Ant-Man was great and did well, what more would you want from it? Also a character that the mainstream public is generally totally unaware of.Agreed that Ragnarok didn't need the high stakes at all to be fun
― Nhex, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
new Thor would have been great as just an alien space gladiator film.
Oh yeah, whacky Kirby space bits were much better than dull old Asgard.
― chap, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
I thought the handful of Ant-Man in Civil War was better than all of Ant-Man the movie, which really suffered from the villain problem.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
it felt like they really wanted to make a Planet Hulk movie but were hedging their bets (or couldn't cos of the rights snafu with Universal)
― Number None, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
do they license Hulk?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
I believe Universal still own the distribution (but not production) rights to any solo Hulk movie
― Number None, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
Don't know how this news passed us by: Marvel is finally giving Black Widow her own movie. I guess since Wonder Woman proved that (gasp) superhero movies starring women aren't necessarily box office poison?
― Senior Soft-Serve Tech at the Froyo Arroyo (Old Lunch), Saturday, 27 January 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
"Box Office Poison!" would make a good promo blurb for it
― Josefa, Saturday, 27 January 2018 15:55 (six years ago) link
... by the writer of Olaf’s Frozen Adventure.
― rb (soda), Saturday, 27 January 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
meantime there's Red Sparrow
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Saturday, 27 January 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
The Captain Marvel movie is really more interesting imoAlso a bigger risk - the Black Widow movie has felt like a no-brainer for a while
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 January 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
I mean Quirky indie actress in the leadQuirky indie director duoWeird IP that most people have only heard of because of a totally (ok they’re both women) different character with the same name Set in the 1990s (before the Avengers Initiative)Samuel Jackson cameo (with both eyes intact)Captain Marvel is going to be weird
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 January 2018 17:38 (six years ago) link
Oh and also Ben Mendelsohn might be playing a skrull
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 27 January 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
They still need to introduce Adam Warlock, right? Having teased his arrival a couple of times? I wonder how confusing that will be, given Vision's introduction was pretty confusing. Or maybe Warlock will have nothing to do with this movie version Infinity War? Since I doubt movie Thanos will be wooing Death.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 February 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
I'd lay even money that Warlock will have made an appearance by the time the third GotG movie rolls around.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
I wanna know when Moondragon and Quasar are gonna show up (although they've complicated things with the former by turning Drax into an alien).
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
Since I doubt movie Thanos will be wooing Death.
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
adam warlock’s birth pod shows up in the mid-credits sequence in gotg2 - i suspect he might show up deus ex machine style in infinity war
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
hella horny 4 hela
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
Frankly shocked that a shot of Adam Warlock's birth pod slipped by the censors.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 February 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link
"Let's celebrate us!"
https://d23.com/celebrate-10-years-of-the-mcu-with-this-class-photo-of-more-than-80-marvel-actors-and-filmmakers/?share_token=b215372b7f
https://cdn.d23.com/cdn2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/780w-463h_020818_MCU-10-year-anniversary-1.jpg
A mission of that scale would require a lot of very special people, but luckily for Marvel, they have a whole team of Super Heroes with them. Those who assembled included Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Rudd, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pratt, Chadwick Boseman, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Holland, Sean Gunn, Hannah John-Kamen, Zoe Saldana, Angela Bassett, Jon Favreau, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kurt Russell, Danai Gurira, William Hurt, Karen Gillan, Emily VanCamp, Tessa Thompson, Don Cheadle, Dave Bautista, Michael Peña, Anthony Mackie, Evangeline Lilly, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Frank Grillo, Letitia Wright, Laurence Fishburne, Linda Cardellini, Sebastian Stan, Ty Simpkins, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hayley Atwell, Pom Klementieff, Benedict Wong, Michael Rooker, Vin Diesel, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jeff Goldblum. Whew! If any super villain had decided to cause trouble right then in Atlanta, they would have been in big trouble.Joining the super team of Marvel actors were filmmakers from the past 10 years of the MCU, including Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Stan Lee, Scott Derrickson, Trinh Tran, Alan Taylor, Brad Winderbaum, Louis Letterier, Jon Watts, Sarah Finn, James Gunn, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Joss Whedon, David Grant, Mitchell Bell, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Jeffrey Ford, Peyton Reed, Jonathan Schwartz, Stephen Broussard, Ryan Coogler, Jeremy Latcham, Nate Moore, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Taika Waititi, Erik Carroll, Ryan Meinerding, and Craig Kyle.
Joining the super team of Marvel actors were filmmakers from the past 10 years of the MCU, including Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Stan Lee, Scott Derrickson, Trinh Tran, Alan Taylor, Brad Winderbaum, Louis Letterier, Jon Watts, Sarah Finn, James Gunn, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Joss Whedon, David Grant, Mitchell Bell, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Jeffrey Ford, Peyton Reed, Jonathan Schwartz, Stephen Broussard, Ryan Coogler, Jeremy Latcham, Nate Moore, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Taika Waititi, Erik Carroll, Ryan Meinerding, and Craig Kyle.
