Movies: Captain Marvel

[Deen]

Zombies were everywhere and it was mostly low budget crap. Anything with a budget is still popular as well as stuff away from the norm (Santa Clarita Diet, iZombie, Z Nation, etc).

All the superhero stuff has good budgets and are based off characters with years and years of media power. And there's different genres among them. They aren't slowing down anytime soon. They're popular among older folks who grew up with the comics, they are popular with kids, and they're even popular among casual parents because a lot of them would rather watch superheroes than another mediocre animated film.

The whole thing is over saturated. I remember when Hollywood had ideas like Terminator or Back to the Future. It is just lazy writers that either have no ideas, or are scared to present them. You can interchangeably watch any super hero movie and they are basically the same thing. I would rather watch a movie like the Shape of Water. Not because I particularly like lovey dovey movies, but because it is original.

 

[Natey]

The whole thing is over saturated. I remember when Hollywood had ideas like Terminator or Back to the Future. It is just lazy writers that either have no ideas, or are scared to present them. You can interchangeably watch any super hero movie and they are basically the same thing. I would rather watch a movie like the Shape of Water. Not because I particularly like lovey dovey movies, but because it is original.

So then.... don't watch them. No one is forcing you to watch them...

Terminator is unique? Its an action movie. What?

Back to the Future I'll give you.

 

[Pilky01]

Back to the Future is stupid.

 

[beowulf]

They have landed Annette Bening as Carol Danvers' mom.

Captain Marvel Casts Annette Bening As Carol Danvers’ Mother

 

[ThePhoenixx]

A different kind of approach?

'Captain Marvel' won't be quite what you expect - CNN

 

[beowulf]

Guess we shall see but I think I know what they might go for with. Really depends on how close they keep her story to the comic book source material. I think Jude Law will have a pretty large roll in the movie.

 

[Pilky01]

A different kind of approach?

'Captain Marvel' won't be quite what you expect - CNN

"Captain Marvel is an origin movie in that you haven't seen her before, but we think we've stumbled upon a structure there that isn't the traditional structure of what origin movies typically are, which is you meet the character, they have a problem, they get powers at the end of the first act, and the end of the second act they learn about the powers, the third act they probably fight a villain who has a function of the same powers," he said.

"That's a lot of times what a typical origin movie is structured like, but as we introduce new characters moving forward, we want to find ways to subvert that structure, so at least the experience of the film feels new to audiences," Moore added. "We're very conscious of making sure that audiences don't get things that feel like they've seen them before."

 

[beowulf]

Brie Larson talking about Captain Marvel...being strong enough to move planets.

 

[beowulf]

 

[beowulf]

Two eyed Nick Fury

Got to love Carol Danvers and her NIN shirt!

Skrulls

Ronan the Accuser with Carol and her fellow warriors including Korath.

 

[Jussi]

Grace Randolph said she's heard the trailer is almost done and might come out this or next week. And this one's much better than the cover:

 

[NyQuil]

So is Captain Marvel basically Marvel’s Superman?

Yes I could read the reams of information in various Wikis but I’m looking for a simple answer.

The plot of the film seems to be kind of like Green Lantern in terms of an intergalactic strike force.

It’ll be interesting to see how they bind her to the MCU Earth lore which I’ve always admired for its relative realism.

I’ve said this elsewhere, but pulling the MCU too cosmic might cost some fans.

 

[Pilky01]

I've said it a bunch but the more outer space oriented superheroes get the less I am interested in them.

I hope they find a way to sort of 'reset' the MCU so it can go back to a smaller scale instead of just continually getting bigger and bigger.

As far as I know Captain Marvel is basically Marvel's Superman, but I really have no idea about her character other than 'she flies and is strong'.

 

[beowulf]

So is Captain Marvel basically Marvel’s Superman?

Yes I could read the reams of information in various Wikis but I’m looking for a simple answer.

The plot of the film seems to be kind of like Green Lantern in terms of an intergalactic strike force.

It’ll be interesting to see how they bind her to the MCU Earth lore which I’ve always admired for it’s relative realism.

I’ve said this elsewhere, but pulling the MCU too cosmic might cost some fans.

The character from Marvel that is usually seen as a Superman equivalent is Sentry. I don't know how simple one can answer about the plot.
Skrulls are shape-shifting aliens that have not been introduced into the MCU yet. The Kree, at least the blue skinned ones, we have been introduced to in the form of Ronan the Accuser mostly, are a a warring species who are always looking for new weapons which is why they genetically modified ancient humans and created the Inhumans. Mar-Vell is a white skinned Kree (or Pink kree as they are called in the comics) who are the result of blue skin Kree interbreeding with other species over millennia. There are more pink than blue Kree but the blue ones still hold most of the power and wealth.

Mar-Vell is part of the Kree space force who received powers yadda yadda and ends up going to Earth (not going into details here as I don't think they will use his original reason for going to Earth in the movie). He forms a connection with Carol Danvers (Air Force pilot and later NASA employee) and during a battle she basically gets his powers and in the comics becomes Ms Marvel in a very convoluted way via a machine that she gets knocked into and that turns her into a Human-Kree hybrid.

The Kree-Skrull war in another thing which this movie will be about from what I've read. Looks like it will be different than in the comics which had the Avengers involved along with FF4 etc.

 

[NyQuil]

The character from Marvel that is usually seen as a Superman equivalent is Sentry. I don't know how simple one can answer about the plot.
Skrulls are shape-shifting aliens that have not been introduced into the MCU yet. The Kree, at least the blue skinned ones, we have been introduced to in the form of Ronan the Accuser mostly, are a a warring species who are always looking for new weapons which is why they genetically modified ancient humans and created the Inhumans. Mar-Vell is a white skinned Kree (or Pink kree as they are called in the comics) who are the result of blue skin Kree interbreeding with other species over millennia. There are more pink than blue Kree but the blue ones still hold most of the power and wealth.

