Marvel Universe Thread

[Blonde Moment]

For whatever reason the government was just keeping this stone in a crate somewhere.
Now did Logan cut his way out or have help?

[Kalyx triaD]

I figure that'll be elaborated in some future book. Marvel has a habit of actually spoiling events in press releases and leave the details for the 6 people still buying books these days. The monthly model is going to fade very soon. I wouldn't mind fewer books that are thicker tho.

[Destor]

I figure that'll be elaborated in some future book. Marvel has a habit of actually spoiling events in press releases and leave the details for the 6 people still buying books these days. The monthly model is going to fade very soon. I wouldn't mind fewer books that are thicker tho.

Episodic monthly issues is a terrible format. Long form stories, true graphic novels, would be good for business...

[Lock Jaw]

Nobody really writes single issue stories anymore anyways...... everyone "writes for the trade".....

[Sixx]

He meant"snikt".

Well then he's a fucking moron. Snikt isn't even a real word and he still can't spell it.

[Blonde Moment]

ANd that could have been solved with a pm.
This isn't casual

[Lock Jaw]

THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS ONLY

[Blonde Moment]

Good enough.
Let's troll in all the forums.
Got it.

[Kalyx triaD]

THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS ONLY

I... am Serious Business.

[Destor]

Good enough.
Let's troll in all the forums.
Got it.
Actually yes

[KIRA]

And apparently he has a Infinity stone.

:wtf:

[Blonde Moment]

Unknowingly got involved in the tail end of one of Loki's schemes and got it out of a case a Frost giant stole. But it looks like he might have been around elsewhere for a little bit

[Fignuts]

So the only thing to come out of NYCC was the Runaways trailer? No Infinite War? Not even a Black Panther trailer?

the fuck

[Destor]

Runaways looks dope tho

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah.... looks pretty true to the comics..... except for Molly being older...... I guess they didn't want to deal with a kid actor growing up too quickly for future seasons.......

[Kalyx triaD]

Weak con showing from Marvel. That was very strange.

[Destor]

Yeah.... looks pretty true to the comics..... except for Molly being older...... I guess they didn't want to deal with a kid actor growing up too quickly for future seasons.......

Yeah...ruins the character...but i was prepared for the change. SHOW IS SHAPING UP NICELY AS A WHOLE

[Fignuts]

Been catching up on Ultimates, and it honestly makes every other story seem so pedestrian. It's hard to care about the peril of Secret Empire when simultaneously, you have a threat that's on an incalculable level.

[Fignuts]

Just wish the artwork wasn't all over the place. Just let Kenneth Rocafort do the whole thing like in the beginning.

[Sixx]

Can't get into Ultimates. That Galactus lifegiver or whatever was too much for me.

[Fignuts]

How so? Pretty much every World Devourer story that could be done, has been done. To the point where Galactus has really lost a lot of his mystique. I thought it really refreshed the character, and opened up a lot of possibilities for the future.

[Fignuts]

Also, just finished the final issue. Super bummed it's over, but fuck if it wasn't an epic finale.

[Sixx]

How so? Pretty much every World Devourer story that could be done, has been done. To the point where Galactus has really lost a lot of his mystique. I thought it really refreshed the character, and opened up a lot of possibilities for the future.

How so?

No real reason, I just didn't like it. Not into the cosmic stuff at all.

[Fignuts]

Lotta people aren't I guess.

I guess I just have a certain mindset, wherein things of great scale appeal to me. Any story exploring the unknown, and cocepts much bigger than what we know, whether it be mystic or cosmic. That's why I love Lovecraftian stuff and demonology as well.

And by Ultimates 2 shit gets pretty fucking lofty. Actually explains the origins of the actual concept of the multiverse, which I thought was rad as fuck.

[Fignuts]

Like there is literally a scene in one issue where Galactus pulls them from a battle in Secret Empire and is like "Yeah, that really doesn't matter right now." lol

[Lock Jaw]

Haven't read Marvel in a long time, but that reminds me of how after Annihilation and Civil War, Nova went to Earth and Iron Man was telling him about Civil War and the registration act, and Nova was just like "WTF, I was out saving the universe and this is what you guys have been doing here?!"

[Kalyx triaD]

That kind of idea scales, tho. While Nova and any other cosmic heroes in both Marvel and DC and chastise Earth level heroes for their drama, global heroes like Superman and Iron Man could equally chastise Daredevil and Green Arrow for wasting time with drug dealers and gang bangers for most their career. And from there the street level heroes can laugh at cops. Cops then scoff at security guards. Security guards lecture people who do nothing at all for their community.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm saying in a grand morality kind of way I don't think it's appropriate for Wave Rider to chastise a security guard sense they're 'all in the fight' in a cheesy way, I admit.

[Fignuts]

That kind of idea scales, tho. While Nova and any other cosmic heroes in both Marvel and DC and chastise Earth level heroes for their drama, global heroes like Superman and Iron Man could equally chastise Daredevil and Green Arrow for wasting time with drug dealers and gang bangers for most their career. And from there the street level heroes can laugh at cops. Cops then scoff at security guards. Security guards lecture people who do nothing at all for their community.

Nova wasn't ripping on them for fighting threats on earth, he was chastising them for fighting amongst themselves while giant bug warlords were devouring the universe.

Big difference.

[Kalyx triaD]

Rider's a dick.

[Fignuts]

Rider shoved his fist down Annihilus' throat and ripped out his intestines.

So he's a pretty badass dick.

