Eternals set the standard for how speedsters should be shown in superhero movies
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Crimkam2025-10-25 16:15
This fight and the visuals of the Celestials made it worth the cost of the ticket to see it in theaters imo
assasstits2025-10-25 16:19
Too bad the colors are so grey
This should have been such a bright and colorful movie
BrianWonderful2025-10-25 16:29
I think this is the biggest issue with the movie. It was so dark from a color grading perspective, and that affects viewers psychologically.
Historical_Leave_1382025-10-25 16:31
yeah that's the only thing that drew me. it was still ass
Crimkam2025-10-25 16:50
It’s tiring these days, if a movie isn’t mind blowing people instantly feel entitled to shit all over it forever. The movie was fine.
pkplaya6262025-10-25 16:51
Nah it was ass and that's ok
Historical_Leave_1382025-10-25 16:51
bruh stop it. the movie was ass
Historical_Leave_1382025-10-25 17:02
holy downvotes Batman.
sensitive ass fans lmao
TheeRuckus2025-10-25 16:55
I don’t think it was total ass but it was a giant letdown and it was pretty boring. I want more of marvel’s b-list and c-list characters to get shine, but eternals disappointed me more than even the new mutants( though it is better than the new mutants)
_________FU_________2025-10-25 16:33
That end scene where they went full IMAX on Arashem was so dope.
Dasseem2025-10-25 19:02
First time that i actually felt watching an all powerful being in one of these movies.
_________FU_________2025-10-25 20:08
Top 5 scenes in hero movies
Ren_Davis05312025-10-26 01:01
I felt that more from Arishem than Galactus. Fantastic Four was the much superior movie, but Eternals did a better job at creating existential dread.
xdeath132025-10-26 05:15
That made me think of the possibilities of Galactus. They did a good job when he was in his ship with the F4 looking for him but got muted when he came to Earth. Although I’m assuming he underestimated the F4 and would come back again to be a bigger threat than ever.
lpeabody2025-10-25 20:19
One of the reasons I was so pissed about the film being poorly received was not getting to see more celestial action like that.
alenpetak112025-10-25 21:26
I got massive goosebumps.
RomanArcheaopteryx2025-10-25 16:52
I enjoyed watching Eternals but man was it was so frustrating how the most interesting characters (Makkari, Druig, Thena) got sidelined as the most boring characters (Ikaris, Sersi, Sprite) got all the attention.
Regular_Law_52662025-10-25 16:55
I hated sprite so much
shatnersbassoon1232025-10-25 17:08
For me it was Gemma Chan. She sucked all the charisma out of the room and sighed it down the road
relikter2025-10-25 17:18
And they killed off Gilgamesh, who I was having so much fun watching. I don't want Eternals 2, I want a prequel: The Adventures of Gilgamesh and Thena, ft. Kingo.
mshelbz2025-10-25 17:23
Agreed. Gilgamesh was the most fun character out of them all (Kingo is a close 2nd) and they just killed him off to be the “sacrifice” to the team.
Should have been Sprite
PlayerPlayer692025-10-25 17:57
Even though Ikarus was clearly the poster child and face of the eternals, the way Gilgamesh operated made him feel/look like the actual leader of the group.
The stoic and warm light-hearted father figure that gets shit done. Straight to the point.
Man just wanted to be with his lady, feed his family for eternity, and be the marvel one-punch man. Dude was him.
natayaway2025-10-25 18:30
Should have been Sprite for the sole purpose of them not needing to deage Lia McHugh/constantly recast her for a younger actress for future appearances. That’s her character, she doesn’t age up.
TrickshotzReddit2025-10-25 18:42
In their defense, however, they made it so that she isn’t an Eternal anymore, so she actually will age up now.
natayaway2025-10-25 18:55
Meta/multiverse and other Sprite clones manufactured from the World Forge would require deaging. Or a recast.
