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 gorgon wrote:
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As we progress each film becomes more and more connected to the last, so Winter Soldier is essentially Avengers 2.5, with a bunch of characters introduced in Age of Ultron appearing in this one. Ant-Man is also in Civil War. Spiderman in this one has no relation to the old Spidey films at all. This is a completely new Spiderman.


As a Cap fan, I would have liked to have seen this story as a proper Avengers film, and this film saved for a proper Cap-focused story. People can say that he'll be a central character in this film, but I don't see how he won't get lost in his own film given the cast of thousands. Old Avengers and new Avengers with Ant-Man...and now Spidey too! Oh yeah...and Cap.



I was pretty excited about the fake out Serpent Society Cap film. Would have preferred they leave Civil War for an Avengers film after Infinity War, but Evans and RDJ might not want to do more by then at all.
   
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Technically Norton Hulk fits in their somewhere too


1. There's no 'technically' about it. The Incredible Hulk is part of the MCU. Hell, General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross, played by William Hurt, From The Incredible Hulk, is in Civil War.
2. I included it in my list.


Weird, I read your list twice and missed it, my bad

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 gorgon wrote:
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As we progress each film becomes more and more connected to the last, so Winter Soldier is essentially Avengers 2.5, with a bunch of characters introduced in Age of Ultron appearing in this one. Ant-Man is also in Civil War. Spiderman in this one has no relation to the old Spidey films at all. This is a completely new Spiderman.


As a Cap fan, I would have liked to have seen this story as a proper Avengers film, and this film saved for a proper Cap-focused story. People can say that he'll be a central character in this film, but I don't see how he won't get lost in his own film given the cast of thousands. Old Avengers and new Avengers with Ant-Man...and now Spidey too! Oh yeah...and Cap.



I was pretty excited about the fake out Serpent Society Cap film. Would have preferred they leave Civil War for an Avengers film after Infinity War, but Evans and RDJ might not want to do more by then at all.


I think that's a big reason for doing it now. Actors aren't getting any younger and might want to be done with these films.

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I disagree with the bit slamming IM3. While certainly not the greatest film out there, it definitely has a place, and a rather important one (IMO). In the 3 IM movies, I personally dislike 2 the most. While visually appealing Whiplash isn't as important a baddie as really anyone from IM3, despite how much they botched AIM.
   
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IM3 played an important role in Stark's personal growth. But the whole movie was so disnified it was insulting.

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Out of all the ones H.B.M.C listed, I find The Incredible Hulk and the two Thor fims to be the weakest (annoyingly, Thor is probably the one with the most relevance to Avengers Assemble).

It's been a while since I watched it, but I'm not sure there's much if anything that contradicts 2003's Hulk, either - The Incredible Hulk pretty much picked up where it left off rather than outright replacing it, and I preferred the first film anyway.
   
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 AndrewGPaul wrote:
Out of all the ones H.B.M.C listed, I find The Incredible Hulk and the two Thor fims to be the weakest (annoyingly, Thor is probably the one with the most relevance to Avengers Assemble).

It's been a while since I watched it, but I'm not sure there's much if anything that contradicts 2003's Hulk, either - The Incredible Hulk pretty much picked up where it left off rather than outright replacing it, and I preferred the first film anyway.


I think the cast for that movie was amazing. The way the movie was shot was just horrendous though.

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Plus it was a HORRIBLE version of one of the coolest villains ever too (outside of Mysterio, of course!) - the Abomination!

The version of the Abomination they used in that movie was an...abomination - and not in the good way!

I'm just happy that the movie version of CIVIL WAR will mercifully be a hell of a lot shorter than the comics version!
   
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 timetowaste85 wrote:
IM3 played an important role in Stark's personal growth. But the whole movie was so disnified it was insulting.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
I disagree with the bit slamming IM3. While certainly not the greatest film out there, it definitely has a place, and a rather important one (IMO). In the 3 IM movies, I personally dislike 2 the most. While visually appealing Whiplash isn't as important a baddie as really anyone from IM3, despite how much they botched AIM.
As I said, the events in IM3 have not been referenced in any film since. The film was almost as if Shane Black wanted to make another film with RDJ, but begrudgingly had to include Marvel things to get it made.

But anyway, these do a better job of explaining what's wrong with IM3 than I ever could:






... with the exception of the Mk.42 armour. So... you have a suit of armour where every single piece has to have:

1. It's own internal power source.
2. It's own flight system.
3. It's own guidence system.

How is that at all a practical idea?


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Plus it was a HORRIBLE version of one of the coolest villains ever too (outside of Mysterio, of course!) - the Abomination!

The version of the Abomination they used in that movie was an...abomination - and not in the good way!

I'm just happy that the movie version of CIVIL WAR will mercifully be a hell of a lot shorter than the comics version!


I thought we were talking about Eric Bana's Hulk movie?

But you're right. I didn't like what they did to that character either.

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 AndrewGPaul wrote:
It's been a while since I watched it, but I'm not sure there's much if anything that contradicts 2003's Hulk, either - The Incredible Hulk pretty much picked up where it left off rather than outright replacing it, and I preferred the first film anyway.


