@therealsilvermane

1 minute ago, TwoPiece said:

Crippled Colonel Rhodes isn't going to be a big-time Avenger. Doesn't make sense.

Brought him back? Did you even watch Infinity War..? No one has ever attempted to, "bring him back".

You're talking about fans liking her character. It's not easy to like the person playing that character. They're not the same thing. Watch her interviews on Jimmy Kimmel, and about Josh Brolin, and then tell me how likable she is.

Spider-Man is Marvel's biggest character, and AFAIK, you don't have the ability to predict the future (as your posts obviously indicate).

A rumor is just that. A rumor. It is not confirmed whatsoever.

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.

20 minutes ago, TwoPiece said:

Yeah, crippled Colonel Rhodes is gonna be a regular Avenger again...

No.

Vision is also dead. Not Decimated. Dead.

Brie Larson's lack of personality will be held against the popularity of her character, I think. She's just bad at being a humble person and bad at interviewing. I think that Disney/Marvel Studios will run with a likable person instead.

Just because RDJ was "old" when he became the face of the MCU, does not mean that Holland has to be "old" to earn his fame. Spider-Man is their biggest (most famous) property, and they have a character and his actor who has been groomed by RDJ/Iron Man.

SHIELD also  no longer exists... There's a ton of holes here.

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.

1 hour ago, TwoPiece said:

IMO there's zero chance that's it's "zero chance".

It took a few years before Iron Man became the obvious face of the franchise. It'll probably be a year or two before there's that same type of face for the 'new' franchise.

I wouldn't be opposed to Black Panther, though.

I just can't stand Brie Larson as a person to have her as such a big part to the franchise.

And, as I've said, I'd like to see all 6 Avengers bite the dust, despite that being highly unlikely.

Spider-Man, Black Panther, and Doctor Strange would be a good trio to replace the current 'Big 3'.

1 hour ago, Gatsby77 said:

Zero chance.

He's the youngest _and_ least-experienced on the team by a long margin.

I think Black Panther leads the team.

My prediction:

Iron Man -> Black Panther

Captain America -> Captain Marvel

Ant Man -> Spider-Man

Thor -> Thor

Hulk -> Hulk

Doctor Strange -> Doctor Strange

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.

1 hour ago, sagekilz said:

Read at your own risk...

 

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A video leaked with several major moments from Avengers Endgame:

-Professor Hulk sounds just like Mark Ruffalo, and can speak full sentences. He’s seen wearing a tank top and glasses.

-Scott, Hulk, Steve, and Tony travel to the battle of New York to retrieve the mind, space, and time stone. Steve fights his past self.

-Thor is living with Korg and Miek, getting drunk and not caring about what happened. Hulk and Rocket go to get him, and his beard and hair are messy and grown out.

-Tony calls Rocket “Ratchet,” and Rocket replies “you’re only a genius on Earth.”

-Hulk tried to wield the Stark gauntlet, but it appears to be too powerful for him.

-Steve dual wields his shield and Mjolnir, it’s unclear how mjolnir comes back.

-Sam is the first dusted avenger to come back, we hear him say to Steve “On Your Left,” then we see T’challa and Shuri coming out of a portal, and Sam flying out.

-Big scene with all the Avengers, including Wasp, the Guardians, Spider-Man, vs Thanos and a revived Black Order. It looks like the big fight in Ready Player One, but we actually care about the characters. Captain America finally says “Avengers Assemble!”

-Stark reunites with Peter and gives him a hug

-Carol gets the short hair she has in recent comics, and Peter Parker gives her the Stark Gauntlet

 

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. 

1 hour ago, Bosco685 said:

For those doing a rewatch of MCU films in readiness for Endgame.

'Avengers: Endgame' Directors Reveal Key Marvel Movies to Prepare

 

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.

1 hour ago, Chuck Gower said:

The other movie that came out around the same time as Garfield's ASM: Dark Knight Rises. $20 Million more in budget, but...

1 hour ago, Chuck Gower said:

I guess I'm not getting the small indie aesthetic you are. This was a huge budget movie. It had a 230 million dollar budget and the special effects compared to what came out at the time.... The Avengers cost less to make and looks endlessly better than this. I would say it was more like a small time director (who'd done mainly music videos up to that point) had some trouble making a big time superhero movie.

Remember - Sony wasn't trying to hedge with Spidey... they saw it for what it is - one of the biggest money making properties on the planet -  It just domestically, put up some disappointing numbers for the #1 merchandised character in the WORLD. Man of Steel out did it in the U.S. by $30 Million with almost the same budget. And THAT movie looks infinitely more professional and well done than ASM. (As big budget superhero movies go). 

Personally, I thought Raimi in the first two movies mixed the action with the romance perfectly. And the unfulfilled romance especially. THAT is classic Spider-man. This I thought was a mess. They're practically married half way through the movie. 

As far as the coming of age romance stuff, I'm a huge fan of it in the comics. But the comics took some time for Pete to get there. He didn't go from big nerd to woman magnet in the first issue. This definitely has a rom com feel to it, and if you like that... well, ok. They usually make rom coms for about $200 Million less than this.

But hey, once again everyone is entitled to what they like. I think of True Romance as a romantic movie, you see ASM as one. Probably neither are very traditional in that sense!

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.

45 minutes ago, Chuck Gower said:

So, you're fond of Garfield and Stone's romance, so that made the movie for you? I get that, but how do you overlook the endless amount of silly coincidences, poor writing, and bad cliches throughout the rest of the movie? I GET liking a movie despite the fact it's not very good - I mean, I LOVE the Adventures of Ford Fairlane with Andrew Dice Clay and I've been told for years it's one of the worst movies ever made, but...

I actually found my notes for the DVD release of this movie... well, only the first 30 minutes or so... I guess I couldn't finish writing about it. I may have to update this as it brought back a lot of chuckles to me. A word of warning, it's fairly extensive...No offense, really, everyone is entitled to like what it is they like, but here are MY notes:

 

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This is a movie put together by marketing people who think they understand what’s ‘hip’ (as if that’s what Spider-man was ever about) and directed by a guy who’s primary work was music videos. It shows all the way through, these two influences.

The opening shows Peter as a boy who’s parents have to mysteriously leave, putting him  with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben to look after. We can only assume this is what the underlying mystery of the movie is or what Peter Parker’s characters motivational pull. Okay, let’s go with that - even though it completely changes what the thrust of the character has been about for 50 years!

The second scene of the movie is Peter in high school. Getting picked on by Flash Thompson, getting approached by a model hot female student who appreciates his photography and wants pictures of her boyfriends car, the principal lecturing him about riding his skate board through the halls (he does it once he’s around the corner - the rebellious, hip skateboard nerd Peter Parker!), students making out and blocking entrance to his locker… all shot to the sounds of what I can only assume is the mid-tempo rock of the day - the Shins “No Way Down”.

In fact, if anyone wants to make a critical study of this movie, it so far has been shot exactly as it would a music video. This isn’t film making… it’s TV. It’s a music commercial. It’s aesthetic is SMALL. The first scene, of the parents leaving, shot to the sounds of a stock ‘heart-tug’ string arrangement. And this one to watered down rock.

But the music video isn’t over. Peter walks outside and sees Gwen Stacy, sitting in a posture perfect way on a picnic table, reading a book (she’s a hip nerd too!). With great longing, he takes her picture - Gwen unaware - before he hears a playground commotion. Flash is roughing up another nerdy student, holding him up so his face mashes in his veggies, while a crowd of students CHEERS HIM ON! (What kind of school is this?)

Peter of course intervenes, gets his butt kicked by Flash - I can only assume everyone is unsupervised at lunch, and we find out Gwen is dating this one dimensional high school tough guy. She chases him off to class, telling him, “I’m very disappointed”, before giving a dismissive glance to Peter rolling on the ground in pain.

But the second music video STILL isn’t over as Pete and Gwen have a talk in class, and she tells him she thought it was great what he did out there. It was “stupid, but great”. Apparently, this is the lofty goal this movie is shooting for. This is the end of the second music video, and is supposed to show us there is some chemistry there.

I’m not an Emma Stone fan, and as Gwen Stacy, I’m REALLY not a fan, but I’ll try and overlook that. I’m not an Andrew Garfield fan, and as Peter Parker, I want to literally tear my eyes out of their sockets, but… let’s brave through this.

The third music video starts out without any music as Peter is at home and we see his interaction with his Aunt May (Sally Fields) and Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen). Uncle Ben is more understanding and aware of what Peter is going through at his age and unlike the comics, Peter doesn’t really show any kind of overt affection for his Aunt and Uncle. In the comics of course, they were the only parents he ever knew - here they’re the new parents.

Cleaning up the basement Peter finds an old satchel and clues to his parent’s mysterious disappearance, once again all set to stock movie music - this one the haunting, over reverb'd piano tinkering. We learn the satchel was kept there for safe keeping, and Garfield does his best Anthony Perkins, but with tears, and he KNOWS his dad was very secretive. Pete goes through it and…. we find out his dad worked for Oscorp. Oh for god’s sake.

But Pete finds a secret compartment in the satchel and it’s a secret file and… Uncle Ben comes in to tell us Curt Conners was Pete’s fathers partner! So now, the parents of Peter Parker are tied to the Curt (the Lizard) Conners and Oscorp, which of course, was Norman (Green Goblin) Osborne’s company.

That’s a lot of coincidence, but it can’t get worse than that, right?

Peter decides to go to Oscorp and through a coincidence is able to snag a name badge as an intern, choosing the name Rodrigo Guevara, which I guess is supposed to be funny, but the model looking receptionist isn’t laughing and just accepts that’s who he is. As secretive as Daddy Parker is, Oscorp is pretty easy to infiltrate.

And then, holy smokes, what a HUGE coincidence - Gwen Stacy is the tour guide of Oscorp and the lead intern for Doctor Connors, despite still being a senior in high school! She tells us all this while addressing a tour group. Pete tries to stay hidden amongst the group as we then hear the real Rodrigo Guevara being forcefully removed from the premise.

Security is TOUGH at Oscorp! Except for the rebellious skater nerd Peter Parker and of course Gwen Stacy who we’ll learn has almost complete access to the facility.

Dr. Connors tells the group about his research, regenerating cells, “I want to create a World Without Weakness”, and someone guesses stem cell research, but it’s Peter who understands the movie science and gives the correct answer, “cross species genetics”, and I couldn’t help but groan when I heard that. This is your modern day Spidey movie, nowhere near the friendly neighborhood, but dipped deep in movie cliches and now b-movie cliches. Is it too much to ask for a female lizard, maybe played by a less than coy Natasha Henstridge?

I mean, if we’re going to get silly, let’s go all out.

Wait, I didn’t LITERALLY mean that, but moments later I see the hologram of Oscorp’s ‘Tree of Life’ and the ‘cross species genetics’ hits me like a ton of bricks and I realize Pete’s going to get bitten by the Spider here! Oy vey! So the hero and all the villains and even his parents are all tied to Norman Osborn’s Oscorp! THAT is lazy writing.

Note: It’s no surprise I guess, I’m not a fan of Brian Michael Bendis, and this ASM movie series was apparently heavily influenced by the Ultimate line of comics. Gross.

So, Pete and Gwen exchange flirtation and Pete in more coincidence bumps into ‘mysterious man in a suit’ who drops of folder with the paperwork inside containing the same two symbols as Pete’s dad’s folder had…oh lord. So somehow he’s able to follow him through this secret facility, as the man looks VERY suspicious, whatever it is he’s doing.

Pete figures out the code lock upon watching the ‘mysterious guy in the suit’ do it once and soon he’s INSIDE a top secret room! It appears it’s the whole guts of the project contained in just this small room, and it’s unguarded, and there are spiders in it, and despite being encased in glass and steel and… Pete goes INSIDE one of the test compartments - the one with day glow lights and thousands of Spiders, and he messes with one of the strung webs and it stops and a bunch of spider’s fall on him, and…

Seriously, was this a DeGrassi Junior High special fantasy episode or something? This is NOT written by someone used to writing superhero stories. (Truth).

Meanwhile, we get the standard scene in a Hollywood movie where the ‘mysterious man in the suit’ is pushing Connors to finish the research (“the results are disappointing”) so they can save Norman Osborn (who we’re told is dying) or “We’ll both lose our heads.”

Gwen takes Peter’s badge, the spider bites him, and he gets on the subway, where he promptly decides to take a nap. The spider’s ‘cross species genetics’ is pulsing through his blood! When a standard stock Hollywood subway tuff decides to set his beer on Pete’s head, he wakes up and jumps to the ceiling of the subway car, clinging to it momentarily, before jumping back down to the floor.

And what is the first reaction to that?

The beer obviously spilled when he jumped up and the lady passenger closest to him says, “Disgusting. Now I smell like beer” (she got some on her) - THAT Is what she’s freaked out by!?!? Pete says, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that”, - THAT is what he’s worried about?

Everyone seems to forget about this amazing freak of nature occurrence and instead go after Pete to fight him after his hand sticks to the girl’s shirt and it gets ripped off, exposing her in just a bra. In a Spider-man movie? Really?

Pete, of course, beats them all up, having mastered his powers already I guess.

He runs home and Aunt May and Uncle Ben are so worried and he picks a fly out of mid-air right in Aunt May’s face. He then again gives us his best Anthony Perkins weirdness and I can HEAR his thoughts, “They’ll see. I wouldn’t even hurt a fly!” as he acts strange and sweaty and loves Aunt May’s meatloaf.

The next morning we get a ‘montage’ to the rockin’ sound of Phantom Planet’s ‘Big Brat’ (who?) as Pete destroys his alarm clock accidentally, and then shoot too much tooth paste, and breaks the handle on the sink, etc. Is he Superman or Spider-man?

He goes to see Dr. Connors and reveals he’s Richard Parker’s son and did you know that his father bred spider’s and that’s what led to the advancement of their research? And then Peter solves the Decay Rate Algorithm right there on the spot! (Kudos to whoever came up with that name). At this point I’m exasperated.

 

 

4 hours ago, Chuck Gower said:

I'm not sure what anybody's defense of this movie could be.

10 minutes ago, pemart1966 said:

Well you know what they say...there's no accounting for taste...

Yeah yeah yeah...blah blah blah...

8 minutes ago, Callaway29 said:

I admire your honesty, but at the same time you’re openly defending a movie’s performance partly due to your financial investment in its corresponding comic books...which should be irrelevant if your goal is non-bias subjectivity.

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.

19 minutes ago, Callaway29 said:

Never seen someone actually admit to this before...

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.

38 minutes ago, Mystafo said:

this is not a real person, you know....right?  I smell a crush!

1 hour ago, @therealsilvermane said:

...and needlessly insulting to the character.

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.

1 hour ago, pemart1966 said:

  So...you think that because someone thinks that a movie that you like is "a turd in a toilet" that they're a troll...ignorant...lacking knowledge...lacking taste?  It seems to me that you like the movie in part because you perceive that it raised the price of some of your slabs...

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.

33 minutes ago, Mystafo said:

Maybe when you get a little longer in the tooth here your supreme film knowledge will carry a little more weight with us plebs.  ALL HAIL LORD OF THE MPAA!!!

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. 

37 minutes ago, greggy said:

Leave the poor guy alone, Janet

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

1 hour ago, kimik said:

I am not surprised it is struggling at the box office. Squeezing the release date in between Captain Marvel and Avengers Endgame was a huge mistake. Everyone is focused there right now. WB should have released this one before Captain Marvel, or in August when there will be less competition and the whole Avengers Endgame hype has died down. They likely cost themselves a hundred million or two by trying to go head to head with the Endgame bookends (i.e. Captain Marvel lead in to role in Endgame). 

That being said, Shazam is a 3rd tier DC property so a $400M final worldwide is not a travesty when your lead actor/actress is not really a well known entity either.

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.

2 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

this explains everything I needed to know.

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.

1 hour ago, pemart1966 said:

It was AWFUL.  Any scene that she's in in Endgame, I'll be cheering for the "villain"  

TROLL ALERT

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.

13 hours ago, MYNAMEISLEGION said:

Just a little something I’ve had for awhile...

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.

31 minutes ago, fantastic_four said:

The day that Sony causes my horded copies of Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man to skyrocket in value by naming a movie after it is the day you all will want to punch me in the face for constantly hyping that movie here in this forum.  

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?

4 minutes ago, jcjames said:

CM's 1st appearance on earth was in a Blockbuster.... a "Blockbuster"! 

How did I not see the irony before!?

 

Or foreshadowing?

1 hour ago, jsilverjanet said:

I get you love the movie. I didn’t think again it was anything special. 

What was great about it for you? What did you see that you want to see again?

there are plenty of better movies. It wasn’t funny, it wasn’t action packed. 

 

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.