Sony had the opportunity for obtaining movie rights for all Marvel characters in the late 1990s for a pretty modest price. They rejected because a bigwig thought nobody cared about anything except Spider-Man.
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Things I Hate: Obadiah Stane (MCU)
Obadiah Stane was the secret villain in the original Iron Man movie back in 2008. While he was played by one of my favorite actors, Jeff Bridges, I never liked the character much. The MCU version of Stane is actually quite different from the comics version. Like he was never really friends with Tony orContinue reading “Things I Hate: Obadiah Stane (MCU)”
Things I Hate: Fantastic Four (2015 Film)
While the super-hero team The Avengers are more famous now, Marvel’s earliest (I think) superhero team was the Fantastic Four mainly because all four heroes got their powers at the same time caused by the same event. A decade before this film was the original theatrical Fantastic Four movie which I thought was decent. IContinue reading “Things I Hate: Fantastic Four (2015 Film)”
Fun Fact: Two X-Men Actors Who Didn’t Know How To Play Chess
In the original X-Men movie, Charles Xavier and Magneto have a chess match. Both actors didn’t know how to play chess so a Chessmaster was hired to make sure they were making the right moves.
Fun Fact: Original Choice For Black Widow in the MCU
Emily Blunt was offered the role of Natasha Romanov/Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She apparently turned it down because she was contracted on the movie Gulliver’s Travels and didn’t have the ability to be in Iron Man 2.
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