Come anticipate CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR with me

yeah Im not parent but from what I hear most matinees on the weekends are almost exclusively for residents of kiddie towne usa

you breeders DISGUST ME j/k

No kids, no superhero comix, part of the bargain.

Yeah, don't plenty of theaters do a "mommy matinee" early in the week?

xpost Havent' you heard? Biff! Pow! Comics aren't for kids anymore!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L7tHhnDw8s

I dunno, I took my first two babies everywhere but for some reason a movie seems like a bad idea. But perhaps I will look into a matinee because (back on topic) this movie is going to be amazing.

honestly the only thing I'd be concerned about NOW would be the volume level in the theater

it's kind of annoying realizing that we totally had a window where we could have taken babies to the movies with little to no problem and, now that they're toddlers, we've missed it for the next 2-3 years and even then only for specific, targeted-to-them movies

Apparently, the filmmakers barrelled ahead with Spider-Man as a central part of the plot long before they had secured the actual rights to use Spider-Man in the film. Without any real plan B on the off chance that negotiations with Sony fell through. Chutzpah! I love it!

Without knowing a lot about the Marvel universe etc, I'm trying to figure out how Spiderman could possibly be *central* to this plot.

Also there's some car commercial that shows more of the Black Panther tunnel chase scene. Looks really cool.

his name in the new cinematic universe is Peter Civil. the war is about him.

I'm assuming it's less "the movie is about Spider Man" and more "there is a critical plot point revolving around Spider Man that would have required serious reworking had the negotiations fallen through"

^ I know, I just wonder what that IS. mh's idea sounds promising.

I was reading something that...Kevin Feige, maybe?...said about Spider-Man in the MCU and how it's important to keep in mind that he would've been a little kid when aliens invaded New York and how that might have affected his worldview. It's an interesting perspective, and I'm sure it'll play into the plot somehow.

loki killed uncle ben

^ I know, I just wonder what that IS.

If it's the same as in the original, it'll be undercut by him not having existed in the Marvel movie world before.

https://twitter.com/abbiewastaken/status/721364959188398080

The first half of Civil War will offer a new perspective on the Chitauri invasion, as a pre-adolescent Peter Parker runs through NYC looking for his uncle, only to witness the Avengers crashing into and ultimately destroying the building Ben was in. Cut to several years later and three hours of grim Spider-on-Avenger violence ensue before Peter shouts out his endangered aunt's name, which just happens to also be Captain America's favorite month, and all fences are mended once the sworn enemies form a dubious bond over a proper noun.

is aunt may being hot (hotter? idk what everyone's type is) going to be a plot point

TBF, Aunt May has kinda been mildly Benjamin Button-ed over the course of her comics existence, as well. Ditko's May appears to be around 142 years old.

true

Marisa Tomei is 51, so if anything she's probably skews a little older than someone with a 15 year old nephew typically would

she's been on that super soldier serum tho

Marisa Tomei is Aunt May?!? Who's next? A fetus?

JG Thirlwell IS Aunt May

Or this guy? http://media.theiapolis.com/d4/hF3/i1P0W/k4/l1PFD/wZH/guild-navigator.jpg

Hmm. I didn't mean Jose Ferrer. Joke fail.

Would see a Spidey with Foetus as Aunt May haha

The first half of Civil War will offer a new perspective on the Chitauri invasion, as a pre-adolescent Peter Parker runs through NYC looking for his uncle, only to witness the Avengers crashing into and ultimately destroying the building Ben was in. Cut to several years later and three hours of grim Spider-on-Avenger violence ensue before Peter shouts out his endangered aunt's name, which just happens to also be Captain America's favorite month, and all fences are mended once the sworn enemies form a dubious bond over a proper noun.

― You're A Peein' Youth In Asia (Old Lunch), Tuesday, April 19, 2016 10:45 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

IIRC that was one of the russos who said that wrt Peter Parker being abt 7yo when the first Avengers happened
That seems odd bcz I could have SWORN that movie came out only 4 years ago. I guess MCU time dilation between films has been a lot more than I figured although I guess Stark building all those shedloads of wacky alternate suits between Avengers 1 and Iron Man 3 probably took up a couple of years at least

How old is nu-Spider-Man supposed to be?

