Comments on: Robert Downey Jr says Avengers Will Suck if They Dont Get it Right

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:28:07 +0000

Petitions do nothing. Marvel listens to the market. Batman took things seriously, and they banked hard.

They took Iron Man seriously, and it cashed in for them. I have no doubt they will do the same with future franchises.

By: Justsayin'

Justsayin' — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:47:46 +0000

Get a petition going, make feelings clear to Marvel. Will they sit up and listen?

Thing is more genuine A listers=$$$ and that means compromises somewhere down the line.

This film could set a new gold standard if it is done right. Could give some lost faith back into the industry.

Here’s quietly hoping.

By: chris (the real one)

chris (the real one) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:10:57 +0000

and sorry for the spelling and grammar problems….im a lil bit lifted….happy thanksgiving everybody

By: chris (the real one)

chris (the real one) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:09:43 +0000

i think the only way cap will work on the big screen will be a combination of the ultimate universe cap and ed brubakers cap…..the ultimate cap was a true fish outta water kinda thing and brubakers dealt with this american icon in a changing america…..

if the can get who cap is and what we stands for and capture the essence of cap i feel the rest will fall into place….find someone who can be a great cap and a great steve rogers….like downey and tony stark, i can see brad pit or daniel craig….jesse james showed me how methodical pitt can play a quiet but strong character…

my dream is an eventual civil war movie with downey as tony and pitt as cap….damn that would be brilliant

By: Party Marty

Party Marty — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:06:07 +0000

To use a stallonism example, Rambo had Stallone lead some no name actor mercernaries, and was the clear lead, whereas the Expendables will be an ensemble of (almost) equally loved actors. The Avengers needs to be more like the latter.

By: Matt aka gigan300

Matt aka gigan300 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:57:07 +0000

i agree w/ dragonslayer if a movie doesnt get it right it will suck

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:39:08 +0000

Oh, okay, thanks for clearing that up

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:14:19 +0000

You would think Dragonslayer… but I think the point is that if they just try to fart out this film thinking people will line up for it anyways… they will be disappointed, and like RDJ says, it is the crowing glory for this studio and their property. Not even XMen is at this scale.

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:57:18 +0000

Isn’t that true about ANY movie?

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:55:54 +0000

While I’m in no way defending ‘Street Fighter’ (which, I conclude killed Van Damme’s theatrical career) not everyone in that lame film were “no-name d-listers”. Just miscast, underused and just wound up being in a crapfest. You forget, it was sadly the last role for Raul Juila, who (and no offense to people) probably took the part because few would hire him because he was ill. Wes Studi, a fine character actor, was also in that film. So was Ming-Na from ER….but then again, I regarded those actors to be more like glorified cameos, get in, get the hell out.

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Now for the Avengers.

“Getting it right” does not mean getting “A list” actors. In the case of Cap it might even work out better if it was cast with a new face and/or up and coming actor. Of the bunch, Cap will be the most tricky- we can buy a guy in a suit of armor, a guy turning green, maybe a dude looking like a Viking. Pym with a radio helmet and his “Pym” jacket…
and Sam Jackson as Fury we could accept. Cap would be an odd man out, his leadership questioned, new time era and, as the events of Incred Hulk suggest, the Super Soldier serum isn’t what it used to be-replicating it has failed. Is Cap himself going to be (thought of) a loose cannon? Could they trust him?

The question is who is cast; it should be who directs.