Official Black Panther MCU Thread

[teacher]

Two very unimaginative spinoffs

You got a whole lore to explore and you decide to do a Ayo & Aneka book and that the Crew nonsense

WOW wasn't a Ayo Aneka book...that was just the first arc...before it got canceled Kasper Cole was up in issue 6 I imagine he was going to go indepth on different people connected to wakanda

 

[doublex]

Damn, I wish I were there... I want that banner as a poster.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Is the cartoon series any good?

Its aaaaaaaaaight!

 

[GR13]

some one had a very interesting theory on another message board about killmonger's backstory

They've been quite secretive about Killmonger's backstory (per usual, it is Marvel Studios), Nate Moore's comments about the plot dealing a lot with family ties, The voiceover of T'Chaka talking about the hardship of a 'good man' being king...

Wild speculations on my part, but bear with me.

What if Killmonger's origin has been conflated with 616 Hunter or Ult. M'Baku Udaku? He is a son, adopted or blood, of T'Chaka's. The tribal scars/ring being marks of belonging to the royal line. So when he presents himself, he's not a mere political dissenter. He has a legitimate claim to the throne, which leads to the gauntlet being thrown down of tribal combat to decide the fate of the kingdom.

And/or MCU Killmonger was working in a White Wolf-type capacity for T'Chaka unbeknownst to anyone (This would really harken back to the 'good man' part, if T'Chaka had him doing his wetwork in the shadows.) Look at how few areas we've seen Klaw. The attack at the casino, the interrogation by Ross and I think that's it so far.

What if Killmonger isn't breaking Klaw out, but kills him (he's a known threat to Wakanda so he has to be handled; It's what WW would do) and gets arrested? Then T'Challa goes 'This man will face justice in my country' and Ross, being more suspicious following CW, wants to see what Wakandan justice means exactly, and using the Sokovia Accords as leverage, gets to go along for the ride now. Meanwhile, being extradited into Wakanda is exactly what Killmonger wanted all along so that he could make the reveal of his claim to the throne?
some one had a very interesting theory on another message board about killmonger's backstory

 

[Mic-Nificent]

Is the cartoon series any good?

It's worth a watch for a good introduction to Panther. The most consistent complaint about the show is the animation style.

does the white tiger connect to the black panther in any way?

There's a few different versions of the White Tiger in the Marvel Universe. Near the end of Priest's Black Panther run he made "White Tiger" one of the clerical positions within the Panther Cult along with "Golden Lion", and "Coal Tiger". The White Tiger is the Acolyte of the Panther Cult.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

some one had a very interesting theory on another message board about killmonger's backstory

They've been quite secretive about Killmonger's backstory (per usual, it is Marvel Studios), Nate Moore's comments about the plot dealing a lot with family ties, The voiceover of T'Chaka talking about the hardship of a 'good man' being king...

Wild speculations on my part, but bear with me.

What if Killmonger's origin has been conflated with 616 Hunter or Ult. M'Baku Udaku? He is a son, adopted or blood, of T'Chaka's. The tribal scars/ring being marks of belonging to the royal line. So when he presents himself, he's not a mere political dissenter. He has a legitimate claim to the throne, which leads to the gauntlet being thrown down of tribal combat to decide the fate of the kingdom.

And/or MCU Killmonger was working in a White Wolf-type capacity for T'Chaka unbeknownst to anyone (This would really harken back to the 'good man' part, if T'Chaka had him doing his wetwork in the shadows.) Look at how few areas we've seen Klaw. The attack at the casino, the interrogation by Ross and I think that's it so far.

What if Killmonger isn't breaking Klaw out, but kills him (he's a known threat to Wakanda so he has to be handled; It's what WW would do) and gets arrested? Then T'Challa goes 'This man will face justice in my country' and Ross, being more suspicious following CW, wants to see what Wakandan justice means exactly, and using the Sokovia Accords as leverage, gets to go along for the ride now. Meanwhile, being extradited into Wakanda is exactly what Killmonger wanted all along so that he could make the reveal of his claim to the throne?​

I think it was already confirmed that Klaw and Killmonger end up working together in some capacity.

I think Sterling K Brown's character is going to end up being Killmonger's father and maybe HE is playing the same role as Hunter did in the comics as the chieftain of the Hatute Zeraze.

 

[KOOL-AID]

There's a few different versions of the White Tiger in the Marvel Universe. Near the end of Priest's Black Panther run he made "White Tiger" one of the clerical positions within the Panther Cult along with "Golden Lion", and "Coal Tiger". The White Tiger is the Acolyte of the Panther Cult.

