Which Marvel movie(s) are you most looking forward to?

[Thespeckledkiwi]

Big spoilers for Thor:

Spoiler: Thor Spoilers

While I was skeptical at first on how they were going to do this movie, especially since it was going to take place in Asgard for the majority of the movie, Wizards leaked out a potential plot point that if done right will blow everyone away. Thor LOSES his fight and thus becomes Donald Blake, who in the Avenger movie will find in him that he is Thor. Which sounds kick ass just hearing that. Because at the end I can see Donald Blake opening his eyes, wondering if it all was a dream or something else before going about his job.

But will he speak Elizabethan English?

Possibly...

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Here ya go: Joel Gretsch as Doctor Strange. Give him dark hair and a mustache and he could pull off a complicated, weird character like that.

What about the guy who played Nathan Stark on Eureka?

Haven't seen that guy in anything...judging from IMDB, he has the right looks...

Here's another idea for the good doctor: William Fitchner, who played Tom Underlay in Invasion and plays Mahone on Prison Break.

However Cap seems to be the movie most in danger of becoming a topic of controversy.Will the movie be a "man out of time/1940's worldview vs.modern day sensebilities" or "straight-up superhero tale" or indeed "flag-waving hymn".

Becoming a topic of controversy is hardly a "danger." It's an opportunity to be about something other than just the usual trivia of colorful costumes and spectacular fights. Since Marvel seems determined to do justice to the substance of their characters, the long term outlook for Cap is very bright, regardless if he's in his own movies or the Avengers or both. Can't wait to see him mix it up with Iron Man.

If you care about Nicolas Cage's opinion, the character he most wants to see a movie of is Submariner.

Namor belongs to Adrien Grenier, for both irony value and because his looks are dead-on perfect for the role. Cage can't have it, only one character per actor, them's the rules.

 

[The Great Meech]

Checked Cloak & Dagger and Runaways. I had no idea there'd be a Runaways movie until I read this thread. It stands a great chance of being awful, but I don't care.

 

[Chess Piece Face]

Had to vote Iron Man 2. I'm not really looking forward to any of them, to be honest. Spidey 3 left a bad taste in my mouth, and the current style of the x-men - I've had a nice time, but enough.

The rest of marvel, I could care less about.

Now, if this were a big ol DC list with Justice League and Batman vs Superman, I'd be frothing at the mouth.

 

[Pensive]

I'd have voted for X-Men if the last films didn't rape and waste the Phoenix.

 

[Aragorn]

The latest Spider-Man rumor is that Raimi and Maguire are returning for 4 and 5 (but no word yet on Dunst interestingly enough) and that Sony's interested in possibly making them back-to-back to save money.

 

[TrekNut87]

Iron Man 2 first and foremost and Wolverine and Magneto are behind that.

 

[Aragorn]

I picked Iron Man 2, but I'd like to see a Fantastic Four reboot. I just watched Rise of the Silver Surfer and boy was that a gigantic mess from start to finish. It was like they filmed a first draft. It was so bad I didn't even want to watch the special features. And three of the main five characters are horribly miscast.

I wonder if the stars of The Shield, Nip/Tuck and Homicide: Life on the Streets realized what garbage they were making at the time.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

And three of the main five characters are horribly miscast.

That's the reason I can't stand to watch a single frame of any FF movie. I can tell they're miscast without putting myself thru the pain.

 

[LutherSloan]

I went with The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man 2 (I was really impressed with Iron Man), Spider-Man 4 (can't be any worse than #3), Venom (maybe they can save his character after the catastrophe that was SM3's Venom), Wolverine (mostly because I want to see what they do with Deadpool), X-Men 4 (See Spider-Man 4 comments). I also would go see a sequel to The Incredible Hulk, which was a good movie that came out at a time that was sandwiched between Iron Man and The Dark Knight, something that would be a challenge for any film.

After watching the first Fantastic Four (on HBO), I had no desire to see how bad the sequel would be, especially after hearing what they did to Galactus. Not really interested in a Silver Surfer spinoff-film either.

I am not sold yet on ideas like Ant-Man, a Magneto prequel (wasn't his X-Men 1 intro enough?), or any of the other lesser-known Marvel movies on that list (like Dr. Strange, a concept that is going to be a tougher sell than Ghost Rider was).

I liked the first Punisher, but I am not sure how good the sequel is going to be. I was not too keen on changing the actor playing the main character between movies, even if it couldn't be avoided.

I have never read a Thor comic, and am still confused as to his origin story. This movie is going to need a GOOD director and writing team if it is going to work. Otherwise we could end up with another FF, Daredevil, or Ang Lee's Hulk (shiver). I would rather see Marvel get a hold of the rights to DD and reboot the franchise a-la 'The Incredible Hulk'. Now THAT was the movie the first Hulk should have been.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I have never read a Thor comic, and am still confused as to his origin story.

Quite simply, he is Thor, the Asgardian God of Thunder of legend. At one point, Thor's father, Odin, believing that his son needed to learn humility, erased his memory and sent him to Earth as the lame Dr. Donald Blake. Once Odin believed that Thor had properly learned his lessons in humility, he manipualted events so that Blake would find Thor's hammer, Mjolner, which had been transformed into a walking stick. When he struck the stick against a hard surface, he would be transformed into his true self, the God of Thunder.

 

[LutherSloan]

I have never read a Thor comic, and am still confused as to his origin story.

Quite simply, he is Thor, the Asgardian God of Thunder of legend. At one point, Thor's father, Odin, believing that his son needed to learn humility, erased his memory and sent him to Earth as the lame Dr. Donald Blake. Once Odin believed that Thor had properly learned his lessons in humility, he manipualted events so that Blake would find Thor's hammer, Mjolner, which had been transformed into a walking stick. When he struck the stick against a hard surface, he would be transformed into his true self, the God of Thunder.

Thanks.

It will be interesting to see how they fit this into the rest of the Marvel Studios-film universe, especially when they were trying to stay as realistic as possible with The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man.

 

[captcalhoun]

they might go the Ultimate route.

Is he a crazy nurse who had a mental breakdown and merely believes he's Thor and has all these crazy powers or is he really a god?

 

[Hermiod]

And three of the main five characters are horribly miscast.

That's the reason I can't stand to watch a single frame of any FF movie. I can tell they're miscast without putting myself thru the pain.

It's not really the actors, it's the script. Reed is written fairly close to his comic book counterpart and is okay for the most part, though he is treated as the victim of all the comedy. Sue is loud and bossy, which isn't anything like the Susan Storm Richards I know. The whole locking people in forcefields just to win an argument thing isn't very heroic, either. I'm happy for Sue to act more like Malice if it means seeing Jessica Alba in the outfit, but otherwise let's stay true to the character, huh ?

Johnny is an irritant. Chris Evans can't do much with the character when they write him a vaguely romantic sub-plot all about his growth as a person and then he burns the wedding bouquet so his love interest can't catch it.

On the other hand, Michael Chiklis as Ben ? Perfect. Just perfect.

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

they might go the Ultimate route.

Is he a crazy nurse who had a mental breakdown and merely believes he's Thor and has all these crazy powers or is he really a god?

As I mentioned above, the first movie more than likely won't have much of Donald Blake in it. It might even have a small teaser at the end, if what Wizards and other sources have been saying are correct, which from the initial onset seems to be on par.