The Stan Lee cameo could be the one poor guy who manages to get his car or apartment crunched every other week. The rental agencies now have a "shoot on sight" order out on him.
[Movies] MCU: Phase 3 And Beyond
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New character poster for Black Widow from Age of Ultron:
What I find interesting is that my first thought was, "Whomever composed this design must be familiar with The Hawkeye Initiative." Why do I say that? Because it avoids most of the sins of female character posing - indeed, many of the things that Black Widow in particular has been subject to on movie posters.
Here? No blatantly displayed cleavage. No "boobs and butt" pose. Realistic body proportions instead of the "Oh, I seem to have misplaced my organs" distortion.
Also, I like the obvious Stark upgrades to her Stingers and the tron lines, to me, look pretty cool. The texturing on the coveralls gives an impression of kevlar / carbon fiber instead of latex or leather, so it gives the mental impression of toughness and durability instead of kink. Overall, it's a cool upgrade to the character without losing the iconic look.
What I find interesting is that my first thought was, "Whomever composed this design must be familiar with The Hawkeye Initiative." Why do I say that? Because it avoids most of the sins of female character posing - indeed, many of the things that Black Widow in particular has been subject to on movie posters.
Here? No blatantly displayed cleavage. No "boobs and butt" pose. Realistic body proportions instead of the "Oh, I seem to have misplaced my organs" distortion.
Also, I like the obvious Stark upgrades to her Stingers and the tron lines, to me, look pretty cool. The texturing on the coveralls gives an impression of kevlar / carbon fiber instead of latex or leather, so it gives the mental impression of toughness and durability instead of kink. Overall, it's a cool upgrade to the character without losing the iconic look.
NOW she's ready for Budapest!
You and I remember Budapest very differently.
See, this is what I don't understand. Comic books seem to think that all the cheesecake has to be there for their viewers/readers. I'm of the mind that if a character can be made sexy without the need to overtly sexualize them.
I think the male demographic of the board will agree that Ms. Johanssen is still hot as hell in this picture without having to be jutting out her tits.
So anyway, this thread is labelled "phase 3", in other places as well I've seen some movies and, for example, the SHIELD series, described/separated as "phase 1" and "phase 2". I assume this is a reference to separate eras from the comic books, or some such, but what exactly are the dividing lines? Are they honest-to-God official partitions, or fanmade things based on specific "large" events,...?
My impression is that the Avengers films end each phase. So Phase 3 will start after this year's Avenger's flick.
Well, the TV seasons seem like they're following the phases of the movies. The first season of Agents of SHIELD were all leading up to the events of Winter Soldier, and it looks like the current season is dealing with the fallout of early humanity's first contact with the Kree, tying in with the more galactic themes of Guardians of the Galaxy.
anyways, is it just me, or does anyone else have the kind of.... nagging suspicion that Ant-Man is going to completely bomb?
I have a bad feeling about it too.
Guardians wasn't a disaster behind the scenes where they had to scramble to find a replacement for just about everyone involved.
After Wright leaving the project I figure it'll at best end up being just kind of okay like the Thor movies. Dark World had a shitload of issues and wasn't bad, but it wasn't very good either.
Same. The director debacle was the kicker.
But then again, I thought GotG would bomb too.
That. See? Do more of that. No accusing anyone of doing anything. Just joining in on the conversation.
And you're right. It's not looking good. I'm still looking forward to seeing it but it might be the first Marvel film to really fail.
I think the absolute worst thing Ant-Man has done since Wright leaving is that trailer they dropped on us. It's so painfully boring and absolutely nothing save for the one shot of Lang riding the ant stands out.[DOUBLEPOST=1425355843,1425355741][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, the worst part is Lang can be so interesting if they do it right. The current Ant-Man run of comics is really good! Unfortunately there's no telling what we're going to get instead, and whether or not his daughter, Cassie, will be in the movie, as she's basically the main reason all the AM shit happens to him in the first place.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that Cassie will be in the movie in some way.
Almost like they didn't have enough effects stuff finished to show in a trailer and make it feel dynamic.
I was totally on-board when this was an Edgar Wright project because I keep Scott Pilgrim vs The World close to my heart, but at this point the project has almost nothing go for it.
I seem to recall something about his daughter being involved. Unless I'm confusing it with Earth's Mightiest Heroes. But I could have sworn I heard that his daughter would be in the movie.[DOUBLEPOST=1425356042][/DOUBLEPOST]
And Shaun of the Dead, and Hot Fuzz, and to a lesser extent The World's End.
Yeah, SP and the big fight in World's End really made me excited for Wright tackling the way AM could fight.
I can't remember hearing anything about it one way or the other, but I think the total silence outside of the trailer is pretty telling of how this movie is going to play out.
I have no idea if it's going to be good or not, but it just feels like it's coming too soon after Avengers 2, and Guardians had the lightning-in-a-bottle Pratt thing and still being a space opera type deal. This feels like Green Lantern with a less-bankable star than Ryan Reynolds (saying this with all due respect that Ryan Reynolds is not a bankable star really at all (( sorry Paul Rudd, I love you)) )
Ugh. That's exactly what it feels like. Yuck.
Well said.
I think Reynolds might (key word there: might) become a bankable star if Deadpool turns out good. Reynolds has been fighting Fox hard to make it properly, including the non-stop talking and fourth wall breaking.
But yeah, I'd said awhile ago that the Ant Man trailer reminded me way too much of the Green Lantern trailer.
But yeah, I'd said awhile ago that the Ant Man trailer reminded me way too much of the Green Lantern trailer.
I have the feeling I'm the theoretical target for these movies - that is, I'm geek/nerd enough to know of the heroes' existence and to be interested in a super hero movie, but I don't really know much more about the universe than the "main characters", and I've never really read the comics.
GotG ...well, I went on your recommendations, and because it seemed goofy/fun. The original Iron Man I saw because I wanted a summer blockbuster, and for nothing more. In between, I caught a few on TV, ended up buying the DVD because I wanted to see them, and I saw....errr...I think one other in the cinema (ok, so maybe they're lucky I don't go to the cinema all that often for my type - most friends with similar taste simply go more often, and if I did, I'd have seen most of them in theaters instead of on airplanes or bargain bought DVDs). The premise of Ant Man is a hard sell, and where the trailers of GotG got me thinking "hmm, it might be fun after all", the Ant Man ones have me going "meh, why bother". This is not a good thing.
GotG ...well, I went on your recommendations, and because it seemed goofy/fun. The original Iron Man I saw because I wanted a summer blockbuster, and for nothing more. In between, I caught a few on TV, ended up buying the DVD because I wanted to see them, and I saw....errr...I think one other in the cinema (ok, so maybe they're lucky I don't go to the cinema all that often for my type - most friends with similar taste simply go more often, and if I did, I'd have seen most of them in theaters instead of on airplanes or bargain bought DVDs). The premise of Ant Man is a hard sell, and where the trailers of GotG got me thinking "hmm, it might be fun after all", the Ant Man ones have me going "meh, why bother". This is not a good thing.
Fess up. How many times have you already choked the chicken to this?
Seems like a typical Spider-man pose.
I'm not a fan of the pretty boys. So, literally none.Fess up. How many times have you already choked the chicken to this?
I'd be lying if I hadn't looked up Zangief cosplay before, though.
