Okokuqala, uMartin Scorsese wavuma umlobi wamafilimu onzima, uFrancis Ford Coppola wasekela osebenza naye ngezinkulumo ezibukhali kakhulu, futhi manje uhlobo lwe-superhero luvela kumqondisi owodwa omangalisayo. Engxoxweni ne-Indieire, uTerry Guilliam, obeka amafilimu anjalo ngokuthi "iBrazil", uMonti Pajton kanye ne-ngcwele yama-ntashi abuthana ne-cashier enkulu futhi atholakele ukuvuma izono. UGillim uthe:
"IBlack Panther" ibangela ukunyanyesa kimi. Le filimu iyangihlanya. Ufaka ingane encane emnyama okholweni ezinhlamvwini ezithile. Kepha lokhu kuyinja yenja. Ngicabanga ukuthi labo bantu abasuse le filimu abakaze baye e-Afrika. Bavele baqashe abanye abaklami nabaculi ukuthi bazenzele izembatho zesitayela sase-Afrika nakwezinye izindawo. Kepha ifilimu limane nje lingenzelwe mina - ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi abezindaba bagqugquzela umbono ngokubaluleka okukhulu kwezinto ezingenangqondo.
Le guilliam ingeze ukuthi ayithandi bonke abasebenza nge-superhero blockbuster ngokungathandi, njengoba bengathathi ukuhlangana nempilo yangempela. Ngokusho komqondisi, inkinga enkulu yamafilimu anjalo ukuthi konke kungenzeka kubo, kuyilapho "imikhawulo yenza impilo ithakazelisa." UGilliam ubiza ifilimu ephakeme ngokudlala kaninginingi futhi, abuye abuye, ahlele ezingqondweni zabantu abacabanga iqiniso ukuthi into ebaluleke kakhulu leyo, ngokuba yi-superhero kuphela.
