The biggest compliment and best way I can describe this movie for me personally is that I went in with tempered expectations. I walked in hoping I would enjoy it but thinking I would leave feeling empty and wishing it was Chadwick. But this movie did what I thought was impossible - it somehow found a way to give the fans closure right along with the characters while also giving us hope for the future. The growth, emotions, and story arcs the characters (like Shuri, Ramonda, Okoye, and M'Baku) went through were impressive the entire way through.
I completely disagree about the action - the Narmor vs Shuri fight is way way better than the first film's climactic fight in my opinion. Also loved the Talokan assault on Wakanda. The first film doesn't have much outside if the tracking shot fight for me.
Oh agreed. The boat part of the battle felt a little bit like the first film's finale though still better. But the fight between Shuri and Namor was 1000% better than Tchalla VS Killmonger
going from the nerdy comic-relief little sister in the first film to who she is and where she goes in this film is incredible. she really stepped up to the challenge. they all did, tbh.
Fun fact! Vasquez from Aliens was one of my role models growing up. I was devastated to learn she was a white woman in brown face, but after struggling with it for years I've decided I still love the character, and as fucked as it was I'm happy things are better now. Tenoch Huerta as Namor is an amazing example of the progress made and I'm really happy with him.
Yeah, ultimately the character isn't a white woman in brown face. That's just how the production filmed the movie. The Character was exactly what you thought of them.
this is the first in review i’m watching since the new studio launched and i gotta say, the set decision for this is absolutely genius. shoutout to whoever came up with this. it’s so good.
Hearing that they enjoyed this movie was so confusing to me. For me this was just a smidge better than Thor The Dark World. Absolutely a miss on all fronts. 3 out of 10, and it gets those three because of Angela Bassett.
Heartfelt and cathartic having this piece of art to say goodbye to Chadwick. Definitely not without problems with iron heart being forced in and poor action scenes but definitely one of the stronger phase 4 films
My ranking is more with Tim on this one. The handful of scenes dealing with loss and grief were great, but the A-Plot conflict motivation doesn't hold up to any scrutiny, and CGI/effects were below average.
M'Baku was NOT joking. SHuri does NOT want to be Queen of Wakanda, she just wants to be the Black Panther. M'Baku is the new king, and Shuri is the new protector
Nick was right #Gregsux lol Sidenote: I would've accepted anything because Chadwick died in real life, but I think its better that the illness was "undisclosed" because with the things Shuri does in BP1 for Ross, then what they do for Bucky in between films, and then what they attempted to do for Vision in IW, it doesnt seem like cancer would be a big deal in Wakandan society.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: there needs to be a rehashing of the ranking list. I know they've rewatched things but the fact that Loki and Wandavision are in the top ten and Iron man is 16th is BONKERS. I'm not a huge fan of GOTG but even I agree that they are better than Loki and Wandvision.
The best decision they made was shooting all the underwater scenes actually under water. They were joking on the junkies about how many minutes they could hold their breath, and when you see the underwater scenes it shows how real it is. Namor deserves an Oscar for actually delivering that speech under water (I guess he mimics the speech and then records it later, but man it looks 100% real). This is way better than Aquaman, when everything looked like a videogame and weightless. Here you can feel the weight on the water on the clothing and hair and skin.
and i've seen Letitia joking about drowning on set being a first for her as well. the underwater work in this film is pretty amazing when they coulda faked so much more.
Saw it twice this weekend. I think the film is an absolutely stunning story about grief, and the universal pain we all experience. It’s a movie that dares to be more than just a Mickey Mouse product, something I wish Marvel would strive for more. There’s a level of sincerity and heart displayed here that harkens back to what Stan Lee said the comics were all about: human stories. Ryan Coogler continues to do what he does best: make absolute bangers. It has its flaws like any other movie, but the story and performances truly carries it to high heights for me.
This is actually why I enjoyed a lot of phase four it seems more then most. Grief and different ways of dealing with it have been a prevalent theme for our “sequel” characters. Between Spiderman with his actions in far from home and choices in no way home, Wanda’s arc in wanadvision leading to her turn and wakanada forever
@@AngelusX92 I agree! I think phase 4 has allowed a lot of mature storytelling dealing with serious stuff. Some of the projects get carried down by other aspects, but a lot of the stuff that works works really well. I think of Sebastian Stan’s beautifully acted scene in Falcon and The Winter Soldier when he’s in Wakanda and the Dora Milaje officer is trying to activate The Winter Soldier and then Bucky realizes he’s finally free.
Not being a troll but you guys skipped 37 on the ranking of the movies. Only reason I realized this is because I'm doing my own list and with Wakanda Forever it was 39 movies. I had to triple check if I missed something LOL. Love the show guys.
this was a beautiful film, even if i coulda done without the whole CIA sub-plot, where they coulda used that time to flesh out some of the new characters a little more, but the themes of processing grief, the choices we make when we're broken & whether or not we give in to fear or vengeance makes this movie a wonderful addition to the MCU. i miss Chadwick's T'Challa, and i love the story they're telling in his absense.
Hello Everyone 👋. I may have missed some news but can anyone tell me why Kinda Funny reviews are no longer being uploaded to the Podcast app for the iphone? Last episode there is "Werewolf By Night"
I appreciate that the MCU has kept Florence Kasumba as Ayo since her "oh damn" introduction in Captain America: Civil War. She could have been a one-off character, but Ayo's character keeps building.
This movie was 11/10. Normally I would go into all the subtext and themes I like, but it's almost impossible with this movie as it's jam packed with subtext, text, metanarrative, etc. This movie was a masterpiece only hamstrung by being a marvel movie.
Finishing this up. I liked the movie, but the fight on the bridge had Numerous closeups which is done when directors wanna hide bad fight choreography. Go watch John wick, they don't do closeups cuz the choreography is on point.
Dunno if it's mentioned or not later on, but Lake Bell's character, Dr. Graham, is linked with Dr. Doom in the comics. I dunno if their gonna have her somehow survive, doom portal or something, or another character they've off'd that could've been used in the future. But, that scene was amazing. Loved the movie as well.
Finally got to see it, liked it didnt love it. Chadwick’s passing and his impact were handled beautifully The movie LOOKED amazing Okoye’s performance was so dope Namor was badass until that last battle Iron heart felt very forced at times Could’ve been 30 minutes shorter and not lost anything in the story
This was probably the most boring Marvel movie I've ever seen. But, my dog just passed so I also wasn't really in the right headspace to be enjoying it anyway. I'll revisit it again down the line to see if my opinion changes.