TrickshotzReddit2025-10-25 18:56
Metaverse? Are we in the timeline where the Zuck runs the MCU? 😂
CrossClairvoyance2025-10-25 18:47
She became a human at the end of the movie.
natayaway2025-10-25 18:52
Yeah I know, but if the MCU ever needed a new Sprite clone from the World Forge, for ANY reason, it’s gonna require deaging/recasts.
trustifarian2025-10-25 17:34
Shit, I think I could go for a Kingo Cinematic Universe through all of the movies he made, as long as his valet Karun Patel is along for the ride
GigsGilgamesh2025-10-25 17:37
Maybe instead, the Epic of Gilgamesh? Quite a fan of that name
relikter2025-10-25 19:07
That's his solo movie to complete the trilogy. Each movie focuses on fewer characters until we're just watching 100 straight minutes of Gilgamesh monologues.
iamlatetothisbut2025-10-25 17:59
I want justice for Gilgamesh’s pie. It was fresh. It was perfect. It did not deserve such violence.
Marlowe1262025-10-25 19:22
Kingo has been mentioned a few times, but I would love to see more cameos like characters watching his movie in the background or him giving an interview or something. I hope he shows up in Wonder Man!
MonstrousGiggling2025-10-25 18:15
Dude Angelina as Athena was so fuckin cool too. I
OrdinaryLavishness112025-10-25 23:03
“Thena. Drop the A.”
DJfunkyPuddle2025-10-25 17:04
Man, they *nailed* the visuals with Arishem.
Crimkam2025-10-25 17:08
one of the best uses of an IMAX screen i've ever paid for.
hoorah90112025-10-25 17:09
One of the best naps I’ve ever taken in a theater
thedean2462025-10-25 17:18
Yeah, I genuinely enjoyed the movie.
Erwin_Pommel2025-10-25 17:37
You would think the film actually being good would make it worth it, not isolated moments you can pick out on YouTube later.
Crimkam2025-10-25 17:50
Youtube is not at all the same as the spectacle of seeing Arishem's face extending far beyond the frame of a massive IMAX screen. This is what I meant, vs waiting to watch it on Disney+ which is also just not the same, even on a big TV.
I like the movie, too.
nostromohomo2025-10-25 18:15
Hard agree!
DefiantOil51762025-10-25 22:42
I fully agree with this. I know a lot of people didn’t like the movie plot-wise (I personally was a big fan), but it’s hard to dispute how visually stunning the movie was.
WhiteDiamondX2025-10-25 23:30
Underrated masterpiece
infinityATX2025-10-25 16:15
Well, it’s cool, but I have to say that I prefer Quicksilver’s scenes in the X-Men movies.
JaesopPop2025-10-25 16:17
Those are great for one off big spectacle scenes, but not really viable for every time the power is used
Detective-Crashmore-2025-10-25 16:49
It also takes a lot of the suspense and drama out of the moment. Both of the quicksilver scenes were essentially slapstick comedy because when everything is standing still there's basically no stakes.
farva_062025-10-25 17:51
Gave us a nice little music montage with cool visuals though.
EnigmaFrug08172025-10-25 16:19
We can have both.
LongOdd15962025-10-25 16:24
VacantThoughts2025-10-25 16:20
Based on the speed at which everything slows down in Quicksilver's scenes he is just way faster than Makkari, she is fast but has to be constantly moving to keep Ikaris on his toes and it still isn't enough.
Quicksilver is so fast he even perceives time at a different rate than anyone else.
MasterTolkien2025-10-25 17:09
Makk is on his level for general speed use, as we see her rapidly crossing the entire globe at one point. And remember that Ikaris has low level super speed as well. So she looks this fast against someone who is super fast.
But Quicksilver in the mansion explosion is faster than anything we have seen her do so far. Just insanely fast and controlled.
mukisan2025-10-25 16:26
Different styles. X-Men showed it in slow motion to match his movement speed, while Eternals showed it in real time. We can have both
AnonymousFriend802025-10-25 16:30
I prefer the visceral feel of what happens when someone moves that fast over the PoV of the world standing still. That said, you can have both in the same work.
CTizzle-2025-10-25 16:48
One of my favorite examples of this in other media is the [intro to the video game Dishonored 2](https://youtu.be/vKPkcOUmTAQ?si=3ypRrrTVdQJ82hJN?t=5m26s). In the first game, the player character has a power to stop time and move around, and in the second game we can see what it looks like from a different perspective.
Additional_Ice_3582025-10-25 17:12
Slomo should be left in the early 2000s when the CGI couldn't do the speedsters justice. The scenes were fun but it gets old imo.
BarnOscarsson2025-10-25 17:48
Slomo should be left in the 2130s at Peach Trees in Mega City One.