[Lock Jaw]

Dick Rider

[Kalyx triaD]

I like Nova. I wrote his theme song.

[Fignuts]

Great line in Great Lakes Avengers

"And unless someone can explain to me right now, why they threw my clients, the Avengers, in jail for doing their $#@%^&$# job....I'm going to shove the infinity gauntlet so far up this stations collective ass that you'll all be erasing realities when you fart."

[Sixx]

http://digitalspyuk.cdnds.net/17/40/640x960/gallery-1507199638-josh-brolin-filming-deadpool-2.jpg

This looks awful. Not often do I hope for more CGI but this shit needs it.

[Kalyx triaD]

I can't even believe you need to be told not to gauge costumes by set pics at this point. It's the same convo every comic movie.

[Rammsteinmad]

Looks like John Cena.

[Sixx]

I can't even believe you need to be told not to gauge costumes by set pics at this point. It's the same convo every comic movie.

Please tell me not to gauge costumes by set pics.

[Impeccable]

Does anyone here use Marvel Unlimited? If so, is it worth the investment? Toying with the idea of subscribing.

[Sixx]

Does anyone here use Marvel Unlimited? If so, is it worth the investment? Toying with the idea of subscribing.

You're better off with CDisplay and torrents.

[Kalyx triaD]

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/fodpzkeykflxywdjbsyy.jpg

Fox begins the fun.

[Fignuts]

Does anyone here use Marvel Unlimited? If so, is it worth the investment? Toying with the idea of subscribing.

If you are just interested in new stuff then no. Unlimited is about 5 months behind the current issue.

But if you are into older stories, and don't mind being behind on current stories, then it's fantastic.

[Fignuts]

So yeah, Secret Empire was pretty shit. Nevermind the fact that cosmic cube stuff at this point is uninspired and lazy.

Marvel should just stick to ongoing titles. They've been much better for years now.

[Fignuts]

Don't know where else to talk about this, but I sarted reading Saga and it's fantastic. I LOVE LOVE LOVE surrealistic, sci-fi/fantasy.

[Lock Jaw]

Hurray! Someone else is reading Saga!

Recently got the two deluxe volumes from the library and read through pretty quick, and then caught up to the current release......

It is pretty amazing

[Fignuts]

Yeah, been getting into Image comics quite a bit. Seven Days to Eternity is really cool. Fantastic art, and Rick Remender is one of my fav writers.

[Emperor Smeat]

So yeah, Secret Empire was pretty shit. Nevermind the fact that cosmic cube stuff at this point is uninspired and lazy.

Marvel should just stick to ongoing titles. They've been much better for years now.

Only got through about half of it before getting bored and dropping it from my current reading list.

Do they ever explain later why the Punisher is cozy with Hydra or its one of those things where you need to read a separate comic to get the entire story?

[Fignuts]

Combination of Punisher always looking up to Cap, and evil cap promising all the resources he wanted.

Whatever, it's still dumb.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, been getting into Image comics quite a bit. Seven Days to Eternity is really cool. Fantastic art, and Rick Remender is one of my fav writers.

Never heard of it..... maybe I will check it out.....

How far are you in Saga?

[Fignuts]

Burned through everything up to the current issue in like 2 days. Book is so good. Already ordered the big compilation books.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, I'm prob gonna order the big compilations when they "go on sale" soon on Black Friday or Boxing Day or whatever

Definitely was hard to put down....

[Fignuts]

Infamous Iron Man is really fucking good.

[Lock Jaw]

What makes him Infamous

[Destor]

Rape

[Fignuts]

What makes him Infamous

He's Doctor Doom.

[Lock Jaw]

Why do villains keep becoming the heroes?

[Blonde Moment]

because they keep on feeling they have to come up with with something "original" rather than good. Not to mention that in todays MArvel and DC there is very little difference between the two at time aside from perhaps motivation.

I personally enjoyed the old days where continuity errors were fixed with a * see issue XX or this takes place between XX and XX or errors like minor costume differences were just ignored . Now everything has to be explained and everything suffers from Clairmontitis ( 5+ year plot points that might get remembered ) that just has to be resolved. HAte 20 part stories and shit that carries on between 10 books over 6 months.

TDLR: Get off my Lawn!!!!

[Fignuts]

I think it was mainly a 90's marketing thing. "People love this villain. Let's make him an anti-hero and give him a mini series. We'll make bank!"

Feel like now, it's done more to tell a story and evolve the character.

In Doom's case, he became god of everything and yet it did nothing to fulfill him, so he has had an epiphany and come to the realization that maybe trying to better the world will satisfy him.

So he's not doing it for completely selfless reasons. And he's still egotistical Doom. He's not all of a sudden humble. He still arrogantly believes he is the one to save the world.

[Fignuts]

because they keep on feeling they have to come up with with something "original" rather than good. Not to mention that in todays MArvel and DC there is very little difference between the two at time aside from perhaps motivation.

I personally enjoyed the old days where continuity errors were fixed with a * see issue XX or this takes place between XX and XX or errors like minor costume differences were just ignored . Now everything has to be explained and everything suffers from Clairmontitis ( 5+ year plot points that might get remembered ) that just has to be resolved. HAte 20 part stories and shit that carries on between 10 books over 6 months.

TDLR: Get off my Lawn!!!!

Honestly, I would rather they use their creativity and try something new with a character and possibly strike out, than do same old, same old despite the fact that it works.

Especially characters like Doom that have been around for half a century.

[Kalyx triaD]

Jude Law ---> Captain Mar-Vel

[Fignuts]

Nice.