To the point on "would killing Riri mean the plans disappear?" - I think part of it is also a message/warning to others out there to not seek out vibranium.
In the comics, Shuri was rejected as being Black Panther, but took on the mantle anyway and ended up earning the respect of the Panther God, and being blessed with her powers.
Genuinely thought Greg was about to, for absolutely no reason, start singing 'Circle of Life' at 1:14:22 -- nailed that first note by accident, I guess.
After watching the movie a 2nd time, she says that she's upset because she thinks her family abandoned her by not showing up in the ancestral plain, that's why she's so angry
While I enjoyed the movie, the only thing that is preventing me from loving it is that it feels like there's an entire subplot missing from the movie. Guessing it was cut for time, but I felt like the whole CIA subplot with Martin Freeman and Julia-Louie Dreyfus should have played a bigger role in inciting the conflict between Wakanda and Talokan. Like the CIA should have been planted more seeds that caused more tension between the two nations that justified why things escalated so quickly. To me, that would have made Ross's inclusion in the movie make more sense and make Namor's aggressive actions later in the movie more justified.
That's likely what Thunderbolts is going to be about... now that Wakanda and Talokan have come to their understanding, and the US no longer has the machine, or the plans on the computer (or Martin Freeman). Val and her Thunderbolts make a go of it
I really enjoyed this movie! Probably the only Marvel movie that made me tear up twice 😢 But I LOVED Namor! The sequence when he was showing Shuri the underwater world was beautiful… that was one of my favorite sequences from the movie. 👍
Very slow and boring movie. They should have waited a few more years and recast Black Panther/ T’challa. Angela Basset plays a great grieving queen mother on the edge but Shiri can’t carry this movie. It was a mess with too much talking without really explaining anything. I don’t know what movie you guys watched.
Shuri didnt take the hearth-shaped herb to take up the mantel at the beggining: she knew that the people were going to go for it because they needed a protector, but Shuri took it at first because she wanted to kill Namor herself, she was never giving it to someone else. Only afterwards she took into hetself the real meaning of being Wakanda's protector and the legacy of T'challa, that's why it even looks like someone else will be king
I really wish I liked this movie more than I did. Emotional beats didn't really hit for me, plot and motivations weren't very compelling. Idk, I just expected more
You could call this God of War Ragnarok: The Movie. It's a 2022 sequel to a 2018 original that I loved, though not as much as the first one. The story, while having some undeniably fantastic moments, is kind of sloppily put together and overly long. It introduces some new characters that the story spends entirely too long with. But overall still a great product.
HARD for the MCU losing Chadwick and having to write themselves into awkward moments, like not seeing him on the spectral plane. But the respect for him was A+1 This version of Namor was great, apart from the shoe horned in "Imperious Rex". Ramonda, wow, just wow. But Shuri as BP? I don't know, but a female BP is cool for sure. Otherwise, too long, and quite a few faults, but glad phase 4 is done to be honest.
I love every performance in this movie and everything it has to say about grief and loss. That being said, Namor's motivation, and by extension most of the reasoning for the plot really don't work for me. He wants to kill Riri for being a gifted scientist rather than the people who stole her work and are misusing it. He perceives undersea mining as an open threat despite the fact that no one knows there are people down there, so he murders a ship full of Americans (which Wakanda completely forgives, mind you) He assaults and kidnaps the royalty of their only potential ally, and then kills their queen. Then, when he completely fails his invasion on multiple fronts, he is shoved back into the ocean and assures his people "trust me, the Wakandans will DEFINITELY be our friends when the time comes" Like... no? They definitely don't care for you my guy
@William Tatum 1. Killmonger had his father murdered by a foreign power and then grew up in 90's Oakland watching his people get murdered in the streets his whole life ("Everybody dies - it's just life around here"). He then spends an entire military career trying to become strong enough to return to his ancestral home and (in his mind) save his people. Namor saw awful things happen once to people he doesn't even know while on a day trip, got mad and f*cked off into the ocean to be king, selfishly isolating himself and helping no one in need 2. Shuri knew Riri didn't give her device to the government by the time she was kidnapped. We can assume she told Namor because if not, that's a BIG oversight. Regardless, Namor should know that killing Riri doesn't change the fact that the machine can be made without her now. The R&D phase is done, they are producing these things. Killing Riri would be a vengeance play if anything 3. Kidnapping a foreign dignitary, attempting to kill their security, and ACTUALLY killing their royalty is a war crime of the highest degree, regardless of intent. I don't care what conversations they had; the people of Wakanda would be LIVID 4. Wakanda not caring about Talokan killing Americans would be normal. They are historically neutral. Actively hiding and protecting them is an act of war
They were able to get up because they ingested the Talokan plant drawn from their vibranium. They got killed because, similarly to how Shuri uses sonic stabilizers to make vibranium inert for high speed transport, the sonic weapon overcame whatever protection drawn from having the active vibranium in one's system
There an interesting thread plays out in the background. Someone mentions that Wakanda needed to be cautious because they never had to deal with an entire nation that also had Vibranium. How does Wakanda deal with the fact that they are not the strongest nation in the world anymore? That's a good storyline for future projects.
Who said that they're not the strongest? Having an entire nation if Vibranium -enfused people is definitely a problem, but Wakanda's best warriors can still fight to near even terms against Talokan's best, and Shuri, in figuring out how to better carry Vibranium from their own minds, has already figured out the sonic weapons that make Vibranium beings vulnerable. Ear plugs negate the syrens, and you now know that being on land without the breather is a short term thing... it's not as lopsided as you may think
I don’t understand why people don’t love riri in this movie, I feel like she was an amazing character and all of her humor was great. And I felt like the suit was cool
I liked her, and am looking forward to see more of her in upcoming projects. But although I'm a person who doesn't usually care much about the superhero costumes and all the variants (which I barely can distinguish from one another), I didn't vibe with Riri's suit. Looks to me like if a transformer and power ranger had a baby, lol.
Only thing I didn’t like about Riri was her suit, but that has nothing to do with her character. She was great comedic relief with organic humor. Her shit was legitimately funny and had my theater cracking up the entire time. She felt like a real college kid.
