All-purpose, running Geek thread (formerly Battlestar Galactica thread)

I'd lost track with all of the changes to the Marvel Universe in recent years. I just remember them working his magical abilities into a few stories and there being an issue of "What if?" where Doom became Sorcerer Supreme, and always found it an interesting side note to a character who is usually one of the most technologically-advanced villains in the world. There was even one fairly major FF story arc where he gave up his technology and built wood armor so he could go after the FF using nothing but magic.

 

That is part of what makes Doom so dangerous, his expertise in technology as well as magic.

What If? stories are fun, but most are intentionally kept away from canon. The exception being Spider-Girl, who was first created for an issue of What If? and has since become part of the main Marvel U.

 

Dr. Doom is the equivalent of Luthor: the villain they keep fucking up bad enough they fuck the whole movie up with him.

FF-1 (2005) would have been decent to good if they hadn't made Dr. Doom into a whiny jilted fratboy. Doom is supposed to be a European despot, at least they could have given him a Teutonic accent instead of a nasal twang.

"Superman Returns" would have been good if they had made Luthor consistently ominous and chilling (and also got rid of the stupid kid). Spacey-Lex was OK for a few stretches (the Prometheus monologue and the part where he was kicking the crap out of Superman) but they had to saddle him with a bimbo sidekick, the real estate scheme and the deal where he was seducing 90-year old Noel Neill "with pleasures she's never known before." Yum yum. What the fuck was that about?

 

Read a Dr. Strange 5-minute origin story to my 4-year-old last night before bed. We were deciding who to read about tonight (ended up on the Uncanny X-Men) when he noticed Dr. Strange on the book cover and politely informed me, "That's Dr. Strange. They call him Dr. Strange because he's a doctor and because he's strange." That's all I've got on the good doctor until I see the movie.

 

I can't get to the theater now, so I'm catching up on the Marvel TV universe. Finished off Daredevil S2, Jessica Jones, and I'm working on Luke Cage now. Saw trailers for something called Iron Fist, which I guess is next. I'm most excited for the Punisher series.

 

Sequence translates to causality.
That is a Star logic.

 

Just saw this last night and enjoyed it. As for Strange and his powers, it's how I've always felt Thor in the MCU. He is toned down by a lot. Same with the Scarlet Witch. Mostly on purpose I have to imagine. This was a good origin movie. I've pretty much liked all of the chapters in the MCU. Iron Man 2/3 were pretty meh for me. Thor 3 should be good. But, Strange is in the top tier for me.

 

Caught the last half of "Batman: Under the Red Hood" today, the animated tale of Jason Todd returning to haunt Batman for allowing the Joker to live after Todd's "death." It was really well done. I put it on for a second while I tried to find something other than College Gameday to watch for the third time, and ended up watching until the end. Wound up recording "Batman: Year One" and "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns," which were all being shown in succession on HBO.

 

Archie is a stud:

'Riverdale' Promo Reveals The CW's Gritty 'Archie' Series — Exclusive

 

New Guardians of the Galaxy 2 trailer with lots of Baby Groot.

 

I think Guardians is going to quickly become my favorite part of the Marvel Universe.

 

From the potentially sublime to the ridiculous. The first trailer is out for Transformers: The Last Knight. Somebody please explain why Anthony Hopkins is still willing to do shit like this? Three movies ago, I might have been excited to see then get to a Unicron story, but I'm surprised they even made one more after the discombobulated, idiotic shitpile of a movie they released last time out.