Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 & 3 thread.

We've got Avengers 4, could still happen.

Yes, but wouldn't pay off as well since it wouldn't bookend a single film.

Ant-Man & Wasp trailer!

Marvel continues to crush it.

I like the giant pez dispenser.

Happy Marvel, everybody!!

http://dickynoo.blogspot.com/2018/05/happy-10th-anniversary-marvel-studios.html

Over 65 directors have met with Marvel for a solo Black Widow movie.
So, looks like they're serious about this happening, and getting done right.
All I can say, is about goddamned time.

I was wondering about the proper re-watch order.

Shouldn’t Black Panther go before Spider-Man and immediately after Civil War?

Also I feel like Dr. Strange could go anywhere before Ragnarok/Infinity War.

Eh, it's like Hulk/IM2/Thor, they overlap like Venn diagram circles, so I just find it easier to go with release order.
YMMV.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-...-netflix-avengers-black-panther-a8210821.html

Aside from them mushing the first two Iron Mans together, that's pretty much my order.

I'm looking forward to Ant Man & Wasp. That was a good trailer.

Infinity War broke Force Awakens domestic opening weekend record, now it's just broke a billion worldwide faster than Force Awakens.

Marvel...






(wait for it)





...has been Avenged.

How badly is Marvel crushing DC? Marvel steps on DC's head to climb over Star Wars.

DC's problems are with their executives.
They've got the greatest characters.
For fuck's sakes, they have THE ORIGINAL SUPERHEROES!!!
They've got 75 years of comic book history to pull from.
They have fans that want to see the movies be good, and to fork over money for these movies.
They've got creatives out there that want to make the movies good.
And they've got actors that want a big fat payday and pop-culture immortality from these tentpole movies.
They've got everything they need.
Why can't they pull it off?
Dumb business moves.
Fire these executives.

DC needs a Kevin Feige.

The longer the MCU plays out, and keeps kicking ass, the less sure I am that Kevin Feige can be re-created.

Celine Dion is involved with Deadpool 2??

Double not gonna see it.

Agreed. Any company that has Superman, Batman and Wonder woman should be leading the pack.

James Gunn revealed on Twitter...

I love the tagline "From the studio that killed Wolverine."

Yes. And frankly, I wonder if that isn't the problem down through all the ranks. It takes an enormous amount of very talented people to make the kind of amazing movies Marvel has been making. There is not an infinite supply of those, and DC might well find that most of them are working for Marvel at this point. I don't mean individual actors or directors -- they can do several movies every few years. But all the names that roll past us before the after credit scenes: Those people. The best ones, one has to assume, are taken.

Not entirely true. The DC TV shows have been pretty damn good, but they keep shitting on that for the movies - DC heroes are MEANT to be shining beacons of hope, not grey and gritty stuff like Marvel (and I love that about Marvel, but sometimes I want uplifting). The Flash and Supergirl know this - albeit they tried darker with Flash but realized it didn't fit and have gone the other way with S4. Not that Marvel can't do inspirational stuff - Spidey's bits in Civil War are great - but they like their flawed heroes to be flawed because of arrogance or somesuch, whilst DC heroes can be flawed because they are TOO trusting.

There is NO reason Grant Gustin couldn't have been movie Flash, and he wouldn't have needed the pseudo-Iron Man suit to pull it off. Likewise, Supergirl's take on The Man of Steel shows that Supes doesn't need to be "waa, everyone is afraid of him!" angst like the films portray him. Hell, if the Avengers films taught us anything, it's that heroes can be awesome, true to their ideals and there will STILL be some folk in the government scared of them with enough public opinion to back 'em up. No neck-snaps needed.

But dude, the official plot summary sounds epic!

Annette Bening has joined the cast of "Captain Marvel".

She was almost Catwoman in "Batman Returns".

So, we've got almost-Catwoman in "Captain Marvel", Batman in "Homecoming", Two-Face in "Captain America: The First Avenger", and actual-Catwoman in "Ant-Man & The Wasp".

Carol Danvers' mother?