Th3Alch3m1st2025-10-25 16:16
Nah, X-Men was peak speedster.
Riley__642025-10-25 16:29
The quicksilver scenes are cool but they only work for when the speedster is the main focus and they’re not in a fight.
Can’t exactly showcase a cool fight scene when the entire scene has to basically come to a pause to showcase the speedster doing anything.
Exotic-Macaroon-20342025-10-25 17:14
The Steve Carell squirrel from Over The Hedge basically already did that same exact scene first, though: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXr7J7Ss8lA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXr7J7Ss8lA)
dbkenny4262025-10-25 16:16
God, I love this movie!
Kyle_Shadowflare2025-10-25 16:18
How about no standard and just let creativity rule.
Dycoth2025-10-25 16:19
Just not DC creativity please
Nightwingx972025-10-25 16:23
Imagine saying this after the run James Gunn is on
BatmanForever232025-10-25 16:25
Tribal mentality.
Dycoth2025-10-25 16:29
I'm just waiting for them to deliver a proper speedster. They've been quite unable to, as of now.
BatmanForever232025-10-25 16:35
The Flash TV show went hard, and dissing all of DC is pathetic tribal mindset. It's not a competition.
ashl0w2025-10-25 16:47
"Went hard" is the biggest overstatement of the century. Even with good CGI it'd still be just him half of the time slugshly, half of the time comically running around while the world moves way slower than it should be moving.
Accept the truth, DC fumbled.
ArchTheOrc2025-10-25 16:49
Someone can express that they dislike something without you insulting their entire thought process.
ArchTheOrc2025-10-25 16:48
You don't need to make comments like this. OP never said "I don't like it being done any other way". A standard is something that can always be improved upon, experimented with, or deviated from. Not every conversation about media has to be a debate.
badaimbadjokes2025-10-25 16:19
You just made me want to rewatch that movie.
AirForce-972025-10-25 16:27
Just rewatch her two scenes on youtube
VallyMeowy2025-10-25 16:28
Her barely being in that movie was the biggest crime they made
Ok-disaster20222025-10-25 16:45
The entire movie focused on the wrong characters. Like literally every other Eternal was more interesting that the two leads who just sort of did nothing.
Like I'd love to watch a dude with superpowers just try to live a normal life with kids and a husband, or Thena and Gilgamesh trying to handle her health decline, or the guy make a cult or the other guy become a Bollywood star.
ChemicalExperiment2025-10-25 17:23
They made the other characters interesting by giving them interesting roles and character traits. They made Sersi "interesting" by just making her the main character and giving her things to do.
Beanmaster1152025-10-25 19:22
I rewatched it a few weeks ago after not having seen it since it released, and honestly? Solid 2.5-3 star film! It would have been much better as a series, but the characters are compelling, the action is spectacular, and the visuals are epic. The more recent movies and shows definitely make me appreciate Eternals more.
buefordwilson2025-10-25 16:20
The sonic boom shock waves were a tremendous addition to the rest of the movements and changes of speed. I loved it.
DarkDonut752025-10-25 17:28
If Quicksilver isn't going to be resurrected, and if the Eternals aren't coming back, I hope they incorporate all these ideas into Tommy
buefordwilson2025-10-25 17:39
Good call. That would be cool.
Ralph--Hinkley2025-10-25 19:51
Totally forgot Tommy is a speedster, good call.
Chulinfather2025-10-25 23:16
Not only that but his superhero name is the most original amongst speedsters: *Speed*
Ren_Davis05312025-10-26 00:59
I know someone from Sky High who would be a big fan of Tommy’s creativity 😂
Thurlut2025-10-26 02:22
Fucking hell, didn't expect a reference to this movie, I loved it as a kid but I don't know if i should rematch it and potentially ruin it
DavidZ28442025-10-26 02:36
Nah it’s still one of the GOAT superhero movies, definitely “rematch” it whenever you get a chance
Thurlut2025-10-26 02:38
Thanks for the tip, guess I know what I'm watching tomorrow night
And fuck you (in a friendly way ofc) for pointing my error, I can't unsee it and forget it but I can't correct it either and pretend like nothing happened, I'll live with this shame of a typo my whole life
Ren_Davis05312025-10-26 02:41
It’s such a fun movie. It’s one of those films where you would think it’s going to be such cheap direct to DVD Disney slop but you really enjoyed it as a kid that ends up holding up quite well enough to be a thoroughly entertaining movie.