[McLegend]

So they need to do a Sherlock Holmes thing.

[Kalyx triaD]

Has there ever been an active MCU actor who's also an active DCEU actor? If not, do you think there's a clause like between pro-wrestling promotions?

These thoughts are prefacing a thread I'm gonna do (haven't done a comic scenario thread in years).

[Destor]

Their contracts are with the parent studios. Its not dc but warner/sony/fox/etc

[slik]

From a recent interview: https://screenrant.com/mcu-phase-4-movies-characters/



“22 movies in, and we’ve got another 20 movies on the docket that are completely different from anything that’s come before—intentionally.”

Any guesses what they could be?

[Sixx]

Captain Marvel, Ant-Man and The Wasp, 4th Avengers, 3rd Guardians, etc.

[Sixx]

Also, they wanted to buy rights to X-Men, Fantastic Four. Held negotiations this month, didn't make it public how those ended.

[Shadow]

Or if they've ended.

[Sixx]

Nah, that part they actually said. They ended alright.

[Kalyx triaD]

From a recent interview: https://screenrant.com/mcu-phase-4-movies-characters/




Any guesses what they could be?

Perhaps a soft reboot after all. Guardians 3, Spidey 2, and Strange 2 are a lock. But the trinity of Cap, IM, and Thor is likely done. Avengers 5 will look way different.

[Lock Jaw]

BTW if no one has mentioned it, they are currently developing a Multiple Man film that may or may not be rated R and stars James Franco as Jamie Madrox.

[Kalyx triaD]

Fine.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm 70% certain Disney is trying to lock X-Men and Fantastic Four for Phase 5. I think they're as aware of needing a new macro arc as I was concerned about.

[Fignuts]

They NEED those FF villains.

Can't think of anyone that would be better than Doom, Galactus, etc. for the next Avengers films

[Destor]

Kang gets no love...

[Destor]

A big time travel arc couldmbe great

[Destor]

Also secret invasion and tne skrulls

[Fignuts]

Kang gets no love...

Would actually use Kang as the villain in FF.

[Fignuts]

Also secret invasion and tne skrulls

Kree vs Skrull war would be cool.

[Kalyx triaD]

The talks died down then suddenly started back up again - after the Infinity War trailer. Almost like, "Listen, bub, you see what we're capable of. What say you let us play with some of your toys, eh?" Or something.

But yeah they have very little in the way of macro arc/crossover event villains once Thanos finishes his good work. Unless they wanna boost Dr Octopus into an Avengers level threat. Also consider Inhumans is their worst MCU effort and the actually good Inhuman characters will fade away when Agents is done - and they were groomed as Marvel Studios mutant surrogates for years.

They have to start feeling the pressure of not having the X-Men, FF, and the villains they have.

[Fignuts]

lol where do you get dr. Octopus from?

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm just sayin if they don't lock down mutants and FF, they're gonna have to embellish the threat level of other villains. Norman can get away with being a crossover villain, especially since Seige would work nicely in the MCU. But then what? Zemo breaks out and goes full supervillain? They're running thin. On Earth anyway. Cosmic sector still has a lot of juice, but even then we all would love to see Silver Surfer appear in a Guardians movie.

[Fignuts]

I mean they're running thin, yeah, but they still have better options than Doc Ock.

Korvac
Return of Zemo with a full Masters of Evil squad

Could also do a lot with The Sentry

Secondary villains in Taskmaster and Super Adaptoid.

Regardless, it all looks much brighter with the X-Men and FF licenses.

[Kalyx triaD]

I kinda sorta much rather see Taskmaster in a Deadpool movie, tbh. Their short bromance in the comics was fun.

[Blonde Moment]

What abou TAskmaster in a Captain America movie

[Destor]

Problem is MCU doesnt tell antag stories. At the crux theyre about the protags so the villain rarely matters...

[Shadow]

I feel somewhat vindicated for not assuming the talks died down.

[Destor]

I feel somewhat vindicated for not assuming the talks died down.

They had but I think it was a power play by one of the sides. Fox most likely as they started talks with universal briefly before going back to talks with Disney.

[Kalyx triaD]

What abou TAskmaster in a Captain America movie

Their may not be forth movies for the OG trinity. It'll probably be stuff like Stark in Homecoming from now on.

[Kalyx triaD]

Marvel coming after the previously ignored girl power animation market DC pre-empted with their super hero girls franchise years ago. DC simply has a better handle on even their most daring animation concepts, while Marvel's cartoons hit a slump since the Disney acquisition.

Let them fight.

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[Kalyx triaD]

Potential huge news coming this week in regard to the MCU.

[Lock Jaw]

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Animation looks "beautiful"

[Kalyx triaD]

Seems jerky in some places but an overall nice aesthetic. Getting a lil cringy with the 'rap for black hero trailers', tho. Not so much that it's rap as I don't like their go-to guy. I keep saying they should have the Rza do this shit.

[Shadow]

I can't wait for this.

[Lock Jaw]

Someone explain this X-Men comic spoiler I just read to me

Apparently they are bringing the adult Jean Grey back to life..... but also apparently, they just killed off the young Jean Grey who was for whatever reason still in the present.

How does adult Jean Grey exist if they killed young Jean Grey?

[Helmsphere]

Someone explain this X-Men comic spoiler I just read to me

Apparently they are bringing the adult Jean Grey back to life..... but also apparently, they just killed off the young Jean Grey who was for whatever reason still in the present.

