Knoppix. I didn’t see it listed yet so I had to chime in.

I saw it and was confused that computers could run something that wasn’t Windows and wasn’t Mac. Then I was handed a Knoppix LiveCD and suddenly MY computer was Linux. Absolutely blew my mind.

I then explored Mandrake (now Mandrivia?) for a while but it never really stuck.

A few years later Ubuntu was handing out LivdCDs to everyone running Warty Warthog and soon after window managers started to use Beryl (?) which let you have a fancy cube desktop. Absolutely pointless but that’s how it all started.

Thanks for the heads up.

To everyone else please don’t make me do work and have to ban things. :)

Cinta & Vel.

I don’t expect the show to do flashbacks (although we got them with Cassian in season 1), but I have to wonder how they first met.

It’s obvious Vel would give up on the whole rebellion right now if she and Cinta could settle down somewhere. Conversely it’s clear that Cinta can give up Vel in order to advance the rebellion even a little bit.

Was Vel a “spoiled rich kid” who picked up the rebellion “for fun” and found Cinta, and now that she’s found love wants to get out?

Did she find Cinta first? But lose her to the rebellion? Did Cinta use Vel and her money/connections to further the rebellion?

So many characters in this show seem reluctant to be rebels. Luthen is 100% in. His assistant is likely 100% in. Cinta is 100% in. Is Cassian? Is going back for Bix and friends a weakness or a strength?

TLDR Yelena & Bob are the standouts, which is good to hear.

I think that’s a pretty great summary. When it comes to unnecessary/years later sequels most are just garbage. I think Matrix 4 is still bad, but I have to give it credit for trying something interesting. It doesn’t work ultimately, but it tried something.

The 90s special edition added him, with no lines, to A New Hope. However he always had lines in Empire. They did however rerecord those lines in later versions to match the current actor who played Jango and clomes.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases

To be fair Darth Vader telling you, and only you, “No disintegrations” is an intriguing way to introduce a character.

Also Boba Fett does have a few lines in Empire. Something like, “He’s no use to me dead”. He doesn’t have a lot of character development ,mostly just mystery, but not literally no lines.

And yes the sarlac death is a mistake. It’s funny to have someone so feared die in a silly way, but it was a mistake. Which is also why everyone brought him back.

I’m not sure telling an untold story is repackaging. It’s exploring an existing characters story further

Rogue One told the ending story of Cassian Andor (among other things).

Then it was decided to go back and explain that characters backstory. Everyone, understandably, loved that.

Hell the entire prequel trilogy is going back and telling us the origins of Darth Vader. The origins of Palpatine.

I’m not against new villains, but we have other shows for that. Skeleton Crew introduced a new villain.

Acolyte did tie in with an old, as of yet unseen, villain, but also introduced a bunch of new ones.

Why not both? Starfighter also announced sounds like exactly that.

I mean Maul was revealed to be alive back in 2012 in the animated Clone Wars.

Additionally there is a large section of this characters life that has not been told, but was teased during the live action Solo.

Franklin Richards confirmed.

Also we still don’t have a reveal for John Malkovich. I know the expectation is Downey Doom in a mid/post credits but I’m wondering if we get him earlier. Reed Richards has a lot on his plate and I wonder if he makes some poor Doom-related choices.

If I only get to pick one, I pick Jessica Jones.

I think you can easily say that Luke & Claire moved away and Danny moved to some new magic realm.

But! If you’re bringing them back, bring back everyone. Not just Jessica, Luke & Danny, bring back Misty Knight and Colleen Wing and just any side character we’ve introduced. We had Endgame. We’re going to have Secret Wars. Give us the small screen version.

I mean in a war on vigilantes, the return of the Defenders makes sense. I expect us to see a new White Tiger next season. We already have Swordsman. Why not bring back some old ones?

I mean it was just declared, so they probably haven’t had a chance to take interest yet.

But… If the show takes place during the Ritson administration (Secret Invasion president) you can just say that he is a weak/shitty President and that’s why the federal government isn’t doing a lot.

But… If the show takes place during the Ross administration (Brave New World president) you can just say that the President just turned into the Red Hulk and the federal government is in disarray and that’s why the federal government isn’t doing a lot.

I expect it will come up next season, but I also guess that Fisk will have/create a generally good approval rating for himself so the New York governor will be hesitant to step in.

I think that’s the most likely with the special presentation, just start with that exact scene. However I’d prefer if we saved the next story beat for Daredevil season 2.

The reason I want to hold back is that we know Frank can’t win during his special presentation, because we need the anti-vigilant task force for Daredevil. We also know he can’t kill the current face of the Taskforce, Officer Powell, because again we need him in season 2.

I think going back and seeing what Frank has done and been up to prior to the current season makes more sense. Maybe Frank isn’t even in New York until he hears something about the Punisher in New York. Frank can then find and defeat a whole team of knock offs, only to realize this hydra has too many heads, setting up the team up with Daredevil and others more directly.

Yes.

Marvel TV shows also tend to hover around TV-14 (US ratings), which is the TV equivalent. Echo & Daredevil Born Again do venture into TV-MA but that’s more for violence, they still don’t (rarely?) say “fuck”.

OMG! I HAVE THE EXACT SAME NUMBER!

Wait what three digit number do you have on the back? No way those match too.

It’s like Smash Bros, we’re getting everyone.

Technically only Benedict Wong is the spoiler, since James Marsden had a chair in the chair reveal teaser. Plus of course the Sorcerer Supreme is in the film, that’s why Doctor Strange is allowed to sit this one out. (Although he probably won’t.)

Honestly he’s what excites me the most about the film. I like all the characters, don’t get me wrong, but Marvel has the opportunity here to do something really fun with Sentry.

I think Fantastic Four will be the kickoff of a new high quality Marvel era as they setup Doomsday and Secret Wars. My hope is they get to start early and can sneak it into Thunderbolts.The characters are there, the story is there, I just hope they can pull it off.