Batman
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Huge DC fan as I am I cannot even be too excited for the new Justice League movie after finding that it is all based around "The New 52". Never has a company persisted with such an awful idea for so long, and in so many ways.
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At their worst, superhero films have a pretty rigid structure, which involves the hero (or heroine) figuring out what's going on, before building up to fisticuffs in a famous location to a rousing soundtrack. In a lot of cases, the villain is a bigger or stronger version of the hero, particularly the first few Marvel flicks.
Iron Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy really worked because their characters were fun. But the Winter Soldier took a slightly different track, with institutional corruption being its theme.
Marvel has announced nine films, plus there's Avengers and Ant Man due next year. So that's about two billion dollars worth of investment, and when there's a lot of money at stake people become increasingly conservative. I can't see them pulling a divisive twist, like the Mandarin in Iron Man 3, in future. Hopefully they'll prove me wrong.
Of the upcoming slate of both DC and Marvel films, I think that Captain America: Civil War (what's with the long titles?) could be the most interesting, particularly if they play it out against the background of Wikileaks or Snowden. I wonder how it'll compare to Batman vs Superman, as both are pitting their marquee stars against each other.
Doctor Strange could go either way. I've not read a lot of his stories, but the early stuff is mad psychedelia, whereas the newer ones don't seem to get it. Marvel should hire China Mieville to write the script, and force feed
the cast and crew industrial quantities of LSD.
And Guardians 2 should be a lot of fun…
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I loved Winter Soldier!
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I watched Winter Soldier on the flight back from Japan-via Korea to Vancouver . took me almost 11 hours . No joke , had to look after my two kids , one is still a baby so you can imagine the fun that was .
PP with you on the sheer volume of films and TV shows being blasted out . I usually watch a few when I can .
If I reckon it's worth it to watch on the big screen , then I will.
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I loved Winter Soldier!
Likewise. I meant to say that it worked because it wasn't quite a typical Marvel plotline. Be interesting to see how it feeds into the next Captain America film.
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Marvel has by far the most iconic superhero forget Batman & Superman. Marvel has Bird-Brain!!!
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You're capable :o
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Bat Friday
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Lol awesome!
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Can't believe I'm saying this, but my first thought was "that would fecking destroy your pocket bags"
Must be growing up finally I guess
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Just like Mario said, "smart to keep it family friendly."
