(04-29-2019 03:58 PM)HornLakeTiger Wrote:  

(04-29-2019 03:18 PM)tigersroll Wrote:  

(04-29-2019 11:40 AM)HornLakeTiger Wrote:  In any of our lifetimes, I doubt if we see another saga that is stretched out over this many years, with such a large number of films, and end this perfectly.

Endgame Thor stole the show.

I tend to agree. I'm a huge Star Wars fan, and this MCU saga has eclipsed it in my opinion. Heck, even my wife , who is not a MCU or DCU movie fan, has enjoyed the writing that went into this saga. She went back and watched each movie with me over tiem to see how it all connected. By the time Infinity War came out, she was ready. Endgame was the icing on the cake.

And the thing about it...when Iron Man was released in 2008, I don't think it was really that big a deal. We were right in the middle of the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight trilogy, which had set the bar for all superhero movies up to that point. I mean, Iron Man was GOOD....but then two months later, The Dark Knight was released, and that's where all of our focus was. Iron Man was just another really good superhero movie in 2008.

I'm pretty sure not even Marvel Studios could have envisioned what they had on their hands, and what it would evolve into.

Not only that, but The Incredible Hulk came out just a month after Iron Man and kinda bombed. There wasnt another non-Iron Man movie until Thor and Captain America 3 years later.

The bankability of the non-Iron Man characters wasnt really guaranteed until the first Avengers movie came out in 2012. That's when those characters exploded at the box office.

(04-30-2019 08:17 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(04-29-2019 03:58 PM)HornLakeTiger Wrote:  

(04-29-2019 03:18 PM)tigersroll Wrote:  

(04-29-2019 11:40 AM)HornLakeTiger Wrote:  In any of our lifetimes, I doubt if we see another saga that is stretched out over this many years, with such a large number of films, and end this perfectly.

Endgame Thor stole the show.

I tend to agree. I'm a huge Star Wars fan, and this MCU saga has eclipsed it in my opinion. Heck, even my wife , who is not a MCU or DCU movie fan, has enjoyed the writing that went into this saga. She went back and watched each movie with me over tiem to see how it all connected. By the time Infinity War came out, she was ready. Endgame was the icing on the cake.

And the thing about it...when Iron Man was released in 2008, I don't think it was really that big a deal. We were right in the middle of the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight trilogy, which had set the bar for all superhero movies up to that point. I mean, Iron Man was GOOD....but then two months later, The Dark Knight was released, and that's where all of our focus was. Iron Man was just another really good superhero movie in 2008.

I'm pretty sure not even Marvel Studios could have envisioned what they had on their hands, and what it would evolve into.

Not only that, but The Incredible Hulk came out just a month after Iron Man and kinda bombed. There wasnt another non-Iron Man movie until Thor and Captain America 3 years later.

The bankability of the non-Iron Man characters wasnt really guaranteed until the first Avengers movie came out in 2012. That's when those characters exploded at the box office.

Right, and the biggest issue with the Incredible Hulk movie was the fact that it was released only five years after that God awful Ang Lee Hulk movie.

By the time Mark Ruffalo took the role in Avengers, he was the third Bruce Banner in nine years, but he completely owned it. I guess Thor Ragnarok is as close to a Hulk movie as we'll get with Ruffalo

The biggest issue with The Incredible Hulk was that it was incredibly boring. It's like 2 hours worth of Norton checking his Fitbit (The Ang Lee movie isn't good, but its at least an interesting failure and you can see what Lee wanted to do with it. The Ed Norton Hulk, and the second Thor movie, and just about all the DC movies have done this too, completely forgot that the point in the end, no matter what you're trying to say, or where you're trying to move your pieces for the overall project, is for the audience to have fun).

(04-30-2019 12:00 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  The biggest issue with The Incredible Hulk was that it was incredibly boring. It's like 2 hours worth of Norton checking his Fitbit (The Ang Lee movie isn't good, but its at least an interesting failure and you can see what Lee wanted to do with it. The Ed Norton Hulk, and the second Thor movie, and just about all the DC movies have done this too, completely forgot that the point in the end, no matter what you're trying to say, or where you're trying to move your pieces for the overall project, is for the audience to have fun).

I can agree with that. I haven't seen that one in a long time, so I doubt if it holds up very well.

(04-30-2019 09:36 AM)HornLakeTiger Wrote:  

(04-30-2019 08:17 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(04-29-2019 03:58 PM)HornLakeTiger Wrote:  

(04-29-2019 03:18 PM)tigersroll Wrote:  

(04-29-2019 11:40 AM)HornLakeTiger Wrote:  In any of our lifetimes, I doubt if we see another saga that is stretched out over this many years, with such a large number of films, and end this perfectly.

Endgame Thor stole the show.

I tend to agree. I'm a huge Star Wars fan, and this MCU saga has eclipsed it in my opinion. Heck, even my wife , who is not a MCU or DCU movie fan, has enjoyed the writing that went into this saga. She went back and watched each movie with me over tiem to see how it all connected. By the time Infinity War came out, she was ready. Endgame was the icing on the cake.

And the thing about it...when Iron Man was released in 2008, I don't think it was really that big a deal. We were right in the middle of the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight trilogy, which had set the bar for all superhero movies up to that point. I mean, Iron Man was GOOD....but then two months later, The Dark Knight was released, and that's where all of our focus was. Iron Man was just another really good superhero movie in 2008.

I'm pretty sure not even Marvel Studios could have envisioned what they had on their hands, and what it would evolve into.