@@GumiGumiXOXO it made sense to me when you think of the Ironman suit she’d grown up seeing. She probably used vibranium too which made it look more fluid and less like a MK I suit. I am glad they didn’t let her keep it though as it helps more for her solo show.
She felt a bit unnecessary in the movie to me but I didn't dislike her. Only thing I did find weird is that she makes 2 iron man suits and from what I remember doesnt mention iron man at all. Just feels odd to imitate the saviour of the universe and not acknowledge that that's what she's doing
I feel like im the only that wasnt feeling this movie. Love the tributes to CB and Namor but thats about all i like. I dont think its terrible by any means but what really kills this movie more than other things is what andy brings up of Namor and his people absolutely HAVE to kill the girl. Theres no other solution. It just didnt add up to me and its the crux of the whole plot. I have quite a few other problems but thats the main one. Bottom tier for me unfortunately but glad people like it
Ok so the only two male roles you said you liked is quite telling and need to elaborate more. Namor had a plan and explained WHY he left at the end because he knew that having wakanda be the one to eventually have to come to them for help will give him the upper hand. The turn for shuri was a little sudden and convenient imo to spare him but I understood why she did.
@@aoe41015 no im not talking about the ending i understand and like that, im talking about Namor seem like theyre decent beings who just dont want to be found by surface dwellers so when Riri makes this contraption that can possibly have them found out about the surface dwellers, his plan is immediately to kill her no matter what. It would of made a bit more sense to me if they were already found out publicly and to send a message to kill the one person that can find them. But to jump from who they are to just being murderers, even when Shuri explains to him they will make sure she doesnt make that machine again and they will be safe, Namor still insist on killing Riri. And if youre insinuating that i only like the male roles because im sexist, just because i said in a youtube comment i really only like Namor from this movie, and btw the other male role you point out is me saying i liked Chadwicks tribute in the movie, thats literally not even a role so youre the one thats "telling" here , then to that i say LMFAO. If its just a simple confusion then to that i say LMFAO.
My buddies and I didn't enjoy it either. The length, the action, the story. Nothing really worked for me besides Namor. I really disliked Multiverse of Madness but at least that was fun. This was just boring.
I enjoyed that in the final fight they essentially did what happened to Kylo Ren in Star Wars, weakened him and put him out of his element for Sheri to stand a chance to fight him on a level playing field.
Placing the film in my list is hard; Somewhere high but not too high. Placing Namor is easy. Number 2. And I hope they do him right in the future. Surprisingly he could be one of the more popular MCU characters. I didn't think he'd translate well from comic to screen. But they changed him well enough. Same goes for Aquaman.
My updated MCU ranking: 1. Black Panther 2. Avengers: Endgame 3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 4. Spider-Man: No Way Home 5. Spider-Man: Homecoming 6. Iron Man 7. Thor: Ragnarok 8. Guardians of the Galaxy 9. Iron Man 3 10. Captain America: The First Avenger 11. Avengers: Infinity War 12. Thor: Love & Thunder 13. Loki 14. Ms. Marvel 15. The Avengers 16. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 17. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 18. Werewolf By Night 19. Captain America: Civil War 20. Moon Knight 21. Hawkeye 22. Spider-Man: Far From Home 23. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 24. WandaVision 25. Doctor Strange 26. Iron Man 2 27. Ant-Man 28. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 29. Avengers: Age of Ultron 30. Thor 31. Ant-Man and the Wasp 32. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law 33. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 34. Black Widow 35. The Incredible Hulk 36. What If…? 37. Thor: The Dark World 38. Captain Marvel 39. Eternals
Had this video queued up for months. Didn’t get to catch the movie in theaters so I’ve been waiting for this to come out on Disney Plus. Haven’t seen their ranking yet but I absolutely loved this movie and Namor was incredible
Also... the designs for the machine were on RiRi Williams' computer, which was under encryption so deep that you would need an actual quantum computer, and a fair bit of time, to maybe crack it. The government had the machine, that she turned into her professor, and that was it (Namor killing everyone and taking the machine removed even the chance to reverse engineer something from it
I really liked this movie. But I gotta disagree with Tim on Shuri, no we didn't ever see her fight. We saw her blast people with her gauntlets. That's not fighting like Tchalla or cap would, that's like Tony would. Also, the underwater stuff to me was mostly not good. The flip into the throne and the sun were, but in general it came off as cloudy and hard to see. Reminds me of the fog in silent Hill being used to hide bad graphics.
Maybe the bridge warriors are enhanced soldiers w/ extra vibranium versus the regular guard underwater. Also, a spear stab is not as bad as a close-range vibranium shotgun blast imo
I think Tim is very wrong about the heart shape herb and why she was there instead of where tchalla ends up. Because it’s a similar situation to kilmonger, who’s ancestral Paine was the way it was due to his trauma as a young black man growing up in America. So her pain made her blinded to be able to truly see the ancestral plane like kilmonger.
M’Baku definitely wasn’t joking at the end, looks like he’s going for King I also disagree and think this is far better than the first movie, anytime I rewatch BP I pretty much turn off once the 3rd act starts
The iron heart suit looked so bad, I was really hoping it more of a "gen 1" suit. Not so finished, not so futuristic. Like the original iron man suit seemed bulky and heavy and then the last few were sleek and polished.
No idea how you guys got "M'Baku is joking" from that. He was Shuri's advisor and T'Challa trusted him so she probably asked him to take on the role of King and she will be protector as he is a great leader and she does not want that responsibility as that is not who she is, and M'Baku does not seem to want the BP Mantle either. He is putting his hat into the ring for king at the end and while it seems lighthearted he is serious. But overall, I enjoyed this movie a lot, especially Shuri's journey and I love her as BP. I think a lot of the action sans the Shuri/Namor fight is bad and there are some laughable CGI and what not. I didn't see it in IMAX but my partner and I agreed that we couldn't see anything at night and all the underwater stuff looked bad. I will also say that while Tenoch is charming and compelling, I didn't find a lot of his scenes to be good or believable and found him to be quite cookie cutter cartoon bad guy most of the time. Like the surface world destroys the ocean for centuries and you only want to kill a teenage girl became she made a machine out of spite that may find you and your people? Come on. I was hoping for more out of his character and its a Killmonger situation where the villain isn't that great but they are so freaking charming it makes everyone think they are a better villain than they are. Seriously the best stuff in this movie was Shuri/Okoye/Ramonda/Nakia and a little bit of M'Baku. When they hyper focus on Shuri in the last hour it really nails it and its a great time.