Ang Lee's Hulk is not part of the MCU, and that's before we even get into things like the fact that Talbot dies in Ang Lee's Hung, yet he's a character that's alive and well in the MCU (and played by Adrian Pasdar, who often voices Iron Man in the cartoons).

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
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It's been a while since I watched it, but I'm not sure there's much if anything that contradicts 2003's Hulk, either - The Incredible Hulk pretty much picked up where it left off rather than outright replacing it, and I preferred the first film anyway.


Ang Lee's Hulk is not part of the MCU, and that's before we even get into things like the fact that Talbot dies in Ang Lee's Hung, yet he's a character that's alive and well in the MCU (and played by Adrian Pasdar, who often voices Iron Man in the cartoons).


To clarify- this is the current version of Talbot (Adrian Pasdar)

who looks pretty close to the comics




This is the guy (Josh Lucas) used in Ang Lee's crappy 2003 movie.

who looks absolutely nothing like the comics

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No, but he does look like the perfect douche bag. So they got that right at least.

And we can't exactly use the comic representation as a must hold to...


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 djones520 wrote:
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Plus it was a HORRIBLE version of one of the coolest villains ever too (outside of Mysterio, of course!) - the Abomination!

The version of the Abomination they used in that movie was an...abomination - and not in the good way!

I'm just happy that the movie version of CIVIL WAR will mercifully be a hell of a lot shorter than the comics version!


I thought we were talking about Eric Bana's Hulk movie?

But you're right. I didn't like what they did to that character either.


Er..you probably were - sorry!

(I'm still upset over how bad their version of the Abomination was - even with the cool tie-in to the Super Solider program in his origin!)
   
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Out of all the ones H.B.M.C listed, I find The Incredible Hulk and the two Thor fims to be the weakest (annoyingly, Thor is probably the one with the most relevance to Avengers Assemble).

It's been a while since I watched it, but I'm not sure there's much if anything that contradicts 2003's Hulk, either - The Incredible Hulk pretty much picked up where it left off rather than outright replacing it, and I preferred the first film anyway.


So far, for me Guardians of the Galaxy and Cap A 1 were the weakest of the new crop of Marvel films- with Guardians still a long way ahead of Cap A 1 which is really poor - so different to the fantastic sequel.

... with the exception of the Mk.42 armour. So... you have a suit of armour where every single piece has to have:

1. It's own internal power source.
2. It's own flight system.
3. It's own guidance system.

How is that at all a practical idea?


Er Tony does not care about practicality - If he is having fun - then the world is good to go - he builds Iron man suits cos he enjoys it.

I liked a lot of IM3 but it was the weakest of the series imo.

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Ang Lee's Hulk is not part of the MCU, and that's before we even get into things like the fact that Talbot dies in Ang Lee's Hung, yet he's a character that's alive and well in the MCU (and played by Adrian Pasdar, who often voices Iron Man in the cartoons).


I never said it was "officially" part of the continuity; just that there wasn't anything to prevent it (other than a fact I'd forgotten, clearly, so let's leave it at that ). It's still better than the one with Edward Norton in, though.

I'm not convinced about a resemblance between Adrian Pasdar and that comic panel, though.

Iron Man 3 introduced Tony Stark's PTSD from Avengers, which carried through into Avengers 2 (and CA3, by the looks of things, too). And kicked off Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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No, but he does look like the perfect douche bag. So they got that right at least.

And we can't exactly use the comic representation as a must hold to...




Sure we can- Samuel Jackson is portraying the Ultimate-verse Nick Fury.

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
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It's been a while since I watched it, but I'm not sure there's much if anything that contradicts 2003's Hulk, either - The Incredible Hulk pretty much picked up where it left off rather than outright replacing it, and I preferred the first film anyway.


Ang Lee's Hulk is not part of the MCU, and that's before we even get into things like the fact that Talbot dies in Ang Lee's Hung, yet he's a character that's alive and well in the MCU (and played by Adrian Pasdar, who often voices Iron Man in the cartoons).


Yeah, but to be fair, it clearly wasn't a full reboot in the same way that Spidey keeps getting rebooted. The word "requel" was even thrown around at the time. Hulk isn't a unique case, though. Was Batman Forever a sequel to Batman Returns? I dunno...Alfred stayed the same, but everyone and everything else changed. *shrug*

Studios like sequels because there's guaranteed audience and they probably require less marketing. So if they can do a creative refresh but still position a film as a sorta-sequel, it's a win-win for them.

Just look at the Ghostbusters trailers. "Thirty years ago stuff happened"...which has no bearing on the events of this movie, but if you think it does and buy a ticket, they're okay with that.

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
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IM3 played an important role in Stark's personal growth. But the whole movie was so disnified it was insulting.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:
I disagree with the bit slamming IM3. While certainly not the greatest film out there, it definitely has a place, and a rather important one (IMO). In the 3 IM movies, I personally dislike 2 the most. While visually appealing Whiplash isn't as important a baddie as really anyone from IM3, despite how much they botched AIM.
As I said, the events in IM3 have not been referenced in any film since. The film was almost as if Shane Black wanted to make another film with RDJ, but begrudgingly had to include Marvel things to get it made.

