1. Galactus, after all has omnipotent power and control over Comicbookmovie.com
Even though I for a while doubted we would ever get rid of the Wolfman-curse, Galactus proved once again why he is the most powerful sentient being in the universe and saved us from “You we’re bitten by the beast!”, “You bear his mark now!”, oh and lets not forget “I’m gonna kill all of you!”. I’m truely thankful for our saviour, who pulled out a great effort to keep us members happy and still posting at the world’s best news forum for comic book movies! Now we can go back to bitching about “X-men Origins: Wolverine” or LEEE777’s constant campaigning for Sam Worthington as Captain America.
UPDATE: Well as the week reached about midpoint a new realization occured to me: Master Chief and the Halo-gang are beyond Galactus’ godly power apparently.
2. Anthony Hopkins is the only actor in any CBM, who will most likely never get a hate bandwagon from fanboys!
It just seems like this guy is simply unhateable(don’t know if that is a word) beyond all reason on this site. I mean first Hannibal the cannibal tells us he has not read anything besides the script, and it is still to be decided if he has even read the whole script or just the pages he has a say on. Then he says he is not a fan in any sort of way – well I guess that is okay, I’m not really a hugh fan of Thor either. But he did not just say he was not a fan, he said he was not in to it at all. Still people are just getting mildly piss only to turn around 180 decrees and declare that the actor is gonna bring the thunder no matter what kind of BS he lets out the front gates of Valhalla. Anyway, as long as my fellow members are confident, I’m too. And why shouldn’t I. Hopkins is an amazing actor. Branagh is an amazing director. What can go wrong?
3. They don’t need to reboot Superman now that they have Nolan onboard the franchise - Just kill off the goddamn kid!
This was really some kind of revelation for me. I always thought it would be too gravely in tone if they killed off the child of big old Red and Blue. But that is simply what needs to happen. And with Nolan possibly onboard as a “consultant” or something like that, this seems like a great way to go. It will both please fans and get the average moviegoer excited about the way they are gonna take Superman. Because lets face it, who would not see a movie with Christopher Nolans name on the poster. It could be sort of like what they did with ‘District 9’, where Peter Jackson's name was featured in big letters above the title. After the success of "The Dark Knight" almost everybody knows who Nolan is by name. So what I say is DO NOT REBOOT, but make the tone more serious(yes I know Returns was a notch up from the last Superman movies, but they need to give a notch more). Keep Routh and Spacey, hell keep all the cast, except Lois Lane. Bosworth sucked in that role just like Katie Holmes did in Batman Begins, so Nolan knows that it is required to recast the female lead, when the first actor bucks it up. And last but not least introduce Brainiac for the sake of mankind. Why he has not been featured in any Superman movie so far is beyond my grasp of understandment.
4. Thor, Green Lantern and Captain America are starting to look really sweet. And I mean really goddamn sweet!
News about these three much awaited CBMs has been almost overflooding us these last couple of weeks. And with Joe Johnston’s announcement that we soon are about to learn who will wield the shield and that the Invaders will be featured heavily in the second half of the movie, the good news just won’t take an end! It is pretty hard to remain critical when three major CBMs are just spitting out great news everyday, but why should you? Kenneth Branagh, Martin Campbell and Joe Johnston are all great directors, something which has been lacking in some of the latest years of CBM history. Take for example “X-men Origins: Wolverine”, which was directed by Gavin Hood – Gavin Who? – And “Punisher: War Zone” directed by Lexi Alexander(Yeah yeah, she did good with "Green Street", and even though I liked her Punisher attempt, it was not a very good CBM). Oh, and off course I cannot forget “The Spirit” directed by non other than Frank Miller. How could that go wrong? Well, it’s pretty simple the man belongs with his own franchises aka. “300” and “Sin City”. Though not as a director! So with this said, I have to admit I am more than excited about the three upcoming CBMs and off course Avengers in 2012. The year of earth’s doom and apocalypse is gonna be saved by that CBM, trust me on this!
5. No matter who they cast as Cap, people are gonna be pissed as in, they will tear their own hair off and plug the remote control up their own ass!
As I explained just above in my 4. realization. Cap is up for announcement and the speculation and debates have been, put in a mild way, uneasy. People have been campaigning, casting and arguing for their pick. Then word came out that they had it down to three guys or an unknown: Jensen Ackles, Ryan McPartlin, Chad Michael Murray. And so the fancastings started to shape around this. Our beloved forum have nearly split into three demographics: those who want Ryan McPartlin, those who want Jensen Ackles and those who want an unknown(strange though, no one have pointed there fancast towards Chad “One Tree Hill” Murray, but I guess it is pretty clear why). Off course there are those who don’t think that any of these actors or an unknown will be able to attract the required audience to propel the movie into stardom. And inevitably a feud between those who want a completely unknown and those who want Matt Damon or any other bigtime Hollywood actor, has taken form. Then there are the battle between the McPartlins and the Ackles, which is also pretty heated! But there will be no winner, because in the end we have no definite power over who will eventually wield the shield. Personally I wouldn’t mind an unknown, but if I would have to pick one of the three contestants, it would have to be Ackles. I’m a big Supernatural fan, and one of the reasons are because of this guys acting. And acting is what has got most fans worried. BUT it just seems that a lot of people will be dissapointed if the actor doesn't capture the character, the courage and the patriotism and becomes the living embodiment of USA. And I don't think that the actors they have in mind can live up to the ridiculously high expectation. In the end we will all have to wait and see. Who knows maybe I will be proven wrong. But one think is for sure, the expectations for Captain America is definitely a little higher than standard CBM expectation.
6. When I started this article I only had one realization I wanted to share, but I ended up with 5 or actually 6, but this is more sort of an epilogue
I really had a fun time writing this, which turned out as another realization for me. This was actually a weird way to do an article, but I hope I inspired someone to try an make articles a little differently. CBMs own MultiPurposePoni presented two “10 fan nods I want to see in (insert CBM here)” articles during this week. Those we're nice and ended inspiring another member, to post an article with his own 10 nods. I think it is nice that we inspire each other and surely that is one of the essences here, at least IMO. There really isn't another place like CBM.com, where people can just create and account and start making their own personal articles right away. I think this is a really nice treat and something that we should honour by being creative and trying new thinks when we can get away with it.
Well that was it, hope you enjoyed it. So till next time: KEEP ON TRUCKING!