How does adult Jean Grey exist if they killed young Jean Grey?

http://cdn.playbuzz.com/cdn/c2a5cac0-505e-4fb4-8485-a4e09c0d3ba4/69ee6ff0-b052-494a-90f4-99adfe87e3de.jpg

[Fignuts]

Someone explain this X-Men comic spoiler I just read to me

Apparently they are bringing the adult Jean Grey back to life..... but also apparently, they just killed off the young Jean Grey who was for whatever reason still in the present.

How does adult Jean Grey exist if they killed young Jean Grey?

They established quite a while back that the x-men ripped from the past were from an alternate universe, albeit a very similar one to the main universe. Thus, they can die without affecting the timeline.

Battle of the Atom would not have been pants on head retarded if they had said that beforehand.

[Lock Jaw]

Oh, ok.

[Kalyx triaD]

Potential huge news coming this week in regard to the MCU.

It's going down fellas.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

I saw. I came. Then I saw and came again.

[Destor]

52.8 bilion before debt 66 billion total.


Not bad. Anti trust question are gonna pop up before this goes threw and theyre valid...

[Kalyx triaD]

Simpsons called this in an episode Easter egg shot.

[OwenHartFan]

Comic books, Marvel, and DC are for faggots.

You want a super hero? Fuck comics man. Give me some John Wick, Jack Reacher, and Bryan Mills. None of this pussy ass Marvel shit.

[Destor]

Oh man i am so mad now owen


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr @ u

[Destor]

my jimmies!

[OwenHartFan]

Oh man i am so mad now owen


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr @ u

What's there to be mad about?

Buncha fucken 30 year old men reading comic books and being fans of marvel.

Do whatever makes ya happy just don't expect to be getting pussy anytime soon.

[Fignuts]

Any guy who needs to follow a bunch of made up rules on what to like and not like to justify his manhood, is a beta male cuck who doesn't have the confidence to buck "bro man" trends.

I mean you're probably just a sock, so whatever, but I think that needs to be said now and again anyway, lest people start buying into that bullshit.

[OwenHartFan]

Any guy who needs to follow a bunch of made up rules on what to like and not like to justify his manhood, is a beta male cuck who doesn't have the confidence to buck "bro man" trends.

I mean you're probably just a sock, so whatever, but I think that needs to be said now and again anyway, lest people start buying into that bullshit.

lol yeah ok bud.

Keep reading your comics ya little man-child fag.

Don't let me get in the way.

[Destor]

Oh man I'm really getting mad now!!!! How dare he!!!111!1!1! One one one one

[Destor]

Any guy who needs to follow a bunch of made up rules on what to like and not like to justify his manhood, is a beta male cuck who doesn't have the confidence to buck "bro man" trends.

I mean you're probably just a sock, so whatever, but I think that needs to be said now and again anyway, lest people start buying into that bullshit.
No one actually thinks that man. I think guy who like "nerdy things" that don't get laid think that they can't get laid because of nerdy things but it isnt. Its a joke of a thought process.

[Destor]

Look at it objectively. They're the most profitable brands on the planet. Do the math. If it were true the human race would go extinct.

[Fignuts]

It's getting more rare, but I've definitely met some dudes with that thought process over the years. Every single one of them was trying too hard to get over at whatever social gathering I was at too.

[Destor]

Maybe proto marvel is what killed the dinosaurs

[Rammsteinmad]

What's there to be mad about?

Buncha fucken 30 year old men reading comic books and being fans of marvel.

Do whatever makes ya happy just don't expect to be getting pussy anytime soon.

Sock or not, reading comics is probably still more respectable than joining a message board just to berate other people without provocation.

[Blonde Moment]

probably Heyman

[slik]

http://data.whicdn.com/images/42654148/large.jpg

[Fignuts]

For those who were worried that Disney might want to make Deadpool more kid friendly now that they will be taking over the movies from 20th Century Fox, worry not. According to Disney's Bob Iger in a conference call today, the merc with a mouth with remain rated R.

When referring to Deadpool he said, "It clearly has been and will be Marvel branded. But we think there might be an opportunity for a Marvel-R brand for something like Deadpool, as long as we let the audiences know what's coming, we think we can manage that fine."

[Emperor Smeat]

Didn't they say something similar with the first film as well?

People thought Disney wouldn't allow an R rated film or meddle in its production because of their ownership in Marvel and instead neither happened.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Finished the Defenders. Didn't watch LukeCage or Iron Fist. But thoroughly enjoyed this. Particularly the end.

Started the Punisher. One episode in and I'm hooked.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Variety, Black Panther broke the Marvel film record for most pre-sale tickets sold in 24 hours. Previous record was Captain America: Civil War.

Probably will only hold the record for a couple of months since Avengers: Infinity War is currently the most anticipated film of this year.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/black-panther-advance-ticket-sales-record-1202659579/

[Kalyx triaD]

Black Widow is getting her movie. Currently in script phase, with ScarJo allowed some creative control. Could be in time for Phase 4 if the story is put together fast enough. Variety noted that the movie could be a prequel, post-Infinity War, or even in between past Avengers movies - so this news isn't confirmation of her survival in Avengers.

Also recall the actresses of the MCU half-jokenly cornered Feige demanding an all female MCU movie (perhaps they're not aware, but it would essentially be close to an actual short lived all girls Avengers miniseries from a few years ago, so there's precedent). They could use a Black Widow film to highlight all the ladies of the MCU, but that's my own thoughts.

