Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 announcements

So recently at Comic Con, there was surprisingly a lot revealed and the biggest of which was Phase 4 of the M.C.U. Not only were the new line of movies announced, but also the new crowd of TV shows and movies that haven't been given release dates, but are still confirmed. So, first I want to go over the movies that have been given release dates and then I'll move onto the Disney+ shows and then I'll talk about the rumoured movies. So, the first movie that was announced was the Black Widow movie release in May 2020. This is something that a lot of people have wanted for a long time and I'm one of them. I wasn't all that sure what they were gonna do with Black Widow if she ever got her own movie, but I've been thinking about it a lot lately and given how she died in Endgame, I'm willing to bet that it's a prequel that explains about the Red Room and about all the things she did that got her on S.H.I.E.L.D's radar in a bad way like what they were talking about in the first Avengers movie and then we see how Hawkeye and her meet and the final climax can be the whole Budapest thing they've spoken about. That could be cool and it's also been confirmed that Taskmaster is a villain in it. That's really awesome. I've always liked Taskmaster, though I always thought he was gonna be a Deadpool villain. But it's still cool that that's been revealed. So, yeah, I'm extremely excited for this. Next up is Eternals in November of 2020. This could be pretty interesting. I don't know a lot about the Eternals, but this sounds like it could be cool. I heard that Thanos is gonna be in this in a flashback, which could be cool. I don't know much about the other characters in this though but the cast does sound good and I want to see what these characters do for this universe. So, yeah, pretty excited and I'll probably be even more as the movie gets closer. Now moving onto 2021 is Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Then Rings. This is a lot like the Eternals where I don't know much about the character, but I'm still excited, especially since it's another M.C.U movie. The only thing I know about the Shang-Chi character is his role in the Shadowland story. This is also apparently supposed to be introducing the real Mandarin into the M.C.U after what Iron Man 3 did to him, which sounds awesome. So, I'm excited even if I'm not all that sure about the premise or character itself. Later in 2021, we have Doctor Strange: In The Multiverse Of Madness. This is all sounding really interesting. Not only with the title that sounds really cool but also everything that I'm hearing about it. For one, I really liked the first Doctor Strange movie, so I'm interested in more, but I heard that Scarlett Witch is gonna be in this too and this is apparently gonna bring a lot to the future of the M.C.U, so that already sounds cool. I'm just hoping it brings what I want to see and we'll talk about that in a few minutes. As for what it is, this could be a really important movie for the M.C.U and I want to see what it can bring to the table. And finally, in terms of the confirmed movies, we're getting the fourth Thor movie in November 2021, Thor: Love And Thunder, which is gonna have Jane Foster return and become Lady Thor. That already sounds awesome. I may have found the first two Thor movies slightly boring, but, Ragnarok was great and Taika Waititi is returning to direct which is awesome. I'm pretty sure this will be the same as Ragnarok, which is already one reason why I'm excited for it. Apparently Enchantress might be the villain, who's actually the villain I expected would be the next Thor villain and I'm just really hoping Waititi can bring what he did with Ragnarok and apply it to this. All this sounds really cool and I'm definetly excited for it. Now we're moving onto the Disney+ shows. First off is the Falcon And The Winter Soldier show, which could be a lot of fun. I really loved Anthony Mackey and Sebastian Stan as Sam and Bucky and seeing them team up in a show sounds like a lot of fun. It's also been confirmed that Zemo is returning and we've already got a picture of him in his comic accurate mask, and I'm really looking forward to a lot more of these interactions between Sam and Bucky. Next is the Loki show later on in 2021. This will apparently follow Endgame Loki when he escaped with the Tesseract. This will also be bringing Jeff Goldblum back as the Grandmaster and this sounds really fun. I think Tom Hiddleston is amazing Loki and having a series based around him could be cool and interesting. Not really sure how many episodes are in these shows, but this could hold my interest for the whole runtime if they keep making it interesting and entertaining. The next show is the Wanda Vision show. This might be the thing that was announced at the con that I'm least excited about. I mean, I enjoy Wanda and Vision in the movies as characters, but them being together was one of the issues I had with Infinity War. I don't really care about their relationship so having a series centred on that could be kinda boring. But they could also add something to this to make it interesting and I do still like them as characters. So, yeah, I'm excited, but not that much. And finally, there was confirmation about a Hawkeye show. Now, even though it's called "Hawkeye", it's actually gonna be centred around Clint as Ronin. But that's still really cool. I really love Jeremy Renner as Clint and I've enjoyed him more and more ever since we first saw him. So, I'm interested in how they can tell a story with him as Ronin. And it could even be kinda brutal considering the first time we see him as Ronin in Endgame was pretty brutal when he was in Tokyo. So, yeah, in terms of the Disney+ shows, I'm really looking forward to them all. And finally, let's talk about the rumoured movies. Kevin Feige was talking about sequels like Black Panther 2, Captain Marvel 2 and Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3. And I'm clearly excited for all those. But the ones I'm most excited about are when he spoke about the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and Blade being in the M.C.U. I'm not kidding, as soon as I heard him say that, I lost my mind. I've been waiting forever to see these characters in the M.C.U and now that Feige has finally confirmed it, I could not be more excited. It's also confirmed that Mahershala Ali will be playing Blade in the Blade movie, which is already awesome. I really loved him as Cottonmouth in the Luke Cage show and this is already sounding awesome. And the only other movies that weren't talked about were an Avengers 5 and Spider-Man 3. There's most likely gonna be a Spider-Man 3, especially given what happened in Far From Home and Marvel has said they want to make 9 M.C.U Spider-Man movies, which is awesome, and I thought I heard somewhere that they were through making Avengers movies after Endgame, but, I heard recently that they're making more, especially a fifth one called "The New Avengers." So, yeah, now that I know that all these movies and shows have been confirmed and rumoured, I cant wait for all of them. And given how everything I mentioned isn't gonna be out past four or five years and is within the next three years makes me even more excited. And so, everyone, those are the announcements for Phase 4 of the M.C.U. I'm really excited for all these and I look forward to talking about all of them. And, so, thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think or please tell me which of these you're most excited for.

