Ant-Man Dammit, Janet! The official Wasp thread

[Dark Raven]

# God I hope not. There wouldn't be much sense in it. It will be difficult enough getting high numbers for this movie, seeming as the igronant will just see it as a movie about a man with ant powers . With Marvel this could be very sucsesful. You'd also get allot of outraged fans...I'm already raw with the prospect of having a Scott Lang based character rather than a Hank.

Marvel need to tell Wright to get his act together, because at the rate he's progressing we'll be talking about future generations of outraged fans, not anyone from the current generation.

 

[Hawkingbird]

Marvel need to tell Wright to get his act together, because at the rate he's progressing we'll be talking about future generations of outraged fans, not anyone from the current generation.

How so?

 

[Xeno]

How so?

Wright has already kept Ant-Man in development hell for about six years now. If Marvel allows him to keep stretching it out indefinitely, we may not see a movie until nearly 2020. He keeps taking on other projects and pushing work on AM further and further back. Feige and Co. have said some vague things about a 2014 premiere, but that is just pie in the sky at this point. Some of us would like to have an Ant-Man movie before Phase XXIII, if possible.


Honestly, the only thing that keeps me interested in this film is my faith in Marvel's abilities. The damned thing was announced at Comic Con in 2006, yet all that's been done is test footage that hasn't been released to the general public. Frankly, I would be shocked to see a finished film in the next five years, which is hugely disappointing.

 

[BatsDC]

I'm still placing my bets on 2014.

 

[Dark Raven]

I'm still placing my bets on 3014.

Fixed.


I'm not sure Wright is even suitable for a franchise. If he even manages to get the first Ant-Man movie out in the next 20 years and it's a success, how long will we have to wait for a sequel? Yes, I'm sure Marvel will fast track it, but what that means for Wright is that it will then take 10 years instead of 20.

 

[cherokeesam]

Fixed.


I'm not sure Wright is even suitable for a franchise. If he even manages to get the first Ant-Man movie out in the next 20 years and it's a success, how long will we have to wait for a sequel? Yes, I'm sure Marvel will fast track it, but what that means for Wright is that it will then take 10 years instead of 20.

I seriously doubt even Marvel is looking for this to turn into a franchise. Wright had originally intended for it to be a standalone movie (he conceived it back in 2006, long before the shared universe was dreamed up for MS), and Marvel probably only sees it as a lead-in to Avengers 2.

 

[ericadawn16]

What about Emma Hiddleston for Janet?

 

[Xeno]

Everyone probably read the news already, but I'll spoiler-tag it anyway.

Spoiler

The Wasp is back! She returns to the land of the living in Avengers #32. Jan's back, Hank is Ant-Man again, could that mean that they'll appear in the MCU? I have my fingers crossed.

 

[Dark Raven]

Everyone probably read the news already, but I'll spoiler-tag it anyway.

Spoiler

The Wasp is back! She returns to the land of the living in Avengers #32. Jan's back, Hank is Ant-Man again, could that mean that they'll appear in the MCU? I have my fingers crossed.

Well I hope so, but I don't think that

Spoiler

whether a character is dead or alive in the comics has that much effect on the MCU. The MCU is like a classic, greatest hits version of the comics so they can take whatever they like from any period in Avengers history.

BTW that doesn't look too much like Jan in that comic panel. Funny pic though of her kissing Iron Man's face plate and Tony, who is supposed to be the ladies man out of all of them, looking completely stoical and not even bending his head.

 

[cherokeesam]

I wish Ms. Marvel was in that shot. I would've made a Janet 'n' Carol girl-on-girl kiss my wallpaper.

 

[chamber-music]

I wonder if bringing back Janet and Scott Lang while killing off O'Grady has something to do with the Ant-Man movie?

 

[Dark Raven]

I wish Ms. Marvel was in that shot. I would've made a Janet 'n' Carol girl-on-girl kiss my wallpaper.

Should've had She-Hulk, Scarlet Witch, Mantis, Moondragon, Black Widow, Tigra and Mockingbird in that shot as well then.

I wonder if bringing back Janet and Scott Lang while killing off O'Grady has something to do with the Ant-Man movie?

I hope so. Didn't they do something similar before the Cap movie came out?

 

[M-2]

LoL the thing I love about that panel with Jane kissing the guys.. Is how each one reacts to her kiss

Ant-Man - Surprised
Thor - Passionate
Captain America - Happy
And Iron Man - nothing at all lol you'd expect Tony to lift up his face plate!

 

[Dark Raven]

Iron Man is almost reacting like Batman would.

 

[Xeno]

I wish Ms. Marvel was in that shot. I would've made a Janet 'n' Carol girl-on-girl kiss my wallpaper.

I'd love to see Captain America in a steamy makeout session with Iron Man, but that's never gonna happen, either.

 

[cherokeesam]

I'd love to see Captain America in a steamy makeout session with Iron Man, but that's never gonna happen, either.

Happens all the time on Tumblr.

 

[Xeno]

Happens all the time on Tumblr.

Yes, but so does Carol/other women, to be fair. On Tumblr all ships are under full sail.

 

[chamber-music]

Jan was married to Hank and dated Iron Man and Hawkeye. If anyone in the Avengers is a ****e its Tony Stark.

 

[Xeno]

Jan was married to Hank and dated Iron Man and Hawkeye. If anyone in the Avengers is a ****e its Tony Stark.

These characters have been around for almost 50 years so all of them have long and varied romantic histories. I wouldn't call any of them out for it. It's weird that female characters get saddled with epithets like "****e" and "****" when males often have far more partners, as you pointed out.

 

[cherokeesam]

These characters have been around for almost 50 years so all of them have long and varied romantic histories. I wouldn't call any of them out for it. It's weird that female characters get saddled with epithets like "****e" and "****" when males often have far more partners, as you pointed out.

It's the innate misogyny and chauvinism of comic-book nerds. At least the demographic has changed somewhat over the past few years, but you've got something like thirty years of male-driven fantasy; and the writers were just as guilty of that kind of misogyny as the fans were.

 

[Joeyjojo72]

That page from Avengers #32 strongly suggests that the guys all identified her from her butt btw. eh, makes sense.

i do think a little tongue is understandable given what she's been through.

 

[C. Lee]

Just a reminder to everyone....this isn't the boy's junior high locker room.....keep the misogynistic comments out of here.

 

[Edguy]

In the Ultimate Universe, Janet is of Asian descent, rather than Caucasian, and she is a genius in her own right, holding 2 PhDs. She is also a mutant, but it is unknown everyone except SHIELD and her boyfriend Hank Pym. Her mutant powers allows her to shrink and grow wings when she is shrunken. She can also produce energy blasts which act like wasp stings. Her powers have strange side effects however, which include causing her to eat insects, forming her own larval nests, and laying eggs. She started dating Hank during college, but even during college Hank was extremely abusive to her. She was a roommate of Betty Ross, and Betty remembers times where Janet was missing chunks of her hair

That's.. disturbing..

 

[Majik1387]

If we're going the Asian Janet route, I'd say get Nikki SooHoo, Ellen Wong, Brenda Song or Julia Ling if they're going younger; Grace Park or Lindsay Price if they're going older.

Yes, I know most of these are also my Colleen Wing choices, but I'm good with them as Janet or Colleen.

 

[conan69]

Those comic pages posted up there are terrible. Terrible.


Anyway, best choice I've hear so far is Lauren Cohan, but Morena Baccarin is prob in the running.