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Marvel Gets Cash to do 10 Films
jmozena writes "Marvel has raised $525 million to independently finance 10 movies based on its comics over seven years. The titles named are Captain America, The Avengers, Nick Fury, Black Panther, Ant-Man, Cloak & Dagger, Dr. Strange, Hawkeye, Power Pack and Shang-Chi. The company's also changing its name from Marvel Enterprises to Marvel Entertainment."
Captain America only works in the context of World War II in Europe. His only "real" enemy was the Red Skull, who was Nazism personified. You have to think of "Cap" as a historical artifact.
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Trom? Do you mean Rom: Spaceknight? I don't remember a comic or character named Trom, though.
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You do realize that the American comic industry is larger than just Marvel and DC, right? Certainly they are the lion's share, but there are a ton of independents doing all sorts of interesting things. And frankly, you can find some pretty interesting and different things even from DC and Marvel, or imprints like Vertigo and Wildstorm.
Just my impressions of the list:
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And my impressions of your impressions
Captain America
Didn't they do this one and it sucked?
Yeah, back in 91. A lot of movies sucked back then. As did that one.
The Avengers
A facless hero clan. I can't even name a single hero in this group.
Do you mean the West Coast Avengers? Or the East Coast Avengers? Or the Great Lakes Avengers?
Now, I'm not surprised that you can't name any of the Avengers, because there have been so many (and even I don't know who's in the teams now). But seriously, their lineup has included:
Captain America
Thor
The Hulk
The Sub-Mariner
Iron Man
And let's not forget Ant-Man, Hawkeye, and the entire Fantastic Four!
Nick Fury
I guess because the Punisher movie worked so well...
Come on, in this day and age, you think a movie about a super-tough anti-terrorist government agent with tons of nifty guns and gadgets (and a floating fortress) isn't going to play?
Black Panther
Ah, a hero named after a hyper-racist group. I don't see anything wrong with that.
Hey, he was a big deal back in the day, leader of his own country as well as a powerful hero.
Ant-Man
Honey, I shrunk the superhero!
Okay, I've gotta go with you on that one. I see little potential to that movie.
Cloak & Dagger
Not that Cloak was a completely contrived character, or that Dagger wore far too little clothing, but how could this movie possibly be interesting?
A bit more modern spin - she the naive and innocent girl from the good side of the tracks, and he the rough and tough gangsta from the mean streets. Mix in some exotic street drugs, some righteous vengeance, and you've got a winner.
Dr. Strange
Who?
Dr. Stephen Strange, the Master Mystic, the Sorcerer Supreme! All sorts of juicy ghost-busting special-effecty opportunities there.
Hawkeye
Ah, Daredevil without charisma, but empowered with a ridiculous costume.
And don't forget the fancy bow and arrow!
Power Pack
Never heard of them.
Nobody did, and more's the shame. Some decent writing effort went into making and managing the characters in that series. It could be a really good kiddie movie.
Shang-Chi
Is this like the token Asian guy?
Could be. And yet, it could be their excuse for a lovely martial arts wire fest.
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Actually, three times. Don't forget the 1944 Republic serial Captain America.
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