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John Ridley Boldly Proclaims His Scrapped Marvel TV Show Was 'Eternals But Good' (gizmodo.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Thank you. The hate for The Eternals has always seemed overblown to me. I like the characters, and the story and premise are interesting - and by that I mean the good kind of “interesting”, not the version of “interesting” that you use as an adjective when you’re trying not to hurt someone’s feelings.

I’ve watched it several times. It’s not flawless, or my favorite Marvel film, but it’s certainly better than average. It’s a nice change of pace, and for me, a welcome addition to the MCU.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Something that saddened me was that there wasn't anyone geeking about the (sometimes subtle) hints they gave about how myths were inspired or seeded by the eternals.

My favourite, which is definitely a bit niche, is the fight Gilgamesh has in Babylon with the horned deviant outside of the city ... which is a direct reference to the actual myth of Gilgamesh who fights a celestial half-bull half human creature outside of the city walls. The film doesn't stress this at all ... it's just there ... and instead of getting geeky about things other than the comics (maybe this is also part of the comics I'm not sure), that side of things was just kinda ignored..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I liked that those references weren’t explored. I think just mentioning them was enough. Explaining why they’re cool would have detracted from them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh for sure. I'm talking about how people didn't seem to register these moments or be interested in talking and geeking out about them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah, they were definitely under appreciated.