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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Black Panther should sounds fucking epic.
edited 18th Apr '17 10:20:18 AM by comicwriter
Okay, so apparently I was misled and it's all just descriptions.
Shoot.
However! I really like the direction they're going for Captain Marvel's costume:
Sweet! I'm glad that it sounds like they're going for the KSD costume, because I'm not quite feeling the one she has in the comics right this instant.
◊ It's like they tried to fix what wasn't broken. The KSD costume is just perfection.
Also, I wonder if we'll see Kit Renner
... Probably not yet.
I don't even want to know how he upgrades from this
.
I thought the fact that Ragnarok was going to be using bits of Planet Hulk was evident from the moment they announced the planet Sakaar would be appearing.
They apparently can't make more Hulk movies 'cause of contract distribution rights so they're using Thor as a proxy to make that Planet Hulk movie everyone's been asking for.
edited 18th Apr '17 11:21:46 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.![]()
Caiera sounds like she's being made into a Composite Character with Valkyrie from everything that's been released. I.E. the villain's mysterious female enforcer with a troubled past who is initially an antagonist but switches sides after developing a bond with one of the heroes. Just sounds like that hero is Thor rather than the Hulk this time.
Which, ironically makes Hulk a Composite Character with the Silver Surfer.
edited 18th Apr '17 11:34:34 AM by comicwriter
I was hoping Thor would be a Composite Character with Silver Surfer and Hulk would still have his own role in the Planet Hulk storyline. I was also hoping Hulk at the end of this movie would be king of Sakaar with his wife, Caiera, by his side.
Were this a Hulk movie, that would probably occur.
My biggest concern about the movie is that it's trying to be Planet Hulk but it also wants to be about Hela invading Asgard or something? I fear we're going to get two disjointed narratives with not enough time to flesh out either.
edited 18th Apr '17 11:45:39 AM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Yeah it's still Thor's movie. A true Planet Hulk adaptation would necessitate the almost complete lack of any other Avengers (aside from a Silver Surfer-esque role) so that Hulk gets the spotlight to himself.
edited 18th Apr '17 11:46:54 AM by LordVatek
This song needs more love.I was thinking Hulk as king would just be in a "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue. Maybe as the stinger.
Waititi talks a little bit about Korg
.
He’s one of the few characters to befriend Thor on the planet. He helps him out. Sort of explains how things go and becomes an ally to Thor.
We wanted to change the idea of an obvious choice of how the character would sound,” Waititi said. “Even though he’s huge and heavy, he has a very light soul. He’s very lovable, and has a good amount of humor.
I love the detail of the games being called the Contest Of Champions.
edited 18th Apr '17 3:36:58 PM by comicwriter
As he exists now, without a narrative of his own to develop him, Banner being stuck in Hulk form as a warlord king of a distant planet would be more of a Downer Ending to his story.
A Planet Hulk movie on its own could probably give him a full plot and arc to set it up, but as a subplot in Thor's movie it's not so great an ending.
Now I'm disappointed that the Okoye/Ayo relationship isn't happening[1]
. Hopefully Aneka shows up in the movies some day so it could happen.
Hopefully we learn during SDCC and with casting announcements.
I didn't expect an Aneke/Ayo-type relationship to happen — for one thing, their relationship originated in Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther run which was just started as filming for the movie Black Panther started, meaning that the script had already been locked down. It does sound like they might have included some hints and teases at the relationship, without actually including anything romantic, which makes sense — they can only change so much after the movie goes into production. (Plus, Marvel/Disney might still be gun-shy about including a gay relationship in their movies, even after Beauty and the Beast make bank.)
I'm much more curious about who they got as director for Captain Marvel — it can't be Niki Caro, since she's directing the live action version of Mulan. According to this article
, the other two contenders were Lesli Linka Glatter and Lorene Scafaria. Glatter is mainly a television director, while Scafaria directed Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.
edited 18th Apr '17 10:36:37 PM by alliterator
New Warriors characters revealed
. Squirrel Girl, Speedball, Night Thrasher, Debrii, Microbe and Mister Immortal.

It was just concept art, they said Brie Larsen hasn't even worn a prototype costume yet.