Haven’t rewatched it in years, but the last time I did I was surprised by how much I still liked it. Definitely “rematch” it when you get the chance.
Chulinfather2025-10-26 02:53
Just rematch it, man. It's a goated movie.
Rajang822025-10-26 03:46
Still better than The Whizzer.
WhiteDiamondX2025-10-25 23:29
So true
Edboy7962025-10-25 18:12
I didn't notice that made him smack against the rock. If I did before it was long forgotten, since I've only seen this once. But yeah, this is a good example of speedster in battle and not excessively relying on slow motion because that's been done to death
FleetStreetsDarkHole2025-10-26 00:58
Honestly I hate the way combat is slowed in any fight. If I'm watching experts fight I shouldn't feel like I can do what they can do. A little slow mo here and there for dramatic effect? Sure. Slowing the fight a little so I can see the lead up to a big blow? I can do that.
But if I feel like I can track what happens in the whole fight from beginning to end then it doesn't feel like an impressive fight. Merely a performance.
PastaDoll2025-10-25 22:07
for real, the sonic boom just added this insane layer to everything happening
Nightwingx972025-10-25 16:22
Every 3 months this same video and same title pop up in this sub lol
twec212025-10-25 16:23
Eternals enjoyers 🤝 XMen Quicksilver enjoyers
😠
DCU Flash's slow motion wobbly arm run
Legonistrasz2025-10-25 16:28
The CW Flash had horrific cgi but at least their Barry didnt run like someone who had never run before.
Middle_Cranberry_5492025-10-25 16:37
Or break into people's hotel rooms....
JayMerlyn2025-10-25 18:37
Or fight people in stores...
StanyeEast2025-10-25 19:45
Or kidnap people...
ad_maru2025-10-25 17:05
At least until the actors stopped running on treadmills
_b1ack0ut2025-10-25 17:05
Well, at first at least lol
The running effects definitely degraded as the show went on, and some of the later show running scenes look downright goofy
TheGeek1002025-10-25 17:59
Honestly the show itself degraded as it went on
mani96122025-10-25 18:26
Ahh yes, the classic CW superhero show degradation, a tale as old as time
lightmiss2025-10-25 19:13
Superman and Lois is goated though
StanyeEast2025-10-25 19:46
I'm also counting Vampire Diaries and Supernatural as exceptions to this lol
Varyline2025-10-25 17:11
He was also oozing of charm
karateema2025-10-25 18:44
I love how even the kid playing young Barry in the movie didn't know how to run
Zaveno2025-10-25 19:55
I'm willing to forgive the CW Flash CGI, they were working with a much tighter budget
Chulinfather2025-10-25 23:19
Every time I see Miller’s Flash running , not only I suffer, but it reminds me of Frozone. Y’know, how he throws ice in the ground in front of him and just slides? Ezra does the same shit as the Flash. And it makes no sense.
thesagaconts2025-10-25 16:30
That was embarrassing. It looked like he was ice skating. What were they thinking?
MrCasual472025-10-25 16:37
That’s the point …?
Key-Assumption51892025-10-25 16:48
Well that’s a stupid point
Informal-Ad22772025-10-25 16:38
They were trying to do some variation on a martial artist or something. Still stupid.
piggybits2025-10-25 17:38
Ice skating. The idea they were going for was that he was going so fast he was skating across surfaces
Rhondmc42025-10-25 16:42
Shadow the Hedgehog does it much better
nessfalco2025-10-25 17:02
The skating thing was a purposeful decision, so at least they achieved that. I didn't like the choice, either, but they wanted the effect to be that he was basically speed skating.
robodrew2025-10-25 17:02
I think that's exactly what they were thinking. His outfit even looks like a speed skater uniform, down to the shape of the helmet.
234234234234512025-10-25 16:41
I liked the DCU run. It's how I imagine running underwater if I was weighed down enough for traction and strong enough to push through it.
PaulClarkLoadletter2025-10-25 17:01
The rock scene in Justice League was pretty dope. You know. The one Whedon cut.
jwbrkr742025-10-25 17:03
The worst thing I have ever witnessed on tv.