Spider-Man: Far From Home

And now, everyone, we've finally arrived at the end of Phase 3 of the MCU and the follow-up to Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home. Yet another comic book movie I was really looking forward to. Not only because Spider-Man is my favourite superhero ever, but also because Homecoming was perfect and I loved it. And given how this film was a sequel to that and was also looking like it was gonna delve more into comic booky aspects of the character of Spider-Man with the whole new villain characters, I was extremely excited for this. And so, was it, was it as amazing as I was expecting? Uh, it was pretty close. It was definetly more entertaining than I thought, which is not to say I didn't think I would be entertaining, but I just didn't entirely know what to expect despite being really excited. Which is not to say I didn't see some of the surprises coming, I just wanted to see how they'd execute them. And, yes, I'm gonna keep this spoiler free for the first part and then I'll get into all the spoilers afterwards. And, so, what's the story? We're shown Peter after the events of Endgame planning a trip he's taking with his class and him wanting to impress MJ. However, while on the trip, he encounters Nick Fury and Maria Hill along with Quinton Beck, A.K.A, Mysterio, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, who claims he's from another dimension and universe and is here to fight the Elementals, a group of different creatures with powers of the different elements. And I'm gonna stop there. The rest that I feel you should know is Peter doesn't want to be Spider-Man on this trip, he just wants to be alone with his class on this trip having fun. And that's really how I felt throughout the movie, a huge sense of fun and love for a lot of the things that happen here. This movie once shows Spider-Man at his best on the big screen here and Tom Holland once again nails every scene he's in. I love him as this character and I could watch him play Spider-Man forever. As a gigantic Spider-Man fan, this is exactly how I want to see him portrayed on film. I also liked the new red and black Spider-Man suit with the white spider symbol on the back, though I think I personally enjoy the red and blue more. And every other cast member is just as fantastic as they were in the first movie, especially Jacob Batalon as Ned again and I still really like him and Peter together. Something that is new to this though is the whole S.H.I.E.L.D aspect to it with Nick and Maria and they were really fun here. I always love seeing them in these movies and they were still great here. Especially during the first time we saw them. But, we can't go any farther without talking about one important aspect, Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio. This was something I was really looking forward to because I still believe Spider-Man has the best group of villains out of all the heroes of Marvel and I'm always excited to see a live action version of them, and Jake Gyllenhaal was great as this character. I loved almost everything with the character and some of the things they do are things I never would have thought I'd see in a live action movie, but they do and they were awesome to see. I've also always wanted to see how they'd do this character and give him the M.C.U treatment and what they do with it, for the most part, was pretty interesting. Something that's a huge aspect to this is the relationship between Peter and MJ and Peter constantly trying to impress her and confess how he feels, but something's always interrupting him and it makes the film much more entertaining that way. Personally, I think I would have liked it more if they kept Liz as the love interest, but this was a lot more entertaining than I thought it was gonna be. And just like all M.C.U movies, there's a lot of comedy and this film is definetly another great comedy. There's a lot of laugh out loud moments here and great quips from Spidey again like always. But along with those things that're always interrupting Peter as he's trying to confess how he feels, there's always something happening. Nick and the others are telling him how much he'd needed despite what he wants to do. The action is also incredible and Jon Watts did a really great job directing this movie as well, especially those action scenes that felt insane a lot of the time. It's of course got perfect looking C.G.I and it's still very intense because of how grounded it is. There isn't that much, but I'm fine with that because I enjoy watching these characters so much. I also liked how this didn't just have one location like a lot of these movies. This went to a lot of locations all over the world and that was a really fun  too, so it wasn't all just in New York. I just had such a great time with this and I thought it was insanely entertaining and a great follow-up to Endgame. However, while I really enjoyed this movie and thought a lot of it was really accurate to what I'd want to see as a Spider-Man fan, there is a couple of things that I thought were noticeable flaws. However, they're both spoilers, so I'll try to keep it as vague as possible, but the first has to do with a main character in the film and what they did with them, and the other is a scene with Spidey between the second and