"Marvel Cinematic Universe" — the movies. Which aren't quite 616 and definitely aren't quite Ultimates.

I have a thread below discussing the differences between the Ultimates and the MCU... and Pessimippopotamus's caution is well-taken, because there are a few things about the Ultimates version that are very "adult" in nature. (Spousal abuse, profanity, threats of rape, etc.)

Largely, agreed. I kind of enjoyed the first two volumes of Ultimates (hate vol.3 with a red-hot passion), but mostly because I viewed it as an interesting exercise in a certain kind of over-the-top storytelling. But yeah, the only character I really "liked" was Thor, who was also kind of a douche, but in a way I…

You COULD film Ultimate Hulk, if that's what you wanted to do. But it would result in a really, REALLY different movie, that wouldn't fit the tone of the MCU at all.

Yeah, same. And even the story elements they're taking from Ultimates are not all that overwhelming. If you went by Ultimates vol.1, then the big bad wouldn't be Loki, but Hulk. etc.

But he doesn't have those episodes in every incarnation of the character, and there's nothing to say that an MCU version of him will, or needs to, have those traits.

I don't know, I keep seeing people recommending that folks read The Ultimates vol. 1 (sometimes along with 2, because of the Loki connection I assume) as prep for seeing this movie, but I feel like that needs to come with a lot more disclaimers.

It has 1 rotten review, which has made a lot of people scratch their heads... well, okay, it has made a lot of commenters on RT lose their shit in an embarassing fashion, but those who are more level-headed are just scratching their heads over it, since it dings the movie for a number of things that the other 30+…

I mostly don't get the "outrageous beard" description. It's... a regular beard. One of the guys from ZZ Top, he ain't.

Ah. :) See, Chiwetel Ejiofor has been my other top choice for BP for a while now. And I agree with you about Hounsou; I think casting him as T'Chaka would be a nice compromise. But, if they were going to overlook the age thing, then I'd be very interested to see Hounsou in the lead role. (He and RDJ are the same…

Djimon Hounsou? Because I'd be deeply interested in seeing him as Black Panther. (There's others I'd be happy to see in the role too. And overall, it's nice to be in the position of having multiple fantastic actors you'd be happy to see in such a role. I think Hounsou's actually said he's interested in it?)

I was just reading through the comments before posting this. I'm not familiar enough with the actors' names from The Help to have known who that was without Googling, but as soon as I saw it, I said to myself, "what's the bet that's the white chick from that movie?" And lo, so it was.

So it occasionally bursts into flames, but keeps perfect time?

Some folks have held up XM2 or SM2 as holding the "best 'superhero' film to date" crown. I'm not advancing either, just putting them on the table. I liked XM2 a lot when it came out, but I haven't seen it since, and the memories of X3 sour it a bit... but that doesn't mean XM2 didn't do a great job. While I like…

Well, but, "The Day After" was never promoted as "this IS real!" It couldn't have been, since it was purporting to show what it would be like after a nuclear war... which all of us viewers would have obviously known had not yet happened. So everybody knew it was just a cautionary what-if, even if that was scary…

Right, that was my first thought. "Guess the UK didn't have a War of the Worlds incident the way the US did."

TA = "The Avengers"

There you go. You need to write a companion article of "Science Fiction and Fantasy Creators Who Became Synonymous for their Genre".

If I'm understanding correctly — the people you wanted on the list are people who carve out their own distinctive genre and also tend to remain just about the only ones in it? Which is what leaves Tolkien out — he carved out "modern high-fantasy", and a ton of people piled in there. ( Whether or not they equalled his…

Apparently it is Phillip K Dick's android double, appearing on a panel at SDCC.