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Part of the problem is I don't think Marvel has a lot of iconic villains, at least not in the way DC does, and most of the ones they do have (like Magneto and Doctor Doom) belong to Fox on the movie side.
As goofy as a lot of Spidey's rogues gallery is, at least they're not all evil versions of him. So we should get some variety on that front, at least.
As goofy as a lot of Spidey's rogues gallery is, at least they're not all evil versions of him.
My brother texts me (frequently) with SUPER BAD casting ideas for Spidey's villains, like Jon Lovitz as Hydro-Man.
Marvel's lack of Cool Villains seems weird to me since they've got Loki, Red Skull, Galactus, Dr. Doom, all of Spidey's foes (Ditko was good at creating those guys), Magneto, Kingpin etc.
But as noted, those are mostly parceled out to the non-MCU properties or Netflix.
The bigger issue is that they've gotten very formulaic with their projects. Which since it's basically a machine to print up Nigh-A-Billion dollars I understand.
But Dr. Strange was really really close to the first Iron Man (with a side of Inception visuals).
I'm hoping Thor: Ragnarok shakes things up as much as the trailers suggest.
Thank heaven for reviews that plainly state the point where Here There Be Spoilers.
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Are you seeing it tonight, Tom? I really wanted to go tonight, but Thursdays are bad for us, schedule-wise, so we're waiting until tomorrow.
Tonight!
Awwww YEAH. I'm jealous!
Thanks to timezones, Tom will see it before me, but I'm also seeing it tonight, YAAAAYYY!!1!!1!