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This is what the MCU is going to devolve into...


...once we see Tony Stark and Steve Rogers hanging out with a talking raccoon.




Send her to the snakes!

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What do you mean, "devolve?" There's absolutely nothing wrong with this movie. It's a masterpiece of camp, cult cinema.

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I think it worked out better than expected in Endgame.

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this is better than those films

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This is one of the best "It's Saturday afternoon and I'm lazy" movies of all time. It's just a fun ride with great visuals. Ming is one of my favorite villains and who doesn't love Brian Blessed's Prince Vultan??? Toss in a rockin' Queen soundtrack, sexy Princess Aura, freakin' laser beams and you got a great flick.

Let's not forget my idol Jek Porkins himself William Hootkins with a quick cameo in the beginning.

I would honestly pop this in over any Marvel flick, and I love Marvel movies.

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agreed! i just realized porkins was with zarkov in the beginning. lot's of great actors in this one. aura is super hot. once the football scene happens in the beginning i get hooked.

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The MCU wishes it could be as good as Flash Gordon.

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From a 2016 vantage point, that probably seemed like a bad thing. I'd take it over what the MCU has actually devolved into.

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This.

Now that the MCU has turned into almost CW-tier woke garbage, this movie runs circles all around the MCU films.

Even before MCU devolved into wokeness, this is still an awesome movie that has one of the best theme songs of all time, and some of the coolest action sequences put to film.

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