Ant-Man.

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  1. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    Beta. Ray. Bill.

    Got to. Got to.

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  2. oldfella1962

    oldfella1962 the only real finish line

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    I KNEW it! :jayzus: Therels already a gay porn parody movie out now - Taint Man.
    Oh and an Asian martial arts movie - Slant Man
  3. Paladin

    Paladin Overjoyed Man of Liberty

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    I guess it's because I was never a fan of Thor, but I just don't get the fanboy love for this character.
  4. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    My "got to", character is She-Hulk.

    She's the queen of Marvel, she's their Wonder Woman, what's the holdup?
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  5. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    I don't have any male characters on my want list cuz they've all been done.
    My top 2 were Hulk and Iron Man, and they were the first.
    :shrug:

    Next tier down is Punisher and Dr. Strange, and they're coming up.
  6. Ebeneezer Goode

    Ebeneezer Goode Gobshite

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    They've not managed to get a regular Hulk film to do overly well, and they've already got one lawyer on screen.

    Probably a bit wary about it, sadly.
  7. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Regular Hulk and Daredevil are all "woe is me", and angst, She-Hulk brings a breath of fun and humor into whatever team you put her in.
  8. Tuckerfan

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    And her and Hawkeye seemed to like nothing better than aggravating one another, IIRC.
  9. K.

    K. Sober

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    A well-done Doom remains way up on my wishlist. Not going to get him this time, though.
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  10. Lanzman

    Lanzman Vast, Cool and Unsympathetic Formerly Important

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    Finally got out to see Ant-Man today. Marvel hits it out of the park again. Good flick, appropriate humor, nice fanboy wank references, loved it.
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  11. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    caught it Tuesday while the offspring were watching the DBZ movie...really liked it. I fall a bit short of "excellent" because, well, it's Ant-man - but it was as good as an Ant-man movie could possibly be. I liked the humor and LOVE Kirk Michael Douglas' performance (here I thought dude was half dead) and was wowed by the CGI youth in the opening scene. OTOH, Packard's list is valid and - am I the only one that saw the big-bad as pretty much a straight rip of the bad guy in Iron Man? They should probably sue themselves or something.

    Modifying Ecky's model

    A+
    GotG, both Avengers
    A
    Iron Man, CA:TWS
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    Iron Man 2, Ant Man
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    Iron Man 3, Thor 2
    B
    Captain America, Thor
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    Hulk
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  12. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    You are not alone in thinking that the vilian from Ant-Man is pretty much the same as the first Iron-Man vilian. I don't mind it though. Had the movie sucked, maybe I'd feel different, but I actually expected it. It's an origin story and Matvel seems to have a certain blueprint when it comes to origin stories. This one in particular really had some similarities to Iron-Man. I can't wait to see RDJ and Pail Rudd on screen together trading barbs. It seems toe, RDJ has a little competition now and I think the timing is perfect.
  13. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    That's Michael. :lol:
  14. T.R

    T.R Don't Care

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    Amazingly he's still alive too. Looks like a wax sculpture with all that surgery.
  15. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    :doh:
  16. Nova

    Nova livin on the edge of the ledge Writer

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    I actually hope to see some Pym-Stark fireworks myself. I figure at some point Hank would have to grudgingly acknowledge Tony's move away from the weapons business but before that...
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  17. NAHTMMM

    NAHTMMM Perpetually sondering

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    I've liked all the Marvel movies I've seen, but I don't think I could really align them along a single scale. And that's good, because it means Marvel is doing things differently enough each movie that I feel like it would be comparing apples and oranges. That's how they can withstand superhero fatigue: not just copying the same formula over and over again.

    I still feel like Captain America 2 was the best-made movie so far, but Avengers 1 was the most enjoyable for me, the one I'd be most likely to go out of my way to watch again. Haven't seen Ant Man, Iron Man 2 or 3, Hulk (either of them), didn't pay full attention during Thor 2 but it seemed pretty good.
  18. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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