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The story I heard was that he let them use his likeness for the comics but asked that they cast him if movies were ever made
The story I heard is he threatened to sue the shit out of them for using his likeness unless they gave him first choice of playing Nick Fury in a movie, if a movie was to be made.
“It was kind of weird,” Jackson said. “I just happened to be in a comic store, and I picked up the comic because I saw my face. And I was like, ‘Wait a minute, I’m not sure I remember giving somebody permission to use my image.’”
The comic itself even noted the likeness in a panel in which the Ultimates discuss who would portray them in a hypothetical movie. Fury answers, “Why, Mister Samuel L. Jackson, of course. That’s not even open to debate.”
Stunned, Jackson approached Marvel.
“They were kind of like, ‘Yeah, we are planning on making movies, and we do hope you’ll be a part of them,’” he recalls.
I wonder what the Marvel movie scene would be like if Kirby was still around.
Hopefully there would be twice as many cameos, for one thing
"So you're saying I get paid more for five minutes' work than I did for any of the actual work I did at either Marvel or DC?"
"Yes."
"Is this your idea of an apology?"
"...maybe."
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WearingGlassesOf the friendly neighborhood varietyRegistered Userregular
I wonder how the Kirby Crackle would look like in CG.
If the Fantastic Four should revert, I hope that their story would be the "wormhole / cosmic ray phenomenon" they went in way back (before Iron Man happened) reopens and they come out, empowered. And everybody would freak out but to them they've been gone for only a few hours.
And then in a dimly lit castle, a figure watching the media circus surrounding the return of the Fantastic Four crushes his glass of wine.
Now I'm just re-imagining existing Stan Lee cameos, but with Jack Kirby included
The Incredible Hulk one where he's grabbing a drink out of the fridge has a shot of Jack Kirby sitting on a couch, with Stan asking "I'm going to get something to drink, do you want anything?" on his way to the fridge
Jack Kirby is the other guy playing chess against Stan Lee at the end of Avengers
Jack Kirby sitting next to Stan Lee as one of the judges in the beauty pageant in Iron Man 3
I can't say for sure if Hand's really dead one way or the other but you gotta admit that she was kinda asking for a little karma kickback what with deciding midflight to not only shoot her prisoner instead of delivering him to the Fridge but egging Ward to do it to boot. Not to mention I can't help wondering if her bit with that fake 'join HYDRA or die speech resulted in anyone getting jailed or shot just because they believed her and were either scared out of their head or thought they'd try a fast one to help SHIELD.
PaperLuigi44My amazement is at maximum capacity.Registered Userregular
Thoughts on Arrow S1 finale
I quite liked it! Malcolm was a fantastic villain, both as himself and the Dark Archer. When he revealed that he has a second device and parts of Starling City did straight up collapse I was struck by that impressive twist, it'll be interesting to see how that effects season 2. And my biggest complaint - Thea being insufferable - became less of an issue, although with Moira's confession I imagine things are going to get worse before they get better.
And poor, poor Tommy, he quickly turned into such a likeable guy who was then shat on throughout the season.
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chiasaur11Never doubt a raccoon.Do you think it's trademarked?Registered Userregular
I can't say for sure if Hand's really dead one way or the other but you gotta admit that she was kinda asking for a little karma kickback what with deciding midflight to not only shoot her prisoner instead of delivering him to the Fridge but egging Ward to do it to boot. Not to mention I can't help wondering if her bit with that fake 'join HYDRA or die speech resulted in anyone getting jailed or shot just because they believed her and were either scared out of their head or thought they'd try a fast one to help SHIELD.
Can't say I much object to jailed on that one.
I mean, the premise is "Find anyone we can absolutely trust."
"I was just trying to pull a fast one" isn't a good reason to leave someone locked up for months, but it is reason enough to put someone away until the shooting dies down. Too much doubt when you need guarantees.
I can't say for sure if Hand's really dead one way or the other but you gotta admit that she was kinda asking for a little karma kickback what with deciding midflight to not only shoot her prisoner instead of delivering him to the Fridge but egging Ward to do it to boot. Not to mention I can't help wondering if her bit with that fake 'join HYDRA or die speech resulted in anyone getting jailed or shot just because they believed her and were either scared out of their head or thought they'd try a fast one to help SHIELD.
Can't say I much object to jailed on that one.
I mean, the premise is "Find anyone we can absolutely trust."
"I was just trying to pull a fast one" isn't a good reason to leave someone locked up for months, but it is reason enough to put someone away until the shooting dies down. Too much doubt when you need guarantees.
