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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Ugh.
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He was on a really great show called Justified. Ironically Chadwick Boseman was in an episode too before he was famous.
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Not "Ugh" at all...how they made it believable was kind of clever.
Plus, the fourth season of Ao S is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am. Though humaoid M.O.D.O.K. drones are an actual thing in the comics
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Like I said, at best it's just a reference to the comic MODOK but it's not actually MODOK. It's a dude with a bunch of LMD's of himself, that's literally it. I mean, he is one of the better parts of Season 4 after a while so on his own I guess he's alright, but there's no hints or anything to him being the MODOK.
Darren Cross's brother was a villain too, wasn't he? Crossfire or something.
edited 18th Jul '17 3:22:00 PM by AdricDePsycho
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?Disclaimer: I was actually joking when I said it's clearly MODOK. Though in hindsight, he wouldn't be a bad villain for a Ant-Man film. Particularly with the comedic tone of the first. MODOK plays best when writers are self-aware he's utterly absurd but then proceed to point out being absurd doesn't make him any less lethal.
If I had to guess, he's playing Crossfire/William Cross, cousin to first film's villain Daren Cross, who's been undergoing a Rogues' Gallery Transplant to Ant-Man's rogues gallery (which is basically non-existent) during the last decade. I've heard some rumors he's playing Whirlwind but I think that character belongs to Fox.
edited 18th Jul '17 3:23:01 PM by Gaon
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Just a thing here, the four season of Ao S is the one with Hive or the one with Ghost rider?
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"![]()
Oh right, for some reason I kept thinking the second part of the season(when hive posses ward) is season 4 for some reason.
Now this Madam hydra and the virtual world is another season? as you see and really left behind with the show.
edited 18th Jul '17 3:28:16 PM by unknowing
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"Fox doesn't have providence over any character who's a mutant regardless of what mythos they're actually a part of just because they're mutants, so that's not a problem.
I want Whirlwind to show up, but I don't want him to be Big Bad - I don't think the character works best in that niche. Make him The Heavy and/or the villains Big Guy, and set him up as a personal enemy for Hope.
Or really, I'd love it if they just went the whole way and adapted him as Jan's enemy, being some old adversary of Hank and Jan who actually survived, was incarcerated, did his time, and now reminisces with Hank every Thursday about the old days / gives the villains inside information about fighting Ant-Man. Especially if there's some sort of 60's flashback arc/adventure in this one, though that's probably pushing it.
edited 18th Jul '17 9:19:51 PM by KnownUnknown
Hence the comics push to have a lot of mutants suddenly be Inhumans for a while there.
Mutants were specifically created so that not every superpowered person needed to be the victim of some incredible onetime experiment, lab explosion, mystic blessing, malign curse or whatever. It was designed as a go-to explanation for superpowers for anyone who might not otherwise have an excuse. Then M-Day happened and mutants could no longer act as a convenient excuse, plus the X-Men went and got themselves exiled to a separate corner of continuity via their movies. Now everything's all out of joint.
edited 18th Jul '17 9:57:29 PM by Unsung
In fairness, a lot of people were made mutants initially because mutants were popular.
Cloak and Dagger were mutants once. As was Squirrel Girl.
Forever liveblogging the AvengersNow she's medically and legally distinct
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edited 18th Jul '17 9:41:15 PM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the AvengersAnd can you imagine that the Ghost Rider pod is actually the weakest of the three?
I get that fans are protective of the actual Mutants, but I really don't see much of a difference if you use "it's a mutant" or "it's an Inhuman!" as explanation for random abilities. Both reasons are the hell better than another scientific experiment or random accident and in a way, "Inhuman" is even better than Mutant because the rules how and when Inhumans get their powers are more random.
edited 18th Jul '17 9:46:20 PM by Swanpride
Inhumans have a pretty strict way that their powers activate
Racism against Inhumans makes the slightest amount more sense too, I'd say. Since they are legitimately living weapons created by aliens.
edited 18th Jul '17 9:48:22 PM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the Avengers

edited 18th Jul '17 2:47:16 PM by Swanpride