ChemicalExperiment2025-10-25 17:20
Days of Future Past showed how you could represent speed by slowing everything else down. Eternals decided to show speed by *actually being fast on screen*. Both are spectacular but I will always prefer Eternals' version for showing speed with speed.
ThatIowanGuy2025-10-25 18:07
They both stand as peak to me, just different. “Time in a bottle” scene from Days of Future Past is one of my favorite hero scenes of all time, but I think how Makari was depicted overall feels better.
Righteous_Bread2025-10-25 18:43
Days of Future Past gave us a good first-person perspective, while Eternals gave us a good third-person perspective, essentially
SufficientBug59402025-10-25 17:57
It's so corny the Flash movie even had a gag about it.
Shifter252025-10-25 18:32
What I remember finding annoying about Justice League Flash (I only watched the Whedon cut) was how *every* scene he had was undercut. Every time he did something good, not even cool, just every time he actually had a positive effect on the world, he either immediately trips or they immediately show Superman doing something even more impressive at the same speed.
goldkomodo2025-10-25 23:36
🤝 Dash from the Incredibles
Tessorio2025-10-25 16:25
Weaponized Sonicbooms!
anrwlias2025-10-25 16:25
I'm always impressed when a movie tries to show what superspeed looks like in real time. You can do some really cool stuff with slow mo (as with the X-Men sequence with quicksilver), but nothing sells speed like seeing actual speed.
I'd also give an honorable mention to the quick step moments in Man of Steel for the same reason.
No-Operation-65542025-10-25 16:26
Aside from a small scene in Avengers 2
I think Marvel has been consistent on having little to no slowmo for their speedster which I like rn, at this point the everything else is slow trope is getting boring
mikeonbass2025-10-25 16:53
Quicksilver decking Captain America in the chops was very cool.
ThatIowanGuy2025-10-25 18:08
It was like the coolest thing he did and not really anything else lol
TravEllerZero2025-10-25 18:48
What about the moment where he became a holy man?
ThatIowanGuy2025-10-25 18:51
With that much ventilation he must have been feeling pretty cool
Ralph--Hinkley2025-10-25 20:09
Bet you didn't see that coming.
obliviious2025-10-25 17:31
X-Men days of future past blew everyone away at the time. The same cannot be said for the rest.
hiimred22025-10-25 17:45
I think they leaned into the absurdist presentation of the ‘im so fast everything else is standing still’ perfectly, and also it works great with their version of Quicksilver and his personality. It’s something that can easily be made to look really stupid and unnecessarily silly if not done right though.
obliviious2025-10-25 18:13
I totally agree and the execution was near flawless. It's also that they had fun with it, rather than just making it speedy guy punch fast.
aretoodeto2025-10-25 17:49
And the slow-mo was necessary to see Pietro get got by Mjolnir
ICPosse82025-10-25 16:27
This is just some Reddit comment turned into a post, goddamn this site sucks.
Lost-Address362025-10-25 16:30
It keeps coming back too
squaredspekz2025-10-25 16:28
God this gif looks so weird interpolated.
FredPopTheProphet2025-10-25 16:28
Say what you will about Eternals but it gave me exactly what I wanted from a Flash vs Superman fight.
lemonylol2025-10-25 17:26
The entire thing was essentially a Justice League fight. Thena is more or less Wonder Woman.
TheNinJay2025-10-25 19:10
I really dig the Eternals. There are dozens of us around the world! I recently ranked all the MCU movies and put Eternals at #13 (out of 37).
Ralph--Hinkley2025-10-25 20:12
Are there really 37? Jesus.
SamIAre2025-10-25 20:37
I really enjoyed the Eternals and am bummed that a follow-up is probably never going to happen. Not that the post credits teaser was particularly enticing specifically…but _something_ would have been nice.
PaymentTurbulent1932025-10-25 16:29
Still the coolest I've ever seen a speedster be on film.
Silent_Anxiety48282025-10-25 16:29
Making them dull and have no substance?
kelly_the_human2025-10-25 16:29
One of my favorite versions.
Hash-Edit2025-10-25 16:30
speedsters should be shown speedy. not slow like flash. the whole concept of showing the world from their eyes is just so overused that it feels boring. yeah yeah we get it they see everything in slow motion move on.
ProjectNo40902025-10-25 17:04
They dont see in slow motion. They are moving so fast that everything around them appears to be standing still.