@@lex_rodriguez unneeded? Riri is the catalyst for the entire plot, Ross and his subplot are thematically integral for portraying how little colonialism has changed and how justified Namor’s fears are, and becoming a Midnight Angel represents the end of Okoye’s character arc, finally letting go of her pride.
Marvel, Ryan Coogler & the entire cast did such a wonderful job with this film. Chadwick Boseman definitely would be proud with what this team accomplished & how Marvel continues to build this universe. It was a questionable decision as to why Boseman wasn’t recast - especially with having Namor now in this world (seeing T’Challa & Namor onscreen would’ve been special). However, after watching it in its entirety, I’m okay with almost every decision made. I also understand Riri getting her own series as Ironheart (that’s probably my only complaint on the top of my head at the moment, as they could only focus on so much with 2-3 hours) as her story needed to be fleshed out alittle better, felt rushed - but all in all, this was a fantastic film... ...but, this was a “HARD” film to watch at times. I mean, there were scenes here that can just break you emotionally. In those regards, this isn’t a film I will be watching multiple times, but with what they have planned for Black Panther & its universe in the future... I’m so ready.
I can’t stress how much I loved this film. I’ll keep the things that didn’t vibe with me about the film to myself for now because they were “minor” but still somewhat “spoiler-ish”, so I’ll wait a bit to share that. Other than my thoughts on how Riri was handled because we all knew she was in the film. But again, at times, this film is “hard”, heavy emotionally weighted at times that hit home in certain aspects. Dealing with loss… grieving. I have to be in the right state of mind to watch it again, but I did enjoy it sooooo darn much. When it was lighthearted, funny and action-oriented, it truly felt like a Marvel film. A Black Panther film. And Namor… my god… give me that solo film today & start building his universe ASAP. He was handled so well, and I understand why characters (Riri) were somewhat overshadowed because this film is as much an origin story for Namor as it is for honoring Boseman, Wakanda adapting to life without their King, grieving, world building for Phase 5, etc. It had a lot on its plate but Ryan Coolger, Kevin Feige, the cast/crew… Marvel did it again.
Not sure if it came up in the chat on the video or somewhere in the comments here but needed to clear the record just in case: Lupita Nyongo was born in Mexico.
I don’t think she made the locator the cia did it was my interpretation that she designed a machine or algorithm to detect metals and the cia took that and then redesigned it to find vibranium, essentially she created the foundation for the device but not the actual device itself
@@Justin-ALfairly certain she created the actual device (note how the vibranium detector had custom parts made from stuff you'd find in junk yards), while keeping the plans on her encrypted computer. She turned in the machine to her metallurgy professor, the machine went from the professor to the CIA somehow, and the CIA coveted the machine as their only detector
Tim is CRAZY. Number 20?? She Hulk is as 15 and this has one of the most engaging plot of the MCU. She hulk spent 8 episodes writing a plot to tell you none of it mattered. The list is whack anyways, but I'd say Wakanda Forever is on par or even slightly above the OG
I love In Review as a series but it feels like too often at some point in the recap, Greg just wants to be done talking about the movie and starts fast forwarding through the plot in a way that really undercuts possible conversations about the film. I totally understand scheduling shows and wanting the content to move faster, but there was a moment in this recap where I got a genuine anxiety from Greg just trying to get through the movie. Love this series and you guys, just wanted to throw that out there.
"Lupita's Spanish was amazing." Looks it up... she's Kenyan but was born in Mexico because her father was a professor there. People are so neat.
Thought it was relatively well known that she was born in Mexico?!
God, I love Kinda Funny. The floating Andy head while Greg and Nick were talking forced my hand, I had to click the like button. 🤣
The floating head is weird, corny and off putting. On the other hand, never stop using it Kinda Funny ! 😂😅
The biggest compliment and best way I can describe this movie for me personally is that I went in with tempered expectations. I walked in hoping I would enjoy it but thinking I would leave feeling empty and wishing it was Chadwick.
But this movie did what I thought was impossible - it somehow found a way to give the fans closure right along with the characters while also giving us hope for the future. The growth, emotions, and story arcs the characters (like Shuri, Ramonda, Okoye, and M'Baku) went through were impressive the entire way through.
As someone with a fear of the ocean and the things that are in it...this movie was terrifying.
I completely disagree about the action - the Narmor vs Shuri fight is way way better than the first film's climactic fight in my opinion. Also loved the Talokan assault on Wakanda. The first film doesn't have much outside if the tracking shot fight for me.
Oh agreed. The boat part of the battle felt a little bit like the first film's finale though still better. But the fight between Shuri and Namor was 1000% better than Tchalla VS Killmonger
Shuri’s arc BLEW ME AWAY. Incredible performance and writing for her character.
going from the nerdy comic-relief little sister in the first film to who she is and where she goes in this film is incredible. she really stepped up to the challenge. they all did, tbh.
Fun fact! Vasquez from Aliens was one of my role models growing up. I was devastated to learn she was a white woman in brown face, but after struggling with it for years I've decided I still love the character, and as fucked as it was I'm happy things are better now. Tenoch Huerta as Namor is an amazing example of the progress made and I'm really happy with him.
Yeah, ultimately the character isn't a white woman in brown face. That's just how the production filmed the movie. The Character was exactly what you thought of them.
that actress also played an Irish second class person in Titanic If I recall
this is the first in review i’m watching since the new studio launched and i gotta say, the set decision for this is absolutely genius. shoutout to whoever came up with this. it’s so good.
Hearing that they enjoyed this movie was so confusing to me. For me this was just a smidge better than Thor The Dark World. Absolutely a miss on all fronts. 3 out of 10, and it gets those three because of Angela Bassett.
Heartfelt and cathartic having this piece of art to say goodbye to Chadwick. Definitely not without problems with iron heart being forced in and poor action scenes but definitely one of the stronger phase 4 films
im with you plus the cia/fbi/ross stuff being forced as well.
My ranking is more with Tim on this one. The handful of scenes dealing with loss and grief were great, but the A-Plot conflict motivation doesn't hold up to any scrutiny, and CGI/effects were below average.
