Marvel Universe Thread

[Captain of Fun]

Rumors going round that the chick who directed Monster is being pegged for it.

Yeah, that's a great fit.

[Captain of Fun]

Speaking of Thor, we're one issue away from the end of Fear Itself, and it still hasn't hooked me at all. At this point I'm only reading in the vain hope that bucky cap will somehow be brought back in the end.

[Reavant]

i dunno the jugger-colossus is pretty cool

[Reavant]

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[parkmania]

Juggerlossus or Colonaut?

[Lock Jaw]

Haven't read Marvel since the beginning of Dark Reign. Wish I had the time to catch up on stuff.

[Captain of Fun]

Cap telling off Odin was pretty awesome though, I'll say that much.

[LuigiD]

Recently got back into reading Marvel. Took a break after Dark Reign. Liked the X-Men Fear Itself story so far.

I guess not completely related to the topic but..does anyone collect the Marvel Universe figures? love them. Have most of them. A nice replacement for the Marvel Legends that really went downhill once Hasbro took over.
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[Captain of Fun]

Kind of interested in Avengers: X-Sanction.

Basically just Cable vs The avengers.

[Sixx]

Juggerlossus or Colonaut?

Colonaut sounds like a name for colon astronaut, so that.

[Captain of Fun]

Rumors going round that the chick who directed Monster is being pegged for it.

Yeah, that's a great fit.


This was made official at NYCC. Still seems like an odd choice to me, but oh well. I'll wait to see how she handles it.

[Kane Knight]

Just saw X-men Origins Wolverine.

It was better then I thought it would be. Liev Schreiber was really good. Honestly though I feel like they should reconn the Wolverine franchise too match up with the superior X-Men first class.

I feel like that wouldn't bother people.

Pretty sure most people would love to see Wolverine take a different direction from XMO.

Which, I agree, wasn't as bad as I expected, but it could have been a lot better.

[Lock Jaw]

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[Inadequacy]

Nice to see agent Coulson get to be a badass

[Kalyx triaD]

Very cool.

[Rammsteinmad]

Cool. Is this gonna be one of those small vids that were discussed a few pages back that will be included as extras on DVDs?

[The Destroyer]

I love Agent Coulson.

Nice touch with Roxxon too.

[Kalyx triaD]

Cool. Is this gonna be one of those small vids that were discussed a few pages back that will be included as extras on DVDs?

Yeah. There's another one with Coulson talking to another agent about the consultant (Stark).

[Lock Jaw]

Didn't know that one was even out yet.

Here it is:

http://youtu.be/7uPBGStuFgw
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Huzzah for continuity!

[Rammsteinmad]

Wow, pretty cool how they're fleshing out the Marvel Universe now, and showing how all these movies/incidences are connected.

[Rammsteinmad]

'Hidden on the Thor Blu-ray".

So are these clips BR only, or are they on the DVD's too. I haven't upgraded to BR yet, but would hate to miss out on these short clips. :(

[Kalyx triaD]

It's only two so far. Hoping for a Black Widow and Hawkeye short.

[Captain of Fun]

http://i.newsarama.com/images/ITS_COMING-Phoenix.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

The bitch is back.

[Captain of Fun]

Fear Itself is over. Kinda sucked.

Schism on the other hand, was wonderful.

[Rammsteinmad]

Soooo... ANOTHER Phoenix/Jean Grey drama?

[Rammsteinmad]

Something about the woman behind the counter of that Agent Coulson video doesn't sit right with me.

'What do I tell the Police?' would indicate that there's no security cameras in there, which is fucking crazy because I always assumed most petrol stations have security cameras in them, at least aimed at the counter anyway. So we're meant to believe a young woman has accepted a night job at a gas station in the middle of nowhere, with no means of security? Pretty unbelievable to be honest.

Unless she's secretly a Skrull! :shifty:

[Kalyx triaD]

I'll buy that.

[Lock Jaw]

Everybody is a Skrull. Agent Coulson is a Skrull.

[Captain of Fun]

I don't mind a new Phoenix story. Doesn't necessarily mean Jean is coming back, btw. Phoenix is an entity unto itself, don't forget.

[The Destroyer]

Based on the writers, I smell it being a crossover event universe wide, rather than just an X-Men thing.

[Next Big Thing]

Didn't they allude to the Phoenix and Hope Summers in the last X-men Schism? I think it was a convo between Cyclops and Emma, but I may be mistaken.

[Shadow]

I don't mind a new Phoenix story. Doesn't necessarily mean Jean is coming back, btw. Phoenix is an entity unto itself, don't forget.

Yeah but recently the Phoenix and Jean are one and the same. So odds are Jean's coming back and Scott's gonna be feeling a bit guilty.

Cause he's a douche.

[Reavant]

Ive heard jean from AOA is somehow coming over to be on wolverines team

[Kalyx triaD]

lol wut?

[Kalyx triaD]

Marvel continuity, I love you. You have no qualms ending Peter Parker's marriage and having Spidey 2099 in the 616 universe. Don't get me started with the Sommer's bloodline.

[Captain of Fun]

Yeah, X-Force is in the AoA right now.

X-force is a great book btw.

