I'd be down with her directing. Hell, I hope she directs something, anything with Marvel because she's a terrific director.
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Yeah. That’s for the b listers. Daredevil is a biggie.
That and I want a 4K steelbook of that one
The weird rumors/fan casting for the FF has been weird. Nothing against the people who have been rumored, but I would bet money that the FF, at least Reed and Sue/Johnny, aren't going to be played by actors in their 40s. Krasinski worked as a cameo, but I doubt he'll show up as the main MCU Reed Ricards.
Nothing against middle aged actors playing superheroes, RDJ was 42-43 in the first Iron Man, but I don't see the FF starting out their careers probably already having their kids. That isn't to say I think they'll be super young actors either, but late 20s feels like the oldest they'd go with the FF if they're planning to have them start their FF career on screen, with Johnny obviously being the youngest (but probably out of High School), Sue maybe a few years younger then Reed (although hopefully not as young as some weird stories portrayed), and ben either being Reed's age or maybe a year or two older.
That's just my feeling based on the MCU main universe FF starting at the beginning of their superhero journey, I could be completely wrong but it makes more sense to me then them starting out a bit later in life, especially if Feige wants to use them for awhile.
Nothing against middle aged actors playing superheroes, RDJ was 42-43 in the first Iron Man, but I don't see the FF starting out their careers probably already having their kids. That isn't to say I think they'll be super young actors either, but late 20s feels like the oldest they'd go with the FF if they're planning to have them start their FF career on screen, with Johnny obviously being the youngest (but probably out of High School), Sue maybe a few years younger then Reed (although hopefully not as young as some weird stories portrayed), and ben either being Reed's age or maybe a year or two older.
That's just my feeling based on the MCU main universe FF starting at the beginning of their superhero journey, I could be completely wrong but it makes more sense to me then them starting out a bit later in life, especially if Feige wants to use them for awhile.
In the comics, Reed is significantly older than Sue and Johnny--an age difference that would have been appropriate in the sixties. Ben was Reed's age. Those age differences have been blurred in the intervening years, I believe. It would be reasonable to start the FF with Ben and Reed in their early 40's and Sue and Johnny in their early thirties.
It's just the climate we are in now. Probably we will see this happen more and more with big heroes. Same with DC once they get around to pulling their finger out of their ear and doing the green lantern series.
That's what made them special in a very positive way.
I hope not, I really liked how they were more down to earth.
Compared to the Netflix shows, the Disney+ shows are silly and for kids up to 12. They are more Disney than Marvel.
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Considering the current state of the green lantern, I don’t know if I want a show now.
Thats been at least soft retconned with Marvel Comics sliding timescale, Reed is older but (as of a 2013 issue)
https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Fantastic_Four_Vol_4_4
So, regardless of her exact age (which could be older then you'd guess because of some inconsistencies), Sue Storm, in the 616 Canon, was at least a legal adult when she met Reed, which could lead to upwards of a 10 year age gap, but at least they were both adults.
In the MCU, I doubt they'd go with that big a gap, and again the MCU probably wants a FF they can use for a decade or more, assuming they have any interest in the FF crossing over and doing various stuff, which is why I think they'll go with a FF with actos closer to their 20s then their 40s.
Meh, at this point, I'm really starting to prefer TV shows over movies for all superheroes. The big budget spectacle of the movies is nice, but the shows are able to go into a lot more depth, and really dig deep into the characters and lore in a way that movies just can't.
I'm really hoping they go with older versions of the characters with kids, I read Mark Miller's run a while back, and one of the things I really liked was that the FF are a family, and that's something we haven't really gotten in the MCU yet. I thinking having them as a family with Sue and Reed married, and with Frankling and Valeria already older could be a fun way to make them a bit more unique in the MCU.
My idea would be to have them come from another universe and something happens that they have to move to 616, so that way they could be older and established, but they don't need to come up with some kind of excuse for why they haven't been involved in any of the other movies.
The CGI's the same, it just looks better because of Youtube's shitty video compression.
To Oso Blanco's point, no Disney+ Marvel series to date is as adult as The Punisher, with the exception of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's sociopolitical story.
Even setting aside the argument over different definitions of 'adult', the Punisher *should* be far more adult than almost any other Marvel character.
...which supports Oso Blanco's comparison.
Meh. Punisher is just meh and best forgotten.
The Punisher was a creatively potent Marvel production and one of the best representations of one of their characters. Rare.
The general internet consensus is that everyone hated that show, but IMDB shows otherwise with a Marvel high 8.5.
EDIT: I was wrong. DD is even higher with 8.6.