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Black Widow has received more screen time than most X-Men not named Wolverine but very little in the way of actual character development. Can we not have X-Men with more screen time and actual character development?
Uh, yeah, you should. Why is that even a question? After all of your complaining about the short changing of characters, and out of all of the characters in the MCU you could have picked, you chose Black Widow, as though thats the ideal? Cyclops should be on par with Captain America and Storm should be unlike anything the MCU has seen, not Black hide the zucchini Widow. Do better.
lmfaoI'm not sure what the going rate for the newer cast members of the MCU now (post Avengers 1 where the likes of Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo were infamously underpaid) but I'm not sure Feige and the higher-ups would want to pay JLaw's $20 Mil pay cheque.
It's not really a big loss, imo (I know that's not a big secret coming from me lol).
I can see James Marsden being recast. Perhaps McAvoy. Not sure why I picked these two though.
I'm not sure what the going rate for the newer cast members of the MCU now (post Avengers 1 where the likes of Chris Evans and Mark Ruffalo were infamously underpaid) but I'm not sure Feige and the higher-ups would want to pay JLaw's $20 Mil pay cheque.
It's not really a big loss, imo (I know that's not a big secret coming from me lol).
I can see James Marsden being recast. Perhaps McAvoy. Not sure why I picked these two though.
Sorry if my post seems a little bit harsh.
I respect all opinions
But i really think that if you think that Homecoming had the essence of Spiderman, then you cannot talking about Spidey by Lee/Ditko, Conway, deMatteis etc.. but you like only the Spiderman by Feige.
Cause they are totally different Peter Parker in his interior essence, there is nothing that resemble Peter in Homecomig.
And i'm not tallking about May's age or similiar thing. But about what define who Peter is. That is completely missing in homecoming.
So, if you look for the same thing for X-Men, we'are looking for very different mutant essence.
Yes you can.
Ive been reading comics since early 1970s, and specifically Spider-man, Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four for early 1980s to 1990 Inwas real close to.
You dont care for the MCU takes? Cool! Your opinion bro.
But dont say you cant be talking about... because YES they can be.
You are not repeating someones opinion when you try to correct them when they tell you straight up they can see the essence of the character, especially multiple people. Whats more, you are not convincing anyone either. You have your opinion and thats cool, but dont tell others because you cant see the essence of the character that they are not, just agree to disagree and leave it.
Only RDJ, Ruffalo and Bettany lol?About casting:
i thing X-Men saga has the greatest cast ever in cinecomics (with DK saga)
Fassbender, McAvoy, Lawrence are big A-list while in mcu you can find only Tony Stark Jr. (maybe Ruffallo and of course Bettany, but he is a supporter).
The young ones are promising.
And we don't have very bad actors such the Olsen.
So, what defines Peter for you?
Only RDJ, Ruffalo and Bettany lol?
What about Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Anthony Hopkins, Lupita Nyongo, Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Natalie Portman, Zoe Saldana etc. All A Listers who are great actors. I love the cast of X-Men but dont be delusional.
OK, Ill share quick thoughts and some example issues I personally love.
Peter Parker was a smart kid who got his powers and although at first he tried to cash in (as any kid would), he learned the hard way that with great power comes great responsibility. He learned when he didnt try to do the right thing, bad things happen.
So now he tries to fight the good fight, although he still sometimes screws up.
He has the same problems a lot of us have but compounded in some ways, because he is Spider-man so when he wants to hang out with his girl friend or even his friends, he may have to bail. So even those close to him sometimes consider him flakey, but hes not flakey, hes out being Spider-man, usually saving them.
Sometimes there are times where he has had horrible tragedy. He has lost several people close to him over the years. This does wear on him so the older he got, the heavier the burden would be on him. That said, although he has experienced darkness, he is not a dark character and he has a code.
He cares about his family and friends tremendously, so from a villains standpoint they are his weakness if they ever find out who he is.
There are several Spidey comics that I feel one can read that are classic Spider-man, that really nail the character core, but there are 4 that I love that are not necessarily ones I hear mentioned a lot, but personally mean a lot to me...
The Amazing Spider-Man King-size Annual #3 from 1966, its when he first tried to join the Avengers but by the end changes his mind. Its his first fight with the Hulk.
"The Scorpion takes a bride! (But not the way you think!)"Amazing Spider-Man annual #18
The Commuter Cometh Amazing Spider-Man #267
"The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" is a Spider-Man story written by Roger Stern, a backup story in The Amazing Spider-Man #248. (I really love this story)
I could list more, but those are four that made a big impact on me while reading, but at the same time, they were not the only ones.
Perfetc, "The Kid who..." is a classic.
I will add the masterpieces by deMatteis (Last Kraven Hunt and all the stories draw by Buscema), the 2 parter death of Gwen by Conway and also a story much less dramatic like the one against Juggernaut /i think by Stern)
The great power/great responsability thing is totally missed in homecoming. All Parker do in that movie is try to made good thing at Stark's eyes.
When you said about his family, you are right, but it is another thing totally missed in the movie: Parker didn't realize the effect of his uncovered identity, he doesn't really care his friend find out, and he has never really worried about it (in the end of movie....spoiler...also may find out it)
I dont think it was absent at all, the whole thing with the Vulture was a prime example. All he had to do was go to the dance, be with his friends, be with the girl he likes, stay out of this crazy mans way and he had zero hesitation still tracking Vulture (and actually saves his life) after a very serious and real threat. He didnt go after Vulture for Stark, he went after Vulture because it was the right thing to do. And yeah he looked up to Stark because he idolized him, but he wanted to join the Avengers because for awhile he thought he could be part of something bigger and do more, but by the end of the story, he realizes its being a friendly neighborhood Spider-man can make a big difference.
You are right about Kravens Last Hunt, it was a great Spider-man story and such a great character piece of Kraven.
Well, at least we agree about deMatteis (but also about the other stories)![]()
Any chance Jessica C could be Deathbird? Or is it for sure shes a Skrull?
Only RDJ, Ruffalo and Bettany lol?
What about Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Anthony Hopkins, Lupita Nyongo, Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Natalie Portman, Zoe Saldana etc. All A Listers who are great actors. I love the cast of X-Men but dont be delusional.
Why are we even entertaining him. He called Russo, Jenkins, Whedon "hacks" and claimed that Apocalypse is the third best CBM villain of all time? If that's not poor taste, then...
Perfetc, "The Kid who..." is a classic.
I will add the masterpieces by deMatteis (Last Kraven Hunt and all the stories draw by Buscema), the 2 parter death of Gwen by Conway and also a story much less dramatic like the one against Juggernaut /i think by Stern)
The great power/great responsability thing is totally missed in homecoming. All Parker do in that movie is try to made good thing at Stark's eyes.
When you said about his family, you are right, but it is another thing totally missed in the movie: Parker didn't realize the effect of his uncovered identity, he doesn't really care his friend find out, and he has never really worried about it (in the end of movie....spoiler...also may find out it)
Only RDJ, Ruffalo and Bettany lol?
What about Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Anthony Hopkins, Lupita Nyongo, Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Natalie Portman, Zoe Saldana etc. All A Listers who are great actors. I love the cast of X-Men but dont be delusional.