Upcoming MARVEL Movies!!!

I have to say, I have some excitement for each one of these movies, which have been officially announced as upcoming Marvel Studios movies!

http://strangersandaliens.com/2012/07/marvel-movies-revealed/

Most excited about Guardians of the Galaxy, I must say.

First reaction, without thinking about it too long:

Winter soldier - mweh. Don't think so. Don't know the character either, and (therefore?) don't care. Unless there won't be any other movies worth watching at the time it premieres, of course. Cuz then I will have to.

Thor The Dark World: Oh yeah!
Iron Man 3: Ooooooooh yeah!!!

Guardians of the Galaxy: never heard of them, but you're right, that concept art is pretty amazing. So maybe. Probably.

Ant-Man: Hhh. Really?! And not even Pym? No. No! Unless of course, there are no other movies worth watching etc... cuz then etc. ...

Thanks for the heads up Ben!

Eh, the only two that I'm really interested in on that list are Captain America and Iron Man 3.

I was deployed to Kuwait with one of the extras from the scene in Iron Man 2 where they land the stolen suit on Edwards AFB.

...Oh and spoiler.

I'll look forward to Cap (won't spoil who the Winter Soldier is, but it's bound to please fans and be an interesting story).

Also looking forward to a Thor movie where they have enough budget so that he doesn't have to LOSE HIS POWERS!!!! (I hate that plot device.) Curious what they'll do with the character, though, now that his main development arc finished at the end of his first movie.

And Guardians of the Galaxy... don't know anything about them. But I'm shocked and saddened that DC infected Marvel with it's "intelligent-talking-cute-animals-as-characters" disease. My biggest pet peeve in all of comics.

Is it true that it was confirmed Ben Kingsley is playing Mandarin in Iron Man 3?

Yes. Woohoo!

Cool When I heard he was cast I thought that would be the perfect part for him.

Captain America 2 should be awesome! I haven't read the comics it's based off of but I know how it goes and I love that idea!   

Thor 2: I wasn't a huge fan of the first one, (it was fun, but not as good as it should have been.) What I would love to see in a Thor movie is Odin go into his Odinsleep and Thor have to protect Asgard from incoming threats. Then near the end you see Loki again and he in the background subtly controlling events. But that won't happen since they portrayed the Odinsleep as Odin's deathbed it the first one and because of what happened at the end of The Avengers.

GOTG: don't know a lot about them, but I think the idea is pretty cool.

Paeter wrote: But I'm shocked and saddened that DC infected Marvel with it's "intelligent-talking-cute-animals-as-characters" disease. My biggest pet peeve in all of comics.

And I completely agree with Paeter on this one. 

Iron Man 3: excited for this one but I don't think I like the way they are going to go (considering the comics they based it off of.) Also not a big fan of Mandarin, just because he uses magic. (I'm not a fan of magic.) I hope they go in the alien technology direction.

Ant Man: At first I thought Ant Man was kind of silly but after watching Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heros he slowly won me over. I'm pumped! Though it better be Hank, and Wasp NEEDS to be in it too. Ultron would be a cool villain for an Ant Man movie.

DNArington wrote:
Ultron would be a cool villain for an Ant Man movie.

In the Avengers prequel comic "Nick Fury's Big Week" there was a line close to the end that made me think they were hinting at Ultron

Rumor is someone has been cast to play Falcon:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/16/anthony-mackie-cast-as-falcon-in-captain-america-2

Interesting.

~ Ben

I like how they haven't started filming yet but they have a release date already

Paeter wrote:Also looking forward to a Thor movie where they have enough budget so that he doesn't have to LOSE HIS POWERS!!!! (I hate that plot device.) Curious what they'll do with the character, though, now that his main development arc finished at the end of his first movie.

I hate it too, though I'd say Thor used it better than most. Still, I'll be glad to see a true Thor story (the only Thor I've seen is the movie and the Hulk animated movie where he and his friend were just curb-stomped and Odin napped...not exactly a good intro to the universe. For that matter, can we actually get Odin doing his thing and not, as Rifftrax put it, "take phoning in his role to a new level by literally falling asleep on camera".
I take it that the Winter Soldier is a character we should know even if we've only seen the film, Paeter?

I'm begining to think the only thing Odin dose is sleep. It's in almost ever Thor story I've seem

Dunadwarf wrote:
I take it that the Winter Soldier is a character we should know even if we've only seen the film, Paeter?

Well, without spoiling, the Winter Soldier is the present-day code name for a character that appeared in the Captain America movie, though I won't say which character it was.

Was idly skimming through information on the development of this next wave of Marvel Superhero movies; and was pleased to spot that Christopher Ecclestone is playing a character in the new Thor movie. There's an actor with amazing screen presence and energy, he did such a great job as one of the new Doctor Who's (it was weird seeing him as Destro in the unfortunate G.I. Joe oddity movie).

