DonasaurusRex
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It will all be over if the AoU trailer/teaser footage at comicon is good.
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It will all be over if the AoU trailer/teaser footage at comicon is good.
Your reply has nothing to do with my post.
You are talking about recognition by millions of people, but discount that recognition by movies, for some reason. There's 1.3 billion people in China. They aren't watching the cartoons or buying the comics in China. The box office there is reflective of the popularity of characters there. Yes, Spider-Man does well there, but Superman and Batman have not done very well there, especially when compared to Iron Man and the Avengers--heck, even Captain America did very well there. There are probably stats you can also look up for the popularity of their movies on streaming video services there. Transformers, Pacific Rim, and Iron Man have been wildly popular in China. You can see that there is a common theme to those subjects.
badcrumble
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This is a rhetorical question: how big is the comic book market compared to the blockbuster film market?
TDLink
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For people who don't check OT and just are following this thread, here's a link for the GotG trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5msNnBeeMTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5msNnBeeMTQ
HP_Wuvcraft
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... shit, I didn't even think about this.
Working on catching up with the MCU. Currently watching Iron Man 2, just watched Thor yesterday, still need to see The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 3, and Thor: The Dark World.
Also on episode 4 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
I'm really excited to start catching up. I hear Agents gets better after the first 10 episodes or something but I think the first few have been good already, does it just get better from here?
Watching the movies is making me kinda want to read more Marvel comics as well. Maybe after I catch up on the movies/show I'll get Marvel Unlimited for a month or so, is it good/worth it?
Also on episode 4 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
I'm really excited to start catching up. I hear Agents gets better after the first 10 episodes or something but I think the first few have been good already, does it just get better from here?
Watching the movies is making me kinda want to read more Marvel comics as well. Maybe after I catch up on the movies/show I'll get Marvel Unlimited for a month or so, is it good/worth it?
Oh my YES. It's gets miles better.
sol_bad
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oh noes
Wrong order.
Iron Man > Incredible Hulk > Iron Man 2 > Thor > Captain America: The First Avenger > Avengers > Iron Man 3 > Thor: The Dark World > Agents of Shield (up to episode 16) > Captain America: The Winter Soldier > Agents of Shield (episode 17 onwards).
Are you watching them on Blu Ray?
Better read sol_bad's post and follow that! You won't enjoy it nearly as much if you don't watch it in order along with all post-credit scenes
I know it's the wrong order, but I already saw the other ones in theatres, so now I'm just filling in the blanks, so that I'll be caught up when new stuff like GotG comes out.
I also want to re-watch The Avengers at some point after I see the others.
Also, I'm not watching on Blu Ray, I'm streaming and getting the DVD's from Netflix.
http://comicbook.com/blog/2014/05/1...e-hulk-movie-rumors-daredevil-netflix-series/
Mark Waid is going to be involved with the Netflix Daredevil series.
He also says there's a strong possibility of a Hulk film based on the Indestructible Hulk coming out.
Mark Waid is going to be involved with the Netflix Daredevil series.
He also says there's a strong possibility of a Hulk film based on the Indestructible Hulk coming out.
TDLink
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All he says about Hulk is he heard a rumour, but he's the last person to know anything at Marvel since the Studios division doesn't talk with the Comics division much.
Don't really think his comments here mean anything regarding a new film.
I do wonder what he'll do for Daredevil though. Maybe write some of the episodes?
If you're enjoying AoS that early and you like the broader MCU then you'll likely really enjoy the back half of the season, especially with the Winter Soldier tie-in. I liked the first half but I wasn't in love with it. The latter half turned it into must-watch TV for me.
RobotNinjaHornets
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This is good. This is very good.
DonasaurusRex
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Oh yeah AoS gets better. I personally like to link it to the moment Skye gets shot and cannot talk for a few episodes. I eagerly await her transformation into a more complete character as opposed to the "im still an idiot even though i almost die every 72hrs" persona. In the grand scheme of things they dont even need her smedium skills, we all know she has more to be revealed...the slow burn is a misfire imho.
Something tells me this is Feige's doing.
Welp, there goes my hope for a rather "dark and gritty"/miller-eske adaption of Daredevil in the MCU
Yesssssss
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Waid's involvement is a very good thing. Very smart move.
Now get Fraction involved with Iron Fist.
crimsonspider89
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Of course not. Means they would have to put up with Joe Q/Alonso/Bendis saying the fans will love there stories/ideas that were disasters.
Can see Waid writing some of the episodes for DD.
That just isn't true. They may not share every single development. But they do plan things and share infoprmation quite a bit Waid himself being such a long time writer would be privvy to insider info. Especially if he has been even considered to write anything for the series.
TDLink
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I was just paraphrasing what he said in the link. I am sure some of the Marvel Comics writers do in fact know more about MCU stuff than they let on. That being said, I'm also sure they are/will be more involved with the TV stuff than the film stuff and that very few people know about any of the film stuff past 2-3 years in the future.
