Age of Ultron The Avengers 2! The Official News and Speculation Thread - Upgrade section 5 - - - - - - - - - Part 18

[starkresilient]

WTF RDJ looks partially tanned

Did he spend all day shooting a scene outside wearing some weird tech on the left side of his face ?

filter + what you are seeing is a sun reflection because they are in the car

 

[TheVision]

"I'm a huge fan of the first and hopefully it can provide the same excitement, but add a little bit more darkness. It is a little harder than the first one." - E. Olsen on AOU

Sounds awesome to me! Darker/tougher means higher stakes, more Avengers drama, more emotion

 

[MauriSSio]

"I'm a huge fan of the first and hopefully it can provide the same excitement, but add a little bit more darkness. It is a little harder than the first one." - E. Olsen on AOU

Sounds awesome to me! Darker/tougher means higher stakes, more Avengers drama, more emotion

Eh, I prefer if it ends up more like avengers 1. It's light heartedness makes its replay value much much better and overall it was a fun movie.

Thor 1, Thor 2, cap 1 and cap 2 were all good to great movies but just have never gotten the same rotation any of the iron man movies or especially avengers, At least from me.

I know cap 2 was great, and not on blue ray yet (before you guys pick apart my post) but I don't expect to watch it nearly as many times as I've seen iron man 2 & 3

 

[The Endless]

Avengers does need a bit more tension though. Ultron will provide that. The Chitauri and Loki weren't threats really. They were just things to motivate the teams coming together.

Ultron will be the real test and i expect the stakes to be much higher. Plus we have the unknown quantities in Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch.

 

[TheVision]

Eh, I prefer if it ends up more like avengers 1. It's light heartedness makes its replay value much much better and overall it was a fun movie.

Thor 1, Thor 2, cap 1 and cap 2 were all good to great movies but just have never gotten the same rotation any of the iron man movies or especially avengers, At least from me.

I know cap 2 was great, and not on blue ray yet (before you guys pick apart my post) but I don't expect to watch it nearly as many times as I've seen iron man 2 & 3

Joss' two main inspirations for AOU are Empire Strikes Back and Godfather II. Thats not lighthearted stuff. I dont believe that lighthearted movies are the most rewatchable kinds. Great movies are the most rewatchable.

 

[Iceman]

Avengers does need a bit more tension though. Ultron will provide that. The Chitauri and Loki weren't threats really. They were just things to motivate the teams coming together.

Ultron will be the real test and i expect the stakes to be much higher. Plus we have the unknown quantities in Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch.

Hopefully Ultron's drones are a bit more threatening than the Chitauri and it will be good to get a totally new villain who we haven't seen before in other films.

 

[TheVision]

I love The Avengers but The Chitauri were really stupid, slave like creatures. If Ultron controls bots, theyd have to be more intelligent, like Terminators.

 

[Rorschach2012]

Joss' two main inspirations for AOU are Empire Strikes Back and Godfather II. Thats not lighthearted stuff. I dont believe that lighthearted movies are the most rewatchable kinds. Great movies are the most rewatchable.

thats so encouraging. i really think A2 has a good shot of being the definitive comic book film

 

[MahvelBaby!]

Avengers does need a bit more tension though. Ultron will provide that. The Chitauri and Loki weren't threats really. They were just things to motivate the teams coming together.

Ultron will be the real test and i expect the stakes to be much higher. Plus we have the unknown quantities in Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch.

,and vision!!!!! God I'm so excited for vision, even if he's in the movie a small amount

 

[MauriSSio]

Joss' two main inspirations for AOU are Empire Strikes Back and Godfather II. Thats not lighthearted stuff. I dont believe that lighthearted movies are the most rewatchable kinds. Great movies are the most rewatchable.

The light heartedness of avengers, iron man 1, 2 &3 are what make them so great, thus rewatchable

 

[The Ironstar]

http://www.comicbookbrainsplatter.com/2014/05/imperius-rex-namors-film-rights-are.html

While the news of the day yesterday involved director Edgar Wright exiting his long-awaited Ant-Man, it seems a very interesting tidbit slid under most people's radars. It seems that the rights to Namor, the Sub-Marniner have returned to Marvel Studios in some capacity.
While we all like to pretend we know what's going on with Marvel Studios, we continue to prove we know next to nothing. Yesterday's shocking news about Ant-Man is one example and the news that the film rights to Marvel's first anti-hero, Namor, is another.

We've all been operating under the assumption that the film rights to Namor resided at Universal Studios and that's been through no fault of our own ; Marvel Studios' President, Kevin Feige, was the one who gave us the info last year. However, he also, in a more recent interview with IGN's Jim Vejvoda, mentioned that Namor's rights may not be so cut and dried. When asked to clarify the ownership of the live-action rights to the Sub-Mariner (in addition to Elektra and the Kingpin) Feige said:

"No, Namor I think is a little complicated, the way some of them are. Elektra I think we have. I think that was part of Daredevil, and that's clean and simple. Kingpin we either have or somehow share. I'm not 100 percent clear on that one."​

I read the article at the time and filed it away. Recently, with the rumors swirling that Universal was looking to release a Namor film on November 4, 2016, the comment from Feige resurfaced in my brain. Then, yesterday The Hollywood Reporter's Borys Kit, who has a fantastic track record, tweeted the following in response to an editorial about the superhero movie genre that mentioned the Namor rumor and the live-action rights:

 

[TheVision]

The light heartedness of avengers, iron man 1, 2 &3 are what make them so great, thus rewatchable

Yes Ive watched IM 1 and 2 more than any other MCU films, and there are others (Ive actually watched The Godfather 1 and 2 more than any other films, i'm talking over 200 times) that arent considered "lighthearted" that are rewatchable as well. Thats all Im saying.

