Marvel Universe (Thar be spoilers ahead.)

[Lakov_Sanite]

[Evildrider]

Maybe he's playing Black Bolt and will have no lines this time.   

[Lakov_Sanite]

Maybe he's playing Black Bolt and will have no lines this time.   

I'm not sure that will happen but it would be fucking hilarious.

[Nevermore]

[Fordel]

He could totally pull it off.

[Tannhauser]

He would be awesome as Black Bolt.  Also, what the fuck is up with those leg things?

[Velorath]

Also, what the fuck is up with those leg things?

He did motion capture for Groot as well.

[MrHat]

So Thanos is the big bad in the Marvel Multiverse?  I didn't really follow that part from Guardians.

(pretty much just a movie watcher)

[Khaldun]

He seems like an established Big Bad out there where the Guardians do their thing, yeah. Also seems like he has an active interest in acquiring the Infinity Gems, though I'm not sure how that squares with Avengers. (e.g., he seems to have outfitted Loki with the staff and the Chitauri; the staff seems to have an Infinity Gem in it and is now in the possession of HYDRA; but what does Thanos get out of all that?) 

[Lantyssa]

Thanos gets to know their exact locations.  Once they're all safely secured in places he knows he can gather them all at once.

Plus all the death that happens in each of their appearances.  It's foreplay before the main event.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Well in Guardians he's mentioned several times as some sort of space badass and referred to as "the mad titan" but even in avengers he was shown to be the one who resuced loki and gave him the staff.  Following the movies alone simply tells us he's a power player behind the scenes with sinister motives.  Knowing the comics does gives us a bit more knowledge of his endgame but we already know he's evil and behind the scenes.

[HaemishM]

In the comics, the Infinity Gems "called out to each other - they wanted to be put together" or some such. So as long as he knows where one or two are, he can use them to get more. GOTTA CATCH THEM ALL!

[Khaldun]

Which has never made any sense in the Marvel comics. What, there are gems as old as the universe that are basically its source code, that make you effectively God, and they WANT to be put together? But never have been until Thanos did it (and then have been put together constantly ever since, including by a two-bit street villain...)

I get that the force of creation or whatever might choose to create a root kit for the entire universe just in case of something really really extra-universal happening to it but I would think you would not make it something that the equivalent of a Czech hacker sitting in a basement could just download off an unprotected server.
 

[HaemishM]

Best not to think to hard about the cosmic shit because it literally WILL NOT MAKE SENSE.

[Margalis]

The best part of the Infinity Gauntlet saga was Thanos collecting the gems, which isn't going to be replicated in the movies. The story after he collected them was crap.

[Velorath]

The best part of the Infinity Gauntlet saga was Thanos collecting the gems, which isn't going to be replicated in the movies. The story after he collected them was crap.

Eh, it was fun for what it was although Starlin's fascination with Thanos (a character he created) gets a little tiring at times.  I've never found Thanos to be nearly as interesting as Starlin seems to think he is, and Starlin went back to the well way too many times with the same characters and concepts. His Dreadstar stuff was much better. Shame he didn't stick around long enough to see that to conclusion.

As for the Infinity Gems themselves, they hit a lot point in a crossover with the Ultraverse that introduced a 7th gem that combined with the others to form the generically named cosmic entity Nemesis. Even Warren Ellis writing the last issue of that storyline couldn't save that shit.

[Khaldun]

Thanos, weirdly enough, is most interesting when Starlin writes him in his "down" times, after he's failed again. I really liked Starlin's attempt to say, "This is a guy who actually hates himself, just on a cosmic scale, and when he's left alone with power, sabotages himself, until the one day where he doesn't and wins and then finds out that neither power nor Death does anything to relieve his self-loathing." The best stuff the company has ever done with him was the brief run in his own title where Starlin gave Giffen his blessing to write Thanos. Two great arcs: in the one, Thanos sets out to try and make up for some of his worst deeds, ends up humiliatiing Galactus after Galactus gets suckered into bringing an interdimensional parasite into the Marvel reality; in the other, Thanos seems to be done with his "making up to people" phase, now is in his contemplative "what should I do" phase, goes to visit the Kyln (it's where it was introduced) and meets up with the Beyonder (not the white-guy w/jheri curls version of the character). He was also good in Annihilation right up to when Drax killed him, partly because it was sort of mysterious what Thanos was up to. At some point, I kind of wished Marvel had told Starlin, "You're not writing this guy anymore ever, Giffen and Abnett & Lanning are, because they're just better". Starlin has a habit of being a big asshole when he writes Thanos because he usually goes out of his way to reverse everything that every other writer has done with him.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Obligatory thanoscopter.

