I'd like to see a Nightwing movie. He's less angsty than Daredevil and less my-way-the-only-way than Batman. I may also like a Power Girl movie, with... umm... any actress and two bald midgets inside the suit.
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I'd like to see a Nightwing movie. He's less angsty than Daredevil and less my-way-the-only-way than Batman.
I never got that from Daredevil. He always seemed like an adult, less angsty version of Spider-man.
Yes, but:Well, they said it didn't set the record. Avatar still holds that one
Dominoes are falling.After its $207.4-million debut broke the record for the biggest opening ever — not adjusting for inflation — "The Avengers" had another phenomenal weekend in theaters. In its second weekend of domestic release, the film featuring Marvel comic book characters such as the Hulk, Iron Man and Thor raked in an additional $103.2 million, according to an estimate from distributor Walt Disney Pictures. That means the movie made more on its second weekend than any other film in history, a record previously held by the three-day $75.6 million made by "Avatar."
My favorite part of that series. We got to see, or at least have references to, Sandman, Doctor Fate, Starman, Wildcat, the first Green Lantern, and several others -- and see Hawkman in grouchy, mace-wielding action.I miss Smallville's JLA.
Wouldn't it be great if Frank Miller were as good as he thinks he is?Well, they made The Spirit, didn't they?
Well, they made The Spirit, didn't they?
Wouldn't it be great if Frank Miller were as good as he thinks he is?
The new movie Battleship had a $200 million budget. One fifth of a billion dollars. But (judging from early reviews) a dumbass script. It'll probably have a big opening weekend but then drop off quickly.
A movie like The Avengers has a lot more staying power. Maybe that'll indicate to some of the producers that those script things are actually an important part of the package.
I didn't care too much for the character of Black Widow, I just felt that she was really kind of useless. I guess they really wanted to increase ratings with a female super hero though.
I agree - I thought Black Widow's character should have been given something...more.
As much as Mark Ruffalo has made the possibility of a new Hulk flick viable, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, possibly paired with Hawkeye, may also be deserving of her own movie as well.When we first meet her, Romanoff is tied to a chair, clad in a black cocktail dress, being violently interrogated by a trio of gangsters. Confident that they are in complete control of the situation, the leader of the three foolishly reveals his master plan before the Black Widow reveals her true skill, subduing all three men in an impressive display of acrobatic ass-kicking. Her perceived vulnerability is a weapon that Whedon has her use multiple times throughout the movie.
But her strategy is always predicated on her having the upper hand. The gangsters are human, easily willed by her charms. But during an attack on the heli-carrier in the second act, Romanoff becomes trapped in the lower engine decks with Bruce Banner, who loses control and becomes his unstoppable raging alter-ego, the Hulk. Her attempts to reason with him fail, and soon she is running for her life through the bowels of the ship, chased by the unthinking green mass of rage. The Hulk swats her against the wall like a mere insect before the Norse God of Thunder, Thor, intervenes. When next we see her, the Black Widow is cowering in the corner. The look on her face is that of a woman utterly broken. It takes a few moments before she finally responds to her radio summons.
The scene touches effectively on two themes. The first is the trauma suffered by the Black Widow, a woman so accustomed to being in control who suddenly finds herself dominated by an unstoppable male force (one from which she had to be rescued by another man). Finding a way to assert yourself against someone more physically powerful is a challenge that persists in women's struggle for equality, fictional or otherwise. That challenge, of course, is more easily addressed when you have super powers and can reduce your opponent to ashes, but the Black Widow's helpless encounter with the Hulk more closely reflects that problem as it exists in the real world.
Gah. That review of the Black Widow bugs me. She was not "utterly broken" in that scene. She had a shell-shocked moment after getting her ass handed to her by the Hulk. Then she pulled herself together, answered her radio, and went out to fight.
The Black Widow's abilities: a gun savvy and big tits.
Wrong. Look up her comic history.