seriously? Do you live for your edgy comments? That posing is pretty good for Centurion and captures IMO the best parts of the figure which is what a marketing image to sell a product is supposed to do.

Originally Posted by webz (Post 845096)

Really? I loved Venom. Thought it was a better movie than Black Panther, Infinity War, Endgame, or Joker. Hardy’s voice was perfect throughout. He was doing a woody Allen-type accent with a hint of Chicago. I actually worked with a guy who sounds almost identical to Hardy’s voice as Eddie.



He’s an actor that throws himself into his roles, unlike actors that play the same character again and again and again (Robert Deniro) just with a different name because they can’t act.



Venom was far from a failure. It was box office platinum. It had a campaign of entitled incels and “A Star is Born” fanatics launching an internet attack on it before it was even out.
It was a perfect origin for a character that really was just a one-trick pony in the comics for decades. I’ve been a fan of the character since it first debuted in the 80’s but he was always a very weak character design. Physically he looked awesome, but the motives and personality was just crap. Marvel realized this after the Venom/Spider-man fight on the abandoned island and actively started retconning and developing the character throughout the 90’s and early 2000’s to make him a three dimensional being instead of just a butthurt entitled jock with angry pajamas.

The movie actually made the best version of Eddie Brock yet. A Woody Allen-like neurotic looser that tries to do things right but gets in his own way. The Symbiote’s personality is fantastic. Very similar to the Toxin character in the comics. Gives Venom a Jekyll/Hyde personality. Much more interesting.

But to each their own.

Originally Posted by StuartGreen2019 (Post 845175)

Back on-topic, I love the Silver Centurion Iron Man and I like the press photos for it. I just hate that it's a Walgreens exclusive. As I've said before, I hope the rumored U.S. Agent isn't a Walgreens exclusive, as I would love a new, easy-to-find classic U.S. Agent figure.

I'm curious when we'll see what the next big reveals and the next inevitable new Spider-Man Build-A-Figure wave and rumored second Gamerverse Avengers wave will be. We may not see anything until October on both of those waves, but since we have more Marvel Legends teases/reveals for August (as I seriously doubt the "hold on to your cereal bowls" teaser line on Twitter was directed at the Venom wave reveal), time will tell.

Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 845149)

Just goth. No emo involved. Emo didn't exist for another 15 years or so and emo is just someone trying to act cool by being goth. TWO completely different things. Being goth doesn't make you emo. Being emo doesn't make you goth. People need to stop with these assumptions that they are one and the same.

Anyway, I've got mixed feelings on AoA Apocalypse. I don't know if it is this way for others, but some of his joints are loose, so he kept sliding down when I was trying to take pictures of him, especially in the ab crunch and the top of the legs. If I could figure out how to proper use that pledge stuff, I could possible tighten it, but since I made Ghost Rider worse last week, I don't think I even want to try it unless I pick up another with the intent to exhange them. Also, the cape likes to pop out of the shoulder sockets any time you make a move on him, so that was very frustrating as well. I do like that there are two heads, though the paint job on his chin is off. Interestingly enough, despite being the exact same body as the other Apocalypse, the neck ball is bigger and the hand pegs are smaller, so the older head fits loosely on the newer body while the new hands are loose on the old body.

https://i.imgur.com/rWyGMFD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8n3zfrI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2xNtx5U.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/87ij6x1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YG7ayjW.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/cGEMdgy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/eHGvl1J.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/6U46ol5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/z3lr74g.jpg

Originally Posted by Hulkwummy (Post 845185)

I tried to use Twitter to ask Dan Yun about any chances for a any Hulk themed Marvel Legends Waves based on the Comics, Cartoons, and Video Games, and so far I got no response, what do I do, can any one help?

Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 845149)

Just goth. No emo involved. Emo didn't exist for another 15 years or so and emo is just someone trying to act cool by being goth. TWO completely different things. Being goth doesn't make you emo. Being emo doesn't make you goth. People need to stop with these assumptions that they are one and the same.

Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 845149)

Just goth. No emo involved. Emo didn't exist for another 15 years or so and emo is just someone trying to act cool by being goth. TWO completely different things. Being goth doesn't make you emo. Being emo doesn't make you goth. People need to stop with these assumptions that they are one and the same.

Anyway, I've got mixed feelings on AoA Apocalypse. I don't know if it is this way for others, but some of his joints are loose, so he kept sliding down when I was trying to take pictures of him, especially in the ab crunch and the top of the legs. If I could figure out how to proper use that pledge stuff, I could possible tighten it, but since I made Ghost Rider worse last week, I don't think I even want to try it unless I pick up another with the intent to exhange them. Also, the cape likes to pop out of the shoulder sockets any time you make a move on him, so that was very frustrating as well. I do like that there are two heads, though the paint job on his chin is off. Interestingly enough, despite being the exact same body as the other Apocalypse, the neck ball is bigger and the hand pegs are smaller, so the older head fits loosely on the newer body while the new hands are loose on the old body.

https://i.imgur.com/rWyGMFD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8n3zfrI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2xNtx5U.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/87ij6x1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/YG7ayjW.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/cGEMdgy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/eHGvl1J.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/6U46ol5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/z3lr74g.jpg

Originally Posted by Benn Roe (Post 845193)

You're right that emo and goth aren't related, but everything else you said is wrong. The first emo bands formed in the mid-80s, and were very much an off-shoot of punk and hardcore. They had no associations with goth fashion, derivative or otherwise, and were "emo" because the music and lyrics and were emotional and introspective (for punk, anyway). In the early 2000s some pop-punk bands started screaming and imitating goth fashion, and erroneously adopted the term, and the general public has been confused about it ever since, apparently yourself included. Or at least that's a purist's take, but language evolves. Most people use the terms 'goth' and 'emo' more or less synonymously these days, so either they're right or I am. You just seem confused.