Lucio-Player2025-10-25 17:08
It’s both
SwordfishII2025-10-25 17:08
I always think of this video when those scenes come up.
https://youtu.be/xQ9C-pao0lw?si=BvUnLKpPIZbCHHVH
Doneuter2025-10-25 17:29
Not gonna lie SolidJJ's videos are one of the things I look forward to every Saturday.
TestingBrokenGadgets2025-10-25 18:02
The problem is that as the tv Flash proved, when you have a speedster as the main character, you have to show from their perspective.
Yea, Age of Ultron and Eternals are great but in those, the speedster is barely a supporting character, someone in the background while the main characters do the heavy lifting. Doing a full two hour movie with a speedster would get tiresome REAL fast if everything is just a series of overly CGI speedramps. It's why the comics where a speedster is the lead, it shows the world from their perspective in slow motion because otherwise it'd be over in two pages. It's the same reason why Speedsters will run into a battle the stop to talk because unless they're against another speedster, it'd be "they run into a bank heist, stop everyone in the blink of an eye, continue on".
Speedsters are fun to watch in these clips but so much of their power doesn't translate to adaptations as a lead.
Heavensrun2025-10-25 16:32
Meanwhile the actual Flash movie is all lightning blasts and slow-mo sequences running in circles around a weird metaphysical time gallery.
ihatetrainslol2025-10-25 16:33
Pretty sure DC did this scene first.
Sanguinary_priest2025-10-25 16:35
My favorite is Faora in Man of Steel.
MegaDuckCougarBoy2025-10-25 17:29
I have mixed feelings about the Snyder stuff, but that bit where she fuckin pops a pilot like a balloon is amazing
brycedriesenga2025-10-25 20:26
I do think this short Flash scene was pretty cool
https://youtu.be/9ByGDBvTFn0
Weird_Ad_13982025-10-25 18:05
Yeah, Faora's was much better IMO and it came out 8 years earlier. Makkari's is decent, but it's a bit too floaty and her body disappears into those lines of light whereas Faora seemed weightier and her body stayed visible throughout so it looked like someone moving really fast rather than someone dissolving into streams of light.
Klangaxx2025-10-25 19:15
Favourite Superman movie, and favourite part of that scene. Reminded me of Jet Li in The One, but so badass
Cooper_Sharpy2025-10-25 20:20
A good death is it’s own reward
AmbushIntheDark2025-10-26 00:10
For aaaall the shit Man of Steel does wrong, they nailed her super speed.
ethanhunt5552025-10-25 16:35
This deserved more love.
Coming to speedsters, Flash in ZSJL was pretty good imo. The third act was fantastic. Even his entry sequence where he breaks the glass with his finger piercing it was so cool.
And of course, Fox's Quicksilver in X-Men Apocalypse, with Sweet Dreams palying in the background, was GOATED
hercarmstrong2025-10-25 16:36
This scene was not good. I don't know why people think it was good.
Cold-Dot-73082025-10-25 16:38
The visuals of that movie are still kind of unmatched (save for Avengers 3&4)
Cold-Dot-73082025-10-25 16:38
The visuals of that movie are still kind of unmatched (save for Avengers 3&4)
Guzod2025-10-25 16:40
I think it was Zach Snyder. Sorry not sorry
Rhondmc42025-10-25 16:41
Yeah. I enjoyed Eternals
Quasimodo272025-10-25 16:42
I agree. Slow motion has been overused with speedsters lately. I want to see them zipping around like this. The Kryptonians in Man of Steel had great super speed effects
Ok-disaster20222025-10-25 16:42
Speedsters are some of my favorite class of superpowers but they're always difficult for writers. Somehow the only way to provide a foil is for them to just not go fast enough, which undermines the whole speedster element. And too often they're limited by something they should essentially be immune to. From Quicksilver getting shot to the Flash also getting shot in the DCU justice league.
Wait really? If I had a nickle for everytime a speedster was shot in ensemble movie involving speedsters I'd have 2 nickles.
But you see this in X-Men days of future past when they just leave the speedster behind when confronting the final villain.
MrCasual472025-10-25 16:42
For everyone saying quicksilver was better. It was more creative but that gets old quick. Imo OP is right that this has set a new standard for how speedsters should naturally look on screen. The way quicksilver moved was unique for his little sequence of saving people but by the time it got to dark phoenix they lost the magic and creativity of those sequences.
