Rolling Marvel Cinematic Universe thread (+ a poll: Classic or Dud?)

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I was being serious

Sorry, Tombot, I believe you -- I just thought it was funny that forks judo-threw himself and that was the first thing that came to mind.

Cumerbatch as Strange?

― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 25 July 2014 13:47 (3 months ago)

Called it (possibly)

http://deadline.com/2014/10/benedict-cumberbatch-doctor-strange-movie-cast-862815/

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarf

Not interested

Hey, at least it wasn't Jared Leto

indeed, could have been worse

indeed there is literally one human being alive who would be worse for the part i guess i should be thankful

god i'm gonna have to look at his alien face all throughout avengers 5 aren't i

What's wrong with Cumberbatch?

a bunch of ppl here just hate him for some reason

he's a UK celebrity that americans know about

He makes blockbuster films easier to watch for me. Loved the faces he made in Star Trek.

I don't have a beef with him, but there is a bit of overexposure. I think if anything he's a bit too on-the-nose as it were. Of all the marvel flicks this is the one I'm most interested in because it has the potential to be a bit different, so the writer/director stands to be more of a dealbreaker than the star.

you know they've already chosen the writer and director, right?

can't wait to see what the director of beloved keanu reeves vehicle the day 'the earth stood still' and the writer of widely-acclaimed jason momoa showcase 'conan the barbarian' will conjure up

Writer: Lena Dunham
Director: Brett Ratner

would watch

It's just gonna be called Strange and the only "minority" on it will be a white guy playing Wong.

sigh

yeah i'm unenthusiastic about cumberbatch, but its the creative team that seems like the bigger hurdle to awesome

Jon Spaits, of pre-Lindelof Prometheus "fame", is actually doing the script now

i just don't see what derrickson brings to the table other than the willingness to turn lights off before filming

He did Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose, so at least he some experience with (box office) successful horror

Writer: Kirk Cameron
Director: PT Anderson (Wong will be played by Maya Rudolph)

would also watch

did you see sinister or emily rose? some decent boos at best but again, mostly a lot of characters making bad choices in dark rooms. during the family dinners in sinister you couldn't even see the walls behind them.

As long as it doesn't veer toward some Goyer style Marvel Knights bullshit it should be ok. I guess my expectations are centered around huge capes, huger collars, a Jeremy Blake approach to color, big budget abstractions and a proper flaming head. So maybe I care about vision over what the actual story is.

aside from faith in marvel's corporate overlords, i don't see reason to believe this dr strange movie will be better than that constantine movie a decade ago

I want late 90s Wong Kar-Wai's Dr. Strange.

i'd be fine if it were at the same level as Constantine - super stylish, just enough traces of a plot

5 minutes on the origin, but i don't think we'll be that lucky

(yeah tbf i don't recall hating constantine - it's just that a movie as good as constantine would be reallll mediocre for marvel and not hard for them to top with a more inspired director)

Deal's not set in stone, not too late for La Beouf Strange

word is they're skipping the origin in dr strange and starting with him as an established character.

Deal's not set in stone, not too late for La Beouf Strange

this is a legitimately terrifying idea

I wonder if they didn't go with keanu because reuniting the star of constantine with the guy who directed him in The Day The Earth Stood Still couldn't possibly excite anyone, while cumbybum has some nerd love. he's also probably still cheap.

i dont' think marvel will ever cast someone who can ask for a cut of the gross before the sequel

surely RDJ could have?

he did. and now that marvel is an established independent brand, no one else will ever again

(RIP my dreams of clooney as strange)

I was about to comment on the trend of casting nobodies re: Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch and then realized that they're being played by the kid from Kick-Ass (possibly the most anonymous person to ever be in a leading role since Josh Hartnett) and Elizabeth Olsen (obligatory indie darling)

so, good job on casting people who come across as nobodies? *shrug*

(RIP my dreams of clooney as strange)

^^^

disney/marvel's post-rdj policy is "yes you're not getting large slice of this pie, but if you weren't in avengers you wouldn't get to make lucy so it's worth it" and if they really really really want you in "Name Of Your Character 2" they'll cut you in

so far it's worked well in that they've cast quality actors without a lot of insta-name recognition and directors who really want to prove they can blockbuster (though the edgar wright and patty jenkins kerfluffles suggest not everyone wants a blockbuster THAT bad). i'm still excited for ant-man because the visual aesthetic was already defined by edgar wright before it was handed over to peyton reed, who i know can competently film actors being charming (and as proven by the russo bros in cap 2, that's all you need once the character's action aesthetic is figured out). but derrickson feels real B in comparison to his predecessors imo.

The more I think about it, the more I have big misgivings about a Dr. Strange movie at all, no matter who's writing, directing or starring. I think the character and his wacky mystic arts adventures would be best served by unnerving amounts of stillness and quiet to go with the freaky Ditko visuals, and Marvel movies arent about stillness and quiet. A Dr. Strange movie as loud and explodey as the Avengers and Guardians movies gives me The Fear.

Dr Strange done as found-footage horror film

every marvel character needs a) the emo factor and b) the cool shit they do in action scenes. i'm sure benedict can handle the emo factor but they're going to have to figure out a way for his power to look more interesting than a laser blast from his hand that we're told is a magic laser blast.

xp -- that would be awesome! I say that as someone who's never seen a found-footage horror film.

I haven't seen most of these films but I've always had a feeling that all superhero films have a mandatory love (or lust) interest somewhere, and it often makes an awkward fit.