Garrett is more of an opportunistic/soldier of fortune type. He finds out about what's going on with Centipede. He's getting a little over the hill maybe, he decides he's going to try to link up with them. He makes contact and has tons of inside information about their operation (by way of having access to SHIELD's files on all the tech they're using) and about their enemies (by way of having access to SHIELD's files on the people they're using). So they call him the Clairvoyant and he's like "yeah sure whatever." Mostly he's just in it for access to eternal youth (by way of regeneration and vitality, and immortality via what happened to Coulson).
But this isn't his first rodeo either, and he's been exploiting his position with SHIELD for decades, just on a smaller scale. And when he was Ward's SO, he made a point of keeping him on a tight leash. This led to extensive psychological conditioning, programming, and maybe even some outright brainwashing.
All of a sudden, Hydra shows up. Garrett figures, eh what the hell. They seem to have completely infiltrated SHIELD, so they're an obviously better choice of ally.
Meanwhile Ward didn't actually know Garrett was the Clairvoyant, but he'd been programmed so extensively that when Garrett pulls his whole, "HAND is the Clairvoyant! Can YOU BELIEVE that?!" it's obviously him passing along information. At some point (likely off screen) Garrett "activates" Ward, then Ward gets himself on the escort and shoots the crew.
But! Ward is going to start to realize what's been done to him, and he'll likely be very, very angry with Garrett and probably either betray him to Coulson's team or kill him on his own.
But! At that point, it will have been too late, and Ward will realize not only has he done so many outright evil deeds that he'll see himself as being irredeemable in SHIELD's eyes. And then he'll have a revelation that as long as he's the bad guy he might as well be the bad guy. He'll decide that all that brainwashing/programming/conditioning? Turns out what it really did was peel back the layers and let the real Ward out (or at least that's the line he'll give). Basically he'll decide that without any pesky morals he's able much more effective at being "the whole situation."
Cue season 2 with Centipede basically taken down, but now Ward has infiltrated the Fridge and sprung all those villains and stolen all that tech. Also there's the whole, you know, super-spy-action-hero type thing Ward has going on, while will make him that much harder to deal with, since Team Coulson will have to constantly watch their backs.
Ward turns into some crazy amalgamation of Angelus/Tankor/Michael Westen.
The MCU is the most successful franchise in U.S. history. Bigger than Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and James Bond.
1. Marvel Cinematic Universe (Nine movies) - $2,463.3 billion and counting
2. Harry Potter (Eight movies) - $2,390.1 billion (next film, Fantastic Beasts, TBA)
3. Star Wars (Seven movies) – $1,918.0 billion (Next film December 2015)
4. James Bond (24 Movies) - $1,912.8 billion (Next film November 2015)
5. Batman (Eight Movies) $1,897.8 billion (Next film May 2016)
6. Lord of the Rings (Six movies) $1,622.0 billion (Next film December)
7. Shrek (Five movies) $1,419.6 billion (Next film TBD)
8. Spider-Man (Four movies) $1,375.9 billion (Next film May)
9. Twilight (Five movies) $1,363.5 billion
10. Pirates of the Caribbean (Four movies) $1,279.2 billion (Next film 2016)
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PaperLuigi44My amazement is at maximum capacity.Registered Userregular
So who do we reckon is going to own the rights to the planet's name in due time, Disney or Google?
So, I suppose the question comes down to this:
Can AoS work when enemies aren't taken care of and keep returning?
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Is it better to have a solid casting that's doomed to be killed off?
The MCU is the most successful franchise in U.S. history. Bigger than Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and James Bond.
1. Marvel Cinematic Universe (Nine movies) - $2,463.3 billion and counting
2. Harry Potter (Eight movies) - $2,390.1 billion (next film, Fantastic Beasts, TBA)
3. Star Wars (Seven movies) – $1,918.0 billion (Next film December 2015)
4. James Bond (24 Movies) - $1,912.8 billion (Next film November 2015)
5. Batman (Eight Movies) $1,897.8 billion (Next film May 2016)
6. Lord of the Rings (Six movies) $1,622.0 billion (Next film December)
7. Shrek (Five movies) $1,419.6 billion (Next film TBD)
8. Spider-Man (Four movies) $1,375.9 billion (Next film May)
9. Twilight (Five movies) $1,363.5 billion
10. Pirates of the Caribbean (Four movies) $1,279.2 billion (Next film 2016)
U.S. history?
Is there a non-hollywood series that has made more than 2,500 billion?
The MCU is the most successful franchise in U.S. history. Bigger than Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and James Bond.