[DaveBrawl]

Sweet, Marvel is supposedly going to be launching a new Age of Apocalypse series sometime next year. I had a large chunk of those books years ago and I loved that series more than the standard X-Men stories. I'm definitely looking forward to this.

Uncanny X-Force #19.1 is the springboard of it and will be out in January.

http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/image/article/120/1200900/nycc-the-age-of-apocalypse-returns-20111017054901246-000.jpg
http://comics.ign.com/articles/120/1200900p1.html

[Sixx]

Ummm, what's with Wolverine's left hand?

[DaBrasko]

Ummm, what's with Wolverine's left hand?

In AOA Cyclops blasted it off and Wolverine put out one of Scott's eyes. So Wolverine just put an adamantium stump cap put in place.

[Lock Jaw]

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Best theme song ever

[Sixx]

In AOA Cyclops blasted it off and Wolverine put out one of Scott's eyes. So Wolverine just put an adamantium stump cap put in place.

Why hasn't it regenerated?

[Funky Fly]

Why hasn't it regenerated?

Because it was a full power optic blast and it blew the adamantium covered bones clean off. Can't grow the bones back, so no hand.

[Sixx]

Oh. Always thought adamantium was like undestroyable or somethin'.

[Funky Fly]

Yeah, for the most part. The hand was blown off through sheer concussive force. The bones are probably still in tact a long way from where the fight happened just with no flesh on them.

[Sixx]

So if someday Logan finds the missing hand can he like reattach it?

I know this might sound like a retarded question, but I just don't fully understand how his healing factor works.

[The Destroyer]

Neither do the writers. They just use it to suit the story, I think.

[Sixx]

Ok, so I guess he will get his hand back.

[Captain of Fun]

Nah, probably not.

[dronepool]

Fear Itself was a steaming pile of shit. From now I will not subscribe to 'major Marvel events' (at stores) without reading the first issue or two. Uncanny X-Force and Amazing Spider-Man are the most enjoyable titles from Marvel for me. Might even stop following Avengers/New Avengers after the whole Dark Avengers Return arc just to buy less over priced comics.

[Rammsteinmad]

Neither do the writers. They just use it to suit the story, I think.

Pretty much this.

[Captain of Fun]

Fear Itself was a steaming pile of shit. From now I will not subscribe to 'major Marvel events' (at stores) without reading the first issue or two. Uncanny X-Force and Amazing Spider-Man are the most enjoyable titles from Marvel for me. Might even stop following Avengers/New Avengers after the whole Dark Avengers Return arc just to buy less over priced comics.


This is why I download and read the books every week from torrent sites. If I like a story, I'll buy the trade. Storing single issues of comics is a chore, but trades fit nicely on the bookshelf.

Also, by downloading the weekly DCP and Minuteman scans, I can read everything that comes out, and discover new titles and story arcs to buy, that I never would have come across if I only read what I bought.

Also, yeah, Fear Itself was crap. Don't know what the fuck they were thinking, killing Bucky. There goes hundreds of fresh potential stories, down the toilet just for a cheap shock moment. Bullshit.

Uncanny X-Force(including the original book with x-23, warpath, and archangel) has been the most consistently good book the last few years. Even the artwork has never slipped once.

Feel like the Avengers, New Avengers, and Secret Avengers have been pretty good so far. Of all the Avengers titles, Academy is definitely the best, so if you haven't checked that out yet, give it a look.

Future Foundation is giving X-Force a run for it's money. Haven't read the more recent issues yet, but the first two were really good.

[Lock Jaw]

Is X-Factor still really good? I remember a few years back that it was easily the best X-Title.

[Captain of Fun]

Dunno, haven't read it since Madrox and Layla were sent into the future.

[LuigiD]

http://media.comicbookmovie.com/images/uploads/easteregg2.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

NICE

[Rammsteinmad]

What movie is that from?

[Rammsteinmad]

Also, check this out!

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[DaveBrawl]

What movie is that from?

Captain America

[LuigiD]

The Lizard..

http://media.comicbookmovie.com/images/uploads/lizard3.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

Needs lab coat.

[LuigiD]

Don't know how I feel about it yet.
Since I was a kid, Lizard has always been one of my fav Spidey villains.
Have the Todd McFarlarne look fresh inside my head.
We will see.

[Lock Jaw]

Apparently that is an "early concept" and that the final one "looks bigger".

[Reavant]

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/5/51884/2107110-lizard_pez_super.jpg

http://www.comicvine.com/news/our-first-look-at-the-lizard-in-the-amazing-spider-man-on-a-pez/143924/

[LuigiD]

That looks more like Scorpion to me than The Lizard :wtf:

[alvarado52]

really hating the visual direction they are going with so far. Have zero interest in the movie.

[Sixx]

This looks shit.

[Rammsteinmad]

Obviously I'll await final judgment until I've seen the movie, but if that's the Lizard, I'm not too excited about it. Besides generally looking shit, he looks much too human.

[Rammsteinmad]

Never imagined I'd not be interested in a Spider-Man movie...

[LuigiD]

Perhaps he will start out like that and slowly evolve into the Lizard that we love? just hopeful thinking..bah..:|

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Blitz]

"The Untold Story". Yeah because we've never heard Spidey's origins before. Dig the image though.

