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I think the main series was meant to be decent enough, but I've not actually read it yet.
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The main books aren't bad, but they just aren't anything special.
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So, any suggestions what to read? I'm talking big crossover events, other than House of M, Secret Invasion, Civil War, Siege (those I've read)?
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Avengers vs X-Men probably. Though I haven't read it myself yet.
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It sucks harder than a gay orgy. The main 8 books suck, have no point or lasting effects. It's a waste of time to read it, just read the synopsis and boom. |
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Tie-ins were fuckin' awful, the main books were just "meh". But reading the tie-ins was a total waste of time, kept hoping it would get better, but 20 issues and it still sucked so yeah. Horrible. Just downloaded two versions of Avengers vs X-Men. One with tie-ins, but there are only 6 main books, and the other is just main books and there're 12 of them. So I'm kinda puzzled here. |
Avengers vs x-men is pretty tits. Best crossover in a long while, in my opinion.
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Yeah, the only Fear Itself tie in I read was Deadpool, after Secret Invasion I learned that like 95% of tie ins are just cheap, rushed, cash ins.
Avengers vs X-Men was mediocre, better than the last few ties in.. but I wasn't hyped/selling into it. |
They can be good. The Avengers Academy tie in to Fear Itself was very good, and featured a pivotal moment in the series.
Also, fuck whoever cancelled Avengers Academy. Great book. |
Thoroughly enjoying Avengers Arena after a lack luster start.
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read xmen schism, avengers x-sanction and the AvX in that order
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616 has another Spidey, finally a regular:
http://i.newsarama.com/images/i/000/...peg?1374084328 Oh yeah the black kid's in there, too. |
Spiderbatneto!
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Is that Spider-Man 2099?
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Fuck Yeah
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Always liked the design. Character itself never did anything for me though.
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I still have ALL the 2099 comics.
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Interesting bit of scenery from the set of Amazing Spiderman 2:
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Thinking it's just a production gag, no way they'd just have that out there for everybody to see.
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Or maybe they would because it is just a wink and a nod to the comic books, and not a sign that "HOLY SH*T HOLY SH*T THE SINISTER SIX ARE IN THE MOVIE"
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Isn't that what Kalyx is saying?
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Yes, I think it certainly is.
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I have to put this here. The latest trailer for LEGO Marvel Superheroes looks like the trailer for the greatest Marvel movie ever. Can you imagine if this was live-action (taken more seriously, of course but you get me)?
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Looks fun, not 60 dollar fun but I'd pick it up for a cheap price.
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Very good chance Bradley Cooper will be voicing Rocket Raccoon. Hmm...
I'm not too crazy about getting 'faces' to voice animated characters when so many voice actors are available. Then again I like Bradley Cooper. |
I've never really read Guardians of the Galaxy, so my question is - is the raccoon some kinda comic relief character? Or is he some badass raccoon motherfucker (this would be fuckin' weird)?
Cause I can only imagine Bradley Cooper voicing a silly raccoon. Then again fuck knows who in the world could ever voice a serious raccoon. |
RR is a dead serious dude. Maybe the most dangerous and unstable member of the team. Also easily a fan favorite.
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Yeah the concept of Rocket Racoon seems ridiculous, but somehow he just works as a badass. Can't really explain. Maybe it's the guns twice his size he carries around.
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I wanna pet him, but he would probably kill me for it.
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He is a "badass" who likes big guns, which in of itself makes it a more comedic character because he is a raccoon.
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It's a visual gag thing. Part of the hilarity of Col. Stars and Stripes was how seriously and straight faced Carey played him.
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I don't read Guardians of the Galaxy but RR seems like a joke character even if he isn't... I mean it's a talking raccoon with guns in the "Marvel Universe".
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Well he isn't.
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I always thought of Groot as the comic relief character
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Groot/Rocket Raccoon are the lighthearted duo who will actually mess you up pretty good.
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Shit, I had to google image for Groot.
So, Vin Diesel stars as a tree. Nice. *JOKE ABOUT WOODEN ACTING* |
He doesn't ever say anything but "I am Groot!", so even Vin Deisel would have trouble screwing this up.
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Cue sarcastic Kane Knight quip.
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I really need to go back and get caught up with the cosmic side of Marvel, I never did get finished with Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy. Think I drifted off somewhere before War of Kings.
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Not a fan of Marvel in space. |
You'll probably need to give Infinity a miss then.
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DnA's space stuff was freakin' awesome. No idea if they still do stuff for Marvel/space stuff.
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The only comics I read and care about now are literally Superior Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider, Deadpool, Superior Spider-Man Team Up and The 4 book mini series "Superior Carnage"... I'm also buying Thunderbolts but it's been sucking and I stopped caring about it since like issue 3 until this most recent issue which was okay. |
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Jonathan Hickman is good though, his FF/F4 was interesting (didn't read it all besides a few arcs but yeah)
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Still behind on Marvel stuff. Working slowly on catching up on: Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Avengers Stuff, and X-Men Stuff. I'm still somewhere in 2010, though.
