Ant-man

[MahrinSkel]

It could fit into where they seem to be going with Daredevil fairly easily.

--Dave

[Evildrider]

It could fit into where they seem to be going with Daredevil fairly easily.

--Dave

That would be a tough fit.  Let alone that Mandarin would destroy Daredevil.  Daredevil has enough villains where that would just be putting Mandarin in to have him there.  We still have villains like Typhoid Mary that I would love to see on the show.

[Khaldun]

Oh, for pete's sake, the "Microverse" is not a licensed property, only the Micronauts are. It's like the "Dire Wraiths" which had fuckall to do with the toy Rom and therefore are Marvel originals for them to do with as they please.

Fuck, it's not even like the company that made the Micronauts (the coolest toys ever) is anything but a corporate ghost anyway. Even if whatever lawyers think they hold the paper belonging to Mego thought that "Microverse" belonged to them, just call it (as they did) "quantum realm", and problem solved for good. Shrinking heroes for both DC and Marvel have been bouncing around on atoms since the 1950s and before.

[Evildrider]

JJ Abrams was trying to make a Micronauts movie like a couple of years ago.  So the IP and shit is still locked up somewhere.

[Ironwood]

What the fuck is a micronaut?

[Evildrider]

[Velorath]

Fuck, it's not even like the company that made the Micronauts (the coolest toys ever) is anything but a corporate ghost anyway

Whoever holds the licensing rights is around to some extent because IDW just licensed the right to do Micronauts and Rom comics.

[Khaldun]

The toys have been remade under license too. Just not sure who is actually holding Mego's rights now. But in any event, Marvel doesn't have to do any licensing at all to have a "quantum realm" matter in the MCU. Heck, it had people going into the "Microverse" before Micronauts--the Hulk very famously fell in love and got married to a green Microverse queen who ruled a fantasy-medieval microworld, and the Fantastic Four had a bad guy who came from a microscopic realm.

[Tannhauser]

Fuck, it's not even like the company that made the Micronauts (the coolest toys ever) is anything but a corporate ghost anyway

Whoever holds the licensing rights is around to some extent because IDW just licensed the right to do Micronauts and Rom comics.

Love the Micronauts!  Collected the comics and had the Baron Kharza action figure as a kid.  Its limbs were attached by magnetic ball sockets so you could pull them off.  Really wanted an Acroyer figure, he was my favorite.  The artwork in that series was amazing.

AHEM.

Anyway, never cared much for ROM but I do hope any Micronauts movie is good, though I doubt it actually will be released.

[Lakov_Sanite]

--the Hulk very famously fell in love and got married to a green Microverse queen who ruled a fantasy-medieval microworld,

Comics. 

[HaemishM]

Don't be dissing the Microverse, dog.

[Khaldun]

I still have a Baron Karza in my action-fig collection. Those toys were the fucking bomb.

[UnSub]

Saw this: thought it was a bit flat up to the third act, where things actually happened. Michael Douglas was solid.

Also, although Cross was underdeveloped, I think Corey Stoll did a great job in concentrating an unsettling need for approval into his acting. If only Pym had given Cross a hug, things would have turned out differently.

[Yegolev]

Did I have a micro-stroke during the Mandarin parts?  I don't remember that.

[Ironwood]

Don't quite know what to make of this.

[Yegolev]

I thought we were still talking about the Ant Man movie.

[Ironwood]

I was.  I went to see it today.  I really don't know what to make of it.

It didn't hold together at all well.

[Yegolev]

Did you see a goddamned Mandarin?  I didn't.  Or, I don't think I did.

[Evildrider]

Did you see a goddamned Mandarin?  I didn't.  Or, I don't think I did.

I saw a tangelo but no mandarin.   

[Khaldun]

Wait, I'm lost. Where does this Mandarin stuff come from?

[Evildrider]

Wait, I'm lost. Where does this Mandarin stuff come from?

[jgsugden]

There is a poor shot of it out there on the interwebs... it is big as the 10 rings reference in IM2. Non issue except that they'Re keeping the 10 rings concept alive. The only way it would matter is if the theory that Mandarin will turn out to be a lack of Thanos and the rings are Thanos tech... I don't buy it, but it would be a way to capitalize on all the references ...

[Ironwood]

Did you see a goddamned Mandarin?  I didn't.  Or, I don't think I did.

No, I didn't.  Nor did I understand the two separate references to how Pym Particles had messed with Cross's mind, despite him never, ever, ever actually having any Pym Particles until the very fucking end.  It made shit all sense.

This was a very odd movie that I'm STILL trying to decide if I liked.  The ending was good, but it took so fucking long to get there and most of the film could have been quite easily cut and no-one would notice.

Hell, if they'd just shown me an hour of Evangeline and then the end bit, I'd have been happy.

[rk47]

need this in movie

[Yegolev]

the Mandarin (the villain of Iron Man 3… depending on who you ask)

OK, I get it now. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[SurfD]

Did you see a goddamned Mandarin?  I didn't.  Or, I don't think I did.

No, I didn't.  Nor did I understand the two separate references to how Pym Particles had messed with Cross's mind, despite him never, ever, ever actually having any Pym Particles until the very fucking end.  It made shit all sense.

It made perfect sense.  Cross had been playing with Pym Particles for potentially YEARS, they were just tinted yellow and not red for "GI Joe" badguy style identification.

[Yegolev]

All of that, I agree to, but it could have been presented better.

[sickrubik]

Edit: Woops, wrong thread.

[Hutch]

I finally saw this today. I was pleasantly surprised. The trailers and other hype didn't look promising, but the movie turned out to be a lot of fun.

Having Borombon play over the MARVEL graphic was noticeable. And enjoyable.

I liked how they fit Hank Pym's backstory in, with Shield and Howard Stark.
Also the fate of Pym's wife.
Of course I didn't analyze the movie as I was watching it, or I would have realized earlier on that the "quantum realm" could have been called "Chekov's quantum realm". But, I didn't have that thought until Lang was in it.

I was so glad to learn that there were more gags in store than just the Thomas train colliding with YJ. It was funny, but the trailer was so hammy, that I worried they'd put the only joke in it.

Foreshadowing to possible Giant Man appearances? The blue pill got used to embiggen an ant and a toy, it's just a matter of time till they use it on Scott. Or Hope.
This is assuming that we see these characters again, which I hope we will. Either in the Avengers, or some of the other P3 films, or (I hope) a sequel.

Evangeline Lilly will be a great fit as a Marvel super hero.

Speaking of the Avengers, I wasn't spoiled that Anthony Mackie would be in this, so that was another fun surprise.

[jgsugden]

Scott Lang is next seen in Civil War.  Hope Van Dyne is confirmed to return, but not in Civil War.  She'll appear elsewhere.  Best guess so far is in Black Panther, but there could be a tie between the quantum realm and Dr. Strange, so anything is possible.

[eldaec]

Finally saw this. I enjoyed it, except for the interminable fight scene at the end, which was about a week and a half too long, and quite dull.

Problem was they lots of cool heist bits and the whole burgular Macguyver thing going on at the beginning, then at the end he just punches things a lot and uses chekov's quantum realm reference to win.

But it was fun I guess.

[Furiously]

We were bored so we rented it. It was much better than I expected. Like by a factor of five. I was definitely better than IM3 and Cap2.

[Ironwood]

Cap 2 ?  Really ?  Hmmm.

[HaemishM]

I had the same reaction as you, Ironwood, but I didn't want to disparage someone's wrong opinion. 

[Ironwood]

Everyone has different marvel tastes tho. I was bored of iron man after the first film.