Chinese propaganda in films of this ilk is generally no different to the American exceptionalism bullshit you’ll find in endless Hollywood productions. They’re not going to be using The Meg 2 to justify their treatment of the Uyghurs any more than John Wick is a defence of Guantanamo Bay.

In what way is it “irrelevant” that the studios walked away from the negotiating table after refusing to negotiate?

You do realize that they struck because the studios refused to negotiate, right?

Nah, everything from the major streaming services is ripped immediately too, including digital rentals/purchases. Across the Spider-Verse will show up on the piracy sites upon its digital release next week even though the physical formats are still a month away.

Also, its just a fucking stupid position “I stand with the union, but I don’t support the strike” makes zero sense.

What they should have done was completely shut down the MCU for a year or two.

Kang’s only shown up in 2 things (Loki and Quantumania) so far and hasn’t felt like that much of a threat in either one

I’m not sure why you think the MCU isn’t seeding future stories in the same way they have been doing for well over a decade.

Given that reads very much like an admittance from Jeff Sneider that he hasn’t got a fucking clue and will repeat any rumour that anyone sticks in front of him as if it’s a fact, I’ll be disappointed (but maybe not surprised) when future instalments of Morning Spoilers continue to report on whatever nonsense he’s been …

WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Hawkeye all deal with the loss of very important characters too. So does Black Widow, albeit indirectly for the most part. And, yes, Far From Home doesn’t technically explore the multiverse, but it does introduce the concept.

Quite possibly. Anecdotally, tons of people who frequent sites like this seemed to be caught off guard when Spider-Verse didn’t have an ending, so it’s safe to say the wider public were even less aware that it was a part 1. Whereas Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is excellent and has the closest thing to…

That it “kicks off phase 5” just means it’s the first phase 5 show. There has never been a particularly intricate build up to anything in the MCU. They put pieces in place only in the sense that anything left on the board at the end of one project may be picked up in a future project. Little or nothing will have been…

I know that is the official breakdown, but Far From Home is 100% a Phase 4 entry.

Did you watch the show? Gravik is pretty fucking stupid.

The problem with the show is that it was totally unnecessary.

I don’t really see the distinction. He was an executive producer of this show (1 of 9), not the whole MCU, and he wasn’t even attached until two months after Rhodes’ appearance on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was released.

Read that part of the article again, I quoted it entirely. It makes no mention of the Friends cast bargaining collectively, it just claims that residuals were a big factor in them becoming multi-millionnaires, which is demonstrably false.

To be fair, paying attention to continuity outside of the show he’s making isn’t really his job. That’s more of a concern for the writing team. But, it’s still not a good look...

Ryan Coogler, Jon Watts, Anna Boden/Ryan Fleck, Alan Taylor, Matt Shakman, and others are either still in the Marvel machine, or went back to their previous directing gigs.

This isn’t a show that can stand on its own—it’s fundamentally not supposed to.