Poll: Under the mask/in the suit

It should be Hank. Then when he moves on to Goliath, Giant-Man or whatever, Lang can be Ant-Man.

 

Pym and Lang. Forget about O'Grady.

 

Assuming Ant-Man comes out before Avengers 2, I think this would be a good route to take:
1) Ant-Man -Hank becomes Ant-Man and never takes on another persona or grows giant. If they are determined to have Scott Lang as Ant-Man II then fine, whatever....

2) Avengers 2 - But I'll be annoyed as hell if it isnt Hank instead of Scott that joins the Avengers as Ant-Man. At the very end he becomes Giant-Man.

3) Avengers 3 - For any appearances between, maybe even a Giant-Man/Wasp film if there is enough interest, he would just be Giant-Man. He would stay Giant-Man for the bulk Avengers 3 before switching to Ant-Man at a crucial point. From there out he would switch between the two personas whenever necessary and it could be a cool visual if the costume automatically morphs when he switches sizes. If they want to keep Lang (or O'Grady) around as a spare Ant-Man thats fine, or, heck, let one of them take on the Yellowjacket persona. Either Clint or Bill Foster could originate the Goliath persona in the MCU.

 

i think Scott Lang should use the helmet and gas cannisters like he did in Marvel Premiere (but not be in an actual ant-man costume). his objective would not be becoming Ant-Man. and i think Hank Pym should be in the movie in the official Ant-Man costume (why wouldn't he have a backup?). i think there's room for two; especially if one is just a desperate father using stolen equipment. i think it adds to the action + gives the title character to actually get into a fight with another ant-sized person. and i don't expect a sequel (sure as hell don't want to wait another decade to see it). so why not honor the contributions of both characters?

 

Honestly, I think it should be exclusively Hank Pym who becomes "Ant-Man"

Scott Lang may be involved, as a cameo or more, but he shouldn't be the actual hero.

 

i said pretty much the same thing. but i thought that it should be mentioned that Pym hasn't actually been Ant-Man for a long long time. he was only Ant-Man as an Avenger for a few months before making the switch to Giant-Man. if he were to appear in an Avengers movie, i'm betting that it would be as Giant-Man.

Scott Lang, on the other hand, has been Ant-Man (in the books) since a little before the 80s. it wasn't even a case of Pym passing the mantle along as part of a legacy. he simply lef the identity behind. he had been Giant-Man, Goliath, and then Yellowjacket before Scott came into the picture. Hank continued on as Yellowjacket.

i think that, in some ways, Hank being Ant-Man is significantly more important to fans of Pym than Pym himself. i guess what i'm saying is that, at this point, Ant-Man is Lang's legacy. his daughter already emulated him. he's currently leading a team as Ant-Man. he hasn't used any other supehero id. i think he's put in too much time to be considered a placeholder.

 

I will allow him to be the hero in AM2

 

Tru dat.
I really, *really* hope Pym is steered more towards Giant-Man in the MCU, since that's by far his usual association with the Avengers. I think Pym as Giant-Man, Lang as Ant-Man, and Janet as Wasp makes for a good Avenger-friendly trinity.