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

sounds like they might move up or axe captain marvel depending on how a WOMAN IN THE TITLE HEAVENS THINK OF THE FANBOYS AND THE BANKERS goes over

sigh, yeah.

i keep waiting for them to soak up a couple of third- or fourth-tier characters by throwing them together in a wacky buddy comedy type format. up until avengers i really had high hopes for hawkeye and wonder-man. like a bill & ted, harold & kumar deal, but with two dudes with (limited, unexciting) superpowers. maybe more like tango and cash, but without the police brutality and stallone's leadenness.

How is are Wonder Man's powers limited or unexciting?

well he's like super strong and fast and stuff and maybe he flies? He's basically a generic off-brand superhero. From what I can remember that's actually his origin, right? I mean it definitely does not have to be Wonder Man, just it seemed like the movie would work best if it was specifically a character no one had heard of who does things that in themselves aren't much to hang a movie on. Like Hancock, you know, but... better.

He can also transform into a being made out of pure energy, he never needs to eat or drink and one point could manipulate his size and shoot lasers out of his eyes.

It's probably too late to exploit the fact now, but his brain was the template for the Vision's, as well.

wonder man is basically an even less interesting superman

In 2012, Wonder Man was ranked 38th in IGN's list of "The Top 50 Avengers".

i mean #37 is STORM and i honestly didn't even know she was an avenger but she beat out a guy who has been part of the team since the sixties

no way they don't make captain marvel, there's already excitement, it's a super entertaining comic, and it ties together earth marvel and space marvel too well

are they going to interchange captain marvel and adam warlock in the thanos shit?

which captain marvel?

Carol Danvers, I believe.

the book is good.
was good i guess? they're rebooting all this shit again aren't they.

wonder man's first appearance, in avengers 9, is actually a pretty touching little story, in stan lee's best sappy manner (kirby drew the cover and prob contributed to plot/layouts too, tho' the name simon williams/wonder man seems a bit prosaic for him) - or at least, the death of a 'good guy' seemed pretty touching/unexpected to me when I read it in a british marvel reprint as a kid in the 1970s - and it was four whole years before they revived him

ant-man did better than expected, they wanna exploit it with a sequel before paul rudd is 50 so they're pushing some stuff around. don't think this means any big drama re capn marvel or anything else.

shhh you're ruining the conspiracy

"An even less interesting superman" is still "what exactly is the problem that he can't fix while Jeremy Renner is still scratching himself and pouring his first cup of coffee"

Pouring one out for even the idea of a "Hawkeye and Black Widow" spy-em-up that fandom was convinced was on the cards after Avengers I.

"An even less interesting superman" is still "what exactly is the problem that he can't fix while Jeremy Renner is still scratching himself and pouring his first cup of coffee"

yeah I mean, this was more my point than anything else

i think a black widow movie could still be in the cards for post-infinity war mcu esp if capn marvel and the wasp prove female superhero movies do not inherently come out looking like Catwoman

while widow has been around as a character since iron man 2 scarjo is still the youngest actor playing an avenger - if they're lucky enough to make it to the 2020 cosmic cataclysm with its audience alive and eager for more, a small scale movie centered around her would be on point

Catwoman was hilarious, though

i don't recall saying it wasn't

"what exactly is the problem that he can't fix while Jeremy Renner is still scratching himself and pouring his first cup of coffee"

It's a comedy! Come on! Hancock had all kinds of super powers but he sure got himself into a fix! The answer is obviously GIRL TROUBLE and then you write a bunch of goofy Kevin Smith/Tarantino dialogue where these two bros are elaborately talking about what to do with their love lives while they're punching out Stilt-Man!

If they don't make a Black Widow movie then they are idiots. Ant Man Wonder Man Bat Man yawn yawn yawn

two bros are elaborately talking about what to do with their love lives while they're punching out Stilt-Man!

would watch, someone get this guy a contract

If you're gonna do a Wonder Man comedy duo his buddy has to be the Beast like in the late 70s Avengers comics. That can't happen because of rights so fuck Wonder Man.

I still think about Daniel Clowes saying Scarlett Johansson hates comics. She probably just doesn't care about them or finds them a pain to read* but the idea of her really hating them amuses me.

