Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread

Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by bbjeg, Apr 6, 2014.

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What grade would you give the Marvel Cinematic Universe? (Ever-Changing Question)

  1. A+

    17.9%
  2. A

    26.6%
  3. A-

    15.0%
  4. B+

    6.9%
  5. B

    14.5%
  6. B-

    2.9%
  7. C+

    3.5%
  8. C

    4.6%
  9. C-

    2.9%
  10. D+

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  11. D

    1.2%
  12. D-

    0 vote(s)
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  13. F

    4.0%
  1. DarrenTR1970

    DarrenTR1970 Commodore Commodore

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    Darn. I would have preferred the Mule Man as the Psychedelic Furs first antagonist.
     
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  2. JD

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    I've seen Ineson in quite a few things, from what I remember of him he's a good actor. I'm hoping the casting means we'll be getting something closer to the comics than the cloud thing we got in Rise of the Silver Surfer.
     
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  3. The Nth Doctor

    The Nth Doctor Infinite Possibilities... Premium Member

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    I've been a huge fan of Ralph Ineson's for years and casting that voice as Galactus is such excellent casting. I cannot wait!

    Yeah, yeah, the John Malkovich news is exciting, too, but I'm seriously stoked to hear Ineson's take on Galactus.
     
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  4. Starkers

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    Ineson has a great voice so this makes perfect sense to me
     
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  5. Rich Watson

    Rich Watson Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    I think we may have finally found the rarest thing in the universe; a piece of Marvel casting news that no one hates. Looking around the old interwebs even the right-wing tools who always complain about everything don't have anything bad to say about Ineson as Galactus.
     
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  6. Set Harth

    Set Harth Admiral Admiral

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    i never heard of him.
     
  7. Rich Watson

    Rich Watson Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    I guarantee you've seen (or heard) him in lots of things even if you don't know his name.
     
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  8. Turtletrekker

    Turtletrekker Admiral Admiral

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    I vaguely recall him as Dagmer Cleftjaw on Game of Thrones, but not enough to remember what the character's voice sounded like.
     
  9. Set Harth

    Set Harth Admiral Admiral

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    Believe it or not, the only things I've seen that are on his IMDB page are Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars Episode 8. In both cases he was a background character with no dialogue.
    EDIT: I saw part of Robin Hood but not much, probably not whatever part he was in.
     
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  10. Christopher

    Christopher Writer Admiral

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    Why would they complain? He's a heterosexual white man (or at least he's married to a woman). They only complain when they're forced to acknowledge the existence of other categories of human.
     
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  11. Starkers

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    They must love Joe Biden then...
     
  12. fireproof78

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    Yup, never heard of him. I'm sure he will do just fine.
    Not knowing anything about a person will do that.

    And, even so, I don't see the reason to complain over casting choices.
     
  13. wayoung

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    I have a reason - Galactacus should be a giant swarm cloud, not a person!!!!!!

    Hold true to the original incarnation in 2007!
     
  14. fireproof78

    fireproof78 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Unless it's a voice.
     
  15. Christopher

    Christopher Writer Admiral

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    I've always thought the idea of this ancient cosmic entity being just a 30-foot man in a funny hat with a "G" on his chest was utterly ridiculous, and the retcon that people only see an image of Galactus as their own species doesn't help much with the funny hat and the "G." I prefer the idea of a nonhumanoid Galactus, although there could certainly be a better way of doing it than just a cloud of particles. My idea is something like a sentient black hole encircled by some Kirbyesque technological construct with shapes suggestive of the funny hat and so forth.
     
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  16. Praetor

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    I'd be good with that.
     
  17. Mage

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    That would be way more interesting and smart that just another CGI monster.
     
  18. Captaindemotion

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  19. Anwar

    Anwar Admiral Admiral

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    Okay, so this took me by surprise but apparently Ben Affleck is in talks to play the MCU version of...

    ....Dr Doom in the FF movies.

    Wow.
     
  20. kirk55555

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    Oh great, an actor so big that he'll probably never wear the mask, much less wear it all the time. Exactly what the character of Dr. Doom needs :sigh:

    Seriously, Dr. Doom needs to keep his mask on almost as much as Judge Dredd does, and the 2000s FF movies couldn't even stand to hide the face of a C-List TV actor for more then two or three scenes combined over both movies. Even besides that, I don't know if Victor Von Doom hailing from Boston instead of Latveria is a great change (and Affleck is not an actor that can do accents, he can barely hide his old Boston accent, so it would be hard to buy him as coming from a Eastern European country).

    This sounds like one of those rumors that ends up being just a rumor, but honestly Affleck as Doom would just be terrible casting in my opinion.