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gopher321

2010-02-09 10:49:49 PM

It's Ike Turnerrific!

Meet Us at the Stick

2010-02-09 11:07:02 PM

Ant-Man?

Are they gonna get Garrett Morris to play him?

stickmangrit

2010-02-09 11:34:46 PM

given that this is Edgar Wright, it's far more likely that he'd go with Eric O'Grady (new window)than Hank Pym

chemical_angel

2010-02-09 11:36:27 PM

Yes.

shivashakti

2010-02-09 11:42:24 PM

No matter which way you do it, it's going to come off as "Honey, I Shrunk The Superhero"

Though, with Edgar Wright, it might actually be pretty good.

Mentat

2010-02-09 11:51:05 PM

Well, we already had one involving a hero who was a rapist and murderer, so why not?

The All-Powerful Atheismo

2010-02-09 11:56:54 PM

Mentat: Well, we already had one involving a hero who was a rapist and murderer, so why not?

Glenn Beck was in a movie?

soseussme

2010-02-09 11:59:36 PM

Hey, get a load of Ant-Man! He's got the strength of a HUMAN!!!

dictyboy

2010-02-10 12:01:38 AM

The All-Powerful Atheismo: Mentat: Well, we already had one involving a hero who was a rapist and murderer, so why not?

Glenn Beck was in a movie?

It's a beautiful gift when someone sets you up that perfectly, I think you should thank Mentat.

Crudbucket

2010-02-10 12:05:00 AM

Hell yes we do.

Mentat

2010-02-10 12:06:13 AM

The All-Powerful Atheismo: Mentat: Well, we already had one involving a hero who was a rapist and murderer, so why not?

Glenn Beck was in a movie?

Dr.Zom

2010-02-10 12:08:16 AM

stickmangrit: given that this is Edgar Wright, it's far more likely that he'd go with Eric O'Grady (new window)than Hank Pym

Came here to say this. Simon Pegg would be perfect and he'd be great comic relief in the Avengers flick.

Fano

2010-02-10 12:08:25 AM

Potentially less executive meddling, fewer people have any idea who ant man is, they can play with him a little bit more.

Mugato

2010-02-10 12:21:12 AM

Ant Man? They're really digging under the barrel at this point.

GungFu

2010-02-10 12:24:19 AM

Nina_Hartley's_Ass

2010-02-10 12:43:25 AM

Henry Pym had a long interesting career before he ever laid a hand on Janet.

shinjitsuism

2010-02-10 12:49:09 AM

Can we get a movie about Birdman?

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Nina_Hartley's_Ass

2010-02-10 12:55:28 AM

shinjitsuism: Can we get a movie about Birdman?

or AtlAntaMan?
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Mentat

2010-02-10 01:01:46 AM

MeanJean

2010-02-10 01:15:03 AM

Edgar Wright?

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texdent

2010-02-10 01:27:32 AM

There's been three Ant-Men...

Hank Pym and he's been known for:
*Getting married to Janet
*Slapping Janet
*Creating Ultron
*Creating Pym particles
*Getting replaced by a Skrull, who ironically got replaced by Hulkling during Civil War
*Creating a new team of Avengers
*Being named as Scientist Supreme by Eternity
*Dating Jocasta, an android with Janet's brainwave patterns

Scott Lang
*Father is Cassie 'Stature' of the Young Avengers' Lang
*Was a member of the Fantastic Four while Reed was presumed dead
*Dated Jessica Jones
*Died when the reanimated corpse of Jack of Harts, caused by the Scarlet Witch going nuts, exploded

Eric O'Grady
*Guy with few morals
*Joined the Initiative

teke184

2010-02-10 01:37:35 AM

texdent:
Eric O'Grady
*Guy with few morals
*Joined the Initiative

For O'Grady, you're missing "Used his stolen suit to spy on women in the shower", "Spent his spare time playing Wii with international jewel thief Black Fox", and "Regularly ditches battles in favor of watching Ed on his iPod."

He'd be perfect for a Wright-directed movie.

