Black Panther Update:


Still not too keen on it being on BET. The forst season will run for eight episodes covering the "Who is Black Panther" story arc.

For Your 3yo Comic Fan:

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A new cartoon that will appeal to youngsters even more bright-eyed than the ones watching Batman Brave and the Bold. Seeing as how this is their direct intention, there;s little to be insulted about. Yeah, this is based on those tot-toys.

They almost look related, I like that.

Thor Riff-Raff:

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They're pushing Wolverine and Sabretooth as brothers? Or was that Dog?

I'm betting they are combining Dog and Sabertooth, which is more than acceptable (it's how I interpreted the character). I'm also stoked to see some bone claw action.

Wow I was kind of looking forward to this but now im really quite hyped for it.

Its a good trailer, way ahead of the Transformers one I think.

Yeah, ever since Origin, I'd always thought of them as being kinda related through old man Logan. But Marvel saw fit to shit all over that possibility with he Homo Catman feud through the ages thing.

Has Dog ever come up in any comics since the original Origin mini? And what was sabretooth's history revealed to be. Thought I read they where going to gointo that, in the issue of their final battle.

First let me say the whole final battle thing is gay. I still don't see why they would kill off a character like Sabertooth in some non-event lack luster run. Although it's only right that Wolverine kills him, it's something I wouldn't expect for a long time if ever. And the whole bloodline rivalry bullshit is fucking stupid, 'blonds vs dark hairs'.

Origin did everything it can to spell out a proposed origin for Sabertooth and Wolverine's hatred without calling Dog, Sabertooth. I guess the movie guys are the only ones who got that.

'Tooth got a origin one-shot recently and yeah, another wasted opportunity. Your typical villain origin with all the elements to make him a sympathetic character, blah blah. You see with Dog, you see he was kind of a jerk for the longest, and it would show how far back Logan and Victor actually went. It made for a much better explanation of their feud than saying 'they're destined to hate each other'. That's too easy, that's weak sauce. I'm betting Origin wasn't allowed to use Victor Creed for whatever reason and left an 'open invitation' for future writers as a consolation.

Comics: "Hey, let's make them a part of an epic bloodline struggle with wolf-people, that's cool."
Movies: "Oh yeah, he's definitely Dog, we're going with that."

All three TV spots.

The last one, "Legends", is X-Men porn. This movie looks like great fun.

Thor will film from July through September.

Sam Jackson Is Still Furious:

Samuel L. Jackson just signed a nine (yes nine) picture deal to portray Nick Fury in the newly connected Marvel Movie-verse.

I'm thinking this is the first of many such deals as the superhero-movie arms race continues on.

Iron Man 2 begins filming in Los Angeles next month.

The final trailer for the Wolverine movie will drop this Thursday, MTV has a few clips - not really worth linking here, trust me.

BTW, Gambit will have his eyes, albeit confined to his retina. The color scheme is there, though.

Hugh Jackman on Wolverine Character Growth (Not Digging It?):

"I'm not mad about it, but I thought he had gotten a bit soft," Jackman says. "I thought we had gotten away from the essence of who Wolverine really is: a bad (dude) who wants to live his own life."

"The character has always reminded me of Dirty Harry or Han Solo," Jackman says. "He's a good guy, not a nice guy. He's got a lot of flaws, which I think is what people find so attractive about him and the X-Men. He's struggling with who he is and what he wants. He was one of the comics' first anti-heroes."

Well Played Fox:

With the Wolverine movie having kick-ass cameos of mutants never seen in live-action (Gambit, Deadpool), you wonder what that means in terms of the proper X-Film universe. I mean, this is an origin movie that takes place at the very least 10-15 years before Logan meets a certain vehicular stowaway in Canada. So what, Gambit and Deadpool must appear older if they are to appear in any future X-Films?

Mild Spoiler:
Nah, they'll appear just as they do in Wolverine's origin. A minor plot device is in place that will see that Gambit doesn't have to age a day. Deadpool, having similar regenerative abilities didn't need this fictional loophole, but Gambit is better served for it.

Wolverine Final Trailer:

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Looks like a fun movie, but some of the claw effects look poorly rendered.

I feel that the "claw effects" are the least of the worries for this movie

What worries you, man?

Not worries per se, but on a level of "will this movie be good", I would say there are countless things that point to no. It just looks like shit to me.
I'm more of a mark for good movies than I am for the novelty of a superhero movie though.

