What aspect of Coates utter disregard and obvious disdain for the BP mythos (prior to his involvement) fills you with hope and good vibes?
Post Hickman, Coates is without a doubt, the worst BP writer bar none.
Three points:
1. I was talking about the inclusion of two sistahs writing a book about powerful sistahs. A history making achievement. In the face of static like that of the uptick in reporting of police brutality and the national discourse it causes. And. My complete and correct statement was: " Despite whatever fears there may [ justifiably ] be on the horizon? This news gave me a charge of good vibes and hope. Kinda conflicted feeling, overall. But leaning towards hope and good vibes."--SUPREME ILLUMINATI.
Which,when looked at correctly, does not have the connotations of your less contextual comment and query. And answers the question you ask within the body of the sentences themselves [ I am "kinda conflicted feeling, overall. But leaning towards hope and good vibes" because there re TWO books for Wakanda. Which means that Marvel...for the nonce...is actually committed to more diversity and inclusion happening at Marvel period. Which Is A Good Thing. ]
2. We are about 4 issues into Coates' run. Even though I have put the run down for the nonce, I know already that he will turn the corner and bring T'Challa...guns blazing...out of this ridiculousness which currently undermines him. And which...unfortunately...will be used in the future against him and Wakanda as well.
Do I fear for this new Wakanda? In the sense that there was ZERO WRONG WITH THE OLD WAKANDA and New Wakanda will likely REDUCE the shine and brilliance of OLD WAKANDA? YES.
But. What many heads here forget? Is that if TChalla and Shuri are no longer the unquestioned ultimate power in Wakanda, and must deal with a more democratic process and power sharing thing in Wakanda? Well...THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT TRADITIONAL RULERSHIP WAS IN TRADITIONAL AFRIKA. The COUNCIL...the same Council which has taken on far too European of a flavor and been basically an ineffectual Congress of yielding YES MEN...is supposed to. Designed for. Charged with. Curtailing any and all excesses in power etc of the Ruling Family. The Ruling Family [ traditionally ] CANNOT make arbitrary decisions. Their power IS NOT ABSOLUTE.
TChalla and the Royals have been usually presented as in possession of Absolute Power. This is in direct opposition to what Traditional Afrika and my fanfic presents as the truth. So. If Coates does THAT? He's ACTUALLY MAKING THE BLACK PANTHER MORE BLACK. NOT LESS.
Will Marvel eventually find ways to screw T'Challa in the future, anyway? With or without Coates? Yes. They have already done so, to lasting effect.
Because it terrified and offended them limitlessly, they not only ended THE MARRIAGE OF THE CENTURY? They drug T'Challa and Storm through the mud for years so badly that even many of the HEF Faithful were crying for TChalla and Ororo to stay apart. We were getting sick of seeing them together...only to be collectively crapped upon by TPB at Marvel. The same group that [ imo less than convincingly ] are trying to say how good inclusion is for Marvel, now.
They don't care about "inclusivity". They care about PROFITS. That's it. That's what businesses do.
So we have TChalla as wife beater being canon; thanks to the X-books. TChalla as being sexually underperforming and undesirable when compared to the White X-Males is already canon..thanks to the X-books. Some other White guy could latch on to that and screw T'Challa AGAIN with it.
But a Black writer should never evereverever pave the way for such. Or add other ammo for such. Come on, bruh. RAPE CAMPS? Might as well show TChalla rockin a TRUMP FOR PREZ pin and poster, while you're at it.
3. Even if these sistahs bomb and this WAKANDA joint falls in flames? The work will still stand and be canon. That alone is worth feeling hope and something good about. Because their content will be strong, if their previous writing is any indication. So...we won't have any cringe-worthy Rape Campish stuff to deal with.
But I think they can last a profitable year. And. All they have to do is be profitable for a year. A year. And the MCU will come to their rescue sufficiently to drive new readers to them as the average moviegoer becomes aware of...and LIKES...TChalla.
Okay. With that out the way. Some unabashed sailing into What If Land.
Would love to see a WAKANDA joint on Netflix, but that is complete and total crackhead on Beyonder LSD wishful thinking. Even though it'd be a SMASH HIT if they collab with Ryan Coogler's squad as he directs BP.
Right now? Even a BLADE joint on Netflix would be a stretch...even though it'd be a SMASH HIT if they had Goyer and Wesley Snipes on it. And kept Wesley as the straight up star...even if they added Wesley's daughter to the show [ which they should; probably as a cliffhanger intro at the last part of the last scene of Season 2 or Season 1 ].
Wanna go real $? BLADE [and daughter ]. MS. MARVEL. HAWKEYE [ both of them, but Clint Barton starts it off the first 2 seasons, with guests from BLACK WIDOW. Yes. Get Renner from the movies to do NETFLIX HAWKEYE. He can rock that, for real; plus he really wants to do it:http://www.slashfilm.com/hawkeye-netflix-series/ ]. BLACK WIDOW. [ Can't be Scarlett Johansson....her price tag is too big for Netflix. Word is she got paid more than Chris Evans aka Captain America for AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON with a ill $20 mill
http://moviepilot.com/posts/3829376 ; so we'd have to go with the first set of WIDOWS. Or a second triumvirate of Widows. The blonde or brown haired girl. With a Afrikan and Chinese Widow. Widows+Charlie's Angels+ Affirmative Action. HAHAHAHAHAHA!! No, it would be a hit if the action was ill, and with Hawkeye, Elektra, Lady Deadpool, and Misty Knight guesting periodically ].
Since we're going there, anyway? What about a option on a ELEKTRA AND LADY DEADPOOL series? Now, the girl playing Elektra in Daredevil on Netflix IS NOT Elektra. But she could be fashioned into a reasonable facsimile. They need her to put on 15 pounds of muscle and sexy curves, stat. Take a lot. A lot. A looot. Of fight training.
And LADY DEADPOOL should be Eleanor Camacho, Deadpool's daughter. But who would play her? Answer: MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ, maybe? That right there? All star big $ lineup.
Only one thing this startup is missing: SHANG-CHI MASTER OF KUNG FU [ without MI-6 ]. But. Who could play him, and bring in the views? Lee Byung-Hun...the guy who played Stormshadow in the G.I. JOE movies?
Maybe Brandon Soo Hoo, the guy who played Young Storm Shadow in 2009 and 2013, and is doing that FROM DUSK TIL DAWN series thing? He's 21 years old, so if they wanted to go young? Brandon might be the way to go.
And. With Iron Fist coming? How can they make a sufficiently sharp enough difference between the two characters to essentially not have a White and Chinese version of the same guy?
Ironically...Shang Chi would be more street gritty [ think Donnie Yen on FLASHPOINT plus 100 Eyes on MARCO POLO NETFLIX plus Jason Bourne ] and Iron Fist would be mostly street plus mystical [ a billionaire Yuri Boyka with a Iron Fist ].
Thoughts?
