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Happy New… oh, it’s almost February?

This year has officially sucked so far.

I lost two uncles, both of them from my Dad’s side of the family, in the span of 10 days.

Hopefully the bad stuff will stay in January and the rest of 2026 will be fine.

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I was going to write more, but just writing that above has sucked the life out of me.

I will say that I enjoyed Wonder Man on Disney+.

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I will also say than in the span of about a week I went from being really excited about the Super Bowl down in Santa Clara @ Levi’s Stadium to not caring about game day except for the commercials and movie trailers.

My Broncos did better this season than anyone expected, including me.

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I think today marks 10 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training, so least that’s coming soon.

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First Steps

What a month.

This was a good movie, though I did like Superman a little bit more.

So many little things made me smile, the chemistry between the cast in particular.

Galactus was done right this time around, and I liked the Silver Surfer character.

And that mid credits scene.  Whoa.

Nice nods to existing FF lore, too, both during the movie and during the… end credits scene.

Recommended.  Two thumbs up.  Go see it!

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Thunderbolts*

This one felt more like a Marvel film that most of the recent Marvel films.

I liked it, it was much better than Brave New World.

The characters were good, the plot was good, and the villain was better than Sidewinder and Sterns.

For me it was worth it JUST for the post credits scene, which was hinted at if you paid attention to the MUSIC part of the credits.

My nephew said that he wouldn’t mind another stand alone movie/Disney+ special with this team, but we both know that that’s not going to happen.

It was a fun time at the movies, even with the heavy themes they hit throughout the film.

Thumbs up!  Go see it!  In the theatre!  Or wait for streaming!

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Brave New World

Overall, I liked it.

It was not a bad movie, nor a great movie.

It felt to me like a bunch of set pieces/action scenes that were put together around something of a plot.

Anthony Mackie was great as Captain America.

Danny Ramirez was okay as Falcon.

Nothing really jumped out at me as significant, but like others have said elsewhere, this feels like it set up so much for the next few movies, and at the same time it tied up a bunch of loose ends in the MCU, dating back to 2008.

What did stand out (and I may be biased) was Harrison Ford taking over the role of Thunderbolt Ross from the late great William Hurt.  He and Mackie carried the film.  A lot of the supporting characters seemed flat to me, including the main villain.

There were a couple of cameos that surprised me, though on reflection they shouldn’t have.

This film was better than a majority of Marvel films that came out after Endgame, which isn’t saying much, of course, but I would rank it above Eternals, and I actually liked Eternals.

Here’s hoping Thunderbolts* lives up to it’s hype in May.

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#prepare4launch

It’s no secret that Superman and Spider-Man are my top 2 superheroes from DC and Marvel, respectively.

But in the early 80s, when Marvel stopped publishing The Micronauts, of which I had a subscription, I chose to get the Fantastic Four as a replacement title in the mail.  And the reason for that was because I loved the late 70s Fantastic Four cartoon, which introduced H.E.R.B.I.E. the Robot.

This was just as John Byrne started his run on the book, and I loved everything about the look of his Fantastic Four.

I had a mail subscription for a few more years, and then started getting the book monthly along with a bunch of other books from a comic book store.

I gave up on comics in the mid 90s, and I think I stopped getting FF shortly before that.

Flash forward to this morning, and I waited that full hour until the actual trailer was shown.

Annoyed as I was with the stupid countdown and the overly drawn out interviews, the trailer was awesome.

The Thing looked like the Thing I’ve always known.  Johnny, Reed, and Sue all looked great, to me.  As did Galactus’ shadow and helmet.

The whole retro vibe of this movie feels so right for the way the MCU works and how the FF needs to be brought into Phase 5.

I may be more excited about this movie than I am about Gunn’s Superman.

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Loki Season 2

This is the only MCU Disney+ show that has a second season (so far) and deservedly so.

While I did feel that the first couple of episodes meandered a bit, the last two gave us a solid resolution to the story IMHO.

I know that won’t be how everyone who watched this sees it, though.

Overall, it was better than Secret Invasion, which isn’t saying much.

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Secret Invasion

I didn’t hate it.  There was a good story in there.  The execution and writing were just pretty poor.

For every good moment there were a couple of bad ones.  And there were a lot of bad moments.

Overall I feel that this was one of the weaker Disney+ shows.

And I’ll just leave it at that.

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Roller Coaster

They were right:  this is the best Marvel film since Endgame.

I still like Shang-Chi a little bit more, but I’ll give credit where credit is due.

As my nephew said, the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy is as good as the Captain America trilogy, it holds up as it’s own sub story.

It’s no secret that this subset of the MCU  is my favorite.

This movie was an emotional roller coaster from start to finish, mostly stemming from the story of Rocket.

Just when you think the story is going to throw you into total sadness it comes back to an action or comedy or drama scene, shifting how you feel at that moment.

There were great moments throughout the movie, including the two credits scenes, and even the imagery during the credits themselves.

There’s a couple of great cameos in this one, too.

Highly recommended.  Go see it!