third act that was just weird to me and it didn't really make sense, but that's about it. I'll get into more details with those in the spoiler section. But, overall, Spider-Man: Far From Home is pretty much what I was looking for as a sequel to one of the best M.C.U movies ever in my opinion and once again shows why this is the best portrayal of Spider-Man on the big screen. I know this probably wasn't as detailed as other reviews, but I figure that's because it'll be better to talk about it in the spoilers. As for the non-spoiler part, I am so happy with this and it really did a great job of concluding Phase 3 of the M.C.U while still telling a story that really fits with what Endgame left it with. So, yeah, I highly recommend this. It's a really great time and I can't wait to see it again. Okay, now we're getting into the spoilers. If you haven't seen it yet, go see it and then read the rest of this.
Spoilers:
Okay, first off, I think the best aspect to this that I liked more than Homecoming was Happy's thoughts about Peter because he obviously likes him now and I liked the two of them together, especially during the scene on the plane when they were talking about Tony and what Peter was going to do next. That was awesome and really nice. But, before that, we got that really amazing scene where Quinton was trapping Peter in those illusions and everything that happens there is exactly how I always wanted to see Mysterio's powers work in live action and it looked fantastic. I also liked the climax with all the drones with Mysterio trying to fool everyone about what was really happening. And on that, yeah, Mysterio is obviously made out to be the villain, which I clearly knew was gonna happen, there was no way he was gonna be a hero no matter how well he pretended to be good. However, this leads me into the problem I had with the movie about a certain character in this and that's Mysterio himself. It's not that the character was bad, he was really enjoyable, I just thought he went way too over the top at times. I know this is a comic book world and movie and all that, but the M.C.U movies have shown they can do villains like this and not make them over the top in a way that's noticeable. Here however, I thought the whole thing with Mysterio in the bar with all his men was a little weird and I thought he was going a bit too over the top there. That being said, that bar scene did provide us with the fact that Obadiah Stane's man from the first Iron Man movie, William, is now working with Myserio and helping him. I liked how some of the character connections stretched back all the way to the first M.C.U movie. And, on that bar scene, I thought Peter handing over the glasses was weird. Not only was it stupid to do that, but I find it weird that he'd just give away the thing Tony left for him. I also didn't really liked that who Ned and Betty, gotta be honest. I thought some parts of it went on for too long and it wasn't very funny to me. The other problem I mentioned in the non-spoiler that I thought didn't make sense was the scene on the train where Peter is inside and is then miles away and then he's inside a cell in another country. I thought that didn't really make sense and they never really explained it. I also kinda thought the movie was a little bit too long. I think a couple of things could have been left out, but, for the most part, it worked really well. Now. let's talk about the credit scenes. The first one is really big, it has Mysterio sending a video to the Daily Bugle making it look like he was the one who was responsible with the climax and even tells everyone he's Peter Parker. That's honestly really big, I didn't expect that and I'm now really curious to know what they're gonna do with Spider-Man now. However, all of this is being shown by J. Jonah Jamison played again by J.K Simmons. That honestly blew my mind. I had heard how a lot of people wanted him back to play him again considering he was the perfect choice to play J.J and I didn't think that would be possible, but they actually did and I lost my mind when I saw that. It was so cool to see him and I can't wait to see more of him. And then, the last credit scene has Nick Fury being revealed to be Talos from Captain Marvel and Maria Hill was a his wife too while the real Nick Fury and Hill are in space somewhere with a crew of Skrulls starting up S.W.O.R.D. I actually have a friend who suspected they would be Skrulls, but I didn't think that was gonna happen either, but they actually did and that was a cool reveal although I'm kinda curious to know how long they've been like that, but, if I had to guess, I'd say it was some time after Tony's funeral. Which I liked and I'm really satisfied with what they did with a lot of things here. So for a future Spider-Man movie, I think the next best idea for a villain could be a lot of characters. I really want to see Venom and Carnage as well as the Green Goblin, but, I think the perfect fit for the next villain should be Kraven. Jon Watts himself has even said that and I actually think a good choice to play him should actually be Hugh Jackman because I think he looks the part really well. And so, everyone, that's my review of Spider-Man: Far From Home. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My paintings of Yu Yu Hakusho characters

