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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
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Yeah, I think I've journeyed into unsanctioned waters long enough. As for Sokovia, I'm just going to wait for the Word of God for a specific geographic location.
edited 28th Dec '15 3:00:08 PM by nervmeister
Hard to find the main points in the last pages, but here are my two cents:
The Casting of Benedict Cumberbatch happened at a bad time. It was immediately after "who has the best Sherlock" mess (which I still consider a clever marketing move by CBS to ensure that Elementary got more attention than it deserved), and the whole "why did you made Kahn white?" complains concerning Star Trek into Darkness. There was also a general feeling of overexposure...it seemed like he was everywhere.
In addition it is kind of the expected role for him. Though I really don't see why this is truly a problem other than people have kind of gotten used to unexpected castings from Marvel and he was the first truly expected one. I mean, RDJ's career was really in the gutter when he was picked, Chris Evans has already played a Superhero beforehand in two really awful Fantastic 4 movies, Nobody really knew who Chris Hemsworth even was, Scarlett Johansson was considered to small and dainty for the role of Black Widow (and supposedly not an action star at all), Mark Ruffalo doesn't look like Edward Norton at all and nobody would have picked either Chris Evans or Chris Prat as the hero type (honestly, who is training those guys?).
This is the first time Marvel actually goes for the obvious choice.
Thor being dead for Infinity War would actually be really interesting, because it'd tilt the odds even further against the good guys.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.I step out of this thread for a few hours to visit some friends and I come back to find madness. It's a madhouse! A madhouse!
They have a Hulk. And a new Captain. And two heroes whose powers boil down to "Whatever the plot requires".
edited 28th Dec '15 3:34:15 PM by comicwriter
I think when Thanos has the Infinity Gauntlet, there is no more tilting the odds against the good guys.
Against unlimited control over the fabric of reality, there's literally no real difference whether it's Thor or Hawkeye fighting him. If anyone isn't showing up in Infinity War, it's likely for the sake of trimming down the cast rather than giving the good guys any kind of disadvantage.
edited 28th Dec '15 3:44:56 PM by nervmeister
It's been suggested that there will be multiple villains so I think having the Avengers fight a team of formidable foes would be a nice change of pace from having them easily slaughter armies of faceless Mooks.
edited 28th Dec '15 4:00:09 PM by comicwriter
Scarlet witch and Vision are great, but they are going to need a lot of focus to keep up with the established characters or ones with their own movies, really I'm surprised Scarlet Witch doesn't get her own movie considering she could break new genre ground for the MCU. (Steven Strange is cosmic horror, but scarlet witch could do the occult on a much smaller level, like Blade)
I'd say the only major genres left for MCU to claim are swashbuckling escapism adventure, earthly paranormal, and the revenge quest flick.
Edit: I am SO hoping for the masters of Evil. I'm overdue for the Avengers to fight a super team.
edited 28th Dec '15 4:03:48 PM by Whowho
Vision will probably get a Death in the Limelight subplot leading up to Thanos ripping the Stone from his head at least.
edited 28th Dec '15 4:10:08 PM by comicwriter

Are they in the Baltics, the Balkans, or what I forget.