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    The Avengers are Earth's mightiest heroes and foremost super-team... "There came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes found themselves united against a common threat. On that day, the Avengers were born - to fight the foes no single super hero could withstand! Heed the call, then - for now, the Avengers Assemble!"

    Anthony Mackie talks Falcon for Avengers 2 - RDJ will be back

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    #1  Edited By Galactic_Man
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    I'd be cool with Falcon and the Wasp being in Avengers 2.

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    #3  Edited By theTimeStreamer

    meh. hes too jolly looking. i think he should be muscular, mean looking to be taken seriously as the falcon.

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    #4  Edited By Video_Martian

    As long as Pym and Wasp are also in Avengers 2, then I'm cool with this...

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    @theTimeStreamer:

    He says in the interview he's going to bulk up to 230 pounds for the role. Most actors who play superheroes tend to have vigorous work-outs anyway since they aren't that muscular when they aren't doing superhero roles.

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    #6  Edited By vance_astro  Moderator
    @theTimeStreamer said:

    meh. hes too jolly looking. i think he should be muscular, mean looking to be taken seriously as the falcon.

    Many people don't take the Falcon seriously, so he's lucky to even be making an appearance.
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    #7  Edited By Galactic_Man

    Marvel just wants to diverse the team - I bet the only reason they won't use Black Panther, is because of the word "Black", also being in front of Widow... Lol.

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    #8  Edited By the_tree

    I love Mackie, so I'm excited to see him as Falcon. I hope he's more like the Ultimate version.

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    #9  Edited By vance_astro  Moderator
    @Galactic_Man said:

    Marvel just wants to diverse the team - I bet the only reason they won't use Black Panther, is because of the word "Black", also being in front of Widow... Lol.

    I think they aren't using Black Panther because he's too big to be a co-star of someone else's film and they didn't plan on doing a Black Panther film before the release of the next Avengers, because they had more important things to do..thus making Falcon the ideal candidate. 
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    #10  Edited By WARLOCK2792

    @Vance Astro said:

    @theTimeStreamer said:

    meh. hes too jolly looking. i think he should be muscular, mean looking to be taken seriously as the falcon.

    Many people don't take the Falcon seriously, so he's lucky to even be making an appearance.

    This is true

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    #11  Edited By evilvegeta74

    Rather see Luke Cage, they could could take the Black off Panther and just reference him as the Panther if they were to use the Black Panther though. This will kill the racial tension thing.

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    #12  Edited By Galactic_Man

    @Vance Astro: Well, apparently Marvel and DC are looking to introduce lesser-known characters which is smart in a sense - but, is Falcon an ideal candidate like you said? Honestly, I'm not sure myself... But he isn't a bad character really, I don't see why so many people hate him.

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    #13  Edited By TheCannon

    Screw Falcon, just bring in Panther.

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    #14  Edited By vance_astro  Moderator
    @Galactic_Man said:

    @Vance Astro: Well, apparently Marvel and DC are looking to introduce lesser-known characters which is smart in a sense - but, is Falcon an ideal candidate like you said? Honestly, I'm not sure myself... But he isn't a bad character really, I don't see why so many people hate him.

    I think he's just convenient for Marvel. Marvel wants do bad for all their films to be racially diverse. They said a while back that they plan to base all their future animated series on the films and guess who's in the promo art for the next Avengers series? The Falcon. Ant-Man is the most important member that didn't have a film yet, so to go with the pattern of the last Avengers film I believe one lesser known member will appear in Ant-Man,Cap,and Thor like how Black Widow and Hawkeye appeared in Iron Man 2 and the first Thor film. That way they they don't have to give those character their own films and at the same time they can introduce them as to not waste time doing it in Avengers 2. I don't think people hate the Falcon I just don't think he's popular. He's kind of boring. He hasn't been on an active Avengers roster in quite some time, his powers are extremely boring, there really isn't much to his character.
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    #15  Edited By Deranged Midget

    I think he can pull it off as Falcon and has RDJ extended his contract with Marvel?

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    Honestly, the people saying he's making an appearance before Black Panther because of the racial tension seem to be missing it. Black Panther is a character you can't really do without giving a solo movie first. Falcon has a simple origin and a history as a sidekick so he's easier to introduce in someone else's movie. Thus they get their minority member of the Avengers for Avengers 2 without having to spend 100 million dollars giving him a solo movie first.

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    #17  Edited By Gambit1024

    Supposedly they're giving him actual powers (so I've read).

    And cool.... but I need Pym.

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    #18  Edited By Strafe Prower

    Falcon? I'm down.

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    #19  Edited By Mega_spidey01

    give me panther or a heroes for hire film with luke cage and iron fist. Falcon has always been a lame character to me, maybe seeing him in a movie will change my mind about him.

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    #20  Edited By Galactic_Man

    @Deranged Midget: Well, no matter what - RDJ would've returned as Iron Man in at least 2 more Avengers sequels over the course of the next 10 years with or without a contract. He may be getting wrinkles every day he ages, but I think he'll have enough time for Avengers 2 and 3 before he has to let go and hand the role to another actor - apparently he's very keen on staying Iron Man for a LONG time, but it's unlikely. The thing about RDJ is that he has made such a good impression with Tony Stark like Johnny Depp did with Captain Jack Sparrow, that it's gonna be hard to replace him... I hope Robert can continue playing Iron Man for another 20 years, I mean, come on - there's a little thing called "CGI"...

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    #21  Edited By Deranged Midget

    @Galactic_Man: If I recall correctly, he isn't that old at all.

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    #22  Edited By PassionFlower

    I'm happy they picked a quality actor like Mackie rather than some rapper (and I am NOT against musicians acting).

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    They should give Falcon his energy wings.

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    #24  Edited By Gambit1024

    Did anyone really expect RDJ to not come back.?

    He is Iron Man. The suit and he are one. To turn over the Iron Man suit would be to turn over himself, which is tantamount to indentured servitude or prostitution, depending on what state you're in. You can't take it away from him.

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    #25  Edited By Galactic_Man

    @Deranged Midget: He's 47 - sure, that's not OLD, but he's not that young either. People like Chris Evans and Hemsworth could play Cap and Thor for God knows how long... Even Kevin Feige pretty much implied RDJ is getting old and that they will have to replace him sooner or later.

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    They could also just put a rest to Iron Man at some point. Not kill him per say, but have Tony and his pals ride off into the sunset and focus on grooming new properties for film. They have an endless universe of heroes to pick from, after all.

    In fact occasionally retiring characters could be a good way to cycle in new ones as members of the Avengers without the team getting too crowded.

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