ThrowDown_Kid

I think Ms Marvel would be the most realistic prospect to land a solo movie, but only if the groundwork of introducing Carol Danvers as a SHIELD agent is laid out, like many have said. I could also see that as being an incredibly fun movie, as she is a really fun character with alot of depth and history.

I was kind of surprised to not see Jessica Drew, AKA Spider-Woman on the list. Great history, and she could easily be introduced in a Captain America sequel, leading into a redeeming style solo flick of her breaking from Hydra. Also an agent of SHIELD. Unless Sony can somehow block that, despite her lack of ties to ole' web-head.

I think they could easily spin a She Hulk Movie out of a Hulk sequel, and not bother having her as part of the Avengers later. I think it would be a solid mix of Iron Man and Hulk, lighter in content but heavy in destruction.

Wish list would be to see a Cloak & Dagger movie/ show, great concept of characters and powers, but never really utilized to their potential.

One really simple cape option I'm still surprised we don't have is some basic emblems. I know all the chest detail emblems are 2 colored, but quite a few of them would work just fine in a solid color. The many star emblems and all the letters, numbers, planetary symbols off the top of my head would be perfectly fine in a one color pick since the cape only holds 2 colors max.

Personally, I think technology just recently caught up enough to make super hero flicks not as campy/cheesy as they had been. This was best demonstrated in Spider-Man 1, X-Men 1 and Batman Begins. The first 2 leaned heavy on f/x to make the heroes believable, Batman leaned heavily on artistic direction and excellent props, something that the Burton/Shuemacher era Bat films failed to do, instead focusing on gadgets and camp. Before those 3 films nearly all superhero flicks were just bad. Blade kicked off things and those 3 capitalized, demonstrating that superhero movies were not only viable, but profitable.

There were exceptions, as always, the Superman 1 & 2 were great off the top of my head.

I think what really separates Marvel and DC flicks is what's been said over and over here, creative direction. Warner Bros just doesn't take the DC stable as seriously, when they do we get gems like the Dark Knight. Even Superman Returns was an attempt at duplicating what made the first 2 Supes flicks great, just didn't find it's footing and had some ludicrous plots points.
Marvel films compete with each other, not just other properties. The Marvel flicks that had too much Hollywood input suffered the most, namely Spider-Man 3 and X-Men 3/Wolverine. I'd say that more Marvel movies have failed than hit, but when they hit the slam it out of the park, also we've seen what triple the Marvel properties developed for film?

I think what really set the Avengers crop of flicks apart was the fact they were made with a shared universe in mind, and Marvel had direct control over plotting Brian Michael Bendis said in a recent interview with Newsarama that the films have a sort of council of comic writers, the films director and other creative personnel, all devoted to keeping the feel true, and to keep the universe linked and growing with each movie.

What I'm really eager to see, is what impact Avengers will have on DC's future plans. The market is there, as Marvel Films just demonstrated, but how can DC really up their game to compete in the film sector? I'd say creating a DC Films branch that focuses solely on taking their character seriously would be a great first step. If they could put the kind of energy into films as they do the animated universe, DC could make some truly great movies with some truly great characters.

X-Men #9 from the Jim Lee run was my first that I got to pick out and can remember reading.



Had no idea who Ghost Rider was, but I thought he was a total BAMF.

Uncanny X-Men 300 was the first one that I though of as a collectible, cause it was shiny.

As far as fun stuff on Netflix there's the animated Marvel movies which are decent, especially Hulk Vs and the Next Avengers. X-Men Evolution isn't nearly as dark as the first animated series or Wolverine & the X-Men.

A Hamill voice that made me a do a recent double take: Skips the yeti on Regular Show.

Also: Donald Phaison, from Scrubs, Jason Segel, Jaime Pressley, and Selma Blair all had bit parts in Can't Hardly Wait.

It still blows my mind that the kid from Stand By Me is both Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: TNG and Fawkes from the Guild.

And having a 2 year old that loves Yo Gabba Gabba, it took me a while to figure out Mark who does the art segment in the show is Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo. On top of that, Mark's credits for scoring TV and movies include Rugrats, Eureka's main theme, the Sims 2, Rushmore, Life Aquatic and so much more.

Also the voice of the robot character Plex from Yo Gabba Gabba! is the lead singer of the Aquabats.

I started reading them when I was about 10 and restarted at about 22, and began both times the same way: Just pick a book that looks interesting and leap in.

I began with X-Men #8 or 9, can't remember, but I know it was a crossover with Ghost Rider, and just kept reading from there. Pretty quickly you get a sense of characters going forward, and you get the joy of digging through back issues of series you start to really like to gain the history. These days it's so much easier, with TPB collections, Comixology and other digital sources. WE also have handy wiki's and fan generated data bases to fill in gaps on things you're unfamiliar with as you go.

Personally I work a good bit of the week and rarely have extra cash for monthly issues, so I use the Marvel Digital Unlimited for 10 bucks a month, unlimited reads on classic stories. If you haven't read it, it's new to you, right?

And like many others have said, don't limit yourself to just the Big Two companies or super heroes. Comics are so much more than just spandex, though I love that area most.

Most villainous and evil Marvel baddies? My picks would have to be:

Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
Red Skull
Magneto (depending on his mood)
Ultron
Thanos
Baron Von Strucker (Hail Hydra!)
Loki
Vulcan (I know he's new, but his bat$#!% insane attack on the Shi'ar, killing Banshee, Black Bolt and Corsair, and ripping Gladiator's eye out made me like him quite a bit.)
Kingpin
Fin Fang Foom

For most evil in general, though not world threatening:
Bullseye
Sabretooth
Carnage

Biggest threats to the world in Marvel:
Reed Richards
Professor X
Legion
Franklin Richards
Jean Grey (whenever she's alive)

Biggest problem in today's Marvel, is alot of those great icons of real big villainy are either dead or reformed

YAY!

Thanks Devs