Hey! This looks like a really good line-up!

Guardians of the Galaxy. I only know about one character (the raccoon from Street fighter Vs. Capcom 3). Might be good.

Ant-Man. Hey! they're giving everyone a chance! Could be fun. Don't know what they're going to do with it, though.

Desert Kris wrote:it was weird seeing him as Destro in the unfortunate G.I. Joe oddity movie

I've never understood why people so hated that movie. Not liking it, I can get, tastes vary, but it was a fun, basic movie. It didn't get bogged down in self-importance and trashiness like Transformers. Was it that it didn't religiously follow the source material? I guess I can see why that bothered fans, but have you watched the old cartoon lately? I did not long ago and, frankly, it's so dumb that it's hard to sit through. Talk about no character development or real stakes. I just don't see the betrayal in the movie.
It seems that, lately, it's fashionable to utterly hate any adaptation or update on principle, which seems to me as illogical as embracing anything nominally related to your fandom.

Dunadwarf wrote:

Desert Kris wrote:it was weird seeing him as Destro in the unfortunate G.I. Joe oddity movie

I've never understood why people so hated that movie. Not liking it, I can get, tastes vary, but it was a fun, basic movie. It didn't get bogged down in self-importance and trashiness like Transformers. Was it that it didn't religiously follow the source material? I guess I can see why that bothered fans, but have you watched the old cartoon lately? I did not long ago and, frankly, it's so dumb that it's hard to sit through. Talk about no character development or real stakes. I just don't see the betrayal in the movie.
It seems that, lately, it's fashionable to utterly hate any adaptation or update on principle, which seems to me as illogical as embracing anything nominally related to your fandom.

I agree! Not having seen much of the cartoon, I found it a fun, visual ride. Nothing amazing, just pure popcorn fun.

So Kevin Feige, the Marvel President of Production, said recently that there will be no Hulk film till at least after Avengers 2, and then he mentioned maybe adapting the Planet Hulk and World War Hulk into films.

This is actually what I have been saying they should do with the hulk. Perhaps have him kill scores of innocents in a mad rampage in the Avengers2 to push them to the point of trying to dispose of the hulk in the way they do. He could then retunurn in his follow up film or the next Avengers or somthing for World War Hulk.

Here is a link to the article I read about it: http://screenrant.com/incredible-hulk-sequel-avengers-2/

DNArington wrote:Perhaps have him kill scores of innocents in a mad rampage in the Avengers2 to push them to the point of trying to dispose of the hulk in the way they do.

Did that ever happen in the comics? I only know of the movies and, slightly, the TV show, though I do know enough to know that that's the barest fraction of Hulk's history.
It'd be a risky, risky thing to have one of your heroes cause such tragedy, even beyond his control. Not that it's a bad idea, but it would be a risky thing to do.
Frankly most major film and TV (especially TV) could do with taking more risks.

Dunadwarf wrote:

DNArington wrote:Perhaps have him kill scores of innocents in a mad rampage in the Avengers2 to push them to the point of trying to dispose of the hulk in the way they do.

Did that ever happen in the comics? I only know of the movies and, slightly, the TV show, though I do know enough to know that that's the barest fraction of Hulk's history.
It'd be a risky, risky thing to have one of your heroes cause such tragedy, even beyond his control. Not that it's a bad idea, but it would be a risky thing to do.
Frankly most major film and TV (especially TV) could do with taking more risks.

I am unsure what incited their decision to get rid of Hulk. They might have just decided he was too much of a threat to humanity.

Is the Hulk TV show still happening? Maybe that would be part of the delay in a Hulk movie, too?

Were people planning a Hulk TV series?
I think a prequel TV series about Batman's training would be cool IF HANDLED WELL. They'd have to decide from the start to not tease the future characters and situations (and succumb to Smallvilleitis). If it was about original antagonists and allies and featured Bruce Wayne traveling the globe and learning all sorts of new skills (not just fighting, but acting, escaping, detective work, etc.) I think it'd be a cool series.

Paeter wrote:Is the Hulk TV show still happening? Maybe that would be part of the delay in a Hulk movie, too?

Last I read they had the first season mapped out and were waiting on an undisclosed talented writer's schedule to open up.

Dunadwarf wrote:I think a prequel TV series about Batman's training would be cool IF HANDLED WELL. They'd have to decide from the start to not tease the future characters and situations (and succumb to Smallvilleitis). If it was about original antagonists and allies and featured Bruce Wayne traveling the globe and learning all sorts of new skills (not just fighting, but acting, escaping, detective work, etc.) I think it'd be a cool series.

Agreed, that could make a great show!

In case this no one has heard Antman is coming out November 6, 2015