Speaking of the girls; Tessa Thompson's alcoholic both ways swingin Valkyrie has been immortalized with an official Marvel Comics adaptation. She joins a new incarnation of the Exiles, who tends to be a team of heroes from various alternate Marvel universes. Curiously, being that we have the white Val and there was an Ultimates version, where is she from? Is her world a comics version of the MCU? Hmm.

The Phase 4 movies so far are Guardians 3, Strange 2, Spidey 2. Black Widow could make 4 or 5 depending on the above factors. Chris Helmsworth has expressed wanting to continue this newer version of Thor in new movies, even though his contracts are up by Avengers 4 (though honestly RDJ's contract was done years ago but he has no issue returning for stuff like Spidey outside of Avengers). I personally doubt we'll see anybody go past a trilogy, short of a rebranding. Ant-Man is not 'Ant-Man 2' it's Ant-Man & The Wasp, for instance. So perhaps 'Thor & Jane: Gods of Thunder'?

Moreover with Thor, his roommate from that crazy short is getting a sequel on the Thor 3 DVD. Daryl is back. Also Thor, according to a few toys, may indeed get a new mystic weapon, it seems to be the Ultimate Universe Mjornir, or some similar axe variant.

And as for the FANTASTIC FOUR:

Nobody knows what's going on.

[Fignuts]

Now that they have the FF license, I REALLY want Guardians 3 to be Annihilation.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to reports, Marvel's Gambit film got delayed again till Summer 2019. Was previously expected to arrive February 2019 but another director recently dropped out and Fox studios wanting the film's tone to be changed into being a lot more comedic than before.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/x-men/gambit/gambit-has-been-delayed-until-summer-2019-for-a-very-unexpected-reason-a156965

[Kalyx triaD]

So... Tom Holland may cameo in Venom....

So many questions now.

[Fignuts]

Was Venom not meant to be a part of the MCU?

[Destor]

No and isnt even with a cameo

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah Venom and that Silver Sable/Black Cat movie were specifically said to be Sony's lil pocket comic verse. But is Tim actually cameo's that would de facto confirm them as at least 'Extended MCU' media like the stream TV heroes. Kinda MCU, kinda not.

[slik]

From what I've gathered the main villain in Venom will be Carnage. It sounds like they are using storylines where the symbiote starts spreading to other people and Eddie Brock has to stop it from spreading all over the world, but a handful of people still get infected.

I'm guessing the script is pretty great to attract Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams.

[ClockShot]

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger is finally set to premiere.

June 7th, 8 p.m. eastern on Freeform.

[Kalyx triaD]

ScarJo's getting a cool 25mil* for the now greenlit Black Widow movie. While Cpt Marvel is gonna be billed as MCU's first female led film, Widow is their Wonder Woman killer.

*Misread as 35mil, is actually 25mil.

[Sixx]

FUCKING YES!

Hopefully no aliens or any kind of "super" shit. SPY MOVIE.

[Sixx]

Any guy who needs to follow a bunch of made up rules on what to like and not like to justify his manhood, is a beta male cuck who doesn't have the confidence to buck "bro man" trends.

I mean you're probably just a sock, so whatever, but I think that needs to be said now and again anyway, lest people start buying into that bullshit.

I'm a total comic books nerd and I get laid all the time. Come at me, bitches!

I tend to get irritated when people don't know iconic comic book characters. "What do you mean WHO IS CAPTAIN AMERICA?"

[Lock Jaw]

Met a guy two years ago who claimed to not know Superman.

[Kalyx triaD]

Black Widow is being fast tracked for 2020, making it a Phase 4 movie. Interested to see what this means for other dates, or how free Phase 4 was looking (per my theory that Marvel had jack shit for a macro-arc after Infinity War, hence their hastened acquisition of XM and FF).

[Sixx]

Can't wait for Black Widow. While I'm not too fond of Johansson she is good in this role.

[Ruien]

How is Widow a Wonder Woman killer?

[Sixx]

Met a guy two years ago who claimed to not know Superman.

That is an obvious lie. I get that someone might not know Captain America, but Superman? Come the fuck on.

[Lock Jaw]

I think maybe he knew of Superman, but said he had no idea what he looked like or anything about him. Which, again, seems like it has to be a blatant lie.

Showed him an image of Superman and he was all "Oh yeah, I think I remember maybe seeing that guy before"

[Lock Jaw]

Post from June 13, 2016

Forgot to mention that the other day was working with some kid who seemed to genuinely not know who Superman was. He had to Google image search Superman and then he was all "oh, ok, I think I've seen this before"...

What kind of a sheltered life have you lead that you don't instantly know who Superman is.....

[Kalyx triaD]

How is Widow a Wonder Woman killer?

By making more money and supplanting the character as 'the' superheroine. This is how studios think.

[Lock Jaw]

Black Widow will never supplant Wonder Woman as "the" superheroine.

[Kalyx triaD]

Obviously. But this is how studios think.

[Emperor Smeat]

ABC rumored once again to have cancelled Marvel's Inhumans TV series. ABC hinting the official announcement will be made when the May sweeps list is released.

Also seems ABC had no Plan B when it came to comic-based shows since they have no other comic shows planned for this year.

http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/01/21/marvels-inhumans-cancelled-ABC/

[Lock Jaw]

ABC rumored once again to have cancelled Marvel's Inhumans TV series.

I am shocked by this news! Shocked!