... with the exception of the Mk.42 armour. So... you have a suit of armour where every single piece has to have:

1. It's own internal power source.
2. It's own flight system.
3. It's own guidence system.

How is that at all a practical idea?




You are correct on the suit issue.... but I think the bigger "issue" or theme of IM3 is not Mandarin (who, like everyone else, I think they botched, unless they botched him on purpose to reveal that he is the real Mandarin because of "Hail to the King" short and he will reappear in a later MCU film?) or even the portrayal of AIM.

I think the thing that IM3 is really good for, despite not being mentioned, is that Tony clearly has PTSD. It's a relevant issue in today's world, and he is trying to deal with it as any playboy billionaire philanthropist would: he builds more and more suits. The movie is about how he deals with PTSD, how it is ultimately ineffectual to treat it on his own the way he did, etc. I personally am OK with glossing over the terrible Mandarin schtick that shouldn't be schtick, and can gloss over AIM as well.



-As for the others, I agree that Ed Norton's Hulk character was better than the Eric Bana version, I am just glad we haven't had a Mark Ruffalo "origin" movie... It's almost as if MCU has realized from Sony's crap that people by now know the Hulk's origin story, you don't need to refilm it despite having a new actor. I think that Ruffalo does excellent as Hulk, but Ed Norton made a better Banner/Hulk combo. I'm sorry, but Ruffalo doesn't really look very scientist-like to me.
   
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I'm sorry, but Ruffalo doesn't really look very scientist-like to me.


OK, I'll ask - what does a scientist look like?
   
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I'm sorry, but Ruffalo doesn't really look very scientist-like to me.


OK, I'll ask - what does a scientist look like?


Less muscley?? Lol, I think for me personally, there isn't a defined look, just that Ruffalo, even holding a pair of glasses doesn't look it
   
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I'm sorry, but Ruffalo doesn't really look very scientist-like to me.


OK, I'll ask - what does a scientist look like?


Less muscley?? Lol, I think for me personally, there isn't a defined look, just that Ruffalo, even holding a pair of glasses doesn't look it


You've obviously never hung out with scientists who do fieldwork

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Ang Lee's Hulk is not part of the MCU, and that's before we even get into things like the fact that Talbot dies in Ang Lee's Hung, yet he's a character that's alive and well in the MCU (and played by Adrian Pasdar, who often voices Iron Man in the cartoons).


I never said it was "officially" part of the continuity; just that there wasn't anything to prevent it (other than a fact I'd forgotten, clearly, so let's leave it at that ). It's still better than the one with Edward Norton in, though.

I'm not convinced about a resemblance between Adrian Pasdar and that comic panel, though.

Iron Man 3 introduced Tony Stark's PTSD from Avengers, which carried through into Avengers 2 (and CA3, by the looks of things, too). And kicked off Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.


Oh God, Ang Lee's Hulk movie (the first one with Bana) was the second worst (at the time) marvel movie, being better than only Elektra. Even Daredevil, Ghost Rider, and the first FF movie (which I actually LIKED) were better. The Edward Norton version was a thousand times better. And I think the movie version of Abomination was far superior to every cartoon version ever, where he's always a dumb henchman and nothing more. This at least made him a credible threat. Did we even watch the same versions of these movies?!

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It's still better than the one with Edward Norton in, though.


Said no one else. Ever.

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Iron Man 3 introduced Tony Stark's PTSD from Avengers, which carried through into Avengers 2 (and CA3, by the looks of things, too). And kicked off Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.


1. PTSD, never brought up again.
2. Avengers kicked off AoS, not IM3.

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One could argue that IM3 was directly into Tony's motivations for Age of Ultron.

But yeah, there's no relationship to SHIELD that I can think of.

But yeah, overall I'd agree that IM3 is skippable if you just wanted to watch the essentials. As is Incredible Hulk.

The others either all set up majors pro/antagonists or deal with an infinity stone.

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The first couple of episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had them chasing up leftover bits of Extremis research, IIRC. Not surprising, since Iron Man 3 was the last Marvel film to come out before AoS began.

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The first couple of episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had them chasing up leftover bits of Extremis research, IIRC. Not surprising, since Iron Man 3 was the last Marvel film to come out before AoS began.


Partially. Iirc it was a mixture of extremis, super solider knock off, and gamma stuff. Kind of a whole Avengers in a bottle thing.

 
   
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It's still better than the one with Edward Norton in, though.


Said no one else. Ever.


I'll say it. Hulk had its problems, and Lee tried too hard to elevate the material. He's since admitted that he should have cut back on all the psychological stuff. But at least he tried.

On the other hand, The Incredible Hulk was typical of Marvel's worse efforts -- polished, professional, by-the-numbers, bland and soulless.

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A lot of The Incredible Hulk's failings were down to Edward Norton's interfering with the movie in production. Which is part of why Marvel got rid of him.

Ang Lee's Hulk just plain sucked.

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