So maybe finishing off these anime paintings for a while is a really old anime from the early nineties that I've been curious to see for a while and that's Yu Yu Hakusho. This was done by Yoshihiro Togashi, the same person doing Hunter X Hunter and you can definetly tell that it has his style to it. And it's one that I've started and gotten really into. I'm already deep into the anime and it's so good. A lot of it reminds me a lot of Dragon Ball in a way and it does its story really well. And so I decided to show off paintings I did of the four main characters from it. And so, here they are and I hope you all like these.
Yusuke:

Kuwabara:

Hiei:

Kurama:

My paintings of My Hero Academia characters

So a recent Shonen Jump series that been getting really popular ever since it started a few years ago is My Hero Academia. I heard from a lot YouTubes how great it was and even some friends of mine were telling me how much they love it and I had been wanting to start the anime for a while but the DVD and Blu-Ray hadn't been released for a long while until recently and I've finally started it. So far I'm enjoying it, but I'm sure I'm gonna like it more the more seasons that come out. And so I decided to paint some characters and show them here. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like these.
Deku:

All Might:

Kacchan:

Uraraka:

Ida:

Mineta:

Toy Story 4

And so, everyone, we've finally arrived at the latest in the Toy Story films and one of my most anticipated movies of this year, but also a movie I was concerned about like every other person out there. We all thought this movie was just gonna be another cash grab and damaging the legacy of the Toy Story movies considering the past three Toy Story movies have all been a perfect trilogy of movies and it had a perfect ending with that goodbye Andy scene at the end of the third one. But I was still holding out hope that this would be good considering it is another Toy Story movie and there's already been an amazing portrayal of Toy Story already this year with Kingdom Hearts 3. So I was really hoping this would be another perfect Toy Story movie like the others. And, was it? Yeah, I'm so incredibly happy to say that Toy Story 4 really did an amazing job concluding these movies, and yes, I'm sure this is really the last Toy Story. And what I really loved is that I think this totally concluded a certain character's arc perfectly and as the movie kept progressing, it was incredibly satisfying and, I'm not gonna lie, this movie made me cry. Like, really hard. At the time we reached a scene towards the end, I was balling my eyes out. This, along with Endgame, have been the two movies this year that have made me do that. And I'm obviously gonna go no spoilers to start off with and then get into all the spoilers with a big warning afterwards. So, what's the story? It opens up with the toys still with Bonnie and she's getting ready for kindergarten but she's really nervous because it's her first day. But, when there, she makes a toy out of a spork that she names Forky but then he comes to life and now Woody feels like he needs to protect him because Forky feels like he's just trash and is constantly trying to throw himself into a bin, but Woody knows that Forky means a lot to Bonnie so he tries to keep him safe, and, on a road trip that they all take with Bonnie, Forky gets lost and Woody goes to get him. But, while gone, Woody and Forky end up in an antique shop where Woody thinks Bo Peep is and goes to see. They go in find a doll named Gabby Gabby and then Bo then saves him from and then the two of them start talking all the while, the other toys are wondering about what to do with trying to get Woody and Forky back. And I'm gonna stop there. So, like I said, me and a lot of people were really worried about the possibility of this movie destroying the reputation of Toy Story, especially after how well made Toy Story 3 was and how perfectly it was told, but Josh Cooley was able to prove everyone wrong and was able to do an incredible job directing this movie. Do I even need to talk about how phenomenal the animation is? We all know that Pixar can do anything with animation these days and make it as perfect as real life and it's no different here. Just the details to everything and how realistic it looked made my jaw drop a few times. I know I've been saying a lot of animated movies lately have looked amazing, but I can't help it. A lot of animated movies, especially Disney and Pixar always know what they're doing when it comes to animation and this movie in particular makes these characters look the best they've ever been. There is one thing that I'm curious about and it's not really a spoiler because we all saw it in the trailer, but I found it a little odd that they made young Andy look a little different. We see in a flashback that he's playing with the toys but he looked different, so that was odd, but it's not a problem or anything. Speaking of the characters, let's move onto them because I've always talked about they were always the best part of these movies and they still are. As I said at the start, I feel like this gave the perfect conclusion to one character and it totally does. I'll get into this in the spoilers, but the ending for that story really got to me. But, not only that, but even the character's personalities are perfectly shown again and they once again deliver amazing examples of why we love these characters so much. But even the new characters are just as awesome. The main new character is Forky and I was worried this character would