Young-ish high school, prob like 14 or 15.

Which is younger even than OG Spidey. I didn't realize until I read the silver age stuff a while back that there were only like two or three years worth of comics where he was in high school (maybe already a senior when the comic started, iirc?).

the comic was running in "real time" for a while, wasn't it? so he was probably 15 or 16

we need a 7 year old Spidy

JG Thirlwell IS Spider-Foetus

lol i just remembered there was supposed to be a sinister six movie and a whole spider-man cinematic universe from sony

as much as i'm looking forward to seeing spidey in the mcu i'm a little disappointed we won't get the schadenfreude of seeing that appalling idea come to pass

I think that's still the plan - after his appearance in Civil War, it goes back to Sony (but with the next Spiderman film produced by Feige/Pascal).

But still set in the MCU I think?

There's some (extremely well-specified no doubt - apparently he's barred from any of the TV series) overlap, yeah, but according to the Marvel announcement "Sony Pictures will continue to finance, distribute, own and have final creative control of the Spider-Man films."

http://marvel.com/news/movies/24062/sony_pictures_entertainment_brings_marvel_studios_into_the_amazing_world_of_spider-man

still only 14 years since raimi's first spidey movie btw

Any money he'll be in Infinity War.

There's also apparently an animated Spider-Man movie coming out at some point, I guess? Further MCU appearances are presumably being negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

If I were forced to make predictions, I'd say that the new Spider-Man movie does better business than the recent Spidey movies, and Sony will incorrectly assume they had anything to do with that success and start to wield more control until they get the expanded universe they'd dreamed of and fuck it all up.

Oh come one, it'll all be worth it if we get a Golden Oldie spinoff movie...

http://www.theouthousers.com/images/jck//Elf%20With%20a%20Gun/goldenoldie4.jpg

a real shame he's barred from tv as the netflix shows in particular are where he belongs but that's always kind of been the conflict w/ spiderman where the character works best on that smaller scale but because of his popularity gets worked into the big planetary crisis stuff that make more sense for iron man or thor. still even though too many characters plagues these movies more and more as does the increase in which these movies serve as a trailer for the next movie and even though i'm generally 'comic book movies are bad for cinema' and 'jesus christ we're adults', i still got a charge seeing spidey pop up in that trailer

None of the movie superheroes have appeared in any of the MCU tv series though, only some supporting characters like Nick Fury and Peggy Carter and Sif. The series seem the place for B/C list characters, and the "main" superheroes are kept in movies only.

I was reading a listicle thing that broke down all of the MCU people's contracts, which was some pretty interesting prediction fodder. It seems like Sebastian Stan has just about the longest contract currently and Chris Evans's is almost fulfilled, so read into that what you will. My guess, though, is that we'll see some departures in the not-too-distant future and the cast of characters will become a little less unwieldy. A little.

(Also re: that listicle, I've been rewatching all of the movies lately and at the end of the first Cap movie, it seemed clear for the first time that Red Skull didn't actually die and I was excited thinking that he might be back soon, but then I read that Weaving said in no uncertain terms that he was done unless they basically strongarmed him into fulfilling his obligation to make an additional two appearances or whatever.)

Red Skull would be one of the easier characters to replace the actor of, though...

yeah but it helps that it wouldn't make sense for iron man or the hulk to be worried about taking down muggers or whatever (i'm ignoring agents of shield where they should be more visible probably)(agent carter had the advantage of "those guys aren't alive yet"), whereas in the netflix series it's not as farfetched that spidey might have reason to interact at some point w/ daredevil or punisher what w/ him being a vigilante in the same city. also seems that while yeah alien invasion would have an impact on him, the rise of costumed vigilantism in his city might have also been an influence as well. it's a shame also cuz spidey could add some levity to the netflix corner.

xp where they do appear (Captain America in Agent Carter), they're existing footage.

IIRC Evans has said he'd like to move from acting to directing? So it seems likely he'll die in Infinity War and Bucky will become the new Cap. Or they might kill him in this one already, like in the CW comic, but it'll turn out to be faked, and he'll return in IW to be killed properly. Making a heroic sacrifice against Thanos seems a more likely way for him to finally face the curtain than getting sniped in the middle of a hero civil war.

(xxpost)