Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 5 & 6 announcements

So guys, we were recently shown the projects for Phase 5 and 6 of the M.C.U. That's actually really surprising to me since we only just got started with Phase 4 last year and we're finishing it off now with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. So, I wanted to go over everything that was shown and give my thoughts on each one like I did when Phase 4 was shown three years ago. So, first off we finally got a trailer for Wakanda Forever and it honestly looks gorgeous. I'm not a huge fan of the editing done here, but the actual look to the film is incredible. We get to see T'Challa's mother narrating and we even see Shuri and Okoye again and we even get to see Namor. I heard him showing up was on people's minds and we finally get to see him, which is cool. Some people think we might see Doctor Doom here too, which would be even better to see since it would be amazing to finally see an M.C.U Doctor Doom. And, apprently T'Challa himself has been killed. This clearly to honour Chadwick Boseman, and it's tragic to see it. Anyway, here it is.

So, that looks incredible and I'm super hyped for it. And so, that's gonna be the end of Phase 4. Then, next year, Phase 5 is starting with Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania. I guess I'm decently excited for this, just not super hyped since I haven't been the biggest fan of the previous Ant-Man movies, but, the big thing about this is that we'll be seeing Kang in it again, even though I wasn't mad about him at the end of Loki, I am still excited to see more of him and seeing him in the movies is cool to think about, and I'm sure Paul Rudd will still be fantastic as Scott. Speaking of, the film with also centre around Scott having an ego after helping to save the world in Endgame an he's drifted away from everyone he knows because of it. That's a weird one since his story in the first two movies was all around seeing Casey, so having that not be a focus anymore is odd, but it's interesting. I feel like it might be like Tony where he has to learn about humility and letting go of his ego, which is odd to think about. Anyway, that'll be released February 17th next year, so I'm curious to see it. Next is Secret Invasion, which will be a Disney+ show around Spring next year. In the comics that was a fight between the Avengers and the Skrulls, but, seeing as the Skrulls are good in the M.C.U, so I'm wondering how that's gonna work here. Still, I'm excited to see Talos again and I'm sure Nick Fury will be back so I can't wait to see more of them and more of them together. Afterwards, we have Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 on the 5th of May next year. I'm very, very excited for this. I love the Guardians movies and having everyone come back for them is great to see. There was a teaser at the Con that showed the Guardians together except Rocket. I sorta interpreted this as Rocket is gonna die, which is what I've thought about for the longest time. I sorta felt that if any of these characters were gonna die in the third movie then it was probably gonna be Rocket. Plus, we'll be seeing Adam Warlock in this since he was teased at the end of the last film. So, definitely excited for this, one of my most anticipated projects announced. The next thing coming next year is the Disney+ show for Echo. Echo was a character in the Hawkeye show last year. Still hoping to do a review for that, but, I liked Echo in the show, but I do think her having her own show is weird. I don't think it's really necessary to give her a show. I think she worked fine as she did in the Hawkeye show and I don't think she really needs an entire series dedicated to her. So, this'll be out around Summer next year. Around the same time, we're also getting Loki: Season 2. I've seen some set photos for this and given how I really enjoyed Season 1, I'm excited for this. I'm kinda curious to know how this is gonna work since we saw what happened at the end of the last season so I'm curious to know where they're gonna go from there. But, I'm excited for more Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson back as Loki and Mobius, so I can't wait for more. Then, the next movie next year will be The Marvels. I thought Captin Marvel was just an okay movie and the Ms. Marvel show finished recently and I enjoyed it, again, I'll try to get these Disney+ shows reviews out soon, but I enoyed Ms. Marvel for what it was and so seeing more sounds like fun. And the last movie of next year will be Blade. I'm super hyped for this. It'll be exciting to see Blade in the M.C.U and I'm curious to know how they'll do this character in the M.C.U. The next two shows of 2023 will be Ironheart and Agatha: Coven Of Chaos. I don know anything about Ironheart from the comics, but I know about her being