According to GFR, Chris Pratt is set to star in an adaptation of The Micronauts, a companion toy line to Hasbro’s Transformers. While his specific role is unclear at the moment, it would not be surprising if he was cast as the token human amongst otherworldly beings like Shia LaBeouf, Mark Wahlberg, Hailee Steinfeld, and Anthony Ramos before him.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          1 year ago

          same-picture

          Not like we haven't been cranking out Power Rangers, Pokemon, and Transformers movies for the last twenty years already. But now we're going to do it with even cheaper and less memorable merchandise.

          He-man and Care Bears are back on the menu, boys.

          • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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            1 year ago

            Care Bears

            Let a million 3 hour youtube video essays bloom on why Care Bears is SJW propaganda to make you care about other people!

            • UlyssesT [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              Rest assured that some chuds probably made some edgy grimdark fanfic version of Care Bears that involves Prestige TV(tm) levels of gory torture scenes and sexual violence though.

    • macabrett
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      1 year ago

      They didn't even wait for Barbie. My friend was telling me the latest Transformers movie referenced GI Joe. They're already doing it.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    The Micronauts, a companion toy line to Hasbro’s Transformers

    Sorry. Marvel was too high-brow for you fucking babies. We're lowering the bar a couple of pegs.

  • KFCDoubleDoink [any]
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    1 year ago

    Who tf ever heard of micronauts? Buy the old toys on ebay and save them to flip them I guess. Nevermind they're already expensive.

    • Findom_DeLuise [she/her, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      People who were too old for He-Man, Thundercats, and Transformers, but too young for Thundarr the Barbarian. Right on the cusp of being the right age for Blackstar (the cartoon, not the guitar amplifiers).

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I enjoyed the Barbie movie and I still dread the possibility of some MCU-like decade of follow-up toy movies. debord-tired

  • batsforpeace [any, any]
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    1 year ago

    Marvel Comics started doing reprints of ROM and Micronauts recently in hardcover, must be some kind of bigger new Hasbro rights deal.. btw I always thought that after people get tired of the MCU their next move would be to make X-Men movies for like 5 years straight

    • edge [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      btw I always thought that after people get tired of the MCU their next move would be to make X-Men movies for like 5 years straight

      Deadpool 3 is coming out next year, it will be part of the MCU and will include Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.

      After that it's Fantastic Four in 2025 (potentially starring CIA Jim!), then probably more X-Men. They already had CIA Jim and Patrick Stewart as Mr Fantastic and Professor X cameo in a movie last year.

      So don't worry, it's coming.

      • batsforpeace [any, any]
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        1 year ago

        ah okay, so they're slowly getting there, FF also has potential but I don't know if they can pull it off

    • Kaputnik [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Yeah I was sure it was the last one based on how it wrapped everything up. But then they had a big "Starlord will return" message at the very end which felt very forced and out of place

    • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      And James Gunn is out. What were they planning to do, have him randomly show up in the next Avengers, possibly by himself? What would even be the point?

      Seems like a good time for him to leave the franchise.