[RP]

Before he was slinging web, he was slinging cock.

[Skippord]

"The Untold Story". Yeah because we've never heard Spidey's origins before. Dig the image though.
Maybe Uncle Ben molested him in this version or something

[Captain of Fun]

Well I just checked imdb, and Jerry Sandusky is playing Uncle Ben, so it appears you are right skip.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Kalyx triaD]

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"Super Nova"
Lyrics: Jean Kalyx
Vocals: R5TheLive
Music: Capcom
Nova by Marvel Comics
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[Kalyx triaD]

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[Kalyx triaD]

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[Nowhere Man]

I dig that shot of Spidey. Though I'm hoping that him defacing the Daily Bugle sign with his symbol is just a promotional thing, and isn't actually part of the movie.

[Kalyx triaD]

Green Goblin make-up/animatronics test for the first spidey movie:

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[Kalyx triaD]

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[Sixx]

Why is Spiderman being mean to Thor?

[RP]

Thor is clearly down on his luck and strung out on meth in that scene

[Rammsteinmad]

That Ghost Rider trailer looks pretty sick. I'm one of the few that didn't mind the first one. It wasn't amazingly brilliant or anything, but it was a good, enjoyable, watchable movie. Hopefully this one'll be a bit edgier, so that the character can really let loose a little.

Still, it's coming out in the same year as The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and Spectacular Spider-Man, so it's pretty much doomed from the start.

[Nowhere Man]

That Goblin makeup looks insane. It's a shame they didn't use that instead of the Power Ranger mask we wound up with.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Kalyx triaD]

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[Lock Jaw]

Coming soon to a Toys R' Us near you!

[Kalyx triaD]

Too late for that.

Got Thor's Hammer for Xmas btw. Pretty cool.

[Sixx]

Too late for that.

Got Thor's Hammer for Xmas btw. Pretty cool.

Wow.

[Juan]

Saw them at Wal-Mart

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MZDN24aunf0/TjtcwNA6ovI/AAAAAAAABjE/t_WeGjH58sI/s1600/fw-Thors+Hammer+Toy.jpg

[Sixx]

So, what do you do with it, Kalyx?

[Kalyx triaD]

It's that one. And... I throw it at people. They have to throw it back though, when I yell "Hammer!" And nobody picks it up but me.

That actually started the Nerf Wars.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Nowhere Man]

.....so did Marvel just get rid of all of their villains? Because it feels like every other major event they do is the heroes fighting each other.

[Captain of Fun]

Artwork doesn't enthuse me very much. Should have just extended the battle in Children's Crusade.

[Rammsteinmad]

What's with the Juggernaut/Collossus hybrid? And is Magneto an X-Man now?

[Kalyx triaD]

Peter's been using Juggy's crystal for a while now. Mag is on the good guy end of the cycle now.

[Reavant]

What's with the Juggernaut/Collossus hybrid? And is Magneto an X-Man now?

during the "fear itself" storyline, the normal juggernaut was possessed by the god of fear. This made him even more powerful than before and there was nothing the xmen could do to stop him. so they sent colossus, his sister and kitty pryde to the crimson cosmos to talk to the demon cyttorak which is the being that possesses the juggernaut with his powers normally. He was pissed that the juggernaut was working with another god so he offered the power to one of them. The original plan was for colossus' sister to take it but he jumped in the way not wanting his sister to suffer more and he became the juggernaut and beat down the real juggernaut on his return to earth.

[Reavant]

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2012/01/ef9e2c97e9f366c64908d36bffcfdd54.jpg

and its only cyclops' branch of the xmen... wolverine and his branch will be with the avengers.

This is all being started off with the current return of cable and his fight with the avengers right now.

[Rammsteinmad]

during the "fear itself" storyline, the normal juggernaut was possessed by the god of fear. This made him even more powerful than before and there was nothing the xmen could do to stop him. so they sent colossus, his sister and kitty pryde to the crimson cosmos to talk to the demon cyttorak which is the being that possesses the juggernaut with his powers normally. He was pissed that the juggernaut was working with another god so he offered the power to one of them. The original plan was for colossus' sister to take it but he jumped in the way not wanting his sister to suffer more and he became the juggernaut and beat down the real juggernaut on his return to earth.

Thanks for the summary. I'm a bit behind with my comics, especially compared to America. I'm sure this is a good read, but in a synopsis it kinda sounds dumb and makes me kinda ' :roll: lol comic books'...

But why does he still need the helmet though? Seriously? :o

[Nowhere Man]

I guess because it makes him stronger and whatnot. I mean, why give up something that makes you more badass than you already are?

[Boondock Saint]

Nobody asked for Avengers vs X-Men, Marvel. Nobody.

[Kalyx triaD]

I think it's alright.

[Reavant]

But why does he still need the helmet though? Seriously? :o

its apart of the juggernaut costume when he activates its powers. He tries to fight as long as possible without using its powers because it is a thing of evil but when things arent going well, he uses the power

[Reavant]

AvX looks pretty interesting based on how they are setting up the story with avengers x-sanction... cable is attacking the avengers because they are apparently responsible for the death of hope.

