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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
When he was first cast one site claimed Michael Douglas was playing the villain. I chalk that up to someone being told Yellowjacket was the villain, doing a quick google search to see Yellowjacket is named Hank Pym in the comics, and then going "Oh Michael Douglas is Hank Pym! He's secretly the bad guy!"
I knew next to nothing about Hank Pym when I started watching the Earth's Mightiest Heroes cartoon, so when it got to the Yellowjacket episode, I was all like, "What the-? That came out of freaking nowhere! AND WHY IS HE DRESSED LIKE A BUMBLE BEE? HE LOOKS STUPID NOW!"
edited 13th Apr '15 2:57:20 PM by spashthebandragon
I've got fanfics for Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro the Dragon.Hank's been through a LOT of identities in the desperate mid-life crisis that is his superhero career.
At least they didn't do the one where Wasp died so, in response, he became the Wasp.
edited 13th Apr '15 2:58:29 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.@spashthebandragon: In fairness, Hank wasn't exactly sane when he did that.
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's DictionaryRuffalo says he has no idea where they're going with the Hulk after this or where he'll appear
, and that he doesn't think Marvel knows yet either.
It'd be interesting if they made Pym Morally Ambiguous but not actually evil - he might ultimately force Scott to fight him, and they might split in the end based on different ideals, but Pym wouldn't be villainous and could even give Scott his blessing.
The MCU rarely does that level of ambiguity with antagonists, however, so I wouldn't be on it. On the other hand, with Bucky or even arguably the way they treated Odin, you never know.
That is strange.
The trailer said super strength which makes me wonder if they are explaining it as gaining the comparative strength of a spider ant (no idea why he doesn't have this at normal size though).
However, I think the usual explanation is more to the effect he's essentially weightless but has the same muscle mass- I guess the best comparison would be to how you are stronger when under water- it has to do with physics (which I don't understand).
edited 13th Apr '15 3:45:08 PM by Hodor2
x9 Funny you should mention that because I just ran into this.
@How strong is Ant-Man while tiny: In the comics Scott hitting someone while small makes them react as if hit by a normal sized man. Pym and Janet(and Clint for a time) did more advanced stuff with size but Scott mostly just shrunk and punched.
edited 13th Apr '15 4:35:58 PM by LordofLore
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Well, according to my sources *cough internet cough* an leafcutter ant can lift about 50 times its own body weight. If Hank/Scott could gain that ability without needing to shinrk, he could very well lift at least 9000 lbs or 4 tons (asuming Paul Rudd weights around 180 lbs) which means he'd be stronger than Cap.
Then again, the reason ants can do this is beacuase scaling. An human sized ant would gain more mass, yes, but not necessarily more strength. Heck, it probably couldn't even move. Thank you, Square-Cube Law!
edited 13th Apr '15 4:27:57 PM by zsax
As Kevin Smith and Damon Lindelof have shown, it's usually a bad idea to hire screenwriters with busy schedules to write monthly comics.
edited 13th Apr '15 4:49:51 PM by comicwriter

I still hope for Yellowjacket to have some ties with A.I.M. It would make quite a lot fo sense, given that Comics!A.I.M is already associated with a bee motif.