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Silver Surfer...Is this announcement a belated April fools joke?20638

Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC? Scifinator private msg quote post Address this user
While we don't know the plot line yet, IF there is no Norrin Rad as Silver Surfer, I am, well, beyond words that I can place in this forum, other than to say that's some male bovine excrement. Really hoping that they forgot or will announce in the coming weeks that someone like Alan Ritchson or Dwayne Johnson IS cast as Silver Surfer and that Shalla Bal Surfer is the antagonist.

Link to Female Silver Surfer screenrant.
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being an ass and being a clown are two very different things. HAmistoso private msg quote post Address this user
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
No joke and simultaneously not surprising and extremely disappointing.
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Thank you sir. May I have another? Siggy private msg quote post Address this user
I'm sure someone associated with this film has said something along the lines of, "This film isn't made for the [average, traditional, long-time, or other adjective] Super Hero fan."
Fine. With a little luck, the crowd they're pandering to may watch it a few hundred times each so they make a profit.
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I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for. drchaos private msg quote post Address this user
Doesn't seem to hurt sales for the character.

This one just sold this morning:


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If I could, I would. I swear. DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user
They already have a female Silver Surfer type... Frankie Raye a.k.a. Nova. They should do a movie about her and leave the other well enough alone.

Meh, whatever. Let them keep chunning out this schlock until they go broke. It's not like I watch any of this stuff any way.

To quote South Park, "Put a chick in it and make her gay."
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I blame the forum gremlins. figment private msg quote post Address this user
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Originally Posted by drchaos
Doesn't seem to hurt sales for the character.

This one just sold this morning


As did these, but they don't have anything obvious to do with Shalla Bal...





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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).
Splotches is gettin old!
Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user
Silver Surfer is my all time favorite character for the last 40+ years.
How am I feeling right now?

Even if we're missing something and all has yet to be revealed, you have to admire Marvels impeccable marketing and timing.
"Hmmm... let's piss everyone off first and then make good".
Idiots

I've come to despise the word "swap" in the last 3 months with all it's definitions
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How do I know this? Because I've done it myself. lawguy1977 private msg quote post Address this user
I could be totally wrong, but this movie clearly seems to be set in a different time and likely different part of the multiverse. No one knows how Marvel is going to intergrate the FF into the current timeline and universe. Maybe they're saving Norrin Radd for the 616 universe along with a different version of Galactus.

Or maybe Marvel is just looking to piss off its fan base. That's happened before too. I'll be curious to see if they can actually make a good FF movie.
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
I used to think I was the target market for the MCU...a long time comic fan....and for a little while I believe I was but then it turned out they could not care less what I think.
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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
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I used to think I was the target market for the MCU...a long time comic fan....and for a little while I believe I was but then it turned out they could not care less what I think.


Likewise... I guess middle aged men with families and disposable income just aren't what they are looking for...oh well...

Personally I like that Disney is going to get rid of account sharing in Canada..this means I can cancel my account...only been carrying it to share with my niece mostly...could pick it up for 1 or 2 months a year to binge the 1 or 2 shows I actually like (Shogun is pretty good!!)
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I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this. GAC private msg quote post Address this user
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Originally Posted by KatKomics
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Originally Posted by GAC
I used to think I was the target market for the MCU...a long time comic fan....and for a little while I believe I was but then it turned out they could not care less what I think.


Likewise... I guess middle aged men with families and disposable income just aren't what they are looking for...oh well...

Personally I like that Disney is going to get rid of account sharing in Canada..this means I can cancel my account...only been carrying it to share with my niece mostly...could pick it up for 1 or 2 months a year to binge the 1 or 2 shows I actually like (Shogun is pretty good!!)


So true!!

I didn't renew my Disney+ back in December. I don't really miss it...the only show I was interested in was the animated X-men '97....I hear it's good but who knows these days.
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I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out. power_struggle55 private msg quote post Address this user
I'm willing to give a chance.
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I blame the forum gremlins. figment private msg quote post Address this user
With a multiverse of branched timelines they can do anything, tell a story from the perspective of any of them, and "logically" get away with it. I'm a huge Silver Surfer fan, but I accepted a black Nick Fury whose origin wasn't anchored in World War Two.

If they tell a good story well, then I won't care if Shalla Bal ends up as Herald of Galactus. I can imagine a few timelines where that might "logically" happen in a way that doesn't demean or diminish Norrin Radd.

