My take on the MCU- loved all the films so far and think Avengers was the best of the bunch, it now being my all time fav film. It was practically a masterpiece. Assembling such different characters so successfully so that they all slot together and are all totally believable was a heck of an achievement, that and the actors who portrayed them all being perfectly cast inc the best Banner/Hulk so far. By far the most entertaining comicbook film of all time and imo best too.
So are we all thinking 2014 is going to be Cap 2/ Ant-Man/ GOTG?
Caps confirmed, Ant-Man is listed on imdb and GOTG is confirmed without a date. If this is the plan with A2 to follow in 2015 Im down with that. I think this would be the ideal schedule. RDJ and Ruffalo are not getting any younger and while it dont really matter as Stark wears a suit and the Hulk is the Hulk no matter what age Banner is, I guess it just looks better if they are not getting long in the tooth.
Initially I REALLY wanted another Hulk film for phase two but it does not look like its gonna happen now. Im fine with that as long as Hulk gets a solo film in phase III. Personally I quite liked that TIH was pretty much absent of humour and slightly darker than the other films. I would love another Hulk film similar in tone, but I worry that if he ever does get another film they may play him for laughs too much based on the success of the Hulk laughs in Avengers (which were well balanced with the scary/serious Hulk scenes such as Hulk perusing Widow on the Hellicarrier).
A Planet Hulk film in Phase III could be incredible, heh. Or how about a Hulk The End based on the comic set long after the events of A3? That would be awesome. I guess Id just like to see a Hulk film that is totally different to what has gone before instead of just Hulk in present day USA taking on his next adversary cue The Leader. Also generally speaking, although I think the tone of Avengers was spot on, it would be nice to see another MS film that dropped the humour entirely and was serious throughout.
Finally, the whole Star Wars thing
part of me thinks it would be really cool if Thanos defeats em all at the and of A2, it would show how powerful he is
.. But the other part of me thinks it would be lame because it has already been done in TESB and SW fanboys would then always say the Avengers films ripped off SW. Its difficult because thats how you tell a story- theres always a bit in the middle were it looks like everything is going wrong. Star Wars was just the first one to stretch the formula over a series of films. Of course, Thanos may be saved for A3 with him sending another enemy to Earth for A2 (which the Avengers would defeat). I think this would be a better idea so as to avoid comparisons with SW, PLUS it would throw the audience a curveball as now everyone expects Thanos to be the opponent in A2.
Qs-
1) Does anyone think Cap might have exposed ears in CA2?
2) I read that the Ant-Man film is a standalone and Wright does not intend for it to set the character up to join The Avengers. Is this true? If so- lame.
3) Ruffalo has signed a six-film contract; does this mean we will definitely see him in six films? What are the chances of him being in IM3?
4) IM3 is based on Extremis, was it in that story Stark got a liquid metal suit? And do you think we will see a liquid metal Iron Man armour in any future films?
5) Do you think Cap will get laid in CA2? It slightly bothered me that he is still probably a virgin in TA.