Is is it kind of selfish for me to say that I want this movie to die in development hell? If we're being honest here, the Legion represented the last comic franchise that was really special to me that hasn't been tainted by Hollywood or mainstream culture yet. Green Lantern bombed and Superman is now a dour,morsoe mess. I want the Legion to remain as kind of a niche fandom as we are now. I know it's childish for me to think this way and it prevents the franchise from gaining new exposure, but I fear that the Legion may become changed to fit the more "mainstream" taste in superheroes and that will soon trickle into the comics version that everyone will start to accept as the true version, besides a few old guard fans.

To quote another poster on another forum I frequent:

"In terms of this idea that the current batch of Didiots does not respect the older creators, I think this is true of many, but not all. I do think there is a disdain for the Silver and even Bronze Age because those comics were explicitly targeted at kids, and the modern Dark Age comics are targeted at 45 year olds who are so addicted to comics that they buy dozens of titles every month and eat 20-title crossovers for breakfast. But I'm not sure they think it's completely unimportant so much as that it is just not "hip" anymore. And they're trying really hard to make superheroes "hip" to all the people who don't think superheroes are very cool.

Again this is all about their constant quest to make their superheroes seem "relevant" and "hip." They don't seem to have cottoned onto the fact that historically, superheroes have never been "relevant" and "hip." Superheroes are more like, say, Jedi Knights. They have a code of ethics that is NOT the same as that of normal people, and it makes them who they are.

DC used to know this. But the guys in charge don't anymore."


I don't want to see Cosmic Boy tweeting on the 31st century version of Twitter. I don't want to see Phantom Girl joining a rock band to make her seem "edgy". I don't want Brainiac 5 to become part of the "geek chic" movement to be shamelessly pandering. I just want the Legion.

I liked Edge of Tomorrow a lot too. It was probably the best "smart" action movie we've seen in a while.

Thoroughly enjoyed Jupiter Ascending. A very silly movie in a lot of ways, but it looked great, and I liked the scenario of the greater galactic civilisation with its decadent ruling families and their Machiavellian plots.

The two leads were a bit problematic, though - Channing Tatum's acting wasn't bad but I thought he looked a bit goofy, while Mia Kunis looked great but every time she opened her mouth it killed the (space-) operatic tone of the story and made me feel like I was watching a bad American sitcom. But almost all the supporting cast were excellent, really first rate, especially Sean Bean (who in a sane world would have played the lead) and the various Galactic aristocrats.

CBR is breaking a story based on a press release form Sony/Marvel that Sony and Marvel Studios have indeed reached a deal to share Spider-Man in the cinematic universes and that a new Spider-Man (hinting they will recast from Garfield) will debut in an upcoming Marvel movie followed by a new Spidey solo feature from Sony in 2017. Will Spidey have a role in Cap 3: Civil War then?

Link to CBR story & press release

-M

I hope this means they'll have Ben Ulrich be a Daily Bugle reporter. Is that silly of me?

The simpler option would be to have Ulrich quit and rejoin another paper. Or they might have had the foresight to shoot alternative footage with Bugle dialog and branding. The show only finished filming in December and I doubt this deal was put together quickly.