[mitchables]

usually like kubert's art but wtf is going on with cyclops' hands?

especially his right (our left). that is bush league.

[mitchables]

and the proportion on thor lol. LOOK AT IT. that is some liefeld shit right there.

[Funky Fly]

lol no mercy from Fort

[Blitz]

Rob Liefeld with some interesting comments (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=85973) re: the upcoming Deadpool movie.

"They've got a great director on the movie, they've got a great script. I may or may have not seen some sort of test of footage that would blow your mind if you saw it and go holy crap and that's Deadpool in costume. Katana swords, guns, shooting people’s faces off and making me laugh. And I may or may not have seen something that looks just like that. And you've got what would amount to the first R Rated X-Men movie. Because that script is R Rated.

They may or may not have wanted to shoot eight minutes to see how it would play. And all I can tell you, it's close. It’s closer that it's even been to going, or going Naaah, that's too scary a proposition to make a R Rated Deadpool movie.”

[Kalyx triaD]

Seems like a strange way to prep a movie, I'd expect that for a TV pilot.

[Rammsteinmad]

The important question is; is this test footage online anywhere?!

[Kalyx triaD]

If it exists, I'm sure there's a furious search going on right now. Then again, the Wonder Woman pilot is harder to find than you think, and this is something we didn't even hear about until now.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[LuigiD]

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[Lock Jaw]

What is that supposed to be?

[LuigiD]

It was rumored that in the 70's they wanted to do a black Widow and Daredevil show.
They got that far..just taking a few photos..thank god.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Kalyx triaD]

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[Captain of Fun]

Ghost Rider looks pretty fucking sick, tbh.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah, I've been liking the clips.

[Nowhere Man]

That pose he's in looks like he's, like, a late night talk show host, introducing the hill behind him as tonight's musical guest.



On a side note, I would totally watch a late night talk show starring Ghost Rider all taking place on a truck driving down the highway.

[Lock Jaw]

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Director Matthew Vaughn is returning for an X-Men: First Class sequel, Deadline (http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/20th-century-fox-production-president-emma-watts-reups-through-2015/) reported Monday.
The news was tucked into a post on Fox production president Emma Watts sticking with the studio through 2015, along with word that Bryan Singer is returning as producer, and that Simon Kinberg — a First Class producer and co-writer of X-Men: The Last Stand — will write the screenplay.

[Kalyx triaD]

Good, though I suppose this means X4 will wait a while longer - short of a reboot.

[Skippord]

I still hate the choice of Nicholas Cage for Johnny Blaze, but the new Ghost Rider does look pretty awesome

love the directors

[RP]

New role in the next XMen. Micheal Fassbender will play Magneto and his mutant cock will play the role of Mutant Cock.

[Kalyx triaD]

Hmm...

[Captain of Fun]

I still hate the choice of Nicholas Cage for Johnny Blaze, but the new Ghost Rider does look pretty awesome

love the directors

Yeah, I normally hate Cage in anything action oriented, but I don't mind it in these movies, since it's all CGI when he's Ghost Rider.

[Sixx]

http://www.hollywood.com/feature/Top_10_Nicolas_Cage_Hairstyles/5304843

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Blitz]

I like the tone Garfield is playing Parker with. And I like how much they seem to be going with his science nerd side.

That said, not a fan of the Lizard design. He needs a snout.

[Kalyx triaD]

Fuck the snout, he needs a lab coat.

I am also enjoying Andrew's Peter. He seems like the wise-ass Spidey always was and I was always attached to his frail frame, which I always associated with Spidey's image compared to other superheroes. I'll get over the web-shooters.

Definitely a different taste from Raimi's work, and it'll be interesting to see if this trilogy will produce anything as epic as Spider-Man 2, so I'm eager to see this.

[Captain of Fun]

Yeah, biggest complaint with the first trilogy is that Spider-man doesn't wise crack enough. He's supposed to be nearly on the same level as Deadpool in that regard. Hopefully the car thief scene isn't the only example of this.

Becoming a little more open to this, even though I still think the costume change isn't very good. That said, it has some big shoes to fill in my eyes. Despite it's flaws, Raimi's movies captured the feel and atmosphere of Romita Sr.'s run perfectly. Also, The Dr. Octopus clock tower/train fight is my favorite fight scene in a movie.

[Kalyx triaD]

Spider-Man 2 is almost perfect in my eyes.

[Kalyx triaD]

Though the universe is doing everything in it's power to stop The Wolverine from being made, he's still the best at what he does - slicing people up in the summer: The Wolverine's official release date is July 26, 2013.

[Rammsteinmad]

Oh wtf we have to wait another year and a half? :foc:

[Kalyx triaD]

So long as we have a date. I was afraid it was gonna get canned altogether.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Blitz]

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Captain America, best known for being the illegitimate lovechild of Captain Planet and Lady Liberty, likes to get around on a motorcycle. And now you can look just like him riding your bicycle with this replica suit from UD Replicas (who brought us the Batman, Star Wars and Iron Man leathers)! Unfortunately, the shield and helmet aren't for sale so you'll have to make your own out of a garbage can lid and watermelon.

