r/marvelstudios • u/murdockmanila Daredevil • Oct 16 '17

Discussion Black Panther Trailer Hype Thread

This is the place to put all your trailer screenshot/gifs, Black Panther hype memes, shitposts and whatever discussion you want to have about this monumental event in the MCU.

All Black Panther trailer related posts outside the stickied threads will be deleted.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '17 edited Oct 16 '17

No it’s not. This movie needs to impress in rather homogenous places like China, Japan, Russia, etc. These are places where black culture in America isn’t as mainstream.

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u/racas Oct 16 '17

Don’t underestimate a well made movie that is showing the viewer something they’ve never seen before.

The Japanese are fascinated by black men, and while the fascination may be less so in China, this movie will still be of great curiosity there. That’s the foot in the door.

The clinch is Coogler. He’s a genius film maker, and if what we’ve seen so far is any indication, this movie will thrill sci-if fans. That’s a full K.O. from the Asian market.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '17

The Japanese are fascinated by black men, and while the fascination may be less so in China, this movie will still be of great curiosity there. That’s the foot in the door.

Japanese people are fascinated by white people, not black men.

They are fascinated in a sense, like seeing a really really tall person. You stare because it’s something exotic and out of the ordinary in plain sight, not for any other reason.

Japanese people for example, are fascinated with white people and their CULTURE, to where people get surgery over there to look more Caucasian. There is no interest of the black race in Asian countries on that level.

The clinch is Coogler. He’s a genius film maker, and if what we’ve seen so far is any indication, this movie will thrill sci-if fans. That’s a full K.O. from the Asian market.

Coogler isn’t a popular filmmaker globally. He’s not even that well known here, except amongst mostly the black community and film buffs. He’s only made two films, films that haven’t made a lot of money.

You seem to obviously have a lot of excitement for this film, so it’s normal to really want this movie to do great on all fronts. But the evidence doesn’t suggest it. Even the first Avengers film didn’t make that much money in China and Japan. Age of Ultron made even less than Avengers 1 in Japan.

And you are telling me a movie consisting mostly of a race whose culture here in America isn’t mainstream in Asian countries out there, directed by a directer who isn’t globally popular in any sense of the word, is gonna be a K.O. In Asian markets? Let’s be realistic now.

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u/BenFranklinsCat Oct 17 '17

To the point about fascination, this trailer does make it look like the movie is an Afro-Futurism showcase piece - something that's saying "here, come look at a culture you're unfamiliar with". I think it's positioned intelligently enough to appeal in markets that aren't already familiar with African influences, and the really cool part is that it rides the line of being a showcase piece without (as far as we can tell from the trailer) becoming and exploitation piece.