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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Well, there's a decent chance he's going to be fighting against America in that movie...
So, craving some superhero-style stuff and trying to ween myself off the awful-but-addicting Gotham, I decided to give Agents of SHIELD another shot, because I've been told it gets better after all the stuff that I was spoiled on in the wake of Winter Soldier happens.
I got to say, it damn well better, because I've only just gotten to the episode where HYDRA goes public and the episodes I hadn't watched from before the reveal are all as mediocre as I expected.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.
The Hydra reveal IS the point at which the show gets better/good. The last episodes of season one and the start of season two is when the show is getting good. Since I have really trouble with the C Wness of Arrow and Flash, don't like Zombies and found Gotham awful on every level, Ao S is now my favourite Comic Show currently on TV...not that this is hard to do....
It's nice that they will show Agent Carter during the hiatus.
Marvel fell in love with decimals after Quesada left the EIC position and Alonso accepted it. The new Alonso regime has tons of these.
For instance, a tie-in to the recent Original Sin event was labelled Original Sin 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, etc. Age of Ultron's tie-ins from established titles had names like Superior Spider-Man 13.5, Captain Marvel 4.5, etc. Even when they aren't doing events, they'll occasionally do issues like Fantastic Four 32.1 or X-Men 14.1, etc.
The Infinity War movies are just continuing this trend.
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The point is that Avengers is designed to work as a stand alone movie to a certain degree, as is Age of Ultron. You are better off knowing the characters beforehand, but you don't really need to, because every hero gets a character establishing moment. This won't be the case with Infinity War 2 - the film makers will create this one under the assumption that the audience watched Infinity War 1 beforehand. And therefore it makes sense to number them 1 and 2, to send a clear message to the audience that both movies belong to the same story arc and are tightly knit.
And as for Marvel using numbers at all, you should've noticed by now that the MCU films not only have stopped doing that in favor of subtitles, only the Iron Man films had numbers.
And I guess GOTG, but it's possible it'll get a subtitle one they're ready to reveal plot elements.
edited 7th Nov '14 7:35:27 AM by wanderlustwarrior
I have the feeling they will stick to numbering for Got G, if for no other reason that a four word title is already long enough without adding a subtitle.
So, I read up on the Inhumans today....
1. I have to say, I am now looking forward to the movie instead of being "whatever" about it. A Superhero team with family bonds would be great since the alternative (the Fantastic Four) are not available.
2. I especially like the concept of a married couple as leaders. The relationship between Medusa and Black Bolt sounds compelling (and while it is way too early for that, I hope they consider Matt Bomer for the latter role...they need an actor who mainly acts with his eyes for this one, and there aren't many who do that).
3. Medusa sounds like quite a badass lady.
4. I hope that they "forget" the royalty aspect though (btw, I hope they also skip if for Black Panther). Honestly, was is wrong with elected leaders?
5. I also hope that cut out the sibling rivalry...between Thor and Loki as well as Gamora and Nebula we already have more than enough of that in the universe.
Just some random thoughts....
Given that Marvel has been making them into X-Men rip-offs in the comic it's not without merit.
The suit reminds me a bit of the second suit Lang used in the comics(the one that doesn't look like Pym's suit), mostly in the helmet. No idea where the arms come from(reminds me of the Iron Spider suit). Doesn't look that much like the Yellowjacket suit in the comics. What's the villain's goal again?
Edit: The Inhumans are a royal family and mostly acts like one. That's their thing and I hope they keep it in the movies.
edited 7th Nov '14 11:02:07 AM by LordofLore
