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So...how about that new teaser trailer?
It doesn't premiere until this Tuesday so we won't know about it til' then. But there's this preview for it which really doesn't do much.
Ant-Man
It doesn't premiere until this Tuesday so we won't know about it til' then. But there's this preview for it which really doesn't do much.
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Madness. First the ant-sized teaser teased the human-sized teaser which teases the Agent Carter teaser which will tease the first trailer. Lol. I think the healthiest, sanest thing to do is to stop reading movie news and just watch the damn thing when it comes out.
The ant sized thing got a smile out of me, though.
The ant sized thing got a smile out of me, though.
My prior comment was in regards to the "ant sized" trailer. It scores high for originality, almost as much as my disappointment after watching it.
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My prior comment was in regards to the "ant sized" trailer. It scores high for originality, almost as much as my disappointment after watching it.
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So, the guy from Anchorman and The 40-Year-Old Virgin is playing a superhero. I just don't know....
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I'll wait for the full trailer to judge. The only thing that catches my eye in this teaser is one joke Paul Judd makes and some special effects.
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Meh.
I imagine this will be one of those films, like Dune (1984) where people will always surmise over what could have been, had the original director still been attached.
I imagine this will be one of those films, like Dune (1984) where people will always surmise over what could have been, had the original director still been attached.
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It makes me wonder why Marvel felt compelled to release this trailer? Given Marvel's track record, I was really surprised at the complete lack of any "aw-shucks" moments.
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The ant-sized teaser was kinda stupid.
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Of all the superheroes they could've chosen, "Ant-Man" seems like a really strange pick - I'd never even heard of him until they announced this film.
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He (Hank Pym anyway) was one of the original founding Avengers (along with the Wasp). By default, he should have appeared at the same time as the Hulk, Iron Man, and the others. And his powers weren't as lame as it's displayed here, as he's an intelligent biologist unlike Tony Stark (engineer) or Banner (nuclear physicist) and he has the ability to grow into a giant too as Giant-Man (the Wasp would also acquire this ability).
If they even join Ant-Man into The Avengers film(s) in the future, and Paul Rudd does play him, Michael Douglas' will still have to have some kind of role into the films. He plays Hank Pym the co-founder of The Avengers themselves. So having Ant-Man with The Avengers without Pym involved in anyway whatsoever would be kind of a travesty.
Plus in the movie,
yet in the comics Yellowjacket is one of Ant-Man's alter egos and one of Hank Pym's "other personalities". Another change from comics to screen as usual.
Plus in the movie,
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"Kind of a travesty", lol. As if adherence to the source material were more important than everything else, than execution even, as if having Pym in an Avengers movie because that's what happened in the comics is more important than having him there for a good reason, or leaving him out because it doesn't make sense for a particular story.
Most long running superhero comics are pulpy rubbish, and that's from somebody that enjoys them. If film directors, who are making two to three hour spectacles costing hundreds of millions, which couldn't be more the opposite of pulp, think they can improve upon these stories then I say bloody well let them, and the comic book nerds be silenced. It would be a "travesty" if genuine artists like Synder, Singer, Whedon, the Russos and the rest were too much influenced by the whims of the nerds.
They have already changed a great deal for the better, such as the creator of Ultron, which makes more sense, at least in the MCU, as being Stark, not Pym. I hope they continue to adapt and alter stories as they see fit, to make a more coherent universe and more effective stories. They need to be good movies above everything else.
Marvel and DC both alter their source material in the comics anyway, in the form of alternate universes and retellings and reboots.
Most long running superhero comics are pulpy rubbish, and that's from somebody that enjoys them. If film directors, who are making two to three hour spectacles costing hundreds of millions, which couldn't be more the opposite of pulp, think they can improve upon these stories then I say bloody well let them, and the comic book nerds be silenced. It would be a "travesty" if genuine artists like Synder, Singer, Whedon, the Russos and the rest were too much influenced by the whims of the nerds.
They have already changed a great deal for the better, such as the creator of Ultron, which makes more sense, at least in the MCU, as being Stark, not Pym. I hope they continue to adapt and alter stories as they see fit, to make a more coherent universe and more effective stories. They need to be good movies above everything else.
Marvel and DC both alter their source material in the comics anyway, in the form of alternate universes and retellings and reboots.
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"Kind of a travesty", lol. As if adherence to the source material were more important than everything else, than execution even...
Marvel and DC both alter their source material in the comics anyway, in the form of alternate universes and retellings and reboots.
Marvel and DC both alter their source material in the comics anyway, in the form of alternate universes and retellings and reboots.
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Paul Rudd is great in almost every movie I've seen him in from a comedic stand point. But I can't see him as a super hero....but if Disney believes in Rudd (and they've been pretty successful thus far) then I'm very optimistic for this movie. I do love how they are picking a lesser known Marvel character to the general populace even though he was a founding member of the Avengers.
