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653: Royalty Don't Mess Around

The Incomparable Mothership

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Marvel Comics - Shang Chi

"I went into seeing it expecting to enjoy that, but I did not expect how deep they went with it," he said. "It's almost like the people who complain that ... Klingons are a lot more interesting being more than just over one single samurai monoculture thing." The character of Killmonger has been around since the thirties and is an instigator of the action in this movie. He says Marvel comics have not gone anywhere near as deep at trying to recontextualize the Atlanteans as anything other than pointy ears.

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