The Marvel Cinematic Universe: The Avengers, etc.

[JessePinkman]

On 10/7/2016 at 10:34 PM, JessePinkman said:

I've yet to question one choice made in the casting of this movie. All they need to do now to completely satisfy my soul is cast Angela Bassett as literally anyone. 

I AM PRESCIENT 

[ChelseaNH]

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[benteen]

Good lord, could that cast be anymore awesome?

[Spartan Girl]

This movie is going to be mind blowing.

[dusang]

No pressure, Ryan Coogler ... 

[Bruinsfan]

Hot damn! Not that I wasn't eager to see the movie before, but Angela's involvement is the cherry on top of the sundae.

[BetterButter]

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 – Official Teaser Trailer

[VCRTracking]

Oh my god I love Drax.

Mantis!!!!

Baby Groot is so adorable.

[vb68]

Baby Groot  FTW!

That is a great trailer!

[JustaPerson]

Avengers: Infinity Wars started filming.

Edited February 11, 2017 by JustaPerson

[Jazzy24]

I'm so hyped for Avengers: Infinity War!! I'm so glad that the Russos said that Tony is doing everything that he can to keep the world safe. I love that they have Tony knowing something is coming and him doing everything to fight it. 

And Ironman, Spider-Man, and Star Lord!!! 

[Perfect Xero]

At first I was excited to see Tony with Pete & Pete, then the Russos showed up and I realized the plot of this movie is probably going to be Tony trying to kill the Guardians for 60 minutes until Cap shows up and stops him.

[Kel Varnsen]

8 hours ago, Jazzy24 said:

I'm so hyped for Avengers: Infinity War!! I'm so glad that the Russos said that Tony is doing everything that he can to keep the world safe. I love that they have Tony knowing something is coming and him doing everything to fight it. 

And Ironman, Spider-Man, and Star Lord!!! 

So which Community cast member is going to show up in a cameo role? We had Abed in Winter Soldier as a SHIELD agent and The Dean in Civil War as an actual University Dean.

[Watermelon]

On 2/11/2017 at 4:35 AM, Perfect Xero said:

At first I was excited to see Tony with Pete & Pete, then the Russos showed up and I realized the plot of this movie is probably going to be Tony trying to kill the Guardians for 60 minutes until Cap shows up and stops him.

Tony better keep his hands off Baby Groot, if he knows what's best for his health 

[JustaPerson]

To be fair, if a talking raccoon with a giant gun and a talking tree showed up out of the sky I would probably try to kill them too. 

[Kel Varnsen]

19 minutes ago, JustaPerson said:

To be fair, if a talking raccoon with a giant gun and a talking tree showed up out of the sky I would probably try to kill them too. 

I know Avengers 4 isn't going to be Infinity War 2 anymore but do we know yet if Thanos is going to be thd main villain in both movies? Because if the Avengers and the Guardians finish him off in one movie that is going to need to be a 4 hour+ movie just to cover everything.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

On 2/12/2017 at 1:44 PM, JustaPerson said:

To be fair, if a talking raccoon with a giant gun and a talking tree showed up out of the sky I would probably try to kill them too. 

I just had this image of Tony trying to have any kind of conversation with Drax. Now I can't stop snickering, and I'm still at work.

[SnoGirl]

2 hours ago, Cobalt Stargazer said:

I just had this image of Tony trying to have any kind of conversation with Drax. Now I can't stop snickering, and I'm still at work.

There are so many character interactions I can't wait to see. Chris Evans and Chris Pratt are friends in real life, so I don't know how they're even going to keep a straight face with each other. Tony hitting on any of the female characters will be gold. What if Thor knows of the Guardians? I'm sad we won't hear a "rainbow road" joke between Starlord and Thor because it wasn't invented before Peter was taken. I hope someone makes Peter another mixtape (definitely pulling for that person to be Black Widow or Spidey). Can the Ladies have a badass scene together and save at least one Avenger/Guardian please?

My only sad point is I wish we would see some of the TV characters too. Daredevil being amused while talking to Barton. Leo Fitz loses his mind at a talking Racoon. Jessica Jones having a conversation with Natasha about the crap that's happened to them. Luke Cage trying to lift Thor's hammer. Gemma Simmons talking science with Tony. And everyone being mad that Coulson is alive. 

I could be persuaded to watch a four hour movie of everyone interacting with each other...

[Cobalt Stargazer]

On 2/12/2017 at 0:06 PM, Kel Varnsen said:

I know Avengers 4 isn't going to be Infinity War 2 anymore but do we know yet if Thanos is going to be thd main villain in both movies? Because if the Avengers and the Guardians finish him off in one movie that is going to need to be a 4 hour+ movie just to cover everything.

According to IMDB, Josh Brolin (who wasn't credited in Guardians or Ultron, btw) will again be playing Thanos, but I can't find any mention of whether or not the character will be in another movie after this. Also, I could be remembering wrong, but didn't Nebula die when she fell off of Rocket's windshield, or did she survive the drop?