We'll see, but like @power_struggle55 I'm willing to give it a chance.
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No rust here... Nearmint67 private msg quote post Address this user
@Scifinator I was at the post office last year and there was an Hispanic lady at the counter asking why her mail wasn't being delivered. It started off slow and calm, then it went over the edge and I heard a lot of Spanish expletive's... Then I heard her say "elSTUPIDO" lol....
That's this movie casting a woman as the SURFER!!!! elSTUPIDO!!!!!!
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).
Splotches is gettin old!
Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user
More like El Kabong over the head of the Marvel fan
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If I could, I would. I swear. DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user
No more chances. I've ran out of chances.
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).
Splotches is gettin old!
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If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8. xkonk private msg quote post Address this user
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someone like Alan Ritchson or Dwayne Johnson


I think those guys are a little big to play the Surfer, but maybe the Surfer is beefier in the Earth X universe where Shalla-Bal was also a Surfer.
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Collector Dalkiel private msg quote post Address this user
It's the M-she-U. Disney is bowing down to the D.E.I. overlords.
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Collector doog private msg quote post Address this user
Like Mystique, it could work.
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I don't want to brag, but cashiers are always checking me out. power_struggle55 private msg quote post Address this user
don't forget they made an very old Asian man (ancient one) into a middle ages white woman and no one had a problem.

I for one don't care for changes like this if it works out in the end. they decided to make silver surfer's wife become Galactus' herold...something different.

one thing I can see is her being a love interest for Johnny. as he did a thing for Norma Rae (Nova) so maybe combining the two
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Beaten by boat oars Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user
Shouldn't it be expected at this point to swap out everything? Call it what you will but it is going to keep happening. Comic book fans and readers are small potatoes in the grand scheme of these films and shows (the grand scheme is to make money). While I don't believe the work will resonate with me, I do believe it is done for the purpose of appealing to the general masses who are going to plunk down money to watch whatever the Mouse puts to screen (big or small). I chose a while back not to indulge in most of the post-Endgame MCU fare as it was becoming stale and directionless to me. Everything felt the same with some nuggets of worthwhile stuff in it. As the TV stuff goes, I loved the first few episodes of WandaVision, thought Loki was interesting, and She-Hulk had its moments. As for the films, most looked like I wouldn't want to see them. It also takes a lot of effort to keep up with all the happenings since most stuff ties to some bigger picture. I have my comics and other media that can be faithful if I don't want to see the new, adapted stuff.
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I'm waiting.... (tapping fingers).
Splotches is gettin old!
Nuffsaid111 private msg quote post Address this user
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Shouldn't it be expected at this point to swap out everything?


Yep. Pretty much accurate.
And the thing I keep asking myself is Why?
The natural (and almost always) impulsive response is some blend of woke or this or that to sit with the current times.

But is that really the reason - just to piss a bunch of folks off as well?
I will see the movie, but I really just don't get doing it when you could stay true and actually not piss anyone off. It just befuddles me each and every time.
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I'm not a plagiarist. I'm also not illiterate. drmccoy74 private msg quote post Address this user
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Collector Dalkiel private msg quote post Address this user
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Comic book fans and readers are small potatoes in the grand scheme of these films and shows (the grand scheme is to make money).

Guess what, they are not making money! After Endgame pretty much everything that Disney has put out has lost money (except GOTG 3 which broke even).It's all coming down too DEI and the fact that the company hires bad writers and directors who fit the DEI mold.

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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
I suppose it's only a role in Fantastic Four....which I probably won't watch...just like I didn't read the comic..for the most part.
Who wants to read a comic with family bickering...wad living it as a kid!!!
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Collector CEPubDude private msg quote post Address this user
Marvel what? Disney who?
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Thank you sir. May I have another? Siggy private msg quote post Address this user
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Originally Posted by figment
With a multiverse of branched timelines they can do anything, tell a story from the perspective of any of them, and "logically" get away with it. I'm a huge Silver Surfer fan, but I accepted a black Nick Fury whose origin wasn't anchored in World War Two.

If they tell a good story well, then I won't care if Shalla Bal ends up as Herald of Galactus. I can imagine a few timelines where that might "logically" happen in a way that doesn't demean or diminish Norrin Radd.

We'll see, but like @power_struggle55 I'm willing to give it a chance.


It would have been nice if they got the cinematic Surfer right before "improving" upon it.
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Thank you sir. May I have another? Siggy private msg quote post Address this user
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don't forget they made an very old Asian man (ancient one) into a middle ages white woman and no one had a problem.


I'm pretty sure many rolled their eyes at it.
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