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The Avengers (2012) *spoilers from post 1181*

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  • #1892
    Meesared
    Registered Users Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Meesared


    S. De Sousa wrote: »
    I'd question the wisdom of Fox making a shared universe based in the 60s/70s.
    Theres a split timeline in the new Xmen movie, so the joint continuity, probably doesn't come into it until the "present day" timeline in the new movie.


  • #1893
    Thwip!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,234 ✭✭✭Thwip!


    Could be something as easy as Reed meeting Xavier when he's speaking at Reed's college, befriending him, seeing the Academy and that then inspiring him to go further in his own field leading to the accident


  • #1894
    missingtime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    http://io9.com/5975380/shield-will-be-a-sequelnot-a-prequelto-the-avengers?utm_source=kotaku.com&utm_medium=recirculation&utm_campaign=recirculation
    Ever since we found out that Clark Gregg would be reprising his role as Agent Phil Coulson in the S.H.I.E.L.D. television series, we've been wondering if Coulson did indeed survived the events of The Avengers or if the television series would function as a prequel to the films. But ABC president Paul Lee has revealed that the series is set after The Avengers. Coulson lives!
    Talking to IGN, Lee had this to say about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s relationship to the other Marvel films:

    There is no question that it is part of the Marvel Universe. In fact, the story takes place after the battle for New York.

    Nick Fury, you sly, manipulative bastard.

    The challenge, Lee continued, will be balancing the distinct TV series with the universe already created within the films:

    This is S.H.I.E.L.D. They're following their own particular stories. There are characters in it, Coulson, who clearly come from Avengers. So it's part of the world, but we're going to be very, very careful that we don't tread on the toes of the features and build a whole new world. And that's what Joss Whedon does better than anybody else. He's built a world for us.


  • #1895
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    Apparently Marvel tried to get the rights for Galactus and Silver Surfer off Fox in exchange for letting them keep Daredevil. Would have made sense for Marvel what with the direction Avengers is going in, I dont think Fox accepted though.

    On the plus side Daredevil is back at Marvel now, although I did like the sound of what Joe Carnahan wanted to do with the character at Fox (70's style/set thriller basically).

    Carnahan would be a great choice for doing a DD movie, I don't hate the Affleck one though, its got some huge flaws but there's some great scenes in it, especially the directors cut which gets rid of that godawful fireside love scene and puts in some pretty dark stuff. There aren't many superhero movies that begin with the hero at deaths door after having the sh1te kicked out of him. And you dont see Batman having visions of dead people he didnt save crawling across his bathroom floor.


  • #1896
    Evilsbane
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭Evilsbane


    S. De Sousa wrote: »
    I'd question the wisdom of Fox making a shared universe based in the 60s/70s.

    It'd actually make the most sense. Hell's Kitchen was only the dive that the comics make it out to be back in the 70s or possibly earlier. Apparently nowadays it's a very affluent area. And the Fantastic Four were astronauts; it'd make more sense to be active during the period when it was actually a new frontier (in fact, since I've always felt the Marvel universe is too New York-centric, I've thought about how interesting it would be to rewrite the FF as Russian cosmonauts, but that's just me). Finally, the X-Men make the most sense as an analog to the Civil Rights movement, which was in the 60s and 70s. All in all, a 60s/70s setting for all of the Fox properties would've made a hell of a lot of sense.


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  • #1897
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,463 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    Not sure if this was posted already but heres a brilliant Honest Trailer for The Avengers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDajL441mZc


  • #1898
    senordingdong
    Registered Users Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    In fairness, that's more about comedy than actual fault dissection.


  • #1899
    Zero-Cool
    Registered Users Posts: 29,463 ✭✭✭✭Zero-Cool


    senordingdong wrote: »
    In fairness, that's more about comedy than actual fault dissection.

    Yeah, by brilliant, I meant funny :)


  • #1900
    Fingleberries
    Registered Users Posts: 3,383 ✭✭✭Fingleberries


    Nervous Wreck wrote: »
    However, I really hope Sony reboot Fantastic Four soon so there's no hope of that s*** team of s***s being reverted back to Marvel and squeezed into The Avengers' film universe...

    Although it could get interesting if they did mix the current Fantastic Four team into the Avengers universe - especially since Chris Evans plays both Captain America and Johnny Storm / Human Torch :)

    That'd be the only decent thing about the current Fantastic Four team moving back to the Avengers universe. For an ensemble piece it was absolutely dreadful compared to Avengers - Joss Whedon got the balance just right between action, comedy, individual characters and an Avengers "team". A really excellent movie.


  • #1901
    Sarxos
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭Sarxos


    Fingleberries wrote: »
    Although it could get interesting if they did mix the current Fantastic Four team into the Avengers universe - especially since Chris Evans plays both Captain America and Johnny Storm / Human Torch :)

    That'd be the only decent thing about the current Fantastic Four team moving back to the Avengers universe. For an ensemble piece it was absolutely dreadful compared to Avengers - Joss Whedon got the balance just right between action, comedy, individual characters and an Avengers "team". A really excellent movie.

    Chronicle director Josh Trank is rebooting The Fantastic Four for 20th Century Fox. The film has a March 6th, 2015 release date pencilled in.


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  • #1902
    Kess73
    Registered Users Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Evilsbane wrote: »
    It'd actually make the most sense. Hell's Kitchen was only the dive that the comics make it out to be back in the 70s or possibly earlier. Apparently nowadays it's a very affluent area. And the Fantastic Four were astronauts; it'd make more sense to be active during the period when it was actually a new frontier (in fact, since I've always felt the Marvel universe is too New York-centric, I've thought about how interesting it would be to rewrite the FF as Russian cosmonauts, but that's just me). Finally, the X-Men make the most sense as an analog to the Civil Rights movement, which was in the 60s and 70s. All in all, a 60s/70s setting for all of the Fox properties would've made a hell of a lot of sense.




    That was actually done in the What If series that Marvel put out.


  • #1903
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users Posts: 28,392 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Kess73 wrote: »
    That was actually done in the What If series that Marvel put out.

    Plus I think it would draw too many comparisons to Red Son.


  • #1904
    Kess73
    Registered Users Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Turtyturd wrote: »
    Plus I think it would draw too many comparisons to Red Son.


    It would, just as the comic version did.


  • #1905
    Nervous Wreck
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,115 ✭✭✭✭Nervous Wreck


    Anything coming up against Red Son is gonna fall flat.


  • #1906
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users Posts: 28,392 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Kess73 wrote: »
    It would, just as the comic version did.

    Ah I thought it was part of the early 90's 'What if?' heyday, didn't realise it was post Red Son. Although when I went to Google it one of the suggestions was 'What if the Fantastic Four were bananas?'....which actually occurred in 1982. Now there's a unique approach.


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