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Marvel Strike Force: Spider-Man (Miles)

I need some help from the great Mike Singeltary for this one

“Can not play with him. Can not win with him. Can not coach him. Can’t do it”

I have exhausted all my options with Miles Morales. I have upgraded him; I have surrounded him with a great group and every time he disappoints me. Clearly, I am doing something wrong with him and I don’t know what.

Miles checks off most of my boxes. He gains Stealth, has an unlockable attack all enemies move, great team ups, there is nothing wrong with his game, its just he doesn’t fit in the teams that I assemble. For that reason, I wouldn’t recommend him, but maybe you might have some ideas of what I’m doing wrong.

Marvel Studios Is Screwed: Jonathan Majors Situation

This might be a worst-case scenario situation for Marvel. Jonathan Majors is now tied to an alleged assault of a woman. Obviously, more details will come out soon and since I wasn’t there, I can’t comment on how true or not true this is, but Marvel is in a bad situation either way. There are many social issues at play right now and Marvel has been kowtowing to the Woke mob, which resulted in a massive loss of revenue and this situation could potentially cripple them in the public eye.

The Disney World Parks are filled with “Celebrate HerStory” because we are in Women’s History Month. Disney got rid of Johnny Depp over allegations that were proven to be false and did it under the umbrella of the “Me Too” movement and showing how much they believe women when they tell tales of abuse.

Now let’s talk race for a moment. Very quickly, I want to talk about Ja Morant, an NBA player who was under investigation for playing with a gun while drunk in a night club. Morant has bee suspended a couple of games by his team and has attended a theory session to discuss this. The comments I’ve seen with this story are:

If he was white this wouldn’t have happened

Y’all are just trying to take a young black man down

White people celebrating too much

Of course, this isn’t every comment in the world, but there is an alarming amount of comments race based on that situation and there will be even more with the Majors one. Marvel has gone all in on hiring black actors and race changing many white characters to kowtow to the Woke mob on representation. Marvel and Disney have gone out of their way to scold fans who dislike the changes and expressed their desire for diversity.

Majors is in a very simple situation. Either he assaulted the woman or he didn’t and Majors is just a victim of someone wanting a pay day or to ruin his reputation. More details on this case will come out very soon, but it doesn’t sound good in my opinion, since he was arrested on the spot and it was in an apartment, where there might not be any witnesses.

What does Marvel do about this? You can’t appease to both sides of the Woke mob and come out on top. There is still a large number of people who support Amber Heard, citing a patriarchal law system that protects men and demonizes women who speak up. If Majors is found innocent, they’ll say he paid the woman off.

I imagine the race card will be thrown around a lot if he is fired. Citing is he was white this would’ve been swept under the rug like many other Hollywood actors who have been accused on much worse.

Marvel should be preparing a statement which I imagine will sound a little like this, “We are aware of the incident surrounding Jonathan Majors and decline to comment until the facts come to light” anything else will be shooting themselves in the foot. I don’t know how this situation will turn out, but all I can say is that its going to expose Marvel in ways they didn’t expect.

Doctor Strange: Marvel Strike Force

Doctor Strange

Take him out immediately. Strange starts off with Winds of Watoomb which applies two negative effects to the primary target and flips all positive effects of every enemy to a negative one. Which means whatever positive perks you start off with are going to be removed and you lose your starting advantage in the very first turn.

Strange isn’t the most durable on my roster, so whenever I bring him I usually have someone like Luke Cage or Juggernaut on the opposite side of the field using Taunt to take the pressure off of Strange. Strange also has the Book of the Vishanti which brings back a fallen teammate  and heal everyone on your side depending on how far you’ve upgraded it. Strange, when given the right protection, is one of the most effect characters in the game.

World War Joe

Johnny Depp DC Bound?

With Johnny Depp cutting ties with Disney forever, I highly doubt we’ll see him in a Marvel movie. DC should take advantage of this by immediately firing Amber Heard (yes, I made the case to keep her in a previous video, but that was before the trial) and cast Depp in a role. My first choice for Depp would be Green Arrow, mainly because of his facial hair, but I think the perfect role would be Jason Blood.

Blood, and his counterpart Etrigan, aren’t the first character’s fans name when ranking their favorite superheroes, but Blood and Etrigan are a very interesting duo. I think DC, and Marvel alike, shouldn’t be focused on the bread-and-butter characters, but trying to make others in their universe work on the big screen.

Maybe a great time to introduce Blood into the DCEU would be during the rumored Zatanna movie. DC is starting to explore the supernatural with Doctor Fate and Constantine, so having Blood have some kind of a cameo in the movie makes sense. I would be ok with total tease of Etrigan, where we see the aftermath of a fight, a bunch of guards are torn to pieces and we see a slight glimmer of Etrigan as he is engulfed into flames and Blood emerges.

What do you think about Johnny Depp joining DC and who would you like to see him play?

World War Joe

You Can’t Have Two Endings

Choosing between multiple endings has become a staple in videogames today. Series like Mass Effect and The Walking Dead let you carry over the decisions from previous games into the new ones. However, those decisions and endings aren’t massively different, but still give the player a feel that their choices matter.

Games like Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath have ruined their sequels because of their multiple outcomes. The ending of Injustice 2 lets you pick the Batman, good ending or the Superman, bad ending. Choosing Batman’s ending means Superman and Brainiac are defeated. Superman is then imprisoned in the Phantom Zone and vows revenge. The Superman ending is massively different. After defeating Batman and Brainiac, Superman uses Brainiac’s mind control ability to control Batman, and seemingly the rest of the Justice League becoming the ruler of earth.

