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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
That is all a problem for Miles specifically because his origin is tied up with Parker.
That fact doesn't compel marvel to make yet another Peter Parker movie.
Nothing whatsoever stopped Marvel from making a Spider-Gwen or Jessica Drew movie after all.
Heck, Drew's origin story doesn't need much adapting to fit right into the MCU as it now stands.
Hydra experimental subject and brainwashing victim, so have her run into the scarlet witch and there you go, free agent with spider powers.
Uhm.. this threads a tad close to winter soldier plot turf, I suppose, but if Hydra had success with that whole stunt once, it is perfectly reasonable for it to have been something they did to other people as well.
edited 2nd Aug '15 11:26:14 AM by Izeinsummer
Marvel just uploaded the first proper scenes of the Got G animated series to their channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQP4Bgm3t28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_RkePR_pZA
I have seen this before, therefore I know that there are also backstories for the other Guardians (hopefully they will show them off soon, I especially liked the one for Gamora).
I really like this...the thing with the eyeball is very creative. And the animation looks good, too.
Arrow pretty frequently has the lead character move up, down, and between buildings using cables attached to the arrows he shoots. That's not very far removed from what Spider-Man does. So long as they mainly showed the web-slinging in long-shots, or just show the tail end of it as Spider-Man arrives on the scene, they could get away with only having one or two big effects shots that show Spider-Man swinging across NYC in full detail. They could then apply different filters to those shots and use creative editing so that the same Spider-Man-swings-across-the-city footage could be re-used in multiple episodes.
Or, heck, if Daredevil can wait till the end of the first season to show him in his classic costume, a Spider-Man TV show could have him not get the web-shooters working right until the season finale.
So I just got back from watching Ant-Man with a friend.
- Cassie was soooooooo cute! I loved all of her scenes.
- Luis is a sweetheart. His schtick could've become annoying had it been someone else, but Peña does it with so much enthusiasm. Glad he and the others got to come back for the climax. A lot of the film's best moments came from them.
- Kurt's line about Gypsy curses though? Not cool, even if it can be handwaved as the character's in-universe ignorance and racism.
- The ants were adorable. I've always been fond of the little critters for some reason, and their antics didn't disappoint.
- The villains were a little too transparently evil, and Scott too spotless. Even the big criminal act that got him in trouble was basically Robin Hooding. He's a little bland, and mostly works because of Paul Rudd's charm. The Pyms' moral ambiguities made them a lot more interesting.
- Glad Scott's ex and her new fiance weren't just jerks to generate Cheap Heat and make him look better.
- I get the in-universe reason for Hank not letting Hope use the suit, but it's a little patronizing that Scott needed to explain it to her like that when she seems smart enough to realize it on her own, even if she doesn't like it.
- In general the Pyms' family drama seemed oddly juxtaposed with all the other hijinks, as if the film was waffling between two smaller films.
- Scott and Hope's "romance" was pretty cringeworthy. Hopefully they drop it altogether in any future appearances, especially since so many reviews complained about it.
- I knew about Antony's death beforehand, but it was still goofy to see those Improbable Aiming Skills in motion. You'd think he'd try to fend them off with something that has a larger surface area.
- Falcon's cameo was a lot of fun. Seemed shot strangely but maybe that's because I was already told beforehand his scenes were done separately from Scott's. Awkwardness aside it was quite entertaining. Poor guy.
- Speaking of which, that plus the ending scenes made the second stinger oddly hilarious for such a grim scene. It did its job of whetting my appetite for Civil War.
Most of my quibbles are fairly minor. All in all it was quite an enjoyable movie. Wasn't perfect, but it's probably my second favorite film in Phase 2 and ranked fourth altogether. It was lots of fun to look at, and I enjoyed the film's brand of humor a lot more than Guardians of the Galaxy.
A few dumb questions:
- How did Hank survive getting shot? It looked like he got hit squarely in the chest. Didn't seem like he wearing armor. Did the keychain tank the hit?
- Scene went by too fast so I'm still not really clear on how Cross figured out Hank hired a second Ant-Man and that it was Scott. Was it just as simple as paying him close attention to the news and putting 2 + 2?
- How did Paxton find out that Yellowjacket was at Cassie's house? Did someone call the cops when they saw Yellowjacket or was the alarm tripped?
edited 3rd Aug '15 12:25:02 AM by AlleyOop
For the second question: while Cross either likely suspected that Hank was going to try something eventually or was planning on killing him anyway, what first tipped him off about the plan itself was Scott's incredibly visible theft from Avengers HQ and his own subsequent digging into the incident - since the thing they stole was an essential part of the plan, he started putting two and two together about what they would use it for. After that, he did further digging and found out about Scott, the theft from Hank's place, the suspicious disappearance from police lockup, etc.
edited 3rd Aug '15 12:38:18 AM by KnownUnknown
By the way guys, you know how sooner someone asked how Antman could retain his density yet be light enough to not crush ants under his weight? I do have a theory to explain this. Maybe the Pym particles do let him retain his density, but somehow isn't affected by gravity, so his actual weight only works if he actually put strength in it (which would also explain why he can deliver punches soft enough to not kill).
Granted, I am not sure this makes sense scientifically talking, but that would make the way Pym particles work more coherent.
I don't think that makes sense scientifically talking, but it's a fictional universe's physics we have to take in consideration, not the real world's. Problem is, I'm pretty sure that's also not true in the movie. In the scene Scott shrinks in his bathtub, at one point he's thrown out of it and falls to the floor with enough strenght to crack the floortiles.
edited 3rd Aug '15 6:18:30 AM by Victin
By averting Instant Death Bullet. If Hank can avoid going into shock long enough to get to medical attention, he can survive the bullet. Notably, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt once delivered an entire speech after getting shot in the chest, before letting medical aid take him away.
Hank might look like a crumbling old bag of bones, but he's a combat veteran. This isn't his first rodeo, and probably isn't the first time he's caught a bullet either.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I don't think that makes sense scientifically talking, but it's a fictional universe's physics we have to take in consideration, not the real world's. Problem is, I'm pretty sure that's also not true in the movie. In the scene Scott shrinks in his bathtub, at one point he's thrown out of it and falls to the floor with enough strenght to crack the floortiles.
It's entirely possible it appeared like a crack only from his perspective and was tiny from a normal-size point of view.
Probably the case. The initial Edgar Wright draft either had no or very little Hope so when the script changed hands and they wanted to put Hope in, there was only so much they could add without major rewrites that Marvel didn't want to do.
As for why Hope didn't get Hank's motives, its either that she doesn't have a very good grasp on how his mind works anymore - he did basically start neglecting her from a very young age - or she knew it but having someone straight up say it had emotional impact. And it wasn't Scott telling her about it that caused the break through, it was Hank finally realizing he's been a dick about the whole thing and telling her what really happened to Jan.
She also stops pressing him on the suit thing after that but he decides he was also being a dick about that and gives her the Wasp 2.0.
As for the romance, someone headcanoned that they were doing it just to fuck with Hank and I can accept that.
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They should totally do a Japanese Spider-Man movie.
Just listen to that theme song!
edited 2nd Aug '15 11:15:27 AM by alliterator