a hero like Tony with her own Iron Man suit, but not anything else, so it'll be interesting to her in live action, especially since she's a character that was created six year ago, so, it'll be cool. As for Agatha: Coven Of Chaos, this is like Echo for me in the sense that I don't think this is show I don't think needs to be made because Agatha was just a teeny tiny for the WandaVision as the main villain, but having a show centred on her really doesn't seem necessary. Still, having a villain at the centre makes me curious. Then, for 2024, the first thing is my most anticipated thing, Daredevil: Born Again. I am so, so, so excited for this. Having Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Nofrio back as Matt and Fisk is so beyond exciting and they'll be interacting with the larger M.C.U. It was awesome seeing them in No Way Home and Hawkeye, so having them back for a Disney+ show is so exciting. I am a little worried this won't be like the Netflix shows so that does make me a little cautious, but it's still so exciting to have them back and it's cool that it's called Born Again. It's obviously refering to the fact that he's back in the M.C.U, but it's also the title for the best Daredevil comic ever, so, I'm curious to know what they're gonna do. And it's cool that it's 18 episodes long. So, overall, very, very excited for this. Then, on the 3rd of May will be Captain America: New World Order. This will clearly be Sam's movie and so this'll be interesting since this'll be the fourth Captain America movie and not have Steve in it. I have a feeling this'll be very similar to The Falcon And The Winter Soldier in terms of style and all that. So, if it's like that, I'm excited for it. I'd mostly be excited to see more of Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan As Sam and Bucky and more of their banter. So, yeah, can't wait. Afterwards, on July 25th 2024, we're getting the Thunderbolts movie. This'll definitely be centred around villains given the name and also from what we've seen in the movies and shows. I assume we'll be seeing John Walker, Yelena and Aomination in it or something like that anyway. I doubt Yelena will be in it as an actual villain, but she might be in it. Then, on November 8th, we'll be getting the Fantastic Four movie, I'm incredibly excited for this. I love that we're finally gonna be getting the Fantastic Four in the M.C.U and I can't wait to see it. We'll probably see John Krasinski return as Mr. Fantastic and I can't wait to see him again. It was awesome to see him in Multiverse Of Madness so I can't wait to see him again. I'm curious to know who's gonna direct this because Jon Watts was originally gonna do it but now he's not anymore, so, I'm curious to know what they're gonna do. And so, yeah, super pumped fo this. Then, the big one, we'll be getting two Avengers movies the same year, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars. That's really exciting. It's kinda weird that they're both out the same year, but that's also interesting. And I'm curious to know what the team will be like at that time since the X-Men will probably be introduced around that time too along with everyone else. Not only that, but it was also announced that Destin Daniel Cretton will be directing this, as in the director of Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings. So, that's really exciting. I thought he did a fantastic job with Shang-Chi, so I can't wait to see what he does here. And, we'll be focusing more on Kang, which is awesome, so, I'm really excited for this. And so, yeah, that's all the news we got about Phases 5 and 6 of the M.C.U and I'm really excited for a lot of these. In terms of my most anticipated, like I said, probably Daredevil: Born Again, but both Avengers movies are super exciting too. It'll be exciting to see Charlie Cox again, especially since he's gonna be in She-Hulk, and we got a trailer for that too.

So, yeah, those are my thoughts on the new announcements of the M.C.U Phases 5 and 6. So, yeah, guys, thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

Sora's visit to Disneyland 2022

So, recently, for my birthday, my Mam took me to Disneyland and, just like in 2017, I took my Sora costume and wanted to get photos with characters there as him, and I think it was a great success. I had a great time and I did get a whole bunch of great photos along the way. I also managaed to do rides with it on too that're like the attractions from Kingdom Hearts 3 and I liked being able to do that too. So, I made this tiny slideshow video on my YouTube channel showing all the pictures I got as well as showing the references next to them whenever I did reference something. I just thought it would be fun to do and I really liked this so much that I wanted to share these with everyone. And so, here it is and I hope you all like this.

