Who's Feeling... Superheroic?

I had a friend recently tell me that he thought a post describing my feelings on a few of the upcoming comic book movies would be interesting.

This is that post.

So if you haven't seen the details on the upcoming slew of comic bookical moving pictures, take a moment to peruse the calendar below.

Finished? Good. Let's get on with it.

The movies that my friend wants to hear my opinions on are Dr. Strange (2016), Aquaman (2018), and Captain Marvel (2018).

I'm excited for Doctor Strange. You've got Benedict Cumberbatch all but confirmed to star as the mystically inclined surgeon, AND if you don't know that much about Doctor Strange well... He is the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. The most powerful mortal mystic in the universe (although a few people can occasionally come close like Doctor Doom [did he ever actually get a doctorate?] or Scarlet Witch).  What we have in this movie is the opportunity for one of the funnest and trippiest Super Hero movies... ever. Magic and planar travel, Dark Dimension gods and treacherous wizards. This'll be a fun one.


Aquaman, on the other hand, is always the butt of jokes, right? Oh, Aquaman, outside of the water he's so useless...
I was going to put a video link here... but they're all just terrible, terrible quality.
The best reason to look forward to this movie, and I really cannot stress this enough, is Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry. I don't think that anyone could watch this man do this:



And think that the Aquaman movie will be anything but badass. Aquaman is the warrior king of Atlantis and with Jason Momoa in the lead I'm pretty sure that even Supes and Batman will get intimidated by this guy.

But really, there's been a dearth of female heroes out there. We have Black Widow and... occasionally Wonder Woman. I don't doubt that Gal Gadot will be wonderful as Wonder Woman (that was unintentional, I swear). But the way that DC is going they're going to take just about all of the fun and hope out of the character. It's all dark and gritty, dark and gritty with DC. That's all fine and good with Batman, but it doesn't work as well with their other characters.

That's why everyone should look forward to the Captain Marvel movie.

Carol Danvers was an air force pilot and CIA operative (and in some universes Shield Agent) before she got caught up in the Kree Captain Mar-Vell's shenanigans. Then she got whammied by a Kree wishing machine (basically) and some of Mar-Vell's alien DNA to gain powers that, honestly, are quite a bit more powerful than any other Kree's.

Carol is a strong female character who can lead others in battle like Captain America, is strong enough to go toe to toe with guys like Hulk and Thor (although she may need to absorb some energy first). She can fly, and as I just mentioned, she can absorb and direct energy. With that energy she can either shoot it from her hands, or boost her other powers.

The only thing to be disappointed with Carol Danvers about, is that her date with Spider-man did not go well at all. But that's just a small quibble that has nothing to do with anything.

No actress has been announced or even rumored to play her (although there are some interesting wishlists some people occasionally put out. I rather like the idea of Katheryn Winnick from Vikings fame), but with Marvel Studio's overall record, I'm confident that this is going to be a movie that everyone is going to want to see.

I'm not going to lie, I'm probably going to go see just about every movie on the list as it comes out. It's just what I do. But on the other hand, this glut of movie knowledge is kind of disappointing. Most of us can remember the first time we saw the after credits scene for Iron Man, right? How awesome was it to see Samuel L. Jackson show up as Nickolas J. Fury and talk about the Avengers program? Seeing Thor's hammer at the end of Iron Man 2 or an invisible Loki manipulating Dr. Selvig after Thor? That kind of excitement is mostly over until the end of Phase 3.

Cracked.com already ran an article about those complaints though. So read through that for a better analysis.

Most of the movies are going to be great. I have faith. It's just kind of a shame that the excitement of not knowing exactly what's coming is gone.

Thanks for bearing with me. Enjoy this video.