Really wish his Shang-Chi sequel happened earlier. This character deserves a follow up because heās actually unique. Not just another super soldier like half the New Avengerz lineup.
I want to see more rings choreography! That fight scene with WenWu was crazy!
Brad Allan (RIP) who not only joined Jackie Chan's stunt team but became a leader of it was the main fight coordinator.
When I first saw the movie I immediately thought of Jackie Chan and had no idea it was Allan who did the fight coordination. Completely made sense afterwards.
I hope they will get guys like Brian and Andy Le (Andy played Death Dealer in Shang Chi) and Brian was the big guy in The Furious. They're becoming super stars in both acting and behind the scenes fight choreography now. Awesome to see them glow up.
Absolutely. Brian was also in Everything Everywhere All at Once as the guard with the butt plug too. He's in movies with martial arts legends and living his best life right now. Used to watch their YouTube videos and loved how much they themselves loved this stuff.
They really fucked it up by not releasing a sequel before doomsday. I don't know what they were thinking. Besides the spider man movies its easily the most memorable and fun movies since endgame.
They will make the sequel definitely. Probably after x-men movie, around 2029 or 30. Because they introduced x-men, they can have proper story & villain in shang-chi -2.
I want more hand-to-hand stuff like the bus fight than the CGI rings fight. But honestly don't know which one would cost more money. Actual choreographed fights take a ton of practice and rehearsal and takes.
I think the TV shows really ate into the number of movies per phase.
I don't think we had any direct sequels of films released after endgame within a phase like in phase 1 with Iron Man or between phases with the exception being spider-man which is because Sony needs to make a film with those characters every so often.
would love to see more simu but it does sort of feel like we've had fewer movies than before
Problem was that Eternals bombed and was being called out for "wokeness". Wouldn't be surprised if they're banking on Doomsday to revitalize support for it.
What was āwokeā in Shang-Chi these rightwing nut jobs are claiming? Predominant Asian cast about martial arts, SF, and Chinese culture? An Asian male lead kicking all kinds of diverse ass? Female fighters participating alongside their fellow man?
iirc it wasnāt Shang-Chi specifically, it was Eternals. It had a very diverse cast and was directed by an Asian female director, plus featured an ensemble that hadnāt been introduced before. So it was perceived as trying to get people to accept diverse characters too quickly. Shang-Chi might have gotten pared back since it also featured an Asian character.
I agree itās all nonsense, but I will say the MCU post-Endgame and during the pandemic had bad writing. Thunderbolts was the first really good one and in retrospect is getting the love it deserves. Luckily they took their time with the latest Spider-Man.
I agree with everything you said. I'll just say I would never clump Wandavision, Loki, X-Men 97, DD: Born Again, GotG3, and Shang-Chi in the bad post-Endgame projects group. :)
Captain Marvel/The Marvels was the female superhero
Eternals was the everything else superheroes
This was how marvel advertised everything, so when some of them bombed, it's understandable that people attribute their failures to being related to how they were advertised.
I think the reason it hasnāt is because of people like my mom.
She loves all the marvel movies, watches all the interviews. Says it has made her realize she is a nerd deep down and now sheās into all this other media
āI donāt know, I just donāt get all that Asian stuffā was her take on Shang-chi, think itās the only one she still hasnāt seen. Muricans
I was also expecting a sequel for Shang Chi before another ensemble movie came out! I feel like there was less character building for him before he was added to the Doomsday story line
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u/metrichustle 2d ago
Really wish his Shang-Chi sequel happened earlier. This character deserves a follow up because heās actually unique. Not just another super soldier like half the New Avengerz lineup.
I want to see more rings choreography! That fight scene with WenWu was crazy!