Super MCU

“As you know, the MCU is one way of processing these characters. 616 is a different one. We are going to learn more about where Rocket comes from in the coming sagas. It’s going to be a little different from the comics. We already know a lot about from where he came from. It’s a little bit more horrible than what it is in the comics when you come down to it. We will learn more about that.”

“One of the things I’m doing with creating Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, it will take place after the next two Avengers movies, and it will help to set up the next 10, 20 years of Marvel movies. It’s going to really expand the cosmic universe. We’re going to be setting up new characters. It will be the last movie of this version of Guardians of the Galaxy.”

“I think you look at the comics as a guide, although some titles get rebooted or re-launched, the narrative exist on a never-ending continuum”.

“Well yes, you’re correct. Volume 1 and Volume 2 have been Meredith’s song choices, her communication to Peter. In Volume 3, it will be Yondu communicating to Peter.”

If you are a fan of marvel like me you feel sad of thinking that X-men can’t make its way to the MCU.

       They can play a huge role in making MCU from awesome to super awesome. But not only us, even the creator of big marvel faces like hulk iron man and much more, Stan Lee is trying is best to bring back the many fan favorite character X-men and fantastic four (At last they are going to their best representation on screen the silver screen.Stan Lee has said in one of their interviews that fans need not worry as “sooner or later” the movie right to al marvel characters including the X-men and Fantastic four, will eventually return to Marvel Studios. Now all the best things are going to happen like Wolverine will fight alongside the avenger, Deadpool and Spider-man the best bromance will be seen on the silver screen much more as Marvel has the right of some Character and only some are left. The X-men will work in the same universe with the Avengers and Spider-man.                                                         For some not so hardcore fan of the marvel are thinking what will be changed only some new characters, no there would be so many changes that only some can imagine, I am going to list few of them but first, let me tell you a brief history of them as only then you can understand my points

        X-men first appeared in the series x-men issue 1 in September 1963. They are among the most recognizable and successful intellectual properties of Marvel Comics. The X-Men are mutants, a subspecies of humans who are born with superhuman abilities. The X-Men fight for peace and equality between normal humans and mutants in a world where anti-mutant bigotry is fierce and widespread. They are led by Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X, a powerful mutant telepath who can control and read minds. Their archenemy is Magneto, a powerful mutant with the ability to generate and control magnetic fields. Professor X and Magneto have opposing views and philosophies regarding the relationship between mutants and humans. While Professor X works towards peace and understanding between mutants and humans, Magneto views humans as a threat and believes in taking an aggressive approach against them, though he has found himself working alongside the X-Men from time to time.

     Professor X is the founder of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters at a location commonly called the X-Mansion, which recruits mutants from around the world. Located in Westchester County, New York, the X-Mansion is the home and training site of the X-Men. The founding five members of the X-Men who appear in The X-Men #1 (September 1963) are Angel (Archangel), Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl (Jean Grey); Professor X and Magneto also made their first appearances in The X-Men #1. Since then, dozens of mutants from various countries and diverse backgrounds have held membership as X-MenSome of the changes we would see in the Marvel universe are

   More variety of superpower and superhero and the best part is they don’t need any screen time to show how they get their power as they are born with it. Thus, many new superheroes can be introduced in only one movie hence increase enjoyment    The biggest problem with MCU is lack of appealing villain (except Thanos). If this deal happens then we get the best MCU villains like Magneto, Doctor Doom and much more you can’t even if aren’t are super hardcore comic book fans.More and more story arc like the house of M and Avengers v/s x-men, and my personal favorite Deadpool kills the marvel universe. This would increase the awesomeness level of marvel to infinity.

     Remove from one plot hole, the origin of the Quicksilver and the scarlet witch in the not complete clarify. Many think it’s due to the fact that there is contact with mind stone but this does not say they can get that power as it has the power of controlling mind it can help in encouraging their mind to use its power but can’t give them power. 

The Marvel movies have attempted almost everything from high octane action to sci-fi to fantasy & adventure. But if there is one thing that Marvel has stayed clear of is the serious relationship drama in their movies. Marvel feels that’s not what fans expect from them so they have avoided it this far. But in Thor: Ragnarok, they have to address the relationship status between Thor and Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and reveal how they split up and they will exactly do just that.