Prince Namor: if Marvel has the rights to him again, I would love to see a solo film or a guest spot in A3! Maybe a solo film would be like The Abyss meets Thor.

 

[Ghostcrow13]

The light heartedness of avengers, iron man 1, 2 &3 are what make them so great, thus rewatchable

In your opinion, in a lot of peoples opinions IM2 and 3 aren't good, let alone rewatchable. If I had to pick a MCU movie to rewatch right now it would be TWS, why cos I think it is the best.

 

[Iceman]

I love The Avengers but The Chitauri were really stupid, slave like creatures. If Ultron controls bots, theyd have to be more intelligent, like Terminators.

These films definitely need some kind of drones but they have to have to carry at least a minimum level of threat. These Chitauri guys could have been steamrollered by the army, the cops or even the neighbourhood watch.

 

[TheVision]

^^ I think the drones/army stuff is about the number of them vs how intelligent they are usually. They give the heroes a nice way to show off their skills without making it about matching wits.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

In your opinion, in a lot of peoples opinions IM2 and 3 aren't good, let alone rewatchable. If I had to pick a MCU movie to rewatch right now it would be TWS, why cos I think it is the best.

TWS really took me by surprise. I'm def not a very big Cap fan, but the feel of the movie was so unique for a CBM I couldn't help but be enamored with it.

 

[The Ironstar]

The action they've shown for DOFP Quicksilver looks great. Exciting that we'll have someone with these powers in Avengers. I think Joss was totally right in going for these 2 as new characters for the difference in their powers compared to the original 6.

The song by big Jim was great w/that scene. So many people scream when that song was played (& AWESOME scene too )
BTW: When did QS develop Flash-like powers?

 

[starkresilient]

In your opinion, in a lot of peoples opinions IM2 and 3 aren't good, let alone rewatchable. If I had to pick a MCU movie to rewatch right now it would be TWS, why cos I think it is the best.

which is also your opinion that I strongly disagree and we all have different opinions since they are subjective

 

[The Ironstar]

So....I guess there's no incestuous relationship then.

I guess y didn't see Godzilla

 

[Xeno]

I was saying this months ago. Just not here as I didn't think there'd be anyone caring to hear it.

Yeah, Wright's fans had a habit of shouting down anyone who doubted their idol or suggested that his "vision" was screwing over Avengers history. I'd prefer Pym in AOU to an Ant-Man film. His involvement should have been mandatory. Wright screwed that up. Feige is really at fault, tho.

 

[TheVision]

As long as they tie Anty in with the current MCU in a relevant/smart way, its all good. The ULTRON thing doesnt bother me, I think they can do stuff like that since its an alt take on the comics anyway. They just need to make sure Ant Man comes off really well for audiences and isnt some goofy hipster spin on him. MCU has been doing great so far, Im trusting their judgement on the Wright situation.

 

[SoNicRaDiATioN]

Yeah, but according to the rumors (latest rumors?), this isn't a Marvel Studios conflict but a Disney one. Who really knows, but that would certainly change the equation.

 

[TheVision]

^^ I def dont think Disney should be trying to control/mess up Marvels biz. But they should make it clear to all the artists what they want to do from the word go, so theres no walkouts like this. Just hire the people with a vision that fits with their plans. This is an interconnected universe and I know Wright said he wanted to make AM a very standalone film. That may or may not have something to do with it too. There has to be room to alter some things without directors quitting.

 

[Mysteryman]

Wright signed on before there was any Marvel Studios.
They had him under contract for 8 years ,
They knew what they were getting.

 

[SoNicRaDiATioN]

^^ I def dont think Disney should be trying to control/mess up Marvels biz. But they should make it clear to all the artists what they want to do from the word go, so theres no walkouts like this. Just hire the people with a vision that fits with their plans. This is an interconnected universe and I know Wright said he wanted to make AM a very standalone film. That may or may not have something to do with it too. There has to be room to alter some things without directors quitting.

Who's they, MS or Disney? Whether you agree with it or not, Marvel wanted Wright and believed in his vision for Ant-Man. Now again, according to these reports/rumors it was Disney execs. sticking their noses in it that caused this conflict with Wright. Possibly new info has come out in the last 24hrs, but this type of interference would be much more disturbing to me then whether Ant-Man is a standalone film. It's one thing if MS has a conflict because at the end of the day they know their characters better then anyone and there would still be a chance for things to work out. But if Disney has suddenly decided they are experts...

Would Whedon tweet a pic of solidarity if Wright's conflict was with Marvel? He's developed relationships with Feige and co. and they gave him the opportunity to become a superstar in Hollywood. He can pretty much write his own ticket going forward now. With Disney on the other hand.... I'm just spitballing here.