he’s got a few years before the first post-Craig Bond to squeeze in a Superman, but my moneys on Aiden Turner. 

(thanks - I tried to use “DisqusSpoilerTag” but Kinja wouldn’t let me...)

wasn’t just him - at the time, the shortlist was reported to be Goran Visnjic, Karl Urban, Henry Cavill and Craig.

the glint in the eye of that zombie under the mask in that instagram photo is really... unnerving...

to think that he was this close to being Bond...

this an excellent case for the genres decline, and well made. I’d suggest one more: it was the sight of two actors playing to a lowest common denominator. Both McConaughey and Hudson have looks and charm that made them naturals for a lazy rom-com, but their careers made it seem that they where both going to try…

with Christina Hendriks as Pepper.

I’d prefer someone a bit more whitebread-lookin’ My pick was always Elizabeth Shue, but she’s probably the same age as Hamm.

upvote for the headline

i’d like the Thing to be as big as he is in the new FF comic - really big. So, not sure if a suit would work. Perhaps a mix of physical and cg, as with the original Jurassic Park T-Rex?

had to look him up but yeah, he’d work. (My personal pick has always been Dan Lauria, Kevin’s Dad from Wonder Years)

she looks like Sue, but yeah, she can’t act. And a good CGI Thing would be good enough for me.

hang in there Jon: Marvel have the rights to Fantastic Four, and you’ll be a perfect Reed Richards. You can even age gracefully with the role, too. Just point your agent at Feige and wait...

his reading of the line “Oh look, it’s Lyra, back from the dead...” was one of my favourite things about Rogue One.

you don’t want any part of those temptations.

dude, you just blew my mind: thats exactly what I’ve been saying to anyone who criticizes the movies politics, but without your philosophy major credit to back it up. Honestly, do you have a good reading list on the subjects that you mention? I’d love to read more about alienation of labor. (Right after I finish…

I’m looking forward to the dvd release of the second movie: there’s a painting in their house (behind Frozone in the scene where he visits to see Jack-Jacks new powers) it is SO COOL. Need to find it.

can I add two more reasons why this is the best superhero movies? The production design (flawless mid-century modern meets Ken Adams Bond) and the music. God I love the music - just a perfect groove on 60's Bond with a bit of Bernstien that swings like Basie. Too bad none of the Marvel movies have music as memorable.

I’d buy a ticket to see a movie that had the nerve to call itself “title: some bullshit after the colon”

interesting theory that Bird never fully thought out the implications the movies politics but there’s more evidence that it’s as subversion of Rand: a hero who breaks down and tells his family that he can’t put them in danger because he’s not strong enough to lose them again, is certainly no Howard Roark.