msc 18,536 Posted August 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Toast said: Anyone feel a theme team coming on? Totally blaming you when we get BB King, Johnny Cash and Pete Seeger on a theme team at Christmas. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,217 Posted August 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: https://www.sporcle.com/games/juror8/english-village-or-nfl-player 14 out of 20. This Sporcle quiz is truly Chadwicks real legacy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,844 Posted August 29, 2020 17/20 I spend too much time in the English countryside... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted August 29, 2020 47 minutes ago, Dying Probably said: He was the title star of "Black Panther" (2016) and brought the beloved character from the comics over to the MCU. He wasn't a legend compared to others but to people from Gen X to Gen Z know who he is and he played a beloved character to many. That is probably a fair assessment. I just do not see how he can be labelled a legend off of the back of a film franchise. Others mentioned, James Dean, as a prime example, transcended his short film career because he captured the mood and feeling of a generation. People copied what he wore, his demeanour, and his style. In that sense, he was iconic, not just after his death but during his short career too. Just my opinion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,657 Posted August 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Lord Fellatio Nelson said: That is probably a fair assessment. I just do not see how he can be labelled a legend off of the back of a film franchise. Others mentioned, James Dean, as a prime example, transcended his short film career because he captured the mood and feeling of a generation. People copied what he wore, his demeanour, and his style. In that sense, he was iconic, not just after his death but during his short career too. Just my opinion. I personally think he was an inspiration to a lot of black people because before him there were not many black actors or even characters to look up to in MCU. Since the film came out a lot of kids and adults now can dress up as Black Panther because they are/were represented finally. Now Black Panther has been out you have a black Spiderman in Miles Morales and i'm sure more to come. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dodrade 94 Posted August 30, 2020 50 minutes ago, ladyfiona said: I personally think he was an inspiration to a lot of black people because before him there were not many black actors or even characters to look up to in MCU. Since the film came out a lot of kids and adults now can dress up as Black Panther because they are/were represented finally. Now Black Panther has been out you have a black Spiderman in Miles Morales and i'm sure more to come. "Black Panther" was a big success but he was overshadowed somewhat by Michael B Jordan as Killmonger who is nominally the villain but with whom the film's sympathies clearly lie. He also specialised in biopics of american figures (Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall) who are much less known outside the United States and are comparatively little seen as a result. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,226 Posted August 30, 2020 18 hours ago, ladyfiona said: I personally think he was an inspiration to a lot of black people because before him there were not many black actors or even characters to look up to in MCU. Since the film came out a lot of kids and adults now can dress up as Black Panther because they are/were represented finally. Now Black Panther has been out you have a black Spiderman in Miles Morales and i'm sure more to come. I have had to reread this a dozen times to gauge whether it was written by a 5 year old or somebody that truly believes that the world only started spinning in 1993. Sidney Poitier, Denzil Washington, Eddie Murphy, Samuel L Jackson, Richard Roundtree, the list could go on, black actors that made their mark with all races, some at a time when racial intolerance was considerably worse than it is now. Like, they were not inspiring to black people long before this guy existed? How easy to make a God out of an ordinary man because it fits the narrative. He was a decent actor who died way too young. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MILFHunterGMan 23 Posted August 30, 2020 With all due respect. Black Panther was NOT the first superhero movie to feature a Black Protagonist. Spawn & the Blade series were the firsts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,263 Posted August 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, MILFHunterGMan said: With all due respect. Black Panther was NOT the first superhero movie to feature a Black Protagonist. Spawn & the Blade series were the firsts. That may be true, but Spawn and the Blade franchise were much more cult films and such didn’t really reach a wider audience the same way Black Panther did. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,844 Posted August 30, 2020 Blade didn’t reach a wide audience? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vaagheid 141 Posted August 30, 2020 Wasn't sure if i was going to post it because it is a very unpopular opinion but doing it anyway. I actually think he was much more of a promising Dramatic actor when he played Jackie Robinson and James Brown right after eachother. Quickly after that he got gobbled up by the "Marvel Superhero Franchise Machine" where all actors kind of get lost. I think he would have maybe achieved way more Dramaticly interesting roles in his short life if he contineud going on the road that he did in his early carreer and not commit to this huge franchise in which actors get very little to do. A shame he died and in my honest opinion, in terms of actively working big Hollywood actors, the biggest shock dead since Philip Seymour Hoffman (making it clear again that this is Just An opinion). 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,844 Posted August 30, 2020 Keep wondering... will he get snubbed from TCM's annual tribute like Paul Walker was? Would be a pity. First major film role wasn't until 2013. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,232 Posted August 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Vaagheid said: Wasn't sure if i was going to post it because it is a very unpopular opinion but doing it anyway. I actually think he was much more of a promising Dramatic actor when he played Jackie Robinson and James Brown right after eachother. Quickly after that he got gobbled up by the "Marvel Superhero Franchise Machine" where all actors kind of get lost. I think he would have maybe achieved way more Dramaticly interesting roles in his short life if he contineud going on the road that he did in his early carreer and did commit to this huge franchise in which actors get very little to do. A shame he died. I haven't seen any of those films, but the biopics sound much more interesting than that comic book crap, so I agree with you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,263 Posted October 28, 2020 Apparently Chadwick Boseman’s brother Kevin also had cancer, but he’s currently in remission Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
