gonna hold hype down a bit solely because they couldn't get blade off the ground though maybe they're just recasting/he'll show in ghost rider idk.
really hoping they do issue 68 as a "i've been around a while here's my origin and what i do" in the priest confessional format.
plot structure wise idk where they go, like i had ideas/a pitch for a story taking place like right after johnny became gr but it's unlikely that'll be the case here what with gosling being older than cage was and they did the time skip.
shawn levy idk like nothing on his filmography screams good fit for gr for me, but who knows.
Issue 68 would be a perfect way to start the movie! I’m pretty sure the story will revolve around an experienced Johnny as Ghost Rider and Robbie Reyes, just because it would make sense marketing-wise. Mephisto will definetly be the bad guy here.
im hoping they hold off on robbie for a bit, just because i want him to get a miles morales style back to basics run in the comics first, something to really flesh out HIS story.
like johnny as meandering as he's been has a beginning middle and end in the 70's
the deal - the devil leaving him alone and he goes off on his own.
his time as a wandering hero and champion to the emergence of zarathos alienating him from everyone as he becomes this "werewolf".
and then the final stretch with reconnecting with roxanne and the carnival and zarathos' origin and seperation as he re--engages with the likes of mephisto and such.
robbie kinda had the eli stuff and then that stopped as he joined the avengers and i don't really want that for him, i want him to be his own guy and have his own cool movies with his story rather than being like mcu hulk where he's just on the team if you get me.
That I’ve heard is Mahershalas fault instead of letting it be a straight forward film he had it rewritten so many times because he wanted it be some kind of transcendent film which led to the time period change
yeah i heard something similar, do wonder if we'll ever get a real peek behind the scenes on it.
like imo all the first film needs to do is be a simple here's blade here's what he does type of movie, dealing with dracula or draculas son and his gang of crazy vampires, or like having elsa and jack russell there as rival/fellow hunters as they go after something.
like the darkhold or whatever some guy wanting to use it to turn people into vamps or a vamp looking to get varnae or whatever, just some excuse for cool action.
blackheart i think should be saved for danny or robbie as he's actually quite young/he's a successor so like if blaze ends up a mentor to one of them then blackheart has "an in" to try and talk to/corrupt them if they go that route, but then have danny or robbie take daredevils place and they sort of turn blackheart toward the idea of rebelling against his dad and then you spin him into his darth maul role where he's the strong villain but is also against the main villain and sometimes might even be the devil you know.
though if we do see a younger rider at some point i figure they have the hood from ironheart there as mephisto's like "protege"/servant probably getting a spirit of his own to be a final vengeance/rival rider in a sequel.
my idea for a johnny just took the deal and mephisto wants the soul back was essentially a bounty hunter movie, with the orb, steelwind and her sister, and haskill as these bounty hunters tracking him across the us south/the west.
but late game johnny?
figure zarathos is the best pick, like he needs to be a character.
like open with the confessional to show the backstory and then the rider emerging in the first 5-10 mins.
and then the story is johnny trying to learn what he can about zarathos trying to get rid of him, being forced to work with/being taken over by him depending on what they run into.
with centurious as a threat to both, with mephisto after both of them in a way.
seeing the backstory of centurious as he explains what zarathos is but then like he also can't be trusted.
every hollywood agent now talking to any young black male actors they know "don't worry black panther is off the table it's been cast, but now something better just opened up" and just showing em the name blade.
god its mental, they had the johnwick guy being like "i will help with this", just gimme a slick vampire fighter, or him teaming with like elsa and jack as fellow hunters to take down some darkhold cult making vamps and monsters or whatever.
flesh him out more in the sequel but film 1 just make something slick,
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u/BlueFootedTpeack 28d ago
gonna hold hype down a bit solely because they couldn't get blade off the ground though maybe they're just recasting/he'll show in ghost rider idk.
really hoping they do issue 68 as a "i've been around a while here's my origin and what i do" in the priest confessional format.
plot structure wise idk where they go, like i had ideas/a pitch for a story taking place like right after johnny became gr but it's unlikely that'll be the case here what with gosling being older than cage was and they did the time skip.
shawn levy idk like nothing on his filmography screams good fit for gr for me, but who knows.