There's a lot of speculation that print comics will be going the way of the dodo in the not too distant future due to the rising popularity of digital comics; do you think this will make the print comics we own already and still get more valuable or the opposite? These days some people track down a comic because it hasn't been collected in trade and it's the only way that can read it, so will people be content that they can at least still find it cheap and easy on the internet to read or will they become more important like, "WOAH! You have a physical copy of Snyder's Batman #1 from that legendary run (however many) years ago?!"
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Alright, now I feel like we're just running around in circles. Listen, you and I are on the same page, I just don't think we're understanding one another. Those films all tied to the Avengers...because they were the characters that would become the Avengers. Just like how there was a Wolverine movie, and supposedly at some point we're getting a Magneto movie to tie into the X-Men movies...because they're in X-Men comics. So I just don't understand what you're saying, do you mean IF Marvel got the rights back to X-Men they wouldn't reboot it at all, they would just make Marvel: The Movie and throw all these characters from different teams in at once and they wouldn't make any stand alone X-Men movies because Fox had already done them? Now I'm just confused but intrigued. I'm not even saying that would never happen either. For all we know it will.
@Jonny_Anonymous: I don't get why it HAS to tie in. Spider-man only became an Avenger a couple years ago, so why should he show up in an Avengers movie? I get where you're coming from, I do, it'd be a perfect world if Marvel had gotten all their eggs in one basket from the get-go and we could have an MCU like the actual Marvel universe but unfortunately that's just not the case, but luckily team-ups only happen every so often in comics, and movies obviously are a lot more sparse so there's no NEED to throw cameos around the Marvel movies just because these characters exist in the same universe. The Avengers never need to meet the X-Men or Spider-man they've got 50+ years of comic book history to draw source material from.
This is great news but I'm still holding on to hope that they will return to Daredevil for a well done reboot. In my humble opinion it wasn't Affleck's fault it turned out the way it did, with a WAY better script and a different direction he would have been fine, there are probably better choices out there for ol' hornhead but whoever the hell plays him...hot damn a Daredevil film done right would be SO bad ass. Just think a Born Again movie could be the first Marvel film to get an Oscar.
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As much as I want to see this new movie, I also want them to just reboot the hell outta X-Men and hand the rights back to Marvel!
I wish pepole would stop saying this
And yet I have somehow never seen or heard anybody suggest it personally, but I LIKE IT. I never even entertained the possibility because they've made so many movies already but honestly, let's face it, those movies have made such mockeries of not only the comic's continuity but even their OWN continuity in the movie universe that it makes the plot holes in the long history of X-Men comics pale in comparison. With the awesome direction Marvel movies have taken in the past few years I'd be totally alright if they decided to say screw it, let's start all over KNOWING that there will be sequels and start with the right characters at their appropriate ages in order to plan accordingly for future movies to actually make sense.
you do realise if Marvel get the rights back to the X-Men there will be no more X-Men films right? There isn't enough room for both the Avengers and the Mutant race in the MCU, it's just not possible to have that all fit in, all we would get would be some Mutant characters turn up in the Avengers and some cameos else where.
Thats roughly the equivalent of marvel studios just setting huge piles of cash on fire, you do get that right? X-Men is a very profitable franchise and just about as recognisable as the avengers in the mainstream, ergo, no matter who has the rights... there will be X-Men movies... Seriously dude/dudette owning the rights to X-Men and not using them makes (literally) no sense from a business perspective. At least if Marvel has them there'll be some sense of continuity and possible Avengers cross overs, and based on how well they've done with the avengers movies, I'm better they could do a great job with the X-Men too.
Thank you. Again I agree with you. And Johnny I assure you the film industry isn't getting together debating the fundamental issues like "Gee guys, I don't know if there's room enough in our movie universe for X-Men." No. They're asking, "There's money in this right? Yeah? Good." And guess what, the X-Men movie was what started the WHOLE ball rolling on comic book movies being a 'thing' as it were. Yeah you had your Supermans and Batmans and Blades before it, but it wasn't until X-Men that Hollywood really took notice and now there's like 10 comic book based movies a year, so with all due respect YES, there WILL be more X-Men movies no matter who the hell owns them, and if you haven't noticed there HAS been more X-Men movies CONTINUING to be made more than any other property. You're implying they won't make X-Men movies because they won't fit? Spider-man wasn't in the Avengers. The upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy isn't part of the Avengers. And what's more how can anyone argue that they wouldn't reboot the X-Men?! Shit, not only is the average classic movie being remade these days, now comic book movies that barely came out withing the last 5 or 10 years are already rebooted! Spider-man, the Hulk, Batman, now Superman. Plus, if history has taught us anything it's that even if a company owns the rights to a property they HAVE to do something with it or they lose it along with their investment, which is why back in the day Roger Corman rushed a Fantastic Four movie that was terribly low-budget and corny as all hell (yet still better than the new one if you ask me) so that he wouldn't lose the rights. So I hate to come off like I'm attacking you but you are just plain wrong and you're basing your logic on your own opinion not reasoning, common sense and business ethics.
