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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I would love to see him turn up in the MCU somewhere. I always loved his character. I have been kinda hoping for him to become a recurring character in Agents of SHIELD, but a movie would be fine too.
I don't think Taskmaster can really carry a movie by himself since he's just a mercenary rather than any ambitious villain, and he'd utterly job to Scott's shrinking powers anyway. He's more of a match for folks like Captain America and Black Widow.
He'd be good as a supporting antagonist in The Defenders, those guys are more his level. Imagine Iron Fist and Taskmaster cross-checking each other in the face.
I don't think so. At worst he'd be in that gray area like Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. He's an all-purpose villain who started in The Avengers. His association with Deadpool is more recent.
edited 31st Jul '15 7:15:53 PM by Anomalocaris20
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Actually, Taskmaster's powers might work well in a fight against Ant-Man — there was an issue of the recent Ant-Man run where he fights Taskmaster and TM wins through ingenuity. He can basically imitate any fighting style, including Captain America and Spider-Man, which gives him the advantage over Scott, whose fighting style is "run at them and shrink."
Can you provide citation on Fox owning Task Master?
Anyway, rewatching the first episode of Daredevil, I only just realized that the dude who Jack Murdock was supposed to job against but instead KO'd was Carl Creel, AKA the Absorbing Man.
Jack KO'd a nigh-invulnerable superhuman and nobody knew it.
Is it possible that the match happened before Carl got his powers.
It's never said when he got them right? So there's no guarantee that he had his powers at that time.
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Fox had vague plans for a Taskmaster film at one point
. On a semi-related note where do the rights of Vertigo comics stand with respect to Warner Bros and DC? They seem pretty unconnected.
Someone gave me a book for my birthday, in which all characters which are considered Avengers (plus some of their enemies) are listed. The Taskmaster was in it, because he is often working for SHIELD in the comics. But he is also often featured in Deadpool comics. I suspect that he is one of those in-between characters.
I also wouldn't be surprised if Ward becomes the Taskmaster eventually.
And wasn't the guy who fought against Matt's father Crusher Creel's father and not Crusher Creel himself?
edited 1st Aug '15 1:01:51 AM by Swanpride
My, my, the captain has a very nice grin on that image they chose.
Blunt's been screwed out of a role in the MCU twice before, she showed her chops in All You Need Is Kill (seriously can't remember the English title, it's that forgettable), and the only reason people bring up Natalie Dormer is because of that one nonrepresentative picture of Carol that kinda looks like her.
At the same time, it's El Mayimbe.
Edge of Tomorrow, I think
Which is an okay title on its own I think for a time looping thing.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersSay, who has the rights to The Runaways? I'd think it would be Marvel, but since one of the characters is a mutant, I'm not sure.