M'Baku was NOT joking. SHuri does NOT want to be Queen of Wakanda, she just wants to be the Black Panther. M'Baku is the new king, and Shuri is the new protector
Nick was right #Gregsux lol
Sidenote: I would've accepted anything because Chadwick died in real life, but I think its better that the illness was "undisclosed" because with the things Shuri does in BP1 for Ross, then what they do for Bucky in between films, and then what they attempted to do for Vision in IW, it doesnt seem like cancer would be a big deal in Wakandan society.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: there needs to be a rehashing of the ranking list. I know they've rewatched things but the fact that Loki and Wandavision are in the top ten and Iron man is 16th is BONKERS. I'm not a huge fan of GOTG but even I agree that they are better than Loki and Wandvision.
I still just can’t believe they put Loki and Wandavision over avengers. And GOTG > GOTG 2. And spiderman far from home is top tier y’all are crazy.
The best decision they made was shooting all the underwater scenes actually under water. They were joking on the junkies about how many minutes they could hold their breath, and when you see the underwater scenes it shows how real it is. Namor deserves an Oscar for actually delivering that speech under water (I guess he mimics the speech and then records it later, but man it looks 100% real). This is way better than Aquaman, when everything looked like a videogame and weightless. Here you can feel the weight on the water on the clothing and hair and skin.
and i've seen Letitia joking about drowning on set being a first for her as well. the underwater work in this film is pretty amazing when they coulda faked so much more.
Very impressive but I don’t think he deserves an Oscar for that…I think you are confusing best acting for “most” acting.
The actress playing Namora, Mabel Cadena made it to almost 7 minutes holding her breath underwater.
My friends and I all gasped when we saw Angela Basset’s shoulders
Saw it twice this weekend. I think the film is an absolutely stunning story about grief, and the universal pain we all experience. It’s a movie that dares to be more than just a Mickey Mouse product, something I wish Marvel would strive for more.
There’s a level of sincerity and heart displayed here that harkens back to what Stan Lee said the comics were all about: human stories.
Ryan Coogler continues to do what he does best: make absolute bangers. It has its flaws like any other movie, but the story and performances truly carries it to high heights for me.
This is actually why I enjoyed a lot of phase four it seems more then most. Grief and different ways of dealing with it have been a prevalent theme for our “sequel” characters. Between Spiderman with his actions in far from home and choices in no way home, Wanda’s arc in wanadvision leading to her turn and wakanada forever
@@AngelusX92 I agree! I think phase 4 has allowed a lot of mature storytelling dealing with serious stuff. Some of the projects get carried down by other aspects, but a lot of the stuff that works works really well.
I think of Sebastian Stan’s beautifully acted scene in Falcon and The Winter Soldier when he’s in Wakanda and the Dora Milaje officer is trying to activate The Winter Soldier and then Bucky realizes he’s finally free.
Not being a troll but you guys skipped 37 on the ranking of the movies. Only reason I realized this is because I'm doing my own list and with Wakanda Forever it was 39 movies. I had to triple check if I missed something LOL. Love the show guys.
this was a beautiful film, even if i coulda done without the whole CIA sub-plot, where they coulda used that time to flesh out some of the new characters a little more, but the themes of processing grief, the choices we make when we're broken & whether or not we give in to fear or vengeance makes this movie a wonderful addition to the MCU. i miss Chadwick's T'Challa, and i love the story they're telling in his absense.
Makes me so happy that this version of Namor and Tenoch are getting so much love
Fun fact: Ryan Coogler learned to swim for this movie.
As a fan of the black panther comics, when the midnight angels were revealed I lost my shit.
Saw the movie this week, and it good, but think the first Black Panther movie was better. I agree with Tim’s ranking
Hello Everyone 👋. I may have missed some news but can anyone tell me why Kinda Funny reviews are no longer being uploaded to the Podcast app for the iphone? Last episode there is "Werewolf By Night"
I appreciate that the MCU has kept Florence Kasumba as Ayo since her "oh damn" introduction in Captain America: Civil War. She could have been a one-off character, but Ayo's character keeps building.
Once again I’m standing here not agreeing with people on a phase 4 entry. Guess I’m sitting around Tim because this movie is a cool #21 on my MCU list
Love they took that guy’s suggestion and replaced the fire extinguisher at the end of the hall with the poster for the movie being reviewed.
This movie was 11/10. Normally I would go into all the subtext and themes I like, but it's almost impossible with this movie as it's jam packed with subtext, text, metanarrative, etc.
This movie was a masterpiece only hamstrung by being a marvel movie.
Finishing this up. I liked the movie, but the fight on the bridge had Numerous closeups which is done when directors wanna hide bad fight choreography. Go watch John wick, they don't do closeups cuz the choreography is on point.
Dunno if it's mentioned or not later on, but Lake Bell's character, Dr. Graham, is linked with Dr. Doom in the comics. I dunno if their gonna have her somehow survive, doom portal or something, or another character they've off'd that could've been used in the future. But, that scene was amazing. Loved the movie as well.
During the whole film, every time I saw Namor, Andy Cortez would pop in my head 😂
been waiting eagerly for this
That's what she said.
Finally got to see it, liked it didnt love it.
Chadwick’s passing and his impact were handled beautifully
The movie LOOKED amazing
Okoye’s performance was so dope
Namor was badass until that last battle
Iron heart felt very forced at times
Could’ve been 30 minutes shorter and not lost anything in the story
The fact you are on the 50th induction of a Marvel villain inadvertently fits in that this is the 50th Marvel film ever.
You're forgetting the Blade movies and probably more...
@@Crazeyd0g Im referring to Marvel Studios involved films, since the studio was formed but before they started making their own films.
@@langleymneely Well the Ragu Bagu list contains villains from non Marvel Studios films so your original post is still incorrect.
@@Crazeyd0g I realize that. You must be a lot of fun to hangout with huh? Geesh.🥴🙄🤣
Think they saw a different movie than I did. Didn't think it was as good as the first black panther. And that was as mid as it gets.
This was probably the most boring Marvel movie I've ever seen. But, my dog just passed so I also wasn't really in the right headspace to be enjoying it anyway. I'll revisit it again down the line to see if my opinion changes.
Been looking forward to this review, lets start the week off right. This film is one of the better films Marvel has put out for a long while.