1. Marvel Cinematic Universe (Nine movies) - $2,463.3 billion and counting
2. Harry Potter (Eight movies) - $2,390.1 billion (next film, Fantastic Beasts, TBA)
3. Star Wars (Seven movies) – $1,918.0 billion (Next film December 2015)
4. James Bond (24 Movies) - $1,912.8 billion (Next film November 2015)
5. Batman (Eight Movies) $1,897.8 billion (Next film May 2016)
6. Lord of the Rings (Six movies) $1,622.0 billion (Next film December)
7. Shrek (Five movies) $1,419.6 billion (Next film TBD)
8. Spider-Man (Four movies) $1,375.9 billion (Next film May)
9. Twilight (Five movies) $1,363.5 billion
10. Pirates of the Caribbean (Four movies) $1,279.2 billion (Next film 2016)
U.S. history?
Is there a non-hollywood series that has made more than 2,500 billion?
Edit: Oh nevermind, US Gross
I suppose if you roll up all of Dr Who's 50 years and adjust for inflation?
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
The MCU is the most successful franchise in U.S. history. Bigger than Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and James Bond.
1. Marvel Cinematic Universe (Nine movies) - $2,463.3 billion and counting
2. Harry Potter (Eight movies) - $2,390.1 billion (next film, Fantastic Beasts, TBA)
3. Star Wars (Seven movies) – $1,918.0 billion (Next film December 2015)
4. James Bond (24 Movies) - $1,912.8 billion (Next film November 2015)
5. Batman (Eight Movies) $1,897.8 billion (Next film May 2016)
6. Lord of the Rings (Six movies) $1,622.0 billion (Next film December)
7. Shrek (Five movies) $1,419.6 billion (Next film TBD)
8. Spider-Man (Four movies) $1,375.9 billion (Next film May)
9. Twilight (Five movies) $1,363.5 billion
10. Pirates of the Caribbean (Four movies) $1,279.2 billion (Next film 2016)
that becomes even more impressive when you consider that Marvel has a movie in theatres now, and will have 3 more out before any of the other top 5 franchises next film.
The MCU is the most successful franchise in U.S. history. Bigger than Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and James Bond.
1. Marvel Cinematic Universe (Nine movies) - $2,463.3 billion and counting
2. Harry Potter (Eight movies) - $2,390.1 billion (next film, Fantastic Beasts, TBA)
3. Star Wars (Seven movies) – $1,918.0 billion (Next film December 2015)
4. James Bond (24 Movies) - $1,912.8 billion (Next film November 2015)
5. Batman (Eight Movies) $1,897.8 billion (Next film May 2016)
6. Lord of the Rings (Six movies) $1,622.0 billion (Next film December)
7. Shrek (Five movies) $1,419.6 billion (Next film TBD)
8. Spider-Man (Four movies) $1,375.9 billion (Next film May)
9. Twilight (Five movies) $1,363.5 billion
10. Pirates of the Caribbean (Four movies) $1,279.2 billion (Next film 2016)
that becomes even more impressive when you consider that Marvel has a movie in theatres now, and will have 3 more out before any of the other top 5 franchises next film.
To be fair, they can have multiple crews working on multiple films at once, none of the others really can, either because they feature a singular character, or the same cast and crew, etc.
It's not really a franchise in the same way those other films are
The MCU is the most successful franchise in U.S. history. Bigger than Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and James Bond.
1. Marvel Cinematic Universe (Nine movies) - $2,463.3 billion and counting
2. Harry Potter (Eight movies) - $2,390.1 billion (next film, Fantastic Beasts, TBA)
3. Star Wars (Seven movies) – $1,918.0 billion (Next film December 2015)
4. James Bond (24 Movies) - $1,912.8 billion (Next film November 2015)
5. Batman (Eight Movies) $1,897.8 billion (Next film May 2016)
6. Lord of the Rings (Six movies) $1,622.0 billion (Next film December)
7. Shrek (Five movies) $1,419.6 billion (Next film TBD)
8. Spider-Man (Four movies) $1,375.9 billion (Next film May)
9. Twilight (Five movies) $1,363.5 billion
10. Pirates of the Caribbean (Four movies) $1,279.2 billion (Next film 2016)
U.S. history?
Is there a non-hollywood series that has made more than 2,500 billion?
Edit: Oh nevermind, US Gross
I suppose if you roll up all of Dr Who's 50 years and adjust for inflation?
Considering Doctor Who is a BBC TV show that only had a handful of theater releases that would be pretty negligible
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It's hard for me to articulate how much I love the fact that the MCU worked, and worked really, really well
It makes me happy whenever I think about it
I was hoping for some insightful stuff
The first like ten minutes is that, and then it's like "here's a recap of all these movies and how they tie together"
There's an excellent book to be written or documentary to be filmed one day on how all this came to be, and I can't wait for it
For example, Samuel L Jackson calling up Marvel of his own volition about playing Nick Fury was funny to me
I liked it
Really love the art
And the two mini-comics at the end were also great
Was he aware of the Ultimate comics with the Nick Fury that looked and acted an awful lot like him?
