Sci-2 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 That's a helluva catch phrase there... That whole comic is a bit too blase about murdering people. The body count must already be in the hundreds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon AS Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 They -should- add Cosmo. He's the best damn character.If they ever need somebody to permanently stop the Hulk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucalion Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Can't wait for that Dr. Strange reveal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhom Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Dunno if this is the appropriate place to bring this up, but I suppose it will work: Marvel will be publishing Star Wars comics beginning in 2015. Ahhh... Disney and their synergy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFSalami Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Johnny Depp is meeting with Marvel for the Dr. Strange role. http://screenrant.com/johnny-depp-doctor-strange-marvel/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Johnny Depp is meeting with Marvel for the Dr. Strange role. http://screenrant.com/johnny-depp-doctor-strange-marvel/ That could be amazing casting besides the fact that he plays the same character in all Disney films. I've had enough of his foppish child-like characters. I think he's doing some different roles this year so there's an off-chance he'll tailor his acting to the role rather than phoning it in with his tried and tested crowd-pleasing standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Ashes Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 That could be amazing casting besides the fact that he plays the same character in all Disney films. I've had enough of his foppish child-like characters. I think he's doing some different roles this year so there's an off-chance he'll tailor his acting to the role rather than phoning it in with his tried and tested crowd-pleasing standard.Maybe something like the way he played Corso in The Ninth Gate, particularly before Stephen becomes STRANGE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 the whole Depp as Strange rumour has been squashed. Some reports go as far as saying a Dr Strange film is being rewritten. Whatever he met Marvel Studios for didn't result in them hiring him. Unless Marvel are really uncertain about whether Dr Strange would work as a film, I think they are better off going for a non A-list actor. It's worked for everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdDrake Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Scarlett Johansson has described the script for Avengers: Age of Ultron as "dark" and "cerebral."Now, I think the Avengers was a fun action movie, one of the better popcorn flicks of recent years. But I find these Marvel films are far from dark and cerebral. There's no dramatic weight to anything that happens, it feels as if nothing is at stake. NYC is nearly destroyed, but they make jokes about shwarma after. They killed 1 minor character (Coulson) and couldn't even keep him dead for long. I found the humor in Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 overbearing and grating.I probably won't be able to buy into it when they make something more serious.It should still be entertaining at least. I'm glad Michael Douglas and Vin Diesel will be in Marvel films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Scarlett Johansson has described the script for Avengers: Age of Ultron as "dark" and "cerebral." Now, I think the Avengers was a fun action movie, one of the better popcorn flicks of recent years. But I find these Marvel films are far from dark and cerebral. There's no dramatic weight to anything that happens, it feels as if nothing is at stake. NYC is nearly destroyed, but they make jokes about shwarma after. They killed 1 minor character (Coulson) and couldn't even keep him dead for long. I found the humor in Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 overbearing and grating. I probably won't be able to buy into it when they make something more serious. It should still be entertaining at least. I'm glad Michael Douglas and Vin Diesel will be in Marvel films. Maybe Scarlett's spectrum for dark and cerebral is limited? I very much doubt the Marvel films will reach Dark Knight levels of darkness though - especially for a tentpole all-ages action film. Can't say I'd even want the Avengers to be dark and cerebral. That's more of what I'd be expecting in their TV shows eg the Marvel Knight ones in 2015 and possibly the SHIELD show (although I'd settle for it just being good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon AS Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Yeah, those films aren't dark and also not particularly complex. Which is a big part of their appeal. I think they should continue to embrace those aspects, forcing a series of movies this light-hearted into dark-ish territory has a very low chance of success, IMO. That isn't to say that they couldn't afford to be a bit smarter about plotting and characterisation, both for the heroes and the villains. On rewatch, Iron Man 3 is the best of the Marvel films to date because it actually builds on what has come before and also plays with your expectations a little. It's still not all that complicated (though I have seen people complaining about the plot who apparently hadn't understood what was going on...) and it definitely has its flaws (remarkably the little kid isn't one of the more glaring ones), but it is also still fun and funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Maybe Scarlett's spectrum for dark and cerebral is limited? I very much doubt the Marvel films will reach Dark Knight levels of darkness though - especially for a tentpole all-ages action film. Can't say I'd even want the Avengers to be dark and cerebral. Well to be fair if you don't read a lot of SF what comes off as cliched to us might be rather innovative. Personally I thought the best Ultron-turns-Evil version was in the cartoon Avengers:Earth's Mightiest Heroes as everything that happens is understandable and based on rational decisions and competing but valid ethics -> Aliens attack, and Ultron robots [that Pym wanted to serve as non-violent prison guards assisting in rehabilitation] are used to defend against them. Robots then take their desire to protect humanity to extremes. We might see a [similar] riff on Asimov's laws, where Stark creates an AI responsible for keeping track of threats. As for the "darkness"....yeah, I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protar Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Just saw this: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1720507/avengers-age-of-ultron-thomas-kretschmann-baron-strucker.jhtml Thomas Kretschmann has been cast as a secondary villain called Baron von Strucker. I've never heard of him, but he's an immortal HYDRA agent, and the article speculates that Scarlett Witch and Quicksilver may be his kids in the film continuity. This news also backs up some speculation I was just having: SHIELD will ask Tony create Ultron in order to take on another villain (Strucker) and the first part of the film will actually see Ultron team up with the Avengers. Then he'll turn on them and probably form some puritanical plan about cleansing the impure human race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Wasn't Strucker one of Nick Fury's enemies back when he was Howling Commando-ing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protar Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Wasn't Strucker one of Nick Fury's enemies back when he was Howling Commando-ing? Think so yeah. I'm guessing the first half hour of the film will be Strucker, Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch kidnapping the Avengers and then Ultron coming to save the day. EDIT: I don't know how much of Fury's history they're planning to get into though. It'll probably just be referenced quickly, he is just supposed to be a secondary villain after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 EDIT: I don't know how much of Fury's history they're planning to get into though. It'll probably just be referenced quickly, he is just supposed to be a secondary villain after all. Unless they go into it a bit in Winter Soldier maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protar Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Unless they go into it a bit in Winter Soldier maybe? I do remember a comment (by Whedon?) actually that the post-credit sequence of Winter Soldier would be crucial to Age of Ultron. So maybe he'll be introduced there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 I do remember a comment (by Whedon?) actually that the post-credit sequence of Winter Soldier would be crucial to Age of Ultron. So maybe he'll be introduced there? We have seen they're not that opposed to introducing things in other films and then not explaining them that much in the Sequels. Loki and the Tesseract come to mind. I don't know how much of WS will be flashbacks, or how far back it will go. Obviously Fury isn't around in WW2 like the comic counterpart. How old is he meant to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kingmaker Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Old enough to operate as an agent during Cold War, I guess. I doubt they will go the Infinity Formula way for MCU Fury though. About Avengers 2 being dark: I guess they are really killing off one of the main characters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 If I had to guess, I'd say that Hawkeye is the most logical choice to buy the farm.... he even dies in the comics.... and should they ever want the character to return (dubtful since the movie turnover is so slow) .... well, Hawkeye is among the many superheroes who managed to return from the dead... a la Coulson I doubt they'll kill Cap... he's a franchise... and they don't own all the nessasary characters to do Civil War, which is how he tempoarily died hahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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