The Marvel movie earned three Golden Globes nominations: best original score by Ludwig Goransson; best original song by Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh; and best motion picture — drama.

What impact do you think China, the biggest movie market, has on the new SW films? They have a whole bunch of rules that are completely justified, but then they have listed, “No Homo, no Ghosts, no supernatural.”, and then there’s also John Boyega being little on the TFA poster. Since people in China HATED 8, to the point that they had to market Solo in China very carefully, do you think Disney will be like “9’s probably not going to do well there anyways, so let’s throw in some LGBT rep”?

jewishcomeradebot:

lj-writes:

More like throw in Force Ghost Luke. Much as I’d like LFL/Disney to think in terms of LGBT rep I’m pretty sure that’s not happening.

Okay, I confess I’m a bit confused here. The “no homo” part I get, but “no ghosts and no supernatural” I don’t. Can someone enlighten me? Google isn’t really being helpful or I’m looking for the wrong thing entirely.

I think no ghosts and no supernatural falls under “propagating cults and superstition” (link). Black Panther had a blatant spirit world and conversations with spirits, though, and it was not only allowed in China but did quite well so #NotAllGhosts it seems. I suspect the rule has more to do with suppressing domestic religious fervor that might be a threat, e.g. Falun Gong. Also ancestral spirits like the ones in BP, particularly paternal, may be looked upon more kindly in a Confucian worldview. Hey, so if Luke is someone’s dad he can show up as a ghost? Good news for ReySkys and FinnSkys!

wisterings-art:

Okoye would be worthy.

spelacchiotto:

day 10: honor

sunnycallme:

“you can’t make a lawful good character interesting and enjoyable”:

losassen:

Black Panther was so GOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!

magnusalecs:

#get you a girl who can do everything

klawsofwakanda:

Variant cover of Shuri #1, by Skottie Young.

aquamzan:

Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, ‘cause they knew death was better than bondage.

Black Panther (2018) dir. Ryan Coogler.

themandalorianwolf:

I’m all for John Boyega playing a villain in Black Panther from the Jabari tribe who opposes how technology dependent the once spiritual Wakanda is.

Credit to @lj-writes who came up with half of this idea!

I just want John to do his Nigerian accent, and we all know the Jabari are made up of fine thick men 😍 Interestingly the Jabari do have tech on par with the rest of Wakanda, but theirs is wood based (vibranium infused) rather than vibranium based. It would be interesting to see the Jabaris’ relationship to technology, spirituality, and the environment when they rely on growing rather than mining their resource.