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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Which actor would you want for Silver Surfer? Frankly, I think they could just bring back Doug Jones, with the right direction, that man is a phenomenal actor.
Although, there is something charmingly humanizing about the "actual surfer bro" take in Super Hero Squad, like Silver Surfer was just some surfer dude back on his home planet before he became Herald to Galactus, and his Herald power manifested as a surfboard because it's what he was most familiar and comfortable with. I don't know if Doug Jones can pull off "surfer bro", however.
Wonder if they'll have him tell a story via CGI abs again.
Self-serious autistic trans gal who loves rock/metal and animation with all her heart. (she/her)Sometimes, it's strange to think that one of Marvel's most popular characters is Canadian in nationality not American. Especially, when he so brutally averts the stereotype of Canadians being polite to a fault.
The same thing applies to Deadpool, too.
Although it's pretty much a Running Gag at this point that Canada is a hellhole in the Marvel Universe.
Be nice to comic writers, or your country will be made to look terrible. Larry Hama served with rude Australians in Vietnam, so when G.I. Joe needed a rude biker gang, he made them all Australians who were portrayed as complete pigs.
So, fun unrelated note, but did anyone see this? It's called "Gambit: Play For Keeps
", a very well-produced Gambit film that seems to have been in production for about two years. Production values are through the roof for a fan-film. Gambit and Rogue get some cool portrayals. The script is wonkier (it does come across like they had to chop it down from something that was significantly larger) but it still kind of works as a Rule of Cool little thing to make you wonder about Gambit on the big-screen.
Takes some visible cues from the crime thriller comedies of Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, The Gentleman) and Joe Carnham (Smoking Aces, Stretch) but moreso the latter. It also bizarrely features none other than Eric Roberts as the Big Bad, which legitimately surprised me though I guess Eric Roberts has always been able to show up on anything if paid half a dime.
Edited by Gaon on Jul 4th 2020 at 12:44:32 PM
"All you Fascists bound to lose."His cards attacks are in concept...well..his card attacks. He just tosses them, they glow purple (to varying extents) and they explode, knocking people backwards with a slight purple explosion. Aesthetically, they use a lot of slow-motion shots of people flying backwards and slow-motion close-up tracking shots of the cards flying towards the camera stylishly. The cards also often seem to float or levitate through the air while Gambit is shuffling through them or throwing them. It's aesthetically reminiscent of how X-Men Origins: Wolverine portrayed Gambit's powers, of all things.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."In an interview with Empire, part of which was released in preview online
yesterday, Black Widow director Cate Shortland implied the film will have Nat pass on her title to Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova.
Hey, I remember
speculating about the movie introducing the next Black Widow. For once I'd have been right when trying to predict movie plots.
Edited by C105 on Jul 8th 2020 at 5:58:18 PM
Whatever your favourite work is, there is a Vocal Minority that considers it the Worst. Whatever. Ever!.As long as she doesn't die or turns out to be bad, everything points to Yelena being the new Black Widow.
Off-topic: Does anyone know if the weapons Skurge used to kill Asgardian zombies were special in any way.? Or are the Asgardians in the movies really that weak?
Edited by JoLuRo075 on Jul 8th 2020 at 9:12:33 AM

She mainly did because it was the only way she could stay alive.
He started out as a Hulk villain.....which didn't go well for him.