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Grimmlokk

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Jait_sl said:
Karen Gillan shaved her gorgeous head of hair to play Nebula.

Da fuck...
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xzi

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Pretty amusing that he came out in character to crash Comic-Con. I would have love to see one of the Avengers come out and talk shit with him.
 
Goatface

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Comic-Con: Joss Whedon Drops Details on Avengers: Age of Ultron
"A lot of people, because we called it Age of Ultron and there was a book called Age of Ultron recently, assumed that was the storyline we were doing which is not the case. We're doing our own version of the origin story of Ultron. The other thing is in the origin story, there was Hank Pym, so a lot of people assumed he was going to be in the mix, but he's not because we're basically taking the things from the comics for the movies that we need and can use. A lot of stuff has to fall by the way side. Ultron was their chief villain when I read the book. He has been THE Avengers villain for so long, I was amazed anybody was surprised it was going to be him in a movie. But we're sort of crafting our own version of it, where his origin comes more from The Avengers that we already know about it."
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j00t

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and rightly so... they can't have tony stark without his alcoholism coming up either. that being said, with scarlet witch and quicksilver being in the mix, as well as rumors of vision... makes me wonder if they are starting to move at too fast a clip to do these characters justice...
 
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I think Pym would be too hard to convey to a massive audience.

I brought his character up to my wife. She doesnt know shit about Marvel but she knew Captain America, Iron Man, THor and the Hulk before the movie just from pop culture and what not. I explained Ant Man to her and she couldnt get past the retarded name.

They have done a good job so far of making these characters accessible to the general movie goer and Pym is probably too hard to do that with. "Hey heres another super genius like Stark who can Grow and Shrink and shit".
 
j00t

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Gunnar_sl said:
I think Pym would be too hard to convey to a massive audience.

I brought his character up to my wife. She doesnt know shit about Marvel but she knew Captain America, Iron Man, THor and the Hulk before the movie just from pop culture and what not. I explained Ant Man to her and she couldnt get past the retarded name.

They have done a good job so far of making these characters accessible to the general movie goer and Pym is probably too hard to do that with. "Hey heres another super genius like Stark who can Grow and Shrink and shit".
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spot on. anyone outside of comics has a VERY hard time taking pym seriously just based on his name. the story they are going with Ant-Man is perfect for a wide audience... i just wish they would at least have pym be a background character. he doesn't even have to wear the suit... would just be nice to have him be the guy who MAKES the suit. then he can be the guy who makes ultron. pym is a character that everybody loves to hate... he's an arrogant prick. let him create ultron and have everyone hate him for it. he's not a villian but he's definately a guy who acts before thinking about the implications.
 
Caliane

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The Mechanic, The Explorer, The Sorcerer, and The Adventurer.
Tony, Reed, Doom, and Pym.


Pym creates Science! because he can. Then he punches it. Because he can.


And no, they really don't need to address the slap. That is the fucking problem. they keep bringing it up, instead of letting it go as an artist error, that it was.
 
j00t

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well the problem is that it's one of the most recognizable parts of the character. THEY won't bring it up... EVERYONE ELSE will. just like THEY don't bring up tony's alcoholism but people talk about it all the time.
 
Caliane

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who is everyone else? the 10 comic fans that care about that shit? Most of them don't, and even they are the minority. 99% of the people that would watch the movie, would have no idea its even a thing.

Iron man's alcoholism was a real thing. Intentionally part of this character. And then, for the tv shows and movies, only a few cared. Maybe 30% of viewers at most, even knew THAT was a thing. Again, only the most hard core comic readers cared.
 
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fucker_sl

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but you are a reader. something 99% of the world isnt. We need a reality check when dealing with these movies: 90% of the audience usually has never read a comic book in the past 20+ years. If not ever
 
j00t

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right, and i totally understand that. comic book readers are NOT the biggest part of the audience, and that's fine. i'm all for changes that make sense for the medium. costumes are the biggest example of things that work brilliantly on paper and look horrible in live action. that being said... i just... i get flash backs of wolverine origins and xmen last stand. arbitrary changes for the sake of changes. make a change because it makes sense to do so. don't make a change based simply on "only comic book readers will care about this." it just feels dirty, you know? LET'S PUT DEADPOOL IN THE MOVIE BECAUSE COMIC BOOK READERS LOVE HIM!! but no one else knows anything about him so it's okay for us to change who he is on a fundamental level.

i'm not saying joss is going to do that... i have more faith in joss to NOT do that than anyone else... it's just... i'm gunshy.
 
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