MCU Discussion Thread (General News)

[MekaGojira3k]

[mr.negativity]

A new rumor says AVENGERS 3 will be a two-parter. Here's the legal reason that's unlikely.

[XvGojira]

[mr.negativity]

[mr.negativity]

SPOILERS!

[XvGojira]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

Allegedly Captain America 3 is going to set up a Marvel Civil War story arc

http://io9.com/robert-downey-jr-may-set ... +tinaamini

[klen7]

[lhb412]

Hmmmm... the library has the first few volumes of the (current version of) Captain Marvel. I should give 'em a look-see.

Also, I've heard lukewarm reports about the current GotG series, but how's the initial '08 series that the movie took its inspiration from? Can I jump into them without reading Annihilation? Should I just finish reading the cosmic Marvel stuff from Kirby and Starlin before that? How's the current Rocket Raccoon series? Is the current Silver Surfer series good (because the Allred art is amazing)? Why is the sky blue? And what about Scarecrow's brain?!

[Benjamin Haines]

[Baltan II]

[Dr Kain]

Honestly, I'm not really all that excited. Out of all of the Captain America stories they could do, why do they got to do a "OH GODZILLA! WHAT TERRIBLE LANGUAGE!" one like Civil War?

And when did Peter Jackson take over Avengers?

Black Panther is meh, but it has to be better than Ant Man, right? A movie titled Captain Marvel is just an insult and rubbing salt into the wound of DC fans. Not cool and I will probably boycott the movie because of such bad taste on Marvel's part.

GotG 2 and Thor 3 sound good though.

Thank the gods there is really no stupid War World Hulk movie.

Doctor Strange is going to be the best of the lot.

[XvGojira]

I thought Batman v Superman was going to release summer 2015 (just looked up old news and they moved back when Edgar Wright was still attached to Ant-Man), with the teaser attached to the Hobbit this winter. Unless the teaser is going to be as empty as the was, which from the leaked SDCC footage I doubt it would be.

[jellydonut25]

[lhb412]

[Henry88]

[jellydonut25]

[lhb412]

^He's awesome.

I mean, sure, he's no Plastic Man or the Metal Men or Devil Dinosaur...

Is Devil Dinosaur in Infinity War? He should be, and Moon Boy.

[Henry88]

[lhb412]

^Would be nice to see some non-superhero comics adaptations in there. I'd kill for an Usagi Yojimbo film!

[XvGojira]

[lhb412]

^At least it would mean financial security for Stan Sakai, like what the Hellboy movies did for Mike Mignola.

Doesn't it seem like all the non-superhero comics adaptations have been crowded out by the white-hot intensity of the superhero boom? I mean, this cycle began either with the first Blade or X-Men (depending on how you do the math) and since then we've had superheroes, sure, but we also had A History of Violence, Ghost World, Hellboy, Hellboy II, Road to Perdition, Speed Racer, American Splendor, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, as well as a bunch of thrillers published as comics as a stepping stone to a movie deal (Cowboys vs. Aliens, Surrogates, Oblivion, 2 Guns) ... is there any non-superhero comic adaptation in the works in Hollywood right now? All I can think of is the CGI Peanuts film.

[tbeasley]

I didn't see an all-encompassing thread to discuss these films so here we go. I had a big MCU marathon before seeing Age of Ultron, to get pumped up like I do with most big movies. I'd seen all the films before but it was interesting to watch so many connected films back-to-back for about a week and a half. Some installments are definitely better than others but all manage to be entertaining one way or another. They're basically action-comedies for the most part so I definitely see how they've managed to connect with audiences around the world. For those unfamiliar, here's the past, present and future of the MCU -

Phase One: Avengers Assembled -
Iron Man (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Thor (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The Avengers (2012)

Phase Two -
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)

Phase Three -
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)
Spider-Man (2017)
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (2018)
Black Panther (2018)
Captain Marvel (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 (2019)
Inhumans (2019)

[Benjamin Haines]

The thread 'Disney to buy Marvel comics for $4 billion' sort of evolved into a Marvel Cinematic Universe topic over the years. It was last bumped back in November.

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Good call on having a general MCU discussion topic. Maybe a mod could merge this thread with that one so we can keep it all in one place?

[MouthForWar]

We're also missing the three television series and multiple short films in this thread.