CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (SPOILER REVIEW)

Those are also the ones that praise Singer and it HURTS, it physically hurts when they say "but... but... wolverine has always been their leader..." I want to physically hurt someone over that one.

Dude, I ran across just as many if not more people who have told me that not only was Spider-Man a founding member of the Avengers but their mainstay leader over the years...

The only difference between the two is I actually like Wolverine (he's not in my top 5 X-Men but he is still in the top 10). So that mitigates the headache some (not a lot, just some) when I run across those very idiots who think Wolverine was always the X-Men's leader (or even a founding member).

All I ask is let his presence not bother you in the MCU, give him a chance.

I'll only get annoyed if he takes up more screen time and story presence than Iron Man did in the Avenger movies or even as much (unless there is a good story reason like in Age of Ultron).

And I'll really be pissed if they ever try to make Spider-Man be the team leader just because he is a popular character.

It could go either way, but with a growing competition I know we both hope I'm right. Marvel has to take advantage of the audience they have and give us The Punisher asap... unless he appears in The Defenders.

As I said I think right now the main focus is to get Iron Fist and the Defenders done and out, then go to town on the rest of it. However Frank making an appearance in the Defenders (even briefly) would not go amiss.

I dont feel sorry for DC/WB, they wanted to face a Leviathan for no better reason than to prove they still rule... which they don't. It would have been easier to go the usual route and give each and every character a movie before BvS or Justice League but they didn't think it thru. Sources now claim Snyder and his vision are the reason the directors are abandoning ship... because being honest his vision sucks.

They could have used CW's The Flash for example, he is amazingly popular across the globe and he is a really good Flash. But Snyder thought he was "too light" to fit his universe so they will make another Flash movie and presumably do the Flashpoint story line... again! When the CW show did it beautiful

From everything I've seen and read Snyder can't get off Frank Miller and Alan Moore's cock for five second to appreciate and understand the rest of the DC universe. It's like he is constantly flipping the bird to anyone and everyone who liked the lighter side of DC.

And what I've found over the last 2-3 years is that the majority of people who loved Man of Steel didn't really like Superman all that much to begin with. And it seems the same for fans of BvS. The same can kind of be said for the people who loved BvS's version of Batman. If you wanted to see the Arkham video games brought to life with an even more miserable harsher edge, you got that. If you want to see the classic comic book or even 90's cartoon Batman, it still missed the mark... in some ways greatly (like, you know Batman not being murder happy or actually being a good detective).

The Flash TV show gets the character and the world, and as lame as both Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl have bad habits of being more often than not they still do better jobs at embracing their source materials and characters than the DC movies have in the last 3-5 years.

Nothing last forever and that includes the MCU, by 2022 it will be winding down. I would suggest to DC to cancel their slate, go back to formula (pun intended) and wait it out a couple of years, try again.

I think Marvel has the potential to last rather long. They may slow down the number of films they release in a year or even take a year or two off in between films, but I don't think it will just come to an end and later be rebooted.

Mostly because Marvel is willing to evolve in a way, and more importantly willing to embrace the myriad of character they have at their disposal to tell a variety of stories. And they seem more willing to just recast previously established character with new actors, rather than reboot the same old stories.

Spider-Man got the reboot only because Marvel and Marvel Studios wanted to shout to the world, "This is our Spider-Man!"

Also Feige himself I think stated once that one of the Avenger's greatest advantages was their ever changing roster of heroes. Which again just shows the different mindset with Marvel compared to WB & DC.

It's just so screwed up. Batman v Superman should have been much more of a crowning victory, and Suicide Squad should have been a victory lap film that 'could have failed but who cares.' Now it's up to Suicide Squad and later Wonder Woman to rebuild good will with audiences before Justice League arrives? WTF?

And it's not like those films won't have close by comparisons (not so much competition). Dr. Strange will come out a couple months after Suicide Squad, and Wonder Woman I think will be preceded by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and followed by Spider-Man: Homecoming. Not to mention the third Wolverine movie in there somewhere in that first half of 2017.

Because they might have their JLA films... but a CHALLENGE to the MCU? Culturally or financially? NOt a snowball's chance in Phhoenix, AZ on a warm August day.

Which is just so odd... and wrong to a degree. The Justice League having to play catch up to the Avengers, and not looking like they can do it.

IN MARVEL WE TRUST

The difference between a company that has an actual plan (but not one set in stone, one that can change and evolve as needed) run by a guy who loves the comics and a company that really doesn't have a plan and almost feels like they picked a guy at random to set the tone.


Sanity is for the weak!

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