I can see how shrinking would be really useful to avoid getting hit by the villains, and if their plans involve machinery with moving parts you could get tiny enough to slip inside and sabotage them from within.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2015 5:09:29 am PST #28213 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jessica - Jan 07, 2015 5:17:01 am PST #28214 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Nevertheless, I can't shake the feeling that Ant-Man is the superhero you invent after you've already used up all the really good powers.
DavidS - Jan 07, 2015 5:26:42 am PST #28215 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Or the cartoonist just likes drawing gigantic ants.
Of course the main reason to have Ant-Man is so you can have Janet Van Dyne.
Dana - Jan 07, 2015 5:27:29 am PST #28216 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Which they've already fucked up, so.
Fred Pete - Jan 07, 2015 6:39:08 am PST #28217 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Nevertheless, I can't shake the feeling that Ant-Man is the superhero you invent after you've already used up all the really good powers.
That's a fair point. If someone offered me the superpower of my choice, I wouldn't pick getting tiny.
DavidS - Jan 07, 2015 8:00:21 am PST #28218 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Legion of Super-Heroes excelled on this score. I offer you, Bouncing Boy and Matter-Eater Lad.
Gris - Jan 07, 2015 8:14:57 am PST #28219 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I think getting super tiny is one of those superpowers that COULD be awesome, given creative uses. Depends how tiny, to some extent. I mean, it's essentially a form of invisibility, right? Nobody really thinks invisibility sucks.
I have never read any ant-man, so I dunno.
Gris - Jan 07, 2015 8:21:21 am PST #28220 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I just watched the teaser and thought is was fine. At least there's a hint of humor, which has been the real clincher for me in most of the Marvel movies I've loved (though CA2 could have dropped all humor and still been good).
Certainly didn't have the brilliance (to me) of the first GotG teaser-trailer, but I realized eventually that my overwhelming love for that was not universal; my wife, who is substantially less immersed in geek culture than I, though it was weird and somewhat of a WTF turnoff. This teaser is less groundbreaking (for, I assume, more generic appeal), but that also means it doesn't actually tell me very much, which means there is still plenty of room for the movie to be awesome. I love me some Paul Rudd and Marvel and actually have no bones to pick with Michael Douglas, so I'm basically still completely in.
Beverly - Jan 07, 2015 5:55:40 pm PST #28221 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Different franchise, but who's over-fevered brain would cast Johansson in Evangelion when Rinko Kikuchi exists in the world? I like Scarlett, but it seems to me Rinko would bring in at least as much box office in the role.
Jesse - Jan 08, 2015 2:45:19 am PST #28222 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I seriously doubt that -- Pacific Rim didn't do that well! And ScarJo is a Name, in addition to being a white woman with big boobs.