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Dark Raven X
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It's time for Loki's annual pounding at the hands of Earth's mightiest heroes but they're mostly otherwise engaged this time, and Loki's in prison I guess.
This a thread for talk of all things Marvel but mainly Thor 2 and the upcoming Winter Soldier and Guardians Of The Galaxy movie things. Spoiler Policy is to wrap up the new (Agents of Shield and Thor 2) stuff and mark it accordingly, like so;
Thor 2 Spoiler
Iron Man 3 and earlier is fair game.
So Thor 2 is great!
And Marvel reacquired Daredevil (pfff) and the Punisher (yesssss) and I am hoping for an awkward buddy cop spinoff TV show or something.
This a thread for talk of all things Marvel but mainly Thor 2 and the upcoming Winter Soldier and Guardians Of The Galaxy movie things. Spoiler Policy is to wrap up the new (Agents of Shield and Thor 2) stuff and mark it accordingly, like so;
Thor 2 Spoiler
woah so is Odin dead or what!?
Iron Man 3 and earlier is fair game.
So Thor 2 is great!
And Marvel reacquired Daredevil (pfff) and the Punisher (yesssss) and I am hoping for an awkward buddy cop spinoff TV show or something.
Oh brilliant
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I liked the Thomas Jane Punisher movie, thought it was ok. War Journal was bad, but like the B movie kind of bad that's actually good. Sill need to see Iron Man 3.
Thor was odd, because it seemed to be a wierd mishmash where the writers didn't seem to know what story they wanted to tell with thor. Which is almost always a detriment to the pacing, character development and clarity of the movie but for whatever reason I found that it really worked.
With what looks like a much more coherent plot then it's predecessor I expect great things from Thor 2.
Cap 2 I haven't seen as much for and while I can't say I'm terribly excited about the winter soldier the trailer has teased that Cap is questioning the role of shield and whether he wants to be part of it and that goes back into what I love most about the character: he doesn't care who you are, he won't jeopardize his ideals.
Guardians of the galaxy is the movie that excites me the most. It would have been super easy to make it an extremely serious movie with seriously grim overtones, but the writers have seemingly captured the essence of what makes the Guardians so great; a random assortment of modernized silver/bronze age characters who have taken it upon themselves to confront the greatest threats in the universe. In doing so, they've noted (though not emphasized) the inherent absurdity of the team.
I'm deeply curious as to what IP's marvel is going to try and bring forward next.
Doctor Strange is part of the push to expand the MCU into the magical superheros, just like GoG is their attempt to make Cosmic Marvel a thing in the MCU.
To be honest, that's just rumors I have heard on the net.
In a way, it undermines the message they tried to deliver in Iron Man 3. On the other hand, Ben Kingsley was fucking fantastic as the Mandarin and I really want the character back.
Also, there was a short film Thomas Jane did they showed at (I think) comic con where he reprised the role of Frank Castle and it was really badass. Marvel need to get on another movie.
Love this picture. And all but the last ten minutes of the movie that came with it.
Meanwhile, I have not seen Thor 2 yet, on account of getting to see it for free with my Work if I wait a week or two. Patience is a virtue.
To me, the problem with the Thor film was that the in-story timeline was condensed. They didn't have the balls to exile Thor, and then jump forward in time to where he's a doctor and stumbles upon his own hammer and then WOO HERO TIME. It ended up being alright at best.
It's still leagues ahead of The Incredible Hulk though. What a shit show that was.
He lost me at "Professor X time travels Logan's mind to his body from the past"
Anyway, Thor 2 talk;
I did enjoy how much screentime everyone else got though - especially Heimdall. They really humanized him this time around, and it was great stuff. That bit where he took down one of the Elf ships and then oh shit there's a lot more...
Also loved how expanded Asgard was this time around. Felt like a world, or at least a city compared to Thor 1's Asgard being the bifrost, throne room and maybe a couple of hallways.
that 1970s gritty NYC daredevil concept reel looked nifty
otoh, the punisher films tried to capture "gritty" and just came off as insipid. so it would require really careful and adept production and direction.
it's about the only way to make daredevil interesting though.
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Aren't these "reports" coming from Latino Review?
I'd sooner trust the word of a drunken hobo down at the bus station.
IIRC Shield and the avengers were referenced, but it was along the lines of "this is my problem, I need to deal with it." Basically Stark said he didn't want to bring them in on it.
Supposedly other second wave Marvel movies are going to happen in the same time frame as IM3, the implication is that SHIELD is going to be busy elsewhere.
Can't wait for another "Fury's really shitty week" comic to establish a timeline (iirc, IM2, IH, Thor and the end of Cap all happened in the same week).
It's an easy out that will wear thin if they do it too much. But they still have a few uses left
Hush you, "Days of Future Past" is still one of the greatest comic stories ever. I just hope they do it justice.
In the comics it was Kitty using Forge's time machine to teleport her mind into her younger self. I can buy Wolverine being the one to travel considering he is the face of the X-Men movieverse.
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First Impressions? Good. They definitely managed a better way to integrate the Earth stuff with the Asgard stuff. Loki was much closer to his Avengers version, with pithy one-liners and such. All in all, the kind of movie we have come to expect from Marvel Films. Not great cinema or anything, but nice entertainment for a couple of hours. Cast and acting is pretty good. Everybody does pretty good job with no phoning it in. Kat Dennings reminded me a bit to much of Kat Dennings in 2 Broke Girls(caught an episode last week). But apart from that great.
Now for the surprises:
Credits scenes
And ultra secret(though you see it before the credits) knowledge.
The great thing about having an international organization like SHIELD is that it takes a fuck load of things to keep them busy. This isn't Jack Harkness Torchwood.
As someone else said, it'll help establish a timeline better then having several movies spread out over years then releasing supplemental material to confirm they all take place during the same week.
First one
The Collector accepts it, says 1 down 5 to go...
Second one
Cut to the Jotun Ice Beast still frolicking around London's docks.
Hulk or Incredible Hulk? (The Banna or Norton one?) Because while Hulk was a weird, WEIRD film, I felt Incredible Hulk was a decent film with a fucking awesome final action scene.
Marvel made the right move in the movies by ditching the Donald Blake persona. It'd be an unnecessary complication. Thor is a super-hero who isn't required to have a human secret identity, unlike Superman.
Incredible Hulk is under-rated.
Pretty much the whole theatre erupted with laughter at the cameo, that was great.
Oh fuck yoouuuu...
I gotta hold off on spoilers for a whole week instead of just the day after the premiere when I'm going to see it!
I'm really bad at that.
that's in every fucking one of those movies and isn't distracting at all...
EDIT: I'm assuming that's a response to me; I didn't read the spoiler since I haven't see the movie yet.
Also Jane hitting him with a car on multiple occasions was hilarious.
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