so today I got solid confirmation that Pedro Pascal is playing none other than
Maxwell Lord and Wonder Woman 1984 a bit of news I actually got a few
weeks ago and I'm sure you've seen the rumored headlines as well and I found it
really unbelievable quite frankly which is why I haven't reported it until now I
wanted to get concrete confirmation and concrete confirmation is what I now have
so we shall discuss it now why did I find it so unbelievable I bet a number
of you find it unbelievable right now even though I can tell you that it is
indeed the case and that's because first off this is what Pedro Pascal looks like
in the film now I like to say he doesn't look good but he looks absolutely
nothing like Maxwell Lord a character that many of us felt since Tom Cruise
it's been so eager to get into the DC EU I don't know is he but they're you know
everybody's wanted to get a Christopher McQuarrie in there and since they're
apparently a package deal we've been wondering who Tom Cruise could play and
while some people said you know in Green Lantern
I felt he'd make a really good Maxwell Lord and I've seen other people say that
as well Tom Cruise go the villain round I think you know it was a really cool
idea and so I think especially when people have that in mind to say well
instead you're getting this I don't I don't envy Pedro Pascal being in that
position I now also there have been rumors further rumors that it's Pedro
Pascal's character who will be the one to bring back Steve Trevor and I make a
deal with the gods sort of way for Diana right you know one of those deals with a
gun that's too good to resist but you know ends up having some serious I'm
serious fine print and speaking of fine prints I know I can also confirm to you
that Steve Trevor is returning all of the film heaven can wait we're what that
means is that Diana and maybe a few others right
can see Steve Trevor but everyone else sees the formerly dead body his spirit
is currently inhabiting it's very comedic it was used to comedic effect in
heaven can wait right and that might explain the fanny pack too by the way
but this is well is a very clever nod to the 1978 Warren
Beatty film itself a remake by the way ah and that's not a 1980s movie patty
Jenkins but I hope that patty Jenkins you know 1978 but I mean I fits the time
period I guess but I hope that she understands that sometimes clever ol
magis still don't fit with the character and the narrative translation
I don't think fans are gonna appreciate that heaven can wait nod when if it
means that Steve Trevor can't stick around beyond this movie you know he's
on borrowed time right and then he isn't even legit back right I don't I mean I
think that maybe it might be a smart play with some critics and some industry
people right oh there might be like oh well playing I love all the eighties
references but I think fans will be like I don't care about that Warren Beatty
movie give me Steve Trevor especially because he could so easily crawl and
escape out of Hades considering the Greek mythology angle it's not even
necessary side side note by the way I also heard that one of the ideas they
were kicking around for the movie is that Steve Trevor
while he's back would help Diana borrow an experimental jet from the military
aka her invisible plane that was a development idea we'll see if they still
kept it and apparently she also will fly towards the end of the movie although
how she doesn't fly then later and just as leg I don't know we'll see now I felt
the Pedro Pascal was likely playing demos the god Deimos who's the son of
Ares may be looking for revenge after what went down or what went down in the
first film right Deimos also recently showed up in Greg
Rocco's rebirth run with his twin brother Phobos to great effect you know
and you know to pedro pascal's i mean this looks more like a Deimos maybe
twinsie situation quite frankly and Deimos is someone who could totally
bring back Steve Trevor in such a fashion but Maxwell Lord
unless of course Maxwell Lord is Deimos masquerading as a human I can honestly
see that you know to reach you know quite frankly that makes sense to me in
a Hollywood executive creative kind of way right and also someone who's a non
comic book person because a comic book person would say how can you have
Maxwell Lord without mind-control powers and my confirmation includes that that
is the case you will not have the power set in the movie not wearing a black
turtleneck I added that one but I think every comic book fan would agree with me
and not having Wonder Woman snap his neck as she did so famously in the
comics before the DC EU Supes even laid eyes on Zod I'm still annoyed they took
that important character a moment away from her and I've talked about it at
length right but they did you can't you can't change the past and the moat and
the fact is is that most people particularly mainstream audiences
associate the neck snapping with Superman it's just there's no good
there's no take-backs ease and so you kind of every member of the DC EU
Trinity going around snapping necks but that's not to say you can't still can't
have the Maxwell Lord Wonder Woman dynamic from the comic and
I realize that Marvel Netflix already did a mind-control villain - male
villain versus a female hero brilliantly but that doesn't mean you can just rip
apart these characters in their legacy to fit you know your own your own ideas
right looking at you patty Jenkins I feel these are unnecessary hurdles for
Wonder Woman 1984 like why do this to yourself why you know put this division
with comic book fans right but mainly the movie has other elements that are so
awesome I've liked some I've liked some of the
stuff I've seen quite a bit maybe it can overcome this but again why have to
overcome anything I mean I don't know why this just can't be Deimos why put
Maxwell Lord in there it's like I'm sure that they were like oh the comic book
fans will love it and I'm like did you ask a comic book fan if they would love
it because that's not Maxwell Lord I mean I'll put an asterisk maybe Pedro
Pascal I mean I love the actor I think he's fabulous best thing in my opinion
in Kingsman - I know I know the movie wasn't for everyone but I think he's
incredibly talented maybe he can change our minds but again why give him that
hurdle why can't he just be an amazing Deimos right so I know a lot of you say
and Patty Jenkins I trust you know just like we used to people used to say about
Christopher Nolan although how'd that work out right so I'm curious
particularly to those people what you think of these changes for Maxwell Lord
and also Steve Trevor especially since for those of you who are so supportive
of patty Jenkins when I was is that she fired everybody off the
first movie who wasn't totally in lockstep with her and you know I can
understand having a lot of you know faith in your own vision right but I
think when something turns out so well why break up the dream team right you
mean you might be like well we had some fights on set but apparently it worked
out great so let's continue to to have spirited discussions right I mean she's
still a director of the movie she still would have final say especially after
all the fans the fans that back her after Wonder Woman right interesting
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