@therealsilvermane

War Machine already is an Avenger. What're you talking about? He's been on the roster since the end of Age of Ultron. Let me re-edit my Vision statement, what I mean is Shuri almost succeeded in removing the Mind Stone from Vision without killing him. Before she exited the process with Vision when they got invaded, she saved something before shutting down. This may be key to reviving Vision. Either way, Vision is coming back. I've seen the interviews and more recently the Endgame press tours. Brie Larson is awesome and holds her own with the OG Avengers and sometimes even outshines them. Brie Larson rules, imo. I'm basing my predictions based on upcoming MCU projects, strong rumors, legal issues such as other companies like Sony owning the movie rights to Spider-Man and all his supporting characters, and educated guesses based on what's happened in the comics (such as the friendship between Carol and Rhodes) and logical directions based on MCU storylines now.

James Rhodes will stick around. The MCU is hard up enough for African American super-heroes. War Machine sticks around and will get the chance to shine outside Tony Stark's shadow. Vision is a robot. They almost brought him back in Infinity War if Wanda had done her job and protected Shuri as she worked on Vision. Plus, Vision and Wanda have a TV show coming and Paul Bettany doesn't command a big paycheck. Vision will be back. We've had this back and forth on Brie Larson. You don't like her, but a lot of fans do, including myself. She will lead the Avengers going forward, especially since SHIELD will return and have more of a role in Earth's defense again. Nick Fury and SHIELD will be back after Endgame. That's like a confirmed rumor. Spider-Man won't lead anything. He's an honorary Avenger, but he's always worked best alone. He's a kid who needs to finish college, help Aunt May with the bills, and tend to his relationship with MJ. Plus, he's a SONY character, Disney can't make money off him, so MCU will only let Spider-Man be so involved in limited things out of legal necessity.

You're all wrong! I think! Here's how I think it'll go down after Endgame... If the OG Avengers are indeed done, then the new Big Three (so to speak) will be Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, and Black Panther. However... I don't think Doctor Strange and Black Panther will necessarily be on the Avengers regular roster. I think they'll show up for the big events like the next Avengers movie, along with Spider-Man, but they have their own stuff to worry about. I think the regular roster Avengers will be Carol Danvers as team leader, Ant-Man and the Wasp, maybe Vision and Wanda, and James Rhodes. Like the comics, Carol and Rhodey will develop a strong bond, due to their Air Force history, that replaces the bond of Tony and Rhodey. I also think because of Carol, that Nick Fury and SHIELD will be more involved. The Captain Marvel movies may serve as the Captain America movies did, as mini-Avengers movies that set up for the next Avengers movies. I'd love to see Carol Danvers and Peter Parker in a movie together. The new source of tech and advancement will be Wakanda's Vibranium and Shuri, and maybe a little Kree tech from Captain Marvel. I wouldn't be surprised if the Avengers set up a base in Earth's orbit using a combo of Wakanda and Kree (from Carol) tech. The Quantum Realm and the legacy of the Celestials will be the new explanation for power sources, as the Infinity Stones will be put to rest after Endgame, but will still come up now and then, perhaps with Adam Warlock in GOTG3. Angelina Jolie's Sersi will eventually join the Avengers, too. That's my theory anyway.

Here are images of the original pages of Carol Danvers' first appearance from Marvel Super Heroes #13, the holy grail for collecting this character. I think the movie captured the spirit of these early stories, with the military base setting and Mar Vell's role as a Kree spy in the movie.

Went to see Captain Marvel, with family who hadn’t seen it, early Saturday evening. When we got to AMC theater both evening shows in the small recliner seat rooms had sold out. I didn’t bother reserving as I didn’t think they’d sell out. Went to another theater with more seating and still had to break up our party of six and sit different places. People are still definitely going to theaters to see this movie, perhaps in anticipation of Endgame. Either way, one niece liked it, the other niece who digs these types of movies loved it.

The Russo Brothers really are the best thing to happen to Captain America, they did him justice in their movies. Up until Winter Soldier, Steve Rogers was kind of a bore or a straight man to Tony Stark (you could tell Joss Whedon preferred Stark). So. it's no surprise they want fans to focus on their films, as it seems the story they're really telling is the journey of Steve Rogers.

Yeah, it's hard to see a $230 million budget in ASM, but I believe the entire city of New York was either a set or CGI, and the lizard and Oscorp effects were pretty extensive, I believe they actually filmed it in 3D (as opposed to post process), and there were a lot of big names in the movie, so I guess one can see where the budget went. I remember when this movie came out, it was about 50/50 on people liking it and I'd get into pretty spirited debates about its merits. To each their own.

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As I said before, my general excitement for Captain Marvel stems from my being a fan and, yes, because I'm an investor. But my active defense for the movie against detractors and trolls is because I genuinely believe Captain Marvel is a remarkable movie. 15 years ago I passionately defended Ang Lee's Hulk on sites like Aint It Cool News and other places because a lot of people hated it and I felt it was being grossly misunderstood and underestimated (Ang Lee, after all, has won two Oscars for Best Director). It was the same with Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man. I'm a film guy. I happen to make films and also watch them with a passion. I've also been a comics guy all my life. When a comic book movie comes along that I'm really passionate about, I'll defend the heck out of it and stand up for it. Captain Marvel is my favorite MCU movie. To me, it's one of the most unique of the MCU movies to come out. That's why I've been actively defending it and praising it here.