Whereas if they brought back makkari to do her sequences the same way they’d never get old because this is just her natural way of running on screen
_IratePirate_2025-10-25 16:43
Makkari is my favorite Speedster of all time because of this movie alone
Yea slow mo is cool but we’ve seen that a million times
This is like some Mortal Kombat / Injustice finisher type shit and it’s so cool visually
FireWokWithMe882025-10-25 16:45
X-Men:Apocalypse and Quicksilver would beg to differ.
clutzyninja2025-10-25 16:46
Too bad it didn't follow any standards for how a movie should be shown in a movie
mayhem62025-10-25 16:48
All that speed and yet didn’t think to just throw some sand in his eyes. They’re on the beach.
ZeroDarkPurdy142025-10-25 16:50
CGI looks terrible. No wonder this movie flopped
DemonKingSwarnn2025-10-25 16:51
this movie rarely gets love, good to see someone appreciating it ❤️
i enjoyed this movie afterall
JohnAtticus2025-10-25 16:51
Have to disagree here.
Both characters look cartoonish, also the physics on Ikaris when he gets hit aren't very good.
This isn't a particularly good example of MCU CGI.
Which historically means the underpaid and overworked animators didn't have enough time to do it properly because of last-minute changes from the top.
_________FU_________2025-10-25 16:51
This is a top 6 MCU movie for me
ianmarvin2025-10-25 16:54
The action was never the problem with that movie.
mynewaccount52025-10-25 16:55
Looks like a video game and heavily CGIed.
CareerZestyclose58582025-10-25 16:56
No slow mo is so much better. Still feel like DC speedsters, if written right are much faster and harder to translate like this
G1BB3R1SH2025-10-25 16:56
Mom said its my turn to repost this clip
An1m0usse2025-10-25 16:57
Are you just going to ignore quicksilver
Due_Sheepherder_85362025-10-25 16:58
This was great but I loved how speed was shown with quicksilver in X-men
TsunamiDayne2025-10-25 16:58
i fucking hate every time a speedster is just someone that slow times around them (I'M LOOKING AT YOU FLASH/MERCURY)
To be FAST
they need to BE FAST
FFS
Ansee2025-10-25 17:00
I still think The Eternals should've been a tv series. So they can give us more story and let us get to know the characters better.
Jrxtreme_12025-10-25 17:05
The biggest issue speedster seem to have are their writers and budget
BenjaminAPete22025-10-25 17:07
That scene was so cool!
KlausLoganWard2025-10-25 17:11
I absolutely loved this movie, and yeah, Makkari vs Ikaris is a top notch
FH-74972025-10-25 17:12
Makari was my fav for sure
SaltyInternetPirate2025-10-25 17:19
I should rewatch this movie. It wasn't bad, per se, but it felt uninspired.
Rayyan__212025-10-25 17:19
again why did this movie bomb or underperform? (was it cause of the sex scene or what?)
i liked this film ngl, i didnt fall asleep atleast, thats a positive
i loved Druig-Makkari's chemistry and the visuals, god they are so frickin cool
Chloe Zhao cooked
DaNoahLP2025-10-25 17:23
X-Men Days of Future Past set the standard
DEVILuKN0W2025-10-25 17:23
I like how Sentry moved in Thunderbolts
lemonylol2025-10-25 17:25
So you're just reposting [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Marvel/comments/1lv20qj/the_fight_scenes_in_eternals_was_truly_amazing/) with the top comment as the title?
DataSurging2025-10-25 17:25
It makes me mad every time because multiple GAZILLIONS of times we have seen any iteration of The Flash, he is barely utilizing his power like this. Marvel got it right once and got too scared of the implication! lol
Crimson_Cyclone2025-10-25 17:26
i agree but people post this every other week on this sub and it’s gotten old
Doneuter2025-10-25 17:27
Mikari and the scope of the Celestials were the best parts of this movie and it's not even close.
obliviious2025-10-25 17:29
No that was X-Men days of future past
Original-Speaker-6822025-10-25 17:30
That's the worst way.
Makes no sense for power scaling.
