I assume they would try to make Hawkeye into a franchise -- may not work, but I don't doubt they'll try.

I am entirely shallow because I would watch that. Unless they made it Natasha and Hawkeye (with some Bucky?) because then I would be in it for way more than the shallow reasons. But those too.

I'm pretty sure it would be a Hawkeye/Black Widow movie.

I saw a photoshopped poster for that movie on Tumblr. Budapest: The Movie. I would watch it in a heartbeat.

WHO CARES WHAT THEY'RE WEARING/ON MAIN STREET OR SAVILLE ROW. IT'S WHAT YOU WEAR FROM EAR TO EAR/AND NOT FROM HEAD TO TOE/THAT MA-HA-HA-HA-TERS!

I would be surprised if they managed to make Black Widow and Hawkeye franchises separate from each other, or bothered to try. Kinda because the people I'm asking only barely have a concept of Captain America as a character. Those two didn't make a huge impression in a lot of the non-comics people I polled.

Iron Man was a fucking miracle and they owe all sorts of arcane sacrifices to RDJ. Thor and Cap are kinda coasting on that, I feel, but Marvel has managed all sorts of magic out of characters that were not originally iconic. It's amazing.

Marvel has managed all sorts of magic out of characters that were not originally iconic.

It’s probably easier for Marvel exactly because the characters aren’t iconic. RDjr can have his own take on Tony Stark exactly because there isn’t a this legacy hampering him.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I will pass them along.

I don't feel Batman is hampered by legacy--I think some of the previous incarnation of movies were sufficiently dumb that they were sliding by on nothing but legacy. Superman, on the other hand, hasn't worked out how to get rid of "super-powered boy scout" and tell any of the good stories that print has shown possible.

It took me forever to get out of bed this morning. Not so much the snoozing part--my alarm is actually still half an hour too early, so snoozes are not just allowed, they're the law. But after the alarm was turned off, I just _sat_. God, my head hurts. There's a reason I'm at the office for ten odd hours whenever I make it in. Because I don't want to get in the car and drive home. But I don't really have the option to not come in, because the vendor is sending someone today, and I'm the only one on the project who's allowed to speak.

I don't want to speak.

I want to curl up under my desk.

I've had the delicious muffin and the amazing tea and every applicable med and...it's not fun yet. When does the fun start?

Apparently, Daniel Tosh's new animated series has a mention of rape. He has ordered that this be deleted from the episode that will be shown at Comic Con.

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apparently most of the ep is about rape, so the editors don't know how this will be edited out.