EDITORIAL: Ant-Man & Dr. Strange Are Not Fit For The Big Screen

Dr strange could work in exactly the same way as both Harry potter and iron man, with magic being shot from his hands in a fast paced style. Harry potter managed to create pretty awesome action out of something pretty lame. Ant man doesn't just use ants, he could have a battle fighting someone else at a small size or perhaps beating people up while small, the ants could also work like the bats in batman begins mixed with the locusts in the mummy which would be pretty awesome. Your article is a bit ignorant, you probably should have given a second thought to it

No Antman w/o Giantman
Dr Strange has great potential for action given the range for his powers.

Not looking forward to either of these in 2014 bring on Black Panther.

Can you imagine... Ant-Man's in a fist fight with someone. Bad guy throws a punch, except Pym shrinks down, putting the guy off-balance. Pym re-grows, uppercutting the now-overextended bad guy in the process.

Boom, bad guy goes down.

I believe you placed your comment in the wrong section, sir.

I've been a comic reader since I was able to read and I just cant see Ant-Man being successful, especially with fhe general audience. Hell, im not sure even I want to see it, and im as big a comic fan as they come.

I think you are sorely mistaken about Dr Strange though. Could yoh agine the special effecta in that shit? That alone would bring in the general audience. And seriously, Dr Strange my not be a hand to hand figbter, or use guns, but he doesnt need guns because he can cast spells that are far more powerful than a bullet. And if Dormammu were the villain then the theatre would need a new ceiling because my boner would punch a hole straight through the roof.

Part of Ant-Man's power is he has the same strength when he shrinks as he has when he's normal size.
If you seriously don't think it would be cool to see him surrounded by thugs, punch one in the face, shrink and punch another in the shins, revert to normal size, jump, shrink in midair to deliver a kick to another's face, then make himself slightly larger than normal to pick up and throw the last one, edited Zach Snyder style (the one time I'd like to see his editing style used in an action sequence), you have no imagination.

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Now listen, I understand that opinions are always in the varying category - not everyone is going to share the same viewpoints, but I do have a threshold that seems like it's about to break here.

The video I posted is from Ghostbusters, as you should know. I don't know anyone who hasn't seen that movie - it is IN FACT my favorite movie of all time. It is also the example that I use for a lot of statements I make, such as how a Fantastic Four movie should be, or in this particular case: how you can make a movie with zero fights, no death, no guns blazing (apart from the nuclear accelerators) and still end up awesome.

But before I go on about Ghostbusters, here's the quick scoop - a quick summary of where I am about to go here. You see Ant-man uses his own innovations to shrink down to size, or grow in size, or change the size of other people, or communicate with bugs... just like Tony Stark uses his seemingly unlimited wealth to build armored suits that shoot lasers and rockets and repulsor beams. Guess what? Iron Man is the reason why the Avengers has paid the bills on future films.

Now if your article idea was based on Hank Pym and Stephen Strange not being interesting characters OUTSIDE of their superpowers (and you would probably have a point there), I would feel differently. Alas, it seems as though you know little about them, even about their powers and technology.

So let's think outside of the box - outside of the superpowers, which is probably 35-40% of what the movies are about. Hulk fans swear by The Incredible Hulk, claiming it is their favorite Marvel film (not counting the Avengers). In that movie which runs 112 minutes, you actually see the Hulk for less than 15 minutes. Edward Norton and the supporting cast had to make things interesting enough for the rest of that run time.

Ant-Man has a great deal of overlooked potential. It actually DOES make a lot of sense to present him AFTER the Avengers have already debuted in the MCU, because he will have more to prove to both the MCU and the audience. I particularly enjoy what Earth's Mightiest Heroes did with him. In that incarnation, he is more of a pacifist and a scientist than some crime-fighter. He has a prison for supervillains called "the Big House", where all of the prisoners are the size of ants.

Many share the idea that Ant-man would make for a great SHIELD agent, considering his powers enable him to infiltrate the highest security levels. I say use that aspect later down the road.

Doctor Strange's biggest obstacle in the MCU is his origin story - it runs the risk of being way too similar to Iron Man. This is an egotistical surgeon who has everything taken away from him when he suffers a car wreck. I think his origin should be told in flashback mode throughout the movie, which would be set while he is already an established Sorcerer.

Doctor Strange could be Harry Potter for adults, it could be [frick]ing awesome! You clearly have never even picked up a Strange book. A battle between him and just about anyone in his pantheon would be [frick]ing epic, especially Mordo or Dormamu. Not to mention he ties easily with Thor. And in the books when Mjolnir was cracked, who fixed it? There is your intro to tie him to the rest of the Avengers.

Ant-Man is a tougher sell, but still, your analysis suggests you know very little of the character. Personally, I think if they completely avoid the ant thing and play up the Pym particles and his ability to shrink and grow, it could be awesome. It could be outstanding to see him use both in one scene during combat and imagine how cool the giant Pym would have been during the Chitauri invasion, slapping down the charriots and wrestling leviathans... he would've been right next to Hulk in stealing the show. I guarantee that Thanos is bringing an army with whatever he'll bring in the future. And if none of that is enough, Pym has my vote for most effective Avenger to kill off. For some reason, I like seeing him die in the comics. Might be because he's a smug asshole but whatevs.

The one I worry about most of the future prospects isn't Pym though, or even selling the GotG... it's Namor. I love the character and cannot wait to see him in the MCU, but he will be the hardest to establish, utilize, and appeal to outsiders.

And I strongly doubt BP will feature in a solo film. I've said it a thousand times now, my bet is that he'll pop up in Cap2 and that Wakanda will be a big part of that sequel. I think they're saving Winter Soldier for Cap 3 and I don't think we'll get Zemo in the MCU.

dr strange would rock.

plus lots pf people want to see ultron and vison so we need antman/wasp.

When I think of Doc Strange I think of something that has a lot more energy than the Harry Potter films. I enjoyed The Sorcerers Apprentice and so I think a Doc Strange film could work. Maybe it could borrow a little inspiration from Batman Begins or at least in its tone.