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[Kalyx triaD]

98$ dollar belt?

[Lock Jaw]

It has pouches on it.

[RP]

It has pouches on it.

Makes more sense

[Reavant]

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[Nark Order]

Read the 'Dark Phoenix Saga' again for the first time in years and almost started crying. I'm hopeless. :(

[Shadow]

Why?

[Funky Fly]

Because it's really fucking good? And kinda sad.

[Captain of Fun]

Chris Claremont's return to the series was even sadder. So terrible. I digged some of the costumes though.

[Nowhere Man]

So the first trailer for Ultimate Spider-Man is up:

http://marvel.com/videos/watch/2228/ultimate_spider-man_trailer_1



Honestly......meh. I mean, the animation is quite nice (as it should be for the Man of Action team), but I really don't like the whole concept of doing it all as a team-up show. If they're shoving Spider-Bikes and the Iron Spider suit and all these other cameos and gimmicky shit into the series, then there's not going to be any time to develop anything with Spider-Man's rogues gallery (the second-best in all of comics, second only to Batman) or his supporting cast (flat-out the best in all of comics). That, and a lot of the jokes in the trailer kind of fall flat to me, like they're trying too hard to make it 'wacky.' And Spidey really isn't all that wacky; he's just a smartass that never shuts up.

I want it to be good, and it looks nice and flashy, but I can't watch the trailer and not think "This is what they cancelled Spectacular Spider-Man for?"

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Lock Jaw]

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wolverine-poster.jpg

[Kalyx triaD]

OMG tell me if that's real...

[Lock Jaw]

Dunno if the poster is legit, but the movie title and it being in Japan are real. I think it is supposed to be released sometime in 2013.

[McLegend]

I just watched X-Men First class again.

What a great movie. Fassbender and McAvoy just kill it.

[McLegend]

One other thing about X-Men First class...

I think it makes X-men: Last Stand a much better movie. It drives a lot of those themes from that movie home.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah, they didn't go that or anything but it fits like a glove.

[Kalyx triaD]

Ms Marvel Graduates to Captain Marvel:

http://i.newsarama.com/images/CAPMARV2012002_02.jpg

Proud of her.

[dronepool]

The design is blah, she needs long hair.

[Lock Jaw]

One of the things that bug me with Marvel is how often characters will change hero/villain names and costumes.

Pick one. Stick with it. You can tweak it, but largely leave it alone.

You can't make them iconic if they are gonna continually change.

[Fignuts]

What the fuck is that? Why?

Leave Captain Marvel alone. Have no idea why they repeatedly try and bring back Captain Marvel. It always sucks, and is nowhere near as good as the original.

[Shadow]

....so Carol's now a butch dyke? Well...ok.

[Kalyx triaD]

Saw it coming.

[Inadequacy]

Kelly Sue Deconnick is writing it, I don't care about the haircut I'm chexking it out.

[Nark Order]

Hello gentlemen. Got the Marvel subscription service that I'm trying out for this month. Been reading like a madman. Catching up on all the Civil War stuff, trying to get into Black Panther, and and in the middle of New Avengers (2010).

You seem like experienced Marvel folk. What should I get started on? I'm open minded and will probably be into most things.

[dronepool]

http://i41.tinypic.com/2v8iolt.jpg

<3

[Inadequacy]

Hey Narc, check out the Taskmaster miniseries from a couple years ago.

[Fignuts]

Hello gentlemen. Got the Marvel subscription service that I'm trying out for this month. Been reading like a madman. Catching up on all the Civil War stuff, trying to get into Black Panther, and and in the middle of New Avengers (2010).

You seem like experienced Marvel folk. What should I get started on? I'm open minded and will probably be into most things.

If they have the trades of the new X-force, get them. Start from the first series, with the Wolverine, X-23, Warpath, Archangel team.

It's basically an X-men Wetwork team, that Cyclops put together to go do things that "Heroes" shouldn't be doing. i.e. violently slaughtering the bad guys.

Both volumes also have outstanding artwork as well. It's probably my favorite book right now.

[Skippord]

I totally bought those on your recommendation and they are awesome

[Nark Order]

Figgy, so start from the Vol. 3 2008-2010 series and then move up from there?

[Reavant]

If you want to laugh your ass off you should read the entire run to date of the deadpool comics that started in secret invasion

[Nark Order]

Nevermind Figs, I found the series that you're talking about to start from. Marvel digital subscription service has them all on there. Not all of them in the newest series, but all of the X-Force from the 2008-2010 series. Read the first book and I'm hooked already.

[Lock Jaw]

I have been catching up on my Marvel comics since I was waaay behind. Figured I'd catch up since I can't read DC right now out of anger.

I have not been impressed by X-Force. I can see how people would enjoy it, but it ain't my cup o' tea. I have read up to just before the "Second Coming" storyline.

The best X-Title is definitely X-Factor. You should grab the "Madrox" miniseries, and then start reading X-Factor (v3?). They went to like issue 50 or something and then renumbered it to 200.

[Fignuts]

Pretty much the opposite for me. Like you, I can see how people really like X-Factor, but outside of Batman, I've never been into detective stuff.

Love Black Ops stories and characters tho, so X-force is right up my alley.