So how would Injustice 3 start? What ending do they start with? Do you get to choose how it starts? Right there you are making 2 massively different games that the events of the previous game are vastly different. Maybe NetherRealm are buying time with their Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League videogame coming out in 2022.

Mortal Kombat hit a home run with MK9 where they reset the timeline and you got to play the game from the beginning and started a more linear timeline. MK10 was even better where they introduced the next wave of MK characters and started to give the old classics their final endings. Then MK11 happened and took away all the progress of the previous two games. The ending of that game, Lui Kang is now in control of the timeline and has the ability to red con the entire series again.

Then NetherRealm decided to reset the timeline again with MK11 Aftermath where again time travel was the theme. The issue is the endings. You can play as Lui Kang, defeat Shang Tsung, and reset history in a nice happy way. Choosing Shang Tsung’s ending makes him the ruler of the realms and going on a bloody crusade to rule over everyone. Again, two vastly different endings. There is a rumored April 2023 date for MK12, but now we don’t have a clear ending on the previous game so its difficult to tell how the next installment will begin.

Do you think NetherRealm backed themselves into a corner making vastly different endings? Let me know what you think.

SimptasticJoe

Blade Some MCU Issues

Blade Movie Release Date Potentially Revealed by Marvel

I was a big fan of the Blade movies. Well, the second one I really liked, mainly because it had the greatest actor in Hollywood Luke Goss who has graced our screens in projects like Hellboy 2, Interview with a Hitman, Tekken, and about 60 other things. But I digress.

The reason I’m nervous that the upcoming Blade movie is that Blade’s entire story is about killing vampires and the MCU doesn’t have any vampires in it. The MCU is a We and not a Me direction now where all the movies and shows coincide with each other to create one massive storyline.

Marvel's Blade Movie: All The Updates For The MCU Film So Far | Cinemablend

Blade can’t JUST fight vampires in his MCU appearances because they can’t introduce vampires as the only thing Blade fights. Because we haven’t seen vampires before and the original Blade movies depict vampires as being around for hundreds of years and not a threat that just popped up one day.

I had the same issue with The Eternals, where somehow the Earth being a uterus for a celestial wasn’t noticed by anyone on Earth, including the Sorcerer Supreme, Agatha, Hydra, Shield or anyone else in the MCU. So, you can’t introduce vampires into the MCU and then try to explain away that they were always around and we just didn’t notice.

Simptastic Joe

Why I Love Hook

Update On AEW Training Progress Of Hook - WrestleTalk

I know its doesn’t make any sense. And I know how stupid it is to say it. And I know there’s no reason why I feel this way, but I love Hook. He hasn’t done anything in AEW except a few cheap shots to unsuspecting opponents. But I believe there is a plan for Hook. Team Taz is starting to look VERY interesting with the addition of Dante Martin, but I still hate that they got rid of Brian Cage. Martin is going to be a major player on Team Taz and now is the perfect time to unleash Hook on the roster.

Hooks time in AEW reminds me of Pacman Jones in TNA Wrestling. Jones wasn’t allowed to touch any of the wrestlers, but somehow had matches where he won by distracting wrestlers by throwing money at them or from outside assistance. Hook is being billed just like that, but will soon be in the fold. I would copy his father, Taz’s, move set. Just go all in on suplexes, submissions and power moves.

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I think the first feud I would have for Hook would be against Orange Cassidy. Cassidy can make anyone look good with his sloth style and since Cassidy is a fan favorite, you’ll have a great crowd for that match.

But what do you guys think of Hook and what feuds would you like to see him in?

Simptastic Joe

John Walker: The Future of the MCU

Falcon and Winter Soldier: The New Captain America Is Actually a Good Guy

Sometimes I’m really glad my wife doesn’t read my posts, because John Walker is a topic we argue about a lot. Falcon and The Winter Soldier was a race baiting, pandering, poorly executed show, but it did do one thing right and that’s John Walker.

Lets look at where the main characters were before the show:

-Bucky was rehabilitated

-Sam took on the mantle of Captain America

-Zemo was in prison

And as the show ended

-Bucky went back to be rehabilitated

-Sam took on the mantle of Captain America

-Zemo is back in prison

Having the characters take a 360 degrees character arch isn’t good story telling. But Walker was different. He might be one of the most well-developed characters the MCU ever produced. A character who had the mantle of Captain America thrusted on him. A guy who is a military hero, a superior athlete and someone who most importantly gets the job done.

Is John Walker Evil? - New Captain America AKA US Agent Episode 4 Twist

Walker’s suit is the best one yet and I love the scene where Walker makes his own shield. A great homage to the comics where Walker made his own shields and outfitted them with medals he earned and names of soldiers who died in battle.

I find the “How it Should’ve Ended” video weird because it shows Steve Rogers taking the shield from Walker with no problem. Let me start a fight here. Walker would utterly destroy Rogers. The first reason is the serum, this one is much more powerful than the one Rogers got. When Rogers took it, he was a small, wimpy kid. Walker was an athlete when he took it. He was at the peak of his physical abilities. And then takes a serum that amplifies that. I mean it made tiny Carlie into a threat. Imagine what it did to a high trained, physically gifted soldier like Walker.

With Walker siding with Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, who at some point becomes Madame Hydra, it’s obvious that he will be a big character moving forward. We are seeing Fontaine align herself with a few other MCU characters looking to start The Dark Avengers, a team I imagine will have Walker front and center.

What do you think about the MCU Dark Avengers being similar to the original  six Avengers?: marvelstudios

So what do you think of John Walker? Do you like his role in the TV show and his fate moving forward?

Simptastic Joe

Loki : A Variant Mess

I have my own theories watching this show. Overall, it was ok. Disney has their work cut out for them