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@feargalr said:
As much as I want to see this new movie, I also want them to just reboot the hell outta X-Men and hand the rights back to Marvel!
I wish pepole would stop saying this
And yet I have somehow never seen or heard anybody suggest it personally, but I LIKE IT. I never even entertained the possibility because they've made so many movies already but honestly, let's face it, those movies have made such mockeries of not only the comic's continuity but even their OWN continuity in the movie universe that it makes the plot holes in the long history of X-Men comics pale in comparison. With the awesome direction Marvel movies have taken in the past few years I'd be totally alright if they decided to say screw it, let's start all over KNOWING that there will be sequels and start with the right characters at their appropriate ages in order to plan accordingly for future movies to actually make sense.
You know what would be an awesome idea, but most likely awful in reality and execution? If Episode VII was set 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi and they got enough comics, money and drugs ( in that order for the following people respectively) to entice Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fischer to reprise their roles. And Billy Dee Williams too, why not.
My experience with Hellblazer is about the same as Lemire; I started with Ennis/Dillon's run then went back to Delano, and have been lucky enough to find a great deal of newer issues in 25 or 50 cent bins in the area, unfortunately this wasn't all that long ago, so I have a lot of catching up to do (luckily I've heard DC plans on releasing the entire series in a coherent numbering of trades at long last). As far as Lemire himself I've only ever read Animal Man (because I loved Grant Morrison's run on the character) and have been picking it up since #1 and can't let go! So anyway I'm familiar enough with Constantine to really adore the character and Lemire's writing hasn't let me down yet (however I am starting to think Rot World is starting to overstay it's welcome) so I think this is a good decision by DC, especially since I'd never even heard of this Robert Vendetti guy they were going to get to do it. To be perfectly honest though, Constantine has been in the last couple issues of Animal Man and while it DOES feel like Constantine it's definitely different seeing him with a team (keep in mind I haven't read JLD for this reason also, Constantine is almost like the Punisher to me in that I don't see him as being a team kind of guy) having to cope with this New 52 universe, when he was usually on the sidelines of the DCU off in his own little occult corner. So I'm hoping they're able to put him back in his element, regardless of the fact that he'll be in Manhattan.
I read an in-depth article in Game Informer about the game and it's definitely sounding promising. Deadpool will break the fourth wall a lot, making mention that he's in a video game, and there are hours upon hours of dialogue recorded so you won't hear him saying a lot of the same thing, he'll even comment on how good OR bad you [the player] are doing! Now with the inclusion of Cable and Death you know their paying close attention to the source material, given that the game is pledging to have a strong humor element I bet the game itself will make mention of Cable's pouches. This may break my solemn oath I haven't broken in years that I'll always wait until a video game is used before buying it. But probably not...$60 is a lot of money, and in less than a year it's half that already. Plus, it may be a short game, who knows, but either way I'm really jazzed about this. Also, Death doesn't look all that different than she did in Kyle Baker's version in the Lapham-penned Deadpool Max. Looks good to me.
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #1 - Despite a huge amount of fans claiming they're going to hate it, many will still end up shelling out $3.99 for the first issue.
So true.
The Walking Dead - Carl's young, easily-influenced mind will start seeing Negan as superior to Rick, and Negan will continue trying to be a mentor to him, possibly by trying to get him laid because Negan is a twisted son of a bitch. That or Carl will be awesome and pretend all this then finally just shoot Negan in the head and say "you're all free!"
Wolverine and the X-Men - Some more stupid circus shit will happen in this ridiculous filler arc in what was once the best Marvel book on the stands will finally end and people will start picking it up again. This doesn't even feel like Jason Aaron was writing it, it's SO off base! I mean, this really feels like the book was gone for the last three months. But honestly, I have no real prediction other than it will end and this book will be GREAT again, and I don't know, a clown will throw a pie maybe.
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