Spoilers Marvel Cinematic Universe spoiler-heavy speculation thread
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Then he spent years trying to conquer the surface world and wooing Sue Storm. Occasionally at the same time.
Why did he never bother trying to romance the Wasp or any other female characters at the time?
It just doesn’t feel like something the filmmakers would do. Reed and Sue aren’t a troubled marriage. Just the opposite. It’s one thing to give them the occasional issue of trouble amidst hundreds of issues of otherwise solid, devoted marriage. It’s another to make it a big part of their film.
But we’ll see, I guess.
But we’ll see, I guess.
If she were tempted before marriage, she could be tempted again. The movie wouldn't have to show her go through with it--maybe the start of a kiss or something. I think it would be a good story. Reed is the distant scientist and takes Sue's presence for granted at the start of the movie. I really think it would work.
One of my biggest laugh-out-loud moments in early FF!
Geez, it's worse than I thought...he didn't even KNOW that was Namor and was just messing with a homeless dude for giggles.
In fairness to the Torch, Sub-Mariner was being attacked by a bunch people who didn't like him for being a homeless person with amnesia and Torch just went "we can figure out who he is, then you won't attack him anymore!" I'm not saying any of it makes sense, just that Johnny wasn't being actively malevolent.
Also Namor's eyes are super pretty. I hope they kept that in the movie.
Even the most solid of marriages will struggle. There's nothing wrong with that. It's, dare I say, normal to have moments, if fleeting, of temptation. It can be used quite effectively in drama, regardless of what one thinks the characters are capable of. All characters are human, and capable of succumbing to temptation, and will face difficulties.
Prime example: The Incredibles.
Well, they could update it, and have the love triangle, but with Namor falling for Reed. 
Reed and Sue is just about the only marriage that Marvel Comics won't pointlessly end/retcon (in the main 616 Universe, at least), and I'd really prefer if they kept that going in the movies. Not that they can't have issues at times, but its nice to see at least a few super couples actually have a relatively solid relationship. Not every romantic relationship needs constant drama or will they/won't they BS, this is the MCU not the CW after all.
Talking specifically about Namor, I prefer Namor going after Sue to be completely one sided, with Sue both being loyal to Reed and also knowing exactly the kind of guy Namor is and not wanting any part of it (let's be honest, even when Namor is a good guy he's still usually an asshole).
Talking specifically about Namor, I prefer Namor going after Sue to be completely one sided, with Sue both being loyal to Reed and also knowing exactly the kind of guy Namor is and not wanting any part of it (let's be honest, even when Namor is a good guy he's still usually an asshole).
Yes, that's true. But please dear god let them look for anything else than a love triangle. It is the most overused, cheap way to bring drama into a fictional relationship.
I mean, I despise most romances in fictional form so I agree with this. But, I am saying it can be done and done well without the love triangle aspect.
From the "What the hell took them so long?!?" Department: Kat Dennings - er, Darcy Lewis - is getting her comic book debut in the classic Marvel Universe this January.
Damn, I'm shocked they didn't already do that. Coulson debuted pretty quickly (I think even before Agents of SHIELD debuted).
Hope they treat her better than they did him. He got killed by Deadpool and resurrected by Mephisto as a villain.
Whhaaaa....?!
I mean, I'm not surprised. I bailed from reading the comics in the 90s during the whole Spider-Man Clone Saga and resurrecting Norman Osborn and only returned for certain sections (mostly Black Panther related)
It's sometimes kind of random which characters created for screen adaptations get picked up by the comics and which ones don't. For instance, I've long been surprised that Marvel didn't add Jack McGee to the Hulk comics after the '70s-'80s TV series -- although I recently discovered that within the past few years, the comics introduced a black female reporter named Jackie McGee.
The Superman comics adopted Jimmy Olsen and Perry White from the radio series, but there were numerous other radio characters they didn't pick up, like Inspector Henderson (who didn't make it to the comics until the '70s), private detective Candy Meyers, and major villains like the Atom Man and the Laugher (who was basically Lex Luthor, the Joker, and the Kingpin rolled into one).