I see, u think they'll introduce him and connect him to tchalla in the sequel or final film?

 

[Lannister]

Closer looks at the D23 display:

hmmm....the new suit looks like it might be more tech based than the OG. I've come to like the body, while the mask/helmet still leaves a bit to be desired. I think if the eyes were smaller and more menacing, like the OG's, it would have been fine.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

I see, u think they'll introduce him and connect him to tchalla in the sequel or final film?

I think the most we'll get is an Easter egg at some point that references Kasper Cole or the white tiger, but I doubt we'll ever see either character.

I think Black Panther is going to have as many Easter eggs as the Guardians movies. I'm hoping we get a glimpse of King Solomon's Frogs.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

The breh said this back on June 7th...

dont salute just yet. word on the street is they fighting in the editing room over what stays and what goes

Same, they should do a director's cut of the film and release it in theaters and/or DVD.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Closer looks at the D23 display:

hmmm....the new suit looks like it might be more tech based than the OG. I've come to like the body, while the mask/helmet still leaves a bit to be desired. I think if the eyes were smaller and more menacing, like the OG's, it would have been fine.

What if the eyes are like that...because they glow..

 

[Mic-Nificent]

The breh said this back on June 7th...

Yeah he said we wouldn't see a trailer of any kind till august..then a trailer dropped a few days later.

Every movie has a much longer cut, and there's always a back and forth between producers and directors about what stays and what goes. Part of the film making process is editing by committee.

 

[Mic-Nificent]

Yeah, the suit is great, but I'm not feeling the helmet at all. The original one was much better.

 

[Lannister]

What if the eyes are like that...because they glow..

Unless there's a practical purpose, the eyes don't need to be that large to have a glowing effect.

Yeah, the suit is great, but I'm not feeling the helmet at all. The original one was much better.

Agreed, but if it's like Cap and IM, then we should get new suits every film/appearance so it's not really a big deal. Cap's Avengers suit is the worst MCU costume to date.

 

[Primetime]

'Black Panther' Director Ryan Coogler Has a Moving Story About the Day Marvel Hired Him

After debuting in Fantastic Four #52 in 1966, Black Panther went on to star in the series Jungle Action, then became his own headliner. Over the decades, he became a continued source of inspiration to many kids, especially those with brown skin who had never seen themselves represented in comic book pages.

Coogler was one of them.

“When I first discovered comic books and superheroes, I remember falling in love with X-Men the first time I saw Bishop. I was like, ‘Holy smokes, there’s a black X-Man?’” says Coogler, who’s now 31.

“Then I found out Stan Lee talked about how Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were some of his inspirations for Magneto and Professor X. So I was like, ‘Jeez, my culture is influencing this!’ And this is being referenced. But I always did long for that one [black] superhero who the whole book was around. The same way I could pick up a Captain America book or a Spider-Man book.”


So the future director of Fruitvale Station and Creed visited the Dr Comics & Mr Games store near his elementary school in Oakland, Calif. “I remember going in there saying ’You got any black superheroes? Got anybody who looks like me?’” Coogler recalls. “The first thing they did was walk me over to Black Panther.”

Now he’s doing the same thing, both telling the T’Challa’s story, but also making the introduction to a much wider audience.

“He’s making this movie for his 8-year-old self. That’s why you do it,” says Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios and the architect of its 18-movie (and counting) interlocked franchise.

“Most importantly, you do it for other 8-year-olds, to inspire the next generation the way we were inspired,” Feige adds. “And in this case, when Ryan was growing up, perhaps there weren’t that many of these heroes to be inspired by that looked like him.”

We’re sitting in the Marvel Studios offices on the Walt Disney Studios lot, where Coogler and Feige are taking a break from editing the movie. Feige urges the director to tell the rest of the story — what happened the day he got the job directing Black Panther.


“Yeah, it was really my wife,” Coogler says, rubbing his neck and smiling sheepishly. “The day I took the job was an out-of-body experience. She was like, let’s go to that same shop that you told me about. It’s on Piedmont Avenue.”

So they got in the car and drove back to the neighborhood where Coogler went to grade school. Dr Comics & Mr Games is still going strong.

“We went in and I bought the two Black Panther comic books I could find,” Coogler says. “I was like, you got to take a picture of me. And I sent it to Kevin.”

Just imagine if the kid who first walked into that store, way back when, could see it, too…

Coogler doin this for our children yall