[dronepool]

I like Uncanny X-Force more than X-Force (2008). XF 2008 was great, but Uncanny X-Force is much more entertaining.

Amazing Spider-Man has been great since Slott started his run in issue 648, I think.

Hickman's Fantastic Four/Future Foundation is great.

Brubaker's Captain America is usually always really good, especially the pre renumbered 600 arcs.

[Reavant]

The Venom series with Flash as Venom has been very cool

[Reavant]

also the art in the carnage mini series is amazing

[Nark Order]

I like Uncanny X-Force more than X-Force (2008). XF 2008 was great, but Uncanny X-Force is much more entertaining.

Yeah, think I'm going to hit them both up. Doing Uncanny after I finish the 2008 run. Problem is, I have my attention between like 18 series right now. Almost caught up with the newest New Avengers series and then I might even start on Secret Avengers. I like the New Avengers alot actually because it has many of the characters that should be a big deal but aren't so much. Luke Cage is the unofficial leader and nobody in the government ever recognizes him or gives him respect. Also, Spiderman has some of the funniest stuff I've seen from him in awhile. They brought Strange in as well. Liking it.

[Fignuts]

Secret Avengers isn't quite as good as New, imo.

As good as the first x-force series is, uncanny is even better.

[Lock Jaw]

I have just finished reading Seige. Gonna check out The Thanos Imperative now. And Realm of Kings before that, since I never read it.

[Fignuts]

Seige was crap imo. Thanos Imperative was great, but I'm a bit biased in that Thanos is one of my favorite characters.

[Funky Fly]

Siege felt rushed. Like it started, a bunch of people die for seemingly no reason then it was over like that.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Rammsteinmad]

Ok, the fact he was begging off from a knife is pretty :lol: and loyal to the comics.

[Kalyx triaD]

That clip converted me, they did not market any of that humor. I'm on board.

[Rammsteinmad]

I'm still not really all that excited, but I am excited... y'know?

[Kalyx triaD]

It's not Avengers or Dark Knight Rises 'put me in a coma and wake me up when it opens' kind of exciting but I'm warmer to it now than a few months ago.

[Blitz]

That. That is awesome.

[Nark Order]

New Avengers has been pretty sexy lately with this Norman Osborn/ Dark Avengers arc. I know he already tried Dark Avengers once, but I can't help how fucking cool it is. It's also a little bit different cause he's got spies and such lurking around.

Gonna start FF probably today. Gotta pick up some things at the comic book store and after I finish those, gonna go into the Marvel catalog and have my way with FF. Don't know how more people don't have the Marvel digital subscription. It is pretty fucking boss, to be honest. They haven't configured their app for the subscription service yet, so that's a bit annoying that I can't use my subscription on my phone or tablet, but I'm content on my computer for now. Much easier than trying to pirate everything, it's at an affordable price, and I just feel better about paying for things in general.

[Lock Jaw]

How much is it/where is it/how extensive is it?

[Nark Order]

Marvel.com. I think it is like 8.99 a month or you can pay like $50 bucks for the year and it grants access to every digital comic they have online (Which is like over 10,000 at this point and they add more everyday). I think they may not give you access to comics that have been released in the last 2 or 3 months or something, but I don't mind that. I don't do it for the new stuff, I do it for all of the other series that would be difficult to obtain at this point. Pretty good deal IMO.

[Nark Order]

Also, just picked up AvX #1 and managed to get the variant Wolvy/Cap cover. Pretty pumped.

[Funky Fly]

Does the digital subscription include the non-616 and non-ultimate stuff like Criminal? Marvel and DC have a lot of amazing books that are not related to their main shit. A lot of them aren't even hero/villain shit at all.

[Nark Order]

It's a work in progress and there's a missing series and even gaps in some series but it seems like they're probably going to release alot of the non-superhero stuff. They have some of the Ozma of Oz stuff and Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz stuff. Not seeing Criminal. For the most part, it seems to be the Superhero content, but it at least seems like they're trying to make an effort to include the other stuff.

[Fignuts]

I basically pirate everything, and if there is a book I like, I buy the trades.

[Nark Order]

I basically pirate everything, and if there is a book I like, I buy the trades.

Yeah, I was doing that for awhile. I like this subscription service so far though.

[Kalyx triaD]

Captain America 2 - April 4th 2014

[McLegend]

No director yet?

I need some more substance in the sequel.

[Kalyx triaD]

There is a list, I'll post it if it isn't here by the time I'm back.

[Lock Jaw]

I hope Bucky comes back.

[dronepool]

He's not dead. Read Winter Solider #1.

[Lock Jaw]

I meant in the movie sequel.

[dronepool]

Oh ok, yeah. I hope he's the Winter Solider by the end or in it..

[El Fangel]

Also, just picked up AvX #1 and managed to get the variant Wolvy/Cap cover. Pretty pumped.

Put off reading it for a few days, since I didnt want to wait. Cannot wait til Issue #2, think I am hooked.

[dronepool]

AvX #1 was alright, might get pick up issue 2 and if it's good might wait for the trade for a cheap price on amazon.

[El Fangel]

Loved the final panel.