Mar-Vell is part of the Kree space force who received powers yadda yadda and ends up going to Earth (not going into details here as I don't think they will use his original reason for going to Earth in the movie). He forms a connection with Carol Danvers (Air Force pilot and later NASA employee) and during a battle she basically gets his powers and in the comics becomes Ms Marvel in a very convoluted way via a machine that she gets knocked into and that turns her into a Human-Kree hybrid.

The Kree-Skrull war in another thing which this movie will be about from what I've read. Looks like it will be different than in the comics which had the Avengers involved along with FF4 etc.

Sounds like 1950s science fiction.

 

[beowulf]

Sounds like 1950s science fiction.

Well the original stories for them are from the 60s and 70s.

 

[NyQuil]

Well the original stories for them are from the 60s and 70s.

Hopefully they modernize it up like many of the other MCU origin stories.

 

[beowulf]

Hopefully they modernize it up like many of the other MCU origin stories.

I would think they would have too.

Did a little poking around on the net and it seems that this won't be a traditional origin story in that the movie starts with her having her powers already and that she is already off in space with Mar-Vell and his Star Force strike team that includes Korath etc. She gets called back to Earth because of the Skrulls trying to invade the planet a la Secret Invasion. Supposedly we will get a bit of a Nick Fury origin also.

Actually you get backstory/origin of a number of characters in this one movie.

Captain Marvel
Nick Fury
Agent Coulson
Agent Ross
Korath
Ronan

 

[dr robbie]

I'm definitely intrigued how they are going to work her into the already working universe. Also wondering how they are going to justify not calling her for all of the other Earth crises the Avengers have faced until now.

I also agree with others that the more intergalactic these movies become, the less interested I become. It's refreshing to have a movie where the battles aren't all-or-nothing for the planet/universe (i.e. Spiderman Homecoming).

 

[beowulf]

I'm definitely intrigued how they are going to work her into the already working universe. Also wondering how they are going to justify not calling her for all of the other Earth crises the Avengers have faced until now.

I also agree with others that the more intergalactic these movies become, the less interested I become. It's refreshing to have a movie where the battles aren't all-or-nothing for the planet/universe (i.e. Spiderman Homecoming).

Looks like they will have both types of movies going forward. Spider-ManL Far from Home seems to have to cosmic stuff. I would assume the Black Widow movie won't either. Doctor Strange 2 would have some cosmic elements but on Earth I would think as his story arcs in the comics tend to be linked to Earth as the Sorcerer Supreme who protects the Earth from that stuff as mentioned in the first movie.

But then GotG 3 will be in space along with the rumored Eternals movie. Time will tell I guess as they have not let anything out about the future phases of the MCU.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I'm definitely intrigued how they are going to work her into the already working universe. Also wondering how they are going to justify not calling her for all of the other Earth crises the Avengers have faced until now.

I also agree with others that the more intergalactic these movies become, the less interested I become. It's refreshing to have a movie where the battles aren't all-or-nothing for the planet/universe (i.e. Spiderman Homecoming).

eh, thats nothing new.

why didnt the Avengers fight SHIELD instead of just Captain America in Winter Soldier when we were minutes away from millions of people being killed by helicarriers?

 

[Jussi]

So is Captain Marvel basically Marvel’s Superman?

Yes I could read the reams of information in various Wikis but I’m looking for a simple answer.

The plot of the film seems to be kind of like Green Lantern in terms of an intergalactic strike force.

It’ll be interesting to see how they bind her to the MCU Earth lore which I’ve always admired for its relative realism.

I’ve said this elsewhere, but pulling the MCU too cosmic might cost some fans.

On the other hand, there's also a lot of people who have been expecting the cosmic things..

 

[NyQuil]

On the other hand, there's also a lot of people who are excepting exactly that.

It's possible, but I think the worry is that it becomes more like DC and CGI and people have their issues with that.

 

[S E P H]

The character from Marvel that is usually seen as a Superman equivalent is Sentry. I don't know how simple one can answer about the plot.
Skrulls are shape-shifting aliens that have not been introduced into the MCU yet. The Kree, at least the blue skinned ones, we have been introduced to in the form of Ronan the Accuser mostly, are a a warring species who are always looking for new weapons which is why they genetically modified ancient humans and created the Inhumans. Mar-Vell is a white skinned Kree (or Pink kree as they are called in the comics) who are the result of blue skin Kree interbreeding with other species over millennia. There are more pink than blue Kree but the blue ones still hold most of the power and wealth.

Mar-Vell is part of the Kree space force who received powers yadda yadda and ends up going to Earth (not going into details here as I don't think they will use his original reason for going to Earth in the movie). He forms a connection with Carol Danvers (Air Force pilot and later NASA employee) and during a battle she basically gets his powers and in the comics becomes Ms Marvel in a very convoluted way via a machine that she gets knocked into and that turns her into a Human-Kree hybrid.

The Kree-Skrull war in another thing which this movie will be about from what I've read. Looks like it will be different than in the comics which had the Avengers involved along with FF4 etc.

Who are more powerful, Skrull or the Kree? Additionally, are both of them weaponized civilizations who are set out to conquer everything in sight?

 

[RandV]

As far as I know Captain Marvel is basically Marvel's Superman, but I really have no idea about her character other than 'she flies and is strong'.

I'm wondering about this as well, as the only comic book knowledge I have on the character is through X-Men's Rogue who apparently over absorbed Carol Danvers which is why Rogue can fly and is super strong. But is there more to the original Ms. Marvel than just what Rogue can do?... which really isn't anything special and hardly Superman like.