She Hulk and Love and Thunder above Iron Man and Black Panther is certainly a hot take.
I loved the Mesoamerican/ Mayan aesthetic of Namor. It was awesome I've been waiting for this review and it was a blast.
Maybe I need to rewatch this movie, because I came off of it not hyped at all
To the point on "would killing Riri mean the plans disappear?" - I think part of it is also a message/warning to others out there to not seek out vibranium.
Really? Nobody said a thing about Tim’s “But can it melt steel beams?”?! Lmfao
I think it was kinda terrible. Marvel hasn't hit for me since Spiderman....
I enjoyed the movie about as much as Andy originally did when he placed it at #14.
That 2nd suit looked like Medabots 🤣
In the comics, Shuri was rejected as being Black Panther, but took on the mantle anyway and ended up earning the respect of the Panther God, and being blessed with her powers.
Genuinely thought Greg was about to, for absolutely no reason, start singing 'Circle of Life' at 1:14:22 -- nailed that first note by accident, I guess.
After watching the movie a 2nd time, she says that she's upset because she thinks her family abandoned her by not showing up in the ancestral plain, that's why she's so angry
While I enjoyed the movie, the only thing that is preventing me from loving it is that it feels like there's an entire subplot missing from the movie. Guessing it was cut for time, but I felt like the whole CIA subplot with Martin Freeman and Julia-Louie Dreyfus should have played a bigger role in inciting the conflict between Wakanda and Talokan. Like the CIA should have been planted more seeds that caused more tension between the two nations that justified why things escalated so quickly. To me, that would have made Ross's inclusion in the movie make more sense and make Namor's aggressive actions later in the movie more justified.
That's likely what Thunderbolts is going to be about... now that Wakanda and Talokan have come to their understanding, and the US no longer has the machine, or the plans on the computer (or Martin Freeman).
Val and her Thunderbolts make a go of it
I really enjoyed this movie! Probably the only Marvel movie that made me tear up twice 😢 But I LOVED Namor! The sequence when he was showing Shuri the underwater world was beautiful… that was one of my favorite sequences from the movie. 👍
Very slow and boring movie. They should have waited a few more years and recast Black Panther/ T’challa. Angela Basset plays a great grieving queen mother on the edge but Shiri can’t carry this movie. It was a mess with too much talking without really explaining anything. I don’t know what movie you guys watched.
Namor & Angela Basset were amazing 🎉❤
Shuri didnt take the hearth-shaped herb to take up the mantel at the beggining: she knew that the people were going to go for it because they needed a protector, but Shuri took it at first because she wanted to kill Namor herself, she was never giving it to someone else. Only afterwards she took into hetself the real meaning of being Wakanda's protector and the legacy of T'challa, that's why it even looks like someone else will be king
I really wish I liked this movie more than I did. Emotional beats didn't really hit for me, plot and motivations weren't very compelling. Idk, I just expected more
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This movie was way better than I thought it’d be. Solid review session boys.
Are y’all not releasing to Apple Podcasts anymore?
You could call this God of War Ragnarok: The Movie. It's a 2022 sequel to a 2018 original that I loved, though not as much as the first one. The story, while having some undeniably fantastic moments, is kind of sloppily put together and overly long. It introduces some new characters that the story spends entirely too long with. But overall still a great product.
Finally saw this movie over the weekend and loved it, was looking forward to listening to this when I got to work today! Wowee hot dog!!!
HARD for the MCU losing Chadwick and having to write themselves into awkward moments, like not seeing him on the spectral plane. But the respect for him was A+1
This version of Namor was great, apart from the shoe horned in "Imperious Rex". Ramonda, wow, just wow. But Shuri as BP? I don't know, but a female BP is cool for sure.
Otherwise, too long, and quite a few faults, but glad phase 4 is done to be honest.
I LOVED imperius rex. It being in Talocan makes it a less awkward.
Just wondering when this will be on the podcast feed or if the in review podcasts have been moved :)
I love every performance in this movie and everything it has to say about grief and loss. That being said, Namor's motivation, and by extension most of the reasoning for the plot really don't work for me.
He wants to kill Riri for being a gifted scientist rather than the people who stole her work and are misusing it. He perceives undersea mining as an open threat despite the fact that no one knows there are people down there, so he murders a ship full of Americans (which Wakanda completely forgives, mind you)
He assaults and kidnaps the royalty of their only potential ally, and then kills their queen. Then, when he completely fails his invasion on multiple fronts, he is shoved back into the ocean and assures his people "trust me, the Wakandans will DEFINITELY be our friends when the time comes" Like... no? They definitely don't care for you my guy
@William Tatum
1. Killmonger had his father murdered by a foreign power and then grew up in 90's Oakland watching his people get murdered in the streets his whole life ("Everybody dies - it's just life around here"). He then spends an entire military career trying to become strong enough to return to his ancestral home and (in his mind) save his people.
Namor saw awful things happen once to people he doesn't even know while on a day trip, got mad and f*cked off into the ocean to be king, selfishly isolating himself and helping no one in need
2. Shuri knew Riri didn't give her device to the government by the time she was kidnapped. We can assume she told Namor because if not, that's a BIG oversight. Regardless, Namor should know that killing Riri doesn't change the fact that the machine can be made without her now. The R&D phase is done, they are producing these things. Killing Riri would be a vengeance play if anything
3. Kidnapping a foreign dignitary, attempting to kill their security, and ACTUALLY killing their royalty is a war crime of the highest degree, regardless of intent. I don't care what conversations they had; the people of Wakanda would be LIVID
4. Wakanda not caring about Talokan killing Americans would be normal. They are historically neutral. Actively hiding and protecting them is an act of war
They were able to get up because they ingested the Talokan plant drawn from their vibranium.
They got killed because, similarly to how Shuri uses sonic stabilizers to make vibranium inert for high speed transport, the sonic weapon overcame whatever protection drawn from having the active vibranium in one's system
There an interesting thread plays out in the background. Someone mentions that Wakanda needed to be cautious because they never had to deal with an entire nation that also had Vibranium. How does Wakanda deal with the fact that they are not the strongest nation in the world anymore? That's a good storyline for future projects.
Who said that they're not the strongest?
Having an entire nation if Vibranium -enfused people is definitely a problem, but Wakanda's best warriors can still fight to near even terms against Talokan's best, and Shuri, in figuring out how to better carry Vibranium from their own minds, has already figured out the sonic weapons that make Vibranium beings vulnerable.