Ordinary-Chain-80472025-10-25 17:30
I might finally watch the movie just cuz this looks cool
The_Orgin2025-10-25 17:31
I prefer Ralph Bohner
atomicq322025-10-25 17:31
It's probably because we don't see their perspective. That's where a majority of the problems we get from speedsters being portrayed.
SkisaurusRex2025-10-25 18:22
Eternals was a great movie
janosaudron2025-10-25 18:39
I enjoyed Eternals, fight me.
alilhillbilly2025-10-25 19:05
Chloe Zhao is the best cinematographer the MCU has ever had.
It's really too bad we didn't get her lensing a few more MCU movies.
Commentaires
This should have been such a bright and colorful movie
sensitive ass fans lmao
Should have been Sprite
The stoic and warm light-hearted father figure that gets shit done. Straight to the point.
Man just wanted to be with his lady, feed his family for eternity, and be the marvel one-punch man. Dude was him.
I like the movie, too.
Quicksilver is so fast he even perceives time at a different rate than anyone else.
But Quicksilver in the mansion explosion is faster than anything we have seen her do so far. Just insanely fast and controlled.
Can’t exactly showcase a cool fight scene when the entire scene has to basically come to a pause to showcase the speedster doing anything.
Accept the truth, DC fumbled.
Like I'd love to watch a dude with superpowers just try to live a normal life with kids and a husband, or Thena and Gilgamesh trying to handle her health decline, or the guy make a cult or the other guy become a Bollywood star.
And fuck you (in a friendly way ofc) for pointing my error, I can't unsee it and forget it but I can't correct it either and pretend like nothing happened, I'll live with this shame of a typo my whole life
Haven’t rewatched it in years, but the last time I did I was surprised by how much I still liked it. Definitely “rematch” it when you get the chance.
But if I feel like I can track what happens in the whole fight from beginning to end then it doesn't feel like an impressive fight. Merely a performance.
😠
DCU Flash's slow motion wobbly arm run
The running effects definitely degraded as the show went on, and some of the later show running scenes look downright goofy
I'd also give an honorable mention to the quick step moments in Man of Steel for the same reason.
I think Marvel has been consistent on having little to no slowmo for their speedster which I like rn, at this point the everything else is slow trope is getting boring
https://youtu.be/xQ9C-pao0lw?si=BvUnLKpPIZbCHHVH
Yea, Age of Ultron and Eternals are great but in those, the speedster is barely a supporting character, someone in the background while the main characters do the heavy lifting. Doing a full two hour movie with a speedster would get tiresome REAL fast if everything is just a series of overly CGI speedramps. It's why the comics where a speedster is the lead, it shows the world from their perspective in slow motion because otherwise it'd be over in two pages. It's the same reason why Speedsters will run into a battle the stop to talk because unless they're against another speedster, it'd be "they run into a bank heist, stop everyone in the blink of an eye, continue on".
Speedsters are fun to watch in these clips but so much of their power doesn't translate to adaptations as a lead.
https://youtu.be/9ByGDBvTFn0
Coming to speedsters, Flash in ZSJL was pretty good imo. The third act was fantastic. Even his entry sequence where he breaks the glass with his finger piercing it was so cool.
And of course, Fox's Quicksilver in X-Men Apocalypse, with Sweet Dreams palying in the background, was GOATED
Wait really? If I had a nickle for everytime a speedster was shot in ensemble movie involving speedsters I'd have 2 nickles.
But you see this in X-Men days of future past when they just leave the speedster behind when confronting the final villain.
Whereas if they brought back makkari to do her sequences the same way they’d never get old because this is just her natural way of running on screen
Yea slow mo is cool but we’ve seen that a million times
This is like some Mortal Kombat / Injustice finisher type shit and it’s so cool visually
i enjoyed this movie afterall
Both characters look cartoonish, also the physics on Ikaris when he gets hit aren't very good.
This isn't a particularly good example of MCU CGI.
Which historically means the underpaid and overworked animators didn't have enough time to do it properly because of last-minute changes from the top.
To be FAST
they need to BE FAST
FFS
i liked this film ngl, i didnt fall asleep atleast, thats a positive
i loved Druig-Makkari's chemistry and the visuals, god they are so frickin cool
Chloe Zhao cooked
Makes no sense for power scaling.
I prefer Ralph Bohner
It's really too bad we didn't get her lensing a few more MCU movies.