[HaemishM]

WTF was that from?

[Trippy]

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/06/14/i-lova-ya-but-youre-strange-2/

[Khaldun]

That old Spiderman-for-kids comic. It's full of hilarious panels.

[Raguel]

I find it hilarious that even in that comic, Thanos beat himself. 

[Evildrider]

So it looks like with Guardians being a hit they are working on Inhumans now.  They are shopping around a script right now looking for a director.

[Evildrider]

And Inhumans has been announced.  So I think this is going to be one of the 2017 dates.

[Bunk]

The Inhumans - the Movie!

Lead Actor get's one line in the entire movie (which blows all the shit up)
Lead Actress has magic 70's hair
Supporting Actor - french looking skinny martial arts guy
Supporting CGI Actor - giant weird looking doggie sorta thingy with a big mustache

Who am I forgetting?

Funnily enough though, I thought the Inhumans were awesome as a teen. I loved the idea of a guy whose power was to break really big stuff by karate chopping it's weak point.

[HaemishM]

I like what they've done with Karnak lately - he's not only able to see the physical deficiencies in something to karate chop it, he's also able to analyze the weakness in diplomacy and strategy. He could be a cool character.

Rather than playing Black Bolt, I could see Vin Diesel doing Gorgon with the goat hooves things, although he'd be cool as Black Bolt too. He's got the stare down.

[Velorath]

And Inhumans has been announced.  So I think this is going to be one of the 2017 dates.

I don't think it's actually been announced yet.

[Evildrider]

I like what they've done with Karnak lately - he's not only able to see the physical deficiencies in something to karate chop it, he's also able to analyze the weakness in diplomacy and strategy. He could be a cool character.

Rather than playing Black Bolt, I could see Vin Diesel doing Gorgon with the goat hooves things, although he'd be cool as Black Bolt too. He's got the stare down.

I think it's funny that someone known for their voice would get a role like Black Bolt.  Vin landed Groot cuz Marvel wanted him for a movie, apparently Inhumans, but it was a while off yet.  So they offered him the Groot role as well.

[Nevermore]

Crystal was the only Inhuman I really liked so hopefully she'll be in it with a major role.

[Evildrider]

And Inhumans has been announced.  So I think this is going to be one of the 2017 dates.

I don't think it's actually been announced yet.

It's because of the news that the script is done and being shopped around to directors.  Not only that, but because of the Vin tease yesterday on Facebook.

[Velorath]

And Inhumans has been announced.  So I think this is going to be one of the 2017 dates.

I don't think it's actually been announced yet.

It's because of the news that the script is done and being shopped around to directors.  Not only that, but because of the Vin tease yesterday on Facebook.

I don't disagree it's coming, but Marvel themselves have not actually announced anything.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Thinking about it, Diesel might have been wearing those stilts all the time for reasons other than playing groot if he's going to be woodgod.

[Maven]

Behind the Scenes video quotes Vin as saying he wanted to know what it would be like to be a seven foot tall tree creature. He wore the stilts as he recorded his VO lines for international release. It works for promotional purposes too.

[Khaldun]

It's interesting that Marvel Studios retained the rights to the Inhumans given that the characters were so closely associated with the Fantastic Four early on. They may be interested in making the movie as a preliminary way of announcing that anything that wasn't specified in the contracts for FF, Spider-Man and X-Men is theirs, and that they're going to persistently be trying to yank anything that isn't nailed down back into their stable. There's also a rumor that they may use the concept of "Inhumans" as the Marvel Studios' version of mutation. Wouldn't be surprised in that sense if it turns out that what makes the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver is essentially the MCU version of terrigen.

[Numtini]

I've seen that idea all over the place, but I just don't get it. I don't think anyone really cares about "mutants." People care about the X-Men.