Amazing Guardians of the Galaxy/ Parks and Recreations Mash-Up

This is one smartly made video, using Guardians of the Galaxy characters being introduced in the opening intro of one of the funniest shows ever- Parks and Recreations. This is all because the actor who plays Star-Lord and the Parks and Recreations total dumbass Andy is the same- the hilarious Chris Pratt. Chris Pratt is most famous for his role of Andy, but I see all that canging in the future as he enters the Marvel Universe. A lot culd happen in the next years for Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, especially if the rumours that the Guardians will play a major role in Avengers 3 is true. But for me he will always remain Andy, whos favourite food is butter and pretend to be Burt Maclin with the f****ng FBI!

Infographic of All Spider-Man Masks

Throughout the history of Spider-Man, he has worn a great deal of different outfits. Some of them are more memorable than the rest. The traditional red and blue outfit and the black Symbiote outfit are the two most famous ones, but there are some I can’t remember, especially the ones from the Identity Crisis series. The traditional Spider-Man outfit itself is being changed all the time. If you look at the details of the comic book Spidey and the Sam Raimi series outfit you will notice some difference, especially in the color of the web lines. Not only that but some changes can be seen even in the outfit of Spidey in The Amazing Spiderman and the outfit in its sequel. But these are just a few of the many different outfits. And I think they are all great. Here below is a history of the Spider-Man mask in movies, comic books and animation.

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Is Bucky Going to be the New Captain America in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe?

Many hints suggest that at some point Bucky Barnes will replace Steve Rogers as Captain America in some upcoming movie. Such hints include comic book story, possible subtle hints and the contracts of the actors.

First of all it is a pretty well-known fact, at least amongst comic book fans, that Steve Rogers dies and Bucky Barnes- the Winter Soldier, takes his place as the new captain America. Now Marvel Studios could be doing something different, they are not always following exactly what is going on in the comic books, such as in Iron Man 3 making the Mandarin a stupid actor. But the Winter Soldier becoming Captain America is a pretty big deal and a shocker, so could this be happening? Will we see Steve Rogers die? We must wait and see.

If you watched the movie closely as I did because of my pure excitement, you will notice that during the first fight scene between Captain America and the Winter Soldier, the Winter Soldier gets a hold of the shield of Captain America and there was a significant pause on that image- the Winter Soldier with Cap’s shield. The image is below. Some say that this significant pause is an Easter-egg showing how Marvel Studios want to continue the Winter Soldier’s tale. I think this is stupid. One pause does not determine the outcome of a whole franchise and the whole of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. So I call bullshit on that ‘prophesy’, but I might be wrong. This might have been put for that exact reason, to foreshadow the future.

The final reason I have discovered is the one making the most sense out of all of them. I think Steve Rogers is going to die, because Chris Evans is signed up for six marvel movies, while Sebastian Stan, the actor who portrays Bucky is signed up for nine movies. Also Chris Evans has already played in three of his six movies (Captain America 1 &2, The Avengers) and Sebastian Stan has eight more to go. So it is more likely that Steve Rogers will die, as I do not think that Marvel Studios can just keep on making Winter Soldier character centered eight more movies. They will probably do one or two more. But I might be wrong. He might get his own franchise, or become and Avenger, or start his own detective company for all I know.

We must wait and see. I do think Steve Rogers will die; there are enough reasons that agree with me. But I might be wrong and I do actually hope I am wrong. Chris Evan’s Captain America is really good.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Lives Up To The Hype

I was not satisfied with the first Amazing Spider-Man, but this sequel is making up for it. Pretty much everything with this movie is amazing from the beginning until the end. Real to the comics in everything, be it fight scenes or Spidey’s awesome and hilarious attitude towards everything, including annoying the hell out of his enemies with stupid jokes and sarcasm. Marc Webb did a terrific job.

In this movie we not only see a Peter Parker who is only fighting to try and stop the bad guy while keeping low profile and being a controversy in New York society. Here everyone loves Spider-Man, but Parker has his inner demons. He is afraid of Gwen Stacy being in danger and the promise he made to her father remains in his mind, challenging him on what to do about his relationship, as his image appears to him constantly. The secret of why his father left him with his aunt and uncle haunts Peter as well, as he wants to know if there is any deeper meaning, reason or even conspiracy behind their decision of leaving their child and even conspiracy behind their death.

The movie also focuses on problems of the other characters. Electro used to be a scientist in Oscorp, neglected by everyone, no family and no friends, obsessed with Spider-Man and his image. After gaining his abilities in an accident and believing and angry because he is hated rather than loved unlike Spider-Man, he tries to become all-powerful to plunge New York into fear and hopelessness without Spider-Man. Harry Osborn, a childhood best friend of Peter, returns to New York after being in boarding school and traveling abroad for the past 8 years, to see his father on his death bed for the last time, to find out he himself might be dying from an genetic disease passed down the Osborne family. He tries to use all his father’s company has to offer to cure himself, while his lawyers try to gain market share since the last incident with the Lizard and thus, unintentionally clash with Harry’s goals. Gwen on the other hand does not know whether to continue a relationship with Peter or move forward into pursuit of her other dreams while aunt May still fights the loss of uncle Ben.