"Ohh, shiny"

Oh I see.

I dunno man, I'm not trying to burst any bubbles just voicing my take on it. I can't criticize the actually movie though, because I've yet to see it. I'll end up seeing it, and I really do hope that it's good, but I won't be shocked if it isn't.

Not bursting my bubbles, it's all good.

Seeing that Cyclops was in this in the trailer last night was a swerve. What the reason behind that?

Not Cyke, Scott Summers. Probably hunted down by Stryker for his Weapon project. By the looks of Weapon XI, he must have got a hold of him.

Well yea, same person. But are they having him and Wolverine cross paths?

They better not.

That's what I'm getting at. That would be bad. Who knows though

It's probably gonna be a case of Wolverine inadvertently saved his ass while escaping from the project and murdering everything in sight and Summers, being locked in a cage, is totally unaware of how the cage door opens but doesn't waste a chance to escape. Of course, Wolverine then goes on to have his mind wiped 6796875324554 times and Cyclops never knew Logan accidentally rescued him.

Cyclops being in weapon x is going to make every fanboy in the world, cry like little bitches.

I think it's kinda neat. Also, from a superhero movie standpoint, this looks good so far. Not eveything can be The Dark Knight, but that doesn't mean it can't be enjoyable.

Fuck fanboys.

Then again, the appearance of Cyclops might also be the introduction of Sinister to the series. Setting up for the next X-Men movie, perhaps? I mean, we have already seen a few Marauders in the movies thus far.

I've thought of that, but I doubt Fox is working that angle into their series. Since they are not in line with the other Marvel plans (for whatever reason).

How many more movies does Fox have left in the series?

Done wisely, they could eek out another trilogy based on the New X-Men, or even continue the story of the graduating X-Men from the first trilogy. They could also go on with the Wolverine movies and eventually Deadpool's film. Couple that with Magneto's work in progress and it seems Fox ain't letting go of their mutants.

Funny thing is, I want Fox to lose/let go of the X-Men universe. It's counter-productive for Fox to grip it in while Marvel Studios are on to something epic in the next few years. I feel very similar with Sony and Spider-Man - who are going on with another two movies themselves.

The situation could solve itself if some wheelin and dealin were to go down. As it stands, Fox CEO #3 doesn't care if I wanna see Hugh Jackman tangle with Hulk. Mutants aren't even mentioned as a group of people in any other Marvel movie but the Fox ones. Would it be so discouraging to Fox for there to be mention of mutants they're not even using? Being a mutant doesn't make you an X-Character by default (or does it?).

And Fox has little vision beyond $$$. They have Fantastic Four and X-Men, I would be the one in those studios meetings trying to get Chris Evans to appear in X-Men for some cool cameo. But with that logic, don't get me started on WB, who owns (as far as I know) all of the DC hero books - for years - and they've done shit with that huge advantage.

Anyway yeah, Fox has some movies left.

Being a mutant does not make you an X-character. There are plenty of mutants with little or no affiliation to the X-books. I kinda wonder about the whole House of M crossover as it got rid of shitloads of characters and basically killed off a lot of potential for new ones.

Although you can see where they're going with the X-Books as far as mutants are concerned. I do applaud it going as long as it is.

I haven't read anything beyond Dec 2007. So I am not in the loop, rn. Last shit I read was Wolverine decapitating Sabretooth.

It's a mess, don't worry about it.

Seriously looking foward to the Wolverine film but then I was really looking foward to X-Men 3, so we'll see.

Anyone else been watching the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon?

Yes. I enjoy it quite a bit.

Iron Man 2's sets are getting put together as filming creeps up around Spring. Mickey Rourke is back in the movie playing a villain.

Bit of slippage Marvel wise, old dates and new dates below:

Thor
July 16, 2010 > June 17, 2011

The First Avenger: Captain America

May 6, 2011 > July 22, 2011

Avengers

July 15, 2011 > May 4, 2012

edit - the Captain America slip is probably to avoid a clash with Spider-Man 4, which is aiming for a May 6th release in '11.

Iron Man 2 is still on schedule for May 2010. Rourke casting is confirmed, will seemingly be playing Whiplash with elements of the Crimson Dynamo mixed in, which was rumoured already I think.

Scarlett Johannson is confirmed too.