Aboleth

2010-02-10 01:42:29 AM

Didn't he say a couple of years ago he wanted to do a movie where they featured all three Ant-Mans in three different eras?

texdent

2010-02-10 01:50:13 AM

teke184: texdent:
Eric O'Grady
*Guy with few morals
*Joined the Initiative

For O'Grady, you're missing "Used his stolen suit to spy on women in the shower", "Spent his spare time playing Wii with international jewel thief Black Fox", and "Regularly ditches battles in favor of watching Ed on his iPod."

He'd be perfect for a Wright-directed movie.

Just kind of glanced at Wikipedia for him. Though I do remember during Secret Invasion, he opted not to fight and instead watched 'Chuck' on his iPod with Taskmaster, who then quoted 'You're good people' or something to that effect

lasercannon

2010-02-10 02:08:05 AM

Mentat: Well, we already had one involving a hero who was a rapist and murderer, so why not?

Yeah, I never liked that Inspector Gadget movie.

RodneyToady

2010-02-10 02:57:05 AM

Ant Man knows what the ants don't know.
Ant Mannnn
Ant Mannnn

lolmadillo

2010-02-10 03:11:01 AM

the two words i took from this article:

"Iron Fist"

get brubaker and fraction to write a treatment and you're looking at gold, jerry, gold

skyotter

2010-02-10 03:23:21 AM

skip this yutz and get to the Avengers movie

WFern

2010-02-10 03:48:32 AM

I want another Blade film after Wesley makes it out of prison. Just saw the first one again. CGI hasn't aged greatly, but it was still good. Second one was great, with effects that hold up and better character interaction. The third... well, I can forgive that for the other two.

/Cool story, bro
//Still better than a goddamn Ant-Man film

farkingismybusiness

2010-02-10 05:02:19 AM

Aarontz23

2010-02-10 06:08:41 AM

Well subby, a tv series has already been done, it was pretty popular

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/nuhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuh-THWACK (bionic pimp hand)
//hotlinked btw

Bloody William

2010-02-10 06:53:18 AM

The world's first Lifetime Original superhero movie.

Wraithstrike

2010-02-10 07:02:43 AM

Oh c'mon. Twice. He did it twice, with years between the two incidents. Ultimates doesn't count. We don't need to see that.

How about a movie about a man who develops something that could revolutionize the world? A specialized particle that can shrink any item down to infinitesimal size. A method for controlling insects to do heavy lifting? How about a man who in using this technology was considered an equal to Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk?
That's the ant-man movie I want to see.

wydok

2010-02-10 08:18:29 AM

Didn't his ex-wife kill Elongated Man's wife?

Oh, right, that's Atom.

Same difference.

jocutus

2010-02-10 08:32:16 AM

C'mon people, think of all the things you can do with the power of shrinking to ant size . . .

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Ant-Man is good people

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Almost Pure

2010-02-10 09:18:04 AM

A co-worker told me they did a reboot of Hank Pym that involved him never being a wife beater. The recent Secret Invasion had Hank replaced by a Skrull from before he hit Janet to the end of the invasion. True? Or am I being fed BS?

docmattic

2010-02-10 09:45:45 AM

Almost Pure: A co-worker told me they did a reboot of Hank Pym that involved him never being a wife beater. The recent Secret Invasion had Hank replaced by a Skrull from before he hit Janet to the end of the invasion. True? Or am I being fed BS?

It depends... after you brush your teeth, what colour are the bristles?

This

2010-02-10 10:02:49 AM

It's gonna be hard to come up with a good way to put it all together. Doing Pym without mentioning the wife-beating thing kinda forgets the most famous feature of the character... but skipping Pym and going straight to O'Grady is also messy. But putting them together, having both included in the story, makes it too crowded a story since both of them are assholes.

Fano

2010-02-10 11:15:10 AM

Wraithstrike: Oh c'mon. Twice. He did it twice, with years between the two incidents. Ultimates doesn't count. We don't need to see that.

