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[Escape Goat]

she was an ipod marketing device. Cant even remember her serving the audience stand-in type

I just remember her asking about Mjolnir and Loki when she found that book.

 

[Salsa]

I just remember that it really stood out to me, wich rarely happens

I was watching and thinking "why is.. she.. there?" a little bit of script re-working could have saved them a salary

 

[Dram]

Does Portman's character really need to come back for the sequel?

 

[Good Job Bob]

The movie as a whole was just poorly thought out.

 

[Escape Goat]

Does Portman's character really need to come back for the sequel?

But they're like totally spring break soulmates.

 

[johnsmith]

Wow, not what I expected.

I demand ant races in the movie! ANT RACES

 

[MrCheez]

Haha, love that riding ants automatically qualifies you as a super hero.

Thanks for posting that. Ant-Man officially rocks!

 

[Anticitizen One]

Thor was the weakest of the marvel movies but it was still entertaining.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Extremis suit confirmed?

 

[Slayven]

Wow, not what I expected.

I demand ant races in the movie! ANT RACES

 

[- J - D -]

Extremis suit confirmed?

Or Bleeding Edge suit. It resembles BE more than Extremis, but I'm thinking it'll function differently than either.

 

[TDLink]

New Marvel One-Shot "Item 47" confirmed for The Avengers' Blu-Ray release:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Top-Secret-Marvel-Short-Revealed-31709.html

 

[Caja 117]

Makes sense to have a Guardians film if they're gonna include Thanos in Avengers 2.

Do they have the copyrights to include Silver Surfer in guardians?

 

[Vermillion]

Not liking the idea of Panther coming in a Hulk movie, and working for Ross. Strange intro could be cool, but his actual origin is much better, I say.

Agreed. He is KING of Wakanda! God I love saying that...

 

[castlegar]

Do they have the copyrights to include Silver Surfer in guardians?

He's still with Fox and the Fantastic Four property. Sucks.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Marvel moved their Untitled 2014 Film from May 16 to August 1:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm

 

[Vermillion]

Please please be fake bullshit on that Dr. Strange rumor. It would be a disservice to his character (and the masses who will only know of his movie origins) to play him in that role in Thor 2.

Of course I could see them doing something stupid like that, after all magic doesn't exist in the MCU, it is just super science.

Mm. I loved the Dr. Strange animated movie, and I feel it would actually damage the character. If they won't give him magic, it's best to keep him out. Also, maybe Odin should learn to fucking lock his warchest.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

New Marvel One-Shot "Item 47" confirmed for The Avengers' Blu-Ray release:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Top-Secret-Marvel-Short-Revealed-31709.html

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/07/03/first-look-item-47/

The existence of Marvel’s latest short film has been stirring speculation for weeks, though no one knew for sure exactly what it was, who stars in it, or what the title means.

What is Item 47? Now, finally, some answers.

The film is the latest in the company’s series of shorts dubbed “One-Shots,” a comic book term for stories that wrap up in one issue. Lizzy Caplan (Party Down, pictured) and Jesse Bradford (Flags of Our Fathers) star as a down-on-their-luck couple who find one of the discarded alien guns from the finale to The Avengers — and proceed to make some incredibly bad decisions.

Marvel’s One-Shots have been used as bonus features on home-video releases for Thor and Captain America, and this one will be available Sept. 25 on The Avengers Blu-ray, with a special screening planned for San Diego next week during Comic-Con.

This is the longest, most elaborate of the Marvel shorts so far, and could be a first step toward using short-subject films to dive deeper into the Marvel universe and introduce beloved but less-familiar superheroes to the mainstream.

Item 47 refers to the gun itself, which S.H.I.E.L.D. would like very much to retrieve from the hapless young troublemakers. “The world is topsy-turvy now. There’s been an alien invasion, and things are crazy,” explains Marvel Studios co-president Louis D’Esposito, who directed the film himself. “So when this gun ­literally fell into their lap, this is a sign: We’re going to rob a few banks, we’re going to buy a boat, we’re going to the Caribbean, and all our problems will be solved.”

Two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents (Maximiliano Hernández, returning from Thor and The Avengers, and Lost’s Man in Black Titus Welliver, making his Marvel debut) are given the job of cleaning up the mess and stopping this modern Bonnie and Clyde (not coincidentally named Benny and Claire.)

The goal was to show some non-superpowered people reacting to the aftermath of The Avengers. “Anything that expands the world and shows you the more human elements of it, that just makes the world more colorful and fun for the average viewer,” says Eric Pearson, who wrote the screenplay for Item 47, as well as the previous two One-Shots: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer and The Consultant.

Each starred Clark Gregg as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Coulson, but those films were much shorter — no more than 4 minutes, compared to Item 47‘s 12 minute run-time — and they were single scenes with few visual effects or action. Item 47, in contrast, goes on a much bigger ride.