Thor: Love And Thunder

So, everyone, we reached my most anticipated M.C.U project of 2022, Thor: Love And Thunder. Out of all the M.C.U movies and shows this year, this was the one I was most excited for. It was the first time a solo character from the series was having a fourth movie and Taika Waititi was returning to direct, not to mention the cast, both old and new, were looking really promising. They were also using a pretty interesting comic storyline. However, I hadn't heard great things about this film before seeing it, like, it didn't have a great rating on Rotten Tomatoes. So, did the film live up to my expectations? Honestly, not really. I liked it fine, but there were some things I wasn't a fan of and it is an M.C.U movie I wouldn't place really high. But, I did have fun with it and it did leave me with a lot of great things to remember and it is still good regardless. And, like always, this will have no spoilers for the start, then I'll do a spoiler section afterwards. So, what's the story? Thor is hearing stories about a new villain named Gorr The God Butcher, played by Christian Bale, who's trying to murder all gods, so, Thor tries to raise an army to stop him while Jane has returned with Mjolnir and now they're trying to protect the new Asgard as well. So, yeah, that's enough for now. So, a fairly common criticism I was hearing from this was that it was apparently a lot like Ragnarok and I was curious to know what people were talking about, and, after seeing, I can see what they meant. There were specific moments that reminded of that film and it felt like they were trying to recapture the feeling of that film. Something else about Ragnarok that was noticeable here was the constant comedy. I personally never thought Ragnarok had too many jokes. I thought it had a perfect balance of comedy and heart to it. But, here, I thought it did go a little too hard into trying to be funny. There are definitely dramatic moments, some of which actually did almost make me cry, but, the comedy just went a bit overboard for me. I also don't think the pacing is great here. Unlike Ragnarok, which also had a fast pace, it kinda felt like this one went by a little too fast. That might be because this film is kinda short so they probably cut a fair amount of things out, but the film did already kinda feel pretty long as it was. But, with all those problems said, there is still a load of things I absolutely loved here. For one, clearly, the performances were fantastic here. Chris Hemsworth is of course fantastic as Thor again like he's always been, and this is my favourite version of Jane in the M.C.U, as well as my favourite Natalie Portman performance as her. This is also the first movie that actually made me like Thor and Jane's relationship and I thought they worked really well together, and Tessa Thompson and Taika Waititi are both great again. I also loved the inclusion of new characters like Russell Crowe as Zeus, who was really funny and on the right level of being a huge douche but you still like him. However, honestly, the best part about the film in my opinion is Gorr. This guy is honestly one of my favourite M.C.U villains. Christian Bale does a really great job as the character and he's actually really sympathetic. You understand why he's doing what he's doing and there are a good amount of scenes that do make you feel bad for him, especially towards the end, and he is super intimidating. I'd say he's my second favourite Thor villain next to Loki. And, even though I think there's a bit too much comedy, the comedy is still funny a lot of the time. The film is also super well directed with the colours and cinematography just like Ragnarok and Waititi continues to be one of the most unique directors of the M.C.U with some amazing shots and making the film super colourful. The film also has some surprises that I didn't see coming. Some are actually kinda undercut by something happening, so some moments like that felt kinda pointless, but there are still some moments I didn't expect to see happen. I also felt like the film did do well with some character arcs here, especially with Jane. I also enjoyed the Guardians inclusion here. They're not in this a ton, though, I didn't expect them to be, but what we got was really fun, and the ending actually did almost make me cry because of how sorry you feel for Gorr. So, overall, I mostly just thought Thor: Love And Thunder was a bit of a mixed bag. I'm more postive than negative with this, but, yeah, I personally had a good amount of problems with this and the problem people had with Ragnarok with that being too funny was a lot more prevalent here. There were also some tiny moments throughout that I wasn't the biggest fan of and that also kinda brought my enjoyment of this down a small bit. But, yeah, I'd put this film next to Ragnarok as my second favourite Thor movie. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think. Okay, now we're gonna go into the spoilers. If you don't want the film spoiled, go see the film and then come back and read the rest of this.

