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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
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Well then, maybe it wont be Mantis since Gamora is already the resident melee master of group and Groot is the resident plant manipulator. So either Phyla-Vell or Moondragon could end up being the "mage" character to round them out, possibly at the cost of Adam Warlock becoming a peripheral character like Yondu.
Not the name she
or (um') "she"
would've picked....
edited 10th Sep '15 8:25:11 AM by nervmeister
Not necessarily. He went out of his way to clarify in his recent tweet that he wants Star-Lord to be the only human in the films from Earth. We already saw other humans in the first film, and some of them were even black.
It wouldn't be too out there to introduce Mantis as another human from somewhere in space (like Xandar) and still have her played by an Asian actress.
I think maybe, even if it's not 100% gramatically correct, "It's time the world knew her name" sounds better because it's snappier and rolls of the tongue. It basically just sounds slightly more dramatic than "It's time for the world to know her name."
I've got fanfics for Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash Bandicoot, and Spyro the Dragon.I don't recall seeing other humans in GOTG besides the scene on Earth.
The Xandarians are Xandarians, not humans. Gotta wonder why they evolved to look and act exactly like humans though.
edited 10th Sep '15 9:34:18 AM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!When you are addressing a person, it sounds better to use present tense, i.e. "You know my name" or "I know your name."
When you are using the third person to refer to somebody, it sounds better to use the past tense, "She knew his name" or "They knew her name." This is due to the fact that most third-person stories are written in the past tense - present-tense stories are pretty rare - so it makes sense when we hear something that third-person, past tense.
So "It's time the world knew her name" sounds better to us than "It's time the world knows her name."
edited 10th Sep '15 9:35:44 AM by alliterator
The difference is that it is actually appropriate for the character. Search for identity and recognition is part of Jessica's character arc, I believe. Chances are this won't be treated as a gag in story.
Not anymore than Drax.
Holy crap, I totally missed this.
Does this mean that Wolfram & Hart exists in the MCU?
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Correct. Specifically, they're called Deviants. And I think the Eternals will be brought up in-universe at some point (MCU would be commiting blasphemy if Thanos's backstory didn't involve the Eternals in any shape or form). In fact, I suspect Starlord's father may be one in this continuity.
edited 10th Sep '15 10:14:39 AM by nervmeister
Even in Ant-Man, "who the hell is Ant-Man?" stuff and jokes about his obscurity and name were common in the advertising but near completely absent in the movie itself.
Guardians runs with it humor-wise a bit with Star-Lord, but even so not all that much.
On the other hand, I think rising from obscurity from places no one is looking at is a running theme for all the Netflix heroes (except maybe Iron Fist), so... yeah. Like you said, in this case it actually makes sense.
edited 10th Sep '15 10:28:53 AM by KnownUnknown
Because apparently the Star-Lord of Spartax isn't a thing in the MCU.
I'm worried about Guardians 2. We know that J'Son won't be Peter's father. I'm worried they're going to make him a Celestial or something, and then the comics will retcon J'Son out and also make Peter a Celestial or something, and then the entire concept of Spartax will more or less fall by the wayside.
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Which is kind of weird, because he doesn't really have the associated angst, does he? It's a curious choice.
Actually, that's why they picked him (plus the fact that Greg Pak created him and Amadeus has been associated with the Hulk for about ten years now). Without the angst, Amadeus appparently loves being the Hulk, which is why the book is titled The Totally Awesome Hulk.
Since Mantis will be in Guardians 2
We don't know if Mantis will be in G2. Gunn has said that he's adding at least one female character, but we don't know who that is.