Marvel is exploring whether short films like this could now go even further. The goal is to have a short accompany the home-video for each feature film, and they’re currently devising scripts for companion pieces to Iron Man 3, Thor 2, and Captain America 2.

The question is whether the One-Shots can expand to not just tell not just inconsequential side-stories, but also experiment with longtime heroes who may not yet be ready to carry their own features. A short could be a good test for a Black Panther or Iron Fist or Wasp, for example — characters who are beloved by die-hard fans but less known in the broader culture.

D’Esposito says the company “wrestles” with that idea. “There’s always a potential to introduce a character. We have 8,000 of them, and they can’t all be at the same level. So maybe there are some that are not so popular, and we introduce them [with a short] – and they take off. I could see that happening.”

 

[Nesotenso]

Marvel moved their Untitled 2014 Film from May 16 to August 11:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm

Guardians of the Galaxy led by Nova. principal photography will probably start in summer 2013.

 

[Caja 117]

He's still with Fox and the Fantastic Four property. Sucks.

It Does. Silver Surfer and FF4 fit perfectly in the MCU, better than even Spidey or Xmen.

 

[TDLink]

Do they have the copyrights to include Silver Surfer in guardians?

No, but Silver Surfer has never been a member of the Guardians anyways. He had a role in both the Annihilation and Thanos Imperative stories but nothing that is super essential and can't be either cut or given to someone else.

 

[Caja 117]

No, but Silver Surfer has never been a member of the Guardians anyways. He had a role in both the Annihilation and Thanos Imperative stories but nothing that is super essential and can't be either cut or given to someone else.

Yeah, but Guardians is full of unknowns and making this movie (which I gather is going to be in outer space) is going to need a familiar face in order to get the attention of those non comic book readers.

 

[Slayven]

Yeah, but Guardians is full of unknowns and making this movie (which I gather is going to be in outer space) is going to need a familiar face in order to get the attention of those non comic book readers.

"From the makers of The Avenger and the next chapter in the Marvel Universe."

 

[Hawkian]

They re-did The Spider-Man ride at Islands of Adventure in HD?! The low resolution reallllly stood out to me when I was there last year.

 

[TDLink]

Yeah, but Guardians is full of unknowns and making this movie (which I gather is going to be in outer space) is going to need a familiar face in order to get the attention of those non comic book readers.

They will just use:

"From the makers of The Avenger and the next chapter in the Marvel Universe."

Plus Silver Surfer isn't super recognizable among non-comic readers to begin with. I mean more than the Guardians probably, sure...especially since he was in a FF movie a few years ago, but he wouldn't get that many more people in seats. Not to mention they can't use him anyways.

 

[Black_Stride]

Extremis suit confirmed?

Bleeding Edge Design?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Dat Iron Man Ass

 

[Black_Stride]

Dat Iron Man Ass

Perfect, absolutely perfect.

 

[The Outsider]

They re-did The Spider-Man ride at Islands of Adventure in HD?! The low resolution reallllly stood out to me when I was there last year.

They did indeed. It's vastly improved now. They even threw a few easter eggs into the background.

Downside is the lines are now three times as long as they were before.

 

[Hot Coldman]

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/07/03/first-look-item-47/

That sounds pretty cool. Lizzy Caplan <3

 

[StalkerUKCG]

It Does. Silver Surfer and FF4 fit perfectly in the MCU, better than even Spidey or Xmen.

Silver Surfer and FF4 could both be great for the MCU, Especially Reed Richards being all nerdy with stark and banner and the classic Hulk Vs Thing stuff but the real goldmine would be Dr.Doom He is one of the people who could actually pose a decent threat to the Avengers.

I wouldn't discount the potential roles the X-Men and Spider could have in the MCU if licensing was not an issue.

Wolverine and Spider-Man both work very well as Avengers, Civil War or AvX could make amazing films if they reworked them but remained faithful to the core concept.

Also the possibilities of villains like osborn and magento cause trouble is always interesting.

Hopefully at some point disney/marvel try to actively push and buy the brands back.

 

[Anth0ny]

Silver Surfer and FF4 could both be great for the MCU, Especially Reed Richards being all nerdy with stark and banner and the classic Hulk Vs Thing stuff but the real goldmine would be Dr.Doom He is one of the people who could actually pose a decent threat to the Avengers.

I wouldn't discount the potential roles the X-Men and Spider could have in the MCU.

Wolverine and Spider-Man both work very well as Avengers, Civil War or AvX could make amazing films if they reworked them but remained faithful to the core concept.

Also the possibilities of villains like osborn and magento cause trouble is always interesting.

This.

MCU needs Doom more than anyone else imo.

