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/dev/media: Saw Black Panther today.
Feb. 19th, 2018 09:26 pmHave two things to say about it that are non-spoilery:
1) If you happen to have one lying around (or somewhere on the Interwebs), would someone please recommend to me a good guide to understanding Afrofuturism and some authors/artists/media things that would be good to help a newbie get the understanding necessary? Because I recognize that Black Panther is so much an Afrofuturist tale (and picked that up from the opening graphic and typeface choice), and I find myself way under-equipped to understand the major parts, much less what have to be the nuances and subtleties involved in the story. I should probably get a lot better about that before it comes out on disc, so that on a rewatch, I understand a lot more than I did when I went in today.
2) Since I expect Black Panther to prove unequivocally to Marvel that movies made for audiences that aren't cis white men will do just fine at the box office, can we finally get a Black Widow movie? There's going to be a second Deadpool and a second Ant-Man movie that provides The Wasp, and by this point, all the other Avengers have had at least two movies, I believe. And the Guardians of the Galaxy have two. And, and, and. So can we please get the actual Black Widow movie? I promise that it will do very well. If they play the cards right, at least Wonder Woman well, probably closer to Black Panther well.
( And then there were spoilers )
1) If you happen to have one lying around (or somewhere on the Interwebs), would someone please recommend to me a good guide to understanding Afrofuturism and some authors/artists/media things that would be good to help a newbie get the understanding necessary? Because I recognize that Black Panther is so much an Afrofuturist tale (and picked that up from the opening graphic and typeface choice), and I find myself way under-equipped to understand the major parts, much less what have to be the nuances and subtleties involved in the story. I should probably get a lot better about that before it comes out on disc, so that on a rewatch, I understand a lot more than I did when I went in today.
2) Since I expect Black Panther to prove unequivocally to Marvel that movies made for audiences that aren't cis white men will do just fine at the box office, can we finally get a Black Widow movie? There's going to be a second Deadpool and a second Ant-Man movie that provides The Wasp, and by this point, all the other Avengers have had at least two movies, I believe. And the Guardians of the Galaxy have two. And, and, and. So can we please get the actual Black Widow movie? I promise that it will do very well. If they play the cards right, at least Wonder Woman well, probably closer to Black Panther well.
( And then there were spoilers )
