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Black Panther has been cast, & he's the dude from 42: The Jackie Robinson Story.

Captain Marvel has been confirmed as Carol Danvers. Not cast yet. Wondering if they'll make her Sky from AoS?

Or could she be an Inhuman? That would kind of make more sense...

Doctor Strange looks like it'll be Benedict Cumberbatch, but not confirmed yet.

Infinity War: Squee!!!

Edited, Oct 28th 2014 4:53pm by Omegavegeta

Yeah, it is most definitely Carol Danvers, so at the very least I'm excited over that. For now. Even coming from Marvel's own mouth, I still wouldn't be surprised of a schedule change after the Wonder Woman movie reveal.

I still contend that Gal Gadot is too small to play Wonder Woman, but to counter my own argument it's not like the official comic artists draw her really bulky Amazonian either. Korra would make a decent WW, nevermind her being a cartoon character.

Re: Dr. Strange - And if I weren't hyped for Strange before, consider it official.

cite, comments on all the individual movies

Edited, Oct 28th 2014 5:57pm by lolgaxe

It can be & still fit with what we know about Sky. She's probably either at least part Kree since she didn't get wacky carving powers from the shot of Kree blood, or an Inhuman (A human decended from those manipulated by the Kree many, many years ago).

Her Dad doesn't look Kree, so I'd say Inhuman would be more likely.

I don't mind changes for the movie universe. I know the canon deviations tend to annoy the crap out of you, though.

I don't have any particularly strong feelings that Stephen Strange must not be white! I just happened onto that article when trying to find the quote whatshisname gave about the Dr. Strange casting not being confirmed. I had never really thought about it before. I didn't really like anyone else on the list for the role, either. Generally, I'd never seen them in anything, or what I'd seen them in didn't give me reason to think they'd be good as Strange (either because I didn't like the performance or it was too different for me to compare them).

I just REALLY like Lenny Kravitz for the role.

Now, to be fair, I don't think it's a bad idea at all to race swap one or two big-name white characters for the sake of diversity, if their back story doesn't really change because of it. Marvel's super diverse, but the movie structure really reduces that by a lot. We're not getting the PoC in the collective films, and so far Rhodey feels like a constant afterthought to me. And we don't have Storm either, which sucks.

Another big concern I have is that Stark and Strange look so similar. Strange normally has really flamboyant outfits, which is how you easily identify him. But they're going to downplay his outfit in the movie, and I think they really need to keep his and Tony's look different.

Personally, I'd prefer the elements be there (goattee, white streak) with a different skin tone. But maybe other people prefer something else.

I'll watch it later, but is it that blonde in the black suit?

There's been no real confirmation of who she is, but a ton of speculation ranging from "Scarlett Witch" to "random celebrity hanging out with the Avengers." Also might be a Korean actress making her American acting debut named Claudia Kim.

I'll note it here as well, Spoilerthe look on Thor's face when Steve is trying to lift Mjolnir is going to be a big plot point somewhere down the line.

Edited, Oct 29th 2014 2:26pm by lolgaxe

To be fair, he was a pretty awesome Lestat.

Especially after you watch Queen of the Damned.

Edited, Dec 3rd 2014 12:48am by Omegavegeta

Yeah. Hence the "what do I know?" bit.



I never completely discount what someone could do with a role (see Cruise as Lestat). Kravitz just strikes me as as out of left field possibility. Honestly though, I'd expect that if they were going to use a non-white guy to play Dr. Strange, African would probably be the least likely racial type they'd go with. Unfair stereotypes and whatnot, but there you have it. Asian or Middle Eastern fits better with the "traditional" mystic/wizard role. Voodoo witchdoctor? Totally different story. Unfair, yes. But film producers tend to not stray too far from even the dumbest stereotypes.

Pure aesthetics, Keanu Reeves has the look, but I'm just not fond of how his roles revolve around being stoic. Strange is definitely not. Just the idea of "By the hoary host of Hoggoth, I know kung fu" makes my eye brow twitch.

It should be noted that Keanu has denied involvement in the Doctor Strange movie, but so did Jason Momoa about Aquaman.

Edit: I also remembered Geoffrey Rush, who played the Vincent Price character in the '99 House on Haunted Hill and thought that'd be perfect. Then I saw a current picture. He ... he didn't age well.

Edited, Oct 29th 2014 8:22pm by lolgaxe

I like it better for at least including some levity. Last thing I need is for my Marvel movies to get all 2dark4u Batman-esque.

I'm gonna guess that there are Asians in Nebraska, and I went through Chinatown two weeks ago. I'm guessing that's still there.

I was more referring to the part where he actually gains control over his magical abilities by going to an ancient Tibetan monastery and learning from the old sage there. It's disturbingly Tom Cruisey in its white savior complex.

I really hope you've got a better reason than "he should be x because he once visited the location."

He shouldn't be Asian because of his backstory so much because racebending will make people maybe feel better? I don't think we should make casting decisions based purely on white guilt.

Can we speculate on who should play the character based on, I don't know, an actor's ability to portray the character either physically or by presence, or maybe even source material?

While I'm killing this gag, how about adding this to the list of charges?

Edited, Oct 30th 2014 12:39pm by lolgaxe