Could be quite a cluttered film - more Rhodes, more Fury, plus Whiplash/Dynamo, Justin Hammer and Black Widow. Let's hope they're not doing a Spider-Man 3 and packing in too much.

I trust them.

Yeah, Marvel are doing this themselves. I'm sure they won't let it be a total clusterfuck.

And given what they're building toward in the grand sense, they can afford a misstep anyway. But so far, everything's been okay.

Wow. Mrs. Ryan Reynolds is the Black Widow. Hopefully she shows up with an accent. But I would have went the other way and got Olga Kurylenko.

I dunno, I can't really picture Kurylenko as a redhead, but I can picture Johannson as one.

I can picture Johannson as anything.

They'll just keep her blonde and make her Yelena Belova instead. :shifty:

March 26, 2009 - Marvel Studios is looking for a few good screenwriters.

Deadline Hollywood Daily reports that Marvel has established a writers program to build an in-house stable of screenwriters to work on their comic book movies. "The goal is to put more than half a dozen film writers on staff, give them an office, and 'work them like horses!'," according to DHD's source.

Marvel's comic book writers are not excluded from the program.

The site's source adds: "'Before the writers are even allowed to come in and meet, they must sign a non-disclosure agreement and a 70-page, non-negotiable contract. Among other things, the contract gives Marvel ownership over everything the writers create during the one year term of [the] deal, plus a first look and last refusal to any and all projects the writers have previously written or will write for 24 months in the future.'"

So is this a good move for Marvel? Or a bad move for writers?
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Well... if you say so, Marvel.

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she is getting ready for us..

Very fucking nice.

Mind you, I don't agree with this particular casting (Scarlett's just not super-spy material), but I can give a shit when it means a hot bitch like her getting screen time.

I agree. I still can't really picture her as the black widow but whatever..like you said, a hot bitch on the screen is never a bad thing.

Iron Man 2 starts filming Monday.

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Dammit, Hugh, stop looking badass. Such a cock blocker.

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Black is In:

Apparently a draft for Venom was turned in a while ago and Sony liked it enough to ask for some revisions, including some parameters the studio wanted in the story. The whole thing about plot-related stipulations for a Venom movie is that Venom himself is a plot stipulation from Sony, so I'm guessing Sony's gaga for Venom for some reason.

Stan Lee is the only confirmed cast member. Yeah you probably wanna hit me for 'reporting' that.

Stan Lee's playing Venom? :wtf:

No.

that would be awesome

I dont follow

Sony wanted Venom in Spider-Man 3. Now with his own movie they hacking drafts and telling the writers what they wanna see. Sony has some hands on fetish for the Venom character. Perhaps more so since... DARK CHARACTERS ARE IN (thanks TDK).

I'm not a fan of a studio running that much shit. Almost never works out.

Seriously. Wonder how much better Spidey 3 would have been, if sony hadn't forced venom into the picture.

Also, anyone else reading and enjoying x-force? The new one, not the old cable x-force.

I keep up with it. I like the idea of an assassin X-group. Hugh should push for that as a third Wolverine movie. Somebody bring it to his attention!

X-Force has been great.

X-23 rules.

I do.

And her miniseries that introduced her to the 616 canon was a critical success, BTW. So take that dogma shit somewhere else.

Go watch Moon or some shit.

Maybe discuss the dichotomy between Kain and Abel in some book report for your suger daddy.

Sure, the comic selling well means she's not a shitty concept for a character

"Nerds love tits and Wolverine so let's put some tits on Wolverine. EXCELSIOR"

You're dodging the point:

I don't give a shit if she's Wolverina, I like her. I don't hate on Supergirl, Batgirl, Spider-Girl, or any other obvious girl-up of established characters. Many of them offer a nice spin. X-23 for instance is like seeing Logan's post Weapon X life as it happens in the midst of current 616 events instead of flash backs.

Creative shortcut? Yeah, but sales and critical response says a lot of other people don't give a shit either.

>>> Get over it.

Man, I'm just going to make you a huge list of things that sucked but got good critical responses so you'll stop using that argument.

Also, I do hate on most Supergirls, certain Batgirls, and Spider-girl, though mostly because they suck on their own without being Superhero A, Plus Boobs. I'd maybe appreciate X-23 if she were an interesting spin, but she's a clone of Wolverine. Literally. From Weapon X. Yeah, totally interesting and shit! And then she has to deal with teenager stuff 'cuz she's a teenager! But Wolverine! With a vagina! A teenage vagina! Interesting, yeah!

