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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
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A garroting wire?
I'm glad there's already such a positive reception to Civil War. It really does seem like Feige and the Russos did their work in preparing a response to almost every major complaint aimed at the film since the title was announced, and had an appropriate Author's Saving Throw to address them, assuming they weren't already aware of them from the getgo and already headed it off at the pass.
Like, aside from what they're going to do with Wanda pretty much every single major reservation of mine has been acknowledged by the people making this movie at some point, whether in interviews or in leaked information.
I think that they did what they planned from the get go. I never understood where the worry about it being Avengers 2.5 were coming from. After all, Winter Soldier already had a ton of characters.
I think they simply tried to make it Honest Trailer proof again after it worked so well the first time around.
On a different note: Marvel is really spoiling us this week. First the Daredevil trailer, than two awesome episodes of Agent Carter (still reeling from them) AND the first glimpse on the secret warriors. I have the feeling that the second half of Ao S will deliver everything it promised. Maybe even more. And tide us over until Civil War.
Kurt Russel is officially confirmed for Guardians 2
. Some other cast members are announced but no word on who they're playing.
I hope Elizabeth Debicki is playing a villain, she was great in the otherwise so-so Man From U.N.C.L.E. film.
Sing the song of sixpence that goes burn the witch, we know where you liveAlso just in case there was someone left still in doubt
, Gunn officially confirmed on Twitter that Pom Klementieff's character is Mantis.
Hopefully she'll still kick ass
◊(she can even beat Karnak who we'll probably see in the Inhumans movie
◊), see into the future
◊ and read minds
◊.
Other things that'll be interesting to see: will she befriend
◊ Yondu easily
◊ and will she be the next person to have UST with Quill or will she just be a good friend
◊.
Bonus: Mantis being one of the many interviewed to see if one of them can be the babysitter for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' daughter
◊(if you can point out the characters that are already in the MCU you get a cookie), Mantis in casual clothes with Quill
◊, Kree prisoner.
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(Yes, I take advantage of occasions like these)
edited 17th Feb '16 9:09:15 AM by LordofLore
The greatest
◊ Avenger ever
◊, D-Man!
◊ He's one of Steve's best friends.
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edited 17th Feb '16 9:19:03 AM by LordofLore
Excellent Mantis links
Probably won't influence her MCU portrayel but I quite liked her appearances in the silver surfer book where she was basically backpacking through space, saving the universe because all her destiny stuff was wrapped up and she had nothing better going on. Also she had gained plant powers by sleeping with a psychic tree meat puppeting her dead boyfriend's corpse.
Or that she named her celestial messiah baby after the sequoia because it's the noblest of our earth trees
Comics are amazing sometimes
Forever liveblogging the AvengersI could see her as the Matriarch.
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The UCOT is probably the easiest faction in the world to introduce because all you need is a character handing out books to make the characters start talking about them. Or just show a Cardinal and have Rocket go "Cardinals. I hate Cardinals".
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edited 17th Feb '16 1:43:29 PM by LordofLore