Spoilers:

Okay, so the first main thing I guess would be the whole introduction with Gorr. This is what I was talking about with his character being really sympathetic. I already knew what his backstory was from the comics, so it was nice to see it in the film. And the part about Jane having cancer and thinking Mjolnir could heal her, while I felt a part of that didn't work out great until the end, it was still something I thought was pretty tragic as it went on when we learn more about it. As for the Asgard kids, I thought they were fine. I thought the performances were fine, but I did really like Kieron L. Dyer as Axl. I thought it was cool that we learn that Heimdall had a son and I really liked him. Now, the part of the film that I mentioned I thought they did a good job with emotionally but the kinda ruined was when it looked like Korg died. I honestly thought he was dead for real. I think they should have gone with him dying because it was then interrupted with him not dying and adding another joke to it. It wasn't terrible, it just felt like a tonal inconsistency. Same with Valkyrie, I thought she was gonna die, but it was nice she didn't since she's one of the most likeable characters in these movies. And then the actual ending with Gorr trying to get Stormbreaker and wish for the death of the gods was pretty cool too. I did think it was kinda weird how all the kids get powers, but the actual fight with Thor and Jane vs. Gorr was pretty cool. And it was around there I thought Gorr was pretty intimidating. And then the actual ending, I actually didn't expect Jane to actual die, though that was a good scene and it was pretty sad, same with Gorr and his daughter. I like how he got her back and him dying was really emotional. I thought Bale did a great job in that scene. And I like how Thor decided to take in Gorr's daughter as his own. It was pretty cool to see where the title came from with that. And then, for the mid credit scene, I loved it. We get to see Zeus survived his fight with Thor and we even get to see Hercules. That was awesome. He's being played by someone named Brett Goldstein and it looks cool. It's really cool to have the Marvel version of Hercules in the M.C.U. I assume he'll be a small villain in the next Thor movie and become an ally at some point. And then, the end credit scene, it was nice to see Idris Elba back as Heimdall and having him and Jane meet again was nice and it was just cool to see Jane in Valhalla. And, that's about it really, those scenes and all that made me happy to see the film, but it's still a movie I don't think I'd wanna watch that many more times. Anyway, that's my review of Thor: Love And Thunder. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think.

My tribute to Kazuki Takahashi

So, just today, we were told absolutely devastating news that Kazuki Takahashi, the creator of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, tragically passed away a while ago in a diving accident. I couldn't believe it when I heard it because the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise has been something I've been a gigantic fan of for a long, long time and Takahashi himself has been one of my favourite manga artists for a long time too. It was technically my first ever anime and I've loved the entire franchise ever since the beginning, as you all know if you've seen my reviews the different series. But, yeah, I was crushed when I heard and so I wanted to make this tribute video for him and thanking him for creating something I've been a fan of for a long time, as well as just talking about my huge respect for him and his incredible work. And, what makes it even more heart breaking is the fact that he was only 60 years old, which means he still had a lot of time left and it's crushing that this is after happening, and I'm so glad I've known his work for as long as I have and the fact that it was a Shonen Jump property makes that even more apparent. Anyway, here's the video and I just want to say, rest in peace, Kazuki Takahashi.

My Kagome Higurashi collectible (Review)

So, the other day, I was able to get another cllectible from the Inuyasha franchise, and this time, it was Kagome. I've been wanting to get this one for a while because I am trying to get both Inuyasha and Kagome together, even though it would be cool if there were ones for Miroku, Sango and Shippo too, but, at the moment, in terms of the main group of the original series, there's just Inuyasha and Kagome made ones, and so, I thoguht it'd be cool to try to get both of them since I already have the ones of Towa, Setsuna and Moroha, especially Moroha, so it'll be cool to have her, Kagome and Inuyasha together. I actually found a cheap collectible of Inuyasha and ordered it, so I'm excited for when that one arrives since that means I'll also have another anime protagonist added too. Anyway, at the moment, this Kagome one is my new one and I'm always happy to be getting more of these. And so, here it is and I hope you all like it.