I doubt he even watched them.
Let's be real: Ant-Man only happened because of Edgar Wright. Had he not come to them and developed the earlier version of that movie, Ant-Man never gets a solo film and ends up at best a supporting character somewhere else.
I'm not sure about that they seemed to be going for the Avengers version 1.0. Only Ant-Man and the Wasp were tied up in a pre MCU deal. With Scarlett Witch's rights in limbo due to the X-Men rights being sold they had to dig a bit deeper to get a first female Avenger to add with Captain America and Hawkeye.
Oh I agree. That's why I said on the previous page had he never been attached, I don't think there would have been an Ant-Man movie in the first place. At best, he would have been in a similar situation as Black Widow or Hawkeye where maybe he gets a movie/show but it's much further down the line.
So for a classic reference Ant-Man and The Wasp would have been like the Professor and Mary Ann 0on Gilligan's Island "the rest". I guess you could say that is what Black Widow and Hawkeye were.
Not sure what you are trying to get at, but I'm not saying it's a good thing. Im just saying that was probably the likelyhood given the reality of the situation with the people involved (like Ike). The reason why Iron Man was the first movie out of the gate was because Marvel ran kid focus groups i to see which characters would be the most appealing to play with as a toy and Iron Man was the number 1 pick (with Hulk as the runner up).
Plus how could you lose with Downy Jr. at the helm?
He was perfect.
Just goes to show you, that some folks at Marvel and Disney are still PC as hell.
Are you saying that Marvel is too "woke" in this post?
I've seen hints of it in some of their output, but thankfully none of its been extremely pervasive as of yet.
Please elaborate. Are you agreeing with a guy that says Marvel Studios should have made movies about white dudes instead of 2 movies that grossed a billion dollars?
No, but I am saying I wouldn't want a movie where the whole cast is of one ethnicity, gender, or attitude...especially if they think they're entitled to everything because of it.
Would you be saying the same thing if the entire principal cast was white? What entitles a cast and crew to be entirely comprised of white people?
Kinda weird that's your key takeaway from this article.
No one deserves to have an entitlement mindset, regardless of their skin tone, cultural background, or anything else. But the fact remains that most people in the USA are white, and the majority of movies made by Hollywood reflect that.
And most of the movies made are geared toward white people. So why whine about the very small minority of them that are not? How many 200 million dollar blockbusters are made with a female or black audience in mind? Significantly less than white dudes.
Hey, I'm happy "Black Panther" made money - $1.349 billion on a $200 million budget. That's quite an accomplishment. But it could've very easily gone the other way, if the writers had made most of the characters into racist or PC stereotypes...and I'm glad they didn't.
I’m beginning to wonder if they’ll reboot all of the Avengers. That way, the post Secret Wars MCU starts with new versions of the Avengers and the X-Men. The big question then would be what happens with Spider-Man?
Tony's arrogance, at least in the first film, was due to his wealth and his mistaken belief that he was untouchable. Being kidnapped and severely wounded by the Ten Rings proved him wrong on both counts, and started him on the path to change his ways.
I really hope they leave Cap and Tony alone - Downey and Evans perfectly embodied both. Its like hiring someone besides Mark Hamill for Luke Skywalker - people won't accept it.