 

[Escape Goat]

Need more Dell Rusk

Spoiler

Red Skull

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Need more Dell Rusk

Spoiler

Red Skull

Red Skull could be really interesting but i hated him in CA. He essentially did nothing and it was just people with tesseract guns.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Red Skull was terrible in CA.

 

[Escape Goat]

Red Skull could be really interesting but i hated him in CA. He essentially did nothing and it was just people with tesseract guns.

Yeah, he wasn't very menacing in CA. But I love the character and his more carefully laid plots instead of the doomsday weapon plots. The Dell Rusk was an alias Red Skull used to infiltrate the US government and was setting the US against The Avengers. Nobody seemed to notice that Dell Rusk was an anagram for Red Skull. Whoops.

 

[Ovid]

Red Skull was terrible in CA.

Hugo Weaving was great though.

 

[Black_Stride]

Silver Surfer and FF4 could both be great for the MCU, Especially Reed Richards being all nerdy with stark and banner and the classic Hulk Vs Thing stuff but the real goldmine would be Dr.Doom He is one of the people who could actually pose a decent threat to the Avengers.

Absolutely.
Dr Doom makes a perfect Avengers level villain, weve seen how crazy doom can be.
He is a powerhouse villain who is relatively easy to explain and truly dangerous. (waits for squirrel girl pictures)

Might seem weird but id only want Doom and Mr Fantastic to be in the Avengers movie, but i would like all the F4 crew re-imagined in the MCU.

 

[Slayven]

Doom isn't needed. They go plenty of characters that can feel that role.

 

[Escape Goat]

Doom isn't needed. They go plenty of characters that can feel that role.

I can feel that role. Its soft.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Doom isn't needed.

Your sad avatar puts a fun inflection on that post

 

[Tobor]

I can feel that role. Its soft.

 

[Escape Goat]

 

[Slayven]

I can feel that role. Its soft.

When this round. But turns out it was a Slayvenbot.

 

[Caja 117]

They will just use:



Plus Silver Surfer isn't super recognizable among non-comic readers to begin with. I mean more than the Guardians probably, sure...especially since he was in a FF movie a few years ago, but he wouldn't get that many more people in seats. Not to mention they can't use him anyways.

While the Avengers promotion is a good ploy, I dont see it a definite means to fill in seats, and dont get me wrong, Im not saying that silver surfer would be a savior right now, but, the scope of this film will need a lot more than just a slogan saying "from the makers of avengers".

I could see Iron Man 3 Having some proper introduction to Guardians as end credits.

Hopefully at some point disney/marvel try to actively push and buy the brands back.

The owner of these copyrights prefer to trow in a mediocre movie just to keep such rights before loosing them or selling them, at least brand names like Spider Man or X-men seems like they will never go back to Marvel.

Hugo Weaving was great though.

He is a GOD:

Agent SMITH
V
Elrond
Megatron
Red Skull

 

[TDLink]

While the Avengers promotion is a good ploy, I dont see it a definite means to fill in seats, and dont get me wrong, Im not saying that silver surfer would be a savior right now, but, the scope of this film will need a lot more than just a slogan saying "from the makers of avengers".

I could see Iron Man 3 Having some proper introduction to Guardians as end credits.

The Avengers post credits tease could very well have been a tease for GotG. Also, "The maker(s) of ___" has proven to be an effective marketing tool time and again. I wouldn't count it out. In fact, that alone is why Avatar became the #1 movie of all time in sales.

Iron Man is nearly completely disconnected from GotG, if another film is going to have some element that links to it the best bet would be Thor 2. I doubt that would happen either though, but more likely than IM3.

 

[Caja 117]

The Avengers post credits tease could very well have been a tease for GotG. Also, "The maker(s) of ___" has proven to be an effective marketing tool time and again. I wouldn't count it out. In fact, that alone is why Avatar became the #1 movie of all time in sales.

That is a very Bold thing to say, I agree it helped on ticket sales, but is not the only reason why is the #1 movie in sales.

And is slightly different, We are talking about a movie directed by someone everybody knows, just like any Spielberg movie will get equal considerations.

 

[Krogan]

Doom isn't needed. They go plenty of characters that can feel that role.

 

[Reiko]

Thank god if true. Most useless character ever, she did nothing worth of being in the movie.

She didnt even had cleavage.

She hid them pretty well...

 

[TDLink]

That is a very Bold thing to say, I agree it helped on ticket sales, but is not the only reason why is the #1 movie in sales.

And is slightly different, We are talking about a movie directed by someone everybody knows, just like any Spielberg movie will get equal considerations.

Maybe but I think it is the same concept. Thor and Captain America were both very successful for Marvel without IM actually doing much to hype them up on its own. MCU movies have all done well so far no matter what. I don't think GotG will be an exception. They will market it well.