How I Would Write Incredibles 3
One of the movies announced at D23 this year was an Incredibles threequel, which I think is a fine idea. The original The Incredibles from 2004 is a masterpiece of both animation and superhero storytelling. It’s the best Fantastic Four movie ever made, and it’s one of the best superhero movies ever made. It’s great. The Incredibles 2 came out in 2018 and it’s good, but it’s not the original. The sequel felt like everybody got together 14 years later and decided to make another Incredibles movie, so they did. It’s really just another entry in the series.
So the threequel should be something of the same. I wouldn’t be trying to recreate the glory days of Pixar, I’d just be trying to make another Incredibles movie with a good story and solid, relatable themes.
Apologies in advance, I’m probably going to write this thing like a stream of consciousness and just ramble my ideas onto this post. Or maybe I’ll clean it up later and it’ll be nicely presented. But I’ll mostly just riff. I’ve got ideas and I want to get them down on digital paper!
So join me after the jump for how I would write and plot The Incredibles 3. And feel free to share your own ideas in the comments below.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 8/17/24
This is quite the week for comics! Some new weirdness, some ongoing X-Men awesomeness, and the end of Rainbow Rowell’s She-Hulk. There were even more comics, but I settled on these couple.
Comic Book of the Week goes to X-Factor #1 for an excellent, if repetitive, start.
Meanwhile, it’s the last week to pledge for the new issue of The Cloak Room on Kickstarter, so it would be awesome if you readers would support that series. I had a short story featured in the first issue! Beyond that, I got caught up on The Boys, and it was a fun season. Beyond that, I’m kind of just waiting for Star Wars: Outlaws to drop before I have anything really exciting going on in my pop culture life.
Comic Reviews: Biker Mice From Mars #1, Sensational She-Hulk #10, X-Factor #1 and X-Men #2.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is coming to Amazon Prime at the end of the month, and now we’ve got a third trailer. They’ve cut together a bunch of these things, and the show looks damn good.
I really enjoyed the first season and I’m looking forward to this second one. The CGI looks amazing, the battles look intense, it’s a whole thing and I’m here for it. I’m even enjoying the story, and especially the characters. So I’m all in favor of this show and can’t wait to watch!
The Rings of Power returns for a second season on Aug. 29.
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When a New Kraven Trailer Comes Around
At random this morning, we got a new trailer for the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie, and it’s something special. Never have you heard Johnny Cash like this before. Brace yourself.
They’re really leaning into the new R rating they have received, pushing the violence in the hopes that it makes for a fun movie. Will it work? I don’t know. I still don’t know if I’m going to see this one in theaters. I never saw Madame Webb, and I’m pretty sure I only watched Morbius in theaters because I was doing movie reviews at the time for work. But Kraven the Hunter? This Kraven the Hunter? Fighting a CGI Rhino? Dude, I just don’t know…I mean, I have zero faith in this universe and wish they’d just stop. But at least they’re putting the movie out instead of voiding it completely for the tax write off…
Kraven the Hunter comes to theaters on Dec. 13.
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Let’s Enjoy Some D23 Trailers!
D23 was this past weekend, which is a big Disney convention where they show off all sorts of stuff they’re working on. The news sounds pretty good! And we got a ton of trailers officially released, along with a ton of trailers I had to watch bootleg copies of online. That still works, to a degree, but hopefully we get the full trailers soon.
So let’s just run down what we’ve got
First up is Moana 2. I read online that this started as a TV show and then transitioned into a movie. Could be. It won’t have the Lin Manuel Miranda music, which is a shame. But the animation looks sharp, and the cast is back. Here’s hoping it’s a fun adventure.
Moana 2 comes to theaters on Nov. 27.
Second up is the first trailer for the live action Snow White.
I will say two things: this looks good, but these live action movies tend to stink. So I’m honestly fairly convinced it’s going to be bad. But it’s still a big release, and I’m sure Disney is hoping for the best, so I wanted to share.
Snow White will come to theaters next year, on March 21.
Third up is a new trailer for the live action Mufasa movie, the Lion King prequel.
I think this is a dumb idea and the trailer looks dumb. I did not enjoy the live action Lion King movie, and I definitely don’t need a prequel. I especially don’t need a prequel with some weird lore. So Mufasa wasn’t actually in the royal lineage? He was an orphan adopted by Scar’s family? I’m not a fan of it.
I’m also not a fan of the tropey story where two future enemies start out as best friends. We’re going to see the exact same story in Transformers One. So…weird.
Mufasa comes to theaters on Dec. 20.
Now we turn to Marvel, with a new trailer for Agatha All Along!
Look, I’m an unapologetic MCU apologist. I’ve enjoyed all of their TV shows, with the sole exception of Secret Invasion. I even enjoyed Echo. So it’s entirely likely that I’ll enjoy Agatha All Along. I’m definitely going to watch and hope for the best!
Agatha All Along comes to Disney+ on Sept. 18 and will mostly release weekly, right into Halloween season.
Speaking of Marvel, I saw bootleg trailers for Daredevil: Born Again, Ironheart and a new trailer for Captain America: Brave New World. They all looked great! I can’t wait to watch the trailers for real. I’m looking forward to all three projects.
Lastly we have the trailer for the next Star Wars show, Skeleton Crew.
This one is really interesting. A bunch of kids on an adventure, set in Star Wars. It’s the Goonies, it’s Stand By Me; a fascinating idea. It looks great, full of Star Wars stuff, so I’ll definitely watch — though I haven’t been particularly thrilled with most of the Star Wars shows. So we’ll see.
Skeleton Crew comes to Disney+ on Dec. 3.
Meanwhile, I saw bootleg trailers for the Mandalorian and Grogu movie, which didn’t show too much. And the second season of Andor, which looked great. So I’m definitely excited for those. Lots of good things coming out in the year ahead. Can’t wait!
And I can’t wait to share those other trailers when they’re released for real.
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