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Posted 27 March 2025 - 01:23 PM
You've probably seen it by now but they added almost everyone who's played an XMen character, minus Reynolds and Jackman.
MacKellen, Stewart, Marsden, Romjin, Cmming, Channing... all there
ETA found it, courtesy of Dark Horizons, bad formatting mine....
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Here's the complete list:
AVENGERS
Chris Hemsworth's ThorAnthony Mackie's Sam Wilson/Captain AmericaLetitia Wright's Shuri/Black PantherPaul Rudd's Scott Lang/Ant-ManSimu Liu's Shang-ChiMCU CharactersWinston Duke's M'BakuTenoch Huerta's NamorDanny Ramirez's Joaquin Torres/FalconTom Hiddleston's LokiNon-MCU CharactersRobert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom
THUNDERBOLTS
Sebastian Stan's Bucky Barnes/Winter SoldierWyatt Russell's U.S. Agent/John WalkerFlorence Pugh's Yelena BelovaLewis Pullman's Bob/SentryDavid Harbour's Alexei Shostakov / Red GuardianHannah John-Kamen's Ava Starr/Ghost
FANTASTIC FOUR
Pedro Pascal's Reed Richards/Mr. FantasticVanessa Kirby's Invisible Woman/Sue StormEbon Moss-Bachrach's The Thing/Ben GrimmJoseph Quinn's Johnny Storm/Human Torch
X-MEN
Patrick Stewart's Charles XavierIan McKellen's MagnetoJames Marsden's CyclopsAlan Cumming's NightcrawlerRebecca Romijn's MystiqueKelsey Grammer's Dr. Hank McCoy/BeastChanning Tatum's Gambit
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THUNDERBOLTS was really really good. Doesn't follow the Marvel formula really, and that was refreshing. Once again Lewis Pullman is the MVP of the thing he was in (I have loved him in everything I've seen him in, he was exquisite in this), but everyone else comes together really well, and on that front David Harbour's Red Guardian being the glue that makes every scene he's in hold together was awesome. Pugh was a great lead with a lot of deadpan delivery.
But really what this movie is....is about mental health. I was NOT expecting a an MCU movie (not directed by Gunn anyways) to be about mental health at this level. I got emotional multiple times in the story from recognizing aspects of what was being told. The denouement was tear-inducing as well.
I think this is a good sign that people behind the scenes are trying to step out from behind the MCU Formula of old.
spoilers for the rest
Spoiler
Yelena being super broken, and not really able to find purpose, only to be led to it by her dad who was so enthusiastically clinging to the things he KNEW would give not just him purpose but others, was note perfect...and for Yelena to expand that after their talk in the street where she breaks down and he's like "I'm here now, I'm sorry I was broken too, we have a fucked up life...but I'm here now" to realizing that she could help Bob/Sentry in the same fashion, by showing him that with the help of people who actually genuinely care about him around him, he can manage his depression and darkness....chefs kiss. Add in that some of her deeper trauma is from the girl she could not save in the woods...mitigating that by finally being able to save someone from a similar darkness. Perfect. I would also say that Sentry (who they have always had a tough time dealing with in the comics because of his power level) having Yelena to "talk him down" when it goes dark mirrors what her sister did as the first Black Widow with Hulk. It allows Bob to be a similar "bring him out when we need him, but otherwise make sure he doesn't let the depression get to him too deeply" stuff.
I'm also interested in the New Avengers moniker, and I feel like we will get a West Coast Avengers/East Coast Avengers split with Sam's team being in the mix, but Bucky/Yelena's team being in the old Avengers Tower.
Two best scenes in the movie that weren't about emotions or mental health were:
Bucky's arrival to save them on the road with his Terminator 2 motorcycle homage, which was dope as fuck...followed by John Walker cheering that Bucky took out the jeeps chasing them with exploding sticky mines from his launcher, only to have that cheer drop into "Yeahhhhhhhohhhhhhhshit" when Bucky lands one on the limo and explodey-flips it. Amazing comedic moment.
All in all, the best MCU content since LOKI S2 and GOTG3 for me.
This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 12 May 2025 - 01:58 PM
"When the last tree has fallen, and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no." ~Aurora
"Someone will always try to sell you despair, just so they don't feel alone." ~Ursula Vernon
THUNDERBOLTS was really really good. Doesn't follow the Marvel formula really, and that was refreshing. Once again Lewis Pullman is the MVP of the thing he was in (I have loved him in everything I've seen him in, he was exquisite in this), but everyone else comes together really well, and on that front David Harbour's Red Guardian being the glue that makes every scene he's in hold together was awesome. Pugh was a great lead with a lot of deadpan delivery.
But really what this movie is....is about mental health. I was NOT expecting a an MCU movie (not directed by Gunn anyways) to be about mental health at this level. I got emotional multiple times in the story from recognizing aspects of what was being told. The denouement was tear-inducing as well.
I think this is a good sign that people behind the scenes are trying to step out from behind the MCU Formula of old.
spoilers for the rest
Spoiler
Yelena being super broken, and not really able to find purpose, only to be led to it by her dad who was so enthusiastically clinging to the things he KNEW would give not just him purpose but others, was note perfect...and for Yelena to expand that after their talk in the street where she breaks down and he's like "I'm here now, I'm sorry I was broken too, we have a fucked up life...but I'm here now" to realizing that she could help Bob/Sentry in the same fashion, by showing him that with the help of people who actually genuinely care about him around him, he can manage his depression and darkness....chefs kiss. Add in that some of her deeper trauma is from the girl she could not save in the woods...mitigating that by finally being able to save someone from a similar darkness. Perfect. I would also say that Sentry (who they have always had a tough time dealing with in the comics because of his power level) having Yelena to "talk him down" when it goes dark mirrors what her sister did as the first Black Widow with Hulk. It allows Bob to be a similar "bring him out when we need him, but otherwise make sure he doesn't let the depression get to him too deeply" stuff.
I'm also interested in the New Avengers moniker, and I feel like we will get a West Coast Avengers/East Coast Avengers split with Sam's team being in the mix, but Bucky/Yelena's team being in the old Avengers Tower.
Two best scenes in the movie that weren't about emotions or mental health were:
Bucky's arrival to save them on the road with his Terminator 2 motorcycle homage, which was dope as fuck...followed by John Walker cheering that Bucky took out the jeeps chasing them with exploding sticky mines from his launcher, only to have that cheer drop into "Yeahhhhhhhohhhhhhhshit" when Bucky lands one on the limo and explodey-flips it. Amazing comedic moment.
All in all, the best MCU content since LOKI S2 and GOTG3 for me.
100% on all points. The kids and I really enjoyed it.
I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.
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