"And Edgar Wright! Wait hang on."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:00 (six years ago) link
Full high res version here
https://cdn.d23.com/cdn2015/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MCU_Class_Photo_w5.0_Webres.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
Quirky indie actress in the lead
she's a conventionally hot Best Actress winner whose last movie was Kong: Skull Island
Quirky indie director duo
most of their directors come from TV. no one cares.
Weird IP that most people have only heard of because of a totally (ok they’re both women) different character with the same name
Ant-Man was a weirder proposition - again, no one cares. Plus, "fun" music cue potential
Set in the 1990s (before the Avengers Initiative)
they've done this before
Samuel Jackson cameo (with both eyes intact)
no one cares as long as they get their fanboy jollies
Captain Marvel is going to be weird
no
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
Take your fisking to the appropriate thread please
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:16 (six years ago) link
Co-starring Simon H. as Buzzkill!
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:18 (six years ago) link
Buzzkill? Wet Blanket? I think they're both up for grabs.
woops, the music cue remark was meant for the period setting bit. anyway, have fun yall
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
Pssh, can't even kill a buzz properly.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:26 (six years ago) link
I tease because I love, but you don't see us charging into a thread about some Norwegian experimental film about people eating bread and rolling our eyes about the fact that the bread isn't even pre-sliced and yeah right, like anyone would eat bread without a heaping dollop of Jif.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
I normally wouldn't bother cause fuck the blockbuster-industrial complex but Tombot's claims were too blatantly wrong to just let em sit there
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
Yeah I don’t get it. Please remove “or dud” if no clowning is allowed on these threads
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
Anyway re that big ol photo, this is the buddy movie I want now:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVipsLkVoAEcf2B.jpg:large
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 8 February 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
No clowning allowed in this thread. I am very serious and I WILL not repeat myself. Is that understood?
VERY serious.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
VERRRRRRY serious.
no one doesn't care as much or as loudly as Simon H
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 8 February 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
Certainly the latter.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 22:29 (six years ago) link
(That's a joke, he's not loud, and lots of us don't care, but still post)
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 22:30 (six years ago) link
oh no, I care, insomuch as I would much prefer the MCU not exist
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 February 2018 23:13 (six years ago) link
but I earnestly swear to leave you nerds alone for, let's say, 5 months.
― Simon H., Thursday, 8 February 2018 23:16 (six years ago) link
Thank u for deferring our swirlies until it's a little warmer, sir.
― I'm very active in the pegasus community (Old Lunch), Thursday, 8 February 2018 23:30 (six years ago) link
Man, the MCU is by far the best franchise that exists at the moment. The one to take down is all that Star Wars bullshit.
― Frederik B, Friday, 9 February 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
Meanwhile in the DCEU
https://io9.gizmodo.com/warner-bros-wants-michael-bay-to-make-a-lobo-movie-1822852448
(Carry on.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 February 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
Frederik B otm.
im looking forward to Black Panther. i've had a good time w every Marvel movie so far, even the forgettable ones. it is good on them to have been able to maintain such a high level of quality across so many films.
other studios do not seem confident in their material, hence all the lamp-shading, all the hyping, all the fascistic consumer propaganda & iconography. we have the constant re-iteration of how important the iconography is. DC/SW films are about collecting action figures. Marvel movies are more in the vein of Big Trouble in Little China.
last Marvel film i saw was GOTG2 at a drive in (it rained through the bit where they were flying in spacepods, which was kind of cool actually) and it was so much fun. the first one is great too. i think the two GOTG movies are worth the entire mess of it and are so far the best of the bunch. GOTG1/2 probably better than any Star Wars since ROTJ.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 9 February 2018 02:30 (six years ago) link
I like it.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/kevin-feige-says-the-mcu-has-plans-for-kamala-khans-m-1825981826
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 12 May 2018 18:40 (six years ago) link
I, too, like it.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 12 May 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
First Phase Four non-sequel announced! And it's...uh, the Eternals?
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-sets-black-list-writers-eternals-movie-1112084
― The lovely and talented Loretta Switt and the irascible Jamie Farr (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 00:24 (six years ago) link
Yeah there was word about that going around the other day, if not these screenwriter specifics. Presumption is that with the Inhumans having been botched they're switching over to this.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 00:45 (six years ago) link
Just work out the X-Men ffs
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 01:05 (six years ago) link
The poop is that they may already be making plans for X-characters, in much the same way that they apparently charged headlong into Civil War before the Spidey deal had been finalized.
― The lovely and talented Loretta Switt and the irascible Jamie Farr (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 16 May 2018 01:33 (six years ago) link
Honestly, in 2-4 years, I think the right X-adjacent ensemble storyline to adapt is going to be New Mutants / Alpha Flight style - what do you do when you’re just A superhero, not THE superhero? I’d much prefer that over spending another dime on watching Wolverine or one of his GMO offspring get turned into pasta and then turn back into a person
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 16 May 2018 04:03 (six years ago) link