Yes, creative short cut. Sales have proven that you can slap Wolverine on pretty much anything and the comic will sell, which is why Wolverine's on thirty different teams and four different covers every month. Making a character that's angsty female Wolverine is pretty much the lowest common denominator for a desperate sales pitch but hey, the majority of greasy neckbeards that get off to their favorite characters abruptly being female... well, you guys eat that shit right up.

Also, you've already proven before that you're a sucker for turning random characters into females, because you're one of those nerds. It's hardly a testament to the character's quality, nor is sales.

My reply to that:

http://www.comicsbulletin.com/soapbo...s/0807/x23.jpg

And LOL at you ranting on Wolverine's popularity like that's some grip I'm dishing. I rather have one book for certain heroes and I'm against 45 Spidey books a month, but thanks for asking.

And your argument on boob'd superheroes would be sound if not for your refusal to acknowledge that some of those characters are fucking good, and for a time beat out their male predecessors depending on brand and era. Factor in most comic characters male or female are stupid save for their writers and we have you being one of those pretentious counter-nerds who wants X-Men to read like Lord of the Rings.

Dear God, it's some kind of... straw man militia

My God, it's almost like... I totally fucking acknowledged that not every female character sucks and specifically avoided generalizing as much as I could without making you a chart. You are so god damn illiterate god damn. Why do I keep assuming that the ability to type makes you a competent human being and not some primitive fucking animal that can only string together so many subjects at a time?

Yeah, God forbid I expect new characters to be halfway mildly fresh instead of direct, fully intentional rip offs of whatever is selling well this month. IT'S GOTTA BE LORD OF THE RINGS AND SHIT, THOUGH. I'm just asking too fucking much for a character not to be Wolverine. So pretensious. How dare I be so goddamn pretensious as to expect new ideas coming to be at least TRYING to be new.

So what is this like, four posts later? And you're still nowhere near convincing me that you don't have shitty tastes in characters, any grasp of what good or bad concepts happen to be, or that you'd know what to do with a decent point if it was mailed to you. God fucking damn, man. Read a real fucking book or something.

OR JUST POST ANOTHER PICTURE and pretend I said something nearly opposite of what I actually posted. That's served you well so far, right?

Yeah.

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>>> GET OVER IT.

Guys like you, mate... You're damn hilarious. You come in and say something stupid, then when it gets replied to in some coherent way you cry "Oh no I didn't say it like that! Strawman!" Your half-ass commentary does no good, but at least you're speedy about it.

I didn't say it like that. You can literally go back and read what I said, read what you said, and realize that you were responding to an imaginary argument.

I mean, it's one thing to pull something like this in a verbal argument, but when I literally posted the two statements for you to compare and realize that you were making shit up... well, your only excuse is your piss poor reading comprehension. Learn to read.


>>> LEARN TO READ.

>>> GET OVER IT.

And yeah, not liking your generic characters is totally saying something "stupid." Brilliant!

No, you learn to read! You learn to get over it! I win! Declaring it is victory enough, bitch.

Yeah it is, cause you're disliking concepts not characters. But I won't blow your mind today.

>> Bitch <<

Ad hom, motherfucker.

Lol, yes. Literally posting the two statements side by side and explaining to you what you did wrong is just making a statement of victory, and certainly not breaking down for you in explicit detail why your argument doesn't hold water. Versus, say, the >>> GET OVER IT strategy. Now you're falling into all sorts of wacky fallacies.

Don't like the concept or the character. BUT DON'T BLOW MY MIND, I don't know how much more of your inability to make a coherant argument without chasing windmills I can take.

Again, I practically have to make you a goddamn series of charts, lists, and spreadsheets, and even then I think you'd manage to reinterpret what's clearly typed down on your computer screen as being the exact opposite of what it says.

What argument? Not liking X-23? Mary Sue and all that?

You see, .44, we have opinions. Your opinion is appreciated, but when it aims to discredit me for whatever reason - we have an issue. "Nerds like you" and bullshit like that. Where's that shit come from? So yeah, I call you out as some spineless fence straddler who refutes for the ecstasy of it all. Something like BCWWF but more entertaining. Because you just keep going, man.

You and me... It's gonna be like this forever. An epic dance of great justice vs lolz, us switching sides at every whim. We can't fight it, it's law.

So shut the fuck up and fall in line.

Lol sure