[Fignuts]

I have kind of a bone to pick with this X-men vs Avengers story.

So Avengers: Children's Crusade recently finished up, and the whole premise of that book was that the x-men wanted to bring The Scarlet Witch to justice for her crimes. This put them at odds with the Avengers, who believe that Wanda should be with them because she is first and foremost an avenger, and they take care of their own.

So now in Avengers vs X-men, the roles are switched, with the catalyst being Hope. This makes both teams look like giant fucking hypocrites. I mean, Children's Crusasde was kind of a big deal. Several characters died, and a few others long thought dead, returned. Avengers vs X-men is obviously a big deal. So how did they not see this huge contradiction when drawing up the story?

[Kalyx triaD]

Sales?

[Fignuts]

There are a million ways they could have put these two teams at odds. Sales doesn't factor into it.

[Kalyx triaD]

Contradictory message aside, it is a likely scenario. Phoenix is a problem (especially with 5 bars), and the only odd thing is that the Avengers didn't take initiative beforehand.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, that's the other thing. Between Rachel and Jean the potential for another phoenix catastrophe has existed for years, and NOW the Avengers are interested.

It's like the WWE creative team wrote this.


Fucking phoenix. Such a tired concept anyway.

[Kalyx triaD]

I miss her. It. Whatever it is.

[Fignuts]

TRUE STORY

Never cared that much for the whole Dark Phoenix Saga.

Can't really explain why. Maybe because I never really cared for Jean Grey, so a really long storyline focused around her just didn't really interest me?

I dunno.

[Fignuts]

I did like the way Grant Morrison wrote Jean Grey, though. She had a strength, and a subtley wicked edge to her, that was different from previous takes on the character. Made her more interesting to me.

[Kalyx triaD]

Endsong was alright.

[dronepool]

Thoughts on this? Lazy writing or something legit?

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?408637-You-re-All-Missing-the-Point-The-quot-Avengers-vs-X-Men-quot-Debacle-is-Wolverine-s-Fault

[Fignuts]

lol

People literally blaming the character of wolverine, instead of bad writers.

[The Destroyer]

Bad writing sounds about right . Who wrote it anyway?

[Reavant]

I have kind of a bone to pick with this X-men vs Avengers story.

So Avengers: Children's Crusade recently finished up, and the whole premise of that book was that the x-men wanted to bring The Scarlet Witch to justice for her crimes. This put them at odds with the Avengers, who believe that Wanda should be with them because she is first and foremost an avenger, and they take care of their own.

So now in Avengers vs X-men, the roles are switched, with the catalyst being Hope. This makes both teams look like giant fucking hypocrites. I mean, Children's Crusasde was kind of a big deal. Several characters died, and a few others long thought dead, returned. Avengers vs X-men is obviously a big deal. So how did they not see this huge contradiction when drawing up the story?

Contradictory message aside, it is a likely scenario. Phoenix is a problem (especially with 5 bars), and the only odd thing is that the Avengers didn't take initiative beforehand.
There is no real hypocritical messages here because the xmen wanting to punish scarlet witch was because of what she did, the avengers trying to bring in hope is because theyre afraid of what she could do all the while she might simply rebirth the entire mutant race.

Yeah, that's the other thing. Between Rachel and Jean the potential for another phoenix catastrophe has existed for years, and NOW the Avengers are interested.

It's like the WWE creative team wrote this.


Fucking phoenix. Such a tired concept anyway.


The reason for them being interested NOW over before is because of the Cable situation in XSanction.

[The Destroyer]

Having just read up on Children's Crusade, sounds like retcon central. Really hate when that happens.

[Fignuts]

The Phoenix has killed billions.

Going after the witch was also as much about what she could do as it was about what she did do.

Both Jean and Wanda were driven mad by an outside force. Both committed atrocities while under the influence of said force.

[Fignuts]

This has actually been a problem at marvel for a while now.

I remember when the current volume of Avengers started. I was excited because I wanted to see how the Thor/Iron Man relationship would play out. After all, last time they met, Thor made it clear that teaming up against the skrulls did not mean they were friends again. And before that, Thor bitch smacked the the red and gold off him.

But no. No tension, no rebuilding, they're just buddies again, as if nothing had ever happened between them.

Like, what the fuck are they smoking over there, that they think this is not noticeable?

[Fignuts]

While I'm on a roll here, let's talk about The Boys. Yeah it's not marvel, but we don't have a third party comics thread, so fuck it. Latest issue came out, and it concludes the main storyline of the book. I assume the last few issues will be epilogue stuff that focuses on where everyone goes from here.

So if black noir is stronger than homelander, and they've repeatedly said it would take a nuke to kill the homelander, HOW IN FUCK IS BUTCHER ABLE TO KILL HIM WITH A GOD DAMN MACHINE GUN?

Fuck off Ennis.

[The Destroyer]

I've kind of lost track of The Boys. Should really get back to it.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah. Kinda stopped after it went to the new publisher. Did not think it was so great anyways. Just Ennis being all "Ennis-y".

[The Destroyer]

Lost track pretty early then, since it went to Dynamite after like 6 issues and it's now up into around the 60s.

[Lock Jaw]

Nah, it went later than that. I remember reading three or four story arcs.

