Avengers Endgame spoilers follow...
The Russo Brothers have said that The Hulk's arm wont heal anytime soon, so the character has been taken off the table like Iron Man, Captain America and Black Widow (after her solo flick), but I'm not buying it. There are still plenty of places for the character to go in the movies. I've already discussed my desire to see him join Dr. Strange and Valkyrie in forming a team of Defenders. Then there's the Grey Hulk, how cool would it be to see Mr. Fixit on the big screen. How about a trip to the Micro World with Ant-Man and the introduction of Jarella? There are still plenty of great Hulk villains to use as well. Most of all, when the Fantastic Four are introduced, there simply must be a Thing/Hulk battle!
If the Fantastic Four are (re)introduced, it would be most fitting for the fourth time to be a charm. And, hopefully, it would mean Chris Evans' return to playing the Human Torch! After all, with Steve Rogers having changed his personal past, who's to say that he and Peggy didn't have a daughter who grew up to marry a certain Franklin Storm and have fraternal twin children...names Susan and Jonathan?
ReplyDeleteThe Fantastic Four script I have bouncing around in my head (which, sadly, will probably never be written unless Someone In Charge actually expresses an interest in seeing it) has Bruce Banner, partially recovered from the Infinity Gauntlet damage, plays a small supporting role in assisting Reed Richards in the engineering of the gadget that ends up giving the F4 their abilities, and in helping rescue them from danger at the end despite his injury. But I do think, for various reasons, that a Hulk vs. Thing fight, as awesome as it sounds, is beyond anything for the MCU, at least for a decade.
ReplyDeleteStill, I think Kevin Feige's said that there are still things for the Hulk to do in the future of the MCU, so I wouldn't rule anything out for the foreseeable future. It looks like they're foregoing the Dissociative Identity Disorder route, so it's unlikely that we'll be seeing Grey Hulk, Maestro, and other figures from Bruce's psyche pop up... though I could easily be wrong about that. It would, in fact, be a great thing to explore in a third Doctor Strange movie, or in a miniseries on Disney+ or Hulu.
As for today's cover, it looks like a tense and intriguing story would be inside. I'd want to read that comic! But I don't recall Raven ever wearing a white costume. Could someone fill me in on the (real comics) story behind it?
Cary: I don't think Chris Evans will be returning to Johnny Storm any more than will Michael B. Jordan. For one thing, Chris' presence as Captain America is so iconic that I don't think the majority of the audience would buy him as Johnny. For another, Cap's life with Peggy is part of another timeline. And for another, he's now too old to be anything but a veteran Human Torch, whereas the franchise will really need someone younger. If the MCU goes the "secret wars" route, then he could show up from that source (along with Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, and the sure-to-be-misspelled Ioun Gryffodd), but the main MCU timeline will only see Chris as Cap.
Aside: Last night I was joking around about Thanos, and someone uttered, "Well, he is Darth Vader's father." I think a cover where Vader learns that from Thanos' own mouth would be fantastic.
I had not thought about the paring of these two. I like it. I do wish you could have used a scene from Future Imperfect or a Defenders cover (Perez did several of them) so you could have had a George Perez cover. He is my all time favorite artist.
ReplyDeleteFurther to yesterday's run of silly suggestions, Black Canary and Tweetie Pie.
ReplyDelete@Bob Greenwade: they could always use the actor who served as the short body double that they computer-projected CE's face on to, prior to the fateful Super-Soldier experiment.
ReplyDeleteDifferent face playing Johnny Storm. But, still having a Chris Evans connection b.t.s.
Ross, does it count if you put Hulk on "the CHAIR" from Game of Thrones? or would it be Planet Hulk again?
ReplyDeleteJust trying to list those that have met their namesakes for real: Atom, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman, Spiderman, Huntress (?), who else?
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ReplyDeleteHas Mighty Mouse met Minute Mouse & Courageous Cat and the Three Musketeers?
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ReplyDelete"Further to yesterday's run of silly suggestions, Black Canary and Tweetie Pie."
DC actually has teamed them up, a year or two ago. The cover said 'Catwoman and Sylvester & Tweetie Pie', but it was actually a Cats-vs.-Birds story with Dinah helping Tweetie against Selina and Sylvester... and with lots of other DC characters, from various eras and continuities, appearing briefly as well.