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The story I heard is he threatened to sue the shit out of them for using his likeness unless they gave him first choice of playing Nick Fury in a movie, if a movie was to be made.
It's mostly just making me think about how bummed I'll be when he dies, because he's really influenced me practically since birth
They also spent a good 10, 15 minutes on the idea that Jack Kirby was just as responsible for the stories as Stan Lee was, which was nice to see
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Hopefully there would be twice as many cameos, for one thing
I would like to see some of the Kirby crackle effect in live action sometime, on a related note
"So you're saying I get paid more for five minutes' work than I did for any of the actual work I did at either Marvel or DC?"
"Yes."
"Is this your idea of an apology?"
"...maybe."
If the Fantastic Four should revert, I hope that their story would be the "wormhole / cosmic ray phenomenon" they went in way back (before Iron Man happened) reopens and they come out, empowered. And everybody would freak out but to them they've been gone for only a few hours.
And then in a dimly lit castle, a figure watching the media circus surrounding the return of the Fantastic Four crushes his glass of wine.
The Incredible Hulk one where he's grabbing a drink out of the fridge has a shot of Jack Kirby sitting on a couch, with Stan asking "I'm going to get something to drink, do you want anything?" on his way to the fridge
Jack Kirby is the other guy playing chess against Stan Lee at the end of Avengers
Jack Kirby sitting next to Stan Lee as one of the judges in the beauty pageant in Iron Man 3
Steam ID - VeldrinD
Scott Pilgrim has it
Oh yeah! I'd forgotten!
It does look really good in live action!
Where was it in Scott Pilgrim?
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It might be in more spots than that
But the trivia track very deliberately points out "these are Kirby dots"
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
And poor, poor Tommy, he quickly turned into such a likeable guy who was then shat on throughout the season.
I mean, the premise is "Find anyone we can absolutely trust."
"I was just trying to pull a fast one" isn't a good reason to leave someone locked up for months, but it is reason enough to put someone away until the shooting dies down. Too much doubt when you need guarantees.
Why I fear the ocean.
But all I could hear was I Can Go The Distance from Hercules.
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is that the one where he claims to have made up the idea of mjolnir
But this isn't his first rodeo either, and he's been exploiting his position with SHIELD for decades, just on a smaller scale. And when he was Ward's SO, he made a point of keeping him on a tight leash. This led to extensive psychological conditioning, programming, and maybe even some outright brainwashing.
All of a sudden, Hydra shows up. Garrett figures, eh what the hell. They seem to have completely infiltrated SHIELD, so they're an obviously better choice of ally.
Meanwhile Ward didn't actually know Garrett was the Clairvoyant, but he'd been programmed so extensively that when Garrett pulls his whole, "HAND is the Clairvoyant! Can YOU BELIEVE that?!" it's obviously him passing along information. At some point (likely off screen) Garrett "activates" Ward, then Ward gets himself on the escort and shoots the crew.
But! Ward is going to start to realize what's been done to him, and he'll likely be very, very angry with Garrett and probably either betray him to Coulson's team or kill him on his own.
But! At that point, it will have been too late, and Ward will realize not only has he done so many outright evil deeds that he'll see himself as being irredeemable in SHIELD's eyes. And then he'll have a revelation that as long as he's the bad guy he might as well be the bad guy. He'll decide that all that brainwashing/programming/conditioning? Turns out what it really did was peel back the layers and let the real Ward out (or at least that's the line he'll give). Basically he'll decide that without any pesky morals he's able much more effective at being "the whole situation."
Cue season 2 with Centipede basically taken down, but now Ward has infiltrated the Fridge and sprung all those villains and stolen all that tech. Also there's the whole, you know, super-spy-action-hero type thing Ward has going on, while will make him that much harder to deal with, since Team Coulson will have to constantly watch their backs.
Ward turns into some crazy amalgamation of Angelus/Tankor/Michael Westen.
The MCU is the most successful franchise in U.S. history. Bigger than Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and James Bond.
Can AoS work when enemies aren't taken care of and keep returning?
-Or-
Is it better to have a solid casting that's doomed to be killed off?
I have no problem with 3D but if it doesn't really add anything I'll probably go without.
U.S. history?
Is there a non-hollywood series that has made more than 2,500 billion?
Edit: Oh nevermind, US Gross
Go without. It doesn't really add much and there are some dark scenes especially in the beginning that I found 3D to be detrimental for.
I suppose if you roll up all of Dr Who's 50 years and adjust for inflation?
that becomes even more impressive when you consider that Marvel has a movie in theatres now, and will have 3 more out before any of the other top 5 franchises next film.
To be fair, they can have multiple crews working on multiple films at once, none of the others really can, either because they feature a singular character, or the same cast and crew, etc.
It's not really a franchise in the same way those other films are