Thor: Ragnarok is the upcoming Marvel movie which will directly lead into the Avengers Infinity War. It is inspired by Jack Kirby’s Ragnarok comic wherein Asgard is burned to the ground and rebuilt from the ashes. The God of Thunder will confront an empowered Loki who has gained absolute control of Asgard while he was busy fighting Ultron and the evil forces of Hela who command legions of the dead. He must defeat them to pave the way for the rebirth of Asgardian society. One fan aptly described the movie as “The way Winter Soldier was for Captain America, Ragnarok is for Thor.”

The main cast includes Chris Hemsworth (Thor, God of Thunder), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Anthony Hopkins (Odin) and Idris Elba (Heimdall) who are set to reprise their roles. The ensemble cast includes big names such as two-time Oscar award winner Cate Blanchett (Queen Elizabeth, Blue Jasmine, Carol etc) as the powerful new villain Hela (leader of Doomeo i.e Asgardian Hell); Jeff Goldblum (Independence Day, Jurassic Park) as the eccentric grandmaster who is an elder of the universe, he is sometimes called as “Inter-galactic Cosmic Pleasure-seeker”, he possessed the mind-gem until Thanos took it away from him; Tessa Thomson (Creed, Selma) as the classic hero Valkyrie who may play Thor’s love interest; Karl Urban (Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Star Trek trilogy) as Skurge who is a powerful warrior and Mark Ruffalo (Avengers, Foxcatcher, Spotlight) as Bruce Banner/ Hulk.

Chris Hemsworth had an interview with Screen Rant where he revealed that he is totally smitten by Tessa Thompson’s character Valkyrie in a very different way as compared to Jane. Here’s what he had to say:
“It’s like Thor’s meeting his hero! And he’s absolutely smitten by her and because of her history, and being a Valkyrie and all of that. But she’s also this beautiful woman so he’s kind of caught on guard. And she can, you know, she could beat the s*** out of him if she wanted. So I think he hasn’t come up against that very often. It certainly wasn’t the case with Jane. There was a whole different affection and love there. So that was another, you know, ‘How can we make that different from the previous one?'”

Natalie Portman has confirmed it that she is done with Thor and Marvel movies and she will not be coming back. Fans thought that maybe Lady Sif will fill the void and become a major love interest of Thor but that didn’t happen. They have now introduced Valkyrie, an Asgardian warrior, which is what the franchise may actually need at this point. How will the story tackle the split up of Jane and Thor? According to Chris Hemsworth, they will have fun with it. He said:

“Umm, no we have this, we have some… some very respectable fun with how that relationship may have come to an end.”

Marvel Studios is now ramping up its marketing campaign for Thor 3 and released a new TV spot which has mighty Thor putting together a team of Asgardian warriors against Cate Blanchett’s Hela to save the Kingdom of Asgard. This new teaser was uploaded on Youtube by Tales Productions where we see Thor and Bruce Banner interacting, Thor and Valkyrie preparing for war, Jeff Goldblum Grandmaster’s new shots and action scene featuring Hela. A new behind-the-scenes footage came out which sheds light on the character of Hela. Mark Ruffalo said in an audio “Cate Blanchett’s character is the worst of the worst, totally evil.”

We know that Thor and Gladiator Hulk will battle it out in the arena, they would survive and would go on a “cosmic road-trip”. But their plans to save Asgard from Hela’s forces will take a massive beating and Asgard will be devastated in a huge battle. In comics, once she possessed Twilight sword and threatened to destroy all nine realms. As a result, she was banished by King Odin.

The movie will be more action packed and it will also be the shortest ever Marvel movie. In continuing with the traditions of Thor movies, Kenneth Branagh’s Thor was 114 minutes, Alan Taylor’s Thor: The Dark World was 112 minutes long but Thor: Ragnarok will just have 100 minutes runtime. Taika Waititi said to Collider:
“The cut right now, I reckon it’s about 100 minutes. It’s not gonna be a very, very long film. I think that stories are better when you leave them wanting more, and this film moves at a clip, it’s got stuff happening all the time. I think people are still gonna feel exhausted by the end; they’ve been on this big journey and stuff, so I don’t think we need the film to be three hours”.

thor vs justice league

From the look and feel of it, it seems there are all the ingredients present in the movie to become a huge blockbuster. It is facing huge competition from DC’s most ambitious project Justice League which will release 2 weeks afterward. But there is no reason to feel concerned as Marvel has loyal audience worldwide. The movie will hit theatres on November 3, 2017

For the past 9 months or so, the box-office collections are a mixed bag at best as there hasn’t been any movie which proved to be a smashing blockbuster. The first Thor movie opened to good box-office numbers, generated some interest in the character but then in 2013 Thor: The Dark World was quite disappointing. Most of the Marvel fans had written off Thor as a weak link of the MCU. But Ragnarok is bent on turning the tide and changing the perception of the fans.

