Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Ambitious and/or Bloated
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Listen to this episode in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more
Episode description
MOVIE DISCUSSION:
Melvin & Dan can only agree on one thing: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is, in fact, a Marvel movie. To focus their attention, Melvin proposes four ambitions that he feels will make-or-break the film for audience members.
Topics:
- (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 44-minutes discussing Kevin Conroy's passing, Video Rental store nostalgia, and media curation (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
- Reflecting on Black Panther's immense cultural impact and success.
- Reminiscing on the intended plans for King T'Challa in the MCU post-Endgame.
- Melvin liked that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had a somewhat self-serious profile as opposed to the more flippant, light sensibilities of other Marvel fare.
- However, Melvin has four headers - ambitions - that he observed within Black Panther: Wakanda Forever that he felt prevented him from "buying in" to the fiction of the film but may actually be beneficial qualities to certain audience members.
- His first point covers the film's global stage for a political drama between potentially warring counties.
- His second point covers the personal character stories within the film.
- A brief aside from the points, Melvin and Daniel agree: the suits at the end of the movie aren't that good.
- Melvin's third point has to do with the film's metatextual pairing of T'Challa's fictional death and Chadwick Boseman's real-life death.
- Melvin's final point covers what he would consider inefficient pacing, such as scenes clearly setting up future movies, or scenes having only one purpose at a time rather than being dynamic in detail.
Recommendations:
- Galatians: An Expositional Commentary by R.C. Sproul (Book)
- Amy (2015) (Documentary)
- The Decade-Long Quest For Shadow of the Colossus' Last Secret (YouTube)
Support on Patreon for Unique Perks!
- Early access to uncut episodes
- Vote on a movie/show we review
- One-time reward of two Cinematic Doctrine Stickers & Pins
Social Links:
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android