Not only that, but The Incredible Hulk came out just a month after Iron Man and kinda bombed. There wasnt another non-Iron Man movie until Thor and Captain America 3 years later.

The bankability of the non-Iron Man characters wasnt really guaranteed until the first Avengers movie came out in 2012. That's when those characters exploded at the box office.

Right, and the biggest issue with the Incredible Hulk movie was the fact that it was released only five years after that God awful Ang Lee Hulk movie.

By the time Mark Ruffalo took the role in Avengers, he was the third Bruce Banner in nine years, but he completely owned it. I guess Thor Ragnarok is as close to a Hulk movie as we'll get with Ruffalo

This is my hot take, but I contend that the Hulk/Bruce Banner isnt an interesting enough character to successfully care a modern Marvel movie and Ruffalo's Hulk is probably the best use of the Hulk character in the modern MCU.....as a top flight supporting role that can be used in multiple situations.

(04-08-2019 04:17 PM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  They fight thanos in the first act of the movie and probably prevail but he reveals that the using the stones will not undo the snap when all hope seems lost ant-man escapes the quantum realm

pretty damn close

(04-30-2019 12:00 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  The biggest issue with The Incredible Hulk was that it was incredibly boring. It's like 2 hours worth of Norton checking his Fitbit (The Ang Lee movie isn't good, but its at least an interesting failure and you can see what Lee wanted to do with it. The Ed Norton Hulk, and the second Thor movie, and just about all the DC movies have done this too, completely forgot that the point in the end, no matter what you're trying to say, or where you're trying to move your pieces for the overall project, is for the audience to have fun).

Norton's Hulk was horrible.

Just rewatched it last week right before Endgame.

Norton's is boring and I do not like Liv Tyler.

They covered the jist of his story though.

Just not as well as the others.

I think he gets a solo.

Ruffalo's Hulk that is.

Take back saying Hulk will have a solo, I'd say his story gets explained in a different film, maybe even Black Widow or Black Panther 2.

(05-05-2019 04:56 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(04-30-2019 12:00 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  The biggest issue with The Incredible Hulk was that it was incredibly boring. It's like 2 hours worth of Norton checking his Fitbit (The Ang Lee movie isn't good, but its at least an interesting failure and you can see what Lee wanted to do with it. The Ed Norton Hulk, and the second Thor movie, and just about all the DC movies have done this too, completely forgot that the point in the end, no matter what you're trying to say, or where you're trying to move your pieces for the overall project, is for the audience to have fun).

Norton's Hulk was horrible.

Just rewatched it last week right before Endgame.

Norton's is boring and I do not like Liv Tyler.

They covered the jist of his story though.

Just not as well as the others.

I think he gets a solo.

Ruffalo's Hulk that is.

You could tell that Norton thought it was beneath him.

(05-07-2019 03:06 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(05-05-2019 04:56 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  

(04-30-2019 12:00 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  The biggest issue with The Incredible Hulk was that it was incredibly boring. It's like 2 hours worth of Norton checking his Fitbit (The Ang Lee movie isn't good, but its at least an interesting failure and you can see what Lee wanted to do with it. The Ed Norton Hulk, and the second Thor movie, and just about all the DC movies have done this too, completely forgot that the point in the end, no matter what you're trying to say, or where you're trying to move your pieces for the overall project, is for the audience to have fun).

Norton's Hulk was horrible.

Just rewatched it last week right before Endgame.

Norton's is boring and I do not like Liv Tyler.

They covered the jist of his story though.

Just not as well as the others.

I think he gets a solo.

Ruffalo's Hulk that is.

You could tell that Norton thought it was beneath him.

Yeah, he didn't want to become typecast.

(05-06-2019 05:34 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  Take back saying Hulk will have a solo, I'd say his story gets explained in a different film, maybe even Black Widow or Black Panther 2.

Hulk isn't compelling enough for a movie.

He just smashes.

Hell, he was essentially either useless or awol the the last three Avengers movies.

(05-08-2019 03:08 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(05-06-2019 05:34 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  Take back saying Hulk will have a solo, I'd say his story gets explained in a different film, maybe even Black Widow or Black Panther 2.

Hulk isn't compelling enough for a movie.

He just smashes.

Hell, he was essentially either useless or awol the the last three Avengers movies.

So, we don't know what happened to make him Professor Hulk and what he was doing for the five years before the Time Heist.

I am guessing this gets explained in a movie and it will take longer than 15 minutes is my point.

Maybe in Black Panther 2.

Or even in Black Widow.

It will show him being both smart and strong and kicking some a$$ at some point.

The ego is what is glaring for me.

Hulk has always wanted to shine.

Spoiler alert.

(05-09-2019 11:03 AM)New Here 101 Wrote:  Spoiler alert.

God, the 70's were awesome.

(05-08-2019 03:08 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(05-06-2019 05:34 PM)New Here 101 Wrote:  Take back saying Hulk will have a solo, I'd say his story gets explained in a different film, maybe even Black Widow or Black Panther 2.

Hulk isn't compelling enough for a movie.

He just smashes.

Hell, he was essentially either useless or awol the the last three Avengers movies.

He's too powerful so they had to nerf him.

(05-09-2019 11:03 AM)New Here 101 Wrote:  Spoiler alert.

Spider Man: Far From Home has been leaked

(05-09-2019 11:07 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(05-09-2019 11:03 AM)New Here 101 Wrote:  Spoiler alert.

God, the 70's were awesome.

You telling me Superman or Dark Knight even touches this?

I don't think so.

(05-09-2019 09:42 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

This and of course ...