The Marvel Studios has released a new teaser of the movie and it seems that we will see for the first time “The Revengers”, a team put together by Simon Williams after being disillusioned by the Avengers due to their major failings. She felt that Avengers had to be stopped and the new team has to be assembled to do the job.

Wonder Man is one of the top Avengers in the comic book world, but not active currently. At one point, he was disillusioned by the way the Avengers were causing more harm than doing good, pointing towards some problems like the Civil War, the Scarlet Witch’s insanity, Ultron, the Sentry and the Void. After confronting the team again, he decided to form a different team of lesser-known heroes and super villains, The Revengers. The first version of the team was formed to fight A-Next.

Disappointed by the Avengers’ feats, he called upon a former member of Masters of Evil and the Thunderbolts – Atlas, Goliath, Virtue, Captain Ultra, Demolition Man, Anit-Venom and persuaded them to fight gainsays Avengers. Wonder Man planned to target on some of their bases and properties. And the team gets ready to bring the so-called destruction to an end.
With their first plan in motion, Revengers headed towards the Avengers Mansion and also targeted New Avengers. But they didn’t attack it until Danielle Cage, daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones came out it. And that’s when Revengers took no time to attack the mansion. As Avengers arrived the mansion in Quinjet, they are astonished to see their member taken down. As they asset then, they got to know that Atlas is destroying the Avengers Tower. As they reach the site, they find it empty with a minimal damage. Wonder Man’s motive to attack the tower was to call the Avengers for a conference.

As Avengers reach the conference, Wonder Man is seen standing in front of the New York Library where he threatens the Avengers and criticizes them for their operations. At the end, Avengers give them a choice to surrender or fight and that’s when Thor teleports them to a Citi Field, where they take down the Revengers.
Only time will tell as to how Thor: Ragnarok intends to use Revengers but this is very exciting nonetheless that they are going in this direction.

Thor Ragnarok is the upcoming Marvel movie which will directly lead into the Avengers Infinity War. It is inspired by Jack Kirby’s Ragnarok comic wherein Asgard is burned to the ground and rebuilt from the ashes. The God of Thunder will confront an empowered Loki who has gained absolute control of Asgard while he was busy fighting Ultron and the evil forces of Hela who command legions of the dead. He must defeat them to pave the way for a rebirth of Asgardian society. One fan aptly described the movie as “The way Winter Soldier was for Captain America, Ragnarok is for Thor.”

Here’s the official synopsis of the movie:
“Imprisoned on the other side of the universe, the mighty Thor finds himself in a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against the Hulk, his former ally, and fellow Avenger. Thor’s quest for survival leads him in a race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home world and the Asgardian civilization”.

The main cast includes Chris Hemsworth (Thor, God of Thunder), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Anthony Hopkins (Odin) and Idris Elba (Heimdall) who are set to reprise their roles. The ensemble cast includes big names such as two-time Oscar award winner Cate Blanchett (Queen Elizabeth, Blue Jasmine, Carol etc) as this powerful new villain Hela (leader of Doomeo i.e Asgardian Hell); Jeff Goldblum (Independence Day, Jurassic Park) as the eccentric grandmaster who is an elder of the universe, he is sometimes called as “Inter-galactic Cosmic Pleasure-seeker”, he possessed the mind-gem until Thanos took it away from him; Tessa Thomson (Creed, Selma) as the classic hero Valkyrie who may play Thor’s love interest; Karl Urban (Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Star Trek trilogy) as Skurge who is a powerful warrior and Mark Ruffalo (Avengers, Foxcatcher, Spotlight) as Bruce Banner/ Hulk.

The movie will be more action packed and it will also be the shortest ever Marvel movie. In continuing with the traditions of Thor movies, Kenneth Branagh’s Thor was 114 minutes, Alan Taylor’s Thor: The Dark World was 112 minutes long but Thor Ragnarok will just have 100 minutes runtime. Taika Waititi said to Collider:

“The cut right now, I reckon it’s about 100 minutes. It’s not gonna be a very, very long film. I think that stories are better when you leave them wanting more, and this film moves at a clip, it’s got stuff happening all the time. I think people are still gonna feel exhausted by the end; they’ve been on this big journey and stuff, so I don’t think we need the film to be three hours”.

From the look and feel of it, it seems there are all the ingredients present in the movie to become a huge blockbuster. The movie will hit theatres on November 3, 2017.