*I recall Tobey Maguire and maybe even Alan Cumming talking about reading comics for research. I wonder if this is suggested to actors because Cumming didn't seem to care for X-Men.

it actually doesn't have to be wonder man fwiw

mary jo duffy's issues of power man/iron fist are very bantering bro heroes

so the current super-hero movie time table is

Feb 2016: X-Van Wilder
March 2016: Batman Vs Superman: "Why no, I did not like Man Of Steel"
May 2016: Cap 3: Avengers 2.5
May 2016: X-Men First Class Part 2
Aug 2016: The Fresh Prince & The Nightbreed vs Jordan Catalano
October 2016: X-Magic Mike
Nov 2016: Dr Cumberbatch
March 2017: Wolverine 3: Hugh Jackman Will Literally Be 49 Fucking Years Old
May 2017: Guardians 2: Let's Find A Stone
June 2017: Wonder Womaaaan
July 2017: Spider-Boy: The Lil'est Avenger
November 2017: Thor 3: Let's Find A Stone
November 2017: Justice League: Fuck Yo Stones!
Feb 2018: Black Panther: Avengers 2.75
March 2018: The Movie Flash Not The TV Flash
May 2018: Avengers 3: NO, LOOKIT AT ALL THESE STONES
July 2018: Ant-Man 2: Paul Rudd Will Literally Be 49 Fucking Years Old
July 2018: Aquaman: Can Paul Rudd do this?! *flexes*
March 2019: Captain Marvel: The Woman
April 2019: Captain Marvel: The Man
May 2019: Avengers 4: EVERYBODY WE KNOW YOU LOVE PUNCHING THANOS IN SPACE
June 2019: Justice League 2: EVERYBODY WE SURE HOPE YOU LOVE PUNCHING VILLAIN TK
July 2019: The long-awaited Black Bolt movie to sate your superhero thirst
April 2020: Cyborg, finally given his long overdue solo joint we've been craving since 2017
June 2020: Green Lantern Corps, cuz the best part of the last one was all the fucking aliens standing around

with x-force and new mutants movies to be plopped in somewhere assuming we all liked apocalypse

loool A+ list

I know Jackman's on record like "enough wolverine already" but with Old Man Logan set to enter continuity 49 is ~nothing~. Dude keeps lifting and he can be Wolverine4Lyfe.

Read up on Wonder Man's wikipedia page and this might be one of my favourite sentences in all of wiki:

This only happened in mainstream continuity and other origins were possible courtesy of the Forever Crystal of Immortus.[11]

ie Kourtesy of Kang

FF to join MCU?

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/fantastic-four/37372/fantastic-four-back-at-marvel-movie-planned-for-2020

I wonder what A- or B-lister they'll find for Black Bolt, since it will be essentially a non-speaking role? (Minus whatever cinematic/screenplay tomfoolery is employed in the form of voiceover/whatever.)

I think Tom Wright would make an excellent black bolt actually

http://blogs.diariovasco.com/series-gourmets/files/2013/10/thomas-m-wright-e1381751144929.jpg

There have been very strong suggestions that Vin Diesel will be playing Black Bolt. I hope the suggestions are wrong.

Ugh. Need to go find the Moe/Simpsons "Oh dear god, no" gif.

unless the only word black bolt says is "SUPERMAN"

Black Bolt should be played by Jason Statham.

forks otm

Vin Diesel would make a completely terrible Black Bolt. Also he is already MCU-employed, he's fucking Groot.

Seriously though did anybody catch Wright in The Bridge as the mumbly, brooding, creepy yet oddly noble Linder? Seriously he'd be a great Black Bolt. I don't know why I'm the only person who understands all my best ideas.

i'm with you tombot.
though to be honest, i would prefer terry crews

or goldberg
http://whatistheexcel.com/wooobooru/_images/ebe8ef50f60241c54d33b19766a8015e/13306%20-%20Halloween_Havoc%20blood%20goldberg%20pointing%20wcw%20yelling.png

Is Black Bolt wrestler-sized? I thought he was a generically-superhero, not massive.

Vinagar Diesagon

If any single factor should disqualify an actor from playing Black Bolt, it would be an inability to act with his face. I don't feel like that's Vin's strong suit. But if he's able to destroy things with his voice, he might be worth a shot.

so you're saying Jim Carrey should play Black Bolt