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October 29, 2014March 31, 2015

Marvel Announces Phase 3!

Since DC announced its slate of upcoming movies, Marvel had to return the favor with its Phase 3 list, and they are as follows:

May 6, 2016: Captain America: Civil War

November 4, 2016: Doctor Strange

May 5, 2017: Guardians of the Galaxy 2

July 7, 2017: Thor: Ragnarok

November 3, 2017: Black Panther

May 4, 2018: Avengers: Infinity War Part 1

July 6, 2018: Captain Marvel

November 2, 2018: Inhumans

May ?, 2019: Avengers: Infinity War Part 2

That is a crazy list of flicks, and it doesn’t include Avengers: Age of Ultron or Ant Man. It looks like Marvel is following DC’s idea of having a two part team (Avengers/Justice League) movie. Though it is hard to see how that is any different than normal considering all the Marvel movies link together in some way.

They did not announce who was going to be Doctor Strange, but they did announce who will be the Black Panther: Chadwick Boseman. They also said that he will have small roles in the upcoming Captain America and Avengers flicks, so we will be seeing him soon.

I am also very happy to hear that Captain Marvel will be Carol Danvers, so she will get Marvel’s first female led superhero flick. We will see if they are going to use someone off my list. Since I am batting zero, I would guess not. I wonder if Scarlett Johansson is wondering where her movie is, or at least a Black Widow/Hawkeye team-up movie. I know I would be.

That is an impressive list, and when combined with DC’s list there are going to be a TON of superhero movies, so I hope you are ready for them because it appears they are ready for you.

October 28, 2014October 28, 2014

Benedict Cumberbatch Is Doctor Strange?!

Well according to Deadline Benedict Cumberbatch is Doctor Strange, but Marvel seems to be hinting that they are incorrect. Since Marvel hasn’t outright said Deadline is wrong, I am going to guess Cumberbatch is the Sorcerer Supreme and they are just trying to cause doubt before their big reveal.

Benedict is a fine actor, and I am sure that he will be great in this role, but I am having a hard time picturing him as Strange. Sure the mock-up by Anne Wu helps, but the thought of Cumberbatch with a Van Dyke is throwing me off, and I hope he doesn’t just play Strange as Sherlock with magic. We will see how this all turns out, and since Marvel has been on a role, I am going to trust them on this.

October 27, 2014October 27, 2014

DC TV Double Shot!

Arrow started its third season a few weeks ago, but due to the fact the App stopped airing the episodes I got behind, so I had to catch up on Netflix and then On Demand. I am going to steal this part of the review from Jezebel.com from when they reviewed Evil Dead: Nope nope nope nope nope nope!

That is not to say the first few episodes have not been good, they have. I am just saying the show is making me very angry right now. They are also trying to take both a lighter and darker tone, so it will be interesting to see which way eventually wins out. I am hoping lighter, but the CW has The Flash for that.

Still if you have liked the Arrow’s last two seasons, I am sure you will like what this third season is offering, and for all us nerds out there it looks like the show is taking a more superhero-y turn. I can’t wait to see Brandon Ruth turn into The Atom!

NBC kicked-off DC’s forth major TV show this year with Constantine, and I have to start off by saying Matt Ryan is probably one of the best cast comic book characters in a long time. Probably the best since they picked Robert Downey Jr. to be Tony Stark. Matt Ryan has that jerky swagger down pat, and guess what? British guys play British guys very well.

As for the episode, I thought it was pretty good. It wasn’t great, but like a lot of first episodes it had to explain everything and set the rules for this universe. I think if they can improve on this good start then NBC will have a good companion for Grimm holding down the Friday night time slot. I know I will be watching. If you have been thinking Supernatural has taken a turn for the worse and you need something in a similar vain to replace it, Constantine looks like it will be an excellent choice.

It is also evident that NBC is throwing a lot more money at this show than the other DC TV shows, so it doesn’t look like it will be as cheesy. I am excited about this show’s possibilities, and I hope they give Constantine some other magical DC pals to play with.

So far DC has launched four TV shows on three networks and none of them have been bad. That has to be some kind of record. We will see if they can keep this up with iZombie right around the corner.

October 23, 2014

The Avengers Age Of Ultron Trailer Is Out!

The is a great trailer, and it sets up the movie perfectly! The Hulk vs. Iron Man looks like it will be a lot of fun, and it will be good to get a couple new Avengers in to the mix. It is odd that they are showing so much of the movie so soon, and since everyone is going to go see it anyway, but this is still the first truly must watch trailer of the year.

October 21, 2014October 21, 2014

TV Should Be DC’s Earth 2!

A lot of people were sad to find out that DC was not going use The Flash and Arrow from the TV shows for their Justice League movies, but I think I have a solution that would make everyone happy. They should just make the TV shows Earth 2. For those of you that don’t read comic books, Earth 2 is the Earth in an alternate dimension. It has most of that same superheroes but slightly different, and every once and awhile they need to travel interdimensionally to help each other out.

This would allow the movie guys and the TV guys to do whatever they want, but still team up at some point in the future. Like say The Justice League Movie Part 2 where they fight the dimensional traveler Darkseid. This would also free them up to do my second idea, and that is to rename The Flash and Arrow TV shows to the Justice Society of America (Earth 2’s Justice League).

I know what you are thinking, “But I like The Flash and Arrow!”, and you are right too, but they would still be in the show, leads in it even. Just now they could highlight all the new heroes and villains they keep adding to the show every week, and better yet they could air it twice a week, or once a week all year long. As a bonus if CBS lets Supergirl play in the same universe it could air three times a week, but once on a major local TV station. It would be a lot of fun.

I am sure DC will not do either of these ideas because for some reason they like to ignore good fan ideas, but maybe we will get our TV Justice League …err Society, and our beloved TV characters on the big screen.