get annoying in this, but thankfully, he never was. He was sweet and had a lot of great moments and lines. And I feel this movie delivers the most different villain we've ever seen in the Toy Story movies. But all the other new side characters are great too like Bunny and Ducky, the Combat Carl figures and, yeah, that new Duke Caboom character was hilarious and awesome. But even the old characters returning are great to see back too. And I'm obviously talking about Bo who's easily at her best here. Not only is she completely different from how she originally was, in a good way, but her and Woody have a lot of really nice moments together and I really liked how what they were saying was making Woody think about some things in life. I don't think that's really a spoiler because we saw things like that in the trailers. And what they touch on here really does make sense for what the characters are going through. And I gotta say, this movie is probably the most interestingly directed. Like I said, this was directed by Josh Cooley. Not John Lasseter and not Lee Unkrich, and Josh was one of the writers of Inside Out, so he definitely understands how to make a touching story with themes that make sense for the characters given what they've gone through in these movies. And even besides the story, the way he has characters do things here and what they show it merely by camera movements alone. And even through there's a lot of really funny moments, the movie still has that signature heart to it that Pixar almost always has in its movies. Not just with the ending, but even throughout other parts of the movie, they always know how to make the emotion hit hard. And, really, this movie pretty much gave me exactly what I could have looked for as a final conclusion to these movies. I really do hope they stop with this one. And I'm really surprised to say that considering me and a lot of people were concerned about what this movie could have done to this whole series of movies. But it turned out to be just as perfect as the other Toy Story movies too. It's pretty much what anyone would ask for as a real conclusion to the Toy Story movies and, yes, I am sure of that this time. Not only was it great to see these characters one last time, but it closed their story in the best way possible and I can't wait to see it multiple more times, so I think it goes without saying that everyone should absolutely go see this. And so, everyone, that's my review of Toy Story 4. Thank you all for reading, I hope you all liked this, please comment to tell me what you think and please share this if you can. Okay, now we're gonna get into the spoilers.
Spoilers:
So, first off, the one thing I found odd about the movie, that's not a negative or anything but something I found odd was when Buzz pressed the button on his chest as a way of feeling like a conscience when Bonnie was asleep. Given how they were especially in a caravan, I especially found it a little odd. Another thing that's not a negative but something wanted to mention was that I didn't get was that the other toys aren't in the movie that much. But I undertand if it means furthering the story they're telling. Now, as far as the villain story that I found different from the other Toy Story movies, that's the fact that Gaby is actually the villain, but she actually doesn't really get what she wants as when she gets Woody's voice box, the girl she wanted to be with doesn't take her. She kinda tosses her aside. I found myself really sympathising with her, but it made her story all the more satisfying when she gets another owner who she helps. And what I meant by different is the fact that this is the first Toy Story villain who actually gets a happy ending. I also liked the aspects of Woody acting like a guide or a father figure to Forky and I liked what they did with Forky as well. I'm really glad they didn't have Forky want to be put in the trash for the whole movie. It was really the first part and I like that that didn't play throughout the whole movie, and it was around that time he got more likeable. Speaking of Woody, before we get to the ending, something else I liked was how this is the first movie where he's not a favourite toy. Throughout the movie, he's always not being chosen by Bonnie and he was having to cope with that a little bit and learning to accept that and knowing that Bonnie was liking other toys, in particular Forky, more. And, yeah, let's talk about that ending. This is the part of the movie that really made me lose it in terms of emotion. The last five or so minutes had my eyes watering hard. I'm talking about how Woody decides not to be an owned toy anymore and decides to stay with Bo and be a free toy to do whatever he wants. He then says goodbye to all his friends and they leave with Bonnie knowing that they'll probably never see him again. Having following and knowing these characters for a long time and seeing this happen just had me cry several times. Even after the movie was done. And I could not have picked a better way to close this character's arc. Ever since we first saw him, he's always wanted to be with Andy and at the beginning of this, he really wanted to be Bonnie, so seeing him depart from that life was crushing to me, and obviously in a good way. And this is one of the reasons why I think they should stop these movies here. I've always loved these Toy Story movies and knowing it ended like this just makes me so happy for it. And so, everyone, that's review of Toy Story 4. Thank you all for reading and please
comment down below to tell me what you think.