Wow so we begin the week with RUMORS*** that Robert Downey Jr is going to reprise his role as Tony Stark in the third installment of CAPTAIN AMERICA 3 which would be a CIVIL WAR type storyline.....
Let's talk about that first: CIVIL WAR- arguably one of the best storylines in Marvel history involves every Marvel hero choosing a side and going to war. At the core is Captain Rogers and Tony Stark on either side of the Super Hero Registration act which comes about because of an accident that resulted in the deaths of innocent children. "No more secret identities" is what Stark and the United States want while the registration act is viewed by Steve Rogers as a violation of civil liberties. In the middle is Spider-Man....
SO that was the slim and skinny of the story- WE ARE NOT GETTING THAT EXACT STORY. This just in: there are no secret identities in the MCU and if anybody is anti government is Tony Stark. This is the guy who was ordered to Capitol Hill to address Congress and he flips off a Senator and refuses to hand over any of his tech. Steve Rogers just spent an entire movie on the run from the Government so why do this again ?
HERE IS THE SPECULATIVE ALTERNATIVE: The events of AGE OF ULTRON cause a rift between Rogers and Stark. Stark creates Ultron so whatever and whomever Ultron kills is on Tony. So the problem is who should lead The Avengers ? One problem though- Stark totally handed over leadership to the Captain in AVENGERS. So either that is being retconned or Stark becomes a MAJOR DICK. What could cause Stark to be at odds ? PEPPER POTTS DIES IN AGE OF ULTRON. If she is around for Captain America 3 she wouldn't let Tony fight Rogers so say goodbye Pepper. I believe Captain Rogers involved with that like he could have saved her but fails and Tony blames Rogers for her death....begins drinking heavily ala DEMON IN A BOTTLE and our CIVIL WAR plotline is more along the lines of BROTHER vs BROTHER....or LOKI is mind controlling Stark and that is way less complicated than death and drinking and poor decisions...Either way we aren't getting the exact story from CIVIL WAR. BUT! do I want to see Iron Man vs Cap in a film for 2 hrs?? HELL YESS
So then DC/WB announced their line up of films for the DCCU and announced Jason Mamoa is in fact AQUAMAN (WOW WHAT A SHOCKER said nobody) and Ezra Miller is THE FLASH....we get Batman vs Superman...Wonder Woman...JUSTICE LEAGUE PART 1 and JUSTICE LEAGUE PART 2(oh yeah btw part one releases one year after BvS...so yes they are currently filming 2 films back to back folks which is why they delayed BvS by a year)...SHAZAM is five years from now?? so why do we know The ROCK is playing BLACK ADAM for a film that is four years away from even shooting?? There is going to be an AQUAMAN solo and a FLASH and eventually a GREEN LANTERN reboot....anybody else feel like Christmas came early ? Oh and in case that WASN'T ENOUGH: BRAINIAC and DARKSEID are coming!!
Be back later for more thoughts once I process and really give speculative thought to the DC stuff
Let's talk about that first: CIVIL WAR- arguably one of the best storylines in Marvel history involves every Marvel hero choosing a side and going to war. At the core is Captain Rogers and Tony Stark on either side of the Super Hero Registration act which comes about because of an accident that resulted in the deaths of innocent children. "No more secret identities" is what Stark and the United States want while the registration act is viewed by Steve Rogers as a violation of civil liberties. In the middle is Spider-Man....
SO that was the slim and skinny of the story- WE ARE NOT GETTING THAT EXACT STORY. This just in: there are no secret identities in the MCU and if anybody is anti government is Tony Stark. This is the guy who was ordered to Capitol Hill to address Congress and he flips off a Senator and refuses to hand over any of his tech. Steve Rogers just spent an entire movie on the run from the Government so why do this again ?
HERE IS THE SPECULATIVE ALTERNATIVE: The events of AGE OF ULTRON cause a rift between Rogers and Stark. Stark creates Ultron so whatever and whomever Ultron kills is on Tony. So the problem is who should lead The Avengers ? One problem though- Stark totally handed over leadership to the Captain in AVENGERS. So either that is being retconned or Stark becomes a MAJOR DICK. What could cause Stark to be at odds ? PEPPER POTTS DIES IN AGE OF ULTRON. If she is around for Captain America 3 she wouldn't let Tony fight Rogers so say goodbye Pepper. I believe Captain Rogers involved with that like he could have saved her but fails and Tony blames Rogers for her death....begins drinking heavily ala DEMON IN A BOTTLE and our CIVIL WAR plotline is more along the lines of BROTHER vs BROTHER....or LOKI is mind controlling Stark and that is way less complicated than death and drinking and poor decisions...Either way we aren't getting the exact story from CIVIL WAR. BUT! do I want to see Iron Man vs Cap in a film for 2 hrs?? HELL YESS
So then DC/WB announced their line up of films for the DCCU and announced Jason Mamoa is in fact AQUAMAN (WOW WHAT A SHOCKER said nobody) and Ezra Miller is THE FLASH....we get Batman vs Superman...Wonder Woman...JUSTICE LEAGUE PART 1 and JUSTICE LEAGUE PART 2(oh yeah btw part one releases one year after BvS...so yes they are currently filming 2 films back to back folks which is why they delayed BvS by a year)...SHAZAM is five years from now?? so why do we know The ROCK is playing BLACK ADAM for a film that is four years away from even shooting?? There is going to be an AQUAMAN solo and a FLASH and eventually a GREEN LANTERN reboot....anybody else feel like Christmas came early ? Oh and in case that WASN'T ENOUGH: BRAINIAC and DARKSEID are coming!!
Be back later for more thoughts once I process and really give speculative thought to the DC stuff