[Kalyx triaD]

Inhumans rebooted as this big race in the 616 was Marvel's near ten year contingency against Fox so Marvel Studios can have 'people with powers' in mainstream media. This is also why X-Men (with FF) were getting shafted in books, story arcs, and even merch for years (to this day for FF). X-Men got a resurgence a few years ago with tons of books and with them back home, I guarantee Marvel doesn't care about Inhumans failing as a show. Not anymore. Watch them get thrown back into obscurity in the books, something like Inhumans vs X-Men will not happen again. Like ever.

But they do need a new mainstream MCU show on ABC, not a streaming thing or r-rated thing. Agents may not return (though there's whispers of a chance) leaving a huge gap.

If it was up to me, I'd put FF in that slot. And reignite the #ItsAllConnected thing. Make them really interact with... Everybody.

[RP]

This season of Agents of SHIELD has been pretty damn good.

[Lock Jaw]

I am a number of episodes behind, but yeah, been good.... I like this thing with taking the characters and putting them in a new setting.

[Evolution]

There are 173 pages in this thread, so I'll apologise now if this has already been addressed.

I was looking on IMDB earlier and saw that there are 7 Marvel movies being released this year:

Black Panther
Avengers: Infinity War
Ant-Man and The Wasp
Untitled Deadpool Sequel
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse
Venom
X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Depending how long the Disney/Fox deal takes means we have at least 5 new MCU movies in 2018.

On the other side of the coin, DC has 2 movies coming out this year:

Teen Titans, Go! - to The Movies
Aquaman

TTG is a kids cartoon (and not a very good one at that) and the common perception of Aquaman is that he is a joke. Sure, Jason Mamoa looks good, but Aquaman doesn't have a good reputation, especially for casual fans.

To make matters worse, Aquaman is coming out 1 week after Spider-Man. Who thought THAT was a good idea?!

DC, this is why you are losing.

Warner Brothers has owned DC Comics since the 1960's. They could have had there cinematic universe up and running 50 years ago.

Marvel started their cinematic universe in 2008, when they didn't have full, if any, control over their big names. That's why they had to start with Iron Man. Disney bought Marvel the following year after Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk had already been out, while Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers had been anounced and were in at least pre-production.

I don't really have a major point here, it just boggles my mind that a company with 2 of the biggest icons in comic books history can't get their act together.

[Blonde Moment]

It's becoming overkill

[Kalyx triaD]

3 MCU movies. Panther, Avengers, Bug People.

Miles is an animated thing, Venom is... murky, and Phoenix is filmed as a FoX-Men movie. As is Deadpool kinda sorta.

[slik]

Brie Larson filming Captain Marvel in a different colored suit than what many would expect:


https://nyppagesix.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/larson06.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=407

https://nyppagesix.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/larson02.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=407

https://nyppagesix.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/larson01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=407

[Destor]

So bad...but set photos arent always informative

[Fignuts]

Those colors do kind of fall in line with Kree colors, so it's likely something to do with that and not the main costume.

[Destor]

My first thoughts as well but its how poorly it fits that makes me laugh

[Fignuts]

True but like you said...set photos.

[Fignuts]

I imagine most costumes are like that and not as tight as they appear to be in thd film, otherwise the actors would probably rip them open just grabbing their latte.

[Destor]

Yeah im not full blown shitting on it. Its a set photo not an a bomb. No reason to panic. But its looks sooooo bad there lol

Ill reserve judgement until something more substantial is released

[Kalyx triaD]

Like the actual movie?

[Destor]

No, official stills, trailers etc

[Destor]

Dont need to watch a movie to know the costume is bad. Not even sure how that logic tracks at all

[Kalyx triaD]

Cause trailers and stills are cut from the movie?

[Destor]

As long as your arent implying i need 120+ min to form an opinion on a costume sure. Stills are movies.

[Kalyx triaD]

Just one scene really.

[Kalyx triaD]

Marvel Studios had a big bash that had everybody from every movie and it looked crazy.

[Kalyx triaD]

Um... grain of salt and all that but...

I think Cap 3 will be Civil War. Marvel Studios prez says that his idea for Cap 3 was something he wanted to do for a decade (as in before Cap had a movie franchise, or that there was even an MCU - but Civil War was still reverberating in the 616). He hints that it will be a game changer in the vein of Winter Soldier.

If this pans out, I would have expected Avengers 3 to be Civil War, but it seems Thanos is all over that. Now that I think about it, Civil War is firmly a Cap led thing (in that his side was more sympathetic). It would also be great for Thanos to strike after something so messy topples the heroes of Earth.

There's also word that Drax would show up in Avengers 3, sure.

Aha

[Sixx]

You win a cookie.

[RP]

I'm trying to figure out this look Bobby Lashley is trying to pull off right now.

[Sixx]

What look?

[Kalyx triaD]

Potentially has a legally safe move depending on the details of the final deal, the (potentially final) FoX-Men move will NOT have 'X-Men' in the title. Instead going by Dark Phoenix, with the X emphasized in the logo ("Dark Phoeni(x)").

There is a POSSIBILITY that some remnants of FoX-Men other than Deadpool can still continue on, with only certain characters actually being integrated into the MCU (if the deal goes as planned, and even then after 2019-20 at the earliest since Phase 4 is pretty much set).

Spidey's sub-series is being speculated to build up the Sinister Six - who may get a push as big MCU baddies rather than strictly being a Spidey problem. At least ONE source in the wild believes Spidey's corner of the MCU wipl grow as its own sandbox (like the Guardians going more cosmic in Vol3). While I've only seen one ditzy source say this, other regular (and frankly reliable) sources all agree Jessica fucking Drew the Spider-Woman will be introduced in Spidey 2. If this is the case along with the potential for Miles and Gwen (European now) - that one source may be on to something. The current approach to female characters will likely not have Gwen waiting to fall to her death, instead opting for the Spider-Gwen or even Gwenpool inspired versions of the character. The last parts about Gwen is my personal speculation, tho.