The music was great. There are many cameos of the original Spider-Man soundtrack- either as Peter’s ringtone or Spidey whistling it. Electro’s fight scenes had probably the most amazing music I have heard in a movie in a while. It is sort of a mixture between electronic music and part rock and metal. Electro should be named Dubstep Man. The original soundtrack by Kendrick Lamar and Alicia Keys is very enjoyable as well.

Overall, a really great movie. I cannot say I enjoyed it more than Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2, but this movie is way better than Spider-Man 3 or The Amazing Spider-Man. It opens many possibilities for continuation, we get our confirmation for Sinister Six and so much is going on in the movie. A true comic book movie.

A Venn Diagram of Marvel Character Ownership

It is no secret that Marvel Studios do not have possession of most of their characters. They are divided between Sony, Fox and Universal with Lionsgate are kind of losers in this case. But the Big 3 companies that possess Marvel characters are Marvel Studions, Fox and Sony. Below is the guide to Marvel's characters studio rights, the guide which has circled the internet at least a million times.

As you can see Fox owns pretty much all that is to do with the X-Men  and the Fantastic Four. Which raises a question, who owns She-Hulk? I mean she was a member of the Fantastic Four, so she should be owned by Fox, but she is a Hulk, who is owmed by Marvel Studios. Then the mixture between Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch- the two children of Magneto owned by Fox, have shared rights with Marvel Studios. Which is interesting, since Fox owns the word "mutant", and Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are clearly mutants! Which is where Marvel Studios are smart- if you have seen Captain America: The Winter Soldier mid-credit scene, you will notice Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch being refered no as mutants, but as "miracles"... How awesome is that? Just like many zombie movies, where no one says "zombies"- you get infected, walkers, dead, undead and so on, so why not use "miracles" instead of mutants?

You see Marvel Studios owns the rights to heroes such as Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Elektra, overall characters who have terrible movies historically. Only Blade owned by Marvel Studios is one of the early Marvel Studios successes. So we see how Marvel Studios has changed historically- from pretty bad movies, kicked by Sony and Fox, to now having an amazing Cinematic Universe and great fan satisfaction. Sony is probably the one that always has been on the top with fan happiness, but in my own opinion they are not doing that good with The Amazing Spider-Man. Fox have done some pretty bad choices with X-Men: The Last Stand and with X-Men: Origins. So currently, in the last 5 years Marvel Studios are probably doing the best, while before that Fox and Sony did good with Marvel being a big loser.

Now, Universal Pictures and Lionsgate... They are like the disgrace of the family. Lionsgate with the Man-Thing are definetely hilarious. Lionsgate does some animated movies for Marvel, such as Planet Hulk, which was OK, but live action flick for Marvel are not Lionsgate's thing. And Universal with Namor is not doing so good either, there is at least a Man-Thing movie as I recall, there hasnot been a Namor movie. Probably because Namor is not very famous outside the Marvel comic book fans, but still, if you have possession of a Marvel character you should damn do a Marvel character movie! This is where the money is nowadays, even if the movie is to suck! I do hope Namor gets a movie, he is a badass.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 End Credits Scene Features Days of Future Past

Reports say this is true, even though I can personally not confirm it. But since sources such as IGN confirm it as well as many others, than it must be true. I will personally see this tonight. Do not get excited though, Spidey will not be featured in X-Men! The explanation of the scene is quite boring actually.

It is all contract based. Marc Webb- the director of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has already got an exitsting cintract with Fox Searchlight for another film since his 2009 film 500 (Days) of Summer, which I have not seen. But Webb was wooed by Sony for the Spider-Man sequel, which Fox was not happy with, since they demanded one more Webb movie, but Fox finally agreed to let Webb do the Spidey movie if Days of Future Past is promoted in there... for free! And this is how Days of Future Past crawled its way into The Amazing Spider-Man 2!

The scene features Mystique, Toad and Stryker. I want to believe that these are first steps into Sony and Fox putting these two franchise together for a flick, but I wont hold my breath. Anyway, tonight I am seeing the movie, so stay tuned for a review.

Reading Avengers vs X-Men and It Is Truly Epic

This is a clash between superheroes worthy of recognition. The amount of power that is seen in such a battle is comparable even to the mighty Marvel Civil War. What got my attention is that Wolverine is on the Avengers side. I mean I am only surprised because he is more of an X-Men member than some on the X-Men team and because I have not read many comics leading up to this event. I got arounf to Avengers vs X-Men after reading Avenger X-Sanction, which features the Avengers team vs Cable, who is protecting Hope. This is really interesting and I will continue reading Avengers vs X-Men. This is a picture from the comics.