Comic Book Films & TV

[livid]

Marvel doesn't operate the MCU based on how well the books do or don't do. If they believe in the idea, they'll do it because the markets for each are completely different.

Related: the Russo brothers just signed a first-look deal with Sony so it certainly appears they'll be involved with Spider-Man in some capacity beyond Cap 3.

Edited March 4, 2015 by livid

[TKz]

If they did, we sure as hell wouldn't be getting Captain Marvel.

God damn you, world, go buy Kelly Sue's Captain Marvel. It's the god damn best.

[Maxx]

I'll certainly read it, I can tell you that.

[Skummy]

Yeah, the idea that what comic book "universe" is doing well, or what happened in what comic book timeline, would have any bearing on the movies should have been dropped years ago. The MCU has nothing to do with any particular comic book timeline. The movies do not have to pander to the tiny, tiny percentage of the audience who feel that any particular comic book timeline is significant. It's an adaptation.

Frankly, after the way the Iron Man movies dealt with The Mandarin, it doesn't feel like you should need to tell people that the comic book timeline doesn't matter, but I suppose geeks are persistent.

To put it in comic book terms - because something happens in the Ultimate Universe doesn't mean the same thing is true in the main "Earth-616" continuity. Apply the same logic to the movies. Just because something happens, or happened a certain way, in a particular series of comic books doesn't mean it has to happen the exact same way, and the characters have to be the exact same, in the movies - if only because it's safe to assume that whatever you think is the "correct" version of a story has been re-booted, re-told and ret-conned a hundred times by now in the comics anyway!

[Benjamin]

But... Spider-Man is supposed to be white! That would be like if Michael Cera played Shaft!

[LL!]

Yeah, the idea that what comic book "universe" is doing well, or what happened in what comic book timeline, would have any bearing on the movies should have been dropped years ago. The MCU has nothing to do with any particular comic book timeline. The movies do not have to pander to the tiny, tiny percentage of the audience who feel that any particular comic book timeline is significant. It's an adaptation.

Frankly, after the way the Iron Man movies dealt with The Mandarin, it doesn't feel like you should need to tell people that the comic book timeline doesn't matter, but I suppose geeks are persistent.

To put it in comic book terms - because something happens in the Ultimate Universe doesn't mean the same thing is true in the main "Earth-616" continuity. Apply the same logic to the movies. Just because something happens, or happened a certain way, in a particular series of comic books doesn't mean it has to happen the exact same way, and the characters have to be the exact same, in the movies - if only because it's safe to assume that whatever you think is the "correct" version of a story has been re-booted, re-told and ret-conned a hundred times by now in the comics anyway!

Oh come on! Everything has to be the same as the source material always! Are you kidding me?! Unless they do what the comics did step by step then the movies will never work. They'll never make money and the studios would give up on them. Don't be insane. There should never be any sort of creative difference from source to source ever, you pleb.

[ZJ Penn]

Absolutely. I heard in the new Fantastic Four movie Reed Richards doesn't have the grey bits above his ears.

If so I'm going to put my foot through the cinema screen and send Miles Teller the bill.

Edited March 4, 2015 by Captain New JaPenn

[Johnny Latino Heat]

New Age of Ultron trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAUoeqvedMo

Can't wait!

[Maxx]

[Your Mom]

https://www.amctheatres.com/movies/ultimate-marvel-marathon-2015

What kind of mad man would try something like this?

[GoGo Yubari]

Me, in high school.

[tristy]

I really would, honestly. I haven't seen any of those in a theatre setting except for the first Iron Man.

[Your Mom]

Maybe I could sleep through Iron Man 2! That might help

[LL!]

I would with a case of 5 hour energy.

[Avenged Probably]

I seriously hope they do that in the UK, it'd be awesome. I've stayed awake longer than that before doing much less fun stuff.

[Benjamin]

Who or what is that at the end of the latest Avengers trailer?

[Avenged Probably]

The Vision

[Benjamin]

Ah, thanks. Should have put that together myself.

[stokeriño]

The silliest thing about that marathon is that you'll be most knackered for the film you actually want to see. Imagine if you made it through to Age of Ultron and then fell asleep...

[Avenged Probably]

First look at Supergirl!