OkI can't believe some of y'all actually liked that show... Even Marvel didn't it believe it was good, so much so that they gave it the Echo treatment (barely any promotions, drop all the episodes all at once and no 2nd season)
Like someone else said in this thread, the Acolytes was better.
But do you do that same thing with the Impossible White Man movies? Eminem becomes the King of Rap (translation blacks) during a Rap Battle. Jason Statham beats the shyt out of the Russian mob and has a single scratch on his face. Or even Batman! Why is it we use the preface of: "For an action movie..." when singing the praises of white man kills everyone with a handgun. But don't give that same grace to our shows/movies? Adam Sandler has made a mountain of money off of mediocrity and amongst our own we can quote scenes verbatim. But some get almost excited to shyt on our shows/media here on BGOL?
They just STAY fumbling Lois Lane and MJ (Spider-Man) These were women that had model looks, but were SUPER homely in the movies. I'll give Margot Kidder a pass as Lois back then didn't have much going on except being a damsel in distress. But she was multi-faceted since then physically, emotionally and mentally
I see what you did there.Sorry to break this into multiple post, but I felt like one more sentence in the last one would have resulted in Colin Powell kicking down the door like Kool-aid man.
Anyway getting back to characters, can I holla at you BGOL George Jefferson walkers right quick? All you No Ma t-shirt wearing 'real men'.
yeah you. Come let me get at you right quick.
Y'all motherfuckers had me worried this show was basically Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. Like that character would be in booty shorts, calling everyone Girrrrlllll, and sucking dick in every episode. I don't think this nigga even sounded gay. He just dressed like a weirdo and that was enough to set ya off for 10 pages of calling dude a fag and complaining about the gay agenda.
I have some more to say, but just for you George Jefferson walking real men, I'ma drop this gif off to end this post. Have fun with it.
I think I already stated somewhere in here that I do NOT seem to be on the same page with BGOL when it comes to these Marvel/Disney+ shows.
I thought this show was mid. Just mid. Not good, not bad, and damn sure not worth 10 pages of mostly complaining. I have some issues with the show that I don't see mentioned in here. Although I'm not sure if my problems are real issues or just nitpicks, so let's start with the stuff everyone has already mentioned.
Villian
This show, like most Marvel properties has a lack of villian problem. I never brought Hood as a serious threat. If anything it looked like Hood's hood would kill him before Riri. And then they completely undercut Hood in that last episode and set up a villian we might not see again until only God knows when.
And I thought the name exchange between Riri & Mephisto was the most poignant & memorable line of dialouge in the whole show.
-"Some people call me Mephisto!" (takes dramatic pause to allow nerd boys all over the internet time to masturbate over hearing the name)
-"Okay and that's supposed to mean something to me."
I assume Riri line was written for ppl like me who couldn't care less about that name reveal. I'm not nerd boying out over a name reveal that comes with less than 10 minutes to go in the season. Fuck you Mephisto, you want my attention, then you should have shown up 4 episodes ago
For all the hype this character has gotten thru 3 series (Wanda/Agatha/Ironheart) while only having like 10 minutes of dialouge, I hope & pray he does show up again and become a big deal.
Your post just made me realize something. Since the whole Jonathan Majors thing, I really haven't been into the phases and longterm Marvel plans.
That was my MAJOR point!!!! Like, she just bailed them out TREMENDOUSLY and they can't float her a couple of bucks for materials? They don't have an extra lab for her to work in? If I got kicked out of MIT, I would have shatted on the deans desk and been like: "FCUK THIS TWO BIT SHYTHOLE!!!! I got friends in high places!"
I get what you're saying, but a 7/10 action movie isn't rated the same way a 7/10 drama is. The scales are not the same. All things equal Ironheart is a 5/10 (4.5, but its blackness I give it the extra .5) when being rated on the same scale as a Wire, etc...
For sure agree with that, with that said if we're speaking straight action and we're saying a 10 is something like the matrix, the raid, John wick 1, the killer, ECT then I'd still say this is a major fail, and as strictly judged against even its own direct peers(marvel tv shows) I'd have it down there right above she hulk lol
Not mad at that and even still the on a action TV show grading scale it isn't a 7/10. Nowadays 7/10 means average...a 7 isn't average! That's above average. You won't rewatch it, but it was entertaining and there is nothing wrong with that. 4.5/10 is a average rating for an average show.
Smh 3 points or 30% away.
Even though she got kicked out of MIT, I still expect her to somehow be in the next Spiderman movie.
They did promote it….Robert Downey and Ryan Coogler….and they didn’t drop it all at once lol.I can't believe some of y'all actually liked that show... Even Marvel didn't it believe it was good, so much so that they gave it the Echo treatment (barely any promotions, drop all the episodes all at once and no 2nd season)
Like someone else said in this thread, the Acolytes was better.
Yeah you’re doing slot. 3 points is a lot from perfection.
That part.
For me….im not entirely sure if Hood is suppose to be the villain. I’ve been going. I think the villain is……Riri. If you factor in everything she’s done from episode 1 to 6……I think the villain was in our face from jump and for me it didn’t become clear until the last episode.I think I already stated somewhere in here that I do NOT seem to be on the same page with BGOL when it comes to these Marvel/Disney+ shows.
I thought this show was mid. Just mid. Not good, not bad, and damn sure not worth 10 pages of mostly complaining. I have some issues with the show that I don't see mentioned in here. Although I'm not sure if my problems are real issues or just nitpicks, so let's start with the stuff everyone has already mentioned.
Villian
This show, like most Marvel properties has a lack of villian problem. I never brought Hood as a serious threat. If anything it looked like Hood's hood would kill him before Riri. And then they completely undercut Hood in that last episode and set up a villian we might not see again until only God knows when.
And I thought the name exchange between Riri & Mephisto was the most poignant & memorable line of dialouge in the whole show.
-"Some people call me Mephisto!" (takes dramatic pause to allow nerd boys all over the internet time to masturbate over hearing the name)
-"Okay and that's supposed to mean something to me."
I assume Riri line was written for ppl like me who couldn't care less about that name reveal. I'm not nerd boying out over a name reveal that comes with less than 10 minutes to go in the season. Fuck you Mephisto, you want my attention, then you should have shown up 4 episodes ago
Characters
At least 3 characters at some point basically call Riri a selfish, manipulative bitch who uses people to get what she wants. At first I was like, damn that's a bit rough. By episode 4 or 5, I finally had to stop arguing with that assessment. It's really not a good look for your main character.
Was Riri mom a 'black momma' or not? At times she was written to be that 'girl watch ya mouth, and don't talk back to me' black momma. Other times when they needed to stretch the plot out, she would say silent or completely disappear. It just felt off.
I could see that point, I still don't like it though. If Hood wasn't a real villian, but just another side character, then they spent too much time on him.