[Captain Carrot]

27 minutes ago, Cobalt Stargazer said:

Also, I could be remembering wrong, but didn't Nebula die when she fell off of Rocket's windshield, or did she survive the drop?

She landed on one of the Ravager's ships, punched through the window, threw the pilot out of the ship, and flew off.

[Bruinsfan]

Quill made the Jackson Pollock joke in the first movie, which considering that he was a pre-teen when abducted by the Ravagers makes me think he's had at least intermittent contact with Earth culture in the years since. I mean, if he's been galavanting around the galaxy by himself in his own ship as an adult there's no reason he couldn't have stopped by at some point.

[Lugal]

Jackson Pollock died in 1956, so Quill could have known that before he left.  Not saying he hasn't been back, but the galaxy seems big enough that there was more than enough adventures for Quill without coming back to Earth.  Maybe he intercepted a few broadcasts from Earth and decided it was best to fly the other way.

Given how things have developed on this planet in the last 25 years or so, if I had my own ship, I would fly off and not look back either.

[ChelseaNH]

Not many 12 year olds would be familiar with Jackson Pollock, but his mom seemed to be sharing a lot of her interests with him, so who knows?

[Which Tyler]

2 hours ago, ChelseaNH said:

Not many 12 year olds would be familiar with Jackson Pollock, but his mom seemed to be sharing a lot of her interests with him, so who knows?

True - but there are many who are interested in peurile humour - whether they "get it" or not.

Edited February 23, 2017 by Which Tyler

[Cobalt Stargazer]

On 2/11/2017 at 2:35 AM, Perfect Xero said:

At first I was excited to see Tony with Pete & Pete, then the Russos showed up and I realized the plot of this movie is probably going to be Tony trying to kill the Guardians for 60 minutes until Cap shows up and stops him.

Re this, but on a different subject - I saw a post on Facebook while getting ready for work that says Scarlett Johansson is "in regular communication" with Joss Whedon about the Black Widow solo movie. I know that there have been rumors for ages that Natasha will get her own movie, and while I would definitely subscribe to that newsletter, I was amused that the complaint directly beneath the picture criticizes Whedon while praising the Russos. I'm well aware that JW has his flaws, and that many people were not happy with Nat's story in Ultron, but I'm on record as being not that pleased with the Russos either. So I'm torn. More news later when I actually have time to investigate.

[Dandesun]

On 2/23/2017 at 8:41 AM, ChelseaNH said:

Not many 12 year olds would be familiar with Jackson Pollock, but his mom seemed to be sharing a lot of her interests with him, so who knows?

I knew who Jackson Pollock was when I was five. And this would have been in the 70s so that joke didn't take me out of the movie at all. I'm willing to bet I became aware of his work due to PBS children's television.

[Kel Varnsen]

3 hours ago, Dandesun said:

I knew who Jackson Pollock was when I was five. And this would have been in the 70s so that joke didn't take me out of the movie at all. I'm willing to bet I became aware of his work due to PBS children's television.

We know that the Ravagers and the Kree are able to visit earth. Not hard to believe that others visited earth and maybe traded stuff they brought back with Starlord, even if he never went back to earth.

Also i was bored recently so i rewatched Iron Man on netflix over the last few nights and it still really holds up. And the "I am Iron Man" ending is still awesome, and kind of amazing that they pulled it off. I remember seeing it in theatre and being a pretty big shock that they ended it that way, especially compared to every othrr super hero movie of the time.

[ChelseaNH]

21 hours ago, Dandesun said:

 

On 2/23/2017 at 11:41 AM, ChelseaNH said:

Not many 12 year olds would be familiar with Jackson Pollock, but his mom seemed to be sharing a lot of her interests with him, so who knows?

I knew who Jackson Pollock was when I was five.

Are you many 12 year olds?

[xaxat]

Remember that video claiming that Marvel movies looked ugly?

I'm no film scholar, but has Marvel changed their color grading for Guardians 2 and Thor Ragnarok?

[JustaPerson]

I think it helps that those movies take place in space, where they can have a little more fun with the color palette 

Edited April 12, 2017 by JustaPerson

[xaxat]

While both are similarly colorful, I think Guardians 2 looks "brighter" than 1. Gamora is almost glowing in 2.

[Bruinsfan]

I recall the first Thor movie looking like a unicorn threw up all over it—the colors were almost day-glo, and everything was shiny or sparkly.

[BetterButter]

Captain Marvel’ Finds Directors in Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

[JessePinkman]

A woman and a man. Oh.

This probably shouldn't be here but it IS technically part of the MCU. Freeform's Marvel's Cloak & Dagger: 

If you ask me that looks better than it has any right to. I'm cautiously optimistic.

[Dandesun]

Wow. You're right, that does look better than it has any right to. Damn.

[scriggle]

Bringing this over from  the Thor: Ragnarok thread:

On 5/9/2017 at 3:14 PM, Jazzy24 said:

I'm pretty sure that Marvel has the rights to Namor, all the rights. 