How about a movie about a man who develops something that could revolutionize the world? A specialized particle that can shrink any item down to infinitesimal size. A method for controlling insects to do heavy lifting? How about a man who in using this technology was considered an equal to Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk?
That's the ant-man movie I want to see.

casualvs.files.wordpress.com

"Hey Hank, can you pick me up on your way to the support group?"

Vodak The Impaler

2010-02-10 11:40:40 AM

Thought that said Edgar Winter for a moment.

evilboyevil

2010-02-10 12:47:58 PM

Didn't he like hit her once? And feel really bad about it? Meanwhile we have villains that hit women, and we don't go around calling them out for it, because in those instances women are equals. My point is that it was a character arc not made to demonize him but to give him a real world problem, like alcoholism or drug addiction.

Crudbucket

2010-02-10 12:49:00 PM

This: It's gonna be hard to come up with a good way to put it all together. Doing Pym without mentioning the wife-beating thing kinda forgets the most famous feature of the character... but skipping Pym and going straight to O'Grady is also messy. But putting them together, having both included in the story, makes it too crowded a story since both of them are assholes.

I think they have the benefit that pretty much no one outside the comic book reading public has even heard of Ant-Man. The only people who would notice if they left the spousal abuse out are the comic book nerds, who will have no trouble criticizing things one way or another.

Mentalpatient87

2010-02-10 01:34:32 PM

jocutus: C'mon people, think of all the things you can do with the power of shrinking to ant size . . .

Call me crazy, but I think I'd notice a tiny red douchebag on my shower head...

Brainsick

2010-02-10 02:48:46 PM

evilboyevil: My point is that it was a character arc not made to demonize him but to give him a real world problem, like alcoholism or drug addiction.

IMHO his "real world problem" has always been an inferiority complex that could move mountains. He's always right on the cusp of greatness and then someone else does something cool or brilliant and his efforts go (mostly) unnoticed... the "hero" aspect of his personality doesn't let him go "full bad guy" but it does allow him to let his bastard side run free.

ALL GIRLS AGREE TO PULL PANTIES DOWN

2010-02-10 03:06:14 PM

The All-Powerful Atheismo: Mentat: Well, we already had one involving a hero who was a rapist and murderer, so why not?

Glenn Beck was in a movie?

images.fandango.com

Sadly, yes. My parents begged me to go see it, as it would "change my life."

RemyDuron

2010-02-10 04:34:24 PM

That's only Ultimate Ant-Man (IIRC), although an Ultimate Ant-Man movie would probably be a lot more interesting and awesome than an Ant-Man movie.

/Hell, and Ultimate ANYTHING movie would be farking awesome.

RemyDuron

2010-02-10 04:37:36 PM

I guess normal Ant Man beats his wife too. Hmmf.

Oh well, they aren't going to include that in the movie, or they'll use a different Ant Man. Can't have any real moral ambiguity in a Marvel or DC superhero movie. Or a nonheroic main character.

/Ultimate Hank Pym isn't really a superhero, he's a superdick.

Unhip1

2010-02-10 04:43:54 PM

It would make a whole Hank Pym franchise possible. You could include Giant Man, Hercules, Yellowjacket, his nervous breakdown, his development of Ultron, his affiliation with the Avengers...
ENDLESS POSSIBILITES

(but a downer of a story arc)

TwistedFark

2010-02-10 05:02:44 PM

ALL GIRLS AGREE TO PULL PANTIES DOWN: The All-Powerful Atheismo: Mentat: Well, we already had one involving a hero who was a rapist and murderer, so why not?

Glenn Beck was in a movie?

Sadly, yes. My parents begged me to go see it, as it would "change my life."

Is that their passive-aggressive way of trying to get you to commit suicide?

Fano

2010-02-10 06:10:36 PM

RemyDuron: That's only Ultimate Ant-Man (IIRC), although an Ultimate Ant-Man movie would probably be a lot more interesting and awesome than an Ant-Man movie.

/Hell, and Ultimate ANYTHING movie would be farking awesome.

Not if it was based on Ultimates 3

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