can the MCU all get along?

    

     While watching the recent debut of daredevil on Netflix, season 2 of marvel agents of S.h.i.e.l.d. coming to a close and the us release of Avengers age of ultron almost upon us I begin to wonder if/when these characters collide what will be the tone of the Team up?

      Lets start with the Avengers who's cast has always been seen in BIG budget cinema  with top of the industry FX's and theatrical shine each of the Big 4 are seemingly larger then tv at this point I mean as much as I would love to see the hulk iron man cap and thor mixing up on a hour long episode of agents of shield im guessing it wont happen anytime in the foreseeable future. Besides budget issues which obviously wouldn't be a problem if May Coulson Sky etc crossed over into the big screen we have the issue of tone, as demonstrated in Daredevil which takes a much darker violent approach reminiscent of the Max line of Marvel comics. (Don't worry no spoilers ahead) and then we have the very comedic approach to last years blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy filled with all sorts of humor and 80's pop culture references which I could only imagine would be out of place in the hells kitchen of our current daredevil. Obviously marvel has been pulling these match ups off in comic book form for years so there is a great deal of hope that if anyone can mash together characters of deferent tones and budgets on the big and small screens it is them! Maybe we can squeeze out a proper Spider-Man/Carnage film!???

Will the civil war be shaded by the spiders shadow?

 

         As we all know Spider-Man is going to be making his MCU debut in next years Captain America 3: civil war. This is of course what we all wanted right? What is needed to at least have the story similar to its comic book counter part, but what does this mean for the original plans for MCU's civil war? There are many pitfalls now for Marvel to avoid while bringing in peter for his first mcu outing with a bunch of other costumed heroes. Using him just enough to warrant his inclusion while not using him too much as to overshadow the existing headliners cap and iron man is a very fine line. Im sure right now iron man and caps battle is on the top of everyone's list of reasons to see the film but as news of Spideys inclusion starts to spread and sink in he can easily become the major draw in to the film as we all have seen cap and iron man on screen together before (age of ultron will add to that).

 

          Also marvel has already had a plan for a non spider man civil war film so how does this now change the movie we were going to get? How much universe altering has our web head caused? Also another concern is the inclusion of The Black Panther! this is also supposed to be a first in costume appearance from him. Now with spidey included we have 2 mcu first appearances in this film, will this affect Panthers screen time or impact now being 1 of many new heroes to the franchise? I would have to think at least some shine will be taken away by this.(black panthers shine???? place joke here)

 

          Still with all the possible changes and screen stealing that spidey can cause im am glad he is finally home where he belongs and will ultimately in the long run enrich the stories we have all grown to love so dearly  Welcome home Peter !!!!!

 

 

N'Jadaka A.K.A. Erik Killmonger: Movies, The Mandarin, and everything in between?

          N'Jadaka was a resident of Wakanda when Klaw attacked the country and enlisted the help (forcefully) of his father. When klaw was defeated and his father killed in the battle N'Jadaka was exiled from Wakanda when he took refuge in Harlem New York. It was here that he changed his name to Erik Killmonger and studied at M.I.T. while plotting his revenge on both Back Panther and Klaw. After contacting T'challa he was repatriated back to Wakanda and resided in a village which was named N'Jadaka after him. It was from here he decided to overthrow T'challa but after numerous small defeats he was eventually killed by Black Panther but that was not the last of Killmonger.
The Mandarin with the power of his rings claimed the body of Killmonger and was able to resurrect him for a new nefarious plot. With the destruction of a Wakanda based stark industries warehouse Tony and Rhodey travel to Wakanda to investigate this is when Rhodey is drugged and captured by Killmonger. Then in a battle between Killmongers forces and a life model decoy of black panther it appeared as if panther was killed which Killmonger blames on Tony and uses this to try to gain the support of the people of Wakanda. At this moment T'challa reveals he is not dead and defeats Killmonger in battle this prompts the Mandarin to recall the power of his ring and Killmogers is once again dead. This is not the very end of Killmongers story either being resurrected yet again but we will stop here for now to discuss how this is perfect for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


                                           Can this story fix Iron Man 3's Mistake!?
Obviously if you have yet to see Iron Man 3 for whatever reason please do not read on consider this your *********SPOLIER ALERT*************** 

A Sticky Web: What should Marvel do with Spider-man?

