Welcome to the main discussion thread for the Marvel Cinematic Universe! This pinned post is here to establish some basic guidelines. All of the Media Forum rules
still apply.
- This thread is for talking about the live-action films, TV shows, animated works, and related content that use the Marvel brand, currently owned by Disney.
- While mild digressions are okay, discussion of the comic books should go in this thread
. Extended digressions may be thumped as off-topic.
- Spoilers for new releases should not be discussed without spoiler tagging for at least two weeks. Rather, each title should have a dedicated thread where that sort of conversation is held. We can mention new releases in a general sense, but please be courteous to people who don't want to be spoiled.
If you're posting tagged spoilers, make sure that the film or series is clearly identified outside the spoiler tagging. People need to know what will be spoiled before they choose to read the post.
Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Dunno if this has been posted but Tom Holland (Spidey) doing some crazy gymnastics
I mean, acting-wise, you probably don't have to worry, and appearance wise this look probably won't be on screen for a super long time.
And I'm always impressed when Tom Holland does all those crazy moves. This may be one of those times where the physical prowess of the actor perfectly translates to his character. I could really see him doing many of his stunts.
edited 5th Nov '15 5:58:48 PM by edvedd
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectWell, when he got the part he put up a couple of videos of him doing this stuff in his backyard, so he's pretty impressive to start with.
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectAnt-Man was surprisingly enjoyable in a Iron Man 1 way. Likable main characters and forgettable villain. I am pretty sure that had Marvel started with Scott he could very well be their leading man right now instead of Stark. Or better, Hope and him could be because that's something AM has over IM: his main female role does not suck.
She was not in much of Wright's version, no. Neither was Michael Peña. Probably Bobby Canavale and Judy Greer, too. Most of the actors were consulted about their characters while Adam McKay was doing the rewrite, so the supporting cast all got larger roles than they did in the original version.
Also, Janet wouldn't have been in the movie at all.
Still sad that Wright got the boot? Because it sounds like we got a much better movie for it.
But Executive Meddling!!!!!
"War without fire is like sausages without mustard." - Jean Juvénal des UrsinsIt would have been a very different movie to be sure. Edgar Wright makes more male-character-led films, and I don't want to presume that that's 100% the 'wrong' approach or that he's a bad person for doing so.
I am very happy the movie turned out well regardless and I have hopes for the sequel.
edited 6th Nov '15 9:10:01 AM by edvedd
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectEdgar is known for discarding female characters to either the background or make them hardly appearent in his films as prominent roles. Overall he isn't the best for establishing and fleshing out a female individual, which is people like Simon Peggy says it's his Achilles Heel.
When the helm is civil war trailer leaking. I want to see it
edited 6th Nov '15 10:36:52 AM by xbimpy
The content I receive from his females tell me otherwise. He doesn't really write this gender in all their glory and baggage like their male counterparts. Often theyre just walkinklg cliches without a purpose of their own. The guy writes what he knows and that's men... not everyone is a balanced story teller
But the superhero genre is male driven anyway with a lot of beef jerky being tossed around, so he could have been fine. Someone would just blame the genere for the unreleased Ant Man's lack of females given importance. People already do that anyway when a superhero movie releases and 90# of the main, sub cast, and stand ins are male, while the remaining percent are females designated to meh roles.
edited 6th Nov '15 10:53:55 AM by xbimpy
edited 6th Nov '15 10:59:52 AM by Wackd
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.More e civil war promo art https://mobile.twitter.com/visioninatux
nothing new... I'm going mad from waiting for this damn trailer
edited 6th Nov '15 11:04:21 AM by xbimpy
Jessica Stevenson's disappearance from the Cornetto Trilogy after her being reduced to an in-joke in Shaun of the Dead saddens me deeply.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.

What, that one image where he's standing in a purple-lit room and everything is tinted dark purple? Because I'm not sure he's actually purple in that shot.
edited 5th Nov '15 9:51:25 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.