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MCU REVIEW: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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Episode 20 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Movie Review

This week we both took a trip out to our local theaters, and saw Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on its record-breaking opening weekend.  Few sequels have ever faced so daunting a challenge as this film, as the loss of Chadwick Boseman to cancer two years ago left a hole that for a long time it seemed would be impossible to continue on without.  How did they do, both in terms of honoring Boseman and in terms of making a movie worthy of his memory.  We’ll talk about it,  the short answer is pretty well.  Pretty damn well indeed.

This Week In Comics

  • Voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, passes away at 66
  • https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/kevin-conroy-batman-voice-actor-dies-at-66/
  • Finding Batman: https://www.dc.com/blog/2022/11/11/read-finding-batman-by-kevin-conroy-j-bone-and-aditya-bidikar
  • Legendary Marvel and DC Artist Carlos Pacheco Dead at 60
    • https://comicbook.com/comics/news/legendary-marvel-and-dc-artist-carlos-pacheco-dead-at-60/
  • https://usa.detailzero.com/art/58546/San-Roque-says-goodbye-to-cartoonist-Carlos-Pacheco-its-most-universal-neighbor.html
  • Donate to help cure ALS: https://donate.als.org/give/287064/#!/donation/checkout
  • New trade Namor, the Submariner collects classic Namor stories
    • https://comicbook.com/comics/news/namor-the-sub-mariner-comics-mighty-marvel-masterworks-black-panther-wakanda-forever/

    ** SPOILER WARNING ** 

    Film Facts

    • Tagline: Forever 
  • Released: November 11, 2022 
  • Runtime: 161 minutes 
  • Box Office: 84 million Debut on Friday (second biggest debut in 2022 – Behind Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) 
  • Budget: $250,000,000 
  • IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 Currently 
  • Stars: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Tenoch Huerta and Angela Bassett 
  • Directed: Ryan Coogler 
  • Screenplay: Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole 

    • 2 Minute Recap

    Discussion Topics

    Letitia Wright as Shuri – Powerful performance

    Tough at times to match

    Namor – Complex character

    Brilliant Story

    Other moments worth mentioning 

    Where does this film rank in phase 4? The larger MCU? 

    Face Off!

    Which Did it better? The Comics or the Movie

    What's Next

    • Tales of Suspense #50
  • Enter the Mandarin #1-6
  • Iron Man (2004) #1-6

    • Signoff

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