On Jessica Drew; word is she'll be her highly deadly agent self. I wonder if she'll be a SHIELD alum. Also basically every source agrees that Mysterio is almost certainly the villain - who's working for a "surprise" baddie. If it's a Sinister Six thing (Oct or Electro), that wouldn't be a surprise at all... though it fits with that one beat about the villain team building up.

But this is taking place in Europe (at least in part), and what villain is across the Atlantic that would make us lose our shit..?

Anyway this next phase is the first with neither Cap, Iron Man, or Thor movie. That's not to say it won't happen.

On the TV front Daredevil S3 wrapped, Punisher S2 is filming now, Luck Cage is coming next, and wouldn't you know - Kristen Ritter ALSO thinks Jones was a drag and wants her to lighten up. Seems some of us weren't crazy after all.

Agents of SHIELD, by the grace of god, lives on for a 6th season. It'll be a mini-season has officially reported and will premier nearly a year from NOW rather than the Fall. Word is they kinda have to address not only their finale, but the Snappening as well.

Kevin Fiege and the Russos have IN FACT seriously considered Luke Cage lending a hand in the New York battle in Infinity War. But a short cameo wouldn't satisfy fans (their words) nor do they want the general audience to feel like the Netflix heroes are requisite viewing.

The Silver Sable/Black Cat movie is shelved for now. Sony wants to rewrite it. I'm gonna call it canceled.

[RP]

Why did the Asguardian vault have a fake replica of the Infinity Guantlet berfore Thanos made the Infinity Guantlet a thing??

It's shown and potrayed as a fake in Thor Ragnorak.

[Lock Jaw]

Because they put in an Easter egg but then had to undo it

[Lock Jaw]

Sony making a "Morbius" movie for some reason. Jared Leto has been cast to star.

[Sixx]

Noone even knows who Morbius is.

Meh.

[Kalyx triaD]

Sony is so silly.

[Destor]

Morbius I think would atleast be a compelling story

[Lock Jaw]

I hope he screams about needing plasma

[Destor]

I hope he sparkles

[Helmsphere]

I hope he dates a teenager with no emotion except indifference

[Fignuts]

We're living in a world where Guardians of the galaxy and Ant-man are huge blockbusters.

I wouldn't doubt the viability of any character at this point.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm not doubting *Marvel Studios* making a star out of anybody. It's Sony.

[slik]

I really enjoyed the 1st two issues of 'The Immortal Hulk'

cool horror vibe and very well written.

[Lock Jaw]

Haven't read any Marvel comics in years...... several reboots/relaunches/rebrandings behind by now......

[slik]

I will read one every once and a while...I tried to read the "Monsters Unleashed" event series but it 'fell apart' halfway through...before that I think the last one I read was a Hyperion miniseries but it was 'just ok'....I decided to read Immortal Hulk b/c I heard it had 'a horror feel'

[slik]

Steve Ditko has passed away.

[Shadow]

Stan Lee can't be far behind.

[RP]

When Black Panther Movie came out i was lit when i went to see it. I just bought the Blu Ray and damn.. this is one of the best movies Marvel has made for sure.

[Fignuts]

The origin of the symbiotes story going on in Venom right now, is rad as fuck and even has ties to Gor the God butcher.

[Kalyx triaD]

Jilted lover weapon stuff.

[Sixx]

The origin of the symbiotes story going on in Venom right now, is rad as fuck and even has ties to Gor the God butcher.

Really? That sounds insane and awesome.

[Fignuts]

Really? That sounds insane and awesome.

Turns out Gor's weapon, All Black the Necrosword, was one of the earliest symbiotes that this god forged into a weapon.

If you go back and look at God of Thunder it really does have symbiote properties.

[rez]

Stan Lee can't be far behind.

stfu

[Shadow]

You have to accept the inevitability of death of those we love.

[Lock Jaw]

Sony now has reportedly shelved it's "Silver & Black" movie, which was to star Silver Sable and Black Cat......

In favour of both of them now getting their own solo movies instead.

[Kalyx triaD]

Terrible.

[Lock Jaw]

Sony also possibly developing movies for Silk, Kraven the Hunter, Jackpot (who I vaguely remember from the early Brand New Day Spider-Man), and Nightwatch (who I have never heard of).

The internal name for it all is "Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters" or SUMC for short.

[Fignuts]

Silk is cool. Dunno about the rest though.

[ClockShot]

Aside from Kraven, that's a lousy group of characters Sony is going to be making movies with.

[Destor]

Silk and Kraven are awesome. Dont want a silk film tho

[Lock Jaw]

What about a slik movie

[Destor]

He was a good manager but hes gotta be pushing 80

[Shadow]

Wrong Silk.

My fear is a few of those are really really in need of Spider-Man to make sense. Silk especially needs him. But we'll see what happens.

[RP]

Anyone reading X-Men Red and if so, whats the difference between X-Men Red and X-Men Blue. I might start reading Blue also. I'm 3 issues into Red atm and i really like it.

[Destor]

its same except you have to trade like 3 pokemon with your friends.

[RP]

Well, Gambit just showed up in X-Men Red and i'm hyped. Gambit is my fav.

[RP]

Naturally, Gambit got someone killed. That's why I like him.