Ear plugs negate the syrens, and you now know that being on land without the breather is a short term thing... it's not as lopsided as you may think
Been waiting for this to drop needed you guys reaction to Chadwick’s tribute
Movie was ok iron heart should have just got her intro in her tv series
I don’t understand why people don’t love riri in this movie, I feel like she was an amazing character and all of her humor was great. And I felt like the suit was cool
I liked her, and am looking forward to see more of her in upcoming projects. But although I'm a person who doesn't usually care much about the superhero costumes and all the variants (which I barely can distinguish from one another), I didn't vibe with Riri's suit. Looks to me like if a transformer and power ranger had a baby, lol.
Only thing I didn’t like about Riri was her suit, but that has nothing to do with her character. She was great comedic relief with organic humor. Her shit was legitimately funny and had my theater cracking up the entire time. She felt like a real college kid.
@@GumiGumiXOXO it made sense to me when you think of the Ironman suit she’d grown up seeing. She probably used vibranium too which made it look more fluid and less like a MK I suit. I am glad they didn’t let her keep it though as it helps more for her solo show.
She felt a bit unnecessary in the movie to me but I didn't dislike her. Only thing I did find weird is that she makes 2 iron man suits and from what I remember doesnt mention iron man at all. Just feels odd to imitate the saviour of the universe and not acknowledge that that's what she's doing
Her song wasn't great ..
Oh sorry Wrong Riri
Namur is a Top tier MCU Villian.
I feel like im the only that wasnt feeling this movie. Love the tributes to CB and Namor but thats about all i like. I dont think its terrible by any means but what really kills this movie more than other things is what andy brings up of Namor and his people absolutely HAVE to kill the girl. Theres no other solution. It just didnt add up to me and its the crux of the whole plot. I have quite a few other problems but thats the main one. Bottom tier for me unfortunately but glad people like it
Ok so the only two male roles you said you liked is quite telling and need to elaborate more. Namor had a plan and explained WHY he left at the end because he knew that having wakanda be the one to eventually have to come to them for help will give him the upper hand. The turn for shuri was a little sudden and convenient imo to spare him but I understood why she did.
@@aoe41015 no im not talking about the ending i understand and like that, im talking about Namor seem like theyre decent beings who just dont want to be found by surface dwellers so when Riri makes this contraption that can possibly have them found out about the surface dwellers, his plan is immediately to kill her no matter what. It would of made a bit more sense to me if they were already found out publicly and to send a message to kill the one person that can find them. But to jump from who they are to just being murderers, even when Shuri explains to him they will make sure she doesnt make that machine again and they will be safe, Namor still insist on killing Riri.
And if youre insinuating that i only like the male roles because im sexist, just because i said in a youtube comment i really only like Namor from this movie, and btw the other male role you point out is me saying i liked Chadwicks tribute in the movie, thats literally not even a role so youre the one thats "telling" here , then to that i say LMFAO. If its just a simple confusion then to that i say LMFAO.
My buddies and I didn't enjoy it either. The length, the action, the story. Nothing really worked for me besides Namor. I really disliked Multiverse of Madness but at least that was fun. This was just boring.
I enjoyed that in the final fight they essentially did what happened to Kylo Ren in Star Wars, weakened him and put him out of his element for Sheri to stand a chance to fight him on a level playing field.
Placing the film in my list is hard; Somewhere high but not too high.
Placing Namor is easy. Number 2. And I hope they do him right in the future. Surprisingly he could be one of the more popular MCU characters. I didn't think he'd translate well from comic to screen. But they changed him well enough. Same goes for Aquaman.
My updated MCU ranking:
1. Black Panther
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home
5. Spider-Man: Homecoming
6. Iron Man
7. Thor: Ragnarok
8. Guardians of the Galaxy
9. Iron Man 3
10. Captain America: The First Avenger
11. Avengers: Infinity War
12. Thor: Love & Thunder
13. Loki
14. Ms. Marvel
15. The Avengers
16. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
17. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
18. Werewolf By Night
19. Captain America: Civil War
20. Moon Knight
21. Hawkeye
22. Spider-Man: Far From Home
23. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
24. WandaVision
25. Doctor Strange
26. Iron Man 2
27. Ant-Man
28. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
29. Avengers: Age of Ultron
30. Thor
31. Ant-Man and the Wasp
32. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
33. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
34. Black Widow
35. The Incredible Hulk
36. What If…?
37. Thor: The Dark World
38. Captain Marvel
39. Eternals
I'd Drop endgame to five and move infinity war Infront of it.
I don't think she was saying it didn't work because she wasn't in the ancestral plain, but because she didn't see her brother or mother there.
Namora: Good plan dad
Namor: I'm not really your...
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Had this video queued up for months. Didn’t get to catch the movie in theaters so I’ve been waiting for this to come out on Disney Plus. Haven’t seen their ranking yet but I absolutely loved this movie and Namor was incredible
I’m curious as to how the breathing masks worked. Their gills were shown on their necks but the mask were just over their face with water in them
They had the same thing over their gills but you can only see it in certain scenes because it’s under the armor
Riri is 19 in the movie, she's younger in the comics.
Does anyone know why this isn’t on Podcasts?
Also... the designs for the machine were on RiRi Williams' computer, which was under encryption so deep that you would need an actual quantum computer, and a fair bit of time, to maybe crack it.
The government had the machine, that she turned into her professor, and that was it (Namor killing everyone and taking the machine removed even the chance to reverse engineer something from it
I really liked this movie. But I gotta disagree with Tim on Shuri, no we didn't ever see her fight. We saw her blast people with her gauntlets. That's not fighting like Tchalla or cap would, that's like Tony would. Also, the underwater stuff to me was mostly not good. The flip into the throne and the sun were, but in general it came off as cloudy and hard to see. Reminds me of the fog in silent Hill being used to hide bad graphics.
Y'ALL HAVE LOVE AND THUNDER AT #14??? IS THAT A TYPO???
Infuriating I know!
Did the podcast version of the show go Patreon only or something because the last one I can see on podcast app is werewolf by night
Maybe the bridge warriors are enhanced soldiers w/ extra vibranium versus the regular guard underwater. Also, a spear stab is not as bad as a close-range vibranium shotgun blast imo
The lack of a space in '16.Iron Man' is bothering me more than it should.
