Ant-Man is coming next year. But do we really need Ant-Man?
I like Edgar Wright’s movies, and like many others I’m disappointed that he will no longer direct Ant-Man, especially because he was working on this project for so long. But I still hope the movie will be good, but I have a really bad vibe about this movie. I’m not saying it will be a terrible movie, after all we are talking here about Marvel, and even they worst movies are fun (Iron Man 2&3).
But I have a feeling that with all the changes, the Ant-Man movie feels a little pointless.
I’m not really a big Ant-Man fan, never read the comics, and I don’t like ants in general. But I feel like Marvel is doing something wrong with the character. What makes superheroes great isn’t there powers, it’s their personalities and stories. Spider-Man could have been Rat-Man, and still be a great character, because what makes people relate to him is his story.
For all I know about Ant-Man AKA Hank Pym is very interesting. His relationship with his wife, Wasp (Janet van Dyne), his backstory, Ultron and all the other things. And yet, Marvel decided that instead of Pym creating Ultron, it will be Iron Man. I have no problem with this, I thinks it’s a great idea and makes sense for the cinematic universe. But they do take a key component of what makes Pym an interesting hero.
But then they remove Wasp, and replace her with “Hope Van Dyne”, which is just stupid, if you ask me. And it doesn’t stop there; they make Pym an old man, and put Scott Lang as the main hero of the movie. I don’t know much about Lang, so I can’t say anything about him. But with all of these changes, isn’t the things that make Ant-Man are gone?
Obviously the general public does not know anything about Ant-Man, and most people don’t really care if it’s Pym or Lang, and I know that Marvel have their direction and plans, so I trust them on that.
Plus, it is obvious that in light of the fact that Robert Downey, Jr. isn’t going to be Iron Man forever, Marvel is looking for the next big charismatic star, we see it with Chris Pratt, and in Ant-Man we will see it with Paul Rudd.
In the end of the day, I still think that Ant-Man will be a fan movie, but I just feel like Marvel just changed the character of Ant-Man so much, that it makes me ask: what is the point and do we really need this new Ant-Man?
Anyway, what do you think? Do you agree that with so many changes it’s pointless to do Ant-Man, or do you think it’s ok?