          Spider-Man one of my all time favorite heroes is getting pulled apart by a daunting custody battle between Sony and Marvel. This ongoing negotiation has fans on a roller coaster of emotions (seems most are rooting for marvel to take full control) and even news outlets cant keep up with the litigations. Before I touch on what seems to be the main points for fans lets go over some of the alleged proposals for Spideys rights.

          Ideas being tossed around such as Marvel gets to use Spidey in Captain America Civil War (Spidey, Cap, Iron man, Panther please please!) with Sony paying 25% of the films cost and getting to use two Marvel Characters in they're next Spidey movie with marvel putting up 25% for that film. Also Sony would be able to continue the plot of civil war in the subsequent Spidey movies as well being in control of Spideys costume, actor, and input on directors for anything Spidey appears in.
There is also a push for Marvel to use Spidey in infinity wars 1+2 and have to produce a Spidey film by 2019 the consequence if any of the movies miss the release date.....100 million in damages to Sony and full rights revert back. Its reported that Sony is also asking for promotion through marvels Parent company Disney. Talk about a hard bargain, from a business standpoint does Sony really have that much leverage with Spidey to warrant all the demands also does marvel need Spidey that much? but of course from a fan stand point WHO CARES JUST GET IT DONE!!!! so lets examine what's important to fans and the fan points.

          Ok so what Should be fans cares and concerns? I'm sure Numerous things but lets touch on a few of the important ones.

• Re-Rebooting: Should his character once again be rebooted with his origin being tweeked once more to fit the events of the MCU?
• Actor: it looks like Andrew may be out so who should take of the great responsibility of being the new face of peter
• The Age: what Spidey are we going for? with so much already happening in the MCU do we want a fresh just got his powers high school Spidey to greatly offset the older already assembled avengers or do we want a late collage peter already comfortable and seasoned as a hero. 
• Costume: With Spidey sporting so many Amazing digs is it time we get something fresh. I'm sure a great draw in would be the use of spider-armor which would be perfect for civil war for at least part of the film.
• Peters Women: Lets face it part of what makes Spidey great is his life as peter but introducing  him in several films before his next solo bout we might not be able to see much of his personal life but if so who is most important Gwen? Mary Jane? Aunt May?

          I have a lot of faith in Marvels cinematic capabilities and look forward to see how this all pans out. Which ever way this web of studio negotiations decides to swing I just hope Spidey fans climb out on top.

Black Panthers Movie Mask: how should it be done?

        

        Full disclosure I am the type of fan who loves to see my characters brought to the big screen looking like they were ripped from the pages of a comic. I am also not opposed to minor changes which can help make the characters fit in a real world setting a bit but I am totally against swapping a whole teams outfit and mask for black matrix leather(obviously black panther already wears black so no problem there).

          Why is Black Panthers mask important to marvel? well until now in the main marvel cinematic universe we have yet to see a fully masked hero. Thor wears a

Black Panther official announcement

Unless you have been living under a rock you should know about the black panther movie announcement for November 3, 2017, but for those of us who missed it here is the rundown. On Tuesday October the 28th Marvel studios held a conference at the el captain theater where they announced a enormous slate of upcoming films. those films were Captain America: civil war, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Thor Ragnarok, BLACK PANTHER, Avengers: infinity war part 1, Captain Marvel, The Inhumans, and Avengers: infinity war part 2. A very exciting news day for comic and movie fans alike.Tthe teaser poster for the black panther and the reveal of the actor who will portray the panthers non super hero identity T'challa was the icing on the super hero themed cake. Chadwick Bosemen (42, get on up) will play the titular character and even appeared along side Tony stark (Robert Downey jr) and Steve rogers (Chris Evens) on stage for some light banter this is gearing up to be very exciting

                                                   Concept Poster

Downey, Bosemen, Evens