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I've been reading through Wolverine: Origins and I gotta say these are some fucked up books.
Starting with Logan running around with some all powerful katana in the present day and being chased by Dum Dum Dugan and S.H.I.E.L.D. for no good reason whatsoever, then it turns out he didn't actually fight alongside Rogers in WW2 as much as he was there to sell him out to the Nazis etc. I dunno, just weird ass shit. Does anyone know how do these stories fit into the "Earth-616" universe of Marvel? |
It is called Origin.
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And I remember a different Logan backstory. (Not betraying Captain America for example). Hence my fuckin' question. |
I don't know what you want me to say; it has Origin in the title however you wanna split hairs; it takes place in 616's past.
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Yeah a lot of the early flashbacks we saw have been deemed "memory implants" as a way of retconning his past.
They better not have retconned uncanny x-men 268 though. One of the first x-men comics I remember owning, and one of the best issues ever. Shit had everything. Ninjas, Nazis, wolvie, cap and widow teaming up, and jubilee at her best. |
Gotta say I'm awfully confused as to what really happenned in the past.
If he in fact sold out Cap, why the hell Cap never mentioned it to him? Like "Yo, Logan, remember how you fuckin' helped Baron Zemo get me? Good times" Maybe I'm giving it too much thought, whatever. |
Wolverine comics are pretty hit or miss, and they excel at fucking shit up. There are some arcs that are really good like Enemy of the State, the original mini series, and Get Mystique, but I generally don't read it. Always thought wolverine worked better on a team than as a solo hero.
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did you say "faces" because he was Face in The A Team?
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He also says Cap 2 is getting a lot of buzz on the inside. |
So despite the fact that Thanos is in GotG, Ronan is apparently the character that Drax has a fundamental need to kill, and who caused the tragedy in his life.
Obviously not a huge deal, but seems pointless. |
Thanos is probably going to be in Guardians as much as he was in The Avengers.... just behind the scene masterminding stuff.
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Kevin feige recently stated that while not the main villain, Thanos is playing a much larger role than he did in the Avengers.
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Sucks that Captain America isn't until April.
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Just watched all the Marvel one shots and gotta say I really enjoyed.
Short but sweet, especially liked the one with Coulson at a gas station. The Matrix effects kinda cracked me up, wouldn't expect that. |
That reminds me to go see if I can find a copy of the Agent Carter one shot.
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It's supposed to be released on September 24. At least that's what wikipedia says.
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Yeah, released with the Iron Man 3 Blu-Ray. There are blu-ray rips of Iron Man 3 to be found on the interwebs, though, so I assumed it was already out.
Found one torrent of the Agent Carter one shot but it is like 3GB, which is way bigger than if you were download a full length movie. So it is probably fake/some virus. Just gonna wait. |
Isn't IM3 out tomorrow anyway?
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Came out in the UK already, so the release dates must vary region to region.
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That's why I was asking. I find it odd that we get anything early/first in the UK.
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And Australia was first to get it anyway. |
In the past year the UK has been getting everything first.
Don't know the official reason as to why. |
EXTENSIVE STUDIES have shown that if it is released in the US first, the UK will be nothing but a filthy bunch of pirates and download it and then never buy it.
On the flip side, if it comes out in the UK first, there are still filthy pirates in the US, but the US sales still stay strong despite them. |
I just made that up.
Probably true, though. Filthy pirates. |
I believe it
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Where can I see the one shots besides torrents? Maybe a stream site? I'm guessing they're shorts?
I only own IM1, Hulk and Avengers from the MCU so yeah, just curious. |
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Ant Man November 2015
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Heh, I just saw Iron Man 3 on Blu-Ray in a basket at a local equivalent of Walmart.
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be shown on Channel 4 over here, totally expected it to be a satellite/cable job. Pretty stoked about that.
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Yeah and they're showing it pretty soon after it's been on in the US too, which is nice.
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No wonder so many non-Americans download stuff online.
The UK generally isn't too bad, but there's at least one series I watch where it's running a full year behind the US. :( |
I haven't watched a show on UK tv since like 2004 or something.
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And it seems Agent Carter's One Shot (packed with Iron Man 3) may be something of a TV pilot in the sense that Item 47 and the Coulson One Shots evolved into Agents of SHIELD. Like SHIELD, this may be an ABC exclusive with IGN pointing out that an Agent Carter vehicle fits well with ABC's family/women demo.
The possibility of two MCU shows tingles. |
An Agent Carter show would be awesome.
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Have they even cast someone for the lead role yet?
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No. Hope that note gets dropped by next SDCC. Maybe as early as NYCC.
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Why did I think it was going to be Simon Pegg in the lead role?
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Just watched the Agent Carter one-shot. Pretty decent, I guess. Liked the cameo at the end.
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I'm looking forward to that.
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