[Lock Jaw]

Ok, nevermind. Checked my extensive files on the matter. Last issue I read was #18. And it did indeed switch publishers after #6.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, it's a decent book. Ennis is indeed very ennis-y here. Very preachy at times. (no pun intended)

[Blitz]

Variety reporting that Bin Kingsley is close to being cast as the villain for Iron Man 3. Dunno who he's playing, but reportedly it's not Mandarin.

[The Destroyer]

That's Sir Ben Kingsley to you.

[Fignuts]

Don't see who it could be besides Mandarin. I guess it could be Titanium Man or Crimson Dynamo, but we just got the "evil russian copies stark tech" story in IM2.

Would love to see Ghost, but it doesn't fit the actor. Or at least his age.

[Shadow]

Already did Dynamo in 2. Hmmm....MODOK? Geeze I don't know.

[The Destroyer]

MODOK's more of a Cap villain anyway.

[Lock Jaw]

It could be "not the Mandarin" but a dude who is pretty much the Mandarin, but not as "racist" or whatever.

We did have the whole "League of the Ten Rings" thing from the first movie still there. They didn't do anything with it in the second movie, but they could indeed do something in this one.

[Kalyx triaD]

Or they could be lying their asses of.

Ben fits for a Manderin look, hard to believe he is not playing him. Not to mention at this point in the series Manderin's time should come - he's too iconic an Iron Man villain. Then again, a new creation for the movie-verse is also likely.

[Kalyx triaD]

First post in this thread:

Iron Man:

I know this has it's own thread, but I plan on updating these two topics indefinitely as comic movies appear to be more of a stable in the film industry. Eventually I'll simply make a Comic Movie News Thread but I'm a freak about organization.[Ha!] Anyway, Iron Man as finished filming a little while ago which gives them close to a year of post-production. They closed filming in Vegas; though this isn't a hint to the film's story (= the ending may not be set in Vegas). Terrance Howard will play James Rhodes in case some of you didn't know. Rhodes is the civilian identity of War Machine, though you can bet he'll figure in the sequel with a cliff-hanger introduction at the end of this film.[Eh]

Spidey 4:

I suppose Spidey 3's financial success is attributed to Venom's inclusion and they'll add more recent villains as a result. If this is true, and I love the series so far, this will be the beginning of Spider-Man's spiral into the Batman and Robin effect, increasing an aspect of the last film not knowing it worked in a shot-in-the-dark sense. Sam Raimi also expressed ideas of using The Vulture or Electro (more classic villains). I doubt he'll actually have anything to do with Spidey 4.[Yep] JK Simmons, Bryce Howard, and Dylan Baker (Conners/The Lizard) will return with new leads for Peter Parker and Mary Jane, I'm thinking.[Heh]

More to come.

[Fignuts]

Already did Dynamo in 2. Hmmm....MODOK? Geeze I don't know.



Whiplash was in 2. Yes, it was supposedly a combination of Whiplash and Dynamo, but it was pretty much just a russian whiplash.

Could still do something with the actual Dynamo armor.

Problem is, Iron Man has a shit rogues gallery. Afew Asian stereotypes, a few guys in armor, and a few evil CEO's. That's about it.

That's why I like Ghost. He's one of the more interesting ones.

[Lock Jaw]

http://i.newsarama.com/images/spidermen_1_cover_02.jpg

Spidey to cross over with Black Spidey soon.

[Kalyx triaD]

The bigger deal is how far would an Ultimate/616 crossover go. Has that ever happened?

[The Destroyer]

Never to my knowledge.

[dronepool]

http://i.newsarama.com/images/spidermen_1_cover_02.jpg

Spidey to cross over with Black Spidey soon.

Normally I don't really care to follow the UU but this... I'll buy.

[Nowhere Man]

Anyone else kind of expecting them to port Ultimate Gwen Stacy over into the 616 Universe, so she'll be there in time for the movie?

[Fignuts]

God I hope not. Spider-man has actually been good again, for first time since the early 90's.

[Nowhere Man]

Speaking of, I'm quite intrigued as to how the Ends of the Earth is gonna pan out. Doc Ock has always been one of my favorite villains, and I'm really excited to see what's gonna happen now that he and the Sinister Six have stopped screwing around.

[Inadequacy]

Wasn't there an interaction between ultimate and 616 Reed Richards in marvel zombies? Or a prelude to it?

[Inadequacy]

Googled it. I guess marvel zombies has people from ultimate and 616 show up, but not together.

[mitchables]

Never to my knowledge.

They teased it in Ultimate Fantastic Four but instead that gave birth to Marvel Zombies.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/zombies3.jpg

Assholes.

[mitchables]

Oh wait. Inadequacy with the yesterday post. Should read threads I guess. Whatever, I brought pictures.

[The Destroyer]

I was going to point that out, but I wanted to avoid coming across as a massive nerd.

Thanks for taking the fall Mitch. :love:

[Fignuts]

That whole thing with ultimate ff didn't actually involve 616. It was Zombie Reed pretending to be a normal healthy reed (which looks exactly like the 616 reed) so that ultimate reed would open a portal for the zombies to get more food.