[Kalyx triaD]

Captain Marvel is half Kree in the MCU. This is not treated as a big reveal since the movie starts with this as basic knowledge. Like Spider-Man it's not a full on origin story.

[Fignuts]

Pretty sure she's part kree in the comics too, so not surprising.

[Kalyx triaD]

I didn't think she was a half breed.

[Lock Jaw]

I think she started off human, but then Kree Captain Mar-Vell gave her some of his DNA or something making her a half breed.

[Kalyx triaD]

That's the origin I know. I don't think most people would consider that a half-breed situation. It's like saying Peter Parker is half-spider.

[Lock Jaw]

That's the "Spider" part in "Spider-Man".

[Kalyx triaD]

It's a name, not a taxinom.

[Lock Jaw]

YOU DON'T KNOW.

This is uncharted realms of genetic editing to create new and fantastic creatures!

[Kalyx triaD]

I suppose that's true.

[Fignuts]

God the new Venom comic is good. So fucking good.

I haven't given a shit about venom since the 90's buy I'm hooked on this.

[Lock Jaw]

New MCU TV shows in early development for Disney's new streaming service include "Scarlet Witch" and "Loki"

[Kalyx triaD]

Wait... these are 'MCU' shows? Olsen and Hiddleson would be involved?

[Kalyx triaD]

Holy shit that would in fact be the case. Dick Erect Protocol Initiated.

[Lock Jaw]

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/loki-scarlet-witch-tv-series-marvel-disney-streaming-service-1202947551/

[Shadow]

I'm kinda for this. Gives a chance to showcase people who could actually support an entire movie but don't have the budget for.

*coughHulkcough*

[Kalyx triaD]

Also it's the next step from the cool One Shot short films they did during Phase 1.

[Blonde Moment]

Teen Loki with Tom Hiddleston playing a Killraven type role as the Loki we all love.
Teen Loki is the piece of himself that the adult kept hidden incase one of his plans backfired and someone manages to kill him.

[Kalyx triaD]

That could work.

[Blonde Moment]

Will never happen but I feel it's very Loki like and has great potential to fail in a spectacular and entertaining manner which is also very loki like

[Kalyx triaD]

Just the idea of a guy like Loki mentoring a young magic clone of himself is pretty cool.

[Shadow]

Wonder how old the kid who played Child Loki in Thor is right now.

[Lock Jaw]

The long gestating Gambit film is now said to have a "romantic or sex comedy" vibe

[Kalyx triaD]

It has a Silver Sable & Black Cat vibe because it's not happening.

[Rammsteinmad]

Haha Kalyx. :lol:

Does anyone really care about a Gambit film being made anymore?

[Fignuts]

I fucking hate gambit. Always have.

[Destor]

Can i masturbate to it?

[Kalyx triaD]

Avengers 4 title is heavily rumored to be...

Avengers: Annihilation

[XL]

Oh.

[Sixx]

That's weird.

[Fignuts]

Right?

I mean unless annihilus is gonna be in it.

[Fignuts]

That would actually make sense though. The universe losing half its population would also make it weaker. Annihilus takes the opportunity to invade, and now Thanos enters an uneasy alliance with the avengers to clean up his mess just like in the end of infinity gauntlet

[Fignuts]

Probably not any of that though.

[Kalyx triaD]

I rather it be Endgame.

[ClockShot]

Need something more original.

"Endgame" and "Annihilation" have been done to death.

[Kalyx triaD]

Not in comic movies.

[RP]

That would actually make sense though. The universe losing half its population would also make it weaker. Annihilus takes the opportunity to invade, and now Thanos enters an uneasy alliance with the avengers to clean up his mess just like in the end of infinity gauntlet

I like where you're going with this. I'm not sure it's not this.

[RP]

I think it should be called Avengers 4 : Hero

Especially if... Captain America is going to die.

[Kalyx triaD]

It is extremely unlikely Evans would be allowed to telegraph a major death that obviously.

[Lock Jaw]

New MCU TV shows in early development for Disney's new streaming service include "Scarlet Witch" and "Loki"

Add a "Winter Soldier and The Falcon" series to the list

[Blonde Moment]

The immortal Hulk is some damn interesting reading

[slik]

Next Marvel character to get big screen treatment, along w/ The Eternals, is Shang-Chi (I'm not familiar w/ this character at all...yet):


http://collider.com/shang-chi-movie-marvel-studios/



Marvel Studios is fast-tracking an adaptation of the Shang-Chi comics character for a feature film franchise, which will mark the studio’s first Asian protagonist. Asian-American Dave Callaham, whose credits range from The Expendables to creating the TV series Jean-Claude Van Johnson to co-writing Wonder Woman 1984, has been tapped to write the screenplay. Marvel is also reportedly already looking at a number of Asian and Asian-American directors who could take the helm, looking towards Black Panther as the model.

[Sixx]

But why?

I don't see too many people hitting the theaters to see Shang Chi.

[Lock Jaw]

Just read a bunch on Shang-Chi the other day randomly.....

Was created because Marvel got the license to the Fu Manchu character, so they made Shang-Chi his son who fought against his dad's evil plans..... Marvel then eventually lost the Fu Manchu license and referred to him only as "Shang-Chi's dad" before making up a new name for him in recent years....

[Lock Jaw]

But why?

I don't see too many people hitting the theaters to see Shang Chi.

The Eternals are also highly uninteresting to me.... read some of their comics once and was v bored......

[Sixx]

The Eternals are also highly uninteresting to me.... read some of their comics once and was v bored......

I never read a single issue. Don't care avbout them either.