We're all next level collectors here, right? Aren't we all rooting for a character's movie to do well if we have CGC slabs of that character's comics? I'm just being honest. My presence here in general is because I happen to have CGC slabs of Carol Danvers books as well others. But as I've said, I've been shilling for and standing up for Captain Marvel because I think it's a good movie and also because there's been a little extra amount of trolling on this movie, as you probably know. But honestly, I genuinely love the Captain Marvel movie and I genuinely enjoy standing up for it. Strangely, I hadn't been really excited about the MCU until I saw GOTG Vol 2. This is coincidentally when Kevin Feige took the corporate reigns off the filmmakers and allowed them to do more of their own thing. Thus we got GOTG2, Ragnarok, Black Panther, Infinity War, and Captain Marvel. They've all had a little more creative filmmaking touch that, to me, wasn't there in earlier films. As someone who enjoys more eclectic films as well as mainstream, I've appreciated what Marvel Studios has been doing: allowing independent film visions to start to give more individual takes on these MCU films.

I went out my way to edit my post just for your clarification. And I'm just a big fan standing up for a good movie and one of my heroes. And yeah, my investment, too.

I can tell you because I do have Carol Danvers slabs, the movie's box office success and the fact that I loved the movie on first viewing has made me that much more excited about it. I have a pricey CGC slab of the 1st app of Wasp, so I was hoping for the best for that movie. I didn't like Ant-Man and the Wasp, couldn't defend it against detractors, and didn't try. I love Captain Marvel so I defend it, and have posted multiple times in the last few weeks here why I think the movie is good. But I didn't attack or try to belittle folks who didn't agree with me. But when somebody, and I don't care how much senority you got, comes on the Captain Marvel movie forum here and uses words like "AWFUL" and says they'll root for the villain against CM in Endgame and end the comment with a haha emoji, that's trolling. And I simply called it out for what it is. Your comment wasn't constructive at all and needlessly insulting to the character. I've had enough online throwdowns with Captain Marvel trolls to know what trolling is. You have every right to troll, obviously, just like I have every right to call it out.

I would hope the majority of the people in these forums are intelligent enough and adult enough to not dismiss somebody's comments as weightless just because they haven't been around here as long as you have.

On the contrary, gregbrady, bring it, I love a good forum fight

It will still end up profitable and will still get a sequel. The movie seems to have a lot of goodwill, and DC can't afford another failure. Yes, you can chalk up Shazam's limited box office to idiotic release timing on WB's part. I think they tried to time it with Marvel's Captain Marvel(perhaps to piggy back off the news stories about their connections) and it backfired. As I said, the film won't lose money and there will be a sequel.

My reference to Ang Lee's Hulk was to point out at that regardless if a movie benefits the value of my CGC slab collection (like Captain Marvel) or it doesn't (like Ang Lee's Hulk), I'll still praise the movie here or anywhere else. Recently in this forum, a few of us had a back and forth on the positive aspects of Ang Lee's forgotten superhero movie. That's why I referenced it. Now, I take it from the tone of your voice, that like a lot of people with conventional thinking, you must think Ang Lee's Hulk to be an inferior film, and therefore my love of that film must mean my film standards must be inferior, which then might explain why I love Captain Marvel so much. Got it. FYI, whether you give a s**t or not, my American film tastes run from MCU movies to Martin Scorsese and Jim Jarmusch to Alfred Hitchcock and John Cassavetes films, and yes, even the films of Ang Lee. In fact, I daresay I've probably forgotten more on the subject of film history, film theory, and filmmaking then you ever will, Jack. So sure, you can assume you know everything and that I don't, but your blunt comment tells me everything I need to know about you now.

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And I'm particularly proud of this one I got signed by Gerry Conway a couple years ago. A particularly humble guy who took no credit for the movie's inspiration but gave it all to Kelly Sue Deconnick.

This is one of my prized Carol Danvers possessions. I love how the movie stuck to the source in many respects. This cover could be a poster for the movie.

Oh okay, I guess that’s referring to my admission that I have slabbed copies of Carol Danvers books? So what? It’s why we’re all here, right? Yeah, I admit my investment in the character has increased my excitement for the movie post-success, but no way does it affect whether I think it’s a good movie or not. In previous posts, I laid out with specific reasons why I think Captain Marvel is an awesome movie. If I thought the movie sucked, believe me I’d be in a corner moping. But I love the movie and it’s a success. It makes me proud of my collection and I don’t mind admitting that. I’ve also got slabs of Black Panther and other MCU character key issues, but I love Captain Marvel as much as I love Ang Lee’s Hulk. Just because I’m chatting up this forum about that doesn’t mean I or anyone else deserves a punch in the face. We’re all here because we’re investors in comic book culture and isn’t the forum so we can chat about that?

Or foreshadowing?

I'll also admit that, as a collector, I'm stacked with CGC slabbed copies of key Carol Danvers comics and artwork, so I'm enjoying the current bump up in her cultural status.