Weekly Catchup

Movie/Television News:

  1. What If…? First impressions.
    1. Peggy Carter becoming Captain Carter/Britain
    2. Steve’s new role as the “Hydra Stomper” First rendition of the Iron Man Suit.
    3. Howard Stark’s use of the Tesseract to fuel the Hydra Stomper suit for Steve.
    4. Peggy’s parallel sacrifice to “save the world” rememerges 70 years later through the Tesseract portal.
    5. What’s next!?
    6. Animation Style:
    7. Voice Actors Ep 1:
      Guests
      • Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter / Captain Carter[9]
      • Sebastian Stan as James “Bucky” Barnes[3]
      • Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark[3]
      • Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine[10]
      • Toby Jones as Arnim Zola[3]
      • Bradley Whitford as John Flynn[11]
      • Ross Marquand as Johann Schmidt / Red Skull[12]
      • Darrell Hammond as a Nazi general
      • Josh Keaton as Skinny Steve Rogers / Hydra Stomper[12]
      • Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury[3]
      • Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye[3]
      • Neal McDonough as Dum Dum Dugan[3]

Suicide Squad:

  1. Our review, thoughts and opinions.
  2. Our fav characters:
    1. Viola Davis (Amanda Waller),
    2. Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn),
    3. Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag), and
    4. Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang).
    5. Idris Elba (Bloodsport),
    6. Peter Capaldi (The Thinker),
    7. David Dastmalchian (Polka-Dot Man),
    8. Daniela Melchior (Ratcatcher),
    9. Michael Rooker (Savant),
    10. Pete Davidson (Blackguard),
    11. Alice Braga (Sol Soria),
    12. Sean Gunn (Weasel),
    13. Sylvester Stallone (King Shark/Nanaue with Steve Agee as his on-set stand-in),
    14. **John Cena **(Peacemaker).
  3. Comparing it to the 2016 version.
    1. The numbers: $133.7 million first weekend. Grossed $746.8 total Worldwide
    2. Rotten Tomatoes: 26% Critics Score, 59% Audience Score (runtime 2h 3m)
    3. Character Intros in 2016 vs Scene setting title cards in 2021
    4. Box Office Numbers: _The Suicide Squad _(WB) 4,002 theaters, Fri $12.1M/Sat $8.22M/Sun $6.18M/ 3-day: $26.5M/Wk 1 Deadline Breakdown.
    5. $185 million Cost – it’s being considered a flop, in terms of cost to earnings. Is HBO Max, the Delta Variant, R rating to blame?
    6. Currently sitting at a Rotten Tomatoes 91% Critics Score and a 83% Audience Score (runtime 2h 12m)