I bet Marvel has Skrulls locked down tight.
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Nope, Fox has the rights to Skrulls.
Huh. I did not know that. When did they use them before?
They haven't used them, but Skrulls were part of the rights package because they started as a FF enemy (FF #2). They keep the whole package as long as they use the main characters, just like Sony still has the Vulture even though he hasn't been used yet.
Edit: Namor, while usually associated with the FF, is still at Universal from a very old deal. He'd really be the perfect enemy if not for that.
Edit: Namor, while usually associated with the FF, is still at Universal from a very old deal. He'd really be the perfect enemy if not for that.
A bit more research, and I may be wrong about Skrulls as a species. The FF rights included Super-Skrull but I think the species in general may still reside with Marvel, so LC is right.
Aunt May can kick some ass.
Skye mentioned "Micro" on AoS, who's "into crime scene photos". Very likely Microchip from the Punisher comics, which is the first actual Punisher reference in the MCU.
I say that we rule Sony and Fox are no longer allowed to have Marvel rights. All in favour?
Yep. Although I must admit that X-Men franchise is on the right track after a long time, looking forward to Apocalypse.
Aunt May can kick some ass.
I got further into that series last night... May keeps that promise.
I've got Marvel Unlimited and decided to start reading some of the newer stuff available there (which means about six months behind published comics). The current Fantastic Four series is very good. James Robinson is wrapping up the FF (for now) with a story called "The Fall of the Fantastic Four", after which the series will be cancelled in 2015 (because Marvel says Fuck Fox).
The first pages are Sue Storm after it's all over, so she shows us how it's going to end: the Thing in jail for murder on Reed Richard's testimony, and Johnny Torch falling into problems. Flashback to the beginning of the arc: We learn that the daughter of Reed and Sue, Valeria Richards, has gone to live with Uncle Victor because she's mad at dad. Uncle Victor is of course Doctor Doom, and the scenes with Doom and Valeria are the best part of the series. The FF themselves are good; the Thing is back together with his girl Alicia and Johnny is a rock star with a hit album.
They get the "fantastic" part right on the enemies. A big event early on is an invasion from a parallel universe; stopping it causes the first major change, as a FF member loses their powers. There's some interaction with Nick Fury Jr. - the original white Fury having been disposed of in Original Sin to make room for the SLJ lookalike. What Robinson really gets right is the feeling of family. He's pulling the right heartstrings to set up something cool for the end of the FF.
The first pages are Sue Storm after it's all over, so she shows us how it's going to end: the Thing in jail for murder on Reed Richard's testimony, and Johnny Torch falling into problems. Flashback to the beginning of the arc: We learn that the daughter of Reed and Sue, Valeria Richards, has gone to live with Uncle Victor because she's mad at dad. Uncle Victor is of course Doctor Doom, and the scenes with Doom and Valeria are the best part of the series. The FF themselves are good; the Thing is back together with his girl Alicia and Johnny is a rock star with a hit album.
They get the "fantastic" part right on the enemies. A big event early on is an invasion from a parallel universe; stopping it causes the first major change, as a FF member loses their powers. There's some interaction with Nick Fury Jr. - the original white Fury having been disposed of in Original Sin to make room for the SLJ lookalike. What Robinson really gets right is the feeling of family. He's pulling the right heartstrings to set up something cool for the end of the FF.
Wow, such a great episode of AoS last night. So many twists and turns.
So the "SHIELD" team that got Skye out of her village as a baby was really Hydra. She was protected by "SHIELD" agents growing up, were those Hydra too?
Everyone seems worried that Simmons is brainwashed... I say, look out for Skye.
Everyone seems worried that Simmons is brainwashed... I say, look out for Skye.
MrKnickerbocker
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AMAZING episode. Kyle MacLachlan is absolutely killing it.
I sincerely hope they don't play that card again. They've committed to Ward being a traitor and I hope they leave it alone at that. This show hasn't been on long enough for them to keep revealing double agents, especially from the core cast.
As it is, the cast is ballooning out of control and we're only in Season Two. I like Trip, but damn, I would have been fine with him dying just to make room for more character development. We've got the football player guy, whose name I cannot recall and who only seems to exist to fix cars and befriend Fitz, 2nd-rate Jason Statham, and his wife, Blonde Wonder Woman, but I was perfectly happy with May, Fitz, Simmons, Coulson, and Skye. If they keep pulling back the curtain and revealing people as traitors, it will be virtually impossible to introduce new characters in the future because the fans will always be distrusting of them. Not to mention, it's just weak, "GOTCHA!" storytelling. Fool me once, shame on me, fool me over and over and over again in the same way, shame on you.
I sincerely hope they don't play that card again. They've committed to Ward being a traitor and I hope they leave it alone at that. This show hasn't been on long enough for them to keep revealing double agents, especially from the core cast.
As it is, the cast is ballooning out of control and we're only in Season Two. I like Trip, but damn, I would have been fine with him dying just to make room for more character development. We've got the football player guy, whose name I cannot recall and who only seems to exist to fix cars and befriend Fitz, 2nd-rate Jason Statham, and his wife, Blonde Wonder Woman, but I was perfectly happy with May, Fitz, Simmons, Coulson, and Skye. If they keep pulling back the curtain and revealing people as traitors, it will be virtually impossible to introduce new characters in the future because the fans will always be distrusting of them. Not to mention, it's just weak, "GOTCHA!" storytelling. Fool me once, shame on me, fool me over and over and over again in the same way, shame on you.
Actors who play Tripp and Mack are regulars on two other shows, which is why they don't have much to do in this season... I like both though.
MrKnickerbocker
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Mack! That's it.
I like them both, I just don't think they serve much of a purpose.
EDIT: Unless of course the wedge between Fitz and Simmons continues to grow and Fitz confides more and more in Mack...and then Mack gets horribly killed and Fitz only has Simmons to turn to. Because that would be amazing. And totally Whedon.
I like them both, I just don't think they serve much of a purpose.
EDIT: Unless of course the wedge between Fitz and Simmons continues to grow and Fitz confides more and more in Mack...and then Mack gets horribly killed and Fitz only has Simmons to turn to. Because that would be amazing. And totally Whedon.
The thing I see coming with Mack is that he doesn't trust Coulson. He suspects, correctly, that Coulson is part alien.
MrKnickerbocker
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And he should die for it!
The ancient ones demand blood!
The ancient ones demand blood!