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

Finally saw Avengers 2 the other night. Way worse than the first. Really hope they get rid of Iron Man soon cos it was really a stretch watching how stupid Tony Stark was during that whole movie. And yes the way they wrote Black Widow was pretty lame. New characters are stupid too, Scarlet Witch can do pretty much whatever the scene calls for by flicking her wrists dramatically. James Spader was really the only likable character in the film.

Scarlet Witch can do pretty much whatever the scene calls for by flicking her wrists dramatically

it's clear you've never read the comics

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zatanna humor never gets old imo

Also, Iron Man being a super-smart dude doing super-stupid things that bite him and others in the ass is kinda just Iron Man being Iron Man.

I never read Scarlet Witch comics that's true. If I have to read the comics in order to get the movie then the movie has failed imo.

If I ever get a time machine I will make sure to go back and tell my younger self to cancel the multiple X-Men subscriptions and broaden my comic portfolio so I can understand what is going on in 20 years.

well no, it's just that "Scarlet Witch can do pretty much whatever the scene calls for by flicking her wrists dramatically" is kind of the definition of how Scarlet Witch has been written since her inception, which makes it sound like the movie was pretty faithful to how everyone has ever interpreted the character

the house of m storyline in the 2000's is basically about how scarlet witch gets rid of an entire race by flicking her wrists dramatically
and, to some extent, minimizes sony's rights ownership to xmen i suppose

Yeah, this is a character who had children with a robot and when people said "wait a second, how did that work?" it was revealed that she magicked them into existence*; the flaw here is inherent in the character.

* nb this didn't end well for anyone, whether they be fictional or the real people who read it

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sopyt ym esucxe

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ti dnemmocer yllatot, ppa annataz wen s'elppa gnisu

lol

vurb, skeoj

I kind of want to turn this thread into TS: Zatanna vs Nico Minoru

.esaelp, naicigam ?lleps rep esu eno ylno

lol

Jessica Jones series out on November 20.

https://instagram.com/p/7dKJf8I3tk/

I completely missed that Krysten Ritter was starring in this.

yeah it's pretty good casting imo - she's shown she can handled the damaged aspects but can also pull off the levity

Please please please better dialogue than Daredevil. Would be missing the point otherwise.

tennant as purple man suggests they're gonna play it pretty close to alias. would love if they work in the avengers cameo.

i am very much down with this

I still have vivid memories of picking up Alias, flipping open to a panel of Luke and Jessica having anal sex, and saying the equivalent of "oh, Marvelpaws" before putting the issue back and never reading the book again

yeah there was definitely some 'this is an ADULT'S comic' stuff, esp at the beginning but it was also surprisingly adult in the non-adolescent meaning of the word as well. i'm curious if they can pull it off w/ the tv show or if they're even that interested in pulling it off.

xpost TBF, a) it's more like "oh, Marvel Max's indefensibly 'edgy' decisions-paws" and b) that's easily the most sour note the series hit. It's an otherwise solid series and a perfect companion piece to the Bendis Daredevil run. And I really like the direction JJ & LC's relationship ultimately took.

Think of that scene as the gratuitous nudity in an otherwise sound HBO show. It's a great book. I particularly liked Jessica's relationship with Carol Danvers and her position on the periphery of the Avengers' gilded world.

yeah was thinking it'd be awesome if marvel had secretly already cast danvers (rooting for blunt) and that was how they revealed it but that's pretty unlikely

flipping open to a panel of Luke and Jessica having anal sex

btw, if anybody wants a good visual luke cage history, try here:
http://majorspoilers.com/2013/03/31/hero-history-luke-cage/

damn luke you gotta eat the booty first

At the time of its inception, Marvel Max was conceptually somewhat indistinguishable from a notebook full of racy drawings hidden under a thirteen-year-old's mattress. I mean, they gave Howard the Duck giant, naked tits at one point, for the love of christ. Thankfully, they matured a bit once the novelty of adult themes wore off.

yes, in fact that is what I'm referring to

also holy lol

"sweet christmas" is a shop o'course but a clever one

I would have bought the book had "SWEET CHRISTMAS!" been in the original

as noted above, it's worth your time

ok what's the original

http://p.dreamwidth.org/e9c3eaafd7b5/-/www.abload.de/img/alias01-10hu8qs.jpg

https://p.dreamwidth.org/e9c3eaafd7b5/-/www.abload.de/img/alias01-10hu8qs.jpg

xxpost Same as the image above, but with an unfortunate Bushmaster reference in place of the "Sweet Christmas!"

I hate comics

I get that Bendis is very good at certain things as a comic book writer but I'm increasingly of the opinion that they are things I couldn't possibly care less about (at least that's how I feel about him after his X-Men stint)

I loved his Daredevil and Alias, I liked his Avengers, I remain unconvinced about everything he's done since the inception of Marvel Now. His X-stuff and Guardians of the Galaxy, as far as I've read, has been Autopilot City.

I don't know if Bendis has lost his fastball or he's been writing characters I don't care about (X titles) but switching over to 2 Iron Man books doesn't excite me. xpost

Still, Miles Morales is the best character Marvel introduced since about the mid 60s.

She's nowhere on the same level as Miles but I remain very, very fond of Hisako Ichiki (Armor)

I like Miles Morales fine as a character, but I feel like his best days are ahead. Bendis has yet to really knock my socks off with a Miles story. It doesn't help that he first appeared when the Ultimate universe was starting to get awfully rickety.

xp -- what are the best Armor stories/titles? I only know her from the Joss Whedon book.
(sorry for derailing the MCU thread even further)

afaict bendis is just spread too thin. can't even keep track of how many books he's writing, plus corp responsibilities.

I mean jeez Powers (the book not the terrible terrible show) is still going...