Poor Tim was trying to keep it together while the Miller train was going off the rails lol
I think Tim is very wrong about the heart shape herb and why she was there instead of where tchalla ends up.
Because it’s a similar situation to kilmonger, who’s ancestral Paine was the way it was due to his trauma as a young black man growing up in America. So her pain made her blinded to be able to truly see the ancestral plane like kilmonger.
The ancestral plane is tailored to the person going there.
@@Tairashimuzu that was my point but with fewer words lmao
M’Baku definitely wasn’t joking at the end, looks like he’s going for King
I also disagree and think this is far better than the first movie, anytime I rewatch BP I pretty much turn off once the 3rd act starts
The iron heart suit looked so bad, I was really hoping it more of a "gen 1" suit. Not so finished, not so futuristic. Like the original iron man suit seemed bulky and heavy and then the last few were sleek and polished.
fuckin hell guys the set is genius.
No idea how you guys got "M'Baku is joking" from that. He was Shuri's advisor and T'Challa trusted him so she probably asked him to take on the role of King and she will be protector as he is a great leader and she does not want that responsibility as that is not who she is, and M'Baku does not seem to want the BP Mantle either. He is putting his hat into the ring for king at the end and while it seems lighthearted he is serious.
But overall, I enjoyed this movie a lot, especially Shuri's journey and I love her as BP. I think a lot of the action sans the Shuri/Namor fight is bad and there are some laughable CGI and what not. I didn't see it in IMAX but my partner and I agreed that we couldn't see anything at night and all the underwater stuff looked bad. I will also say that while Tenoch is charming and compelling, I didn't find a lot of his scenes to be good or believable and found him to be quite cookie cutter cartoon bad guy most of the time. Like the surface world destroys the ocean for centuries and you only want to kill a teenage girl became she made a machine out of spite that may find you and your people? Come on. I was hoping for more out of his character and its a Killmonger situation where the villain isn't that great but they are so freaking charming it makes everyone think they are a better villain than they are.
Seriously the best stuff in this movie was Shuri/Okoye/Ramonda/Nakia and a little bit of M'Baku. When they hyper focus on Shuri in the last hour it really nails it and its a great time.
This movie worked so much better for me on a second viewing, it’s crazy!
I felt the opposite. Unneeded elements like Riri, Midnight Angels and Ross stuck out even more the second time.
@@lex_rodriguez unneeded? Riri is the catalyst for the entire plot, Ross and his subplot are thematically integral for portraying how little colonialism has changed and how justified Namor’s fears are, and becoming a Midnight Angel represents the end of Okoye’s character arc, finally letting go of her pride.
Marvel, Ryan Coogler & the entire cast did such a wonderful job with this film. Chadwick Boseman definitely would be proud with what this team accomplished & how Marvel continues to build this universe.
It was a questionable decision as to why Boseman wasn’t recast - especially with having Namor now in this world (seeing T’Challa & Namor onscreen would’ve been special). However, after watching it in its entirety, I’m okay with almost every decision made. I also understand Riri getting her own series as Ironheart (that’s probably my only complaint on the top of my head at the moment, as they could only focus on so much with 2-3 hours) as her story needed to be fleshed out alittle better, felt rushed - but all in all, this was a fantastic film...
...but, this was a “HARD” film to watch at times. I mean, there were scenes here that can just break you emotionally. In those regards, this isn’t a film I will be watching multiple times, but with what they have planned for Black Panther & its universe in the future... I’m so ready.
I can’t stress how much I loved this film. I’ll keep the things that didn’t vibe with me about the film to myself for now because they were “minor” but still somewhat “spoiler-ish”, so I’ll wait a bit to share that. Other than my thoughts on how Riri was handled because we all knew she was in the film.
But again, at times, this film is “hard”, heavy emotionally weighted at times that hit home in certain aspects. Dealing with loss… grieving. I have to be in the right state of mind to watch it again, but I did enjoy it sooooo darn much. When it was lighthearted, funny and action-oriented, it truly felt like a Marvel film. A Black Panther film.
And Namor… my god… give me that solo film today & start building his universe ASAP. He was handled so well, and I understand why characters (Riri) were somewhat overshadowed because this film is as much an origin story for Namor as it is for honoring Boseman, Wakanda adapting to life without their King, grieving, world building for Phase 5, etc. It had a lot on its plate but Ryan Coolger, Kevin Feige, the cast/crew… Marvel did it again.
Not sure if it came up in the chat on the video or somewhere in the comments here but needed to clear the record just in case: Lupita Nyongo was born in Mexico.
As for Riri being the only one who could make the locator, I go back to Iron Man 1: "Tony Stark built this in a cave, with a box of scraps!"
I don’t think she made the locator the cia did it was my interpretation that she designed a machine or algorithm to detect metals and the cia took that and then redesigned it to find vibranium, essentially she created the foundation for the device but not the actual device itself
@@Justin-ALfairly certain she created the actual device (note how the vibranium detector had custom parts made from stuff you'd find in junk yards), while keeping the plans on her encrypted computer.
She turned in the machine to her metallurgy professor, the machine went from the professor to the CIA somehow, and the CIA coveted the machine as their only detector
The clam shell/shark/salute move is actually a Kamehameha. Why you may ask? Its a nod to how much Latin people love Dragonball Z. lol.
Nope. It is from an image from an Aztec manuscript, the Codex Zouche-Nuttall which is dated to the 1500s around the time of Namor's birth.
Tim is CRAZY. Number 20?? She Hulk is as 15 and this has one of the most engaging plot of the MCU. She hulk spent 8 episodes writing a plot to tell you none of it mattered.
The list is whack anyways, but I'd say Wakanda Forever is on par or even slightly above the OG
I love In Review as a series but it feels like too often at some point in the recap, Greg just wants to be done talking about the movie and starts fast forwarding through the plot in a way that really undercuts possible conversations about the film. I totally understand scheduling shows and wanting the content to move faster, but there was a moment in this recap where I got a genuine anxiety from Greg just trying to get through the movie. Love this series and you guys, just wanted to throw that out there.
Shuri not wanting to be the Black Panther and having it rest on her shoulders is the whole point of the movie..
The Apple podcast hasn’t been uploaded with a new episode in a while