According to this article from 2014:

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IGN: Finally, there were rumours circulating awhile back that Universal and Legendary Pictures were developing a Sub-Mariner movie, but there was also some confusion about who holds the rights to the character. So could Legendary make that movie at this point?

Feige: No.

IGN: So if a film were to happen it would be you guys making it?

Feige: Yes, but it’s slightly more complicated than that. Let’s put it this way – there are entanglements that make it less easy. There are older contracts that still involve other parties that mean we need to work things out before we move forward on it. As opposed to an Iron Man or any of the Avengers or any of the other Marvel characters where we could just put them in.

 

Which leads us to this article from February 2017: Donnie Yen and Fans Campaigning For Him to be Cast as Namor for Marvel Studios

That is a casting I could really get behind.

[rmontro]

I always thought the Rock would make a great Sub-Mariner, more so when he was younger though.

[VCRTracking]

Everything You Need to Know About the Inhumans, Marvel's Latest TV Stars

[Captain Carrot]

Man, that promotional picture is just horrible. It looks like something that would appear after Xena back in the 90's.

[coppersin]

Most of the cast doesn't look too bad, but poor Serinda Swan looks like she wandered over from her side job as a princess at the Magic Kingdom. Between this, Shadowhunters and Riverdale, tv really needs to back away from the poorly-done red dye jobs.

[rmontro]

Black Bolt and Medusa just look... wrong.  Maximus probably looks the best.  Crystal is okay, I guess, and Gorgon.

Never thought I'd see a TV show about the Inhumans royal family though.  Another set of characters introduced in the Fantastic Four, by the way.

[Raja]

6 hours ago, coppersin said:

Most of the cast doesn't look too bad, but poor Serinda Swan looks like she wandered over from her side job as a princess at the Magic Kingdom. Between this, Shadowhunters and Riverdale, tv really needs to back away from the poorly-done red dye jobs.

I  think that by the time the final cut hits IMAX every frame of her hair will be CGI so I  don't worry about the pictures 

[Kel Varnsen]

1 hour ago, Raja said:

I  think that by the time the final cut hits IMAX every frame of her hair will be CGI so I  don't worry about the pictures 

Isn't hair one of the hardest things to do well using CGI? Could be hard to do with a tv budget. I am curious if they will have her hair be CG 100% of the time or only when it is moving and then a wig when it is not. Either way the costumes look like people dressed up for a convention.

[AimingforYoko]

I can't remember where I read it, but somebody said that Marvel's wig guy needs to be fired and replaced by the guy from The Americans.

[rmontro]

By the way, I just caught The Avengers on TV (again), and I just have to say how much I love that final shawarma scene.  It says so much without anyone saying a word.  Plus it's very much the type of scene Marvel used to put in their comics, where superheroes were placed in everyday situations.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

"Puny god."

Heh.

[Raja]

On 5/12/2017 at 2:13 PM, Kel Varnsen said:

Isn't hair one of the hardest things to do well using CGI? Could be hard to do with a tv budget. I am curious if they will have her hair be CG 100% of the time or only when it is moving and then a wig when it is not. Either way the costumes look like people dressed up for a convention.

They are trying to set up a secret cut off society that was concurrent with Jaiying's Afterlife group of Inhumans from Agents of SHIELD since it is ABC TV as well as IMAX, that moved into the real world and outside of the sanctuary. Do you go all out Guardians of The Galaxy alien? Perhaps they should have

[rmontro]

9 hours ago, Cobalt Stargazer said:

"Puny god."

Heh.

Great scene.  I love that they went ahead and let the Hulk talk, even if it was just a few words.  I'm not a huge Hulk fan (although he really stole that first Avengers movie), but I always liked his silly "Hulk smash" chatter.  But people argued that no one would accept the Hulk talking, because he didn't talk on the old TV show.  Who cares?

Regarding Medusa's hair, I would think that it makes more economic sense to just put her in a wig, unless she is using her power.  Otherwise it seems like a waste of time and money.  I remember on the "Star Trek:  Enterprise" TV show they animated the Andorian's antennae so that they were always moving, but that was a minor character who was only in a couple episodes.  Medusa is one of the main characters and should have a lot of screen time.

[Bruinsfan]

Unless Medusa's dress is also a placeholder for finished CGI they're going to have big problems. She looks like she belongs in the cellophane Barbie doll packaging from the stage act of Matt Bomer's character in Magic Mike.

[VCRTracking]

12 hours ago, rmontro said:

Regarding Medusa's hair, I would think that it makes more economic sense to just put her in a wig, unless she is using her power.  Otherwise it seems like a waste of time and money.  I remember on the "Star Trek:  Enterprise" TV show they animated the Andorian's antennae so that they were always moving, but that was a minor character who was only in a couple episodes.  Medusa is one of the main characters and should have a lot of screen time.

I agree that Medusa's hair looks lackluster. If she's going to have a wig I pictured something similar to country singer Bobbie Gentry(Ode to Billie Joe) but red: