Ultimately Off-Topic

Yeah I got it, Magneto is a freaking bad ass!

I feel sad.

Semantics lol.

I really dig what Bunn has been doing with him. I hope at the end of all this he's a full blown villain again.

Is it just me or does Gotham feel like it is building to the Tim Burton universe? It's so delightfully goofy.

I don't know about anyone else, but that Age of Ultron trailer did absolutely nothing for me. It could be due to me still being in a "Avengers was just a fluke" mindset. I want to be excited, but yeah, pretty meh as far as I'm concerned. I feel like I'm sailing alone, but anybody else?

I'm always optimistic.

Why is Magneto development always so exciting?! I always love a somewhat morally understandable villain. It's why I like TWD and Breaking Bad and I like the direction Magneto is headed, back to his best. But I'm not sure if it would make a lot of sense for Magneto to now go straight back to how he was after all he has experienced and learnt and taught others. It can't be a rushed afterthought. Character development must never lose it's intimacy with the reader. Marvel could always do something contrived and give him amnesia to explain the paradigm, but that would of course be a massive cop-out used simply to erase all the development he's been through since he joined the heroes. But I am strongly in favour of him going back to being a "bad guy", or an anti-villain. It's cool to see a villain like Magneto turn soft, but I'm certain most of us don't want him to stay that way. Now's the time for him to unleash all the frustration he's pent up.

I imagine Magneto will soon go from being an anti-hero to an anti-villain, an enemy to a vast amount of both heroes and villains. A killer of villains and heroes, re-establishing him as the true anti-villain of the Marvel Universe, because many fans so often describe his traditional depiction as an anti-villain rather than a full-blown villain. I think if Marvel can re-establish this anti-villain phase, whilst incorporating the learning development he's been through recently, they'll have something very cool to work with.

I agree, it's time for him to break bad again. It's time for him to get his murderous mojo back. I'll admit that I thought the decision to make him good was an odd choice, and I think bringing him back to badness is the wisest move, re-establishing him as the ultimate anti-villain of Marvel Comics. And he might even turn out worse than he was before. Walter White him so-to-speak if you get what I mean.

I think it looks badass. I think it will be much better than the first one, if this trailer is anything to go by. The fanboy in me is going berserk!

For one thing - though it's obviously way too soon to know for sure - I think it looks more comfortable and more confident than the first movie. I'm 100% certain that it will deliver on what The Avengers was already awesome at doing; breathtaking cinematography, and also, the acting looks infinitely more competent, even though, it IS early days.

About the cast: I'm hopeful. It's true that that I thought Scarlet Johansen and Chris Evens were seriously awful at times during the first Avengers movie, however, I personally noticed them be much more confident and more believable with their roles in Cap 2. It looks to me like they have a greater understanding of their character roles now, they all want to do their roles justice and everything seems to be coming together nicely for the franchise, and this makes me very confident that the film will be much tighter than the first. I always want the Marvel movies to be good. I really do. Even the visuals (IMO) look more impressive and definitely more expertly shot IMO. So yeah, I think the trailer is very promising indeed. So far, I think it looks ****ing amazing. I know it's too soon to know anything, but that's the impression I got. I can't wait. We'll be getting that Iron Man vs Hulk fight Marvel have been teasing since 2007! Ultron looks sick as ****. Even though we only got snippets of footage, I love the way everything is shot in those brief snippets, as well as little things like the expressions, demeanour and reactions of the character faces looking how I want to see them. Yes, it's only a trailer, but I think it looks promising so far. Plus, Samuel Jackson Fury looks so freaking cool with a blue beanie and Chris Evens should portray a very good Captain America performance now (especially if the script does Cap justice this time around). I just think the movie Avengers have come a long way. The cast seem to me to be more confident and intuitive with their roles.

* We'll see. Scarlet Johansen might still be awful at portraying complex emotions, but she can be quite good if she's not asked to convey too much fear or strength. I do think she's overrated as an actress, but she can be good if the role doesn't demand too much. But that's just my opinion.

You make a good point. But superhero movies aren't the sort of movies that are hailed for their plot. All but one or two have very simple premises, and you're certainly not going to get any story with a trailer.

I haven't started watching them yet but I will. I still need to watch all of AoT. And I'm always busy. But yeah I need to watch them soon.

Huh, I was freaking out like a school girl.

Me too. That Iron Man vs Hulk footage is just... orgasmic!

So...with the rumor that Sony might reboot the Spider-Man franchise with Sinister Six to make room for Spider-Man to come into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, if it is true, who would you like to see play Peter Parker?

I actually thought Josh Hutcherson would be a pretty great choice to play Peter:


<img src="http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120205000914/joshhutcherson/images/b/bf/Josh_Hutcherson.jpg" alt=""><br><br>He's 5'7", finally providing a short Spider-Man. He would be the youngest guy to play Spider-Man, at age 25 at the time of the Sinister Six film's release. Obviously, we'd probably have him back in high school, which might seem a little tiresome but I think Spider-Man has always worked better as a young guy. With Marvel's supposed plan to kick off Civil War with Captain America 3, to bring in a Spider-Man solo film in 2018 that would tie in with the event would make a good deal of sense. And, launching a new universe, should Sony opt to, with Sinister Six would establish Spider-Man's universe and avoid retelling the origin again. Yet again, Sony would probably like to avoid destroying all the world-building they did in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. However, I think for Spider-Man to work in the MCU now, they'd either need to do quite a bit of continuity explaining or reboot.

Either way, I just thought the recent rumors, coupled with the fact that Joe and Anthony Russo were talking about Captain America 3 asking if the character "even has to be at Marvel" to appear in the film and the Civil War rumors, it would make for a pretty decent theory. What about you guys?

My buddy thinks Marvel has already bought Spider-Man back and Sinister Six is just in the deal. Personally I want Drake Bell. He's in the age range, he played a believable Spider-Man ripoff in Superhero Movie (not a good movie, but he was good), and he's absolutely perfect in Ultimate Spider-Man. That or Danny Glover.

I don't view that as a rip-off.

There you go. It was a parody.