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X-Mens Bryan Singer versus Avengers and Iron Man
I'm sorry, but Singer sounds like an ass in this article.
I'm sorry, but Singer sounds like an ass in this article.
George Oscar Bluth II
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He does.
Seems like he doesn't grasp exactly how Marvel did it.....or is trying to make excuses as to why he didn't.
I dunno, doesn't come off well, though.
Somebody should tell him, how insane popular X-Men were.
And all these talk about Iron Man could be about Wolverine, too... All these non MCU Filmmakers seem to be very jealous and salty...
"We're the bastard stepchild of the comic book universe."
Bullshit. Fox merely doesn't know what to do with anybody who's not Wolverine. There are at least a half dozen X-Men characters who could have had successful standalone franchises and Fox opted for six Wolverine movies instead. What is actually happening is Marvel showed them something a little different and now they feel pressure to copy it because Marvel now has two movies that did over a billion each at the box office while not a single X-Men movie has done even half that.
Bullshit. Fox merely doesn't know what to do with anybody who's not Wolverine. There are at least a half dozen X-Men characters who could have had successful standalone franchises and Fox opted for six Wolverine movies instead. What is actually happening is Marvel showed them something a little different and now they feel pressure to copy it because Marvel now has two movies that did over a billion each at the box office while not a single X-Men movie has done even half that.
RobotNinjaHornets
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Wait, he's saying this when Guardians of the Galaxy's coming out in a couple of months?
For serious?
Hot Coldman
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Singer's probably still great at making X-Men movies, but in terms of the bigger picture he sounds super aimless. Not exactly got Whedon's vision.
Just leave it to the suits, man.
Just leave it to the suits, man.
crimsonspider89
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Singer is a moron. He was given several of Marvel's A-listers who are still extremely popular with casual fanbases and hasn't done jack. Perhaps focus on the others?
Also on every marvel game, the most requested characters are the X-Men.
Quit focusing on Logan/Magneto/Xavier and give us some other X-Men.
Hell, you couldn't even give us Rachel.
Focus on the other characters, particularly the females.
Also on every marvel game, the most requested characters are the X-Men.
Quit focusing on Logan/Magneto/Xavier and give us some other X-Men.
Hell, you couldn't even give us Rachel.
Focus on the other characters, particularly the females.
Affeinvasion
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Based on the evidence from every single X-men movie ever made, it seems like they don't really understand what people like about X-Men other than Wolverine. The biggest problem was that they cast the first three films poorly except for Stewart and Wolverine and then had to write around it (Cyclops should be one of the main focuses of the entire thing and he is relegated to C-list in the films).
Based on the reviews I've read so far on DoFP, they still don't know what they're doing with the characters and Singer's shoddy visual style is hard to overlook.
Based on the reviews I've read so far on DoFP, they still don't know what they're doing with the characters and Singer's shoddy visual style is hard to overlook.
Father_Brain
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Does Singer actually believe this nonsense? Iron Man certainly wasn't an "incredibly familiar character" before 2008, and Fox could have had an MCU-style interconnected X-Men universe by now had they had the vision to develop characters other than Wolverine, Xavier, and Magneto. To be fair, a lot of the blame goes to studio hacks like the thankfully-departed Tom Rothman, who almost ran the franchise into the ground with X3 and Origins.
crimsonspider89
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I know Paquin can act and be more like Rogue just from True Blood. Hell she wanted to be more flying around and punching things Rogue. They are going try to push Tatum as Gambit next(ROFL, he is nowhere as talented as Jackman, get that shit outta here).
Singer should really stop making excuses.
I know he can't say it in public but blame Fox. Or better yet blame yourself, you have characters with those power sets and the best you could produce is the nightcrawler opening scene in X-2... Shameful.
The reason these films never cross 460 million WW is because the character development is light and the action doesn't drop jaws.
I know he can't say it in public but blame Fox. Or better yet blame yourself, you have characters with those power sets and the best you could produce is the nightcrawler opening scene in X-2... Shameful.
The reason these films never cross 460 million WW is because the character development is light and the action doesn't drop jaws.
So what do you make of this?
THE MIDDLE Star Eden Sher Met With Marvel
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/news/?a=100537
THE MIDDLE Star Eden Sher Met With Marvel
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/news/?a=100537
Squirrel girl?
Dozens of actors have had similar meetings. Who knows.
Could be for Agents of Shield?
TDLink
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I'm guessing it's for TV. Maybe even Jessica Jones.
George Oscar Bluth II
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"Earlier on, Eden Cher (Sue Heck from The Middle) revealed via Twitter that she'd taken a meeting with Marvel: "Went to marvel offices at noon for a "15 minute meeting." 3 hrs and 80 lbs of issues later, here I am paralyzed from excitement." Fans have been speculating as to which role she may have met for -- or indeed if it was for a specific role at all. Well, Sher apparently followed this tweet up with some responses to her followers, and although they've since been deleted, a very telling one is screen-capped below."
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