Uh... huh...

[lithera]

Runaways has been signed over to become a movie. We'll see how Marvel handles this one. I'm not really excited here. Worried, sure. Excited? *shrugs* Brian K. Vaughan is adapting the screening at least.

You can see the trailer for Gotham Knight here: http://www.latinoreview.com/news.php?id=4695

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige says Marvel’s Captain America movie, planned for a May 2011 release, will be a period film, set during World War II. Which, I think, is a good move. Of course then you have to explain how he's still alive for the Avengers movie and the whole frozen in a block of ice thing...? Uh huh...

It looks like Thor will mostly take place in Asgard, which ... Well... This movie is going to be a serious pain no matter what you do with it.

If nothing else, Marvel gets some love from me for this - http://www.marvel.com/news/comicstories.3547.Colbert_for_President

This is fun - http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/56976/the_7_very_best_star_wars_parodies_ever.html Except it isn't Cops, guys. It is Troops and it is hilarious.

Comments

[uberdude.livejournal.com]

I suspect they're going to 'find' Cap and de-ice him in the Avenger's movie.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Frozen in a block of ice is hard to sell, I think.

[uberdude.livejournal.com]

True, but it is the origin story for modern day cap and they've never changed that so far. Even the recent Avenger's animated keeps it. Besides, Asgardian God, Mutants, Gamma Ray Green Giants... Block of Ice isn't realy more weird than that stuff.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I think it is, though. There is science we don't understand and magic but frozen in a block of ice is pretty much understood not to work for 60 years.

[uberdude.livejournal.com]

I think they could spin a psuedo plausible explanation citing biochemistry found in certain actual marine life that allows the creature to be frozen without damage to the cells and then 'thaw out' and swimm off. Cross that with some science-hokum about the 'adaptive properties' in Cap's physiology derived from the super soldier serum tha allowed him to enter a 'perfect hibernation' blah blah blah..
It's on the pseudo science level of a mutation that goes from 'human' to 'I can turn into metal and bench an abrams tank' within the space off two generations.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Suddenly reminded of the SNL skit Caveman Lawyer....

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Asgard doesn't fill me with confidence. They're going the wrong way with that. But then, I think they're making a mistake in making Thor a major player of his own, because I think gods are too hard to sell.

I actually think the Cappy thing will be okay, partly because of the supersoldier thing, partly because quite a few people know his story already (though always fewer than I imagine, I know...), partly because hey, if we can accept Tony Stark making Iron Man armor I think we can take Cappy in a block of ice... :)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I don't know. They're different things for me. I could be sold on the whole block of ice thing, what with the Super Soldier Serum adding enough of a 'who knows' in there. I don't know why but it is easier for me to imagine a world where we can build fantastic suits of flying armor.